Loose Screws - The Dangerousest

It’s #349nd for the 17rd of September, 2026 or 3312! (33-Oh-twelven)
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Squadron Briefing:  
BGS highlights: 
The Pax Screwiana Continues

LSN Now Present in 463 (+4)  star systems, controlling 142 star systems (+1).

Short PP Report: 
PP Cycle 98
The Battle Of FZ Andromedae

The Relics Rush Hangover

Kaine won the week - 12 new systems and 4 new strongholds

Winters in second - Her recent Galnet Speech rousing both of her supporters to win 3 new systems, 2 forts and 2 strongholds

LYR consolidated prior gains, 3 new systems, 4 forts and a stronghold

Mahon with 7 new systems and 2 strongholds

Rounding out the top 5, Duval with 4 new systems, 2 forts and a stronghold

Yuri Grom and ALD lost a number of systems (9 and 12 respectively) but fortifications and strongholds kept them in the black…

Archer was back in the net negatives gaining 3 new systems but losing a fort   

Powerplay rankings
Dev News: 
Store Sale is a bunch of salvage paint jobs for old ships

Galnet News: Galnet News | Elite Dangerous Community Site  
Busy News Week

9-11 Federation Condemns Ongoing October Accords Exclusion

9-14 Increased Traffic Near Prison Ships Sparks Concern

9-17 SRV and Surface Mining Trials Deemed Resounding Success

9-17 Prison Ship Reported Missing After Failing Scheduled Transit

A mystery - Twitter’s gonna tweet! https://x.com/EliteDangerous/status/1961010085498401161?s=20

As of 1PM Central Daylight Time - Canonn still hasn’t found it yet.

Discussion Topic: 
Getting Ahead of Yourself

Progression, learning, and purpose in Elite Dangerous
Alec Turner Memorial Community Corner: 
 
Rota Latina buckyball results

https://forums.frontier.co.uk/threads/the-buckyball-racing-club-present-rota-latina-4th-14th-september-3312.649360/page-4#post-10885647

Unlimited Class

Tobias Von Brandt in a Cobra V was 3rd

Edelgard Von Rhein in a Courier was 2nd

Shay Blackwood was first in a Mandalay

Regulation Class

Fred Cookson 10th

Feliz Navidad 3rd

Tobias Von Brandt 2nd

Edelgard Von Rhein 1st

Some comments about the Buckyball race - Roy

Listened to Lave - Two highlights

The Elite Community Meetup was in Coventry England

FDev made an appearance according to Alec, but no formal presentation

No word who won the Lady Godiva look-a-like contest

https://www.elitecommunitymeet.info/

The Rhino Planetary Mining Guide is a thing! It’s not as polished as Mechan’s Guide to ~~War Crimes~~ Trailblazers, but it’s only version 0.6

Planetary Mining Site regeneration times are longer than a week, but how long is unknown

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1wfvkE73ZEhlvdhVZMjIpyzr5cAsceY4xPWTGdG2yEmo/edit?tab=t.0

It’s #348st for the 10st of September, 2026 or 3312! (33-Oh-twelven)
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Squadron Briefing:  
BGS highlights: 
Wow - no change in the numbers. LSN Present in 459 star systems, controlling 141 star systems.

Last week we flagged a concern for Miola (home of Harris Hospital) but that system looks stable right now.

Short PP Report: 
Cycle 589 / PP Cycle 98
Feet Pic and LYR clearly benefited from the relic rush. Each adding +91 and +65 systems respectively. Next closest system add total was Antel with +37.     

the Rhino seems to be building a role as a must-have powerplay tool

Powerplay rankings
Dev News: 
Jump to discussion topic

Galnet News: Galnet News | Elite Dangerous Community Site  
n/a this week

Discussion Topic: 
Frontier’s Six-Step Plan for Failing Upward into Community Engagement
AKA: Gold Rush 2: Palladium Boogaloo
Alec Turner Report: 
 
Rota Latina buckyball results so far

It’s #347rd for the 3th of September, 2026 or 3312! (33-Oh-twelven) - JM
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Squadron Briefing:  
BGS highlights: 
We are now in 459 systems, controlling 141

We’ve expanded out of 7 Andromeda

There’s been a little drop in influence in Miola we’re watching

Rick FN Dalton announced the Chieftains of Anarchy are purged from his main system, it only took 2 weeks and 2 ticks in retreat. 

Short PP Report: 
Cycle 96:
Soontil Relics, is there anything they can’t do?

Duval won the week

54 exploited, 14 forts, 1 stronghold

Li was second

49 exploited, -3 forts (six strongholds means -6 forts so 3 new forts were created), 6 strongholds

Piscium Sector ZK-X B1-5 (Pavlov’s Hub, Alexandrinus’s neighbor) is now a LYR stronghold thanks to LSN and Sirius Gov. efforts. Of note, Architect Grommer got Universal Cartographics online there (finally). If you want to thank him, he needs CMM Composite delivered to Alexandria Terminal’s orbital construction site, about 40K Tonnes

Antal was third

15 exploited, 11 forts

Empire also had a good week

15 exploited, 5 forts and 1 stronghold

Mahon rounds out the top 5

Loose Screws Punching Bag Jerome Tiberious Archer was 10th

8 exploited and 2 forts

Fan favorite Archon (Not Archer) Delaine was in 11th

4 new forts!

Well done!

Powerplay rankings
Dev News: 
Rhino Update 4.4.1.0

Rhino SRV added

Standard, Stellar, Galactic

Surface Mining Gameplay Added

DSS Updated to detect mining locations

13 new mining commodities

New Operation - Under Siege - Planetary Settlement Distress Call

Bug Fixes

https://www.elitedangerous.com/news/updates/4-4-1-0

4.4.1.1

Chunk problem fixed

Under Siege and Biohazard Takedown (easy) tweaks

https://www.elitedangerous.com/news/updates/4-4-1-1

Galnet News: Galnet News | Elite Dangerous Community Site  
Vodel Reveals New SRV Rhino - 9-3-26

Wreaken Calls for Surface Mining Support Tests

Competing CGs - 

1T Surface Ore vs. 1T Space Ore for rewards

Paint Jobs for T11 and Rhino and a sticker

Platinum at 300K/T and Iridium, Periclase Dunite & Thortveitite at 1M/T

Before Anyone Bitches about Pay to Win - I can collect 4T Platinum faster than 1T of Thortveitite so STFU

Bloomingwind’s Folly (IC Sector 2602 ZU-Y d103) is rich in Thortveitite and has a legendary Platinum Overlap in the shadow of Brick Memorial Station, so fill up in Bloomingwind’s Folly!

Discussion Topic: 
Rhino & ‘Under Siege’ Operation
Hold My Beer: Who Actually Makes the Adventure in Elite?
Alec Turner Report: 
 
Thank you for the heads-up about Ghost Giraffe’s ‘Weaponizing Rhino’ video https://youtu.be/ADENFhUz678

Buckyball Race ROTA LATINA starts tomorrow (4th September) and runs until the 14th September

https://youtu.be/z1po6Yg-Eu4

Full details here: https://forums.frontier.co.uk/threads/the-buckyball-racing-club-present-rota-latina-4th-14th-september-3312.649360/

It’s #346rd for the 27st of August, 2026 or 3312! (33-Oh-twelven) 
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Squadron Briefing:  
BGS highlights: 
Only Bloomingwind cares (Lark cares too…)

 Boom and Expansion out of 7A, Boom in V2151 Cygni

In 455 star systems, still controlling 140, we lost a solar system

No wars or elections of import

Short PP Report: 
Cycle 95:
Relics Rush part 2, Perfect pawed princess boogaloo! 

The Soontil Relic Rush bled into this cycle 

The Prismatic Princess won the week with 7 strongholds, 5 forts and 73 new systems. 

Frat boy Yong Rui was 2nd with 4 Strongholds, 7 forts and 29 new systems. 

Kaine, Emperor and Mahon round out the top 5

Friend of the Podcast Archon Delaine, the power several of our squad defected to was 9th this week 7 forts an a stronghold, despite losing 5 exploited systems.

Archer had it’s first positive week in some time, coming in 10th with 9 new systems, a fort and a stronghold

Patreus came in last but with a positive showing

Powerplay rankings
Dev News: 
Ship sale Fleet carrier stuff, Trailblazers stuff, new and old ship stuff and on foot stuff. Too much stuff to discuss. Get it while it is hot.

Dev Blog - Rhino and New Operation

Prepare to be under Siege - On Ground ops

Galnet News: Galnet News | Elite Dangerous Community Site  
Research sheds new light on Industrial Mining (Surface mining)

Colonia Celebrations conclude with opening of Megamarket

Discussion Topic: 
Discussion - Rhino: New Career, New Grind, or New Frontier?

It’s #345st for the 20nd of August, 2026 or 3312! (33-Oh-twelven) 
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Squadron Briefing:  
BGS highlights: 
Only Bloomingwind cares

Boom and Expansion out of 7A

In 456 starsystems, controlling 140

No wars or elections of import

Short PP Report: 
Cycle 94:
Relics Rush! 3 days of 600t stock of Soontil Relics this cycle continuing into next week

As expected Princess Aisling and Li Yong-Rui take full advantage

Aisling with 95 new systems, 3 strongholds, 12 new fortified

LYR 94 new systems, 2 strongholds, and 7 new fortifieds

We have a FDev leaderboard place change!!!

Yong-Rui used the relics to propel past Emperor Arissa for 3rd place in the in-game leaderboard

Archer in 9th place this week, but still lost a fort amidst all the gains

Powerplay rankings
Dev News: 
Store Sale - “Vibrant” packs for all the antiques

Unofficial EDVR patch - https://github.com/characterecho-sean/edvr-unofficial-patch

Galnet News: Galnet News | Elite Dangerous Community Site  
Colonia Celebrations Conclude with Megamarket Opening

Discussion Topic: 
Happy 7 years