Loose Screws - The Dangerousest

#313th for 18nd December, 2025 or 3311! (33-Oh-Leven, not Oh-Eleven, OH-Leven)http://loosescrewsed.comJoin us on discord! And check out the merch store! PROMO CODEShttps://discord.gg/3Vfap47ReaSupport us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/LooseScrewsEDSquad Stuff:363 starsystems, controlling 104 systemsSeveral wars and elections in the present time, none of strategic interestNew Screwspace continues develop, come to the New Screwspace Megathread channel in our discord if you want to participate. We will share in the identification of target systems, building bridges, system design, and hauling. PP Stuff:  updated 12/11, unashamedly copied from KrugerFive on the LS discordCycle 59: https://k5elite.com/ Kaine on top with the strongest week, gaining 3 new strongholds and 8 systems overallYong-Rui and Archer both with the most new systems this week with +9Impressive for LYR given the massive fight to hang on in the enclave. Hanging on to their 1 enclave system with well over 3 million points of underminingArissa and Aisling may be overly distracted in the enclave. Both losing systems this cycle.This is back to back losses for Princess Aisling!Dev News (12/11): Festive Drops - Snowfall Icicle - Snowflakes on a me-teal-ic backgroundFestive Giveaways - 5 next week and 1 on the 22nd - Looks like each new ship will get a free skin in addition to weapons and the SRVs.Galnet News: Galnet News | Elite Dangerous Community Site (12/18)One Year Since Humanity’s Victory in Xeno WarSandra’s Workshop Asks for Festive Gift Couriers

#312st for11th December, 2025 or 3311! (33-Oh-Leven, not Oh-Eleven, OH-Leven)http://loosescrewsed.comJoin us on discord! And check out the merch store! PROMO CODEShttps://discord.gg/3Vfap47ReaSupport us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/LooseScrewsEDSquad Stuff:356 starsystems, controlling 101 systemsSeveral wars and elections in the present timeNew Screwspace is growing with Lark’s system online and Ranglon joining the fray. PP Stuff:  updated 12/11, unashamedly copied from KrugerFive on the LS discordCycle 58: https://k5elite.com/ With the HIP 87621 enclave battle and CG in full swing, those benefiting and gaining the most throughout the galaxy this cycle are:GromALDKaineMahon, Torval, Aisling, and Patreus all went negative for the week. Delaine takes back P10 from Zemina Torval on the Nicey/KrugerFive boards! On the FDev leaderboard, Grom and Kaine both added +11 new systems for the top spot, with Grom taking the edge with +1 stronghold Emperor Arissa adds the most strongholds this cycle with +2 Lots of data being track in the battle for HIP 87621 by others. A couple places keeping some cool data around the enclave to look for if you haven't seen it yet:Ian Doncaster has probably the best data keeping track of the undermining and reinforcement details at:https://heatmap.sotl.org.uk/powers/hip Really interesting to see who is getting hit the hardest and where. Really shows how hard LYR and Aisling have been getting hit. It will be interesting to watch it all as LYR is on the ropes, Archer getting knocked out, and the other powers starting to grow a foothold.Also keep a lookout for CMDR Gen. Zoff's daily posts of HIP 87621 status over at the Buur Pit powerplay discord channel. They have been posting a regular table of each systems state and status that is also interesting to watch.Dev News (12/11): Caspian Update 1Added a cap for engineering resistances to avoid values above 75% being achieved.Station weapons now deal plasma damage, improving effectiveness against target resistances.Enabled "Mk II Ablative Mirrored Surface Composite" armour at markets for the Caspian Explorer.Metallic paints are in the store for the Caspian, T11, Panther Clipper IIGolden, Gold, Chromed, Chrome(The Panther Clipper II ones also paint over the black cargo section)Festive Drops - Snowfall Icicle - Snowflakes on a me-teal-ic backgroundFestive Giveaways - skins for all sorts of things, 3 last week, 3 this week, 5 next week and 1 on the 22nd Galnet News: Galnet News | Elite Dangerous Community Site (12/11)Battle Rages On Across HIP 87621 Enclave11 DEC 3311Conflict continues across the 49-system enclave surrounding HIP 87621, with military forces from all major powers showing no signs of a ceasefire after two weeks of heavy fighting.Ernesto Rios, a freelance war correspondent for Vox Galactica, reported:“Although the Empire appears to be the dominant force across the enclave after this initial campaign, it's becoming clear that this conflict concerns far more than territorial influence. Radicoida unica has been confirmed by Vista Genomics as a wholly unique species, with early genetic indicators suggesting potential advancements once fully understood.”“Given the scale of the mobilisation across the enclave, it is possible that certain details of its properties are known only to a select few within senior leadership circles.”Discussion (12/11):The Caspian is a ‘tool’ shipOn foot gameplay improvements and what’s still missing.“Compulsion Loops”

#311th for 4th December, 2025 or 3311! (33-Oh-Leven, not Oh-Eleven, OH-Leven)http://loosescrewsed.comJoin us on discord! And check out the merch store! PROMO CODEShttps://discord.gg/3Vfap47ReaSupport us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/LooseScrewsEDSquad Stuff:  Updated by Bloom 10/16 <- LOLZThe Pax Screwiana continues, a few wars and elections but good neighbors make good fences349 systems, controlling 99!New Screwspace has a dozen and a half systems! Volt, Ranglon, Ty, Lark, me and Ciaran are working the space. If you’re interested in colonizing, it’s a good location.PowerPlay Update: - unashamedly copied from KrugerFive’s post in our Discord, 12/4Kaine with the largest gains this week with +3 strongholds and +10 new systemsAisling after big losses last week regains most of the loss with +14 new systems, +3 forts, and +1 strongholdAisling looks recovered and adapting from the 1 ton changesLi Yong-Rui also starting to make a comeback tying Antal for 3rd for the weekOn the FDev leaderboard for number of systems:Aisling is back with the most systems gained with her +14Kaine in second with +10Torval losing -14 systems. Now losing ground to Archon Delainehttps://k5elite.com/ Now that we have 3 cycles of post 1 ton trading and re-introduction of power data download, we have a good view of who was affected most by the changes. The ASCII table (sorry if you are on your phone) shows the average each power was seeing from cycles 41-52 (non Relic rush cycles) vs cycle 55 and after (after 1t):+---------+------------+------+--------------------+| Power   | 41-52 Avg  | 55+  | Post 1t Difference |+---------+------------+------+--------------------+| Delaine |        200 |  433 |                233 || Grom    |       1817 | 1833 |                 16 || Antal   |       1991 | 1804 |               -188 || Kaine   |       2307 | 2009 |               -298 || Winters |       2053 | 1342 |               -711 || Patreus |        -97 | -892 |               -795 || Archer  |       2017 | 1117 |               -900 || ALD     |       1499 |  387 |              -1112 || Mahon   |       1816 |  656 |              -1160 || Torval  |       2096 | -502 |              -2598 || Aisling |       4555 |  627 |              -3928 || LYR     |       6435 |   16 |              -6420 |+---------+------------+------+--------------------+You can see LYR took a massive fall, along with Aisling and Torval. Basically no effect on Delaine, which seems obvious in retrospect. The real winners at have been Grom, Antal, Kaine, and Winters who dropped some, but kept most of their mid-range output to be productive in these first 3 cycles. With some trading for powerplay back in the picture it, Aisling/LYR adapting, and now a powerplay CG and war for the enclave bubble, things are interesting again.Dev News: GLOWING MUSHROOM  TREES!CASPIAN!CG STYLE POWERPLAY FIGHTS!Galnet News: Galnet News | Elite Dangerous Community SitePilots’ Federation Members Enter HIP 87621Rumours Spread About HIP 87621 Flora HIP 87621 At Centre of Major Military ConflictZorgon Peterson Unveils Caspian Explorer VesselDiscussion:Powerplay  Community Corner:https://youtu.be/KtFjhAFoZ6c  - Alec Turner’s Mountains of Madness raceElite Dangerous:The Long Break - The High Wake (The Long Break)https://youtu.be/DH1MASLp30M - Goose Screws (for those who didn’t know)A new Loose Screws SRV event is in the works By Lark

#310st for 14th November, 2025 or 3311! (33-Oh-Leven, not Oh-Eleven, OH-Leven)http://loosescrewsed.comJoin us on discord! And check out the merch store! PROMO CODEShttps://discord.gg/3Vfap47ReaSupport us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/LooseScrewsEDSquad Update:  (Updated by Bloom 10/16)Busted in old and fun ways. Come join us colonizing, BGS works out here.Ish. So does the colonizing.Ish.PowerPlay Update: - (unashamedly copied from KrugerFive’s post in our Discord, 11/13)Cycle 54:Soontil relics hit 600t supply this cycle and the powers jumped on to boom for huge gains. Last relics rush was 14 cycles ago.The power of princess Aisling showed with the relics rush. +138 new systems, +8 new fortifieds.The other powers to maximize this were Yong-Rui (+73 systems), Antal (+70), and Mahon (+60)Delaine putting up a fight and keeping Torval behind for now (-3 systems difference)This relic boom creates a nice battle in the FDev board between Archer, Antal, and Kaine for Archer's P6. Archer 1131 systemsKaine 1100 systemsAntal 1089 systems1t trading is gone, trade is next to useless for control points, and relics are back down (but still at a healthy 120t). Next week is going to be interesting.Kruger 5’s Power Rankings - https://k5elite.com/ Niceygy’s Power Points - https://elite.niceygy.net/powerpointsFind out more in the LSN-powerplay-hub forum channel.Dev News: HIP 87621 Permit issuedCG - HIP 87621 Exobiology Initiative beginsPilots can support this initiative by first signing up at Exogene Sciences in the HIP 87621 system, before gathering samples of the newly discovered flora at biological sites located on several bodies of the HIP 87621 system. These samples must then be sold to Vista Genomics at Exogene Sciences, via the representative located in the station concourse.Pilots who register at least 1 sample will receive the following rewards:- Artemis Photon Blue Suit Pack- Credits, depending on success tier achieved and individual contribution level.Pilots in the top 75% and above of contributions will receive a grade 5 Artemis suit, with Improved Battery Capacity, Night Vision, Increased Sprint Duration and Improved Jump Assist modifications.Careful, it’s hot out thereColonization main starport effects nerfed, then retracted, a bit. Lots of people apparently (cynically) think it’s so FDev can sell more Dodec’s…?Galnet News: https://community.elitedangerous.com/ (updated 11/14)Pilots’ Federation Members Enter HIP 87621Trailblazer Fleet WithdrawnDiscussion:HIP 87621 bio’s, CG, leading to?

#309th  for 5th November, 2025 or 3311! (33-Oh-Leven, not Oh-Eleven, OH-Leven)http://loosescrewsed.comJoin us on discord! And check out the merch store! PROMO CODEShttps://discord.gg/3Vfap47ReaSupport us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/LooseScrewsEDSquad Update:  (Updated by Bloom 10/16)Busted in old and fun ways. Come join us colonizing, BGS works out here.Ish. So does the colonizingPowerPlay Update: - (unashamedly copied from KrugerFive’s post in our Discord, 10/30)Cycle 52: we are 1 day ahead of the cycle so… no updateKruger 5’s Power Rankings - https://k5elite.com/ Niceygy’s Power Points - https://elite.niceygy.net/powerpointsFind out more in the LSN-powerplay-hub forum channel.Dev News: Elite Dangerous | Developer Log - 4 November 2025Galnet News: https://community.elitedangerous.com/ (updated 10/23)Trailblazer Fleet To Be WithdrawnDiscussion:New Video StyleTrailblazers out of beta on 11 November Significant amount of fixes and QoL to BGS, PP, and ColonizationBalance pass for on-foot combatNew star port - Dodec station - Tier 3+ Available at the 11Nov updateTech broker, higher stats all around50k ARX to unlock per account, deploy one instantly where allowed, and then build others as normalNew ship - Zorgon Caspian Explorer - early access in DecemberLarge padCan load mk2 modulesIncluding new MK2 FSD with improved neutron superchargingRetracting engine bitsSmall landing footprintSaid something about “mind that gravity and spot interesting plating pattern on hull”New feature pushed to early 2026 - OperationsNew set of multi-phased scenariosOn foot and in space4 CMDRs take on a challenging obstacleNever seen before areas - internals of hostile megashipMultiple operations, varying difficultyRewards that are difficult to obtain