Episode 323 - That Bird F**ks

#323nd for 12rd March, 2026 or 3312! (33-Oh twelvenish)Squadron Briefing:  BGS highlightsThe Loose Screws are in 400, yes 400 star systems, controlling 119!We are engaged in 6 conflicts - The War for control of Alexandrinus vs. the Marquis du Alexandrinus is the most important. Before tonight’s tick we’re D2 - Score 0-1. We want it to be short and sweet.We are in another expansion (out of?)States of interest - Boom state in Qama, Civil Unrest in AlexandrinusBust/Lockdowns in V518 Carinae and Cephei Sector MC-V b2-1Short PP Report:Lifted with unspoken consent from KrugerFive on the LS discordCycle 71:Rares are back at 400t for 1 day and the effects are felt!Aisling and LYR both of course jumped on the opportunityAisling with the best week with 31 new systems, 4 new forts and a strongholdLYR in #2 with 26 systems but growing 2 new strongholdsBig news of this cycle is Grom getting destroyed and losing 28 systems, 8 of which were forts!Archon was triggered by Grom and utterly brutalized them.Biggest loss since cycle 23 at leastRumor is that Grom has conceded to Delaine and hostilities will end, or at least be contained to a specific area.On a related note, Patreus had a great week adding 12 systemsLSN opened a branch office for LYR in Piscium Sector ZK-X b1-5. Sirius Gov. continues to appreciate the efforts of it’s favorite subsidiary company, The Loose Screws Network, LLC.https://www.k5elite.com/Dev News: Nothing since 4.3.1.0 Kestrel updateGalnet News: Galnet News | Elite Dangerous Community Site Shocking no one, Kestrel Fighter Trials Deemed a Resounding SuccessDiscussion :Ships with SoulCommunity Corner :Coriolis.io updated to version 4.0 with a revamp of the UIBuckyball Racing - The Prison Circuit - 3-20 to 3-30Start at Cummings Ring in Vaiurisc with an empty cargo holdFly to The Beefy Boiler in Puppis Sector ON-T b3-5 and purchase 1 unit of Consumer TechnologyVisit each of the following Detention Centres in any order, flying through the habitation rings and then docking at each one:Detention Ship Beta, Bei Dou Sector DL-Y d76, 1 ring at the endThe Fist of the Empire, ICZ KS-T b3-5, 2 rings at the end, ignore the ring in the middleThe Shield of Resolve, G 203-51, 1 ring in the middleMercy's Hammer, Alrai Sector KH-V b2-7, 2 rings, widely separated, at the endReturn to Cummings Ring and sell the Consumer Technologyhttps://forums.frontier.co.uk/threads/the-buckyball-racing-club-presents-prison-circuit-20th-30th-march-3312.646130/Burr Pit wrote a love letter to the Corvettehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FpQs2AL-DXwDistant Worlds III - En Route to Waypoint 7 - Guardian of the Twins - Byae Aowsy GR-N d6-52 - Planet 4F - 20.09ª by 26.52ª - Deadline 15 - 03 - 3312 - Their Website is hella cool - and they have a newsletter for those of us with FOMO!https://distantworlds3.space/Store Salesome pre-built ships: Mandalay, Asp Explorer, and some ship kits: Mandalay, Anaconda, Cobra MkIII, Imp Cutter, DBX, Corvette, Python Mk1