Episode 261 - Salon Duet

#261 for 21rd November, 2024 or 33-oh-10 (3310) http://loosescrewsed.com Join us on discord! And check out the merch store! PROMO CODES https://discord.gg/3Vfap47Rea Support us on Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/LooseScrewsED Squad Update:  Wars in Uchagan, LTT 16910 and Yen Ti, not too worried about them.  Bumbur and 5A need some boosting of influence. Yong-Rui Screwspace aka ‘The Old Worlds of Screwspace’ are overheating with no end in sight. Hopefully things will level off, but it may take FDev’s finger on the BGS/PP interaction. Theoretically after enough cycles of expansion, there will be nowhere to expand to as long as there aren’t retreats from minor factions creating openings. Given an expansion is 10-13 days, that could be a very long time.  The overheating has resulted in Operation New Horizons being on hold because we would have to push and maintain Semakhmets as the highest influence system (sort of) to trigger expansion from there. All details in the #standing-orders and/or the #loose-screws-factions channels of the Discord. Powerpoint Update:  Insert Daxi Speech here Galnet Update: https://community.elitedangerous.com/ PP Rankings were announced - Player Driven Galnet News Thargoid war update: https://dcoh.watch/ Cocijo controls  - 1 Titan, 0 Alerts or Invasions, 41 control systems, 5 populated, 3 starports, 3 odyssey settlements and 2 ground ports under attack Dev News:  Midnight Black and Black Friday Discounts - Some ship kits are among the sale items, there were no Void Black, nor are there Midnight Black paintjobs for the Mandalay this year.  19.1 Update Crime pays and doesn’t pay, but we all wear a crown of bones Update Notes: Fixed an exploit where Powerplay Data could be downloaded multiple times from the same Data Port (Issue ID: 67329) Aisling Duval's Powerplay systems now correctly flag Imperial Slaves & Narcotics as illegal. Crime does not pay. Archon Delain Powerplay systems now correctly open Black Markets if they are not already present. OK...here crime might pay. Pranav Antal now closes Black Markets in Fortified/Stronghold systems. Merit awards for destroying Ship Launched Fighters have been reduced. Adjustments made to Flight Tutorial combat drones reducing their damage output. Type-8's collision has been adjusted so that the "arms" now have correct collision. Resolved a crash when using VR Power Play strategic view on Galaxy map Filters on the Galaxy Map are no longer auto selected when you hover your mouse over them Thank you for all your continued feedback and reports! Discussion: PP 2.0 - Iterative process or the stagnation of humanity Leto II warned us about? Community Corner: Happy 6th-versary to the Burr Pit Buckyball - Race 8 still TBD