Episode 249 - Real Deep Exploring

#249 for 29nd August, 2024 or 33-oh-10 (3310)



Squad Update:
War has begun in V2151 Cygni! We want to win it!
6A is going to expand! We are trying to guide it to land in Soma, please see the orders to help there.
Balmus and HIP 4907 are needing boosting.
There are multiple other conflict to get involved in if desired
See orders for more detail, or ask one of the faction members in our discord.

All details in the #standing-orders and/or the #loose-screws-factions channels of the Discord.

Galnet Update: https://community.elitedangerous.com/
Jerome Archer and Nakato Kaine Increase Supporters - TLDR: Jerome Archer think’s he’s hot s**t, he and Nakato Kaine want to take the democratic process out of democracy, The Federation remains annoying to all the other powers.

Thargoid war update: https://dcoh.watch/

Raijin has a ton of systems still and needs a lot of work.

Dev News:

PP 2.0 pushed to October (I literally know nobody who is surprised) no firm date yet
MANDALAY - New Exploration ship from Zorgon Peterson (Mamba cockpit), according to Arf it should give the Exploroconda a run for it’s money, according to Zac it should make the Asp Explorer obsolete.
She's a beauty! (New ship revealed--Mandalay) | Frontier Forums

Community Corner:

Buckyball race: Zombaland!
https://forums.frontier.co.uk/threads...
Youtuber doing Elite content! Gaming Snips and Bits: The Imperial Cutter - The Empire's Crowning Jewel [Elite Dangerous Ship Review] (youtube.com) New video about the Cutter, has lots of other videos about other ships in Elite as well, seems to be working his way through them.