Episode 241 - The Best Cold Open Ever

Loose Screws - The Dangerousest

#241 July 4th, 2024 or 33-oh-10 (3310)

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Squad Update:

• Something something - Classified

• Something something - Pain in the neck - classified

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Galnet Update: Galnet News | Elite Dangerous Community Site

Aegis has continued to monitor the recently shifting Thargoid behavior and have confirmed a clear pattern.

Expansion efforts have slowed in recent weeks, with experts theorizing that this change in the Thargoids was a precursor to a change in overall strategy. Aegis researchers have now gathered enough evidence to confirm a tactical shift.

The Thargoids have adopted a more defensive stance, reinforcing their current position rather than expanding outward. They are also targeting and invading populated systems exclusively, sometimes without their normal scouting operations.

Dr. Jeong-Hui Shing of the Holloway Bioscience institute offered the following view:

“That lack of scouting is the most fascinating element of this change to me. A military man may claim it to be a desperate enemy lashing out at its opponent, but I see something deeper.”

“Foregoing expansion to prioritize the defense of their remaining Titans is intelligent, not desperate. These attacks seem just as calculated: they are gathering data. Probing our defenses. Analyzing where their remaining resources may be best used...”

As a tactical response, various organizations will be sending strike teams to designated counterstrike systems around the Titan with the least systems under Thargoid control. Where possible, these teams plan to reactivate a single port within each system to provide a forward operating base for anti-xeno operations.

Pilots are being encouraged to take up arms and participate in the defense of these forward ports.

Thargoid war update:

• It’s INDRA-Pendence Day! Let Torpedoes Ring!

Dev News:

18.07 Update - From Tracks’ mouth to Art’s Thicc Thargoid Booty

https://forums.frontier.co.uk/threads/elite-dangerous-update-18-07-5th-july-2024.626390/

Release Schedule - Friday 5th July 2024

• 7AM UTC/8AM BST - Server off

• 11AM UTC/12PM BST - Servers back online*

*Please be aware that these are approximate timings and as such are subject to change.

Features of Note:

• Ram Tah has been hard at work continuing his investigations of the Anti-Guardian Zone deployed by Thargoids. His most recent breakthrough now allows all Guardian Modules to have the Anti-Guardian Zone Resistance modification applied to them, without penalty.

• The reduction to Guardian weapon damage has been removed

• All weapons previously modified with the damage reducing modification have automatically received the improved modification

• The AX Chieftain prebuilt ship is now delivered with the improved modification

Titan Multiplayer Improvements

• A number of improvements to Titan instance stability & improvements to the Titan venting cycle

• Reduced maximum number of Thargoid Ships within Titan instances

Discussion:

• Buur 7/3 Video: Transition from Thargoid War to PP2.0 and future New Feature. (https://youtu.be/etpd98S3UMk?si=a1OU1ktrNFoueD9a)

Community Corner:

• Coriolis.io is moving to new stewardship and being updated!

• Buckey Ball - Kevin the Stabber won the regulation race, Alec Turner number 2. Polar Bruski won the Unlimited race with an iEagle. Alec Turner second. Race number 4 - Questing on Qixi by Clarrisa Au, coming later in July!