Hello https://lemmy.world/c/elitedangerous! I’m just going to throw our powerplay bulletin in here occasionally for a flavour of the latest in the world of powerplay! 👑

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“Sunny night at Zetford Terminal”. A pair of planets watch the sun-not-set near one of our BGS target systems. (Our last one from Teddy Rope who’s moved on to pastures new - good luck in the black Cmdr!)

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Cycle summary and priorities:

Not a quiet week, although our Dongkum expansion was not the centre attraction this time. Hudson has fallen into turmoil this week following what looks to be a late snipe, with one system on the block. Activity has been at a heightened pitch in the background via faction shift and conflict to alter the powerplay supporting landscape. Power shifts continued in Aisling’s Reieni sphere. In our Karnarki sphere, the main event of last week was the advertised war in Tchernobog. Amongst players we saw, this was a struggle mostly against ALD’s forces, and sadly was lost to the Empire. It was a very dangerous system for the duration, with continual PvP battles, indeed descending into chaos at one point with a joker played when a well-known PvP squadron felt the need to remind everyone including themselves what “murderhobo” means 💥. It didn’t help but pews are good aren’t they, and it’s unlikely it affected the outcome ultimately.

Appreciation for some hard rain in Tchernobog - we and our Hudson allies supply the planetary weather so FDev don’t have to :D

Once again this is the kind of activity level that makes powerplay exciting and it’s no bad thing when such convergences punctuate the more usual simmer and build-up play, even if we’d rather not have the outcome. Props to our opponents, many of whom met us on the field.

b2 Carinae continues to be a hotbed of intense Imperial activity with a renewed push to usurp Ice Storm Squadron; please help ISS there if you can. Reported encounters there are down a lot but there’s still the odd Imperial PvPer appearing at the star looking for easy pickings so do still watch your six over there. Other BGS movements continue with plenty of silver linings but can only be revealed to those in our discord!

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In the news:

Ram those Relics! No, not you Zemina! One story, but a big one maybe. With the recent re-energisation of the Thargoid advance, Ram Tah offers an exciting counterpoint with independent pilots directed to supply Meene with relics and grelics. We assume a Panther Clipper will be the only means capable of delivering the crazy Guardian payload he’s working up for the Titans. Super cool blue paintjobs available to top contributors.

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Voting:

Are you able to vote for Winters? Please vote CONS and vote EARLY.

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Fortification:

Fortify the following systems to 100% by picking up lunchboxes Liberal Federal Packages in Rhea and delivering them to power contacts:

Matipu, Hikenk, LP 906-9, Binjamingi

Fort priorities are ever changing and we cannot update publicly in a timely manner. Join the Discord if you want to help! ​​​

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Expansion:

Please haul aid to the answer the prayers of the folk of Chang O. Join our Discord to know more!

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Undermining:

Patreus has an expansion to Caph that needs to be opposed. Otherwise feel free to undermine Torval’s happy slaves at Ross 429, LTT 12058 or LHS 274. Join our Discord for live priority updates!

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Interested in AX? Join FAX-COM.

Interested in non-violent methods to assuage the alien emergency? Winters has a place for you too.

Interested in PvP? PvP is a lifeblood of powerplay. We train interested pilots with a dedicated server, resources and mentors, and weekly in-house tournaments

Interested in exploration? We have a server for our explorers too

Want more nuance on objectives, to wing up, or to keep up to date on the ever-evolving strategy? Join our Discord! Stop by and say hello! Or join to stay quiet and beaver away at your specialism . In addition to Powerplay Ops, we have channels for general ED discussion, ship building mastery, and PvP training, with domain experts. We also have an unsurpassed cantina .

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Imp Trumps! (a feature on Imperial individuals the game just wouldn’t be the same without)

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[Skidmarks]:

Is he even an imp? Famed for flying meme builds to gank our T9 haulers (yes I was ganked by an AspX shut up) and staring at his coffee not socialising in the Imperial squadron mess halls. Flies Grom lately just to be ironic. He flew Federation for a couple of weeks just before that but maybe got frustrated (iirc he didn’t find a single T9:/). Though some say he delved too greedily and too deep into the darkness of FUC discord server message history… The name - a reference to the fear he strikes or the quality of his flying? Who knows, it’s a paradox (psst - *that’s not actually a paradox). Dobryy den’, Imperets!*🖖

Some made-up numbers:

PvP - 5

Syschat PvP - N/A (lets the plinks do the talking iirc)

BGS - 1

RP - 0

Imperiority complex - 1

Infantry - 1

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Diplomatic Overview:

Aisling Duval – Hostile

Archon Delaine – Amiable

Arissa Lavigny-Duval – Hostile

Denton Patreus – Unfriendly

Edmund Mahon – Green

Li Yong-Rui – Neutral

Pranav Antal – Neutral

Yuri Grom – Unfriendly

Zachary Hudson – Ally

Zemina Torval – Branching out into children’s literature