FLC ships during a shoot for a video by AuraxisAnimus

Cycle summary and priorities:

Last cycle was busy for leadership but perhaps not for anyone else.

This cycle is busy for everyone. Everyone wants to try PP2.0, and so far it's looking really good.

We're still organising ourselves and figuring out the mechanics. We'll be building new spreadsheets to track our members' work but for now we'll be providing objectives. We're also organising events to work together to do things, so please join our Discord to take part. In addition, I myself am building a PP2.0 guide for both returning PowerPlayers and newbies, so please feel free to read that for more information. It will be updated as we learn more (and I have the time to add it).

For general objectives, you can reinforce our systems, take Federal Propaganda to Empire systems and destroy their ships (you will get wanted status but you can handle that).

Reminder: you can use the map to find systems that are being undermined. Please focus on reinforcing those systems!

We're still working the BGS in the Lulua sphere, so if all this hoo-hah about merits isn't your bag, please feel free to help non-imperial factions there.

Join our Discord for more on objectives.

In the news:

Felicia Winters has now had her inauguration. We are now officially the party of the President once again.

The Mandalay is now available for real money. Now you can explore for PowerPlay, you can expense it on the FLC! (Just kidding, we don't do that)

Voting:

What the hell is voting? What would we be voting for? If you want to expand a system, go do it!

Reinforcement:

Please find a system under reinforcement and reinforce it, focussing especially on ones being undermined by the Empire.

Acquisition:

Please find a system under expansion. The guide will give you specific activities you can do there.

Undermining:

You can undermine any Empire system, but Torval is especially annoying to us.

Join our Discord for live priority updates and to wing up!

Interested in Federal 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 <shrug>. 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 <clink>.

Diplomatic Overview:

Aisling Duval – Hostile

Archon Delaine – Amiable

Arissa Lavigny-Duval – Hostile

Denton Patreus – Unfriendly

Edmund Mahon – Green

Nakato Kaine – Lime

Li Yong-Rui – Neutral

Pranav Antal – Neutral

Yuri Grom – Unfriendly

Jerome Archer – Ally

Zemina Torval – Unfriendly

Greetings Winters Commanders!

As powerplay 1.0 comes to an end, powerplay service records will be wiped and Cmdrs unpledged. At Federal Liberal Command, the home of organised Winters powerplay for the last 9 years, we were thinking of how to commemorate the, often long, Winters service records of our pilots. So, we're creating personalised commemorative patches for everyone's virtual flight suits(!). Here's some preliminary versions; trapping-in-amber that final pledge rating screen.

https://preview.redd.it/nt7vdv588lxd1.png?width=494&format=png&auto=webp&s=96003791d47651933558d460262a45cf3668b12f

(Shhh, they're not actual real life patches, but... still)

To celebrate the Ascendancy release, we're offering this to all Winters pilots who are interested. If you'd like a personalised "v-patch" of your own, emblazoned with the Winters emblem, just come to our server with a screenshot of your pledge rating screen and drop a ping. Although we'd love you to, you don't have to join the organisation, just be a proud Winters supporter (the version with the FLC crest, and any "hall of 1.0 fame" we might do, will be kept for members only, however).

If your record is shorter than it should be due to shopping for the trinkets of those other pesky powers, don't worry, there'll be a "shopper" cart decal that can be applied so people know the depth of your true commitment 😄. Returning after a shopping round is itself a test of loyalty after all:).

Please upvote the main post here!

And keep this one at the top of the elitedangerous sub too!

www.discord.gg/fuc

We're reaching out on behalf of Federal Powerplay to the Elite community, to help Cmdrs foster the values of prosperity, freedom and democracy that we hold dear - https://www.reddit.com/r/EliteDangerous/comments/1gcp6x1/the_federation_needs_you/

Carter Port during an event to be announced soon

Hoo boy, this will give you deja vu.

Cycle summary and priorities:

For those that don't know, PP2.0 drops on Tuesday. It was supposed to drop this Tuesday, but I don't begrudge FDev taking more time to fix some of the issues that will inevitably cause problems for everyone.

Previewers have given us plenty of information to digest, so we'll be doing some work this weekend putting it to good use. We now have a decent enough idea of what things will look like.

If you want to know about our plans, they haven't changed from last week, although we'll be in a slightly better position due to the additional time and information. For the remainder of this cycle, please remember to continue forting as usual. You'll never get another chance, and we need a backup plan if it all goes awry.

We have nothing to expand to, and will only prep if the worst happens, so all the hauling is in forts.

For undermining, Torval has prepped HIP 12716. Feel free to go after it but remember that the merits will almost certainly be wasted.

In the world of the background simulation, we're continuing to fight for the Lulua sphere. If you want your actions to have a definite impact, this is where to go.

Join our Discord for more on objectives.

In the news:

The Alliance has created a Discord server for the new power's supporters. We're in contact to ensure establishment of peaceful relations.

As mentioned, FDev gave an updated release date of Tuesday. They like Tuesdays, I guess.

Voting:

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

Fortification:

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

Lundji, Elycoch, Belgitan, Asetsi

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

Expansion:

We have no expansions this week

Join our Discord for live priority updates on hauling and to wing up!

Undermining:

We have Torval's expansion to HIP 12716. Hopefully this time 2.0 will drop and so will this expansion.

Join our Discord for live priority updates and to wing up!

Interested in Federal 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 <shrug>. 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 <clink>.

Diplomatic Overview:

Aisling Duval – Hostile

Archon Delaine – Amiable

Arissa Lavigny-Duval – Hostile

Denton Patreus – Unfriendly

Edmund Mahon – Green

Nakato Kaine – Lime

Li Yong-Rui – Neutral

Pranav Antal – Neutral

Yuri Grom – Unfriendly

Zachary Hudson/Jerome Archer – Ally

Zemina Torval – Unfriendly

Unfortunately it seems that streamers have run into issues and Frontier have decided to delay the update to the week beginning the 28th.

It's important to note that they do not give a specific day, only the week, so it may be after the cycle tick on the 31st. Please keep forting, and we have an expansion so please go for it. We could potentially get that expansion and we could lose systems if we don't fort appropriately.

https://forums.frontier.co.uk/threads/ascendancy-mandalay-release-date-update.628709/

The rewards you get for pledging Winters in PP2.0

Cycle summary and priorities:

For those that don't know, PP2.0 drops on Tuesday. Here's a quick summary of the changes for those that don't know:

1. Government types don't matter anymore. It makes no difference at all whether a PMF is a corporation or a democracy.
2. Expansion, fortification and undermining are done system-by-system. Each gets its own progress bar, like BGS/Thargoid stuff.
3. Any action while pledged to a power helps the pledged power in that system. Different powers will find different actions more or less useful.
4. Traditional undermining (killing another power's ships) is normally unavailable- it's only done during contested expansions, in which multiple powers have successfully expanded to the same system in a cycle. The term "undermining" changes meaning to be actions that degrade the owning power's influence.
5. Three types of systems- exploited, fortified, and stronghold. Stronghold systems are basically fortified twice. They have special carriers in them, on which there's... stuff.
6. Merits are never reset. The rewards are things like discounts, but also all powers get all PP modules, but at different ratings.
7. We will get merit rewards like in CGs, where the top 10% get one reward, top 25% get another, etc. It listed the top player getting 1bil.

This week we're in limbo. Nobody is planning on making trouble- there's no point, the changes will be lost on Tuesday.

Undoubtedly there will be some uncertainty from established PowerPlayers on what to do after it drops, so here's the plan.

We are not expecting any kind of decent service on Tuesday. The update will likely take a significant proportion of the day, and then it will be hard to get and maintain a connection. I suggest not planning to play a lot on Tuesday or even Wednesday. Leadership will have several tasks to complete:

• work out the mechanics methodically
• create sheets
• write guides
• establish what changes need making to the server and departments
• rewrite the web app
• track the issues we encounter and co-operate with other powers to get them addressed

Lenta Fasciola will be responsible for doing research on the mechanics and tracking the results, but no doubt everyone will be having a look around and trying to determine how it all sticks together. It'll be leadership's collective responsibility to work out the sheets. I'll be getting the guides on the web app and working with the departments to write them. I'll also be rewriting the web app and communicating with other powers.

In broad strokes the first priority will be forting, and then we'll be doing other things yet to be determined.

I would HIGHLY advise joining Discord so you can get info on how 2.0 works, what the objectives are, access to everything etc etc.

For this cycle, although what we do probably will be forgotten on Tuesday, we can't forget that this is FDev, they may screw it all up, so let's avoid a last-minute scramble if it turns out that 2.0 has been delayed. Get your last fix of hauling in before the galaxy turns upside-down.

Update from the BGS department:

It has been a quiet week in BGS while everyone waits for PP 2.0 to drop. IED still seem keen to grow their position in Fed space, therefore we wonder if that is because Eule secretly wishes they were a Fed and regrets becoming a Slaver.

Join our Discord for more on objectives.

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In the news:

Previewers have gotten access to 2.0, so some information (including the above screenshot) has come out. They also get access to the Mandalay. Worth remembering that will come out on Tuesday as well.

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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:

Lundji, Elycoch, Belgitan, Asetsi

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:

We have no expansions this week

Join our Discord for live priority updates on hauling and to wing up!

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Undermining:

We have Arissa's expansion to Tangkan and Torval's to LHS 142 if you just want to shoot things. They will be unsuccessful, unless 2.0 evaporates.

Join our Discord for live priority updates and to wing up!

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Interested in Federal 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 <shrug>. 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 <clink>.

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Diplomatic Overview:

Aisling Duval – Hostile

Archon Delaine – Amiable

Arissa Lavigny-Duval – Hostile

Denton Patreus – Unfriendly

Edmund Mahon – Green

Nakato Kaine – Lime

Li Yong-Rui – Neutral

Pranav Antal – Neutral

Yuri Grom – Unfriendly

Zachary Hudson/Jerome Archer – Ally

Zemina Torval – Unfriendly

Cmdrs Lenta Fasciola, who earned shy of 40,000 opposition merits last week, and fellow UMing r5'er, David J. Hunt during a recent UM wing-up

Cycle summary and priorities:

I'm preparing to travel so this will be short on detail and high on waffle. We were not able to repel any of ZYADA's nine expansions last week, although we are thankful for the help we had from different quarters trying to turn the tide and at least some kabooms were created, we think giving both sides some fun - we salute your efforts and I was happy to wing with some new and goodly folk (that they arrrr). We must honourably mention our opponents' noticeable activity in open at Bevan's Hope and Cholul, and including some of Torval's few regular pilots in LHS 184.

An extensive undermining operation by Imperial pilots had us fortifying hard last week to prevent a turmoil as well, which was put paid to in very good time by our keen haulers. 

ZYADA and other powers continue to expand into this, what could be the final (full), week of powerplay 1.0. We have consolidated, with no expansions or (likely futile) preparations this week.

We have no idea what to expect when PP2.0 drops. There's a high chance that completely unexpected things emerge. Our knowledge of the incoming system is relatively shallow and qualitative based on the information that has been made public. And our experience of new features tells us that balance and intended functionality do not always arrive when the feature does, but at some delay at the very least. August is doing a good job of positioning the current community across powerplay to address what unwelcome surprises may come.

The player base remains a further unknown. We could expect the current active powerplay player bases to be the prime movers in the new system, while at the same time we know that many players outside these groups intentionally avoid powerplay 1.0 because of its deficiencies and lack of reward, and may change their tune without telling us(!). Depending on uptake, there could be a levelling out or an acceleration of the current trends in powerplay. I'd say do not hope, but watch with curiosity, and consider what you can do to make the most of the system for you. And remember, some people are waking up today to far worse catastrophes than any we can experience in a crappy space game. 

The benefits of organisation for our common goals will remain. Progress bars are easier filled by carefully pooled activity. Federal United Command continues to be here to serve, as a platform for that organisation for any that wish to benefit from it.

Join our Discord for more on objectives.

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In the news:

As Shinrarta returns to full operation, the good News Digest folk reminded us of a 200 year tract of history leading to the moment the pestiferous petalled pests set it afire.

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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:

Lundji, Elycoch, Belgitan, Asetsi

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:

We have no expansions this week

Join our Discord for live priority updates on hauling and to wing up!

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Undermining:

We have Arissa's expansion to Eta-1 Pictoris and Torval's to Keltim for your pewing pleasure.

Join our Discord for live priority updates and to wing up!

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Interested in Federal 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 <shrug>. 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 <clink>.

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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 – Unfriendly

Check out August's request for Wintersalia from the ED community here!

PP1.0 is entering the grey zone

Cycle summary and priorities:

Last week, Yuri Grom's mechanical seagulls took Cashibo. The great news for the Empire that territory like this will suffer no reset and their ill-gotten gains will be retained without prejudice is perhaps doubly good: the health of their CC balance on the back of those gains means that they can perhaps afford to further expand without serious consideration of the consequences of a soon-to-disappear CC mechanic. 

Thus there are no less than 9 ZYADA expansions this week, and one Mahon. Amidst this flurry of preparation, Empire accounts were also able to prepare a significant snipe against our controls. Swollen numbers to match swollen egos in the ranks in the lead-up to PP2.0? 😄 Well, not to worry. As it is, two of the systems threaten Winters' CC -  Bevan's Hope (Aisling) and  CD-61 1439 (ALD). Let's prioritise opposing these please Cmdrs. We do also have an expansion in  Chang O if you're more of a trucker.

On the BGS front we had some successes locking Imperial factions and puppets out of systems where they're not wanted. Please fight for No Mina Public Incorporated in Kutenis, and in Burok run missions for Terrahawk Defense Directorate, if merits are not your thing.

Join our Discord to wing up and get more target options.

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In the news:

Shinrarta Dehzra's megamart is back open - you can whiff the smell of boxfresh modules and ships again when you enter the system, instead of yellow Thargy boak. Woop woop! Well done Cmdrs.

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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:

Lundji, Elycoch, Belgitan, Asetsi

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:

We have an expansion to Chang O this week. Pick up aid from Harima

Join our Discord for live priority updates on hauling and to wing up!

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Undermining:

We have Aisling's expansion to Bevan's Hope and ALD's to CD-61 1439 for your pewing pleasure.

Join our Discord for live priority updates and to wing up!

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Interested in Federal 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 <shrug>. 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 <clink>.

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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 – Unfriendly

https://preview.redd.it/6cqas16xkdrd1.png?width=1916&format=png&auto=webp&s=1a378681363eb8c2cca6138c26511553b0eac60c

Some amazing shots of Seaside Sentinel's sithlord vette (and Lenta Fasciola's FDL) celebrating the Ruby Anniversary in style wing UMing! Taken by Lenta

Cycle summary and priorities:

Last week Li Yong Rui experienced an unwanted expansion to a system that would damage their economy. To help them avoid potential risks in the lead up to PP2.0, we helped oppose it successfully. Congrats to Lenta Fasciola, who pushed out over 13,000 UM merits, among other activities -- unusual these days. This week Gromboats loom blankly on the Cashibo system, like button-eyed seagulls, so you can keep the laser sandwich warmed up if NPCs are your thing.

We continue to experience the usual travails in our BGS. We don't want IED monkeying around any more than usual. Please support Raijunab State Organisation in their war in Poncali, and mission run for Terrahawk Defense Directorate in Burok.

Join our Discord to wing up and get more target options.

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In the news:

The big reveal has come! I can recommend both a rewatch of the April stream and a careful watch of the latest brief answer session/read of the more comprehensive answer set in the website article, or you could give OA some micropennies for his view-grab hash of the partners' exclusive head start on the answer sheet. If you want the real lowdown, you know where to come 😎. The greatest news of all, working for Winters will now get you prismatic shields*!!. We assume they will be the perfect hue of orange (the module in the hull, not the field, sadly). October 22nd is the date on the slate for when the chaos of future featuredom will commence!

(*and Pacifier cannons and Packhounds and all the other goodies)

In other news, the Thargoid strike on Shirarta Dezhra was repelled by an onslaught of Cmdrs. Although the anti-AX fun seekers also chalked up a great many kills. The Fargod demands wreckage (and likes a pinch of salt, it appears).

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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:

Lundji, Elycoch, Belgitan, Asetsi

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:

No expansions this week.

Join our Discord for live priority updates on hauling and to wing up!

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Undermining:

We have Grom's expansion attempt to Cashibo for your pewing pleasure.

Join our Discord for live priority updates and to wing up!

​​​

Interested in Federal 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 <shrug>. 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 <clink>.

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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 – Unfriendly

https://preview.redd.it/j3kf1gkpwxpd1.jpg?width=1908&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=60a44f77acb6d65c6b47ede5da2de5104b05d376

Lenta Fasciola supplies proof of IED personnel _asleep on the job_ :o

Cycle summary and priorities:

Very little powerplay activity last week, with the lately UM-shy Empire players reduced to UMing our controls to give our fortifiers a bit of exercise. Forts completed efficiently as usual - thank you Cmdrs. This week we do have an expansion to HIP 52828.

BGS work continues to secure our Lulua sphere from IED-led attack. We'd appreciate any mission running or, if one occurs in the week, conflict support for No Mina Public Incorporated in Kutenis, and Terrahawk Defense Directorate in Burok.

Join our Discord to wing up and get more target options.

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In the news:

Felicia Winters herself was in the news, speaking of her long-overdue inauguration. She's calling an end to the period of cathartic humanitarianism she felt necessary during her time of mourning for her family and the massed populace of her home, recognising the increasingly pressing need, and finally her capacity, to take up the presidency. We wonder what the Federal press and the Republican camp will yet make of the long pause.

This was not the only big news item of the week, however, with Aegis warnings proving prescient, following a sinister Thargoid assault on Shinrarta Dezhra - the headquarters of the Pilot's Federation and the place where the highest concentration of the little buzzing guardian-weapon-toting metal cans that have been troubling interceptors and titans all this time can be found. We always knew the Thargs' native mastery of hyperspace meant they could in principle attack anywhere at any time - presumably only lulling us with the apparent localisation of the war fronts so far. We're sure that they don't know about the 10% discount and that if they did, they'd know the LYR discount is better and harder to mole-whack anyway.

In an even more audacious and surgical attack, the Thargoids furthermore seemed to open small hyperspace portals in the outfitting bays of possibly all human spaceports, with reports of extracted modules disappearing without trace on the way to storage. Experts presumed this being to ensure that as many as possible of the independent pilots scrambling to the defence of Shinrarta were caught with their pants firmly down. Either that or Li Yong Rui was pulling a fast one to make up for the difficulty of maintaining the 15% in the current economic climate, while everyone was distracted. But it turned out to all have been a terrible dream!

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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:

Lundji, Elycoch, Belgitan, Asetsi

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:

We have HIP 52828 up for expansion this week. Haul from HIP 50489*.*

Join our Discord for live priority updates on hauling and to wing up!

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Undermining:

We have granny T's controls Ross 429, LTT12058, LHS 274 and Tau-1 Hydrae for your pewing pleasure.

Join our Discord for live priority updates and to wing up!

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Interested in Federal 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 <shrug>. 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 <clink>.

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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 – Unfriendly

Hello Winters supporters! The fort team has selected HIP 52828 as our new prep. You can pick up Liberal Propaganda from HIP 50489. Go forth!

No need to ignore the dawn view while out delivering... misfortunes.. to our foes (Cmdr Lenta Fasciola)

Cycle summary and priorities:

Last week we had an expansion up to Bacagua. It was opposed hard, for a system used to block 5C preparation. Keeping 5C at bay in the final weeks of PP1.0 remains vital. 5C preps have the aim of making us easier to turmoil and you can be sure that 5C fortifications would make that as deep as possible. We're told to think that 5C should lose its edge entirely with PP2.0; we don't want 5Cers seizing any "last chances". Our fortifiers continue to play a crucial and committed role keeping our CC balance where we want it each week with efficiency, regularity and precision. Following the targets set without deviation is crucial to protect us from the same unwanted turmoils and is also another way for us to control preparation to avoid bad systems. There are no expansions this week.

Activity in the BGS sphere continues as before, with IED and friends maintaining a front in our Lulua sphere. We salute their persistence and provision of a menu of both PvE and PvP action for such a long time. We do hope they find free time to consult the occasional menu or drinks board themselves. Pilots can currently really help secure Winters' fortification logistics there by fighting in wars at Poncali (for Raijunab State Organisation) and Burok (for Terrahawk Defense Directorate).

While we've given running commentary on the ongoing conflict at Lulua over time, it is most certainly not the only sphere our opponents have attacked. In our Karnarki sphere a similar bitter conflict, overlapping in time with the b2 Carinae and Lulua campaigns, has raged, targeting ISS. After a series of successes alongside a coalition of Federal pilots, their leader, Derenoth, has a communication to share:

ISS reclamation celebration

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Join our Discord to engage in an endless supply of such heroics.

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In the news:

Aegis are hinting at some plot armour for the Tharg asset catalogue warning that the Thargs are not done yet. They are not the foolish automata we might let ourselves assume, and as their last pass in the bubble looms they will surely modify their strategy, attacking our backlines, or indeed show their true power.

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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:

Lundji, Elycoch, Belgitan, Asetsi

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:

We have no expansions this week.

Join our Discord for live priority updates on hauling and to wing up!

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Undermining:

We have granny T's controls Ross 429, LTT12058, LHS 274 and Tau-1 Hydrae for your pewing pleasure.

Join our Discord for live priority updates and to wing up!

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Interested in Federal 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 <shrug>. 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 <clink>.

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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 – Unfriendly

Introduction

Over the past few months I've been developing and executing a strategy for dealing with the impending arrival of PowerPlay 2.0. I've given it a lot of thought, because I'm an obsessive nerd that can't just enjoy things. I thought it might be good to post about it because others might have their own ways of contributing, so it's worth spreading awareness of (actually there's another reason for posting that I'll mention later).

Software

Our members will know that I'm a programmer, because I never shut up about it. I've developed various programs for the FLC- the most well-known being a web app (at https://flcsheets.azurewebsites.net/) which provides a front-end for our spreadsheets, and has authentication and authorisation using Discord. This is one part of my strategy: to advertise us using good-looking software. What most won't see is that I've developed a community-management program that tracks Discord activity for things like promotion recommendations. This was designed to deal with a potential influx of recruits, which could tax our community department, who will be busy enough as 2.0 comes out.

Post-2.0, I'll obviously be making what changes are needed to adapt this software to whatever changes are made to our sheets.

Diplomacy

I've always been a fan of diplomacy and I've felt that we've often been too reluctant to do it (which could just be because we're gamers, we want to do, not talk, I'm just a gasbag).

To be up-front, Frontier have not been talking to the organised communities involved in PowerPlay. They've been prioritising bringing in new players, which means that we are not being represented. So my plan is to talk to the other powers about the issues they experience post-2.0 and provide a cohesive, as-inarguable-as-possible accounting of who is experiencing what. That way, we can present that to FDev as something that we're all agreed on. I've already presented this plan to each power, who have all agreed on the structure, so we're ready on that front.

Social Media

This is something everyone can help with. Post 2.0 (and to a certain degree right now) we can be active on Reddit, on the Frontier forum, and anywhere else we have a presence to start talking about PowerPlay. Yes, even you stinky imperials! The more people we get into PowerPlay, the better the experience we all have. And when 2.0 comes out, there are going to be a LOT of people curious about it, who will be considering which power to join. We have to make our case, not just for Winters, but for the FLC in particular. I've been trying to increase my usage of social media (I don't normally use it much outside of Discord), and I want to encourage others to do the same.

That's enough wall-of-texting from me. If anyone wants to help with this and isn't in the Discord, get in there. Work with us to make this the best community experience possible.

We didn't even hit them, imperial manufacturing is shoddy

Cycle summary and priorities:

Last cycle we were expanding to Chang O, but as expected the imps poured everything they could into opposing it. Lots of wasted effort on their part.

This cycle, we're expanding to Bacagua. It's just a blocker but we expect it to be opposed.

Previously we had no serious undermining to do, so we continued our BGS work in the Lulua sphere, and we need to keep that up. This cycle we have no undermining to do.

Edit to add a comment from the BGS team:

The Imp vs Fed BGS war continues without pause in the lead up to PP 2.0. The Imps continue to attack Winters BGS around Lulua while the FLC continues to resist these attacks. While we salute Eule o7's dedication to his craft, we do worry about his vitamin D levels and wonder if he ever leaves his basement and touches grass.

In the news:

Frontier have been dropping hints for PowerPlay 2.0 in GalNet articles. Kumo causing trouble, new leadership in the Alliance and Republican Party, and *something* happening between Utopia and LYR. Merger? Independent alliance? Who can say.

We've been asking Frontier questions, rolling our eyes at the people asking if this community-based gamemode will still require human interaction to play properly. The questions close tomorrow, so feel free to add your own now!

Voting:

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

Fortification:

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

Lundji, Elycoch, Belgitan, Asetsi

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:

We're expanding to Bacagua.

Join our Discord for live priority updates on hauling and to wing up!

Undermining:

No targets for undermining this cycle.

Join our Discord for live priority updates and to wing up!

Interested in Federal 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 <shrug>. 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 <clink>.

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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 – Unfriendly

The new Mandalay, announced on Wednesday

Cycle summary and priorities:

Last cycle we had no expansions, but we successfully prepped Chang O to block 5C. This cycle, it is being heavily undermined, which was expected.

We successfully opposed Yaroi, which was just there to block us, so no drama there.

For BGS, the imperials are still working Lulua, and we need all the help we can get backing corporates in that area.

In the news:

Frontier announced in their monthly stream that PowerPlay 2.0 is being pushed back to October. That's just another month, and to make up for it they've given us a glimpse of a new ship that will be coming out at the same time- the Mandalay. That's it above. It looks to be a dedicated exploration ship, with a jump range to rival the Anaconda.

In addition, the next Frontier Unlocked stream will give us a deep dive into PowerPlay 2.0, and Frontier have created a forum thread asking for our questions. We should hopefully get some of the long-awaited answers we need to plan the transition.

If you want an analysis by those who are well-versed in the mechanics, join our Discord.

Voting:

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

Fortification:

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

Lundji, Elycoch, Belgitan, Asetsi

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:

We're expanding to Chang O. We don't expect to get it, but feel free to make our opposition sweat!

Join our Discord for live priority updates on hauling and to wing up!

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Undermining:

We have Torval's expansion at Yaroi to tackle. We've done it before, we can do it again.

Join our Discord for live priority updates and to wing up!

Interested in Federal 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 <shrug>. 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 <clink>.

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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 – Unfriendly

Lenta Fasciola not letting god do all the work

Introduction

For those that don't know me, I'm the new Community Manager, alongside Bulbulunufus. New is a slight misnomer- I've been with the FLC since 2019 and previously been a director, so I'm not new to leadership. This week you get me, lucky you!

Cycle summary and priorities:

Our expansion last cycle had good triggers, but we knew it would be opposed hard. As expected, we lost it, but we made the imps work harder than we did, and stopped a bad expansion, so it was worth it. We also successfully opposed Torval's expansion to Aornum, helping out our friends in Hudson so they can expand there.

This cycle, we have no expansions, which allows us to focus on opposing Torval's expansion to Yaroi. If that name is familiar, we stopped this expansion two cycles past. She's trying to block us from taking that bubble, and yes, it's harmful to her, because she only exists to torment us.

On the BGS side, the imperials are working the Lulua sphere pretty heavily, attempting to shore up the unfavorable triggers for Winters.

In the news:

Titan Thor got its comeuppance, meaning there are only two left. We're as yet uncertain if these titans need to be cleared for PP2.0 to roll around, so it could be that it'll be delayed by a month or so, or that something else will happen. If 2.0 comes out when expected, it could be a matter of weeks. We'll see!

Voting:

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

Fortification:

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

Lundji, Elycoch, Belgitan, Asetsi

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:

No expansion this week.

Join our Discord for live priority updates on hauling and to wing up!

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Undermining:

We have Torval's expansion at Yaroi to tackle. We've done it before, we can do it again.

Join our Discord for live priority updates and to wing up!

Interested in Federal 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 <shrug>. 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 <clink>.

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Diplomatic Overview:

Aisling Duval – Hostile

Archon Delaine – Amiably stealing our chairs

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 – Unfriendly

The bounties just keep on stacking - time to rinse...

Cycle summary and priorities:

Our expansions last week were not pushed hard. But, likewise, strong efforts were not made against the Imperial expansions of the Emperor to Murare, and Aisling to Bero (erstwhile one of Winters' regular expansion targets), both of them negative CC systems for those powers. The expansions were successful - we assume as land grabs ahead of PP2.0, where we can expect CC-type implications to be different to those in PP1.0. Of course we don't know if a territory "reset" of some kind is on the cards - we know that the weaknesses of PP1.0 negatively affected some powers more than other powers, who in effect benefitted. PP2.0 offers the chance for a, perhaps just, re-balance. Our stated objective of opposing Torval's expansion to Yaroi was successful.

This week we have an expansion to HIP 52828 - pick up at HIP 50489 if you want to haul there. Torval has set up an expansion to Aornum, blocking Hudson from the same system, and that we must oppose.

More activity has been happening in the BGS sphere, where we continue to have a mixture of positive and negative results. We have another war in Bacamadia pending currently, and would welcome additional assistance. Otherwise support for the controlling faction in Docleachi or the second place faction in Poncali is desired. Join our Discord know more and help stem the attacks.

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In the news:

Utopia's attempt to resource significant reinforcement of their data archives has not achieved success. It appears that Li Yong Rui desires greater partnership with Utopia. While the Simguru is sceptical of who this would best serve, Li just keeps on smilin', waiting, statuesque, for his profferred hand to be shaked. They always cave to the 15%.

Meanwhile, those who get around will have observed engineering stations being near-overwhelmed by a deluge of John Malkovich Python mkII's, bleary-eyed pilots waking from a long night's flying to be shocked by a momentary vision of mildly necked triangularity in the face staring back from the mirror. Well, it is fun to fly.

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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:

Lundji, Elycoch, Belgitan, Asetsi

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:

We have a frag cannon of expansions for you to support this week, at Koljak, Malgariji and Chang O. You can pick up at Harima for any of these.

Join our Discord for live priority updates on hauling and to wing up!

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Undermining:

We have Torval's expansion at Aornum as our main target for your pewing pleasure.

Join our Discord for live priority updates and to wing up!

​​​

Interested in Federal 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 <shrug>. 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 <clink>.

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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 – Unfriendly

Every mission for a faction supporting fortification triggers for our profitable control systems is a mission for Federal Liberal Command

Cycle summary and priorities:

The Imperial expansions at Chang O and Yen Camus fell by the wayside last week, with Torval saving her breath for preparation sprints to stymie our expansions in service of her masters. An initially surprising expansion by Hudson to Aornum was sneakily pushed but without great force and was opposed.

This week is more exciting! Our haulers fortified strongly and completed a shotgun of preparations that left us with three expansions on the table this week, to Koljak, Malgariji and Chang O. Please push these and give the Empire the opportunities to undermine that they so crave. The Empire themselves have come out to play even more than usual, with Aisling having again prepped Bero and Torval Yario as a blocker for our Vistsi prep. Please oppose Yaroi. Even sleepy Arissa has an expansion up - the lossmaker Murare is either a 5C prep (we offered to help oppose) or a pre-powerplay 2.0 land-grab, right next to her capital, but either way it is of little concern. The combination above means this is a good week for us to take some territory.

In the BGS, a significant war again piling on the pressure against our allies ISS, at Docleachi, once more was won decisively with a combined front of Federal factions and powerplayers. A further war was won, again decisively, and despite the mercenary force arrayed against us, in Bacamadia, by Raijunab State Organisation to protect our Lulua fortification triggers. They lost control of Poncali, however, sadly. But the wars keep coming, join our Discord know more and help stem the attacks.

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In the news:

There is a CG set by the Simguru Pranav Antal to acquire a stockpile of encoded materials to help preserve their archives of simulation knowledge, after he expressed worry about security and supply concerns, making it clear that Li Yong Rui is on his blame list for at least some of this. Feel free to help him if you wish, although we're not sure what the "animal monitors" are for.... which kind of "animal" do they need to "monitor" so hard....?

Good news for AX pilots - Aegis has collaborated with prominent engineers to add rewards for contributions to successful efforts ejecting the Thargoids from territory they plague each week. This comes as space gremlins, that had previously taken an "Angel's share" of materials from the sources we independent pilots usually exploit, seem to have disappeared from the galaxy. Factions of all stripes furthermore seem to be matching Aegis' attitude to the reward of valuable materials to pilots - impressive that the organisation has managed to effect such galaxy-wide wage inflation; we all certainly feel more valued as pilots as a result. And the Simguru's stockpile will be much the easier to achieve.

The uglybeautiful Type 8 has finally been released! And the early promotion exclusive by Faulcon deLacy on the Python mkII has ended; all pilots can now obtain the ship, at a more representative cost. Many at Federal Liberal Command are enjoying these opportunities.

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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:

Lundji, Elycoch, Belgitan, Asetsi

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

​​​

Expansion:

We have a frag cannon of expansions for you to support this week, at Koljak, Malgariji and Chang O. You can pick up at Harima for any of these.

Join our Discord for live priority updates on hauling and to wing up!

​​​

Undermining:

We have Torval's expansion at Yaroi as our main target for your pewing pleasure.

Join our Discord for live priority updates and to wing up!

​​​

Interested in Federal 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 <shrug>. 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 <clink>.

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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 – Unfriendly

The FLC Leadership would like to make the following statement:

We are highly disturbed by the violence that has beset the Emperor in Cubeo, and wish to condemn it in the strongest possible terms. The Federation values the rule of law highly, and to witness the breakdown of this order in the headquarters of one such as Aisling Duval is alarming, especially given the target.

Piracy is, of course, a problem that plagues us all, but it is especially concerning given the proximity to territory claimed by the Federation in the name of the President-elect.
We understand the Prismatic Princess's desire to reinforce her influence with imperial ceremonies and grand gestures, but would like to recommend that she refocus her efforts on addressing apparent shortcomings in internal security policy.
We would like to offer our services in taking the pressure off some of her outlying worlds so that she can redirect her efforts to those more in need.

Prepare for conflict, Cmdrs

Cycle summary and priorities:

Aisling and Torval's expansions to Bero and Chang O were successfully opposed - well done for that Cmdrs! This week, following Aisling prep-racing us, she has been able to put up Yen Camus as an expansion for combat pilots to oppose.

Activity is greater on the BGS front (perhaps due to the above redirection from normal PP activity), and we have a critical war in progress in Docleachi for Ice Storm Squadron, against Cerberus (whose Cmdrs have long since ceded the system, but which the Empire continue to use as a proxy to harm our allies and Winters' fortification triggers there). Further important wars in Poncali and pending in Bacamadia also require your utmost help - the Empire have hit up every mercenary in the galaxy to help bring this assault about and push it through, combined with their own already overample resources these will be very hard fights.

Join our Discord to enhance communication on all these tasks, see more targets, wing up and get fast updates through the week!

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In the news:

Galnet is back! Lakon have announced release of plucky behemoth, the Type 8 freighter! Based on a prototype fashioned from a brick outhouse, to withstand the tremendous strains of SCO, we hear - a regular Gimli of the spaceways.

The Thargoids have been sneakily redirecting resources to cleaning up the spire sites that have been sabotaged by, as they presumably chunter, "pesky humans". These spire refurbs will require further sabotage to put them down for good, according to a renowned Federation xenologist.

And best for last - Emperor Arissa was attacked in, of all places, the capital of happy, Cubeo :o. Rumoured to have been carried out by a swarm of Viper III's, the attack has been blamed on a lack of CAP responders:). Thank goodness it wasn't FDLs.

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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:

Lundji, Elycoch, Belgitan, Asetsi

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:

No expansions this week.

Join our Discord for live priority updates on hauling and to wing up!

​​​

Undermining:

We have Aisling's expansion at Yen Camus for your pewing pleasure.

Join our Discord for live priority updates and to wing up!

​​​

Interested in Federal 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 <shrug>. 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 <clink>.

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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 – Unfriendly

We await to hear more from Rhea 3... (Image - Cmdr Glen van Ross)

Cycle summary and priorities:

It was a busy week last week with expansions from Aisling (Maidubrigel), Grom (Cashibo) and of course Winters (Malgariji). With some of the effort coming from us, Grom's was opposed, and it seems was not significantly pushed - he always has the great advantage of our near-terminal inability to instance with his pilots, so his level of activity on a given target is always opaque; one cannot know whether he will drop more merits than the Empire and Federation combined could produce, or none at all, or something in between, and guesswork is required. Aisling was successful, while Malgariji remains beyond our grasp - with neutral triggers it was a tough ask in any case. It seems that summer is at its height, and our hauling power did not fully show itself this time.

This week, Torval and Aisling are also double-teaming some of our expansion targets, with expansions themselves, launched at Bero (Aisling) and Chang O (Torval). Please focus on opposing at Chang O through the usual undermining process - Torval has been pretty reanimated lately.

We have two control wars in the BGS sphere of activity - both supporting Raijunab State Organisation, in systems Bacamadia (active), and Poncali (pending until tomorrow, as of writing). This is to defend our Lulua bubble's logistics - please help if you can.

Join our Discord to enhance communication on all these tasks, see more targets, wing up and get fast updates through the week!

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In the news:

Winters is back and people continue to wonder about the upcoming renewal of powerplay, to which her assumption of the presidency seems linked. There is still relatively little revealed, beyond it being enough to indicate significant departure from PP1.0 in mechanics, activities, and the great leveller of open-only being raised as an almost believable possibility. As it stands, it feels sure to generate some renewed interest and engagement, which alone in itself represents an enhancement and potential for evolution of the status quo. Will we find out more in the livestream this week? Or will it all be about the Type 8? Perhaps it'll all be saved for Arf's "I almost forgot" parting shot this time, when he'll drop a Sandro-sourced bomb on poor solo players' hopes and dreams! Who knows (well, I know, but I'm not telling you).

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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:

Lundji, Elycoch, Belgitan, Asetsi

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:

No expansions this week.

Join our Discord for live priority updates on hauling and to wing up!

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Undermining:

We have Torval's expansion at Chang O for your pewing pleasure.

Join our Discord for live priority updates and to wing up!

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Interested in Federal 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 <shrug>. 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 <clink>.

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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 – Unfriendly

Cycle summary and priorities:

To your ships! It's a big week folks! At least by recent standards. We have an expansion to profitable Malgariji, Aisling has an expansion to Maidubrigel and Uncle Yuri has an expansion to Cashibo as well. All of these are high value targets and we request all possible help to haul for Winters at Malgariji, and to undermine the Empire at Maidubrigel and Cashibo. Maidubrigel may have good potential for PvP if their recent spate of courage isn't failing. If you want it quiet and undisturbed then Cashibo is the better choice. Together we can be very efficient at undermining, and thousands of merits per hour are possible - so join the Discord to make the maximum difference this week! 

In BGS, we are again at war in Poncali - please fight for Raijunab State Organisation there if that's your bag. Fighting against IED in Lesheima would also be welcome. Join the Discord for more BGS targets!

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In the news:

Our leader has returned to the public eye with expressions of gratitude for the last week's relief effort, which was completed successfully, and for being permitted to follow through her need to deal with the catastrophe on Rhea 3. We must also thank the outgoing republican administration for patiently caretaking the halls of power and not seizing it unconstitutionally in the ensuing vacuum. This is stable democracy; the Federation is more important than polar political differences.

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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:

Lundji, Elycoch, Belgitan, Asetsi

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:

We have an expansion to Malgariji! Please haul, haul and haul again. Pick up aid from Harima.

Join our Discord for live priority updates on hauling and to wing up!

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Undermining:

We have Aisling's expansion at Maidubrigel, and the Gromboats' at Cashibo  for your urgent pewing pleasure.

Join our Discord for live priority updates and to wing up!

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Interested in Federal 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 <shrug>. 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 <clink>.

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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 – Unfriendly

Cycle summary and priorities:

Absent overt powerplay targets last week, the main event was a war in our Lulua bubble at Poncali for the venerable Raijunab State Organisation vs. Imperial Enforcement Division. The conflict was won 4-0 and peace regins once more vOv. IED clearly busy with other things 🤔. Join the Discord to know what! Certainly Poncali is under pressure again - feel free to help.

This week while Aisling used the outrun of their weekly rando prep to block Bero for us. We do hope they don't take it 😈. We managed to outrun a pneumatic grandmother (Zemina) ourselves and prep Chang O ahead of her, so we have an expansion this week! Haul like maniacs please. Let's see if we can get Imperial Special Measures to make a showing!

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In the news:

We have a CG in Rhea to help with materials for infrastructure repair on Rhea 3. Erin Lane thanks all those coming in answer to Federal Liberal Command's call to aid there! We especially thank those doing so in open play; a target-rich environment helps us slip our forts through!

Indra Titan has fallen. That's 5 out of 8, if the Thargoids are going to pull something out of the bag then they might want to get cracking because this sense of security sure is lull-feeling.

Asked about financial impacts of the Thargoid war, Big Eddie emerged as the winner of the piece in Vox Galactica, last-wording both Jerome Archer's fist shaking and Zombina's "let them eat s***" philosophy.

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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:

Lundji, Elycoch, Belgitan, Asetsi

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:

We have an expansion to Chang O! Please heave-ho (haul-ho?). Pick up aid from Harima.

Join our Discord for live priority updates on hauling and to wing up!

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Undermining:

We have granny T's controls Ross 429, LTT12058, LHS 274 and Tau-1 Hydrae for your pewing pleasure. Or you could oppose Aisling at Bero, but no great worry there.

Join our Discord for live priority updates and to wing up!

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Interested in Federal 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 <shrug>. 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 <clink>.

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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 – Unfriendly

Cycle summary and priorities:

Last week's Imperial expansions didn't have traction and trigger-happy pilots just couldn't resist shooting at Aisling's and Denton's freighters in the (disastrous, for them) Bero and Caph systems respectively, successfully opposing them. Our expansions at least forced a bit of unwelcome activity from our foes. This week there are no expansions so keep your powder dry and consider joining up to help with our BGS objectives!

Which is where we can expect more action this week. Shifts continue but without major change and what appears to be happening... almost never is...! Join the Discord if you are intrigued.

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In the news:

Aegis have gathered evidence to show that the Thargoids are behaving very tactically lately, focusing on defence and performing lightning attacks without scouting. One wonders if scouting has somehow become superfluous? "They know enough". Do they have some store of human knowledge... somewhere within their fleet....? Or perhaps they do not need to scout systems they invaded in the past.

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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:

Lundji, Elycoch, Belgitan, Asetsi

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:

We have no expansions this week.

Join our Discord for live priority updates on hauling and to wing up!

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Undermining:

We have granny T's controls Ross 429, LTT12058, LHS 274 and Tau-1 Hydrae for your pewing pleasure

Join our Discord for live priority updates and to wing up!

​​​

Interested in Federal 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 <shrug>. 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 <clink>.

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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 – Unfriendly

Cycle summary and priorities:

Last week, to put us all out of our misery re: mucky jokes, old lady Torval finally took Dongkum to her bosom in the latest Imperial move to avoid undermining, while both Torval and Aisling made preparation moves for another of our fond expansion targets, Bero, with the blue rinse princess getting out the big guns holds to win the prep race. Rather than racing we prepared three other systems: Chang O, Gienah, HIP 58986 for the Empire to oppose. Or, you know, let us take. And Patreus prepared Caph, giving us something to oppose.

Misfortune struck Pranav Antal, who "successfully" expanded to the system Savantzil, which despite the simguru-friendly sounding name, was not desired.

The BGS conflicts grumble on. Without any momentous developments, the ground ever shifts, nonetheless, and every development must be scrutinised lest grave consequences emerge from the mists. Join the Discord to find out more!

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In the news:

Various details of the type 8 were revealed! With better hardpoints, cargo capacity, SCO behaviour, and the ability to land on medium pads, it supersedes the type 7 in almost every way, which, ingeniously, is sure to make type 7 enthusiasts love their idiosyncratic type 7s even more 🥰!

It was also revealed that the Type 8 will be coming in August, with PP2.0 arriving in September! :o

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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:

Lundji, Elycoch, Belgitan, Asetsi

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:

We have three expansions this week: Chang O, Gienah, HIP 58986. Please haul and haul hard! Best pick-up locations for Liberal Federal Aid for these are Harima, Xiriwal and Siki/Xiriwal, respectively.

Join our Discord for live priority updates and to wing up!

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Undermining:

Please oppose Patreus at Caph.

Join our Discord for live priority updates and to wing up!

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Interested in Federal 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 <shrug>. 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 <clink>.

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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 – Unfriendly

A pretty place to clear bounties...

Cycle summary and priorities:

Aisling was saved from her expansion to Bero last week (and from undermining us there, more importantly). The Empire has been saved further undermining in the coming week with our vote not quite shooing a prep in. Torval had a successful prep of Dongkum though - please oppose there.  

After ejecting IED from ISS's b2 Carinae recently, it's now been possible for the Federal task force to insert a Federal faction in the final slot there, after a frantic struggle over the previous week by the two sides to redirect each others' expansions aimed at b2 elsewhere, while securing their own. It remains a bit whack-a-mole with each positive outcome resulting in a somehow also unwelcome alternative outcome; sadly a mole exterminatus is beyond our current means. Join the Discord to help make it a possibility!

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In the news:

Zemina Torval has had a fall. But she shooed away attendants even before impact, relying instead on presciently installed servos to rise like a reverse blancmange to a terrifying stature, before scuttling away on hexapod legs, smirking. Hudson's clever play of realising his replacement relies on a development schedule for new content is paying off - ten more years, they're saying... Meanwhile Edmund  Mahon and Pranav Antal have found a common passion for fried chicken and are considering setting up an enterprise to rival Kumoburger, although there is controversy around their bap recipe, with the King suspecting them of pinching his buns. Yep, that's right, we have to concoct the news nowadays. Please Frontier, save these poor readers!

In the nick of time! Achilles Aerospace has suffered a security breach and attack, described as sabotage. An angry competitor? A smokescreen for an as-yet undetected intellectual property theft? Has someone else already developed an equivalent drive and wants to replace Achilles' monopoly with their own? Would a pro-Thargoid conspiracy have the sort of tech to succeed in such a breach? We know it's Sirius of course but let's just follow the unfolding story...

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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:

Lundji, Elycoch, Belgitan, Asetsi

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:

We have no expansions this week.

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Undermining:

Please oppose Torval at Dongkum.

Join our Discord for live priority updates and to wing up!

​​​

Interested in Federal 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 <shrug>. 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 <clink>.

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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 – Unfriendly

Pride month is in full swing and our great game is keen to join the fun, with this psychedelic bugfest greeting OSFA Cmdr TerminalJunkie while mission running!

Cycle summary and priorities:

We were entertained by a prep race with Aisling Duval pilots this week in Bero, including some hectic PvP moments.

EVA escape pants activated

ZYADA Special methods forces are clearly not looking for more work opposing Bero next cycle! Looks like some Imperial merits accidentally went to Zemina too 😄.

Number of the beast(ly granny)

Anyway, the triggers are bad for the expansion but someone is going to have to oppose it if Aisling aren't to eat a lossmaker with a terrible fort trigger.

Join our Discord for details on targets!

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In the news:

Despite the relish with which pilots are responding to the situation, Aegis are reacting with caution to news that the Thargoid conflict seems easier-going than heretofore. They suggest that the Thargs are merely fighting five-legged while the 6th reaches for a sleeve... Totally nothing to do with powerplay. We're certain. 

The latest CG, located in a Hudson control system, gave up a lot of Fed vs. Imp PvP, and the wonderful Lushertha was defended from pirates, to the great relief of all.

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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:

Lundji, Elycoch, Belgitan, Asetsi

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:

We have no expansions this week! Join our Discord to get the inside track going forward!

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Undermining:

You could oppose Aisling at Bero.

Join our Discord for UM priority updates!

​​​

Interested in Federal 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 <shrug>. 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 <clink>.

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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 – Unfriendly

Cycle summary and priorities:

Outside of BGS another quiet week. Our expansion was not pushed. 

This week we have Patreus trying to expand to Caph which we need to oppose. And Winters has Dongkum up if you want to haul.

Join our Discord for details on targets!

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In the news:

Some more positive Thargoid war changes to get you swinging at the tentacled chitterers. 

CG! Earth Defen(c/s)e Fleet are under attack, the Federation is being plundered by pirates! You'd have thought Jerome would know better than advertising it to all the other pirates and ne'erdowells 🤦‍♂️.

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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:

Lundji, Elycoch, Belgitan, Asetsi

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:

We have an expansion this week to Dongkum - haul away! Join our Discord to get the inside track.

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Undermining:

Please oppose Patreus at Caph.

Join our Discord for live priority updates and to wing up!

​​​

Interested in Federal 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 <shrug>. 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 <clink>.

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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 – Unfriendly

Exploring the white plains of one of Tau Ceti's bodies

Cycle summary and priorities:

Little to report - as billed, a quiet powerplay week. Two systems received preparation materials for Imperial expansion but did not materialise as active targets this week. The only active expansion is Winters' to HIP 58986. BGS chunterings continue - including in Tchernobog where we continue to assist Cerberus against serial elections involving their former allies IED. Join our Discord for details on targets!

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In the news:

The patch dropped with its modifications for the Thargoid war, creating much interest among the good folk studying our strategic situation and an overall optimistic outlook for engagement, and chances for pushback against the invasion.

Related, Titan Hadad has fallen. Congratulations to those involved in the effort to strip its control sphere back to the bone and finish it's fate.

And the second new ship has been announced! A horn-ed beast in the shape of the medium-pad hauler T8 has divided the community a little with some seeming to genuinely like it, at least aesthetically, others to be bemused on all levels. It all will ride on the stats, though - will it be a counterpoint to the Python 2.0's seeming focus on blockade/interceptor/enforcer model?

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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:

Lundji, Elycoch, Belgitan, Asetsi

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:

We have an expansion this week to HIP 58986 - haul away! Join our Discord to get the inside track.

​​​

Undermining:

We have granny T's controls Ross 429, LTT12058, LHS 274 and Tau-1 Hydrae for your pewing pleasure

Join our Discord for live priority updates and to wing up!

​​​

Interested in Federal 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 <shrug>. 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 <clink>.

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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 – Unfriendly