Episode 312 - Chig’s ACKTUALLY Kind of a Big Deal

#312st for11th December, 2025 or 3311! (33-Oh-Leven, not Oh-Eleven, OH-Leven)

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Squad Stuff:

356 starsystems, controlling 101 systemsSeveral wars and elections in the present time

New Screwspace is growing with Lark’s system online and Ranglon joining the fray. 

PP Stuff:  updated 12/11, unashamedly copied from KrugerFive on the LS discord

Cycle 58: https://k5elite.com/ With the HIP 87621 enclave battle and CG in full swing, those benefiting and gaining the most throughout the galaxy this cycle are:

1. Grom

2. ALD

3. Kaine

Mahon, Torval, Aisling, and Patreus all went negative for the week. Delaine takes back P10 from Zemina Torval on the Nicey/KrugerFive boards! On the FDev leaderboard, Grom and Kaine both added +11 new systems for the top spot, with Grom taking the edge with +1 stronghold Emperor Arissa adds the most strongholds this cycle with +2 Lots of data being track in the battle for HIP 87621 by others. A couple places keeping some cool data around the enclave to look for if you haven't seen it yet:

• Ian Doncaster has probably the best data keeping track of the undermining and reinforcement details at:

https://heatmap.sotl.org.uk/powers/hip Really interesting to see who is getting hit the hardest and where. Really shows how hard LYR and Aisling have been getting hit. It will be interesting to watch it all as LYR is on the ropes, Archer getting knocked out, and the other powers starting to grow a foothold.

• Also keep a lookout for CMDR Gen. Zoff's daily posts of HIP 87621 status over at the Buur Pit powerplay discord channel. They have been posting a regular table of each systems state and status that is also interesting to watch.

Dev News (12/11): 

• Caspian Update 1

• Added a cap for engineering resistances to avoid values above 75% being achieved.

• Station weapons now deal plasma damage, improving effectiveness against target resistances.

• Enabled "Mk II Ablative Mirrored Surface Composite" armour at markets for the Caspian Explorer.

• Metallic paints are in the store for the Caspian, T11, Panther Clipper II

• Golden, Gold, Chromed, Chrome

• (The Panther Clipper II ones also paint over the black cargo section)

• Festive Drops - Snowfall Icicle - Snowflakes on a me-teal-ic background

• Festive Giveaways - skins for all sorts of things, 3 last week, 3 this week, 5 next week and 1 on the 22nd 

Galnet News: Galnet News | Elite Dangerous Community Site (12/11)

• Battle Rages On Across HIP 87621 Enclave

11 DEC 3311

Conflict continues across the 49-system enclave surrounding HIP 87621, with military forces from all major powers showing no signs of a ceasefire after two weeks of heavy fighting.

Ernesto Rios, a freelance war correspondent for Vox Galactica, reported:

“Although the Empire appears to be the dominant force across the enclave after this initial campaign, it's becoming clear that this conflict concerns far more than territorial influence. Radicoida unica has been confirmed by Vista Genomics as a wholly unique species, with early genetic indicators suggesting potential advancements once fully understood.”

“Given the scale of the mobilisation across the enclave, it is possible that certain details of its properties are known only to a select few within senior leadership circles.”

Discussion (12/11):

• The Caspian is a ‘tool’ ship

• On foot gameplay improvements and what’s still missing.

• “Compulsion Loops”