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Episode 329 - I Died Plantgunning
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- Apr 24, 2026
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Summary
It’s #329st for 23eeth April, 2026 or 3312! (33-Oh twelven) - Bloom 4/23 Squadron Briefing: BGS highlights The Loose Screws are in 413 star systems, controlling 123! We expanded to nowhere out of IC 2602 SSector Zu-Y d103 (Bloominwind’s Folly) - and are expansion again from there States of interest - Outbreaks in Medzisti Boom - Qama Infrastructure Failure - Alexandrinus Public Holiday - Piscium Sector ZK-X B1-3 Election in Alexandrinus 2-second with - Day 3 (1:19PM Central) Several wars and an election we’re not worried about The only old system overheating is NLTT 2969, a mining stronghold for LYR. Short PP Report: K5 Report pending - Cycle 77: Yong-Rui tops both the charts this cycle with 9 new systems including a new stronghold and 3 fortifieds. Winters has a solid 2nd place adding 2 new strongholds. Looks like Archer is back with another solid cycle adding 9 new systems Tough week for the imperials!! that don't have blue hair. At the bottom, Emperor Arissa loses 6 systems this week Princess Aisling loses 2 strongholds Patreus AND Torval both with 0 gain I often ignore the midpack for brevity, but the tightest race right now is between Antal, Archer, and Kaine. All within one KrugerFive point of each other. Interestingly, Antal who generally doesn't appear to get much undermining may have gotten some attention the past few weeks, losing a fortified this week. https://www.k5elite.com/ Dev News: - Operations is postponed to June, that being said they gave us a bit of a preview: Two modes - mercenary and powerplay Multiple scenarios at launch - Counter Attack, Burning Rescue, Megaship Massacre Reclaim, Megaship Massacre Strike, Surface Rescue, Pirate Hunt ‘Operations Runner Ship’ is the Hub/Entry Point for Operations Seems like a lobby, does it count as a ‘vessel?’ Re…