# Episode 347 - Suckin’ Rubies Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/loose-screws-the-dangerousest-587280/episode-347-suckin-rubies Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/loose-screws-the-dangerousest-587280/episode-347-suckin-rubies.md Podcast: [Loose Screws - The Dangerousest](https://stenobird.com/podcast/loose-screws-the-dangerousest-587280) Published: 2026-09-04T11:30:00+00:00 Episode link: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/loosescrews/episodes/Episode-347---Suckin-Rubies-e3ob6l0 Audio file: https://anchor.fm/s/d698f68/podcast/play/125196384/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-8-4%2F431173339-44100-2-f821317bae4aa.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/loose-screws-the-dangerousest-587280/episodes/episode-347-suckin-rubies Duration seconds: 7334 ## Resource It’s #347rd for the 3th of September, 2026 or 3312! (33-Oh-twelven) - JM You can find us at our website: http://loosescrewsed.com Discord https://discord.gg/3Vfap47Rea Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/LooseScrewsED Squadron Briefing: BGS highlights: We are now in 459 systems, controlling 141 We’ve expanded out of 7 Andromeda There’s been a little drop in influence in Miola we’re watching Rick FN Dalton announced the Chieftains of Anarchy are purged from his main system, it only took 2 weeks and 2 ticks in retreat. Short PP Report: Cycle 96: Soontil Relics, is there anything they can’t do? Duval won the week 54 exploited, 14 forts, 1 stronghold Li was second 49 exploited, -3 forts (six strongholds means -6 forts so 3 new forts were created), 6 strongholds Piscium Sector ZK-X B1-5 (Pavlov’s Hub, Alexandrinus’s neighbor) is now a LYR stronghold thanks to LSN and Sirius Gov. efforts. Of note, Architect Grommer got Universal Cartographics online there (finally). If you want to thank him, he needs CMM Composite delivered to Alexandria Terminal’s orbital construction site, about 40K Tonnes Antal was third 15 exploited, 11 forts Empire also had a good week 15 exploited, 5 forts and 1 stronghold Mahon rounds out the top 5 Loose Screws Punching Bag Jerome Tiberious Archer was 10th 8 exploited and 2 forts Fan favorite Archon (Not Archer) Delaine was in 11th 4 new forts! Well done! Powerplay rankings Dev News: Rhino Update 4.4.1.0 Rhino SRV added Standard, Stellar, Galactic Surface Mining Gameplay Added DSS Updated to detect mining locations 13 new mining commodities New Operation - Under Siege - Planetary Settlement Distress Call Bug Fixes https://www.elitedangerous.com/news/updates/4-4-1-0 4.4.1.1 Chunk problem fixed Under Siege and Biohazard Takedown (easy) tweaks… ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/loose-screws-the-dangerousest-587280/episodes/episode-347-suckin-rubies/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/loose-screws-the-dangerousest-587280/episode-347-suckin-rubies.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.