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The Elite Dangerous Podcast from America!! Our (sometimes) merry cast of "professional podcasters" play Elite: Dangerous and bring you news, tips, guides, opinions, and some crazy stuff now and then. All about the best space sim ever made. http://loosescrewsed.com Join us on discord! And check out the merch store! PROMO CODES https://discord.gg/3Vfap47Rea Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/LooseScrewsED Or on youtube https://www.youtube.com/@LooseScrewsED

  1. 11h ago

    Episode 347 - Suckin’ Rubies

    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 https://www.elitedangerous.com/news/updates/4-4-1-1 Galnet News: Galnet News | Elite Dangerous Community Site   Vodel Reveals New SRV Rhino - 9-3-26 Wreaken Calls for Surface Mining Support Tests Competing CGs -  1T Surface Ore vs. 1T Space Ore for rewards Paint Jobs for T11 and Rhino and a sticker Platinum at 300K/T and Iridium, Periclase Dunite & Thortveitite at 1M/T Before Anyone Bitches about Pay to Win - I can collect 4T Platinum faster than 1T of Thortveitite so STFU Bloomingwind’s Folly (IC Sector 2602 ZU-Y d103) is rich in Thortveitite and has a legendary Platinum Overlap in the shadow of Brick Memorial Station, so fill up in Bloomingwind’s Folly! Discussion Topic:  Rhino & ‘Under Siege’ Operation Hold My Beer: Who Actually Makes the Adventure in Elite? Alec Turner Report:    Thank you for the heads-up about Ghost Giraffe’s ‘Weaponizing Rhino’ video https://youtu.be/ADENFhUz678 Buckyball Race ROTA LATINA starts tomorrow (4th September) and runs until the 14th September https://youtu.be/z1po6Yg-Eu4 Full details here: https://forums.frontier.co.uk/threads/the-buckyball-racing-club-present-rota-latina-4th-14th-september-3312.649360/

  2. Aug 28

    Episode 346 - Hooniganisims

    It’s #346rd for the 27st of August, 2026 or 3312! (33-Oh-twelven)  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:  Only Bloomingwind cares (Lark cares too…)  Boom and Expansion out of 7A, Boom in V2151 Cygni In 455 star systems, still controlling 140, we lost a solar system No wars or elections of import Short PP Report:  Cycle 95: Relics Rush part 2, Perfect pawed princess boogaloo!  The Soontil Relic Rush bled into this cycle  The Prismatic Princess won the week with 7 strongholds, 5 forts and 73 new systems.  Frat boy Yong Rui was 2nd with 4 Strongholds, 7 forts and 29 new systems.  Kaine, Emperor and Mahon round out the top 5 Friend of the Podcast Archon Delaine, the power several of our squad defected to was 9th this week 7 forts an a stronghold, despite losing 5 exploited systems. Archer had it’s first positive week in some time, coming in 10th with 9 new systems, a fort and a stronghold Patreus came in last but with a positive showing Powerplay rankings Dev News:  Ship sale Fleet carrier stuff, Trailblazers stuff, new and old ship stuff and on foot stuff. Too much stuff to discuss. Get it while it is hot. Dev Blog - Rhino and New Operation Prepare to be under Siege - On Ground ops Galnet News: Galnet News | Elite Dangerous Community Site   Research sheds new light on Industrial Mining (Surface mining) Colonia Celebrations conclude with opening of Megamarket Discussion Topic:  Discussion - Rhino: New Career, New Grind, or New Frontier?

  3. Jul 17

    Episode 341 - Chig Agrees With Lark

    It’s #341th for the 16st July, 2026 or 3312! (33-Oh-twelven)  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: Quiet Up to 450 Systems, controlling 137 A few wars and elections, nothing of import Expansion out of Maikoro (aka the LSN Branch Office of Sirius Gov.) BD+44 4389 MCC 858 could use a little influence shove No states of import either   Short PP Report:  Cycle 89: This week’s winner is Antal with 6 new exploited, 4 new forts and 2 strongholds Princess Aisling 2nd with 4 forts and 2 strongholds Princess Aisling also was first to reach the 400 fortified systems mark this cycle Kaine 3rd by gaining 6 new systems and 2 strongholds Mahon pulling a yeoman’s 4th 4 forts, losing 2 exploited Grom rounds out the top 5 with 3 forts. LYR was in 7th 6 new systems and 1 fortified This says a lot about the beauty of Kruger and Nicey’s weighed ranking system Archer lost four exploited systems and claiming the bottom spot. Powerplay rankings Dev News:  Longer server update last night to address connectivity Sale on weapon and thruster colors Galnet News: Galnet News | Elite Dangerous Community Site   Major Corporations Promote Colonia Celebrations Colonia Calls for Assistance as Celebrations Get Underway Haul any rares and other commodities such as consumer tech (most profit/tonne), wine, beer, polymers, building fabricators, auto fabricators, conductive fabrics to Peters Base in Facece Top 75% get T8 and PCII paint jobs Campaign runs 1 week Discussion :  Operations: Strangers with Benefits Alec Turner Report:    He viewed a movie about extravagant sex noises.

  4. Jul 10

    Episode 340 - This is Revolting; Give Me More

    It’s #340st for 9 July, 2026 or 3312! (33-Oh-twelven)  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: n/a tonight Short PP Report:  Cycle 88: I think a lack of in-game powerplay stat updates from operations instability caused some chaos for powers this week. One of the least productive weeks for nearly all the powers in a while. Princess Aisling didn't seem too phased though, putting up the best week with 13 new systems including a new stronghold. Kaine continues her streak with 8 new systems Both Feds continue to face opposition with no new systems for Archer and losing a fortified, and Winters losing a system and a stronghold All Imperials besides Aisling also having rough weeks with Patreus joining the Feds with a negative week and Torval showing next to zero improvement. https://www.k5elite.com/ Dev News:  Operations Update 3 - 4.4.0.3 https://www.elitedangerous.com/update-notes/4-4-0-3 The Operations Update 3 is now live. This update addresses a number of issues, including Operations rewards and lost exploration data. Please note that Missing Operations Rewards and on-Foot inventories will be returned at a later time. Quality of Life: Players unsold exploration data from before the 2nd July Maintenance has now been restored and can be sold as normal.  Players can now restore their visited star data cache file via the "Resync Local Data" button located within the Help and Info submenu from the Main Menu. Operations Rewards (Merc Coins, Credits, Materials and Inventory) will be retroactively granted to players at a later date for previously completed Operations which didn't grant rewards as expected Players whose on-foot inventories may have wiped after completing an operation before 2330 UTC Wednesday 2nd will have their inventories restored. Merc Engineering / Merc Modules telegraphing improvements: Improved telegraphing within Outfitting.  Improved telegraphing within the Ships Internal Panel.  Bug Fixes: Resolved an issue where the Operations Rewards screen could appear empty for some players, despite successfully distributing rewards.  Resolved an issue where the "Mission Updated" notification could minimise the Operations Rewards screen.  Resolved an issue where the UI could highlight the starting Frontline Runner as a mission objective throughout an Operation.  Resolved an issue where if a player dies with an active NPC crew during an Operation, the NPC crew may not respawn upon restart.  Resolved instances of some voice-over line and text discrepancies, within the Reclamation Point Operation.  Resolved an issue where the wheels of the Scarab SRV could display erratic visual behaviour.  Resolved a crash that could occur when opening the Powerplay menu during a hyperspace jump.  Resolved an issue where the fighter bay could clip through the Nomad when launching and docking.  Resolved an issue where fighter bay doors could clip through support pistons and the main ramp could appear misaligned. Galnet News: Galnet News | Elite Dangerous Community Site   Terri Tora released Exobiology CG a ‘success’ Discussion :  Operations: You Brought What? what missions have you solo’d? have you solo’d a hard level mission?  What ship/suit/weapon are you using for solo what changes to your loadout do you make for team fighting if you have a known group of teammates do you see a need or preference for different specially ship/suit/weapon buildout coordination Any variation for mission type.

  5. Jul 3

    Episode 339 - Bad Decisions Together

    It’s #339st for 2 of July, 2026 or 3312! (33-Oh-twelven)  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: LSN presence grew from 441 -> 445 Systems, Controlling still 136, up from 134 Booms in Maikoro Outbreak in 23 Andromedae, Drought in Piscium Sector JY-Q a5-2 Victories in 5 Andromedae and LHS 3980 War Pending in Synuefai ND-M c10-9, a Dodec and control are at stake Election in Piscium Sector IS-S a4-1 vs. Project Elite - leave it be Carson Hub - Jellowiggler’s Orbis station in IC 2602 Sector BL-X c1-37 is online! Thanks to Volt, Borked and everyone else who hauled cargo! Short PP Report:  Cycle 87: A positive week for the top five: The Emperor with 13 new systems, 3 fortified and 2 stronghold Nakato Kaine with 12 new systems, 1 fortified and 4 strongholds Fan favorite Yuri Grom with 8 new, 1 fortified and 1 stronghold Princess OnlyFeets with 7 new, 4 fortifeet and zero strongholds LYR with 6 new, 2 fortified and 1 stronghold Patreus with goose eggs across the board Torval loses two exploited and gained one fort Archer with a net positive week - 2 new, 1 stronghold, losing one Hey, fortified https://www.k5elite.com/ Dev News:  Nomad released! Operations mostly released, patches ongoing  (missing ‘systems visited’ data - yikes! mention edgalaxy.net/visitedstars utility and using EDDiscovery or EDSM to restore file) New currency - FARX New lighting system tweaks - star light illumination corrected on bodies and objects, Milky Way colors corrected New suits in the store, guns, lots of guns on sale, Caspian & Kestrel paints on sale Galnet News: Galnet News | Elite Dangerous Community Site   Frontline Solutions Officially Launches Anti-Crime Deployments - 6-30 Faulcon DeLacy Announces New Ship-Launched Nomad 6-30 Vista Genomics Seeks Exploration Data from Sanguineus Rim - 7-2 The most perilous CG yet Caspian Explorer Skin Nomad Skin Faulcon Delacy decal All for one plant gunning Discussion :  Operation-anigans Alec Turner Report:    ?

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The Elite Dangerous Podcast from America!! Our (sometimes) merry cast of "professional podcasters" play Elite: Dangerous and bring you news, tips, guides, opinions, and some crazy stuff now and then. All about the best space sim ever made. http://loosescrewsed.com Join us on discord! And check out the merch store! PROMO CODES https://discord.gg/3Vfap47Rea Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/LooseScrewsED Or on youtube https://www.youtube.com/@LooseScrewsED

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