Loose Screws - The Dangerousest

Loose Screws
Loose Screws - The Dangerousest

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. 4 DAYS AGO

    Episode 272 - Lasers is Great

    #272st for 13th February, 2025 or 3311! (33-Oh-Leven, not Oh-Eleven, OH-Leven) 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 Squad Update:  We have overheating systems Wars and Elections, Miola is the priority. We want to leave LTT 17102 and Balmus alone.  We are expanding again, probably from LA, probably to Calarum - I’m in the black Our new system, Maidubii needs a boost We’re trying to push Semakhmets and the top faction in Gliese 9016 into expansion (eventually for the former).  All details in the #standing-orders and/or the #loose-screws-factions channels of the Discord. PowerPlay Update:  Standings Update (like none) Key conflicts (probably some) PP Orders at home (same) For more information check the PowerPlay Hub for LSN operational orders, discussion and tips to complete those optional powerplay weeklies Galnet Update: https://community.elitedangerous.com/ Brewer Corporation Survey Initiative SYSTEM IN LOCKDOWN Dev News:  FU on 2/26/25 Colonization update coming 2/26/25 under the name ‘Trailblazers.’ Discussion: What we’ve been seeing out on DS3 without Audaxius – Still Discussing Weapons… Community Corner: DISTANT SCREWS 3 Event this Saturday! – High G Hill Climb to take place on Morgan's Rock - NGC 6188 Sector LC-V C2-28  Planet 6 – we shall be meeting on LarkShadow’s Waypoint! We will be using the wing method to get everyone into the instance. The races shall be 2 commanders at a time, the one that gets higher than the other up the hill moves on, the other is eliminated. – 1st Place gets a Shirt or Sweater with the DS3 or Screws Logo of choice. – 2nd Place gets a stainless steel tumbler with the DS3 logo – 3rd place gets a Mug with the DS3 logo – every other place gets a hearty handshake. Commander Roy Cookson of the Loose Screws has been writing stories of his adventures out exploring with us, if anyone wishes to read them they can be found in the Distant Screws 3 thread, under “Roy’s Stories.”  PINK stuff on sale ARX cause LOVE, DAMNIT!

    1h 44m
  2. JAN 31

    Episode 270 - Life Was Humping Me today

    #270rd for 30nd January, 2025 or 3311! (33-Oh-Leven, not Oh-Eleven, OH-Leven) 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 PowerPlay Update:  The battle for Bumbur - A Post Mortem PP Standings (if any movement) Galactic Conflicts Next time say: You can find out more in our PowerPlay Hub on  the Loose Screws Discord with order often posted early on in the cycle and look out for Baromir’s Broadcast that is published on the weekend! Squad Update:  TT 58343 is now back in our hands.  Maikoro and NLTT 1139 are next Overheating remains a problem and we’re in perpetual expansion call it the new normal. Operation New Horizons - Our expansion - Semakhmets is over 75% - Theoretically it may be randomly selected to expand one of these go arounds, but we just need to push it to the top. Colonization will begin before BGS Expansion issues are sorted out.  Miola needs a boost All details in the #standing-orders and/or the #loose-screws-factions channels of the Discord. Galnet Update: https://community.elitedangerous.com/ Titan Wreckage In Sol Draws Keen Interest Brewer Corporation to Fund Survey Initiative Dev News:  FU on 2/25/25 Colonization update coming 2/26/25 under the name ‘Trailblazers.’ Discussion: Battle of Bumbur Exploration Tips From Grover Kiwi Exploration builds Tools EDMC: https://github.com/EDCD/EDMarketConnector/wiki Its purpose is to facilitate supplying certain game data to, and in some cases retrieving it from, a number of websites and other tools. EDMC-Canonn: https://github.com/canonn-science/EDMC-Canonn/wiki The EDMC-Canonn plugin will help you keep up to date with Canonn News, direct you to things of interest in the game and will capture data that will enable us to catalogue the mysteries of the Galaxy. EDDiscovery: https://github.com/EDDiscovery/EDDiscovery/wiki#eddiscovery---what-is-it In short it's a 3rd party tool that can track your Elite Dangerous travels, combat, trading, rank etc. Spanish: https://spansh.co.uk/plotter Tool to help navigate the galaxy Elite Observatory: Link? Not Sure https://github.com/Xjph/ObservatoryCore?tab=readme-ov-file#readme Tool for reading/monitoring Elite Dangerous journals for interesting objects. Successor to the original Elite Observatory. EDCopilot: https://www.razzafrag.com/  EDCoPilot is the ship panel you have been missing in -game. Community Corner: DISTANT SCREWS 3! Coming February 2nd! confirmed! 2PM MST (-7 UTC) taking off from Ross 310 Planet 5D, if anyone asks it was always February 2nd.

    1h 55m
  3. JAN 24

    Episode 269 - A Vertical Canard Is Something I Can Get Behind

    #269th for 23th January, 2025 or 3311! (33-Oh-Leven, not Oh-Eleven, OH-Leven) 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 PowerPlay Update:  The battle for Bumber Squad Update:  Still working on the things we’ve been working on Retaking TT 58343, Maikoro and NLTT 1139 - home of Spanky, the official white dwarf of LSN; Beating down our overheating systems and boosting our stragglers,  Operation New Horizons - Our expansion -> colonization program taking us out of the Bubble.- we’re making progress in phase 1 winning strategic conflicts (we will let you know which ones we care about) All details in the #standing-orders and/or the #loose-screws-factions channels of the Discord. Galnet Update: https://community.elitedangerous.com/ LYR is in the top 5 of powers! Archer IS NOT! 😀 Dev News:  New Mamba Paints and Ship Kit Discussion: The shop: Wrap up PP modules and let’s do Shields, eh? Prismatic, Biweave and Blue Engineering Your Shield, Reinforced, Thermal Resistant or Enhanced Low Power Experimentals - Low Draw, Hi Cap, Fast Charge, Multiweave, Force Block, Thermal Block Shield Boosters - 0A, 0E, or 0D  Engineering - Resistance Augmented, Heavy Duty, Thermal, Blast, Force Resistances Experimentals - Super Capacitors, and the rest Shield Banks - How long do you have Community Corner: DISTANT SCREWS 3! Coming February 2nd! confirmed! 7PM MST (-7 UTC) taking off from Ross 310 Planet 5D, if anyone asks it was always February 2nd. Elite Racers kick off a SRV rally cycle this Saturday, the 25thElite Racers Discord – https://discord.com/invite/cvZKNvvj2g  Wrap Up:  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

    1h 41m
  4. JAN 17

    Episode 268 - I Enjoy A Good ‘Stop And Frisk!’

    #268th for 16th January, 2025 or 3311! (33-Oh-Leven, not Oh-Eleven, OH-Leven) 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 PowerPlay Update:  What we really mean by “Antal can get stuffed” Squad Update:  Still working on the things we’ve been working on Retaking TT 58343, Maikoro and NLTT 1139 - home of Spanky, the official white dwarf of LSN;  Beating down our overheating systems and boosting our stragglers,  Operation New Horizons - Our expansion -> colonization program taking us out of the Bubble.- we’re making progress in phase 1 winning strategic conflicts (we will let you know which ones we care about) All details in the #standing-orders and/or the #loose-screws-factions channels of the Discord. Galnet Update: https://community.elitedangerous.com/  Anti-Xeno Blockade Contains HIP 22460  HIP 22460 Declared Free of Thargoids Dev News:  First FU of the year, 26 Feb Power Play Conflict Zones fixed! Server response times acknowledged; investigating Discussion: The shop: should we start with powerplay modules? Community Corner: DISTANT SCREWS 3! Coming January 31st – POSSIBLY postponed to a later date, pending Braeben tunnels getting fixed. – If it is postponed we will be doing a Piranha night in its place for Bloomingwind’s Birthday. Buckyball –kicks off in a few months. Alec T is running the events this year.   In the meantime The Elite Racers have a series in the works to race SRVs around thargoid sites. Dates TBD soon.  Elite Racers Discord – https://discord.com/invite/cvZKNvvj2g

    1h 46m
  5. JAN 10

    Episode 267 - The Uninstall Heard 'round The World

    #267th for 9rd January, 2025 or 3311! (33-Oh-Leven, not Oh-Eleven, OH-Leven) 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 Squad Update:  We’ve come to a meeting of the minds with our neighbor, the After Dark Initiative, and we’re harmonizing our Power Play and BGS activities as best we can.  BGS has basically 3 4 themes currently -  Retaking to control of lost systems like TT 58343, Maikoro and NLTT 1139 - home of Spanky, the official white dwarf of LSN;  Beating down our overheating systems and boosting our stragglers,  winning strategic conflicts (we will let you know which ones we care about) Operation New Horizons - Our expansion -> colonization program taking us out of the Bubble.Two BGS bugs of note. The system expansion/retreat bug has been corrected. However a new bug discovery is being tested. Oblivious has the details.  All details in the #standing-orders and/or the #loose-screws-factions channels of the Discord. Galnet Update: https://community.elitedangerous.com/  Empire Accused of Power Grab in Federation’s Heart Dev News:  Discussion: 33-Oh-Leven - Hopes and Dreams Community Corner: DISTANT SCREWS 3! The Mass Jump together so far is scheduled for Friday, January 31st, Bloomingwind’s Birthday, at 7PM ‘Murica Time, right Lark?,, time of jump still being worked on, as are meet up events and shenanigans to have while out there. Prizes for events to include Mugs, Clothing, or other Screws merch! WE STILL NEED ART WORK Buckyball –kicks off in a few months. Alec T is running the events this year.   In the meantime The Elite Racers have a series in the works to race SRVs around thargoid sites. Dates TBD soon.  Elite Racers Discord – https://discord.com/invite/cvZKNvvj2g AXI-XSF Blockade of HIP 22460 - Sun Jun 12th 2:30PM EST HIP 22460 Blockade: Checklist - Google Docs Also, the Buur pit is a treasure

    1h 27m
  6. JAN 3

    Episode 266 - Plays Mario Kart In Solo

    #266th for 2nd January, 2025 or 3311! (33-Oh-Leven) 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 Squad Update:  DOIN’ POWERPLAY We have powerplay orders now, not really orders but suggestions.  Be on the look out for Piranha Nights and other events when we need to dump bounties somewheres. All details in the #standing-orders and/or the #loose-screws-factions channels of the Discord. Galnet Update: https://community.elitedangerous.com/  Sandra Delivered some presents for children with the help of commanders, from the outpost, Frost Dock. (it was fun and had good writing) Thargoid war update: https://dcoh.watch/ War Won, therefore the Archer folks are complaining that their power lost control of Sol and several other systems while the thargoids occupied it…literally they put in a bug report about it. Lol. Quote: “I don’t see how the thargoid war should affect powerplay at all”  Dev News:  Happy New Year. Discussion: Powerplay Shenanigans.  Suggestions Box for Distant Screws 3 for Events to do while we are all in the black (channel to open after this podcast) Community Corner: DISTANT SCREWS 3! The Mass Jump together so far is scheduled for Saturday, January 25th, time of jump still being worked on, as are meet up events and shenanigans to have while out there. Prizes for events to include Mugs, Clothing, or other Screws merch! Buckyball – In the off season (?)

    1h 16m
  7. 12/20/2024

    Episode 265 - My Wife Called Me Audaxius

    #265thmas for 19st December, 2024 or 33-oh-10 (3310) 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 Squad Update:  DOIN’ POWERPLAY All details in the #standing-orders and/or the #loose-screws-factions channels of the Discord. Powerpoint Update:  for Power Statistics: Powers | Elite:Dangerous | INARA Back to Business System Strongholds:  The Empire powers possess the most strongholds in total, with Arissa (55) and Aisling (47) leading, Denton (10) and Zemina (9) are just happy to be there. The dual Federal powers of Archer (29) and Winters (21)  fight each other as much as anyone else, and Archer has a lead of 9 strongholds against winters. Of the Independent powers, LYR (40) and Mahon(30) ,have the lead in stronghold systems followed closely by Antal (27) Kaine (27) and Grom (25) , with Delain (20) bringing up a still close last. Note: All of the “last place” powers amongst the Feds, and independents, still have more stronghold systems than Zemina Torval (9) , and Denton Patreus (10).  Almost all of the powers can be contacted directly to coordinate with their members by joining their discords (links on Inara), or looking up the respective power’s subreddit.  Galnet Update: https://community.elitedangerous.com/  Titan Cocijo Destroyed, Sol Liberated (presumably from the Feds, thank you thargoids) - Galnet News | Elite Dangerous Community Site Thargoid war update: https://dcoh.watch/ Cocijo controls a single corpse, in low Earth orbit. 6 systems (Including Sol) in recovery, you can haul to help those systems recover, or coordinate with Operation Ida: Operation Ida Dev News:  FU - Frontier Unwrapped - Questions about Colonization Cash outlay is meaningful but not fleet carrier levels The real cost is construction cargo Claims can’t be locked - you have 2 attempts to fulfil a claim before you are paused Only one claim at a time No system upkeep Architect is named and permanent The controlling faction in the source system is the one that colonizes You can’t permit lock the system. You must start from the bubble System Maps will have an ‘architect view.’ Colonization is not a PVP feature - You won’t be able to sabotage another architect’s project - No way to destroy constructions in a system Discussion: Thargoid war really Over? What are your goals for the coming year of Elite If any?  Have you unlocked the new powerplay cannons yet? Community Corner: DISTANT SCREWS 3! (now officially being planned) Buckyball - Race 8 x2 Marks The Dash ​​https://forums.frontier.co.uk/threads/buckyball-racing-club-presents-x-2-marks-the-dash-triple-eight-championship-race-8.631210/  – Race Ends 12/19, extended because of the Titan.

    1h 26m
4.9
out of 5
43 Ratings

About

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

You Might Also Like

To listen to explicit episodes, sign in.

Stay up to date with this show

Sign in or sign up to follow shows, save episodes, and get the latest updates.

Select a country or region

Africa, Middle East, and India

Asia Pacific

Europe

Latin America and the Caribbean

The United States and Canada