Powerplay Faction: Archon Delaine CYCLE 15: Schmidt's Sour

Rebel Yell

Rebel Yell
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The main star had barely peeked over the dusty horizon of Schmidt's Progress colony when Captain Elara Castellanos stepped out of her quaint, unassuming abode. Her eyes, the color of deep space itself, squinted against the stark light as she took in the scene before her. The colony looked almost serene in the early morning hue, but she knew the peace was only an illusion. Elara's hand hovered near her holstered Karma C-44 SMG, a reassuring weight at her side… and she tightened the scarf around her neck as she made her way through the settlement buildings, heading to the colony control tower. Suddenly, the tranquility of the morning was shattered by the deafening sound of the settlement alarms. The ground trembled beneath her feet and Elara's heart raced as she peered out, her gaze skyward: the once serene horizon had been torn apart by the silhouettes of several spiked combat ships descending upon them like birds of prey. The fight for LTT 9315 freedom had begun, and she knew the time for musing had passed.

[...]

Ahoy Crew!

There are just a couple more Cycles to go before the new Colonisation (or "Trailblazers") is released [provided there are no delays]. As someone wrote on the FDEV forum, it is highly likely that much of the framework was already being worked on. Smoke in your eyes? Let's hope not! For all the Powerplayers out there, in fact, we hope that it is the right time that even the several bugs and other unbalanced things are fixed once and for all!

Meanwhile, the CG at HIP 90578 in its second week was "interrupted" due to an [unexpected] lockdown of Trailblazer Echo (the megaship where the data is delivered). The update was announced on the Elite channel on X, as well as with a public message in the game. They blame it on "hostile activity" and "attempted sabotage"... then players are invited to do bounty hunting in the system to get it back to normal. Curiously, there is no trace of all this on GalNet... and not even a second objective was generated in the “survey initiative” CG (it’s been only extended to next Tuesday): so it looks like FDEV actually decided to ask some players to specifically go and hunt down other players "responsible" for causing the lockdown! An interesting situation and who knows if we will see more "player driven" content in the next phases of Colonisation.

Outside the CG system the situation continues to be tense around the Federal stronghold of Asetsi. After the long conflicts in Aasgaa and Tiveronisa (with countless PvP fights) the gypsy Kaine was targeted in her fortified system Santa Muerte. One with a high-sounding name, which apparently is just a refinery/extraction with 71k inhabitants, an outpost, some installations and a handful of settlements... but instead it comes with significant mineral resources. And how important they are for Powerplay 2.0 is now well [unbalanced] known and some Powers, including Kaine, also benefit from them in particular given the specific perks.

Cycle 15 statistics closed with just two powers netting double digits acquisitions (donna Duval +11 and tech-maniac Yong-Rui +11), whilst due to systems being lost both the portly Mahon and the blue-haired Duval gained only +1. They are followed by president Archer and the granny Torval (!), both netting +8 systems. Among the other acquisitions, the bear Grom kept narrowing the gap toward Delaine’s territories as his agents took control over BD-22 5522 and VVO 19… but at the same time his grasp was removed from Hyldekagati.

The intro above cites the conflict in LTT 9315, which ended up with a close victory of the Crew YARRR!!! and after having anyway held the lead for the Cycle [without disappearing PCZs for once]; Archon Delaine’s territories expanded with the strategic acquisitions of Yuror and LP 580-33, both with minor opposition, and few others largely unopposed (some belonging to the Project Minas Morgul line). The loss of Tekenks (acquired in the previous Cycle 14), due to [last minute] snipe is then leading the King of Pirates to a total of +5 systems (+9 fortified and, unfortunately, no more strongholds).

Notably, Delaine’s reinforcements have been steady into some previously acquired systems like Volciates and HR 8461, as well as a bit lately, for Gliese 4328. During the Cycle several attempts to undermine and sabotage Delaine’s dominions occurred and it required pledges to scramble and to counter enemies’ activities. Undermining has been somewhat intense in Munfayl, followed by relatively smaller pushes in HIP 118146, 77 Aquarii, HIP 114588, Manikena and Parhua… sadly none of such enemies’ efforts resulted in funny PvP engagements.

Are they hiding from the King of Pirates? Who knows…

With Tortuga Radio Frequencies airing Palantir EDPW targets and updates, several squadrons/groups are now receiving transmissions directly in their Discord servers (joining Tortuga server is all that it’s needed in order to link Radio Frequencies announcements). For the next Cycle 16, REINFORCEMENT targets are [already] scheduled as first [earliest] release as the strengthening of Delaine’s frontlines remains the top priority.

FOR THE ARCHON!!!

Source:
https://www.reddit.com/r/kumocrew/comments/1iokuds/cycle_15_schmidts_sour
Source: https://www.reddit.com/r/kumocrew/comments/1iokuds/cycle_15_schmidts_sour/
 
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