Powerplay Faction: Archon Delaine CYCLE 486: 22 OCT 3310

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Ahoy Crew!

Aye! This is the date [for now]. In a few weeks (in "Powerplay time" they correspond to three Cycles, including the one that starts today) the Powerplay will finally be updated from the current version 1.0 (or 1.x) to 2.0! In the latest Frontier Unlocked, in just a few minutes some (very few) answers were quickly given to the (many) questions that had been collected on the FDEV forum (+a nice action video for the new ship, the Mandalay, coming out on same date). The answers can also be found here, it is not a real FAQ... many questions (even important ones) have in fact been totally ignored, and therefore to fully understand how the new mechanics will work we will have to wait.

At least we know that (unfortunately) PP 2.0 will not be open only, and there's currently no clue if the rewards will be different between the various game modes. Anyway... another relevant feature concerns the BGS: for years all the Powers had to deal with the local MF/PMF (mostly neutral or unfavourable) in order to avoid penalties on sphere triggers (related to fortifications and undermining). Many of these BGS confrontations have been resolved with fierce wars and/or diplomacy, seeking (where possible) a compromise. With PP 2.0 there will be no more compromises, since the government types will have no impact on the Powerplay... but the pledged players will have instead. This means that the Powers may find themselves applying zero tolerance protocols towards factions (and their supporting squadrons) that operate with the "wrong pledge" in controlled systems.

Without going into too much detail, what has been shown so far scales up Powerplay to "mass" activities, broadening the engagement and impact in the game, with a framework that (as we have said many times) aims at the decentralization of control (i.e. no longer "leadership" driven but driving towards a "direction"). It will require a greater degree of adaptation, but there will probably be much more freedom of action... and for this reason in our Kumo Crew community for Archon Delaine we are already working on a "reorganization" much more focused on squadrons and players, rather than centralized in leadership. Leadership which in PP 1.0 is a fundamental and necessary element to avoid collapse and turmoil, but which will inevitably lose relevance if the "massification" process is successful (and that is what we hope for).

There are many other new features (i.e. like a new Power under the Alliance, led by Nakato Kaine), access to modules, rewards, and last but not least how the "99% of territory" currently occupied by Powers will be at inception date.

For this fourth to last Cycle of the 1.0 era... we closed with 12 fortified systems (spot on our historical average) and a handle of 0.9k CCs. Among other things to report for the week there's a new expansion to Cashibo led by the bear Grom, whilst the tech-nerd Rui didn't expand in the last Cycle, so for this new one there isn't much on the table.

To top it off, the CG in Shinrarta Dezhra against the bugs attack ended with the (obvious) Pilots' Federation victory... not without tons of fun and kabooms... check out this amazing video featured by [REBY] Geno Garon to see what I mean!

FOR THE ARCHON!!!

1-HOW/WHERE TO CONTACT (AND JOIN) US

The Kumo Crew only supports the LIVE MODE of Elite Dangerous.

You can either join our Discord Server and/or our one and only official KUMO CREW [KUMO] Squadron (INARA KUMO CREW).

1a - WHY SHOULD YOU DO IT?

Easy said: no bounties for Archon Delaine pledged CMDRs with Rating 5 and most importantly it's fun to be the bad guys (and we are quite the lovely guys to, if you are not too savoury). Anyway, if you don't want to shoot/pillage stuff with us...

2-HOW TO VOTE

For this Cycle vote: CONSOLIDATION.

3-WHERE TO GET HAULING MERITS

You will find hauling targets for Fortifications in our Discord Server, for Preparations >>>GUNAYEB<<< and any spare materials can be safely delivered to >>>PANDINUS<<<.

Please even if they are not the most easy targets do not overfortify already (100%) fortified systems (this doesn't offer any advantage to the systems), stick to our planning and possibly contribute for your quota early in the cycle.

4-BACKGROUND SIMULATION

The Kumo Crew only supports these governments: CONFEDERACY, COOPERATIVE and COMMUNISM.

And no, we do not support Anarchy government type (it's about game mechanics and not giving our tasty Rating 5 bonus to everybody). Bottom line: all our CMDRs with Rating 5 have the whole Archon Delaine's domain at their disposal, not risking any security/bounty/fine constrains (even in ground operations!). Quick access to Archon Delaine's conflicts: INARA Archon Delaine.

4a - LOOKIN' TO ADOPT A PMF?

If you are looking to manage and build up your own "player managed faction" (PMF), feel free to contact us as we have identified a number of Archon Delaine's favourable "abandoned PMFs". Some of them are in control of a bunch of systems, others have only their HQ and hence they have to start everything from scrap. We encourage and support cooperation with players' groups within our space, when our interests match.

4b - RUNNIN' A DELAINE'S PLEDGED / PIRACY SQUADRON?

Don't hesitate to contact us if you'd like to be part of the biggest "criminal cartel" in the Galaxy... we can share the best trade routes where to rob haulers, systems where to commit crimes, support in case of need [cops are tackling ya?] and so on... you'd be enjoying the fun of winging up with other criminals like you aARRRRRRR!!!

5-UNDERMINING AND EXPANSIONS?

About that... we're not sharing valuable information where our enemies can find it, so these kind of low profile/swift/stealth operations will remain a secret for people in our Discord Server only.

AVAILABLE CC: 925 (-74)

 

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This is heavy, doc!