On behalf of the Antal Reddit group
Controlled Turmoil 100% successful.
* 7 negative income systems shed.
* No positive income system lost.
* Fortification figures on three positive income systems reduced by approximately 50%.
* 100s off CC saved per cycle going forward
* Overheads significantly reduced
* Starting balance for cycle positive
* Diplomatic communications entered in to with Power Play Reddit organizers of all Powers.
* Takurua project closed to make way for next project (bring your ideas to https://www.reddit.com/r/EliteAntal/)
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Sorry about the capitals chaps
VERY IMPORTANT: DO NOT FORTIFY ANY SYSTEM EXCEPT HIP 116213 IF YOU NEED MERITS.
We are shedding bad systems. Fortification updates will be posted as and when they are needed. So please stop fortifying San Neb Xoc or any where else please. If you need to make merits by fortification, fortify HIP 116213 and Takura. For this cycle farm these two systems as much as you want.
Turmoil this week is deliberate. Sit back and relax.
A full explanation is here
From https://www.reddit.com/r/EliteAntal/
"I WAS TOO LAZY TO READ ALL THAT STUFF ABOVE. BOTTOM LINE IT FOR ME.
Everything's fine. This turmoil is a totally normal reaction to over-expansion with bad systems and we'll be back on our feet and stronger than ever by the end of the week! Please ONLY fortify systems recommended by the weekly strategy thread to help us throw off our bad, loss making systems. Kick back and relax, make a ton of money, because the next few weeks are going to be increasingly busy as we begin our re-expansion!
AAAAAAAAAAAAARGH!
No! Don't worry, it's fine!
AAAAAAAAAAAAARGH!
Seriously! Everything's going really well!
SO WHAT'S HAPPENING?
OK, so we went into Turmoil this morning. After our last expansion, our overheads were so overwhelming, it would have been all but impossible to avoid.
Thanks to a really excellent response to our SCRAP request, we've actually managed to make sure all our turmoil systems are our worst loss-makers! Many, many thanks to Ben and our other ambassadors for their tireless efforts!
The turmoil systems are:
- Takurua (net loss after overheads -142CC)
- Minerva (net loss after overheads -12 CC)
- Xi Mu (net loss after overheads -18 CC)
- Ahemez (net loss after overheads -42 CC)
- Cao Yankir (net loss after overheads -47 CC)
- Kaurukat (net loss after overheads -16 CC)
- HR 17 (net loss after overheads -27 CC)
WHAT HAPPENS TO SYSTEMS IN TURMOIL?
Systems in turmoil have their Income reduced to zero, but their Upkeep remains the same. They can be undermined or fortified exactly like any other system.
ARE WE GOING TO LOSE ALL THE SYSTEMS IN TURMOIL?
Maybe. It depends on our balance at the end of this cycle.
I've said before that if your balance is negative at the end of a cycle, you lose all turmoil systems. That is indeed what the manual says, and it was true once upon a time, but at some point in the past few weeks, Frontier changed the rules (without telling anyone in the patch notes or manual!) to be a bit more forgiving, according to the people in the Mahon and Lavigny subs who have gone through it themselves.
Now at the end of the cycle, turmoil systems fall off one by one (starting with the highest upkeep i.e. the order in which I've listed them above) until the starting CC balance is positive. Any other turmoil systems are retained and their income comes back online.
SO WHAT DIFFERENCE DOES THAT RULE CHANGE MAKE?
- There's probably not going to be a big "bounce". We're very unlikely to suddenly find ourselves with a 600CC surplus to spend. In fact, at the start of Cycle 24, we may find ourselves with a surplus that looks pretty small! Don't worry, that's not our new "normal", our new average in subsequent weeks will be much healthier!
- We're going to carefully manage Fortification again next week to make sure we shed as many bad turmoil systems as humanly possible. This may or may not involve the strategy thread recommending to fortify the fewest number of systems possible, depending on the landscape! Please only fortify the systems recommended in the strategy thread!
WHAT ABOUT TAKURUA?
FORTIFY IT
THIS IS ALL SOUNDS VERY CONFUSING AND COMPLICATED
I WAS TOO LAZY TO READ ALL THAT STUFF ABOVE. BOTTOM LINE IT FOR ME.
Everything's fine. This turmoil is a totally normal reaction to over-expansion with bad systems and we'll be back on our feet and stronger than ever by the end of the week! Please ONLY fortify systems recommended by the weekly strategy thread to help us throw off our bad, loss making systems. Kick back and relax, make a ton of money, because the next few weeks are going to be increasingly busy as we begin our re-expansion!"
Enjoy the rest of the cycle, chaps. After Thursday normal Service will return and the Galaxy will be a more harmonious place
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