This in-game narrative offers the chance to contribute in numerous ways, for both die-hard players as well as casual players, combatants as well as rescuers, direct-effort givers as well as support role-fillers, experienced CMDRs as well as new. All of it is important and - let's face it - we need everyone who's willing.
With that in mind, and with a great appreciation of, admiration for, and acknowledgement of the time that players expend, I suggest that summaries or suggestions for where to expend effort to support the cause include remarks about what effort would help in which location(s) or situation(s). If that is defined or described by state, then including a link where that's explained would be very helpful. If it is known what can be done in systems where an invasion was repelled or where an alert was prevented from escalating, that information could also offer players an opportunity to contribute in ways where they feel like they're able to do so.
Many casual players will not know what a particular state infers in terms of what activities would constitute support. The main reason I make the suggestion is that no one is going to read threads like this which will grow enormously. They will hope to get an update and dive in to contribute, so the information would allow them to be more ready regardless of what post number (for example) they enter the information stream.
It's certainly the case that things are very fluid right now, with a couple more maelstroms to arrive and - hopefully - Humanity's knowledge of our opponent growing rapidly (due to the efforts of some of those CMDRs!). We should thus expect the necessity for our tactics to change- perhaps frequently. Remembering that we can only 'make a call' based upon what we know at a given time, we will inevitably adjust as we go.
Let's have some fun - in coop mode.
