How are we doing with the stored samples for next week?
Thargoid invasion - Next target systems?
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The same thought had just now occurred to me; I linked to the M. Oya carriers thread, but I think the spreadsheet is more updated. From the original six Control systems, we have:
| System | Remaining | Carrier | Location |
| Cephei Sector XO-A b2 | 7698 | [XSF] Killer's Sabre | Cephei Sector WO-A b4 |
| Cephei Sector XO-A b1 | 3173 | [IEA] Halcyon | Cephei Sector CV-Y b1 |
| Baiabozo | 9241 | [XSF] Baiabozo Samples | Cephei Sector CV-Y b1 |
Remaining here refers to 15% strength minus inventory held, as opposed to the actual order present at the moment.
So around 20k to go on the ctrls. What about the remaining alerts?
For the Alerts we have Lyncis Sector KX-U c2-16 at 82% this week, which I believe translates to around 2400 remaining. The remaining two also have Carriers assigned already, and will be:
Those can be gathered while in Alert, although wings such as ours would complete the existing Control first then return to those two after they become Control. As a quick note perhaps for @Grimscrub, the spreadsheet lists the 100% strength for Cephei Sector WO-A b3 as being 69931, which may be an Alert estimate—as Control that should be 61992 to be consistent with the others!
| System | 15% | Carrier | Location |
| Cephei Sector WO-A b3 | 9299 | [AXI] Invicta | HIP 8825 |
| Lyncis Sector WU-P b5-0 | 6730 | Lync WU-P b5-0 Samples | Cephei Sector ZZ-Y b3 |
Those can be gathered while in Alert, although wings such as ours would complete the existing Control first then return to those two after they become Control. As a quick note perhaps for @Grimscrub, the spreadsheet lists the 100% strength for Cephei Sector WO-A b3 as being 69931, which may be an Alert estimate—as Control that should be 61992 to be consistent with the others!
Apologies, had been at work - indeed, shared previously here in case it's useful for any of the alert calculations, had vaguely remembered them being distinct but hadn't had hard reference to offer at the time . Buy order on the Invicta was 10,000 flat just to be safe, hopefully all works out.
Oh, and far as alert estimates, thanks to doing the Samples side of the orth theory double-check,
Will let t'man know and adjust numbers.
Oh, and far as alert estimates, thanks to doing the Samples side of the orth theory double-check,
962 samples for uninhabited at '24.293976'Ly in turn, fwiw -- though all three depend on 'noone else was doing something there at the time' of course, just a Minimum estimate..
Will let t'man know and adjust numbers.
I've closed the order with ~350 samples purchased, well done to all who completed it while I was at work
Tempted to ventcore the titan for a while, or could do a bit of sampling ahead of Thursday if some carriers still have open orders. Won't bother hunting Orthrus at other titans until Oya is done
There are indeed a few Carriers still with open Research orders for the Control systems! Now that the cleared Alerts should reach a Final Ten scenario once again, I have added a note about Control systems and a link to the remaining Carriers in the week 71 overview:
Looks like Aleks and I had the same idea tonight. I was testing out Team Scythe Sampling at HIP 30158 and I'm about to offload 587 Scythe samples collected over the course of an hour between me and another. And we were both in less than optimized builds.
Thank you! As well as HIP 30158 (now 97%!) being on the possible attackers list next week, we noticed that it had a good few percent already and have been boosting it alongside removing pairs of weaker systems from the same list. Normally we leave a boosted system earlier in the week; this week started with attacking T. Oya then helping clear around M. Oya instead.
I relocated to Col 285 Sector OR-B b14-8 for the next planned pair Col 285 Sector SX-Z b14-2 (1569) and Col 285 Sector OR-B b14-4 (2218) this evening; it is quite fine to read that either as choices to help prior to that or choices to avoid entirely. Unfortunately Carriers cannot list Scythe samples on the market, although I am very happy to open docking access and set a generous reward for other samples—I have been quiet about it and quite hesitant to distract from M. Oya!
If you do more but not at those systems or prefer not to relocate from around HIP 30158, I suggest Col 285 Sector JW-M c7-10 (4855) and withhold the delivery until Thursday. Partial progress will be quite fine there; it will be another attacker we want to remove.
I can start working on that tonight. I just got home from work late so slow start. BTW, scythe sampling got so much better with the SCO drives. No issue travelling to Combat Aftermath 4 anymore
Week 72, 11th April 3310
Maelstrom OyaSpire: Full 100% progress reached at Cephei Sector XO-A b3.
Controls: All payloads are delivered! Systems spreadsheet and M. Oya thread
These cover Baiabozo, Cephei Sectors AF-A c11, WO-A b3, XO-A b1 and XO-A b2, Eoto, Inara and Lyncis Sector WU-P b5-0.
Titan: Should be exposed completely next week; consider earning 2M credits this week at Cephei Sector BV-Y b4 to avoid missing your decal.
Lhou Mans and HIP 21165 are excellent staging systems which both sell SCO FSDs, the former at Sabine Gateway.
Report
Eight Alerts repelled at Col 285 Sectors GQ-O c6-22 and AF-E b13-3, Hyades Sector QI-S b4-2, Arietis Sectors JM-T a4-0, KM-T a4-0, TY-P a6-2 and KM-T a4-2, and HIP 20019.
Eleven Invasions defended at HIPs 19757, 20509 and 22566, Nibelaako, Vistnero, Ngolite, Wanmi, Putas, Theemim, Jawul and Vogulu.
Twenty-five Control evictions at Col 285 Sectors JW-M c7-10, KW-M c7-16, KW-M c7-31, WN-Z b14-0, WN-Z b14-1, WN-Z b14-2, SH-B b14-5, PM-B b14-3, PM-B b14-4 and RM-B b14-8, 68 Tauri, Arietis Sectors JR-V b2-2 and FL-X b1-1, Baiabozo, Cephei Sectors XO-A b2, WO-A b3, XO-A b1 and AF-A c11, HIPs 20605 and 32764, Eoto, Lyncis Sector WU-P b5-0, Inara, Vasupari and Hyades Sector FB-X c1-17.
One Matrix system cleared at Cephei Sector XO-A b3.
In addition to the defended Invasions, four recaptured systems starting Recovery are Baiabozo, Eoto, Inara and Vasupari.
Maelstrom Oya is depleted!
Targets updated at 06:30 18th April 3310
Hyades Sector ST-Q b5-4 Invasion 86% *86.2% — Indra 26 Ly, 1 port, 4082 Ls 0.16g planet attack
Col 285 Sector BF-E b13-1 Alert 60% — Cocijo 28 Ly
HIP 19781 Invasion 58% *58.1% — Indra 26 Ly, 2 ports, 2594 Ls outpost attack
Nu Guang Alert 54% *54.4% — Raijin 19 Ly, 44 Ls starport, 1040 Ls outpost, 48k Ls planet
HIP 20492 Alert 34% *35.4% — Indra 24 Ly, 3308 Ls starport, 5791 Ls planet
Pegasi Sector WK-L a9-1 Alert 34% — Raijin 27 Ly
Col 285 Sector EA-Q c5-16 Alert 32% — Thor 35 Ly
Almar Invasion 24% — Thor 32 Ly, 1 port, 4087 Ls outpost attack
Col 285 Sector GP-H b10-3 Alert 24% — Thor 36 Ly
Col 285 Sector VS-Z b14-3 Matrix 24% — Hadad 24 Ly
HIP 20616 Invasion 22% *22.2% — Indra 22 Ly, 2 ports, 176k Ls 0.5g planet attack, 176k Ls 0.5g planet damage
HIP 116052 Alert 22% — Raijin 27 Ly
Koko Oh Alert 20% — Raijin 27 Ly, 489 Ls outpost, 489 Ls planet
Arietis Sector DA-Z b3 Alert 12% *12.5% — Indra 25 Ly
Balak Invasion 12% *12.3% — Raijin 23 Ly, 0 ports, 9 Ls outpost damage
Unktety Invasion 10% *10.4% — Thor 25 Ly, 4 ports, 92 Ls outpost attack
Col 285 Sector IA-G b11-1 Alert 10% — Thor 34 Ly
Hyades Sector MM-M b7-1 Alert 8% *9.7% — Thor 36 Ly
Col 285 Sector US-Z b14-0 Control 6% *7.9% — Hadad 18 Ly, 3758 strength
Col 285 Sector ZE-P c6-20 Alert 6% — Cocijo 28 Ly
Col 285 Sector LB-O c6-3 Alert 4% *5.6% — Thor 31 Ly
Pegasi Sector LC-U b3-4 Alert 4% *4.9% — Raijin 27 Ly
HIP 21261 Control 4% *4.3% — Indra 20 Ly, 4289 strength
Col 285 Sector ZE-P c6-11 Invasion 4% — Cocijo 29 Ly, 0 ports, 11k Ls planet damage
Arietis Sector DQ-Y c9 Alert 4% — Indra 25 Ly
Pegasi Sector QE-N a8-3 Alert 4% — Raijin 27 Ly
Pegasi Sector HH-U b3-7 Alert 4% — Raijin 29 Ly
Col 285 Sector SH-B b14-6 Control 4% — Hadad 20 Ly, 2713 strength
Pegasi Sector HW-V b2-6 Control 2% *3% — Raijin 27 Ly, 663 strength
Col 285 Sector KM-V d2-122 Alert 2% — Cocijo 28 Ly
Kamato Control 2% — Raijin 27 Ly, 1497 strength
Pegasi Sector KC-U b3-0 Alert 2% — Raijin 27 Ly
Pegasi Sector QZ-M a8-0 Control 2% — Raijin 27 Ly, 689 strength
Notes
The Alert report lists predicted attackers.
Report
Thirty Alerts repelled at Cephei Sectors LC-V b2-5, AF-A c21, AV-Y b5, AF-A c9 and AV-Y b3, HIPs 26160, 2797, 42982, 115777, 15843, 29036 and 10778, Hyades Sectors YW-I b10-3 and UQ-K b9-4, Lyncis Sectors XU-P b5-1, WZ-P b5-3, SO-R b4-0, ZP-P b5-4, VZ-P b5-1, YP-P b5-4, QT-R b4-4 and KX-U c2-16, Col 285 Sectors JY-F b12-7, HD-G b12-1 and JG-O c6-15, LTT 10533, Tougeir, Muchihiks, Chernobo and 80 Tauri.
Four Invasions defended at Sukurbago, Isla and HIPs 20527 and 29596.
Twelve Control evictions at Col 285 Sectors SX-Z b14-1, TS-Z b14-1, TS-Z b14-2, RM-B b14-1, RM-B b14-0, KW-M c7-28, KW-M c7-29, WN-Z b14-5, WN-Z b14-3, OR-B b14-4 and SX-Z b14-2, and HIP 30158.
In addition to the defended Invasions, one recaptured system starting Recovery is HIP 30158.
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Is that how it works? I thought it had to be the week of the kill?
Anyway, I see Oya's damage resistance now shows as "Very High".
Week as in "rolling 7-day period" in this case. In theory this Thursday-to-Thursday week's attacks should leave Oya with zero Controls defending it; Leigong fell in 2.5 days with three defending it, so Oya might go even faster, leaving little time to get any hits in during the next Thursday-Thursday week.
Now that all of the M. Oya payloads are complete, and on the very slim chance that some Commanders want credits via in-demand Research samples rather than attacking the Spire site at Cephei Sector XO-A b3, I shall try opening Carrier orders around M. Hadad. It will be a quite tough week in the context of stopping attacks, so I am expecting only to be able to reduce their strength a good amount, although a bit of assistance would turn that into a quite effective strangle.
These will all be targeted specifically at its attackers, and the general pace will be that a targeted system is destined to be cleared before the next day, varying strengths permitting. The first is for Scout samples from Col 285 Sector JW-M c7-10 with carrier INV. Wrath of Winter H2V-L3V at Col 285 Sector JW-M c7-11 buying for 500000 credits each.
The order is for 4000; the actual strength should be 4855, although notably @Captain-MD may also be tormenting a Scythe in that system.
Presumably yes; from Titan Rewards Update:
I do not imagine one week prior means it has to be within the weekly cycle in which it explodes. The literal seven-day interval ending at meltdown is the most sensible interpretation, and at a logical stretch I could suppose some small chance that it allows actions which occurred any time in the previous weekly cycle.
I really wish that Galaxy map opinion label removed! Everyone focuses on that label, but it is really a distraction from being much better to think of its resistance numerically as 9 Control systems. Either way though, any amount of resistance now does not alter the possibility of missing the action next week, so I suggest still that decal-seekers are wise to secure 2 million credits this weekend.
I can imagine! Closer parking permitting, I imagine also that reaching Alert signals is now much nicer with Carrier outfitting available to switch FSD modules as needed.
These will all be targeted specifically at its attackers, and the general pace will be that a targeted system is destined to be cleared before the next day, varying strengths permitting. The first is for Scout samples from Col 285 Sector JW-M c7-10 with carrier INV. Wrath of Winter H2V-L3V at Col 285 Sector JW-M c7-11 buying for 500000 credits each.
The order is for 4000; the actual strength should be 4855, although notably @Captain-MD may also be tormenting a Scythe in that system.
Presumably yes; from Titan Rewards Update:
I do not imagine one week prior means it has to be within the weekly cycle in which it explodes. The literal seven-day interval ending at meltdown is the most sensible interpretation, and at a logical stretch I could suppose some small chance that it allows actions which occurred any time in the previous weekly cycle.
I really wish that Galaxy map opinion label removed! Everyone focuses on that label, but it is really a distraction from being much better to think of its resistance numerically as 9 Control systems. Either way though, any amount of resistance now does not alter the possibility of missing the action next week, so I suggest still that decal-seekers are wise to secure 2 million credits this weekend.
I can imagine! Closer parking permitting, I imagine also that reaching Alert signals is now much nicer with Carrier outfitting available to switch FSD modules as needed.
Presuming that it has the same affluence of players despite attrition and the (now slightly less important?) higher supercruise distance.
I haven't tried signal-dropping yet and may well wait for Oya to fall, but purchased 2 x SCO FSD's (1 to play with on a type-6, the other for Anaconda Orthrus hunting or Corvette sampling)
I did 1 boost away from a star back to my carrier in the Anaconda and was impressed, looks like a good jump range vs supercruise speed balance. Added a AFMU plus class 5 FSD booster so hoping I can have a decent hunt using SCO to get to NHSS-4 Orthrus' more rapidly, then repair the booster to jump back to the carrier in less than 5 jumps!
I was going to hang around Oya til it blows, if I want to make myself useful at this point I should keep attacking the spire at Cephei Sector XO-A b3 and the titan itself, right?
Attack the Spire almost exclusively!
I suggest getting yourself 2 million Titan credits over the weekend just to guard your reward against missing it on the next Thursday–Friday, but otherwise it needs only Spire peripheral progress now.
Roger that! I got 40m ish on the titan already, I've really been enjoying Orthrus hunting at the spire (and I can even solo them now, much to my own surprise) so I'll happily crack on with that, thanks o7
If you just rely on those bonds you have already, you might turn out to have earned them more than 7 days before it dies, and so not get credit for the kill. Best to earn some more this weekend.