#296th for 7th of August, 2025 or 3311! (33-Oh-Leven, not Oh-Eleven, OH-Leven)

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Squad Update: 

• It's been one week since anyone said on this weekly podcast that the BGS is broken. 

• The squad update has been delayed to sometime in late August. Which happens to match the Frontier delay of the SquadVanDronGuards update.

• But check our bgs-standing-orders discord channel just in case something interesting pops up

• That’s the Squad update. Somebody wake up Chig.

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PowerPlay Update: - 

Baromir is updating now, don’t touch it.

Cycle 41

• Soontil Relics caused a wild amount of acquisitions

• Multiple powers are claiming responsibility for manipulating the BGS to cause the additional supply

• Aisling takes 200+ systems in first place

• Rui took 99 systems in second place this week

• The ping heard around the world

Kruger 5’s Power Rankings - https://k5elite.com/ 

Niceygy’s Power Points - https://elite.niceygy.net/powerpoints

Find out more in the LSN-powerplay-hub forum channel.

Galnet Update: https://community.elitedangerous.com/

None - CG is still on

Dev News: 

• The Type 11 Prospector - announced on FU 

Discussion:

• Panther Clipper Mk 2: Pay 2 Win?

• The Type 11 Prospector

• Does mining need a dedicated ship?

Community Corner:

• The Buckyball Racing Club presents: The 3311 Drakhyr Rally

• upvote this and add your voice. It’s like 40 weeks in. That’s at least 40 weeks late on the fix. The issue has expired and been reposted more than once. Make them pay attention. https://issues.frontierstore.net/issue-detail/70594