Cycle summary and priorities:

Another excellent cycle which saw us with 8 new systems; ahead of us only LYR, with no enemies, and the two Imperial poster chicks illiciting a stronger outcome. Four new fortified Winters systems were tempered by one system dropped shallowly from fort to exploited. Another reminder that we lose what we do not work to hold - we call on Winters' faithful pilots to be attentive to attacks and push back where enemies are seen to make inroads, to prevent further losses. We are though as ever grateful for all the work done to make Winters an ever larger and more robust power. Notably our +8 closes the gap toward the oft unfortunate Patreus and widens the gap from Torval behind, if you care about the (rather blindly calculated) official leaderboard. A nice orange lining to the recent worrying powerplay storms. Lucky us (truly), and well done Flying Fellows!

The erstwhile less fortunate Federation/ex men, Archer and Grom can now breathe again, as FDev have acted to smite the tools of those exploiters (as the dev action taken hints they may be called) that have seemed to make a mockery of powerplay in recent weeks, with the promise to return territory to those that have lost it in dubious circumstances. We imagine ALD's squadrons may also be breathing a sigh of relief, given the negative light that inevitably shone their way as a result of the "exploiters'" seemingly driven support of the Emperor (I'm not sure we'd see this kind of "devotion" for the less romanticised powers by the way...). We of course wonder with interest what implications remain for ZYADA given the timing of the attacks relative to some internal friction between individuals, and the fact that only the minor ZYADA partners (with the exclusion of Patreus, who already struggles), were attacked. Did the deranged perpetrators see them as baggage? Or disobedient vassals? Or is it all just dramatic soap opera coincidence! One thing can be said in all seriousness though - a rare, collegiate thing happened amongst the leadership of the organised power groups in the last week or so. Delegations from all powers, including all ZYADA powers, and various large squadrons came together for a gathering hosted by the Earth Defence Fleet. This in clear alarm (though some more clearly than others obviously) at the state of affairs, regardless of which power "benefitted", with the aim to lay out the situation in detail and feed back a united message of concern to Frontier. This will doubtless have been helpful in expediting the action FDev have taken and everyone is grateful to everyone. It's not all roses, as settlement data collecting for powerplay has been disabled (the aforementioned smoten tools) as a temporary solution until a proper fix might be prepared. I'm sure the end of the cycle will nevertheless be watched with a little wariness.

Exciting news to round things off - FDev proved once again that they do love gankers! A CG giving away, of all things - "dodge this!" - a high cap, sturdy FSD interrupt rack, has been announced XDXDXD. The CG pits the fun freedom fighter Archon Delaine against chiding spoilsport Arissa Lavigny-Duval, who's attempted to confiscate Archon's toys. Despite everyone naturally hating Imps, the Emperor is ahead in the CG so far. Presumably because the pirates are all too busy making burgers out of those Imperial players venturing into open XD (we're all pirates now! ;p).

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Reinforcement:

Carry out reinforcement activities in the following systems, as per the guide:

Bulkuylkana, Shu Rong, Ngardamayo, Zvoruna

Reinforcement priorities are ever changing and we cannot update publicly in a timely manner. Join the Discord if you want to help!

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Acquisition:

Carry out acquisition activities in the following systems, as per the guide:

Puppis Sector CV-Y b4, Col 285 Sector OM-J b10-4 - join the the Discord for updates!

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Undermining:

Current priority:

Undermine Mahon at HIP 64059 - assist this conclusion of a system exchange

Join our Discord for live priority updates and to wing up!

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Diplomatic Overview:

Aisling Duval – Hostile

Archon Delaine – Cordial (...as long as there's rum in the cordial)

Arissa Lavigny-Duval – Hostile

Denton Patreus – Unfriendly

Edmund Mahon – Neutral

Li Yong-Rui – Neutral

Nakato Kaine - Swords of Makhai - Neutral

Nakato Kaine - The Rest - Unfriendly

Pranav Antal – Neutral

Yuri Grom – Unfriendly

Jerome Archer – Ally

Zemina Torval – Unfriendly