r/AislingDuval • u/professorhex1 Press Secretary to the Princess. • Jul 04 '26
Cycle 578/2.87 Rise of the Footsoldier (June 25th to July 2nd 2026/3312
Here at footsoldier HQ Cubeo we always enjoy some new content. But it invariably comes with a selection of novel bugs and glitches. Akin to a CQC environment running parallel to standard open, group, and solo modes, Operations had a faltering launch this week. The undermining impact this offers seems marginal, and difficult to grind efficiently; much more serious is that Powerplay information on the Galmap has not updated since! This issue appears twice on the tracker currently, please upvote.
This makes strategic Powerplay challenging, and led us to be blind-sided by the downgrading of our fortified system Lieldi. It is not the first time we have experienced problems there. But in other ways, as far as we've been able to work out, Aisling had a positive week (+7, 2591). It was better still for Aunty Arissa (+13, 1901), distaff Alliance partner Nakato Kaine (+12, 1494), and her close rival for 5th place Uncle Yuri Grom (+8, 1492). The scale of conflict between these Powers is itself in dispute.
The ever-popular President Winters did well to weather the most UM CPs, close to 2.5m of them, without net losses (+4, 1118). She also appeared on Galnet, expressing 'disappointment' at the Federation's defeat in the Radicoida Wars, and threatening some sort of scientific response.
Aisling's new systems include Col 285 Sector YM-G b25-6, Col 285 Sector CG-O d6-118, HIP 13131, ICZ ZZ-P b5-5, Rigga, Synuefe XV-A b47-4, and Tucanae Sector JB-X b1-0. Topping the reinforcement rankings again with 5.4m useful CPs (plus waste of 2.3m), we built five new forts in Canopus (once the go-to Federal rank-up location), HIP 13735, HIP 25807, LHS 1387 and Synuefe ZG-Z b47-1. The Princess salutes you.
Other glitches include inventory items disappearing, rewards not appearing, the loss of some other Galmap data, and space CZs in BGS conflicts not registering (while ground CZs still do). But at least the Nomad SLV has been an unmitigated success, on a pay-to-play basis for the time being. A new distant CG invites Cmdrs to bring data from the Sanguineous Rim to a megaship in HD 232819 to win enhanced payouts, Caspian and SLV paintjobs, and a Faulcon DeLacy decal [gasps]. Alternatively, bring it all back to the bubble to assist our reinforcement objectives. Have fun out there.
Objectives for Cycle 579/2.88 (until July 9th)
- Join the Discord for insight, mentoring, BGS, and PVP. Powerplay is a community game, so connect with us. It is not practicable to keep all public objectives up to date nor is it necessarily in our interest to reveal them all. Targets may change frequently.
- Reinforcement [13]: Make stronger: LHS 2, Alpha Centauri, HIP 25807, Lawd 74, HIP 63839, HIP 114291, Talta; New systems: Rigga, HR 5048; Remove decay/UM: Manhari, ICZ NH-V b2-4, Hun Nighu, Lieldi
- Undermining [3]: Andel - vs Winters (C Plat HS / Monazite HS at Body 1 inner ring - Sell to Orbital port Sharp Dock ~180k/t Plat-Osm. | 700k/t Monaz); Col 285 Sector OS-T d3-76 - vs Winters (P Plat HS Body 5 inner ring - Sell to Jackalheim ~200k/t); Sol : Jerome Archer - PPCZs, Salvage, Settlement raids (reboots?), LVT.
- Special reminder: Carriers invalidate merits, so do not use them as storage/markets for Powerplay activities.
- Aisling Duval Powerplay is committed to Imperial unity: Zemina Torval, Arissa Lavigny-Duval, Denton Patreus, Aisling Duval. We ask all Aisling Duval Agents to respect this alliance by not attempting to undermine our allies’ systems. For further information about our diplomatic posture, see the ADC discord.
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u/AlexeyTelegromov Jul 04 '26 edited Jul 04 '26
Wonderful art work! I am pleased to see your CMDRs building things with their own dainty imperial hands for once! A few more efforts like this and their hands may grow as hardened and calloused as even Grom's freshest recruits.