Fireside Chat Transcript 2025 07 05
Asher Elias:
Hello. Thematic i'm not giving you a free spot. Zintage is complaining about space work. Everyone else is gonna be happy. Goons are natural sumo wrestlers actually, so that might be true. Yeah, we de-gatecamped. They're gonna come back. The, the rats always come back. But when you're warping around our space, especially if you're warping like a shuttle or something, it's good to just bounce to, if you have a bookmark, bounce to it. If not, just bounce to a planet or moon, then warp to the out gate if you see neuts in local, nice easy way to avoid smart bombs.
Speaking of moving, you guys are talking about moving, are we moving again? Some of you are saying, well, we must be moving again. We, like I said, we are not planning on moving from C-J. We will be T2 rigging, the Sotiyo in C-J coming in a week or so. Those T2 rigs, they're, they're basically not worth it really. They're too expensive. But we have them and we are gonna use them. This is, a goon legacy rig. So if you guys were wondering, we definitely would not rig, T2 rig a Sotiyo if we were planning on pulling up sticks anytime soon.
So we'll be dropping T2 rigs in the Sotiyo, but we will be doing a research one in two weeks. You may research. You're gonna have essentially the best research ever possible start in two weeks. So we will have a particular time where you can throw it in, into a T2 rigged, Sotiyo, start your research and have it, at the lowest index or whatever. Avatar, BPO nine to 10, sweet. Yeah, I know. It's, I know not going, I know going to 10 is sort of a waste, but it's also cool.
Maic is asking when is beehive gonna be fully active again? Excellent question Maic, beehive next week, one week from now. Full relaunch of beehive. One week from now. Full relaunch.
Okay guys, we are gonna be doing a move op. I think I already pre-pinged this, but we'll be doing a move up from UALX to C-J. Capitals, sub capitals, everything along the chain, as soon as this fireside is over, and then around, guys what time is it? 2030 , is that when we're forming? Someone speak up on that one.
Apple Pear:
2100. 2115.
Asher Elias:
All right. So around 2100, we'll be forming after that. So we're gonna have a move op for about 90 minutes and then we'll be forming immediately after that.
So there's a neut in the system. Should I follow what I say or should I just warp gate to gate? What should I do?
Snipereagle1:
Send it.
Asher Elias:
Just send it.
Beyondnoxx UNP:
Send it.
Asher Elias:
Alright I'm sending it.
Beyondnoxx UNP:
Send Swarms Federation.
Asher Elias:
Send Swarm. Okay. Yeah.
So yeah, beehive will return on the 12th. Keep on your, keep your eyes on the beehive pings for that.
Let's talk about Sky Mules. Sky mules are super important to, helping us run the space empire. Getting that delicious, delicious goo. I warped direct, I warped, to a ping instead of just sending it and I could have just sent it.
Snipereagle1:
Told you.
Asher Elias:
Didn't believe in myself. Let me link Sky Mules for you guys. If you are a space trucker or roleplaying as a space trucker, Sky Mule is a very important way to do it. Check that out if that sounds cool to you.
https://goonfleet.com/index.php/topic/363184-sig-skymules/
Weasle is plugging his old portraits thread, which does not have me in it, so it is worthless in garbage.
https://goonfleet.com/index.php/topic/371224-old-portraits-for-the-nostalgic-bittervet/
Let me also throw this out there. This is the Sigs and Squads Q&A requests. Stickz is pimpin this, and you can check that out if you're interested in the Q&A requests for SIGs and Squads.
https://goonfleet.com/index.php/topic/371071-sigsquadsocial-qarequests/
I have a question here. When upgrades in system? So upgrades should be going down this week is mostly when we'll start seeing upgrades. Shout out to GSOL, to recon. Actually there's so many people, I don't wanna name people and, and miss the name again, but we've had a lot of people doing work, getting everything set up, transferring space to allies. Moving approximately eight zillion capitals. A lot of stuff going on.
Snipereagle1:
What about the other eight zillion?
Asher Elias:
Yeah, we still have second breakfast.
Exploration upgrades when? We are plugging explo upgrades in somewhere. I don't remember the exact details on that. That was a while ago.
Snipereagle1:
I can, I can...
Asher Elias:
Yeah, speak on that.
Snipereagle1:
Real quick.
So, we've talked about, and I have a thread about it, but we're basically gonna have focus areas in different parts of our space.
So Insmother, primary focus is going to be mining upgrades. Closest to capital, et cetera. Wicked Creek is kind of gonna be a blend because about half of it's in super range. And then out in our further out regions like Detorid, Detorid is basically just gonna be subcap ratting mecca. And then, Scalding Pass is gonna be subcap ratting, but mostly mostly major ones for Ishtars. The big thing in Scalding is gonna be the explo upgrades. And again, that doesn't mean just because I said we're gonna focus on mining sites in In smother, that doesn't mean that there's gonna be nowhere to rat. That doesn't mean there's gonna be no scanning upgrades. It's just what we're focusing on. We're definitely gonna kinda sprinkle in the exploration upgrades as we can, but, massively double digits on the number of those scanning sites that are gonna be in.
Asher Elias:
I like the guy asking exploration upgrades when? When you are literally saying, yeah, when the exploration upgrades are.
Snipereagle1:
Bro, Jesus.
Asher Elias:
Alright. So we, we'll be starting to plug in those probably starting tomorrow. But yeah, expect this week for us to get a lot of upgrades down.
We still don't have jump bridges yet. That's about a week or two out for most places. So, that's still yet to come, but we are gonna try and get you guys making your iskies for your toonies pretty soon.
Okay. What else do I gotta talk about here?
Snipereagle1:
So we're gonna people keep asking, and I don't know if you're trying to be funny or whatever, but it gets kind of old. We will finalize the plan for upgrades. We will put out a sheet just like we did last time, and we will update that sheet with the status of whether the system is upgraded yet or not. And then you'll be able to know where things are.
Asher Elias:
Okay. PI, you guys have heard me talking about PI. We are going to a 1% tax on PI. So if it is not set to 1%, it will be set there. Eventually Beyond got three or four pastes right, but it did send one fee. Good job there Beyond. Three quarter success, that's a C. Good average and Cs get degrees. Is the 1% imperial wide or Goon wide? That would be Goon wide. We don't set tax policy for our allies.
https://goonfleet.com/index.php/topic/371008-the-new-pi-factory-system-and-rules/page-1
Someone asked about, post catch explo upgrades, and we, no longer own Catch that will be transferred to Sigma in the next day or two. So, you know, it'll depend on what Sigma does there. We'll have plenty of.
Snipereagle1:
I see lots of structure questions. We have another Kremlin meeting tomorrow, so for the people who I know for a fact are corp leadership, ask your Kremlin questions in Kremlin, not the fire side. Thank you.
Asher Elias:
We're gonna be getting, we, let's see, about four days ago we ran beehive beta and we dropped 30 or 39 Astrahus. Basically in Ins mother. Every system in Titan range, should now have an anchorable structure of some sort that you can tether to. So, we have got a lot more structure coverage in direct Titan range, and we'll be spreading out as time goes on. Your corps will also be dropping structures. Expect to see our, our space really expanded as far as structures pretty soon.
You know, Palatine question that's gonna be a little like, I wanna say a little, actually a lot delayed compared to, compared to before. We've started a lot since then as you've noticed.
Snipereagle1:
Gullible is still written in the sky box however.
Asher Elias:
News on Locust restart, I don't know that I could speak on Locust restart as far as timing, I don't know the answer to that question. Someone may be able to key in on that one.
Snipereagle1:
A minimum of two months and probably longer just because of how moon fracks work.
Ranger Gama:
Guys, it's a 56 day frack, so it's gonna be a bit. We need Brisc to run a locust fleet on Fountain Frack.
Asher Elias:
Fountain frack. That's pretty good.
Brisc Rubal:
That's the worst idea I've ever heard.
Asher Elias:
Wait, Brisc can unmute himself. This is not a no, no. Re mute.
Snipereagle1:
People are asking about Delve911 range as well. Again, we're working through getting posts and whatnot. Delve911 and Beehive range are going to be the same. So it's basically super range of C-J so there's not gonna be like, there's not gonna be cap saves in Detorid.
Asher Elias:
There are so many systems in range you will not lack for one to use.
Snipereagle1:
Yeah, and, and again, to cover it for people, we love the irony of referring to things by their old names. So Delve911 will be forever, CAD will be forever, et cetera.
Asher Elias:
Ask Zungen about stain Protector has not been protecting stain for a while.
New Intel channels? No.
Snipereagle1:
Think he's been protecting it from interference though. We do actually need to, I think we're gonna reshuffle Intel channels slightly. I think we whiffed that on the Illum agenda.
Asher Elias:
We're using east. imperium for now. You can use it until we change anything.
Are Rupture's becoming an official doctrine? I don't know about official. I, we really like them. I think we might make 'em a skirmish doctrine if we haven't.
Speaking of official doctrines. I'm ready to announce another one. Are you guys, you guys gonna have a guess of what it could be
Apple Pear:
ANIs.
Asher Elias:
You know, Apple. Just keep, keep hoping.
Snipereagle1:
Damnit.
Asher Elias:
All right, we're gonna bring back electric heat guns. Welcome back Leshaks. We will have a post up pretty soon. Leshaks are coming back.
Snipereagle1:
Real quick, a question I saw in chat before the doctrine spam that takes over everything. Somebody asked is the, is the keepstar that's in C-J the final keepstar for C-J? And the answer is yes. Yeah. It probably seemed a little weird to start with where we placed it in system, the layout of the gates is super fucked up, so we didn't have that many options. And by having it not on a gate grid, we can have an Ansi on grid once the SOV is up.
Asher Elias:
We're gonna have a jump bridge. That's why on grid, you know, 350 off or whatever it is, the minimum. We'll be staying in this Keepstar in this system for the far foreseeable future. We have no future plans as far as moving out of that Keepstar as our staging Keepstar, as our home Keepstar, I should say.
Tomahawks still in though? Yeah, we're, where we're keeping Raven navies, we really like Raven Navies.
Never say never. I mean, you're right, yeah, you never say never. But we don't have any future plans for that. Okay. I covered everything I wanted to cover. You got questions? Go ahead and ask 'em. I'll try to answer them.
So if I'm approved for a CEZ, does that mean I can put two Keepstars on my setup to bracket it? Sure. Why not? That sounds like a good idea.
When do we rename the Keepstar? No plans.
When will I expect a regional TCAG gate crossing? You're still in TCAG. We've run a lot of those. I don't have an answer for you as far as a particular time.
College Football National Champion predictions, Miami will be there. Mark it down.
Snipereagle1:
Seeing lots of moon questions. Ask your Corp leadership and they can talk to us in Kremlin tomorrow.
Asher Elias:
Can we have three Keepstars in C-J? Probably not. We don't even know if we're gonna do two yet, but three is definitely a no thing.
Snipereagle1:
Also people asking about CAD. Yeah, you literally just saw, there's still people that need to move their stuff from TCAG. So we will, we will be very deliberate about, Hey, CAD is done in TCAG and here's where it's going next. But for now, CAD's in TCAG.
Asher Elias:
Will we be phasing out cyclone fleet issues. I don't think there's a current plan to phase them out, so we're adding Leshaks. We'll probably do a doctrine review once we get settled. There's so much going on. There's just not, not a time to do a comprehensive doctrine interview. So I don't think, I don't think we have any plans for CFIs being phased out. We might bring some ruptures into the skirmish doctrine. We're bringing Leshaks back. That's all we have right now is, and nothing else is changing.
I don't think we have a plan for a tax holiday for C-J right now.
Snipereagle1:
We do. And I think it's already live.
Ranger Gama:
Yeah, it's already active actually.
Asher Elias:
Well, there you go.
Snipereagle1:
For this month, guys, to the end of July.
Asher Elias:
Who are the immediate war targets asks Sierra? So there's been fighting going on in Cache. There's been people going through the gate, EFM gate. We are in the perma war right now. We can go and attack them. We want to get, our infrastructure up, our jump bridges, our beacons, all that kind of stuff that will all help us prosecute any future plans better. So, if it's why aren't we attacking you more right now? If that's your question, that would be an obvious answer.
Asher pink lipstick or cherry red? Is it the early eighties or the late eighties that will determine the answer to that question.
Any doctrines staying in UALX? No. Unless you are in Brave Newbies.
PAP requirements staying at war level? I believe that's a corp thing. So you, we need to talk to your corp leadership and yeah, you're right. Brave Collective is the overall group.
Zintage Enaka:
I did see an ask earlier about jump clones in E3OI, they should still be there for now. We need to actually go and move all those ravens to their new home, and we haven't done that yet.
Asher Elias:
Yeah, leave your E3OI there. We might wanna get involved in Delve in any number of ways anyway, so yeah. Leave 'em up for now.
Heinz or Hunts ketchup? Is that a serious question? It's obviously Heinz. Hunts is what your grandma bought 'cause she wanted to save money.
Snipereagle1:
Man, I'm glad you answered that question correctly.
Asher Elias:
Yeah. Sniper was about to go somewhere else.
Snipereagle1:
I was about to hunt you down.
Asher Elias:
Whoa.
Beyondnoxx UNP:
Well, considering it's the tallest spice he can handle, he knows his shit about ketchup.
Asher Elias:
Yeah, exactly.
Snipereagle1:
It's technically a hot sauce, isn't it?
Beyondnoxx UNP:
Yeah. I mean, it's fruit and 20% sugar. It's technically like a sport drink.
Snipereagle1:
That's what most hot sauces are Beyond, maybe not most, but a lot of them.
Asher Elias:
Yeah. Do you guys know, we're gonna talk about the history of ketchup for about 30 seconds. Did you guys know that ketchup is, was a general word for a sauce mix? And if, it used to be mostly Mayo based, but then tomato ketchup just became the default ketchup. So, when people say ketchup, it's sort of become a genericized word for something that was something more broad, sort of like how corn just meant grain, but now it's become to mean it's come to mean maize instead. Whereas corn was just the cereal crop. The main crop was corn. So technically mustard is a ketchup. Yes. I believe technically Mustard is a ketchup. Ketchup on hot dogs. Of course, dude, it's America.
By the way. X-up if you saw fireworks yesterday. Hell yeah. Hell yeah brothers. Y-up if your city did a drone show instead of fireworks like morons, ugh. Riot maker says not my, my PTSD is triggered by it. I'm sorry, dude, that does suck. But also that's like the most Debbie Downer comment possible.
Ranger Gama:
Acid. That was a good one.
Snipereagle1:
Hey, acid. I have some friends that live in Boston and I hear if you want a cup of tea, you can just go dunk a mug in the harbor.
Asher Elias:
Hey. 250 years ago we made you guys look stupid.
All right. Do we have any other actual questions?
Boom, Boomboss, Yes. You are allowed to be gay for Asher if you want.
Do I still need to sit on the gate? Yeah. Brisc chill there.
Snipereagle1:
You live there now Brisc.
Asher Elias:
That is your home. We, that group was camping. The gate we just sent Brisc out in a HAW Dread and a cyno just to chill there and not let them sit there himself.
Who do I have winning MSI? I'm not sure how. I did watch, uh, Fly and G2 yesterday. It was very exciting.
Beyondnoxx UNP:
Let's not talk about it.
Asher Elias:
Yeah, it's rough for you Beyond, sorry.
Snipereagle1:
Yes. The structure shooting policy is up to date. We ping it out when we update it.
Asher Elias:
Alara asked about do I follow NFL or just college? Uh, I'm a much bigger college fan, but I do follow the NFL.
Any plans for moving caps from asset safety from Delve that keep popping? So no current plans. We will eventually, it's gonna be one of those things where it might happen once every six months or so, but yeah, it's not gonna be, uh, you know, a common thing
Chippewa says, where do babies come from? I believe the Brisc Rubal Home for Unwed Mothers is the correct answer.
Snipereagle1:
Bingo.
Asher Elias:
Chad, I would definitely have the flock of seagulls haircut for sure.
Alright, I think we've gotten through most of the important questions. How is Babi formed is an important question, but we'll answer that later on.
We will go do our move op now and then Apple, what time are we doing? 2100, right? We're doing a 2100 form up. So move op now. From UALX going to C-J. Guys, we are officially moving. It is time to move everything. The time has come. Move from UALX to C-J and then today we are doing a 2100 form up. I'll see you then. We'll be doing move ups now. We'll ping 'em out now. See you later. Job's done.
Snipereagle1:
Oh, real quick. The manufacturing Sotiyo in C-J is rigged and ready for business.
Asher Elias:
There you go. That's the T2.
Snipereagle1:
Yeah boy.
Asher Elias:
See you all later.
