 This is a Witchspace News Supplemental. I'm CMDR Buur Rene and I are away from the internet on Friday this week So there won't be a witchspace news in the regular slot However, there are a couple of news items that are too important to miss this week hence this short update If you watched last week's witchspace news You'll know we were left asking the question is Titan rescue mining actually worth all the effort involved in achieving it the answer It seems in terms of Thargoid war progress at least is yes Yes, it is if the recovered pods are turned in at search and rescue agents aboard one of the wars many rescue Megaships then as best we can determine at this early stage They have a detrimental effect on all the frontline Counter-strike systems associated with the Titan they were extracted from I would stress that science is still Ongoing in this area, but according to sources within the AXI Just one pod is the equivalent of around a fifth of a tissue sample in terms of impact When you consider how many pods can be handed in and the fact that the effect is spread across Multiple disputed star systems then the gains really start to stack up According to one early assessment the Thargoids are set to lose control of around 20 star systems this week It appears pod extraction is also capable of affecting systems that were previously Untouchable due to the presence of a barnacle matrix site in the system It seems likely that the barnacle matrices will be changing in appearance alone If not nature as well with the arrival of update 17 next week So we'll just have to see how these factors pan out afterwards My thanks to lave radio last night for underlining this as I completely missed it in the originating Gaonet piece Everyone in the game is being issued with a two-week pass to access soul next week when update 17 drops on Monday This is all part of the celebrations around the installation of a new federal president But the bottom line is frontier wants you to visit soul next week for some reason The last time they did something like this was HIP 22460 and nearly everyone there died Following the Proteus explosion and the commencement of the Thargoid war I don't honestly think this is anything like that But fdev clearly want you to visit soul in the next two weeks So heads up there will likely be something for you to see If you enjoyed this video be sure to like and subscribe to make sure you see all our content And if you'd like to help support our work here at the Burpit You can also become a patron just like the wonderful folks you see listed on screen right now gaining access to exclusive perks content and community events