View source for File:How to engage with Powerplay - Elite Dangerous

In this video, I'll go over the Powerplay 2.0 system in Elite: Dangerous, how to interact with it, how to push control points in a system and how to farm merits.

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Tools mentioned in the video:

Inara: https://inara.cz/elite
Merit Miner: https://meritminer.cc/
ED Powerplay: https://edpowerplay.com/
EDMC: https://github.com/EDCD/EDMarketConnector/wiki

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Other useful info:
Amazing written guide: https://inara.cz/elite/logbook/84502/
- Also contains a table with the order of module unlocks

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Timestamps:
00:00 - Intro
00:39 - Golden rule
00:49 - Basic Powerplay overview
01:16 - System states
01:50 - Galaxy map - Powerplay mode
01:57 - Merits - what are they?
02:09 - How to choose your Power
03:38 - Which powers are available?
- Empire -
03:44 - Aisling Duval
04:08 - Arissa Lavingy-Duval
04:30 - Denton Patreus
04:53 - Zemina Torval

- Federation -
05:22 - Felicia Winters
05:45 - Jerome Archer

- Alliance -
06:08 - Edmund Mahon
06:30 - Nakato Kaine

- Independent -
06:51 - Archon Delaine
07:10 - Li Yong-Rui
07:33 - Pranav Antal
07:57 - Yuri Grom

08:22 - Other bonuses

08:42 - Introduction assignments
09:07 - Rescue escape pods
11:17 - Selling rare goods
12:23 - Transport power comodities
14:17 - Bounty hunting / turning in bounties
15:28 - Scanning ships

16:07 - Supporting your chosen Power
16:42 - Gaining territory for your Power
17:17 - Acquiring an Unoccupied system
17:38 - Contested systems
17:56 - Undermining an Opposing power, taking over their territory
18:42 - Fortifying your Power's system

19:40 - Farming Merits
20:44 - Mining
23:25 - The problem with Mining
23:51 - Community tools