Vanguard Update - Notes

[Tkael]

-- ISSUES --

There doesn't seem to be journal events for when you deposit/withdraw from the squadron credits bank (and the same may be true for the other new squadron bank types) ?

• Credits
• Ships
• Commodities
• Personal assets

-- NEW Data --

• New event

{
    "timestamp": "2025-08-20T02:09:05Z",
    "event": "ShipyardBankDeposit",
    "ShipType": "Type9",
    "ShipType_Localised": "Type-9 Heavy",
    "MarketID": 3713125120
}

Handled

• jixxed/ed-journal-schemas@0d493b4

  • CarrierBankTransfer
  • CarrierBuy
  • CarrierCancelDecommission
  • CarrierCrewServices
  • CarrierDecommission
  • CarrierDepositFuel
  • CarrierDockingPermission
  • CarrierFinance
  • CarrierJump
  • CarrierJumpCancelled
  • CarrierJumpRequest
  • CarrierLocation
  • CarrierModulePack
  • CarrierNameChange
  • CarrierShipPack
  • CarrierStats
  • CarrierTradeOrder

• jixxed/ed-journal-schemas@0372710

  • Statistics

• jixxed/ed-journal-schemas@10e49fa

• jixxed/ed-journal-schemas@519eeda

  • AppliedToSquadron
  • DisbandedSquadron
  • InvitedToSquadron
  • JoinedSquadron
  • KickedFromSquadron
  • LeftSquadron
  • SharedBookmarkToSquadron
  • SquadronCreated

• jixxed/ed-journal-schemas@4ef193b

  • SquadronDemotion
  • SquadronPromotion
  • SquadronStartup

• There also appears to be a new /squadron Frontier API endpoint:

    {
      "href": "/squadron",
      "rel": "Squadron",
      "type": "GET",
      "title": "Describe the squadron your Commander is currently a member of, if any. add ?language=[$supportedLanguages] to translate names"
    }

It returns HTTP code 500 - can't do anything with that.

{
    "timestamp": "2025-08-19T18:36:30Z",
    "event": "CarrierNameChange",
    "CarrierID": 3713165568,
    "": "SquadronCarrier",
    "Name": "Sovereign",
    "Callsign": "NVLL"
}

• possibly some buggy fields (missing CarrierType)
  Implemented a fix to detect and heal this particular missing key.

• another new thing is SquadronFaction property for factions in FSDJump (could be for all location based events), like:

        {
            "Name": "Federal Reclamation Co",
            "FactionState": "Boom",
            "Government": "Corporate",
            "Influence": 0.617383,
            "Allegiance": "Federation",
            "Happiness": "$Faction_HappinessBand2;",
            "Happiness_Localised": "Happy",
            "SquadronFaction": true,
            "MyReputation": 100,
            "PendingStates": [
                {
                    "State": "Expansion",
                    "Trend": 0
                }
            ],
            "ActiveStates": [
                {
                    "State": "Boom"
                }
            ]
        }

Not actually new.

Docked event for reference (JK40 appears to be the squadron tag) - looks very similar to a fleet carrier and doesn't use the same SquadronCarrier station type from the signal source but may be identifiable as a squadron carrier from the new squadronBank station service type?:

{ "timestamp":"2025-08-19T15:04:13Z", "event":"Docked", "StationName":"JK40", "StationType":"FleetCarrier", "Taxi":false, "Multicrew":false, "StarSystem":"Mizar", "SystemAddress":259008758964, "MarketID":3713100288, "StationFaction":{ "Name":"FleetCarrier" }, "StationGovernment":"$government_Carrier;", "StationGovernment_Localised":"Propiedad privada", "StationServices":[ "dock", "autodock", "contacts", "crewlounge", "shipyard", "engineer", "flightcontroller", "stationoperations", "stationMenu", "carriermanagement", "carrierfuel", "socialspace", "squadronBank" ], "StationEconomy":"$economy_Carrier;", "StationEconomy_Localised":"Empresa privada", "StationEconomies":[ { "Name":"$economy_Carrier;", "Name_Localised":"Empresa privada", "Proportion":1.000000 } ], "DistFromStarLS":0.000000, "LandingPads":{ "Small":8, "Medium":8, "Large":16 } }

• looks like CarrierJump does not have a CarrierType field, but you could identify the squadron carrier based on the squadronBank service

Squadron Carriers use a different name+vanity name format than standard fleet carriers in signals:

{ "timestamp":"2025-08-19T15:02:35Z", "event":"FSSSignalDiscovered", "SystemAddress":259008758964, "SignalName":"EL BURDEL 2.0 | JK40", "SignalType":"SquadronCarrier", "IsStation":true }
{ "timestamp":"2025-08-20T11:19:01Z", "event":"FSSSignalDiscovered", "SystemAddress":5067122025913, "SignalName":"PLATINUM MEMBERS ONLY | ODMH", "SignalType":"SquadronCarrier", "IsStation":true }
{ "timestamp":"2025-08-20T11:29:28Z", "event":"FSSSignalDiscovered", "SystemAddress":2003342182755, "SignalName":"STRANGE NEW WORLDS | SNW1", "SignalType":"SquadronCarrier", "IsStation":true }
{ "timestamp":"2025-08-20T12:04:36Z", "event":"FSSSignalDiscovered", "SystemAddress":2003342182755, "SignalName":"STRANGE NEW WORLDS | ", "SignalType":"SquadronCarrier", "IsStation":true }

• FDev bug: The station name (squadron tag) may be missing sometimes:

• The Frontier API has a new squadronBankTotal property.
  Seems to be for squadron carrier owners only?

[Tkael]

• New module blueprints:

{ "Slot":"Slot06_Size5", "Item":"int_cargorack_size5_class1", "On":true, "Priority":1, "Health":1.000000, "Engineering":{ "EngineerID":399999, "BlueprintID":129036395, "BlueprintName":"CargoRack_IncreasedCapacity", "Level":5, "Quality":1.000000, "Modifiers":[ { "Label":"CargoCapacity", "Value":43.000000, "OriginalValue":32.000000, "LessIsGood":0 } ] } }

{ "Slot":"Slot03_Size6", "Item":"int_cargorack_size6_class1", "On":true, "Priority":1, "Health":1.000000, "Value":310220, "Engineering":{ "EngineerID":399999, "BlueprintID":129036395, "BlueprintName":"CargoRack_IncreasedCapacity", "Level":5, "Quality":1.000000, "Modifiers":[ { "Label":"CargoCapacity", "Value":86.000000, "OriginalValue":64.000000, "LessIsGood":0 } ] } }

{ "Slot":"MediumHardpoint1", "Item":"hpt_railgun_fixed_medium", "On":true, "Priority":0, "AmmoInClip":2, "AmmoInHopper":160, "Health":1.000000, "Engineering":{ "Engineer":"Tod 'The Blaster' McQuinn", "EngineerID":300260, "BlueprintID":128673604, "BlueprintName":"Weapon_HighCapacity", "Level":5, "Quality":1.000000, "ExperimentalEffect":"special_feedback_cascade_cooled", "ExperimentalEffect_Localised":"$special_feedback_cascade_name;", "Modifiers":[ { "Label":"Mass", "Value":7.600000, "OriginalValue":4.000000, "LessIsGood":1 }, { "Label":"PowerDraw", "Value":2.689500, "OriginalValue":1.630000, "LessIsGood":1 }, { "Label":"DamagePerSecond", "Value":53.371883, "OriginalValue":50.036144, "LessIsGood":0 }, { "Label":"Damage", "Value":33.223999, "OriginalValue":41.529999, "LessIsGood":0 }, { "Label":"ThermalLoad", "Value":12.000000, "OriginalValue":20.000000, "LessIsGood":1 }, { "Label":"MaximumRange", "Value":6000.000000, "OriginalValue":3000.000000, "LessIsGood":0 }, { "Label":"RateOfFire", "Value":1.606426, "OriginalValue":1.204819, "LessIsGood":0 }, { "Label":"AmmoClipSize", "Value":2.000000, "OriginalValue":1.000000, "LessIsGood":0 }, { "Label":"AmmoMaximum", "Value":160.000000, "OriginalValue":80.000000, "LessIsGood":0 }, { "Label":"ReloadTime", "Value":1.250000, "OriginalValue":1.000000, "LessIsGood":1 }, { "Label":"DamageFalloffRange", "Value":6000.000000, "OriginalValue":1000.000000, "LessIsGood":0 } ] } }