Hey everyone! Beta 19.3 is now out! Along with some fixes, it includes changes to ship hostility which make Colonial Union space safer and neutral space more dangerous. In addition we’ve changed some ship spawning properties to make reputation loss more predictable during the course of exploring the galaxy. It also adds a new Grey Huntsmen station and bounty missions. We have spent a lot of time working on content that will likely be added in Beta 20, mainly the faction mission chain for the Colonial Union which will conclude with a bigger piece of content focused on exploring the Wasted Wing (the section of Outpost 448 that was recently severed from the main station for mysterious reasons). We’ve also been experimenting with new networking solutions and how we might move the project over. It’s still early on that front but we feel it’s important to jump into that one prepared. Here is a sneak peek of our work in progress: https://imgur.com/a/x1XPAw5 Additions -Bandit Drones can now be found across the galaxy. These ships will attack any and all ships they find. Attacking them incurs no reputation loss from any faction. Bandit drones are most common in neutral space, however there is a slight chance you can find them in Colonial Union space (blue sectors) and WD territory (orange sectors). -In game manual has been updated and now includes sections on Ship Cloaking, Ship Sensor Dish, Item and Component Upgrade Stations, a several other tweaks. -New Sector: Grey Huntsmen Bounty Agency -9 NPCs added to Grey Huntsmen Bounty Agency -5 NPCs added to Planet Crash 2 (planet with blue sand and crashed W.D. security drone) -New Bounty Mission: WANTED: U.S.S. Xarius -New Bounty Mission: WANTED: The Butcher -New Bounty Mission: WANTED: Crumb Cleaners -New Bounty Mission: WANTED: Unit 10, Div #44 -New Bounty Mission: WANTED: The Striker -New Bounty Mission: WANTED: The Umbra -New Bounty Mission: WANTED: The Drafters -New Bounty Mission: WANTED: Biscuit Burners -New Mission: Hunt Infected Carrier (given by Roka at Grey Huntsmen Bounty Agency) -New Mission: Rid of Crawlers (given by Uleq on Planet Crash 2) -Added a locked interior room to Cornelia Station for a bounty hunting mission Changes -Neutral space has been tweaked to be more dangerous, this should hopefully make it feel more chaotic and lawless. -CU space has been tweaked to be less dangerous to ships of other factions. These sectors are meant to reflect civilization so CU ships and drones should only fire upon flagged ships. -Crewed AOG ships now have the chance to be more directly hostile to other ships -The Grim Cutlass sector commander is now considered flagged. -Ship Processors should now get better when upgraded -Updated Planet Crash 2 (planet with blue sand and crashed W.D. security drone) -Original 5 Grey Huntsmen bounty missions have been updated with adjusted credit rewards -It is now possible to join the Grey Huntsmen at the Grey Huntsmen Bounty Agency Fixes -Made some performance optimizations to the starmap when loaded -Fixed an issue that wouldn’t prompt a mission failure in some circumstances -Fixed an incorrectly spawning sector that should only be available during a Colonial Union mission -Fixed an issue that could cause corruption of item unlock progress -Fixed a visual issue regarding the Item upgrade station on the Destroyer -Fixed some pathing issues found at Cornelia Station -Fixed a teleportation issue found at Cornelia Station -Ancient Sentry no longer associated with the Polytechnic Federation -Removed two mission-related planets from generating in the base galaxy -Fixed an issue with long range comms in “Help CU Roland in Alliance Ambush” mission Thank you for your time! Best, The Leafy Games Team