Greetings Star Commanders! We are wrapping up Alpha 8: Bugathon! and the game is getting much more solid and playable. In fact so much so that we are starting to consider what we want to do next. We have two distinct directions and we wanted to get some community feedback on what you would like to see next. There are two potential paths for Alpha 9: Option 1 - More stuff! We would focus on adding to the core of the game - more missions, more ship equipment like scanners and shield generators, new kits for medics and engineers, the ability for enemies to surrender and ask for surrender, reinforcements, escorts, hirable races, new personalities and crew automation. This would also include more polish on existing systems. Option 2 - Spacestation Building The starting space station would be a Star Command space station with the ability to build each store inside of it. You could build stores that focus on ship weapons, ship defenses, bars for recruiting mercenaries, recruiting stations for officers and so on. This allows you to set your own goals (ie: I want to build that level 2 bar) and makes your primary task collecting scrap and money and using Missions as a means to an end. This also leads directly into planets and colony building (colonies would supply space stations with resources and supplies). Both are likely to get done but we wanted to see what our community thinks. Give us your thoughts below!