Greetings Star Commanders! We want to start by apologizing about our lack of communication over the last month or so. We have been extremely busy and wanted to catch you up on some great news and what we have been working in. First and foremost we wanted to announce that we have secured funding for the launch of Star Command Galaxies! What this means is that all our cost-of-living and development expenses are now covered and Star Command Galaxies will be released. This is very much a product of your continued support for our game as the reviews and interest from the forums was a big part of us getting the last part of our funding. So what does this mean? We will be developing towards a full release from this point on which means we are closing off features and getting the beta as quickly as humanly possible. We will do our best to have updates on Early Access but our goal is very much a solid, bug free fun as hell full release. So what have we been doing? On top of the business end of things we have been working on lots of great new features: Encounters Running into adventures on random nodes in the galaxy that challenge you and your crew with situations like exploring a derelict ship, helping a ship of sick people, rescuing a prisoner from a pirate ship and more surprises. We will continue to add to our encounters during the summer so that we have tons of content by launch. These are very far along though and have improved the fun factor of the game immensely. Base Building You will now be able to build stores on your space station in order to buy equipment for your ship, recruit new crew, equip your crew and lots of other fun stuff. Improved AI We have done a ton of work improving our AI and you will see substantial improvements to your crew’s behavior as well as the enemy tactics. This is ongoing but the next version should show a ton of improvement. The Grol The ultimate enemy of the Star Command universe is now in the game. We are still polishing their AI, behavior and strategy but all assets have been implemented. New UI We are revising our UI to be clearer, easier to read and better for low and high resolution monitors. So when is the next release? We should be rolling some stuff out on the beta branch sometime this month as we move to a testing phase and hopefully have a big update in June. Again, we are no longer looking at the 30 day cycle but focused on closing out features and getting the game released. We are super excited about the future and want to thank all of our fans for their support. Lots of awesome stuff coming. Cheers, Warballoon