Developer Little Green Men Games and their publisher Iceberg Interactive and are proud to announce today, that Starpoint Gemini 2 has left Early Access, and is available now with an SRP of $34.99, discounted by 20% during launch week. Enjoy !!

Starpoint Gemini 2 enables players to command their own Starship, and roam the enormous Gemini star system, to mine, loot, fight or trade - or play missions via the main story arc or side missions.

The final update from Beta to launch includes some important features:

• Unlocked entire singleplayer campaign (featuring cutscenes and voiceover)
  
• Added full soundtrack, ambiental and combat tracks
  
• Added character selection and ship selection for freeroam mode
  
• Updated entire skill system, now based on power pool
  
• Unlocked Steam achievements

You can find the complete patch notes here:
http://steamcommunity.com/app/236150/discussions/0/846963711029359276/

"This past year of Early Access has been an incredible ride,” said Danijel Mihokovic, Lead Scripter at Little Green Men Games. “We have seen an amazing community take shape and our thanks go out to them. Our forums really got overwhelmed with positive feedback, productive opinions and countless new ideas, and in a joint effort between us and our community, we have managed to raise the quality of the game significantly. As we embrace the game’s official release today, we understand one thing - this is the end of one process and the beginning of another. Even after 50 updates during Early Access, the wish-list created on the community forums will enable and oblige us to continue to refine the game and add new content for a long, long while. And that is something we really look forward to."

Developer Little Green Men Games and their publisher Iceberg Interactive and are proud to announce today, that Starpoint Gemini 2 has left Early Access, and is available now with an SRP of $34.99, discounted by 20% during launch week. Enjoy !!

Starpoint Gemini 2 enables players to command their own Starship, and roam the enormous Gemini star system, to mine, loot, fight or trade - or play missions via the main story arc or side missions.

The final update from Beta to launch includes some important features:

• Unlocked entire singleplayer campaign (featuring cutscenes and voiceover)
  
• Added full soundtrack, ambiental and combat tracks
  
• Added character selection and ship selection for freeroam mode
  
• Updated entire skill system, now based on power pool
  
• Unlocked Steam achievements

You can find the complete patch notes here:
http://steamcommunity.com/app/236150/discussions/0/846963711029359276/

"This past year of Early Access has been an incredible ride,” said Danijel Mihokovic, Lead Scripter at Little Green Men Games. “We have seen an amazing community take shape and our thanks go out to them. Our forums really got overwhelmed with positive feedback, productive opinions and countless new ideas, and in a joint effort between us and our community, we have managed to raise the quality of the game significantly. As we embrace the game’s official release today, we understand one thing - this is the end of one process and the beginning of another. Even after 50 updates during Early Access, the wish-list created on the community forums will enable and oblige us to continue to refine the game and add new content for a long, long while. And that is something we really look forward to."

So... it has been noted on numerous occasions that some of you esteemed ladies and gentlemen want to put faces to our names. As much as we frown on such frivolities, it is only fair that we abide by your wishes ;).

Please refrain from beating us into a pulp if you see us passing somewhere in the street. While I'm personally not a big fan of my bearded face , I'd rather not part with it either ;).

Oh and Oliver is in the video too... sort of... so have a look won't you ;).

Meep on!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_OqiGaEBz1M

So... it has been noted on numerous occasions that some of you esteemed ladies and gentlemen want to put faces to our names. As much as we frown on such frivolities, it is only fair that we abide by your wishes ;).

Please refrain from beating us into a pulp if you see us passing somewhere in the street. While I'm personally not a big fan of my bearded face , I'd rather not part with it either ;).

Oh and Oliver is in the video too... sort of... so have a look won't you ;).

Meep on!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_OqiGaEBz1M

Greetings spacefarers!



AN IMMEDIATE EDIT:
Time for a touch of sad news. We've hit two problems, late encountered, as can be seen from the time we're releasing this update.
One is related to compressed sector files. We know what the problem is exactly, but it will take until tomorrow to fix. Once that's done, you can expect the freeze when crossing sector border to reduce some more.

The other is related to combat music, more specifically switching from standard to combat music and back.
To prevent you fair ladies and gents from having your ears bleeding (the symptom was screeching noise from the deepest pits of the 9th circle of hell), we've switched off combat music for now, until we get to the bottom of the problem.
We hope to have it fixed tomorrow as well, in which case you can expect both of these features in working order tomorrow too.
The more varied music tracks are not impacted by this problem, so at least that's some consolation :).

While the below list might seem small in comparison to our usual changelists, a lot of work has been done since the last update.
Most changes unfortunately have no point in being mentioned since they're important for the upcoming campaign mode.

Highlights? Well... how about updated loot drop system, or full controller support, or perhaps the twin suns Castor and Pollux, more music tracks, artefacts, improved streaming... Feel free to take your pick :).
------------
IMPORTANT!
Full controller support. This one is a bit tricky. We've made default profiles for all gamepads and joysticks we could get our hands on, but we need your help once again ladies and gentlemen.
All the controllers we tested have different configurations, making our work much harder. Basically this is what I'd like to ask of you:
If you try out a gamepad configuration, and you realize the default sucks big-time, let us know please. Moreover, if you're feeling especially generous, please configure your gamepad in the in-game options,
and then send oliver@starpointgemini.com both your StarpointGemini2Configuration.cfg and log.txt, located in the game root directory. This will allow us to create a default profile for that specific device.

Also if you encounter some problems using your controller device, let us know. We'll tweak, update and fix 'em all. In general, we're looking forward to feedback regarding controllers :).
------------
We plan to have one more update before final launch, but of course if necessary, we'll release quickfixes in the meantime. And it is possible we'll be iterating through smaller, focused updates over the next two weeks.

And finally one more thing to mention: Cinematic trailer. I won't yammer too much about it. Have a look instead ;).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHr9tqOYvN4

CHANGE LIST

• FIXED: An issue where destroying ships that spawn a derelict, caused outlaw looters to appear, which in turn could create an endless stream of outlaw looters. Several more script checks implemented.
  
• FIXED: Tzar carrier hangar parameters fixed and tweaked
  
• FIXED: Heavy weapon blast radius now deals damage to the object that was actually hit
  
• FIXED: Ice asteroids now use appropriate destruction visuals
  
• FIXED: A script problem where in certain instances a for loop never activated.
  
• FIXED: A crash related to Caridad station. Its parameters were all messed up
  
• FIXED: A crash that occurred if capturing a grappled ship that was on the verge of breaking grappler hold (distance)
  
• FIXED: A bug that resulted in player ship not being visible on loading game after dying
  
• FIXED: A a bug related to the Capture freelance mission that resulted in game crash
  
• FIXED: Ship sell price, when selling immediately on docking and when selling from the garage is now identical
  
• UPDATED: Blueprint part drop rate
  
  • Based on feedback, drop rate of blueprints is increased in all instances
    
  • Blueprint parts can now be acquired by hacking structures
    
  • Blueprint parts can now be acquired by transporting onto structures
    
  • Blueprint parts can now be acquired by scanning anomalies
• UPDATED: Loot drop system changed
  
  • Loot drop definition files completely changed to make it easier to balance
    
  • Loot drop now depends more on experience level and target type
• UPDATED: Orpheus mine damage is generally reduced, but damage now depends on player level
  
• UPDATED: Damage of the SETH deployable platform now depends on player level
  
• UPDATED: Station will no longer call in a large security force to deal with you if you caused problems near it. The numbers are tweaked, largely based on player level.
  
• UPDATED: If a station doesn't have any friendly ships nearby, security forces will no longer show up
  
• UPDATED: Destroying bounties that are hostile towards you no longer yields negative reputation change
  
• UPDATED: Reset general settings confirmation box text changed to display appropriate text.
  
• UPDATED: Ship, structure and station shaders to improve material glow quality
  
• UPDATED: Spire station now only offers lawful licenses
  
• UPDATED: Tortuga Bay station now only offers outlaw licenses
  
• UPDATED: Nebulas optimized some more. More specifically, when inside a nebula, other nebulas are not rendered
  
• UPDATED: Mission objective text that appears next to a mission-related object, is no longer hard-coded, but is taken from misc.txt file
  
• UPDATED: Numerous texts in the German and Russian localizations
  
• UPDATED: Removed Evasion parameter from defense platform files (*.def)
  
• UPDATED: Increased chance of triggering global events that are related to prices and trading to make the market more lively
  
• UPDATED: NPC ships now come with a full complement of Troopers, making them harder to capture (further updates will bring other balancing)
  
• ADDED: Big picture mode & full controller support
  
  • Simply plug in a gamepad or joystick and restart the game
    
  • You're offered a different control scheme which makes it possible to choose how you want to control the various game panels
    
  • Using controllers is possible in both control schemes
    
  • Further tweaks, improvements and manufacturer presets will be done based on feedback
• ADDED: Artefacts
  
  • Artefacts can now be collected from special structures scattered around Gemini
    
  • Collecting all artefacts yields a special reward
• ADDED: Another optimization pass focused mostly on sector-to-sector streaming
  
  • Model streaming implemented
    
  • Audio streaming implemented
    
  • Script files compressed
• ADDED: Twin suns now shine over Gemini from its center (will be further graphically improved)
  
• ADDED: Confirm resolution change panel can now be closed and resolution change can be cancelled
  
• ADDED: A new type of encounter into the game world, generated randomly, but with certain conditions
  
• ADDED: Scanning anomalies can now cause a revenant to drop out of rift space (can be either friendly or hostile)
  
• ADDED: Info panels for stations, structures, planets, derelicts and anomalies
  
• ADDED: Leviathan is now placed into the game world

Greetings spacefarers!



AN IMMEDIATE EDIT:
Time for a touch of sad news. We've hit two problems, late encountered, as can be seen from the time we're releasing this update.
One is related to compressed sector files. We know what the problem is exactly, but it will take until tomorrow to fix. Once that's done, you can expect the freeze when crossing sector border to reduce some more.

The other is related to combat music, more specifically switching from standard to combat music and back.
To prevent you fair ladies and gents from having your ears bleeding (the symptom was screeching noise from the deepest pits of the 9th circle of hell), we've switched off combat music for now, until we get to the bottom of the problem.
We hope to have it fixed tomorrow as well, in which case you can expect both of these features in working order tomorrow too.
The more varied music tracks are not impacted by this problem, so at least that's some consolation :).

While the below list might seem small in comparison to our usual changelists, a lot of work has been done since the last update.
Most changes unfortunately have no point in being mentioned since they're important for the upcoming campaign mode.

Highlights? Well... how about updated loot drop system, or full controller support, or perhaps the twin suns Castor and Pollux, more music tracks, artefacts, improved streaming... Feel free to take your pick :).
------------
IMPORTANT!
Full controller support. This one is a bit tricky. We've made default profiles for all gamepads and joysticks we could get our hands on, but we need your help once again ladies and gentlemen.
All the controllers we tested have different configurations, making our work much harder. Basically this is what I'd like to ask of you:
If you try out a gamepad configuration, and you realize the default sucks big-time, let us know please. Moreover, if you're feeling especially generous, please configure your gamepad in the in-game options,
and then send oliver@starpointgemini.com both your StarpointGemini2Configuration.cfg and log.txt, located in the game root directory. This will allow us to create a default profile for that specific device.

Also if you encounter some problems using your controller device, let us know. We'll tweak, update and fix 'em all. In general, we're looking forward to feedback regarding controllers :).
------------
We plan to have one more update before final launch, but of course if necessary, we'll release quickfixes in the meantime. And it is possible we'll be iterating through smaller, focused updates over the next two weeks.

And finally one more thing to mention: Cinematic trailer. I won't yammer too much about it. Have a look instead ;).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHr9tqOYvN4

CHANGE LIST

• FIXED: An issue where destroying ships that spawn a derelict, caused outlaw looters to appear, which in turn could create an endless stream of outlaw looters. Several more script checks implemented.
  
• FIXED: Tzar carrier hangar parameters fixed and tweaked
  
• FIXED: Heavy weapon blast radius now deals damage to the object that was actually hit
  
• FIXED: Ice asteroids now use appropriate destruction visuals
  
• FIXED: A script problem where in certain instances a for loop never activated.
  
• FIXED: A crash related to Caridad station. Its parameters were all messed up
  
• FIXED: A crash that occurred if capturing a grappled ship that was on the verge of breaking grappler hold (distance)
  
• FIXED: A bug that resulted in player ship not being visible on loading game after dying
  
• FIXED: A a bug related to the Capture freelance mission that resulted in game crash
  
• FIXED: Ship sell price, when selling immediately on docking and when selling from the garage is now identical
  
• UPDATED: Blueprint part drop rate
  
  • Based on feedback, drop rate of blueprints is increased in all instances
    
  • Blueprint parts can now be acquired by hacking structures
    
  • Blueprint parts can now be acquired by transporting onto structures
    
  • Blueprint parts can now be acquired by scanning anomalies
• UPDATED: Loot drop system changed
  
  • Loot drop definition files completely changed to make it easier to balance
    
  • Loot drop now depends more on experience level and target type
• UPDATED: Orpheus mine damage is generally reduced, but damage now depends on player level
  
• UPDATED: Damage of the SETH deployable platform now depends on player level
  
• UPDATED: Station will no longer call in a large security force to deal with you if you caused problems near it. The numbers are tweaked, largely based on player level.
  
• UPDATED: If a station doesn't have any friendly ships nearby, security forces will no longer show up
  
• UPDATED: Destroying bounties that are hostile towards you no longer yields negative reputation change
  
• UPDATED: Reset general settings confirmation box text changed to display appropriate text.
  
• UPDATED: Ship, structure and station shaders to improve material glow quality
  
• UPDATED: Spire station now only offers lawful licenses
  
• UPDATED: Tortuga Bay station now only offers outlaw licenses
  
• UPDATED: Nebulas optimized some more. More specifically, when inside a nebula, other nebulas are not rendered
  
• UPDATED: Mission objective text that appears next to a mission-related object, is no longer hard-coded, but is taken from misc.txt file
  
• UPDATED: Numerous texts in the German and Russian localizations
  
• UPDATED: Removed Evasion parameter from defense platform files (*.def)
  
• UPDATED: Increased chance of triggering global events that are related to prices and trading to make the market more lively
  
• UPDATED: NPC ships now come with a full complement of Troopers, making them harder to capture (further updates will bring other balancing)
  
• ADDED: Big picture mode & full controller support
  
  • Simply plug in a gamepad or joystick and restart the game
    
  • You're offered a different control scheme which makes it possible to choose how you want to control the various game panels
    
  • Using controllers is possible in both control schemes
    
  • Further tweaks, improvements and manufacturer presets will be done based on feedback
• ADDED: Artefacts
  
  • Artefacts can now be collected from special structures scattered around Gemini
    
  • Collecting all artefacts yields a special reward
• ADDED: Another optimization pass focused mostly on sector-to-sector streaming
  
  • Model streaming implemented
    
  • Audio streaming implemented
    
  • Script files compressed
• ADDED: Twin suns now shine over Gemini from its center (will be further graphically improved)
  
• ADDED: Confirm resolution change panel can now be closed and resolution change can be cancelled
  
• ADDED: A new type of encounter into the game world, generated randomly, but with certain conditions
  
• ADDED: Scanning anomalies can now cause a revenant to drop out of rift space (can be either friendly or hostile)
  
• ADDED: Info panels for stations, structures, planets, derelicts and anomalies
  
• ADDED: Leviathan is now placed into the game world

Crossing into the 0.8 range this time. Getting closer and closer to release ;). I apologize in advance if I've noted anything that was introduced in one of the recent smaller updates.

OK. There's a lot of new stuff going on. I'll mention only the nebula optimizations (more will be done) and blueprints. How blueprints work is explained below in the change-list :).

The second, but perhaps even more important thing is the MODDING RELATED ISSUE. Here's the link where we explain the problem.

PLEASE CHECK IT OUT. Especially if you've modded the game yourself or if you're using mods.

CHANGE LIST

• FIXED: Several errors in weapon range calculations
  
• FIXED: An error where names of nebulas were not shown on the Starchart
  
• FIXED: NPCs start firing weapons at more appropriate distances and not from miles away
  
• FIXED: Your own SETH platforms will not shoot each other
  
• FIXED: Beam weapons now work in Fire at will mode as intended
  
• FIXED: NPCs no longer have impossible weapon range when using beam weapons
  
• FIXED: An issue where the planetary screen gets overlapped with the station interface overlay
  
• FIXED: Material editor->Ship editor now saves trail parameters as intended
  
• FIXED: Station color-coding (friendly, hostile, neutral) is now equivalent in the main viewport and on the Starchart
  
• FIXED: An error related to Weapons energy refill and Weapons downtime, where the two could get swapped in-game
  
• FIXED: Equipment modifiers are now nullified on loading as intended
  
• FIXED: An error that would manifest in an NPC ship powering up Power to Engines, but remaining in the same position
  
• FIXED: Damage effects are now properly removed from the ship on repair
  
• FIXED: An error that could crash the game when clicking on a mission icon in the starchart
  
• FIXED: An issue with mission completion notification being displayed wrongly
  
• FIXED: A bug related to Steam Workshop integration and updating mods that could cause the game to crash
  
• FIXED: Grappling a captured ship no longer turns every neutral or allied ship against you
  
• ADDED: Blueprints
  
  • You can collect blueprints pieces from various sources (more will be added over time)
    
  • Once you collect enough pieces, a complete blueprint will be assembled in your Items list automatically
    
  • After that, simply dock on any station or planet, and you will find that something new is available for purchase (depending on the blueprint)
    
  • Blueprints are used up in the process
    
  • Blueprints available: light weapons, heavy weapons, enhancements for all primary systems, an officer, fighter crafts
• ADDED: Energy redistribution shortcuts to Options->Controls. They are NOT set by default. Set them manually!
  
• ADDED: NPCs can now drop Orpheus mines. Frequency greatly depends on player level and difficulty setting.
  
• ADDED: Explosion shockwaves can now impact asteroids and junk pieces
  
• ADDED: Sporadic lightning flashes inside nebulas
  
• ADDED: Profession parameter is now shown on the Quick scan
  
• ADDED: Several skill modifiers changed/added
  
  • Sensor jam
    
  • Virus (Chance to drop target's shields on hit)
    
  • Life support sabotage (Reduce target's troop effectiveness)
    
  • Mainframe shutdown (Chance to completely shut-down target on hit)
    
  • Disabling shockwave (Range set to 600)
    
  • Energy drain => Power drain
    
  • Scramble now states Chance to disable weapons on successful hit
    
  • Disabling hit now states Drain target's battery energy (% per second)
    
  • Disabling hit
    
  • Tracer round
    
  • Razor
• ADDED: Additional Perks are now fully functional
  
  • Hawkeye
    
  • Collector
    
  • Space wolf
    
  • Torrent surfer
    
  • Large vessels
• ADDED: Officers that used the same bonuses as the above Perks are now also fully functional
  
• ADDED: Another difficulty level added. This is mostly ground work for future use.
  
• ADDED: Several game version checks to comply with latest Steam API
  
• ADDED: Several notifications (entering hostile territory) received a boost to be more noticeable
  
• ADDED: Ship is automatically decloaked when anchoring on stations/planets
  
• UPDATED: Grappling a friendly/allied ship is now treated the same as if you were boarding it
  
• UPDATED: Accuracy mechanic. Increased weapons fire spread on longer distances.
  
• UPDATED: Game log records more data to catch potential problems.
  
• UPDATED: Repairing your ship on a station or planet now removes the effects of Radiation and EMP damage.
  
• UPDATED: NPCs accuracy improved
  
• UPDATED: Bounties improved weapons (enhancements)
  
• UPDATED: Jumping away from a captured ship makes it highly possible for that ship to regain control and flee
  
• UPDATED: NPCs now carry less Equipment
  
• UPDATED: Strong gravitational pull is now only possible if influenced by a wormhole
  
• UPDATED: SETH platform now has limited duration before it self destructs. This is to prevent a potential mem-leak
  
• UPDATED: Nebulas are now limited to 120 particle patches at a time to improve performance
  
• UPDATED: Nebula particles orientation
  
• UPDATED: Several nebulas modified specifically to improve performance (Gulf)
  
• UPDATED: Tweaked experience gain with trading
  
• UPDATED: NPC random encounter spawning system now takes into account more variables and relies more on player level, but also on difficulty settings
  
• UPDATED: (Permanent) Quick Target Scan is now active by default
  
• UPDATED: When stations react to nearby trouble (someone starting a high-tech space cannon brawl), instead of reaching out to the faction in control of the region, they simply call their own reinforcements.

Crossing into the 0.8 range this time. Getting closer and closer to release ;). I apologize in advance if I've noted anything that was introduced in one of the recent smaller updates.

OK. There's a lot of new stuff going on. I'll mention only the nebula optimizations (more will be done) and blueprints. How blueprints work is explained below in the change-list :).

The second, but perhaps even more important thing is the MODDING RELATED ISSUE. Here's the link where we explain the problem.

PLEASE CHECK IT OUT. Especially if you've modded the game yourself or if you're using mods.

CHANGE LIST

• FIXED: Several errors in weapon range calculations
  
• FIXED: An error where names of nebulas were not shown on the Starchart
  
• FIXED: NPCs start firing weapons at more appropriate distances and not from miles away
  
• FIXED: Your own SETH platforms will not shoot each other
  
• FIXED: Beam weapons now work in Fire at will mode as intended
  
• FIXED: NPCs no longer have impossible weapon range when using beam weapons
  
• FIXED: An issue where the planetary screen gets overlapped with the station interface overlay
  
• FIXED: Material editor->Ship editor now saves trail parameters as intended
  
• FIXED: Station color-coding (friendly, hostile, neutral) is now equivalent in the main viewport and on the Starchart
  
• FIXED: An error related to Weapons energy refill and Weapons downtime, where the two could get swapped in-game
  
• FIXED: Equipment modifiers are now nullified on loading as intended
  
• FIXED: An error that would manifest in an NPC ship powering up Power to Engines, but remaining in the same position
  
• FIXED: Damage effects are now properly removed from the ship on repair
  
• FIXED: An error that could crash the game when clicking on a mission icon in the starchart
  
• FIXED: An issue with mission completion notification being displayed wrongly
  
• FIXED: A bug related to Steam Workshop integration and updating mods that could cause the game to crash
  
• FIXED: Grappling a captured ship no longer turns every neutral or allied ship against you
  
• ADDED: Blueprints
  
  • You can collect blueprints pieces from various sources (more will be added over time)
    
  • Once you collect enough pieces, a complete blueprint will be assembled in your Items list automatically
    
  • After that, simply dock on any station or planet, and you will find that something new is available for purchase (depending on the blueprint)
    
  • Blueprints are used up in the process
    
  • Blueprints available: light weapons, heavy weapons, enhancements for all primary systems, an officer, fighter crafts
• ADDED: Energy redistribution shortcuts to Options->Controls. They are NOT set by default. Set them manually!
  
• ADDED: NPCs can now drop Orpheus mines. Frequency greatly depends on player level and difficulty setting.
  
• ADDED: Explosion shockwaves can now impact asteroids and junk pieces
  
• ADDED: Sporadic lightning flashes inside nebulas
  
• ADDED: Profession parameter is now shown on the Quick scan
  
• ADDED: Several skill modifiers changed/added
  
  • Sensor jam
    
  • Virus (Chance to drop target's shields on hit)
    
  • Life support sabotage (Reduce target's troop effectiveness)
    
  • Mainframe shutdown (Chance to completely shut-down target on hit)
    
  • Disabling shockwave (Range set to 600)
    
  • Energy drain => Power drain
    
  • Scramble now states Chance to disable weapons on successful hit
    
  • Disabling hit now states Drain target's battery energy (% per second)
    
  • Disabling hit
    
  • Tracer round
    
  • Razor
• ADDED: Additional Perks are now fully functional
  
  • Hawkeye
    
  • Collector
    
  • Space wolf
    
  • Torrent surfer
    
  • Large vessels
• ADDED: Officers that used the same bonuses as the above Perks are now also fully functional
  
• ADDED: Another difficulty level added. This is mostly ground work for future use.
  
• ADDED: Several game version checks to comply with latest Steam API
  
• ADDED: Several notifications (entering hostile territory) received a boost to be more noticeable
  
• ADDED: Ship is automatically decloaked when anchoring on stations/planets
  
• UPDATED: Grappling a friendly/allied ship is now treated the same as if you were boarding it
  
• UPDATED: Accuracy mechanic. Increased weapons fire spread on longer distances.
  
• UPDATED: Game log records more data to catch potential problems.
  
• UPDATED: Repairing your ship on a station or planet now removes the effects of Radiation and EMP damage.
  
• UPDATED: NPCs accuracy improved
  
• UPDATED: Bounties improved weapons (enhancements)
  
• UPDATED: Jumping away from a captured ship makes it highly possible for that ship to regain control and flee
  
• UPDATED: NPCs now carry less Equipment
  
• UPDATED: Strong gravitational pull is now only possible if influenced by a wormhole
  
• UPDATED: SETH platform now has limited duration before it self destructs. This is to prevent a potential mem-leak
  
• UPDATED: Nebulas are now limited to 120 particle patches at a time to improve performance
  
• UPDATED: Nebula particles orientation
  
• UPDATED: Several nebulas modified specifically to improve performance (Gulf)
  
• UPDATED: Tweaked experience gain with trading
  
• UPDATED: NPC random encounter spawning system now takes into account more variables and relies more on player level, but also on difficulty settings
  
• UPDATED: (Permanent) Quick Target Scan is now active by default
  
• UPDATED: When stations react to nearby trouble (someone starting a high-tech space cannon brawl), instead of reaching out to the faction in control of the region, they simply call their own reinforcements.