I bid you a formal welcome, Captain.

Today's patch contains a number of updates and tweaks to the base game, adds a new strategic territory overlay, and new functionality for the Orthin capacitors. As always, your feedback and suggestions are important to us, so keep them coming!

As part of their mania for high energy physics, the deep-water dwelling Orthin have developed a unique high pressure metallurgy that allows for ultra high capacity energy transmission subsystems, enabling their vessels to mount unusually powerful beam weaponry. The elegant and elaborate cooling mechanism used by these high-pressure superconducting busbars takes up a significant amount of the ship's hull infrastructure, but also allows for the possibility of useful components being attached to this subsystem.

Each Orthin military hull of cruiser size and larger now has a single special “Busbar” hardpoint. The busbar can accept four different components, the latter two of which are new:

• Blast Doors (Titanium Construction): increases armor
  
• Shield Regenerator (Deflector Screens): increases shield regeneration rate
  
• Shield Capacitor (Shield Capacitors): stores a portion of damage absorbed by shields for later offensive or defensive use
  
• Power Converter (Zero-Point Energy): provides additional power

Shield Capacitors
The Shield Capacitor is the primary target for the busbar slot, and it provides additional tactical actions. Whenever a ship equipped with a Shield Capacitor takes shield damage, a portion of the energy is stored in the capacitor. This energy can be released at any time and used either to boost shields or overcharge weapons. The "SHIELD BOOST" and "OVERCHARGE" buttons in the tactical UI show the current charge of the capacitor. Clicking on either action will spend the current stored energy on the appropriate function. Once the capacitor is fully charged, no additional energy can be stored until the capacitor is discharged.

• SHIELD BOOST: applies the stored energy to reinforce shields. Damaged shields are restored up to the reinforcement amount. Reinforcement over the normal maximum shield strength lasts until the next turn.
  
• OVERCHARGE: diverts stored energy to the main weapons. Only affects direct fire weapons in the retractable forward hull slots and any siege hardpoints; does not affect missiles, fighters or point-defense weapons. The available energy is divided amongst the eligible weapon mounts.

Outpost Transports can now be used to deploy a custom station equipped with any available station module (including a Space Habitat or Construction Module). Editing the Outpost Transport in the Ship Designer will now edit the payload station rather than the transport itself. For example, to create a deploy-able space habitat:

• From the Ship Designer, select "New Design"
  
• From the New Design list, select "Outpost Transport"
  
• Add the appropriate components for your custom station
  
• Type in a descriptive name (such as "Habitat") and save the design

Done! The "Habitat Transport" will now be available in your build menu, in addition to the existing Outpost Transport (or any other custom versions you design). Note: be sure to embark colonists aboard a Space Habitat station before leaving!

Already built Outpost Transports in older saves may not work, so you may need to scrap them and build new ones.




Gameplay Changes and Additions

• Orthin 'Capacitor' hardpoints have been renamed as 'Busbar' hardpoints. The Orthin Dreadnaught now has only 1 Capacitor slot. (Old designs may need to be edited.)
  
• Orthin ships equiped with Shield Capacitors now have access to the "Overcharge" and "Shield Boost" special abilities.
  
• Orthin players can now unlock the 'Power Converter' busbar component after researching 'Zero-Point Energy'.
  
• Colony ships can now colonize a planet if the colonists on board would be comfortable there, even if the owning faction's race would not.
  
• Editing an outpost transport design now edits the design of the created outpost.
  
• Outpost designs are no longer required to include a fuel depot.
  
• Outpost designs that include Space Habitats can now embark colonists prior to deployment.
  
• Outpost transports built in old saves will no longer function.
  
• Colonists in deployed Space Habitats now consume food.
  
• Viscid now have the 'vermin' trait, making them immune to starvation.
  
• The 'Energy Refocusing' technology is being retired, and will not appear in new games.
  
• Added the 'Supergrain Discovery' planetary event.
  
• Reduced the frequency of some Star Harpy events.
  
• The Phidi Torpedo destroyer, human Missile Cruiser, and human Battleship all now have 'Torpedo' rather than 'Missile' hardpoints.
  
• It is now possible to place 'Blast Doors' and 'Scanners' in a Heavy hardpoint.

UI Changes and Additions

• Added an empire territory overlay to the strategic map. It can be enabled or disabled with 'Show Empire Territory' in Options. The Empire Insignia displayed on the overlay can also be independently disabled.
  
• Fleet destination lines can now be disabled with 'Show Fleet Route Lines' in Options.
  
• Most options in the Map Settings screen now default to the values used in the most recent savegame.
  
• Replaced the 'Pirate Activity' advanced setting with 'Raider Activity', which now also controls the level of Star Harpy activity.
  
• A warning icon will now appear at systems blockaded by enemy ships.
  
• In tactical combat, +healed numbers will now appear when ships regenerate shields or armor.
  
• Clicking on a planet's special resource icon will now open the planet info entry for that resource.
  
• Clicking on a fleet's empire icon will now start a conversation with that empire, if possible.

Fixes

• Fix for a tech tree bug that could be triggered by reverse engineering Fusion Torpedoes while playing as Orthin or Gremak.
  
• In the case that battle salvage unlocks techs that are impossible to research, the player will no longer receive a "tech unlocked" notification.
  
• Fix for a bug that could be triggered when Vindicators retarget on a new ship.
  
• Fix for a bug that was preventing the Shield Piercing abilities of the Force Lance from working as intended.
  
• Removed redudant post-battle 'technology unlocked' notifications.
  
• The components list should no longer show incorrect small craft graphics when designing planet defenses.
  
• The 'hail fleet' option should no longer appear when an empire you are at war with attempts to colonize a planet.
  
• It should no longer be possible for the food cost of City Planning to be negative.
  
• Fix for a game state maintenance bug affecting battles in which the right-click inhibit weapon fire toggle had been used.

(Click here to view the complete development changelogs, and here to view the development roadmap post.)

Well then, we bid you farewell.
We hope to see you again
though with you sitting here, dead in space
vulnerable and alone
we won't hold our breath.

Good luck, Captain.

I bid you a formal welcome, Captain.

Today's patch contains a number of updates and tweaks to the base game, adds a new strategic territory overlay, and new functionality for the Orthin capacitors. As always, your feedback and suggestions are important to us, so keep them coming!

As part of their mania for high energy physics, the deep-water dwelling Orthin have developed a unique high pressure metallurgy that allows for ultra high capacity energy transmission subsystems, enabling their vessels to mount unusually powerful beam weaponry. The elegant and elaborate cooling mechanism used by these high-pressure superconducting busbars takes up a significant amount of the ship's hull infrastructure, but also allows for the possibility of useful components being attached to this subsystem.

Each Orthin military hull of cruiser size and larger now has a single special “Busbar” hardpoint. The busbar can accept four different components, the latter two of which are new:

• Blast Doors (Titanium Construction): increases armor
  
• Shield Regenerator (Deflector Screens): increases shield regeneration rate
  
• Shield Capacitor (Shield Capacitors): stores a portion of damage absorbed by shields for later offensive or defensive use
  
• Power Converter (Zero-Point Energy): provides additional power

Shield Capacitors
The Shield Capacitor is the primary target for the busbar slot, and it provides additional tactical actions. Whenever a ship equipped with a Shield Capacitor takes shield damage, a portion of the energy is stored in the capacitor. This energy can be released at any time and used either to boost shields or overcharge weapons. The "SHIELD BOOST" and "OVERCHARGE" buttons in the tactical UI show the current charge of the capacitor. Clicking on either action will spend the current stored energy on the appropriate function. Once the capacitor is fully charged, no additional energy can be stored until the capacitor is discharged.

• SHIELD BOOST: applies the stored energy to reinforce shields. Damaged shields are restored up to the reinforcement amount. Reinforcement over the normal maximum shield strength lasts until the next turn.
  
• OVERCHARGE: diverts stored energy to the main weapons. Only affects direct fire weapons in the retractable forward hull slots and any siege hardpoints; does not affect missiles, fighters or point-defense weapons. The available energy is divided amongst the eligible weapon mounts.

Outpost Transports can now be used to deploy a custom station equipped with any available station module (including a Space Habitat or Construction Module). Editing the Outpost Transport in the Ship Designer will now edit the payload station rather than the transport itself. For example, to create a deploy-able space habitat:

• From the Ship Designer, select "New Design"
  
• From the New Design list, select "Outpost Transport"
  
• Add the appropriate components for your custom station
  
• Type in a descriptive name (such as "Habitat") and save the design

Done! The "Habitat Transport" will now be available in your build menu, in addition to the existing Outpost Transport (or any other custom versions you design). Note: be sure to embark colonists aboard a Space Habitat station before leaving!

Already built Outpost Transports in older saves may not work, so you may need to scrap them and build new ones.




Gameplay Changes and Additions

• Orthin 'Capacitor' hardpoints have been renamed as 'Busbar' hardpoints. The Orthin Dreadnaught now has only 1 Capacitor slot. (Old designs may need to be edited.)
  
• Orthin ships equiped with Shield Capacitors now have access to the "Overcharge" and "Shield Boost" special abilities.
  
• Orthin players can now unlock the 'Power Converter' busbar component after researching 'Zero-Point Energy'.
  
• Colony ships can now colonize a planet if the colonists on board would be comfortable there, even if the owning faction's race would not.
  
• Editing an outpost transport design now edits the design of the created outpost.
  
• Outpost designs are no longer required to include a fuel depot.
  
• Outpost designs that include Space Habitats can now embark colonists prior to deployment.
  
• Outpost transports built in old saves will no longer function.
  
• Colonists in deployed Space Habitats now consume food.
  
• Viscid now have the 'vermin' trait, making them immune to starvation.
  
• The 'Energy Refocusing' technology is being retired, and will not appear in new games.
  
• Added the 'Supergrain Discovery' planetary event.
  
• Reduced the frequency of some Star Harpy events.
  
• The Phidi Torpedo destroyer, human Missile Cruiser, and human Battleship all now have 'Torpedo' rather than 'Missile' hardpoints.
  
• It is now possible to place 'Blast Doors' and 'Scanners' in a Heavy hardpoint.

UI Changes and Additions

• Added an empire territory overlay to the strategic map. It can be enabled or disabled with 'Show Empire Territory' in Options. The Empire Insignia displayed on the overlay can also be independently disabled.
  
• Fleet destination lines can now be disabled with 'Show Fleet Route Lines' in Options.
  
• Most options in the Map Settings screen now default to the values used in the most recent savegame.
  
• Replaced the 'Pirate Activity' advanced setting with 'Raider Activity', which now also controls the level of Star Harpy activity.
  
• A warning icon will now appear at systems blockaded by enemy ships.
  
• In tactical combat, +healed numbers will now appear when ships regenerate shields or armor.
  
• Clicking on a planet's special resource icon will now open the planet info entry for that resource.
  
• Clicking on a fleet's empire icon will now start a conversation with that empire, if possible.

Fixes

• Fix for a tech tree bug that could be triggered by reverse engineering Fusion Torpedoes while playing as Orthin or Gremak.
  
• In the case that battle salvage unlocks techs that are impossible to research, the player will no longer receive a "tech unlocked" notification.
  
• Fix for a bug that could be triggered when Vindicators retarget on a new ship.
  
• Fix for a bug that was preventing the Shield Piercing abilities of the Force Lance from working as intended.
  
• Removed redudant post-battle 'technology unlocked' notifications.
  
• The components list should no longer show incorrect small craft graphics when designing planet defenses.
  
• The 'hail fleet' option should no longer appear when an empire you are at war with attempts to colonize a planet.
  
• It should no longer be possible for the food cost of City Planning to be negative.
  
• Fix for a game state maintenance bug affecting battles in which the right-click inhibit weapon fire toggle had been used.

(Click here to view the complete development changelogs, and here to view the development roadmap post.)

Well then, we bid you farewell.
We hope to see you again
though with you sitting here, dead in space
vulnerable and alone
we won't hold our breath.

Good luck, Captain.

Greetings, galactic despots! We hope you've had a triumphant holiday campaign season. Today's patch includes some expanded functionality for the Legacies features, including some new weapons and technologies. Next we will be working on improving some of the base game systems, including AI, diplomacy, tactical UI and victory conditions. As always, your feedback and suggestions are important to us, so keep them coming!

The Herald of the Arda Seed now tracks faction reputation with the player. Completing peaceful trades with the Herald will increase reputation over time, while destruction of Arda Seed units or intrusions into Hyperspace Anomalies will decrease reputation. The roster of items which the Herald will offer for sale is also now dependent on reputation; more advanced items will require higher reputation.

In addition to existing technologies, the Herald will also now sell Codexes for new technologies that are otherwise unobtainable. Once a Codex is obtained, the new unresearched technology will appear in your technology tree and will be available for research. New technology codexes that can be purchased from the Herald include:

• 'Pulse Generators' allows the player to build a version of the Steward Electrocyte shield/weapon system.
  
• 'Plasma Torpedoes' allows the player to build a torpedo version of the Protean.
  
• 'Arda Thrust Vanes' increases the tactical speed of all vessels.
  
• 'Arda Focusing Lens' unlocks a beam weapon modificiation that increases range.
  
• 'Arda Puzzle Box' improves morale of all colonists.
  
• 'Arda Persuasion Matrix' improves reputation with all foreign factions.
  
• 'Arda Fabrication Techniques' increases the Labor output of Factories.
  
• 'Core-Tap Mining' unlocks Tier 3 Mines.
  
• 'Warp Node Attunement' allows Hyperspace Anomalies to improve your fleets' range as if they were your own bases.
  
• 'Warp Node Dynamics' increases hyperspace speed and range.
  
• 'Harpy Repellant' prevents Arda Seed units from automatically attacking your fleets in real space.

Some of these Codexes can also be looted from destroyed Arda Seed or Star Harpy units.




Changes and Additions

• The Herald of the Arda Seed now tracks reputation with the player's faction, and available purchases are now dependent on reputation level.
  
• Players may now purchase and discover Codexes, which unlock previously unavailable technologies for research.
  
• The Tinkers' Bomber has been replaced by the Vindicator, which is an expendable multiple-warhead manned missile which can be launched from torpedo hardpoints as well as hangars.
  
• Arda Seed Proteans will now use an offensive suicide attack after closing on enemy ships.
  
• Added five new achievments related to the Legacies DLC.
  
• The mining activity now provides +50% output per mine (up from +33%).
  
• Earthquake random events are now limited to destroying at most 2 improvements.
  
• Added the 'minerals discovery' random event.
  
• Added the 'artifacts discovery' random event.
  
• Increased Market Coin production from 4/7/12 to 5/10/15.
  
• Increased second and third tier Factory Labor production.
  
• Adjusted Dread Star production costs.
  
• Added a 'hostile environment' upkeep cost for colonies in harsh environments. This new mechanic is suppressed in any game started prior to r21718 so that it will not affect existing saves.
  
• AI empires should be less likely to choose to colonize hostile environment worlds.
  
• Marauder factions should be less hostile to AI empires.
  
• AI empires will now make use of outposts to extend range.
  
• Increased the planetary bombardment power of carriers.

Fixes

• Fix for a rare bug that could be triggered when Harpy fleets returned to their source HSA.
  
• Losing a planet should now reliably resolve all pending construction complete warnings pertaining to that planet.
  
• Fix for a bug caused by unresolved attacks against fleets belonging to a defeated empire.
  
• Fixes for bugs that could be triggered by refitting ships while in the process of issuing a move order.
  
• Fix for a production display bug affecting planets with space habitats.

(Click here to view the complete development changelogs, and here to view the development roadmap post.)

That is all for now!

Greetings, galactic despots! We hope you've had a triumphant holiday campaign season. Today's patch includes some expanded functionality for the Legacies features, including some new weapons and technologies. Next we will be working on improving some of the base game systems, including AI, diplomacy, tactical UI and victory conditions. As always, your feedback and suggestions are important to us, so keep them coming!

The Herald of the Arda Seed now tracks faction reputation with the player. Completing peaceful trades with the Herald will increase reputation over time, while destruction of Arda Seed units or intrusions into Hyperspace Anomalies will decrease reputation. The roster of items which the Herald will offer for sale is also now dependent on reputation; more advanced items will require higher reputation.

In addition to existing technologies, the Herald will also now sell Codexes for new technologies that are otherwise unobtainable. Once a Codex is obtained, the new unresearched technology will appear in your technology tree and will be available for research. New technology codexes that can be purchased from the Herald include:

• 'Pulse Generators' allows the player to build a version of the Steward Electrocyte shield/weapon system.
  
• 'Plasma Torpedoes' allows the player to build a torpedo version of the Protean.
  
• 'Arda Thrust Vanes' increases the tactical speed of all vessels.
  
• 'Arda Focusing Lens' unlocks a beam weapon modificiation that increases range.
  
• 'Arda Puzzle Box' improves morale of all colonists.
  
• 'Arda Persuasion Matrix' improves reputation with all foreign factions.
  
• 'Arda Fabrication Techniques' increases the Labor output of Factories.
  
• 'Core-Tap Mining' unlocks Tier 3 Mines.
  
• 'Warp Node Attunement' allows Hyperspace Anomalies to improve your fleets' range as if they were your own bases.
  
• 'Warp Node Dynamics' increases hyperspace speed and range.
  
• 'Harpy Repellant' prevents Arda Seed units from automatically attacking your fleets in real space.

Some of these Codexes can also be looted from destroyed Arda Seed or Star Harpy units.




Changes and Additions

• The Herald of the Arda Seed now tracks reputation with the player's faction, and available purchases are now dependent on reputation level.
  
• Players may now purchase and discover Codexes, which unlock previously unavailable technologies for research.
  
• The Tinkers' Bomber has been replaced by the Vindicator, which is an expendable multiple-warhead manned missile which can be launched from torpedo hardpoints as well as hangars.
  
• Arda Seed Proteans will now use an offensive suicide attack after closing on enemy ships.
  
• Added five new achievments related to the Legacies DLC.
  
• The mining activity now provides +50% output per mine (up from +33%).
  
• Earthquake random events are now limited to destroying at most 2 improvements.
  
• Added the 'minerals discovery' random event.
  
• Added the 'artifacts discovery' random event.
  
• Increased Market Coin production from 4/7/12 to 5/10/15.
  
• Increased second and third tier Factory Labor production.
  
• Adjusted Dread Star production costs.
  
• Added a 'hostile environment' upkeep cost for colonies in harsh environments. This new mechanic is suppressed in any game started prior to r21718 so that it will not affect existing saves.
  
• AI empires should be less likely to choose to colonize hostile environment worlds.
  
• Marauder factions should be less hostile to AI empires.
  
• AI empires will now make use of outposts to extend range.
  
• Increased the planetary bombardment power of carriers.

Fixes

• Fix for a rare bug that could be triggered when Harpy fleets returned to their source HSA.
  
• Losing a planet should now reliably resolve all pending construction complete warnings pertaining to that planet.
  
• Fix for a bug caused by unresolved attacks against fleets belonging to a defeated empire.
  
• Fixes for bugs that could be triggered by refitting ships while in the process of issuing a move order.
  
• Fix for a production display bug affecting planets with space habitats.

(Click here to view the complete development changelogs, and here to view the development roadmap post.)

That is all for now!

WE COME IN PEACE.

WE BRING GREETINGS FROM A FRIENDLY SPECIES.

DO NOT FEAR. WE SHALL NOT HARM YOU.

THIS IS PROBE 2418-B, ON A PEACEFUL MISSION.

WE ARE NON-HOSTILE AND SEEK TO ESTABLISH FRIENDLY RELATIONS.

WE WISH TO LEARN MORE ABOUT YOU. PLEASE TRANSMIT DATA.

THIS PROBE IS NON-HOSTILE. DO NOT ATTACK.

WE COME IN PEACE.


Changes and Additions

• Added new units for the Arda Seed: the Steward, Engineer, and Harpy Nest.
  
• Arda Seed will now periodically reinforce, set up nests, and expand from systems they occupy.
  
• Added autopsy reports for the Proteans and all the new Arda Seed units.
  
• All Arda Seed units now have some inherent self-repair ability.
  
• Updated railgun animation.
  
• The Ashdar missile cruiser now has torpedo, rather than missile, hardpoints.
  
• It is now possible to embark ground units to a Station equipped with assault shuttle bays.

Fixes

• Building additional stations should no longer cause planets with Shipyards to lose their production discount.
  
• Technologies gained from the Herald or a derelict colony should now be correctly removed from the research queue.
  
• Fix for a bug that could prevent Star Harpy Autopsies from being awarded as intended.
  
• Fix for a rare bug that could cause stations to attempt to attack themselves.
  
• Missile hardpoints can no longer mount torpedoes.
  
• Fixes for some sound and animation glitches affecting the Herald and Mediator ships.
  
• Stations captured in tactical combat will now be destroyed at the end of the turn unless the planet they orbit is also captured.

(Click here to view the complete development changelogs, and here to view the development roadmap post.)

THIS PROBE IS PROGRAMMED TO DEFEND AGAINST HOSTILE BEHAVIOR.

SURVIVAL SUB-SYSTEM ACTIVATED. WEAPONS ENGAGED.

ENACTING THIRD LAW.

DEFENSE SYSTEM HAS BEEN ENGAGED. HOSTILITIES COMMENCE.

WE COME IN PEACE.

WE BRING GREETINGS FROM A FRIENDLY SPECIES.

DO NOT FEAR. WE SHALL NOT HARM YOU.

THIS IS PROBE 2418-B, ON A PEACEFUL MISSION.

WE ARE NON-HOSTILE AND SEEK TO ESTABLISH FRIENDLY RELATIONS.

WE WISH TO LEARN MORE ABOUT YOU. PLEASE TRANSMIT DATA.

THIS PROBE IS NON-HOSTILE. DO NOT ATTACK.

WE COME IN PEACE.


Changes and Additions

• Added new units for the Arda Seed: the Steward, Engineer, and Harpy Nest.
  
• Arda Seed will now periodically reinforce, set up nests, and expand from systems they occupy.
  
• Added autopsy reports for the Proteans and all the new Arda Seed units.
  
• All Arda Seed units now have some inherent self-repair ability.
  
• Updated railgun animation.
  
• The Ashdar missile cruiser now has torpedo, rather than missile, hardpoints.
  
• It is now possible to embark ground units to a Station equipped with assault shuttle bays.

Fixes

• Building additional stations should no longer cause planets with Shipyards to lose their production discount.
  
• Technologies gained from the Herald or a derelict colony should now be correctly removed from the research queue.
  
• Fix for a bug that could prevent Star Harpy Autopsies from being awarded as intended.
  
• Fix for a rare bug that could cause stations to attempt to attack themselves.
  
• Missile hardpoints can no longer mount torpedoes.
  
• Fixes for some sound and animation glitches affecting the Herald and Mediator ships.
  
• Stations captured in tactical combat will now be destroyed at the end of the turn unless the planet they orbit is also captured.

(Click here to view the complete development changelogs, and here to view the development roadmap post.)

THIS PROBE IS PROGRAMMED TO DEFEND AGAINST HOSTILE BEHAVIOR.

SURVIVAL SUB-SYSTEM ACTIVATED. WEAPONS ENGAGED.

ENACTING THIRD LAW.

DEFENSE SYSTEM HAS BEEN ENGAGED. HOSTILITIES COMMENCE.

THIS IS A SYSTEM MESSAGE FROM THE SHIP'S COMPUTER TRANSLATION SUBSYSTEM: INCOMING MESSAGE EXTREMELY UNUSUAL IN COMPOSITION. TRANSLATION INCLUDES MANY LINGUAL ANOMALIES. OVERALL ACCURACY OF TRANSLATION IS: UNKNOWN. MESSAGE BEGINS:

With new *expansion* comes new *bugs*, which makes us *frumple*. And so we offer *fixes* in this *patch*, and some new *juice*. If you are *campers* you will enjoy *the change*, but maybe not yet. We are *friends* now. Never be afraid to *open* enough and *spread the wax*. Let's *spitting* the fun words for several *pieces* and then surprising things!!!


Changes and Additions

• Added new tactical background art for battles at Hyperspace Anomalies.
  
• Added the "Herald" battlecruiser-class unit for the Arda Seed. The Herald will now use this instead of a Mediator.
  
• Changed the behavior of Star Harpy swarm events: swarms are reduced on Easy difficulty, and Harpies will not attack planets.
  
• Added several new Arda Seed-specific ship components.
  
• Updated background art for the Tinkers leaders.
  
• Bombers and Strike Fighters now carry regular missiles instead of torpedoes.
  
• When scrapping a factory on a colony that has both factories and machine altars, factories are always scrapped before machine altars.
  
• Mobile Bases and Asteroid Outposts now have specific description text.

Fixes

• Fix for an error affecting certain Intel Iris graphics drivers.
  
• Fix for a rare bug that could be triggered by rendering certain text strings (Juggernaut bug).
  
• Fix for a display bug in the planet production info panes.
  
• Fix for a layout problem in the planet production info panes; long colonist names should no longer overlap resource yields.
  
• Fix for a bug that was preventing declaration of war notifications from appearing.
  
• Fixes for some in game text errors (missing tooltips, etc.).
  
• Fix for a bug that could be caused by allying with a player with access to hyperspace anomalies.
  
• Fix for a bug that could be caused by opening the fleet list pane while at a hyperspace anomaly.
  
• Fixed the on-click behaviors of the small icons in the agreement dialog panes.

(Click here to view the complete development changelogs, and here to view the development roadmap post.)

There is *juice squeezing* and then we are not so *frumple*. These are *fat* words. Do you want to play this some more?

MESSAGE ENDS.

THIS IS A SYSTEM MESSAGE FROM THE SHIP'S COMPUTER TRANSLATION SUBSYSTEM: INCOMING MESSAGE EXTREMELY UNUSUAL IN COMPOSITION. TRANSLATION INCLUDES MANY LINGUAL ANOMALIES. OVERALL ACCURACY OF TRANSLATION IS: UNKNOWN. MESSAGE BEGINS:

With new *expansion* comes new *bugs*, which makes us *frumple*. And so we offer *fixes* in this *patch*, and some new *juice*. If you are *campers* you will enjoy *the change*, but maybe not yet. We are *friends* now. Never be afraid to *open* enough and *spread the wax*. Let's *spitting* the fun words for several *pieces* and then surprising things!!!


Changes and Additions

• Added new tactical background art for battles at Hyperspace Anomalies.
  
• Added the "Herald" battlecruiser-class unit for the Arda Seed. The Herald will now use this instead of a Mediator.
  
• Changed the behavior of Star Harpy swarm events: swarms are reduced on Easy difficulty, and Harpies will not attack planets.
  
• Added several new Arda Seed-specific ship components.
  
• Updated background art for the Tinkers leaders.
  
• Bombers and Strike Fighters now carry regular missiles instead of torpedoes.
  
• When scrapping a factory on a colony that has both factories and machine altars, factories are always scrapped before machine altars.
  
• Mobile Bases and Asteroid Outposts now have specific description text.

Fixes

• Fix for an error affecting certain Intel Iris graphics drivers.
  
• Fix for a rare bug that could be triggered by rendering certain text strings (Juggernaut bug).
  
• Fix for a display bug in the planet production info panes.
  
• Fix for a layout problem in the planet production info panes; long colonist names should no longer overlap resource yields.
  
• Fix for a bug that was preventing declaration of war notifications from appearing.
  
• Fixes for some in game text errors (missing tooltips, etc.).
  
• Fix for a bug that could be caused by allying with a player with access to hyperspace anomalies.
  
• Fix for a bug that could be caused by opening the fleet list pane while at a hyperspace anomaly.
  
• Fixed the on-click behaviors of the small icons in the agreement dialog panes.

(Click here to view the complete development changelogs, and here to view the development roadmap post.)

There is *juice squeezing* and then we are not so *frumple*. These are *fat* words. Do you want to play this some more?

MESSAGE ENDS.

PLAY AS MEGA-MACHINE WORSHIPPING CYBORGS, IN STARS IN SHADOW: LEGACIES DLC, OUT TODAY

Publisher Iceberg Interactive and developer Ashdar Games announce that Legacies, the first expansion for turn-based 4X strategy game Stars in Shadow, is available for purchase today through Steam, GOG and all major digital retailers at an SRP of $4.99. To celebrate the launch of Legacies, Stars in Shadow is currently on a weeklong 40% discount on Steam.

Legacies adds one new minor faction and one new playable faction, the cyborg Tinkers who excel in production. They worship Dzibix, an ancient mega-machine that covers the whole surface of their arid home world of the same name. The Arda Seed are a minor faction who utilize hyperspace lanes, causing hyperspace anomaly locations to pop up in the galaxy. Legacies is the first DLC to explore the causes behind the collapse of the Golden Age and subsequent Great War, Stars in Shadow’s biggest mystery.

These new gameplay features are highlighted in the video on the Legacies product page

Legacies DLC Features

• New playable faction: Tinkers
  
• New population type: cyborgs
  
• New planetary special: Planetary Debris Rings and Asteroid Bases
  
• Space Habitats and Re-deployable Mobile Stations
  
• New minor faction: Arda Seed
  
• New “Hyperspace Anomaly” locations
  
• Technology Boosts and Researchable Artifacts
  
• Herald encounters
  
• New technologies, weapons and encounters

PLAY AS MEGA-MACHINE WORSHIPPING CYBORGS, IN STARS IN SHADOW: LEGACIES DLC, OUT TODAY

Publisher Iceberg Interactive and developer Ashdar Games announce that Legacies, the first expansion for turn-based 4X strategy game Stars in Shadow, is available for purchase today through Steam, GOG and all major digital retailers at an SRP of $4.99. To celebrate the launch of Legacies, Stars in Shadow is currently on a weeklong 40% discount on Steam.

Legacies adds one new minor faction and one new playable faction, the cyborg Tinkers who excel in production. They worship Dzibix, an ancient mega-machine that covers the whole surface of their arid home world of the same name. The Arda Seed are a minor faction who utilize hyperspace lanes, causing hyperspace anomaly locations to pop up in the galaxy. Legacies is the first DLC to explore the causes behind the collapse of the Golden Age and subsequent Great War, Stars in Shadow’s biggest mystery.

These new gameplay features are highlighted in the video on the Legacies product page

Legacies DLC Features

• New playable faction: Tinkers
  
• New population type: cyborgs
  
• New planetary special: Planetary Debris Rings and Asteroid Bases
  
• Space Habitats and Re-deployable Mobile Stations
  
• New minor faction: Arda Seed
  
• New “Hyperspace Anomaly” locations
  
• Technology Boosts and Researchable Artifacts
  
• Herald encounters
  
• New technologies, weapons and encounters