Changes as of 0.17.2
🪐 indicates changes due to community feedback!
New Feature: Tech Tree
- Randomly generated at the start of each new game
- Unlock new research options with artifacts
- Each new bridge unlocked reveals more of the tech tree
- 29 unique techs to discover (with more to come!)
- Tech can unlock stat boosts, buildings and devices
New Building: Science Lab
- Research new technologies in the Science Lab
- Additional Employees assigned to higher level Science Labs will increase the speed that research is completed
- Connecting a Science Lab will increase the efficiency of each Employee working inside
New Device: Reinforcement Pillar
- Can be unlocked from the tech tree
- Each pillar adds 2 extra HP to the ship it is in
Balance Updates
- Some buildings, devices and ships are now unlocked through the tech tree (If you have already unlocked any of these in a previous save they will still be available to build when updating to the new patch)
- Buildings: Air Purifier, Industrial Fan, Council Obelisk
- Devices: Shields (Regular and automatic), Reinforcement Pillar
- Ships: Corvus SZ-73, Heron OP-3911, Kestrel KL-299, Caracaras T-64, Kuntur ET-3728
- Obsidian ruin influence cost has been reduced
- Artifact influence cost has been increased
- Monument Ruin increases influence gained equal to two Council Obelisks
- Inert ruins spawn more frequently further away from starting area
🪐 Building Blueprints!
- You asked for it, we delivered! Buildings can now have blueprints that you can save just like with ships!
- Like with ship blueprints, please note that you will need all your resources up front to be able to use a building blueprint
- Increased the number of blueprint slots available
- Influence gain rate is now displayed as a decimal value
- Codex is now available from the pause menu in-game
Fixes as of 0.17.2
- Rebel defensive ships can no longer target player ships that are docked in shipyards
- Command area not properly refreshing after an HQ was upgraded
- Influence being gained twice when donating minerals or Isotopes to Council
- Device category in ship view not displaying correctly
- Smokestacks not showing smoke after loading
- Removed “Rebuild” button from player owned destroyed rebel buildings
- Cannot salvage destroyed buildings outside of player’s command area