Every ship keeps its own gear and cargo
v0.1.386 Jun 4, 2026
Each ship you own now has its own loadout and hold.
- Changed each owned ship to keep its own modules and cargo hold, so swapping ships no longer mixes up their gear.
- Kept your current ship carried over unchanged.
- Added a sensible default kit for a newly bought ship the first time you board it.
Ship recovery, free docked recharge, and item tooltips
v0.1.385 Jun 4, 2026
Recover your real ship, recharge free while docked, and see full item stats on hover.
- Fixed ship recovery dumping you into a bare powerless pod; you now get your real ship back intact.
- Changed docked ships to recharge shields and power for free at double rate, replacing the paid Repair tab with a Status tab.
- Added selling parts pulled off your ship, including stock gear.
- Changed stations, the map, and recovery to show real system names instead of sector numbers.
- Changed the wreck recovery fee to scale with the ship and cargo value.
- Added item tooltips with an icon and full stats on hover.
- Changed station error messages to plain language.
Pods are safe from enemies, and a new ghost form
v0.1.380 Jun 4, 2026
Enemy ships stop firing when you eject, and losing your pod drops you into a ghost.
- Changed enemy ships to stop shooting escape pods and break off the instant you eject.
- Changed pod death to drop you into an invulnerable ghost in place instead of teleporting you across the galaxy.
- Added a slow crawl to the ghost, so you limp to the nearest station to buy a new hull.
Refit window matches the inventory styling
v0.1.379 Jun 4, 2026
Your equipped loadout now reads as clean, framed item cards.
- Reworked the Refit (K) window slots into framed item cards matching your Inventory.
- Added a clear highlight on the picked slot, with unequip and star-up buttons beside each.
Fixed a crash on death
v0.1.377 Jun 4, 2026
The game no longer crashes when your shields are knocked out.
- Fixed a crash when your shields hit zero, caused by the shield gauge drawing an empty bar at the killing blow.
Power finally matters
v0.1.373 Jun 4, 2026
Energy is now a resource you manage, and one hit no longer drains your reactor.
- Fixed a single hit dumping your entire capacitor into shield recharge.
- Changed shields to recharge at a steady rate for a small fraction of your power.
- Reduced flight and radar power costs.
- Retuned the starter Falcon reactor so sustained fire drains your reserve and easing off refills it.
- Changed enemy ships to run on the same power rules, so long fights wear down their guns too.
Smoother first warps
v0.1.372 Jun 4, 2026
Jumping into a system you haven't visited yet no longer stutters.
- Fixed frame drops when warping into a system for the first time by building star and planet surfaces in the background.
Round black holes, cleaner readouts
v0.1.370 Jun 4, 2026
Black holes are round now, and readouts show names instead of id numbers.
- Fixed black holes rendering as a dark square; they are now a round event horizon with a violet accretion halo.
- Changed the target panel to show pilot name and classification instead of a raw id.
- Changed trade and travel lists to show names and locations instead of id numbers.
New cockpit console
v0.1.368 Jun 4, 2026
A redesigned bottom console with a living shield gauge.
- Reworked the bottom of the screen into one styled console with chat and radar towers.
- Added an animated hex-grid shield gauge that pulses, ripples on hits, and shifts blue to red as it drains.
- Changed the energy bar to a flowing yellow gauge.
Shields are your whole ship
v0.1.363 Jun 4, 2026
Hull is gone; your shields are your entire health bar now.
- Removed hull as a stat, making shields your entire health pool.
- Changed a hit through a downed shield to destroy the ship, so fights are faster and deadlier.
- Kept shields recharging between fights, with a station service that tops them off instantly.
Softer window shadows
v0.1.358 Jun 4, 2026
Panel drop shadows are rounded and even now.
- Fixed window shadows showing a hard square; they now follow the rounded corners.
- Fixed the shadow cutting off at the top edge so it fades evenly all around.
Patch notes, in-game
v0.1.340 Jun 3, 2026
Read what's new without leaving the game.
- Added a What’s New panel on the login screen.
- Added per-build patch notes to the update screen before you install.
Burning suns & targeting polish
v0.1.328 Jun 3, 2026
Stars that burn, bigger background stars, and target cycling through celestial bodies.
- Added a live boiling star surface with an animated corona and flares.
- Enlarged background stars so faint ones no longer flicker as you fly past.
- Widened the zoom range in and out.
- Changed target cycling to step onto suns, planets, and moons, not just ships.
Pod ejection on death
v0.1.315 Jun 2, 2026
Death drops you into a pod right where you fell.
- Changed death to eject you into a pod right where you fell instead of respawning you elsewhere.
- Added a slower emergency pod for when no escape pod is fitted.
Component-driven ships
v0.1.306 Jun 1, 2026
Your handling now comes from the parts you fit.
- Changed ship handling to derive from your equipped engine.
- Added cargo weight so a full hold slows you down.
- Changed an empty critical slot to drop to a safe emergency floor instead of leaving you dead in space.
In-session updates
v0.1.290 May 30, 2026
Patches can land mid-session, no close-and-reopen.
- Added mid-session updates so a routine patch no longer means closing and reopening the game.
Fix: login hangs & freezes
v0.1.270 May 28, 2026
Smoothed out a couple of login-time stalls.
- Fixed a control freeze right after login.
- Fixed a hang on the second sign-in of a session.
Combat pass & desync fix
v0.1.250 May 24, 2026
Combat feels tighter and your shots line up with what you see.
- Improved overall combat feel.
- Fixed your own shots and warp range drifting out of sync with what you see.
Ship overlays
v0.1.245 May 22, 2026
Shield, name, and badge float over every ship.
- Added a shield bar, nametag, and faction or player badge floating over every visible ship.
Richer nebulas
v0.1.240 May 20, 2026
Deeper, more varied nebula clouds.
- Reworked nebula clouds with deeper, more varied procedural detail.
Smooth planet rotation
v0.1.236 May 18, 2026
Planets and stars now turn smoothly.
- Fixed planet and star shimmer; they now rotate smoothly with per-pixel rendering.
Living galaxy: wealth & memory
v0.1.231 May 15, 2026
NPCs get rich, hold grudges, and survive restarts.
- Added lootable wealth to NPCs that you can claim when you kill them.
- Added NPC grudges that persist against you across respawns.
- Changed NPC state to survive server restarts.
A living galaxy
v0.1.226 May 12, 2026
A persistent NPC population that lives whether you watch or not.
- Added a persistent NPC population that migrates between systems.
- Changed it to breed toward a healthy galaxy count, alive whether you are watching or not.
Storm orb weapon
v0.1.221 May 9, 2026
A new weapon and two new cores.
- Added the Storm orb weapon.
- Added the Snare and Siphon weapon cores.