Update #169: Lightning Patch

Update #169 comes hot on the heels of the last one due to a bug in th emission jump calculations on some platforms. This is now fixed with Update #169, but a few other nice improvements got caught up in the net and are ready to ship! So we ship!


This patch includes a reduction of the chance of Trait mutation for some very common activities like visiting a doctor in the landing zone, making a hyperwarp jump or ship encounters that end in a draw. This will help further balance the traits of crew to be about more interesting events like emergency HW jumps, ship victories or exploring wilderness zones.

We've also completed a pass to tie more Traits to more mutation events, improving on the concept that your actions directly drive and develop the type of crew that hangs around you.


We've added a number of new entries to the captain's log with Update #169. These include reaching major level thresholds with your captain -- 20, 30 and 40 -- as well as promoting officers or dismissing crew. In addition, we've added more story event logs which help tie together the arc of a story when you are looking back over your captain's log.

We've made additional balances to the Dart Jammer, Degla Megalift, Skylift Carrier which is an on-going process as we are balancing out ship components and crew/cabin masses.


- Fixed reported issues with Mission jumps
- Improved variety of traits in motivation engine / mutation rolls
- Reduced Trait mutations from Doctor, Hyperwarp, Combat Draw
- New Captain Log Entries for Promoting Officer, Dismissing Crew Members
- New Captain Log Entries for reaching Level 20, 30, 40
- Added new story event logs for major story events like second Arbiter mission
- Fixed icon for Defense Pattern Matrix
- Ship Balancing for Dart Jammer, Degla Megalift, Skylift Carrier