Development Update: 15 December 2017

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.

Patch Notes for 15 December 2017 (ver. 21692)

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.

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