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- Ascent - The Space Game
Back up!
The planned maintenance window is over, and we expect no further disruption. We apologise for the inconvenience.
Announcement - Ascent - The Space Game
Server Maintenance Today
Servers are going offline today for maintenance. We will post another announcement when they are back up.
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We Are Back!
Apologies for the inconvenience.
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Power outage at data centre - servers offline
The power is out at our data center. We have shut down cleanly, so expect no data loss. Will post an update when it returns or we have an ETA.
Announcement - Ascent - The Space Game
Aaaand we're back
We have had to roll back a few hours of the database but everything is back to normal now. Apologies for the inconvenience.
Announcement - Ascent - The Space Game
Unscheduled outage
Our data centre is without power right now and we will be offline for the next several hours. Apologies for the inconvenience. We will post an update when service is restored.
Announcement - Ascent - The Space Game
System Maintenance Window
From 9pm Thursday 19th October to 6:30am Friday 20th October, UTC, there will be a maintenance window. Players will be unable to connect during this window. We apologise for the inconvenience.
Announcement - Ascent - The Space Game
Power System Maintenance
Our systems will be offline for a few hours from late Wednesday night (21st June) UTC to Thursday morning. Players will be unable to connect during this time. Apologies for the inconvenience.
Announcement - Ascent - The Space Game
Server side email issues resolved
Our game servers have had some issues contacting people with gmail email addresses. This is now resolved - you should no longer have any problems with email. We apologise for the inconvenience.
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Upcoming update: The Procedural City
We're working on a new client update which will include: A new engine version, the latest stable available to us meaning performance, visual and stability enhancements The new "Procedural City" system for displaying col…
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Power Infrastructure Maintenance 02:30-03:30 10-March-2023 UTC
Due to power infrastructure maintenance, Ascent servers may be offline for periods between 02:30-03:30 10-March-2023 UTC.
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Develop Exploits for Operating Systems
Your NPCs can now develop an exploit for an operating system. This is a difficult task requiring InfoSec theoretical and practical knowledge. The task gets harder for higher level operating systems, however it's easier…
Security1 change - Ascent - The Space Game
Server-Side patch: New NPC Missions
New NPC Missions have been added: InfoSys education job at universities (used to install software etc) Install Operating System job In addition, NPC Missions can now be unique (i.e. can only be run once or one at a time…
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Develop your own Operating System
There is a new NPC mission type: Develop New Operating System You can (so far) only have one OS per player account, but with upgrades will come many versions. Exploits and upgrades are next!
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New NPC Missions, Update Season
In the first of a number of updates, there are new NPC missions available for training: Software Development Information Security These skills will be used in offensive and defensive Information Security missions within…
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Unplanned service interruption (RESOLVED)
Update: This situation has been resolved. We have restored the service without needing any rollbacks and everything is operational again. Once again we apologise for the unexpected unavailability period. Our game server…
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