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Steam News3 July 20262d ago

Update 1.2.3

Surprise! Did you think we'd ship custom factions with only 6 portraits and 12 emblems? We did. But not anymore, portraits are doubled to 12, emblems doubled to 24.

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What changed

2 fixes5 additions1 change1 removal
  • UI and audio
  • Gameplay
  • Balance
  • Events
addedSurprise! Did you think we'd ship custom factions with only 6 portraits and 12 emblems? We did. But not anymore, portraits are doubled to 12, emblems doubled to 24. We also added more custom faction traits, bringing the total to 107.
removedMove remove trait button so it isn't covered by tooltips
addedAdd more emblems for custom factions (12 → 24)
addedAdd 6 custom faction portraits (6 → 12)
addedAdd neutral cursor
changedImprove and rebalance custom faction traits
Add more emblems for custom factions (1224Add more emblems for custom factions ( increased, buffAdd 6 custom faction portraits (612Add 6 custom faction portraits ( increased, buff

Astro Protocol changes

addedSurprise! Did you think we'd ship custom factions with only 6 portraits and 12 emblems? We did. But not anymore, portraits are doubled to 12, emblems doubled to 24. We also added more custom faction traits, bringing the total to 107.
removedMove remove trait button so it isn't covered by tooltips
addedAdd more emblems for custom factions (12 → 24)
addedAdd 6 custom faction portraits (6 → 12)
addedAdd neutral cursor

Surprise! Did you think we'd ship custom factions with only 6 portraits and 12 emblems? We did. But not anymore, portraits are doubled to 12, emblems doubled to 24. We also added more custom faction traits, bringing the total to 107.

Changelog below:

Features

  • Improve custom faction menu

  • Improve custom faction AI

  • Move remove trait button so it isn't covered by tooltips

  • Add more emblems for custom factions (12 → 24)

  • Add 6 custom faction portraits (6 → 12)

  • Add neutral cursor

  • Improve and rebalance custom faction traits

  • Add more custom faction traits (total: 107)

  • Allow choosing opponent faction randomization with random opponent count

Fixes

  • Fix jammed breach corridor anomaly reward

  • Fix issue which caused AI not to overbuild prediction cycle processors

Source

Steam News / 3 July 2026

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