Out of Fuel Update

This update greatly expands Out of Fuel encounters, transforming a brief setback into one of the most dangerous moments in a run.

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New Out of Fuel Scenarios

This update adds 7 new Out of Fuel scenarios, each with distinct structure and consequences:

• Captured by Slavers

• Rebel Outpost

• Abandoned Core

• Abandoned Refinery Pump Operation

• Broken-Down Civilian Cruiser

• Pirate Boarding (Small Ship)

• Pirate Boarding (Medium Ship)

These scenarios throw you into high-risk situations: holding a refinery long enough to extract fuel, arriving at a friendly rebel installation that feels safe until you are followed and attacked, or being boarded, captured, and forced to fight your way out of a slave ship.

In some scenarios, survival comes with a moral cost. Will you turn pirate in order to survive?

Systemic Foundations

A large part of this update focuses on laying groundwork for future Out of Fuel events. A significant amount of reusable logic now sits behind Out of Fuel events, making it much easier to build and add new scenarios in future updates.

This game now supports:

• Prisoner states, including being stripped of gear, breaking out of cells, hacking systems, and using your gravity hand to escape

• Environmental scavenging, such as finding fuel and resources inside hostile or compromised locations

• Hold-and-survive scenarios, where you must keep control of a location long enough for fuel extraction or delivery

• Ambush logic, allowing encounters to appear safe before escalating into combat

• Exchanges, where supposedly friendly interactions can shift depending on timing, positioning, or player choice

• Boarding actions, enabling enemies to invade your space rather than always meeting you head-on

Several future Out of Fuel scenarios are already planned that build on these systems.

Patch Notes

• Added 7 new Out Of Fuel encounters

• Added a Fuel Counter to the main gameplay UI so fuel state is always visible

• Breach Tips Cybernetic (destroy walls with a knife) now works correctly

• Fixed an issue where airlock doors could be opened after shuttle departure, allowing players to look into open space

• Loading screen simplified to be more subtle

• Added loading screens for Out of Fuel events and boss encounters, preventing the Star Map from appearing to hang

• Skugs (Boss 2) now takes half damage while throwing barrels. Previously Skugs could only be damaged during jump attacks, which was not clearly signposted and caused frustration.

• Bolt Sniper Rifle damage increased to better compensate for its handling quirk