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March Community Update- Release 1.18

Greetings Lords of Rigel! Release 1.18 includes a new leader, Tssardak the Enforcer and a new ship system, the Tholon Detonator.

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Greetings Lords of Rigel! Release 1.18 includes a new leader, Tssardak the Enforcer and a new ship system, the Tholon Detonator. The Tholon Detonator makes a ship's warp core unstable, quadrupling the damage from warp core breaches caused by an engine system being destroyed or a ship self-destructing. As this damage also scales up with drive type small suicide ships are an option. This update also includes some balance adjustments including reduced subsistence now lowers the amount of population assigned to farming once researched.

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addedGreetings Lords of Rigel! Release 1.18 includes a new leader, Tssardak the Enforcer and a new ship system, the Tholon Detonator. The Tholon Detonator makes a ship's warp core unstable, quadrupling the damage from warp core breaches caused by an engine system being destroyed or a ship self-destructing. As this damage also scales up with drive type small suicide ships are an option. This update also includes some balance adjustments including reduced subsistence now lowers the amount of population assigned to farming once researched.
changedSteam post imageImage 1. The Tholon Detonator in the Tech Tree
fixedFor those players facing issues such as with keybindings, please check out the following resources. There are some common settings and performance issues for some systems that can be easily resolved by following the steps under common issues:

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addedGreetings Lords of Rigel! Release 1.18 includes a new leader, Tssardak the Enforcer and a new ship system, the Tholon Detonator. The Tholon Detonator makes a ship's warp core unstable, quadrupling the damage from warp core breaches caused by an engine system being destroyed or a ship self-destructing. As this damage also scales up with drive type small suicide ships are an option. This update also includes some balance adjustments including reduced subsistence now lowers the amount of population assigned to farming once researched.
changedSteam post imageImage 1. The Tholon Detonator in the Tech Tree
fixedFor those players facing issues such as with keybindings, please check out the following resources. There are some common settings and performance issues for some systems that can be easily resolved by following the steps under common issues:

Steam post imageImage 1. The Tholon Detonator in the Tech Tree

For those players facing issues such as with keybindings, please check out the following resources. There are some common settings and performance issues for some systems that can be easily resolved by following the steps under common issues:

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