Patch Notes 04.07.2026

Today’s patch focuses on bug fixes, fair limits, and quality-of-life improvements.

Mines

• Fixed a loophole that allowed players to bypass the mine limit by sending Mine Layer ships one fleet slot at a time.

• Mine limits now count both already deployed mines and mines currently in flight to the target planet.

• Mine deployment is checked again on arrival to prevent race-condition overdeployment.

• Mine numbers now match the intended design:

  • Mine Layer: [c]5[/c] mines per ship.

  • Planet limit: [c]10 × Mine Warfare level[/c].

  • Mine damage: [c]150 HP[/c].

• Excess mines above the limit were cleaned up on S0.

Fleet Slots

• Fixed an issue where relocating an outpost could exceed the normal fleet slot limit.

• Outpost relocation now correctly uses the standard fleet slot system.

• Patrols still use separate patrol capacity and do not consume normal fleet slots.

Outposts / Repairs

• Fixed a risk where ships repaired at an outpost could disappear.

• Damaged ships are now safely reserved while the repair timer is running and restored when repair completes.

• Outposts can no longer be relocated while an outpost repair is in progress.

• Outpost garrison operations are now safer against parallel repair/recall actions.

Research

• Research is no longer paused when a Research Lab upgrade is only waiting in the build queue.

• Research pauses only when the Research Lab is actively upgrading.

• Starting research is now more atomic, reducing race conditions around duplicate starts or paid-but-not-started research.

• Research cancel/refund behavior now uses the actual paid cost more consistently.

Galaxy Search

• Galaxy search no longer reveals a player’s full planet list outside your visibility.

• Search results now respect the existing player/alliance visibility rules.

• Planets and systems outside your allowed visibility should no longer appear through player-name search.

Mining QoL

• The mining fleet send window now has a repair button directly under the damaged mining ship warning.

• This repair button appears only for mining/maintenance ships, not for all ship types.

• You can now repair damaged drills without closing the galaxy/mining flow.

Loot / Salvage / Debris Collection

• Auto-select for loot collection no longer picks mining ships or random utility ships.

• The selector now prefers proper transport ships based on speed, cost, and cargo capacity.

• Salvage collection now requires unrestricted cargo transports.

• Debris collection supports restricted transports where appropriate, such as ore freighters for ore/silicates.

• Guarded debris may include combat/EW escort, but cargo still requires compatible transport ships.

Combat / Reports

• Field attacks now target the specific mining fleet selected from a scan when available.

• If the field attack target is gone by the time the fleet arrives, a clear “Target gone” battle report is created.

• Battle reports now display planetary defense damage more clearly.

• EWAR ships are correctly accepted as escort where relevant for PvE/guarded debris scenarios.

UI / Misc

• Damaged building cards now show repair costs.

• Large-number input in Trader/Market exchange now supports separators like spaces, dots, commas, and apostrophes.

• Added missing translations for the new battle report lines across fleet locale files.