Patch Notes 21.07.2026

Moons, Salvage, Expeditions, Patrols & Alliances**

Moon Warfare

• Colonized moons can now be targeted by dedicated Recon, Attack, and Allied Garrison missions.

• Moon attacks support both solo and combined assaults.

• Moon operations can be launched from planets or other moons.

• Attacking a protected moon displays a pact violation confirmation before dispatch.

Moon Economy & Shipyard

• Damaged ships stationed on moons can now be repaired.

• Repairs use an available Moon Dockyard, or a stationed Repair Ship when the dockyard is unavailable.

• Repair costs, duration, queue state, cancellation refunds, and damaged ship reservations are handled consistently.

• Moon production now refreshes correctly after relevant research is completed.

• Energy and production research bonuses are applied separately and consistently to lunar buildings.

Salvage Operations

• Fleets can now be pre-positioned to salvage future debris at planets, moons, sector stations, outposts, and pirate camps.

• A dedicated Salvage action and icon have been added to the galaxy map.

• Pre-positioned fleets only collect matching debris created after they were dispatched.

• A fleet returns empty if no qualifying debris exists when it arrives.

• Existing debris fields can still be collected directly as before.

• Any compatible cargo ship can collect debris, while additional ships may accompany the fleet as escorts.

• Salvage is now a continuous loading operation rather than an instantaneous claim.

• Cargo capacity and applicable ship bonuses are respected throughout collection.

• When several fleets collect the same field, available debris is distributed proportionally according to the work contributed by each fleet.

• Fleets return when their cargo is full, the field is exhausted, the field expires, or no additional resources can be loaded.

• Existing anomaly and system debris remains compatible with the regular collection flow.

Expedition

• Fleet composition now has a meaningful effect on expedition outcomes.

• Stealth Ships improve the chance of detecting and escaping pirate contact in the Dead Zone.

• Scouts provide the corresponding pirate-warning role in the Rift.

• Hacker Ships improve the chance of upgrading the quality of Dead Zone expedition loot.

Artifacts & Expedition Depth

• Expedition artifact drop chances now depend on both the expedition zone and depth.

• Dead Zone expeditions focus on common and rare artifacts, with deeper expeditions shifting the distribution toward rare finds.

• Rift expeditions can produce every artifact rarity.

• Deeper Rift expeditions improve both the overall artifact chance and access to higher rarities.

• Artifact Analysis is still required.

• Existing artifact, commander, and account bonuses continue to modify the base result where applicable.

• Rift expeditions now use their intended depth range.

Patrol Improvements

• Route Patrols now protect both endpoint systems rather than only the selected endpoint planets.

• Hunt Patrols now separate reconnaissance and combat roles: recon ships discover pirate camps, while combat ships suppress mining raids.

• Partial pirate-camp intelligence persists between patrols.

• Camp intelligence and visibility reset correctly when a destroyed camp respawns.

• Sweep Patrols retain partial clearing progress instead of losing incomplete work between ticks.

• Sweep Patrols no longer remove minefields belonging to alliance members.

• Overlapping patrol effects use the strongest applicable patrol instead of stacking every patrol together.

• Patrol completion reports now show mines cleared, camps revealed, intelligence gathered, raids prevented, spy attempts affected, and incoming mines intercepted.

• Patrol loot reports now display only the cargo that was actually delivered after capacity limits.

Merchant Contract

• The former Bounty Board is now presented as Merchant Contracts.

• Contracts can request pirate camp destruction, anomaly investigations, wormhole exploration, or deep-space expeditions.

• Contract generation respects the research available to each player.

• The same activity cannot be counted repeatedly toward a contract.

• Contract rewards can include rare resources and are delivered correctly to the selected planet.

Sector Stations

• Owned sector stations now receive passive resource income from mining completed within their sector.

• Station income supports both basic and rare resources.

• Income is periodically settled into station storage and appears in the activity log.

• Resources that cannot currently fit remain pending rather than being discarded.

• Pending income belongs to the station and follows it if ownership changes.

• Station battle debris is now associated with the station where the battle occurred.

• Defense fleets are no longer incorrectly recalled while committed to an active capture operation.

Alliance Diplomacy

• The number of simultaneous Alliance pacts is now limited.

• Non-Aggression Pacts remain unrestricted.

• Breaking an active Alliance pact applies a replacement cooldown to both alliances.

• Alliance capacity and the remaining cooldown are displayed in the diplomacy interface.

• Existing Alliance pacts will be converted into Non-Aggression Pacts so alliances can deliberately rebuild their diplomatic structure.

• Existing pending Alliance proposals will be cleared.

• Ending a pact now reconciles planetary and lunar garrisons and refreshes alliance-dependent production effects.

Additional Fixes

• Shipyard cards now display technology-adjusted ship speed.

• Ship detail pages now display the same effective construction time used by the shipyard.

• Cancelling a Laboratory upgrade no longer resets the visible progress of paused research.

• Laboratory power settings are preserved when paused research resumes.