GARGANTUAN Update! XO 1.46

Gargantuan Update! XO 1.46 “Observing the Perpetual Conservancy”

We thought it’d be a good idea to release a gargantuan update!

NEW SHIPS:

Empire Perpetuator

This small Empire carrier isn’t able to repair gunboats, but has a mini shipyard aboard that can create entirely new gunboats. You’ll still need to find the crew for them...

Empire Minerboat

This new Empire gunboat can be used for mining ore and also point defense against Reapers, boarding shuttles and missiles. Create them on the Perpetuator.

Irenic Conservancy

This Irenic industryship recycles water in the fleet, making jumps to water-poor worlds much less dangerous.

Irenic Observatoria

The powerful sensors aboard this Irenic science ship extend your jump clock 50% longer, allowing you to loiter in a system longer with an immediate escape plotted.

Corp Fueler

A Galacticonn industryship able to package available fuel into cargo. Unlike smaller fuel cargo, each of these is good for an entire jump’s worth of fuel. The Fueler also increases fleetwide fuel collection speed by 20%.

Corp Hypermaul

The Hypermaul allows you to create weapon upgrade factories that produce specific weapon upgrades. Unlike store-bought upgrades, these come with no penalties.

Look for new Rover ships in our next update!

NEW SHIP ABILITIES:

Two ships in the fleet now have unique abilities. Access each ability by selecting and right-clicking the ship.

Damage control

Your Battleship just gained the ability to self repair. Select and right click on your Battleship for a Damage Control option, where you can self-repair 1 unit of armor every two days at a cost of 4 ore per unit. We hope to expand the drama and possibilities with Damage Control in the future.

Muster

The Pact Scout just gained a major new ability: Muster. This risky action sends the scout ahead several jumps, looking for either crew or ships of a certain type. The scout may be lost, particularly if you cannot reach the designated rendezvous in time.

Boarding parties

You can now launch boarding parties against Harvesters. Stations can also now be boarded, giving you quite a number of options to choose from should you successfully land a party aboard!

New missions, expanded fleet experience

We added quite a few new missions in this update, as well as some different options to existing missions.

Water riots have always occurred when the fleet can’t keep up with the demands of a thirsty fleet. Starting with v1.46 you have a variety of options at hand to stave off the worst before riots tear the fleet apart, including the option most favored by governments worldwide, ‘do nothing.’

We continue to add depth to different actions. Not to give too much away, but for example more interesting things now happen if you seize a disabled non-fleet ship for too many days.

Confiscations can now be attempted on stations that have cargo.

Improved AI

Enemy ships are now slightly more clever at targeting unprotected ships in your fleet, and will attempt different kinds of attacks involving tractor beams and boarding parties.

Beginner mode is easier

We worked a lot to make the game easier in beginner mode. More beginner starting missions and an easier end game are the most obvious improvements, but there are quite a few changes to events and early gameplay that should help there. We still have some work to do on that front.

Having said that, XO is probably never going to be