Special Announcements
- With the coming new universe, we are changing our approach to termites to go along with the upcoming AeonLabs system. There will no longer be a siege at the end of a termite invasion. Instead, a single “scout” termite will attack your assets repeatedly over the course of 7 days. This scout will be stronger than before, but still a lot weaker than the full sieges that you’ve been accustomed to. Be aware: the scout termite is more dangerous is higher quality galaxies.
- Another change coming with the universe reset is that owning a galaxy will now consume Dilutions at a certain rate, as well as a reduced quantity of Fusion Cells. The exact costs are visible on the Nullification Generator that installs itself onto the Command and Control Station after ownership is established. The Dilution cost of ownership is higher in high-quality galaxies. We’ll provide the exact details in a follow-up post before the universe reset occurs.
- With the new universe, there will also be a new service for sale in our store: the Industrial Plasticity Management Contract. This service temporarily increases the number of stations, permanent drones and trade bots your account can control.
- Purchase limit of once per account per universe.
- Grants 50 flex base slots, 50 flex trade bot slots, and 50 flex permanent drone slots to the account until the end of the current universe.
- Flex slots can be used by any combination of characters on the account. when the player attempts to deploy a relevant asset, if this would exceed the character’s normal slot budget then the missing number of slots is debited from the flex slot pool, if available.
Universe Reset Announcement
AeonLabs is excited to announce the release of their newest Dilution product: a miniature Doomsday Device!
This new blueprint, available on all newly-deployed stations with AeonLabs blueprint packs, will offer the opportunity for anyone to control the fate of the universe using only a few Minor Augmenters! Our research and development division have been hard at work to create the ultimate product for all your pesky vermin needs. Annoying Flyswatters attacking your stations? Destroy their universe! Annoying queue to fight a dungeon boss? Destroy their universe too!
If this technology seems dangerous, then you can feel safe knowing it has been extensively tested by the Paxian Operatives already! They’ve already set up several hundred across our very own universe for testing, and have begun deploying them into every known universe to stop the threat of the Red Rogues!
AeonLabs is pleased to report to its shareholders that the startup’s value has already increased by several orders of magnitude since it debuted its revolutionary Dilution system. With their latest product, they project their value to continue skyrocketing until it hits a sudden and cataclysmic stop on April 18 when the universe is destroyed at the peak of their valuation.
Dev Notes
- Extractors other than space oats shut off, colonies will no longer make purchases to/from user stations, AI stations will no longer decay goods 7 days before end of the universe. Will be a reminder post.
- Player stations, permanent drones, and the credits on active bots will be lost.
- Player ships will not be affected.
- If you’re docked during the reset, you will spawn into the new universe using your docked active ship.
- Careful not to spawn into the new universe in an immobile ship!
- Wild Space will be scrambled and receive a new map shape.
- All other layers will have the systems scrambled but contain the same shape.
- After a universe reset, all of your docked ships will be in a state of limbo allowing you to dock them all at any non-player station. You can use the /limbo chat command only once to bring all of your docked ships back into limbo to dock them elsewhere. There is no longer a time limit.
- You can purchase additional limbos via Limboing Tow Service at Friedman station in Free Market for 5 billion credits each.
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