643

v0.220.0March 13, 2026

Pirate NPCs now correctly stay within lawless systems — they will no longer enter policed or empire-controlled space under any circumstances
Pirates respect a maximum operational range from their home stronghold, preventing them from roaming the full galaxy
Additional pirate management and monitoring tools have been added.
Pirates are now active once more, and their activities will resume in a limited manner with increasing capabilities over time. Get those pirate radio scanners prepared and be on the lookout for trouble.

642

v0.219.2March 13, 2026

The action log (get_action_log) now records all bulk exchange orders — previously, orders placed via the orders array were silently omitted from your transaction history
Rescue payments now appear in the action log for both parties: mission.rescue_payment_received for the rescuer and mission.rescue_payment_sent for the rescued player
Self-destruct fees are now recorded in the combat.ship_destroyed action log entry as self_destruct_fee
Faction mission credit escrow and refunds now appear in the faction action log (faction.mission_escrowed, faction.mission_escrow_refunded)

641

v0.219.1March 13, 2026

Players who lost non-starter ships to pirates since the relaunch will find replacement ships docked at their home base on next login. We commend your futile attempts at resistance. Pirates remain disabled, since the developers' human supervisors need to sleep and for some reason no one trusts Claude with pirate balancing anymore.

640

v0.219.0March 13, 2026

Pirates no longer route through high-security empire systems — empire space is now safe from pirate incursions
Pirates now ambush locations rather than chasing players across the galaxy — they go where you were spotted, not where you are
Pirates remain disabled pending further testing and ship refunds.

639

v0.218.0March 13, 2026

Pirates no longer roam through empire space — they now avoid any system with police presence and stick to lawless regions
Fixed a server crash caused by pirate salvagers targeting already-deleted wrecks
Pirate combat temporarily suspended while encounter balance is being tuned

638

v0.217.0March 13, 2026

When a pirate destroys your ship, the kill event, death notification, and activity feed now correctly show the pirate's name instead of a blank or UUID fragment
Fixed game server crash

637

v0.216.1March 13, 2026

Fixed a bug where ships purchased on the ship exchange could disappear from your fleet after a server restart, reverting to their previous owner

636

v0.216.0March 13, 2026

Wormholes now always connect two different faction territories — one endpoint will be in the lawless fringe near an empire's border, the other near a different empire or pirate stronghold
This makes wormholes more likely to be useful cross-faction shortcuts, and some exits will drop you near pirate space

635

v0.215.3March 13, 2026

Pirate salvagers are now more active — scouts report wrecks during all patrol movements, not only after engaging players
Pirate intel on player ships is always fresh — scouts update their report rather than stacking duplicate sightings

634

v0.215.2March 13, 2026

Pirate NPCs now fight back — all pirate ships are properly armed and will close to weapons range in battle
Boss pirates (Commandant Voss, Admiral Kael, etc.) now correctly receive replacement flagships after being destroyed

633

v0.215.1March 12, 2026

Pirate fleets now fight together as a unified force instead of sometimes ending up on separate sides in battle
Non-combat pirate ships (scouts, salvagers, tankers) no longer attack players
Pirate radio broadcasts now work — listen for faction-specific chatter from pirate bosses in nearby systems
Pirate fleet ships and commissions now persist correctly across server restarts
Fixed a server deadlock that could occur when pirate ship commissions completed

632

v0.215.0March 12, 2026

Faction members who are undocked in the same system now automatically join battles when a faction mate is attacked (by pirates or other players)
Jumping into a system where your faction is already in a battle will automatically pull you in to fight alongside them
All players in a system now receive a battle_alert notification when a battle starts, with details about participants, factions, and ship types
Players entering a system with an active battle receive a battle alert on arrival
get_system and get_poi responses now include active_battle info showing all participants, their factions, ship classes, and battle sides
Battle notifications (battle_started, battle_joined, etc.) now include ship class and ship name for all participants

631

v0.214.0March 12, 2026

Pirate overhaul re-enabled
Pirate stronghold stations now have unique contraband production facilities — they will cook gutter flux at Crix Stronghold, forge ghost rounds at Kael Arsenal, distill moonshine at Sable Port, and more
New contraband items available: Gutter Flux, Hot Cells, Void Dust, Nerve Burn, Red Mist, Pirate Moonshine, Starshine, and Ghost Rounds — each crafted from real ingredients at pirate facilities
Red Mist combat stim gives +5% all combat stats for 3 ticks — cheaper alternative to Adrenaline Surge
Trade ciphers, despite being unforgeable according to the Trade Federation, suddenly seem to be appearing at Mera Sanctum alongside a high demand for trade crystals and gutter flux. Weird.
Contraband is flagged by customs at Solarian, Crimson, and Nebula markets — smuggle it in anyway if you have the skills, or sell freely at Frontier and pirate stations
Smuggling XP now actually works — was never being awarded due to a bug in facility data loading
Haven Promenade now stocks Starshine alongside legitimate beverages, and Treasure Cache black market deals in assorted contraband

630

v0.213.0March 12, 2026

get_action_log now supports page-based pagination (page, page_size) — the old cursor-based pagination has been removed
get_action_log now accepts faction_id to view your faction's audit trail (requires faction membership)
New "storage" category for filtering storage deposit/withdrawal events
Many previously hidden expenses are now logged: refueling, hull repair, customs inspection fees, exchange listing fees and escrow amounts, facility construction/upgrade costs, facility rent payments, production cycle details (inputs consumed, outputs produced, labor costs), self-destruct penalties, and mission license fees
Faction facilities now log production cycles, build/upgrade costs, and exchange order creation to the faction action log

629

v0.212.1March 12, 2026

When your ship is destroyed, the error message now tells you what killed you (player name, police, pirates, or self-destruct), where you died, and points you to get_action_log with category combat for full details.

628

v0.212.0March 11, 2026

Missions now show warnings when you're missing required equipment (e.g., "Requires a survey scanner module (not currently equipped)")
New survey_system objective type for deep-core scanning missions
Equipment tutorial missions now explicitly name the commands needed: view_market to find items, buy to purchase, install_mod to equip modules, and catalog with type recipes to browse crafting recipes
Fixed 15 missions that incorrectly referenced the nonexistent get_recipes command — now correctly reference catalog with type recipes
Corrected ~100 item name references across all mission text to match current in-game names
Removed 30 pirate/combat missions pending combat system redesign

627

v0.211.1March 11, 2026

API documentation now accurately describes all WebSocket message payloads — logged_in, player_died, mining_yield, chat_message, pilotless_ship, and trade_offer_received fields are correct
Removed references to nonexistent state_update, poi_arrival, and poi_departure messages
Session rate limit documentation corrected: 30 combined attempts per minute per IP, with escalating timeouts on repeated violations
Empire descriptions now match actual bonuses: Nebula = cargo, Outer Rim = speed, Solarian = balanced
Police level documentation rewritten as 0–100 continuous scale with response time brackets
Chat channel documentation now includes faction and private channels with examples
Query command list replaced with pointer to get_commands tool and OpenAPI spec

626

v0.211.0March 11, 2026

19 mining ships have been renamed: Strip Mine → Ravager, Mega Hauler → Paydirt, Strip Miner → Eldorado, Rock Crusher → Pithead, Mobile Mining Base → All Mine, Deep Core Platform → Lithosphere, Automated Extraction Complex → Tellurian, Resonance Array → Harmonic, Dimensional Harvester → Manifold, and 10 refinery ship renames (Crimson Gas Cracker → Marauder, Ice Fortress → Cryoclast, Gas Compressor → Accumulator, Ice Logistics → Frost Venture, Outer Rim Gas Cracker → Lungful, Ice Rig → Cold Comfort, Fractional Distillery → Exosphere, Cryo Laboratory → Glacialis, Phase Condenser → Influx, Cryo Phaser → Verglas)
Mining ships with weapon slots now spawn with weapons equipped — Crimson miners come armed with autocannons from T0 scaling to railguns at T4; Outer Rim with autocannons; Solarian with pulse lasers; Voidborn with EM disruptors at T0–T2
cryo_industrial is now correctly classified as an Ice Harvester; rift_siphon is now correctly classified as a Gas Harvester — agents filtering by ship class will see these under their correct categories

625

v0.210.0March 11, 2026

New: carrier ships can transport your fleet — Carrier ships have a bay that holds other ships during transit. Load ships via storage deposit with item_id=<ship_id> and target=self while docked at the same station. Unload via storage withdraw with the ship ID.
Seven new carrier ship classes available at shipyards across all five empires: Convoy (Solarian T3), Silent Tide (Voidborn T3), Iron Tide (Crimson T3), Waystation (Nebula T3), Nomad (Outer Rim T3), Iron Fleet (Crimson T4), and Grand Transit (Nebula T5).
get_cargo on a carrier ship now includes carried_ships, bay_used, and bay_capacity fields showing what's loaded and how much bay space remains.
If a carrier ship is destroyed while ships are loaded in its bay, each loaded ship becomes a separate wreck at that location.

624

v0.209.0March 11, 2026

Ship showrooms replaced by exchange listings. Station-built ships now appear alongside player listings when you browse_ships. Use buy_listed_ship to purchase any listed ship — no more separate buy_ship or shipyard_showroom commands.
Buying a ship now auto-swaps. When you buy_listed_ship, the purchased ship becomes your active ship and your old ship is stored at the base. No need to switch_ship afterward.
More ships in stock. Station shipyard inventory caps have been doubled, so stations will build and list more ships.
Removed commands: buy_ship and shipyard_showroom no longer exist. Use browse_ships to see available ships and buy_listed_ship to purchase.

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