# Gameplay
"Autopilot can now boost more, and NPC ships boost less! This should make combat feel a lot better."
* Autopilot can now use boost
* Expedition now yields a Daredevil, not an Explorer on level up
* Added a safety conversation line for Swoks when picking "I'll pay", to confirm that player actually wants to pay


# Balancing
"Adjusted fighters and the upgrades necessary for them some more to make them more viable for a specialized ship style. We also took a long look at the Expedition and made some very much needed improvements."
* Increased damage of (new) fighters by 33%
* Fighter production time reduced for all materials lower than Avorion, depending on their tier (lower material: less time)
* Legendary Hydra fighter upgrade now gives +4 slots
* Uncommon+ Hydra fighter upgrades now give a boost to production speed
* Improved boosts at Travel Hub, reduced costs
* Fighters now boost until they are in weapon range
* Reduced prices of fighter production
* Relaxed the amount of damage to prevent a ship from going on operations to 5% of ship's value missing in blocks
* Super-rich hidden asteroids are now in every 5th from every 4th
* Relation gain for repairing for money at repair docks is now similar to shipyard
* Relation gain of all bulletin board missions increased
* Resource yields from expedition now have a more random variation instead of a fixed value
* Resource yields from expedition now scale with distance to center of the galaxy
* Reduced amount of items yielded by salvage command
* Shuttles can now transport up to +400% more volume between factories per flight (ie. 5x as much)
* Xsotan Artifact II now gives +6 auto turret slots
* Xsotan Artifact III now gives +6 auto turret slots
* Xsotan Artifact IV now gives +6 auto turret slots
* Xsotan Artifact VII now gives +7 Hyperspace Range (up from 5)
* Increased base time for trade command by 2 minutes
* Reduced too massive boosting of AI ships


# UI
"Clarity improvements and overall polish to the UI, enjoy!"
* Improved visuals of strategy mode plane
* Ships unable to escort/support show up in escort list now, with tooltips why they can't help
* Improved UI of expedition operation to show how much can be earned with the operation
* Renamed "Crew Shuttles" to "Boarding Shuttles"
* Added entries about captains to encyclopedia
* Added an icon to bulletin board to quickly identify a mission
* Improved usability of galaxy map tag icon
* Added error message in captain assessment of supply operation to point out that no route was found
* Adjusted some strings in tutorial to ensure they always fit on-screen
* Added description line with instruction to read mail in pirate raid mission


# Bugfixes
"As always, bug fixes marked with [UBR] are from User Bug Reports, that were submitted through our bug reporter! Thanks for your help and keep it up! :)"
* Fixed a crash in fighter factory
* Fixed several crashes in bounty hunt mission
* [UBR] Fixed a crash when dragging a blueprint out of a squad
* [UBR] Fixed an issue where players could get the Titanium knowledge mail while tutorial was active
* [UBR] Fixed a visual issue with the icons of sectors uncovered by the scout operation
* [UBR] Fixed an issue where fighters just disappeared when starting
* [UBR] Fixed an issue where fighter icons in squad UI were empty
* [UBR] Fixed an issue where switching to alliance ships over the map wasn't possible
* [UBR] Fixed an issue where expedition operation could yield too advanced ores and scrap metal
* [UBR] Fixed several issues with fighters being transferred between ships
* [UBR] Fixed several issues with tooltips on the galaxy map
* [UBR] Fixed wrong english string in supply operation
* [UBR] Fixed an issue when loading key bindings that used Ctrl, Shift or other modifier keys
** You might have to reset controls or reassign the controls for them to work again
* Fixed some issues where AI-controlled ships didn't calculate their braking distance properly
* [UBR] Fixed an issue where reconstruction kits didn't rename when the ship was renamed
* [UBR] Fixed an issue where some missions didn't continue when switching into ship when it's in the sector where the mission happens
* [UBR] Fixed an issue where the Coop Flying tab wasn't shown
* [UBR] Fixed an issue where turret orders weren't saved and restored properly when a ship went into background simulation and returned
* [UBR] Fixed a crash in mining / salvaging AI when selected target has no resources to mine/salvage
* [UBR] Fixed an issue where heal rates of fighters in fighter factory were too high
* Fixed some issues with autopilot and order chains
* [UBR] Fixed an issue where lower building knowledge wasn't dropped if the player had higher knowledge in their inventory
* [UBR] Jump Range boost is now only depleted on actual hyperspace jump, not just changing sectors
* Fixed pirate title not being translated in dialogs
* [UBR] Fixed an issue where the trading operation could generate goods that were not paid for
* [UBR] Fixed swoks and his goons having a personal feud with literally anything neutral
* [UBR] Fixed an issue where esort ship weapons sometimes dealt no damage
* [UBR] Fixed an issue where payday of a crew was reset when sent on an operation
* [UBR] Fixed an exploit where crew payday was reset when crew of the ship was empty
* [UBR] Fixed an issue where projectiles didn't properly collide with objects very close to the turret
* [UBR] Fixed an issue where cursor had the wrong icon on the galaxy map when selecting a ship on an operation
* [UBR] Fixed an issue where ships on trading operation had a 50% lower chance of being attacked when only a single flight was necessary
* [UBR] Fixed an issue where ships could hang when destination sector was suddenly out of reach
* Fixed several issues with translation
* [UBR] Fixed an issue where the sector didn't have the correct name on the galaxy map after renaming it
* [UBR] Fixed an issue where gates to a sector didn't have the correct name after renaming it
* [UBR] Fixed an issue where ships were using the wrong turrets for some jobs
* [UBR] Fixed several issues where auto pilot would get stuck while salvaging or mining
* [UBR] Fixed a bug where installing an upgrade into the next system slot (which was blocked due to building knowledge) would destroy the upgrade
* Fixed a crash in scavenger highlighting when highlighting wreckages with no resources but cargo
* [UBR] Renaming beacon now has the faction of the ship from which it is spawned
* [UBR] Fixed an issue where perma destruction and precise AI aim weren't reset after going back down from harder difficulties
* [UBR] Fixed an issue where autopilot tried to stop the ship while interacting/building