Star Traders: Frontiers Update #36: Descent from the Void

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Welcome to the Lunar New Year Sale, Captains! We've got 20% savings throughout the big holiday weekend and are honoring the holiday with big updates all around and new environment art for the dank jungles and beautiful garden worlds of the galaxy.

New Ship and New Medical Facilities

With Update #36, we've added a new 3400 Mass ship, the venerable Dart Jammer. With an additional officer brigning its command crew to 5 and an extra small component, the Dart Jammer is a well-armored ship perfect for operations of all sorts. With Update #36, we've also added additional Medical Facilities offer more flexibility to ship designers -- offering both Armor and Shield bonuses.

Tag it, Bag it, Dump it

If you're trying to loot an enemy ship or just sailing the void and sick of what's in your cargo hold -- we've added the highly requested Dump Cargo feature. This allows you to dump your own cargo or that of an enemy ship you have defeated in combat. This will speed up looting, making it easy to get exactly what you want without having to "balance the budget" between two cargo bays. If you just have cargo you don't want, consider stashing it on a wild zone instead of dumping it. But hey, you're the Captain!

Difficulty in Defeat

In the cases where you suffer a certain type of defeat condition (Execution) but are playing on a non-permadeath mode, we've improved the game's messages about this so that it is clear. All of the messages now note that due to your Game Difficulty your career has not ended.

We've also continued to grind on story bugs related to the end of the Arbiter's story arc and the start of the Second Founding era. Things are much better wrapped up in this release and we've fixed the issues reported by a number of captains who have sent in their saved games. Some captains have sailed past the point of no return, and the fixes we've layered in won't help you --

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if the United Coalition has already formed, I'm talking to you.

v2.1.13 - 2/16/2018

- New 3400 Mass Ship: Dart Jammer (5 Officer, +1 Small Component, Heavy Armor)
- New Component: Hardened Medical Facility (Large Size)
- New Component: Advanced Medical Bay (Medium Size)
- Added ability to dump cargo from Looting or Cargo screens
- Added new wild environment artwork for both Garden and Jungle worlds
- Improved notices about defeat in ship combat to be Difficulty-aware and note when you did not die because of no Permadeath
- Improved story event additions to Captain's Log to ensure correct ordering of bunched logs
- Fixed story issues with Arbiter Brokstrom not accepting final quests or indicating the wrap-up of her current arc
- Increased time line to work with Arbiter Brokstrom before start of Second Founding Era
- Fixed bug that prevented Trade Talents from firing while Selling cargo
- Adjusted cool-downs for Trade Talents