Star Traders: Frontiers Update #81 Military Precision

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Update #81 drops with new art, new storyteller content and a set of deck-clearing bug fixes as we prepare for our next round of big feature updates.

We were surprised from day one of releasing Star Traders: Frontiers how often matching outfits have been requested. We've changed course for all future outfit art to ensure that there are matching outfits, and are working our way back through the catalog to provide matches for those that feel specifically like uniforms. We've dropped the first of these new outfits so that you can dress your entire crew with military precision if you please! More will be coming.

Storytellers Tell Legends

We are very excited to start the roll out of another creative KickStarter reward. Our backers who pledge at the "Join the Lore" level had the opportunity to share with us their favorite captains from the original Star Traders RPG ("classic"). These stories -- funny, cautionary, epic -- are now filtering into Star Traders: Frontiers through those among your crew with the StoryTeller Trait. We've added the first batch with this update, and if you are interested in soaking up more lore about the world, this will be an ongoing area of interest. This one ^^ is a big shout out to dayan.

Twitch Crew!

We want to send out a thank you to everyone watching and supporting Cory on our Twitch channel. With your support, we've funded the addition of a new contact character face -- the Grisled Explorer! We're working on a second now and it will be coming soon! Thanks for your support. If you want to see one of the devs playing and actually developing the game, join Cory every Tuesday and Thursday on Twitch!

v2.3.9 - 7/11/2018

- Added new matching female outfit -- uniformed crews now possible
- Added new Contact character face "Grisled Explorer" -- sponsored by our awesome Twitch team!
- Storytellers in the spice hall now tell more tales of legendary captains and world lore -- hover to see more lore
- First wave of KickStarter "Join the Lore" rewards loaded into storytellers' tales
- Fixed bug with plague missions not displaying the correct status in regards to medical / doctor
- Fixed bugs with Distress Signal orbital ops card -- cargo count and recruit oddities
- Fixed issues with Conflict Score during intel sales
- Fixed issues with Doctor services misreporting crew health

[John Robinson]

Thanks for the additional matching outfits.

I separate my crew by uniforms. All pilots wear the same uniform, all e-techs another etc.

Then when I pull up the crew manifest I don't have to read the descriptions. After using sort
by job filter (which stays on). At a glance I know how many crew dogs, navigators etc are on board.

If I missed the log entry. It's a quick way to know when one of them is missing after desertion or death.

[athios]

Love, love, LOVE the new lore integration! Looking forward to hearing all the stories.

[fallen]

Jul 11, 2018 13:54:57 GMT -5 John Robinson said:

Thanks for the additional matching outfits.

I separate my crew by uniforms. All pilots wear the same uniform, all e-techs another etc.

Then when I pull up the crew manifest I don't have to read the descriptions. After using sort
by job filter (which stays on). At a glance I know how many crew dogs, navigators etc are on board.

If I missed the log entry. It's a quick way to know when one of them is missing after desertion or death.

Very cool strategy for this. I hope that the auto-assign uniform feature now makes that easy

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Jul 11, 2018 14:08:24 GMT -5 athios said:

Love, love, LOVE the new lore integration! Looking forward to hearing all the stories.

Thank you +1 Lots of KickStarter lore to get through and then we'll start working on the universe's lore. Few hundred entries and we'll be off to the races!

[athios]

Few hundred?! Holey moley, that's a lot.

It's beyond scope, but it would be very cool to have an in-game compendium of all the lore and legends. It tells you how many there are, how many you've seen, and you can reread those anytime. Maybe revealing enough of them will unlock something cool. Too much work, I know, but it's nice to dream...

[fallen]

Cool idea, perhaps we can do that when its all set.

Added the next wave for next update.

[sparda4]

Adding in a "legend book" after you hear them would be great. But put that towards the bottom of the list if it's at all possible fallen

[Atlas Screams]

Jul 13, 2018 11:02:30 GMT -5 sparda4 said:

Adding in a "legend book" after you hear them would be great. But put that towards the bottom of the list if it's at all possible fallen

Absolutely not, the bottom of the list is "Give Atlas Screams a ludicrous amount of lasers!" :b

JK, I actually really like this idea.