• New drone system added that gives a ship a boost while it is active
• New 3rd anniversary event with 2 different missions added
• 4 new color pattern blueprints
• New 3rd anniversary drone blueprint achievement

Fixed bugs

• Fixed the wrong prices in the Sol Ancient Attack Droid Strong and Rapid
• Fixed a bug in the scan detail layout of enemies that caused the scrollbar to not be scrollable

Improvements

• Added password (recovery) link to login screen
• Changed normal loading screen into 3 Year Anniversary loading screen

3 years ago the human space colony in the Vega system was battered by a continuous brutal onslaught from an alien race that became known as the Mantis.

Stopping at nothing, the attackers’ cruelty made colonists and smugglers alike fear that total annihilation was just a matter of time, not just for them but all of humanity. In these desperate times rivalries and disputes were finally laid to rest, and a reunited human resistance rose just as hope for survival had almost been lost.

This last effort, as we all know today, turned the tide towards the persistence of the human race in Vega, and it did not stop there. Other colonies were being freed eventually with the help of new allies.

To celebrate the third anniversary of human resistance against the Mantis, thousands of presents had been meticulously crafted and packaged during past months that would score participants of the celebration a fantastic reward. On top of that, the befriended Methanoids had announced they wanted to contribute as well.

But the Mantis found out. Eager to deal a vengeful blow to humanity they struck down all the cargo vessels shipping presents for the celebration and took whatever they could take. Devastated at first, the celebration committee quickly recalled the spirit of the original resistance:

Calling all pilots!

This is what you need to know about getting your presents back from the Mantis:”

• Presents can be recaptured from April 27 to May 14, anywhere from Vega to Draconis but not within the Sirius Singularity.
• Silver Gray presents can be found almost anywhere. They are scattered across planet surfaces and await being picked up.
• Sky Blue presents have been snatched by quick Mantis Scavengers. Hunt them down to get these presents back.
• Saffron Yellow presents are heavily guarded by Mantis, likely requiring teamwork. Storage towers must be destroyed in order to get your hands on these presents again.
• Cobalt Blue presents were picked up by huge Mantis Araneas. They will be hard to overcome, but the troubles really are worth it.

Of course, when it comes to out-smarting someone as clever and elusive as the Galactic Easter Bunny, there is always room for error ‒ but we are convinced that our scouts are on to the real deal this year.
Numerous sources have told us the same thing, namely that each and every Galactic Easter Egg will carry a blueprint for the AnIn-S78 Disruptor attack spacecraft, the best Sniper ship ever designed; so it actually exists outside the drawing board!

Known facts

• The Galactic Easter Bunny will start hiding its valuable eggs anywhere from Vega to Draconis on
  Thursday Evening, 5th of April , and it will keep doing it until Saturday, 14th of April.
• The Galactic Easter Bunny works alone, so he doesn’t own a Jump Ship for traveling the Sirius Singularity. There will be no Galactic Easter Eggs in Sirius.

Improvement

• Improved the Escort Extractor mission to now not always use the same positions

Fixed Bugs

• Fixed a bug that caused the client to crash when trying to enter a closed sirius planet
• Fixed a bug that caused Custodian Commander on Vega4/Aurora to ignore players and fly to position 0/0

Improvement

• Improved instancing of the 5th ring of sirius so each alliance gets their own instance, see forum for how it works in detail

Fixed Bugs

• Fixed Solancient attackdroid prices
• Fixed a bug that caused players that were creating a clan while still being in to not be removed from their previous clan this caused several clan issues
• Fixed few bugs in the client
• Fixed few bugs in the server

It is the Mantis’ breeding season! During these days the Mantis reinforce their armies. Hundreds and thousands of drones are courting huge breeders, trying to do disgusting things. We have to stop them in their tracks, otherwise a newly strengthened Mantis army will be born ‒ literally.

Key Facts

• The majority of Mantis drones has been sighted on Planet Lyris in the Vega System.
• Mantis breeders will probably arrive between February 13th and February 19th.
• The breeders are expected to carry rare Vega Ancient Blueprints from the distant Sirius System and lots of Cryonite.

Limited Valentine’s Day Offer

Vega’s weapon industry has been busy with constructing a special Massive Heart Blaster for properly celebrating Valentine’s Day. Get it while it’s hot! In combination with the Heart Fire Power Pack you become
the ultimate wolf in sheep’s clothing!

Improvement

• Promotion Events are now also shown on the main UI at the same area as active global boosters (top left)

Fixed Bugs

• Fixed a bug that caused Trout’s that were part of a squad to spam their Aggrobomb without cooldowns
• Fixed a bug that caused the Mizar Paralyzer level 40 to not stun
• Fixed a bug that caused to not show the headline for the account creation error window
• Fixed a bug that caused colonial squadmembers on Axiom to become passive and do nothing
• Fixed a bug in Mizar mission SEARCH MOLIKAR to mark a wrong location if you mark copernicus during the mission

We have to stop the Mroundtis from murdering. We have to stop Mantis Groundhog Day!

What You Need to Know

• The Mantis are gathering near the Planet Aurora in the Vega System, so the Mroundtis will likely appear there as well.
• From what the scout team gathered we are certain that the Mroundtis will arrive on February 3rd and stay until February 5th.
• Our scouts also learned that the Mantis will be offering precious Color Patterns and Cryonite to ensure the arrival of as many Mroundtis as possible.
• The Mroundtis are huge! You probably do not want to fight them alone.

Boost Your Chances of Success

To make sure that all of the Mroundtis will meet a swift end, mission control has struck a deal with one of the best suppliers for Booster technology. They agreed to offer both their yet unreleased Supernova Shield Booster and Supernova Firepower Booster for the whole duration of the Mroundtis Day battle. Very impressive technology indeed!

Improvements

• Sirius Adjustments:
  The Ancient boss giza now drops more different blueprints simultaneously
  The respawn time of regular units was decreased
  The respawn time of boss units was decreased
  Color patterns will now be dropped from weak units. Before they were dropped by the medium units. (this only applies when the planet gets recreated)
• Improved promotion window

Fixed Bug

• Fixed a bug that caused some players to not be able to buy with their gold and instead were send to the shop to buy some although they had some
• Fixed all Ancient Rapid Blaster to do more damage, the ratio damage to speed was set wrong
• Fixed a bug that caused Orbital Strikes in the Draconis Mission The mantis queen and the Sirius Mission Rainy day to not trigger and remove Orbital Strikes
• Fixed a bug that caused parsec class ships without armor to be counted as Draconis ships instead of mizar ships, also level when it can be used was wrong and is now 35
• Fixed a bug that caused few unwanted enemies to be able to drop 2 blueprints/items at the same time instead of just 1
• Fixed a bug that caused to show you your account does not exist if you did enter a wrong username/password combination
• Fixed a bug that caused the find buddy button to show a language key instead of the string
• Fixed a bug that caused to show the Graviton language key instead of the Graviton name in the history
• Fixed a bug that caused new players to start with gold amount 000000000 instead of just 0
• Fixed a bug that caused several text fields to be markable with the mouse
• Fixed the loading message to not be truncated

Invite Your Friends – How it works:

1) You log in to the game and invite some friends via the new “Invite Friends” button in the buddy list.
2) Your friends register and play to reach a specified level.
3) Permanent Viral Armor Alloys for all your ships are unlocked!

There is more than just one type of alloy – the more of your friends play the game, the better your rewards will get. Also, there is an additional reward for each and every friend who reaches the specified level!

New Boosters Have Arrived

Help your friends getting off to a swift start with a great selection of new boosters that last either 30 days from the moment of purchase or 3 hours of online time. More blueprint drops, better Cryonite harvesting, stronger firepower, to name a few – these boosters suit every need for sure!

Changelog January 11th 2012