I haven't been able to update lately as I recently started going back to school full-time + working full-time. This leaves little time to work on the game but I have been doing what I can! Thank you for everyone who has downloaded and followed the game, it means the world!

• Added a “laser” weapon and corresponding skills.
• Redesigned the recruitment menu.
• New music was added to both battles and the map view.
• Redesigned the inventory menu.
• Added a message indicating how much of each item you have when mining.
• Fixed a bug causing drones to spawn with the wrong color target indicator.
• Upkeep costs for units.
• Fixed a bug causing NPC Traders to have trouble maintaining items after saving and loading.
• If the player has been captured or surrendered, the state is now saved and loaded on load.
• The production skill dictates how complex a recipe the player can use to produce an item.
• The number of ships in the player fleet decreases the movement speed on the map.
• Logistics skill decreases the impact ships have on movement speed on the map.
• Added tooltips to make it easier to understand what skills and proficiencies do.
• Fixed a bug causing GSF cruisers and commanders to be unable to fire weapons.
• Added leveling and skills to units each individual unit which affects their combat stats.
• Increase effectiveness of AI recruitment. AI Commanders now recruit more than one unit at each station.
• Increased performance heavily in battles with many units and sieges.
• Ships now have shields that recover over time and take damage before the ship's health can be damaged.
• Working on increasing variety in systems.