so i herd u liek capital ships
Hopefully that'll get turned into Thiiei's battleship eventually.
Anyway, stuff is happening again.
I've simplified the paycheck system immensely--you no longer have to cash your checks at stations; the funds are instead deposited directly into your account.
The next release will probably be the beta. I'm hoping to get the Lyseti in-game, as well as perhaps muck around with diplomacy and relations, and also contract-related stuff. After the beta, I'll probably cease adding any major content into Ascendency, for good.
So what comes after Ascendency is finished?
Dominion.
Dominion will take place about 20 years after the inter-orbital war in the eskel's system, and will be centered on a war in which the Lemurian Empire and their Thiian Confederation allies fight for their lives against the ruthless cybernetic-infused abominations known only as the Terrans, hailing from the Milky Way.
While I can't give many specifics as Starfarer's incomplete state leaves much of the concept fuzzy, I can say this: it'll be the same gritty and brutal combat you're familiar with. Many eskel ships will probably get cut out to make room for Lemurian and Terran ships; existing ships will be upgraded, and some new state-of-the-art eskel ships will be added.
If possible, the story will revolve around the player, an immortal Lemurian Fleet Lord, and their efforts to save the Large Magellanic Cloud from the Terran threat. I'd love to have concrete victory/defeat endings, and base the campaign on a sort of race against time, in which you have to do everything in your power to stop the Terrans before your civilization is completely annihilated.
But, that all remains to be seen. For now, I'm still focusing on Ascendency.