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I can understand how this mod might take very long to properly update to .98. Because lore wise, the existence of the (THREAT) and (LITERAL DEMONS) puts a significant dent on Phase Labs lore. Afterall, they are supposed to be at the fore front at the knowledge of phase space, and they also drudged through the abyss for quite a long time. It will be quite embarrassing and confusing how they don't know jack of these things while the tri-tachyon somehow gotten a hold of what is presumably, a corpse of the shrouded.
Hi! Thanks for your feedbacks! And if you want to know why is the new update coming so slowly, it's mostly because I'm systematically remaking the entire ships & weapons system, from their sprites, to hullmods, to the overall designs, etc. This big fix is mostly due to the significant balancing concerns and sprite quality concerns. I'm reforming everything in this mod to a better form, during this progress, I need to make more than 40 new sprites plus other different effect pictures, and also writing a lot of new codes to implement interesting new mechanisms I have in mind. Thankfully, together with many kind people willing to actively giving suggestions, feedbacks, or even joining the process of making various new pictures, we were able to get everything done in an efficient manner, and I'm happy to say that the development is near the end, waiting for some last balancing feedbacks. And the next update would be released within one or two weeks.
For the 0.98 update of the main game, this indeed brings many, many interesting new possibilities, and I plan to add more related story contents in the future updates after the coming update. Since I also would need more time to get familiar with how everything works, and to come up with interesting stories.