I keep checking here weekly like some kind of hopeful ritual. z: )
It's oddly excited me just to know that hyperspace will be implemented like that of Star Control II... I loved that game. I remember when I picked that up as a teenager from the Washington (original UK, not US) Computer Fair, back when that used to be a thing (before we had Ebuyer and Steam) having only previously played the original game on the Sega Megadrive (aka Genesis.) Running on my 386, it completely blew my mind and along with analogue-joystick using flight/spaceflight sim games firmly convinced me of the superiority of PC gaming. I always thought there should be more like SC2 and there just never was.
Now I'm watching the development of a new game with superior technology and even more elements that I like. It's been worth the wait.
Though now I might have to go and find The Ur-Quan Masters, the fan-remake, just to get a fix... z: )
I'd also like to reiterate what others have said. I'm super glad that I'll only have to be messing with the campaign folder to get my mod working with the new version, but if more needs to break in time, it just plain needs to break. Probably better to take the elasterplast off quickly.