Dear Fermi Community,

This is our biggest update so far as we added more depth and detail to the Contact events, which always meant to be the climaxes of the game. We removed the randomness and made the outcome of the the different choices completely depended on the ethic values, harm potential, technology level, population and resources of the two alien parties involved. Also past contacts have a significant role, so it becomes more important to send out radio signals before embarking to an interstellar journey.

The game rules deciding the outcome of a contact event or the result of an interspecies conflict are a bit more complex and can be looked up in detail in a new window that is shown when hovering with the mouse over the choice options.

In future updates the mouse over feature will be added to other events and the extreme randomness will be also reworked in critical events like the Final Technology or the Resource Crisis.

We are very happy with the contact gameplay now, but will also expand it in the future with more events that handle the contact with species with simple technology, returning of visitors, reencountering a former war opponent or follow-up events that happen after invasions or cohabitation events.

Last but not least a big thanks again to our patient community providing us with constant feedback and encouragement. Also for coming up with great ideas for events and quotes.

Changelog of Version 0.68.M.8 - Jupiter UPDATE ( contains spoilers )
- Background Art : New “Free Colonists" picture
- Background Art : New “Critical Hull Breach" picture
- Background Art : New “Infiltration in Progress" picture
- Background Art : New “Productive Coexistence" picture
- Background Art : New “Alien Occupation" picture
- Background Art : New “Interspecies Warfare" picture
- Background Art : New “Planet Killer" picture
- Background Art : New “Iron Age” picture
- Background Art : New “Abandoned Colonial Base” picture
- Background Art : New “Decaying Spaceship” picture
- Background Art : New “Long Range Scan” picture
- Background Art : New “A day at the Harbor” picture
- Background Art : New “Senicide” picture
- Background Art : New "Perimeter Observation" picture
- Background Art : New "The War and The Plague" picture
- Background Art : New "Colonial Uprising" picture
- Background Art : New "Sol System" picture
- Background Art : Rework "The Tank Battalion" picture

- Feature : "Alien Contact Rework"
The options during a contact event are now "Talk", "Observe" and "Retreat"
The follow up results of the options are not depending on a modified random roll but on the current ethic values, harm potential, resource scarcity and former contacts of both societies.
The "Talk" option can lead to following follow-up event types : "Full Onslaught", "Surprise Attack", "Repulsion", "Brief Talks" and "Coexistence"
The "Observe" option can lead to following follow-up event types : "Total Annihilation", "Full Invasion", "Interstellar War", "Observation" , "Adaption"
The "Retreat" option can lead to following follow-up events : "Suicide Attack", "Scorched System" , "Spacebattle" , "Stranded" , "Hasty Retreat" and "Course Correction"
A new detailed window that is activated via mouse over explaining which options leads to which choice

- Feature "Interspecies Conflict Rework"
A conflict between species can lead to more diverse results like the plundering of resources, tactical advantages or follow up events like "Occupation" or "Imprisonment"
A new detailed window is activated via mouse over. It explains the result of a conflict between two species in combination with harm levels, technological advancements and ethical values.
- Feature "Cohabitation Events"
Multiple species can temporarily reside on the same system as a result of a positive or neutral Contact Event resulting in Trading, Interspecies Tensions, Infiltration, Technological Uplifting or Environmental Engineering.
In future updates it will be possible for highly technologically advanced species to merge into one singular Transspecies.
- Feature "Intraspecies Contact Rework"
The gameplay when a spaceship encounters a planet with the same species is changed.
The "Merge" option merges population, technology and resources and the faction with higher ethics becomes the dominant one.
The "Division" option merges population, technology and resources and the faction with lower ethics becomes the dominant one.
The "Intraspecies War" option leads to a war between both factions.
- Feature : Signals and Direct Contact can have a positive or negative impact. The society remembers the last interaction, and it has an impact on the next contact event with the same species. A past interspecies war will also be remembered forever.
- Feature : After a great disaster that leads to a massive population drop or the loss of many tech levels, a civilization, starship or colony is marked as "Fallen" and a lot of basic events are not triggered anymore. The "Fallen" status is removed when a new tech level is reached.
- User Interface - Mouse Over Window for Event Choices - either a small, a large or, in case of conflict events, a complex window is displayed after hovering over the options with the mouse for a short time. This information shows which changes will be applied when an option is chosen.
This feature is work in progress. As of this update only the contact events have a mouse over window attached.
- User Interface : Epilogue Screen is rearranged to display the multiple species better.
- Planets - Rigel, Ross and Alpha Centauri got more appropriate colors / planetary systems.
- Bugfix - A Civilization with a lot of population could not archive the final Technology. This is fixed now.
- Bugfix - Sometimes saving after a spaceship was destroyed corrupted the savegame.
- Bugfix - Signal and Contact information are now correctly transferred to starships and colonies.
- Bugfix - Some "Receive Signal" event text displayed the wrong system.
- Bugfix - Species that conquered other species sometimes where counted in the Epilogue as a different species.
- Bugfix - Dolphins and other aquatic animals do not flee to "refugee islands" anymore.
- Bugfix - The history of empty planets with ruins of a civilization destroyed by a "great war" event shows now the correct name of the WMDs in use.
- Balancing - Synthesis Costs of high level choice events like "Contact" , "Scarcity Crisis" and "Resource Depletion Crisis" are much cheaper
- Balancing - It is far more likely that an "Answer Signal" event is triggered when a civilization picks up an alien signal.
- Balancing - Events on starships are more evenly distributed and extinction events are less common.
- Balancing - Extinction Events and Paradigm Shifts are not triggered directly at the beginning of the game.
- Balancing - "Rare Events" like Paradigm Shifts / Pre-Nuclear Extinction Events and Pre-Cyber Age Spaceship events are triggered more rarely.
- Balancing - The Phobos Spaceship is now counted as a rare event.
- Texts : Reefshaper Age aquatic societies have more diverse leader and government names.
- Texts : Terms for default colony settlements and professions are more varied.
- Attention Savegame Compatibility - Received signals and contacts are not correctly imported from older savegames
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See you up in the stars, voyager.
Jörg from Anomaly Games

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See you up in the stars, voyager.

Jörg from Anomaly Games