• Fighters

  • Launch during combat and attack on subsequent rounds
  • Ignore shields when attacking
  • Cannot attack planets and are not attacked by planets
  • Destroyed by any attack by other fighters or ships
  • Flak weapon shoots multiple times per round and can destroy fighters, but does minimal damage to ships

• Alliance Supply

  • Empires may propose and agree to an alliance with each other
  • Allied empires connect their supply networks through each others' supply connections
  • Allied empires resupply ships within each others' supplied systems
  • Allied empires share visibility information

• Fractional Production Progress

  • Production item progress is now stored as a fraction of completion, rather than amount of PP accumulated.
  • Changes in the production cost now can't instantly complete something that has had its production cost reduced.

• Beginner Bonus

  • When the max AI aggression is set to Beginner Mode, the human player gets bonuses to ship shields, planet troop garrisons, and resource output.

• AI Improvements

• Many new pedia articles, categorization, and improved search
• Production items on the queue may be paused and resumed
• Ancient Guardians may appear as a defensive ground force on planets with specials, instead of Sentries that attack any ship in the system

See the ChangeLog for details.