+Recruit Contract
A free ship of the top tier you can buy, matched to your fleet's classes when it can be.
GALACTIC BATTLER · PATCH NOTES
Salvage & Prototypes
More choices between battles, eleven new ships, eight new relics and a shipyard that changes from round to round. The first few rounds are also easier now.
HIGHLIGHTS
- 6one-time bonus cards that can show up instead of a relic
- 6new ships, each with a new mechanic
- 5tier 4 prototypes you can only win, never buy
- 8new relics, several that pay out in scrap
- 5shipyard events that shake up a round's shopping
- R1–3gentler opening rounds against bots
BONUS CARDS
After a battle you still pick one of three cards, but one of them may now be a purple BONUS: a one-time boost used up as soon as you take it. Bonus cards turn up more often after a loss, which gives a struggling run a way back.
^Combat Drills
Three fleet ships gain 1 XP and +1/+1. It picks the ships closest to their next level.
&Scrap Cache
+7 scrap next round.
?Black Market
Next round's shipyard shows higher-tier ships, with 2 free rerolls that stay higher-tier.
4Prototype
A rare tier 4 ship. From round 5, when you have room in your fleet or bench.
#Hull Repair
Repairs 1 hull point. Only offered after a loss.
NEW SHIPS
Each one brings a mechanic the game didn't have before. "Every 5T" means it attacks once every 5 ticks.
T1Prospector
NEW: ECONOMY
While it's in your fleet (not the bench), it earns +1 scrap every round.
ATK 2HP 7EVERY 5T
- LV2+3 scrap every round
- LV3+5 scrap every round
T2Incinerator
NEW: BURN
Shots set the target burning: 1 damage a tick for 3 ticks, straight through shields.
ATK 2HP 9EVERY 5T
- LV2Burns for 2 a tick
- LV3Hits the front 2 enemies
T2Hexer
NEW: CURSE
Cursed ships can't be healed and can't rebuild for the rest of the battle. A hard answer to Revenants and Void life-steal.
ATK 2HP 11EVERY 4T
- LV2Cursed ships lose 1 ATK
- LV3Curses the front 2 enemies
T2Bomber
NEW: SPLASH
Hits the front enemy, and the ship behind it takes half damage.
ATK 4HP 10EVERY 6T
- LV2Splash deals full damage
- LV3Splashes 2 ships behind
T2Corsair
NEW: CHAIN KILLS
When it destroys a real ship, it fires again next tick.
ATK 5HP 10EVERY 5T
- LV2+1 ATK per kill
- LV3Hunts the lowest-HP enemy
T3Overseer
NEW: HASTE
Every attack pulls your other ships' next shots 1 tick sooner. Overseers don't speed each other up.
ATK 3HP 12EVERY 6T
- LV2Battle start: allies 2 ticks sooner
- LV3Speeds allies 2 ticks per attack
PROTOTYPES (TIER 4)
Experimental ships with a gold P tag. They never appear in the shipyard; the only way to get one is the Prototype bonus card. You won't get the same one twice until you own all five.
PNova Frigate
Piercing shots hit every enemy at once.
ATK 3HP 15EVERY 7T
- LV2+2 ATK
- LV3Fires 2 ticks faster
PLeviathan
Takes 2 less damage from every hit and hits back for 3.
ATK 4HP 22EVERY 6T
- LV2+10 HP
- LV3Takes 3 less; deals 5 back
PEclipse
Starts cloaked, ambushes the weakest enemy for double damage and heals for everything it deals.
ATK 8HP 17EVERY 5T
- LV2+2 ATK
- LV3Recloaks after a kill
PArchitect
Each attack gives your most-hurt ally +1 ATK and a fresh shield.
ATK 3HP 16EVERY 5T
- LV2Builds up 2 allies
- LV3Gives +2 ATK instead
PBrood Ark
Starts with 2 fighters and launches another every second attack.
ATK 3HP 16EVERY 6T
- LV2Its fighters are 3/3
- LV3Launches one every attack
NEW RELICS
IN BATTLE
~Napalm Rounds
Artillery attacks set their main target burning.
=Ablative Armor
Your starting front ship takes 2 less damage per hit (at least 1).
GVeteran Gyros
Level 3 ships get +3 ATK and +6 HP.
!Rally Beacon
When you lose your first ship, the rest attack 1 tick faster for the rest of the fight.
>Reserve Wing
When you're down to your last ship, the first ship on your bench warps in with your fleet's bonuses.
IN THE SHIPYARD
BBounty Board
+1 scrap next round for each enemy ship you destroyed (up to 3).
IWar Insurance
+4 scrap the round after a loss.
DLoaded Dice
Your first 2 rerolls each round are free.
SHIPYARD EVENTS
From round 2, about one round in three opens with an event. It's shown in the info panel at the bottom of the shop.
Fire Sale
Every ship costs 2 scrap this round.
Supply Drop
+3 scrap this round.
Veteran
One ship is already level 2 (+3/+3). It costs 5 and has a gold LV2 tag. Freeze it to keep it.
Elite Dealer
One ship is a tier above what the shop would normally sell. Rounds 2–4 only.
Open Market
2 free rerolls this round.
BALANCE
EASIER OPENING ROUNDS
Bot opponents shop almost perfectly from round 1, which made the start of a run feel harsh. Half of round 1 bots now open with one ship fewer, and every bot gets 1 less scrap in rounds 2 and 3. To keep runs about as hard overall, bots get their late-game bonus scrap a little sooner (+1 from round 8, +2 from 11, +3 from 14).
| SIMULATED WIN RATE | ROUND 1 | ROUND 2 | ROUND 3 | ROUND 4+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Before | 50% | 49% | 49% | ~50% |
| After | 67% | 59% | 54% | ~51% |
Win rates are for a player who shops as well as the bots, over 2,000 simulated battles per round.
COMMANDERS & FACTIONS
| CHANGE | BEFORE | AFTER |
|---|---|---|
| Juno · DEEP SCAN | Reroll with higher-tier ships only (one tier above the round's limit) | Reroll with no tier 1 ships, never above the round's limit |
| Slurms · FEED | 1 scrap | 2 scrap |
| M1TCHY · Veteran Crews | All ships +1 HP; level 2+ also +1 ATK, +2 HP | Level 2+ ships +1 ATK, +2 HP |
| Concord synergy (3) | +2 HP | +1 ATK, +3 HP |
| Concord synergy (5) | +2 HP, front 2 shielded | +1 ATK, +4 HP, front 2 shielded |
| Void synergy (3+) | Heal 50% / 70% of damage | Also +2 HP for Void ships |
Bot opponents now use their commander's shop power every round too. That's what showed Deep Scan was far ahead: with it, Control finished 55% of simulated runs. After these changes every play style finishes between 16% and 24% of runs.
SHIP CHANGES
- Siege Platform: HP 10 → 12.
- Every new ship and prototype was tuned through repeated battle simulations. Tier 1–3 ships sit within a few points of their tier's average; prototypes are clearly stronger than tier 3 on purpose.
INTERFACE
- A short message when the shop opens tells you what just happened: scrap from bounties or insurance, a new recruit, or drills that levelled your ships.
- The reroll button shows free rerolls left (FREE ROLL x2).
- Battles show burn damage in orange, plus CURSED, HASTE, RALLY and RESERVE labels. Labels on the same ship stack instead of overlapping.
- Fleet Archive: a 7-column ship grid, pages for relics and bonus cards, and new terms for Burn, Curse, Haste, Splash and Scrap.
EARLIER TODAY
VOID FACTION
A third faction built around life-steal, Echoes and drain. It brought the game to 35 ships and 10 commanders, with Nihl (Void Oracle) and Tess (Chief Engineer).
COMPLETION TUNING
Bots got their mid-game bonus scrap later, and M1TCHY (Veteran Crews) and Juno (Jamming Field, Repair Protocols) were buffed so every play style can finish a run.
OWNED SHIPS IN THE SHOP
Shop cards glow green with an OWN tag when buying merges into a ship you have, or show MAX when your copy is already level 3.