- v1.40 - Bug Fixing - 9 September 2023
Fixed a bug where the missile would not shoot in the Hunter Tutorial mission. It now functions as expected. Removed unnecessary social media links from the main menu.
- Version 1.38 - Elder Fate - 9 June 2023
New Map: Elder Fate Descend into the final map, Elder Fate! A disorienting twist of ancient vines and roots! Duck in and out and find your way! Don't be fooled by the lights! The final showdown between the runners and the hunters takes place here in a mysterious forest, perhaps older than time itself! If the runners uncover the secrets of this place and make it out, they'll be in the clear for good. However, the hunters are ready to make sure that doesn't happen!
- Story - Elder Fate - 31 May 2023
Unidentified localization. System unable to track. (Error: 004586984) Her vision blurred from the jolt, Zephyr took a moment to shake her dazed state. "Zephyr, Turbine, Lotus, does anyone read me? This is Apogee. Please someone… respond!" a voice came from the comms. "Yeah this is Zephyr..." she managed out in pain. "Zephyr responding." "Oh thank god. Anyone else… open channel, this is Apogee." "Apogee, this is Turbine. I'm intact but I think we lost Lotus in the jump". As Zephyr looked around her, she could make out large stone branches winding around a huge structure. It was made of glistening white stone mostly covered by crimson foliage. This place was completely alien to her, but something in the back of her head made her feel calm. Finally, shaking her impact, Zephyr opened on comms "This is Zephyr, all calls respond status." "Apogee responding orange." "Ordinal responding orange…
- Story - Undercity - 24 May 2023
*Beep* You have 1 new vocomm, to view, press- New vocomm at 3:16 SDTR, from: “Dominic Tall” *Boop* ‘Ey Huss it’s Dom. Listen buddy I tink I got us an opportunity ‘ere. I got this uh, runner pilot, Ordinal ‘er somethin, says they been layin’ low for a while. ‘pparently they’re in some trouble yeah. So I said to ‘em “what about it, I don’ want none of it” but they say dey’ve got a hunter transponder they willin’ a trade for access to that shindig you and Lanah got in ‘dat tower a yours. Y’know da one wit da glowin’ lights ‘n crap on it. The big donut or whateva. You don’ need me ta tell ya what we could do wit a transponder like dat, yeah? Well, now don’ be mad, I made a deal. I say “‘ey sure c’mon down ‘a Sevingha, we lay low ‘ere too” ‘n gave ‘em your location. But, but, yeah I know you’re mad a’ready, I ain’t even talkin’ t’ya but I know it, but - I also pinged my ol’ pal Javilyn. Yeah…
- Story - Breacher - 17 May 2023
Comet Research Station “Breacher” Jin sat watching the sensors. He went to take a sip of coffee but found it empty. Another ping ran deep through the ancient hunk of space ice, scanning the interior but turning up no further definite clues on the mysterious contents. Suddenly a blast of light and noise echoed across the surface. A huge jet of frost and icy boulders ejected upwards, followed by a hail of starships. “What in-” Jin said as he scrambled to get to the comms. But before he could, they began blaring out. “THIS IS A HUNTER OPERATION. ALL CIVILIANS ARE TO STAY BACK. IF YOU ENTER THE APPREHENSION AREA, YOU WILL BE CONSIDERED AMONG THE PERPETRATORS. REPEAT. THIS-” The message went on, its voice of god driving out all thought until Jin could shut it off. He looked out the window and saw, bewilderingly, a dogfight. He sat there with his mouth open until he finally processed another…
- Version 1.37 - Undercity - 12 May 2023
New Map: Undercity Soar into the latest map, Undercity! Deep within the supposedly uninhabited supports of a megastructure, this little nook of nightlife can be treacherous to navigate! On the run with nowhere to turn, the runners have been lured by promises of safety into a backalley trap! Will this dead-end be the end of the runners as well?
- Story - Zehil Divide - 10 May 2023
The gate was finally active. Zephyr, for the first time since the attack on the hideout, allowed herself a real, genuine grin. “Runners! Let’s get at it!” The pair of twin thruster units on the Updraft flared to their maximum intensity and she went streaking off, followed by the flock of fleeing ships, all speeding towards the swirling light and darkness of the gate in a shower of sparks and disrupting smoke amid Artemis’s cavernous hangar. Within the newly reactivated Canopus Coast, Doctor Cal furrowed his eyes in concentration at the gate ahead. “Now, Mister Jeffords,” he spoke quietly to Turbine, “We re-enter the field of Experimental Physics.” Upsilon 1 gritted his teeth as the runners disappeared into the swirling portal, out of their grasp. This was not the end! “Follow them!” “But sir! There’s no way even they know where it leads! The likelihood of destruction-” “Three, that was…
- Story - Artemis - 3 May 2023
Location: Outer rings of Salimus station, some shithole Time: Late, though could be early 12 days after the raid on New Caledonia The small band huddled over the ghostly light of a holo-table, poring over schematics. Spike pushed off and drifted away from the table in frustration. With a huff he turned back towards the group. "Forget it. Artemis is a super-carrier. You know what that means? It means it could swallow every single one of us and our ships and still be hungry! And there ain't no getting out!" Zephyr wasn't so sure. She brought up another angle on the readout they had managed to barter for of a ship that was supposedly the same model as Artemis. She said, mostly to herself, thinking aloud and trying to keep the mood from spiraling too far into despair, "So if this is the config, they'd likely be keeping 'em here and here. And the ships'd be in the hangar, locked behind multi…
- Story - Graveyard - 26 April 2023
Local Spacial Grid Coordinates 30 hours after the raid on New Caledonia Integer checked the coordinates a second time. They were getting close to the distress signal’s origin but no response to any of his hails. “I’ve got a bad feeling about this.” Lotus spoke on the open comms. A strange green light filled the fog amongst the gloomy debris. It made for a treacherous path to navigate. A shadow for a moment looked almost like a ship. But Integer looked back and could only see some debris. He was too on edge. At last they found the source. A small beacon at the heart of something truly horrifying. Vast clumps and piles of drifting inactive runner ships. Integer looked around, aghast. What was this place? His sensors lit up. Missiles were locking on! It was a trap! They had been lured to this graveyard by a false distress signal to join the dead! Integer kicked his afterburners on and whip…
- Story - Hideout - 19 April 2023
Planet New Caledonia, Equatorial Region 14:11 Local time The Updraft made a final low sweep of the sector. Her patrol shift was finally coming to an end and Venna “Zephyr” Sorris set a course back to the hideout. Her mind was full of how she’d tweak the poorly calibrated thrust profile on her new engines and other sundry modifications. But all that stopped when she saw it. Smoke. And lots of it. Coming from the direction of the hideout. Her curiosity got the better of her and she switched back on her receiver. Her comms were filled with chatter, on a channel normally used for only the most urgent of messages. The hunters had found them. As Venna sat there and confronted the fact that the runner network was over and they were all screwed, she could see ahead a small group of other runner ships being pursued by a set of hunters. She had a choice. She was still outside their effective rang…
- Story - Kauthen Expanse - 12 April 2023
Undesignated planet in the Kauthen Expanse Mid day "And what have we found, mister Jeffords?" An inquisitive but patient voice asked over the comms. Keith "Turbine" Jeffords, Doctor Callister's assistant, heaved a sigh of weariness before activating his audio pickup. It had all started with the promise of an extra course credit! Now he was hanging off the outside of a spaceship hovering next to a floating alien obelisk on a planet no one had ever heard of! To make it better, the planet was just awash in wind and sand. Every few minutes you could be sure of a sandstorm. Oh yeah, and to top it off he was now, by proxy, an interstellar outlaw! He calmed himself before replying. "Doc, we've got similar readings to the first 3, but the inscription is more extensive. Transferring glyphs now." "Remarkable!" He heard, "...Yes! Yes, mister Jeffords I believe this is what we've been missing! This…
- Version 1.36 - Breacher - 11 April 2023
New Map: Breacher Crash out of the latest map, Breacher! A remote comet station! Weave between the ice pillars! But don't get fooled by the reflections! Finally reentering normalspace after their odyssey through the divide, the runners are no safer than they were before! The pursuit continues even here at the edge of the system!
- Story - Reyliant - 5 April 2023
067894-590697-489569058-00192 // Structure breach. Assess; ............ // Breach assessed. Concern level 8. Concern level deemed considerable. Wake protocol confirm validity; ........ // Wake Protocol confirms. Commence wake cycle; .. // ERROR - wake cycling incomplete. Assess error; ........... Unknown error. Assessment failed. Assess error - use authority level 8; ........... // Unknown error. Assessment failed. Concern level increased to 10. Post breach assessment required. Assess breach; ............... // Multiple electronic signatures. Pattern not recognized. Engage level 10 rate defense strategy 256; ...... // Warning - unable to engage - mechanism failed. // Detection of biological matter within ionic fusion chamber. Cleanse chamber; // Unable to cleanse chamber. Ionic fusion threshold at minimal output. Concern level increased to 10+. Deem situation volatile and critical. Comm…
- Story - Orion 1 - 29 March 2023
"Oh, don't be headed THERE, if ye value yer LIFE!" The old man in the shadowy corner of the bar piped up suddenly, "That place be under the ghostly sway of ORION'S CURSE!" He gave an unsettling grin, showing missing teeth, some of which had been replaced with electrum. Ezichi “Apogee” Razzaq paused mid-sentence. She’d been having a quiet conversation with Ordinal, about to shoot down their new harebrained idea. She turned, leaning around, to give the old man a bemused look. Apogee was about to give him a piece of her mind but he continued loudly. "The whole place, ye see, is alive, rather, it's risen from the DEAD! And it DON’T want no visitors!" The old man laughed a small, hacking, coughing laugh. Despite themselves, the two pilots found their hearts chilled.
- Story - Structica - 22 March 2023
Carrier Orion Shipboard time 17:00 Theta 3 gazed out the porthole, caught in a starscape reverie. A nudge brought him out of it. Theta 2 was there with two drinks and handed him one. When she noticed there was something bothering him, she paused. “Listen,” She said matter-of-factly, “It’s a break. Try to relax. One said we might not get another one for a while. After that business at Protana, I heard they’re looking at a full system sweep.” At the mention of Protana, Three’s face became blank. “I know, I know. My brother was at Protana.” “...Ah…” Two gritted her teeth in mortification, “I…” The alarm cut off her fumbling response. Across the room, Theta 1 stopped mid-war-story and crushed his can in his hand, throwing it effortlessly into the receptacle. He called to the room, “Showtime.” One ran off towards the hangar, followed close behind by the rest of Hunter team Theta. “What do we…
- Story - Upper Vale - 15 March 2023
Awoken by a loud 'whooshing' sound, bleary eyes opened. "Computer, readout warnings." A pleasant omnipresent voice responded, "Certainly. There is one warning in effect. Class 5. Several vessels are currently involved in maneuvers intermittently intersecting all commercial and residential sectors with grid coordinates 12 3 17. All individuals within these sectors are advised to take shelter." As the computer spoke, the occupant had already gone to the window which filled an entire wall of the small room and parted the blinds. They stood, silhouetted against the bright sunny morning and gleaming white towers of the sky enclave of Upper Vale as a vessel shot past. The rumbling of its fiery red engines momentarily shook the room and left a streaking trail of energy which blotted out their view before it dissipated. Having gone from curious concern to wild worry, they recognized that craft,…
- Version 1.35 - Zehil Divide - 8 March 2023
New Map: Zehil Divide Blast off to the latest map, Zehil Divide! A rift between dimensions! Dodge around rocks and hide under the waves - of the upper or lower seas! The runners may have escaped from the clutches of Artemis, but this uncanny place has not offered any sanctuary from the hunters! Their only hope is to keep going. Maybe normal space lies on the other end of another gateway?
- Story - Protana 2 - 8 March 2023
Planet New Caledonia, Equatorial Region 26:03 Local time Venna "Zephyr" Soris was doing some after-hours tuning on her ship, the Updraft, in the hangar of the hideout. It was slow and meticulous work, but she was accompanied by her music and silence. That was until the Green Recluse made an all-but-crash-landing, streaking in through the exterior entrance, it's spindly wings folding in on their actuators as they hit solid ground. Of course, at the time, she had never heard of the Green Recluse, but the ship would soon become famous. When she would later tell the story, she had recognized the ship right away and ran to help. In reality she had been yelling angrily at the newcomer for ruining her groove. But a moment later she remembered herself and ran towards the ship which had come skidding across the deck-plate, smashing some shelves of tools at the back as it didn't quite reach the b…
- Story - Protana 1 - 1 March 2023
Hunter team Sigma, assigned to the Hecate, approached the station lockdown zone, their mission was by the book - secure the small squadron of fugitives operating there. The murky blue gases from the nebula made visibility challenging at best, and the spiny rock debris left the pilots uneasy. "Move fast and quiet" control told them. "We don't want to keep the Hecate here a minute longer than necessary." "Why? Scared of a few runners?" The team leader mocked with false confidence. "It's not the fugitives we're worried about" control replied stoically, "now keep focused and get to the LDZ, burst drives only." Sigma team carefully navigated the spindling formations through the gas. Everyone uncharacteristically quiet. Finally after a few moments they arrived at the edge of the LDZ. "Okay control, Sigma is on station ready to apprehend. Copy?" Nothing but faint crackles filled their transmit…
- Version 1.34 - Graveyard & Artemis - 13 February 2023
New Map: Graveyard & Artemis Jump into the latest two maps, Graveyard and Artemis! Graveyard is the forbidding place where the many runner ships were discarded after the devastating raid on the hideout. A small band of runners has come here following a distress signal. But this ghastly place is actually a trap! Can the runners use the abandoned ships of their fallen allies to escape? Meanwhile, another band of runners has located the holding place of a group of runners... The Hunter Supercarrier ARTEMIS! They will stage a daring rescue, into the heart of the beast. Their only hope for escape is an untethered gateway! Will they make it out in time before the jaws of the hunters close in? BUG FIXES: Fixed a bug where the missiles were not hitting their runner targets Fixed a bug where the tracking reticles would appear slightly ahead of runners instead of directly on them
