1.312 brings new exploration system - explore as a career starting on your first day in the game! — Ascent - The Space Game Steam update #38868

http://www.thespacegame.com/newstar.png Added new exploration system - enables exploration as a career starting with a class 1 ship Added new exploration bounties - allows players to set bounties on planet stats they want to be notified on. Makes exploration extra lucrative. Dramatically lowered the buy price of a Class 1 Hyperdrive Changed hyperdrive wear system. All current ships in the game wear out their hyperdrives as slowly as a class 13 ship used to. Larger ships will have a slight advantage as they arrive. Changed UI color scheme and some visual effects. It now looks slightly less 1990s Added new star surface graphics (see Janus A or any outer star) Added new weapon shot graphics Fixed some EVA suit malfunctions Fixed some disembark issues at colonies and added some help popups Fixed many other small bugs