Welcome to Update #305, which adds new planetary artwork and a new set of late-game story events that further reward your story choices, show technological advancement in the factions and introduce unique components and Contact types.
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https://store.steampowered.com/app/1021210/Cyber_Knights_Flashpoint/Post Consolidation / Dissension Tech Progress
On the far end of the Consolidation / Dissension Era, there is already a story event in which a specific faction – based on your actions or inaction – gains a new technology that enables a powerful and unique ship component. As the years grind by and you continue to ply the void, these research advances are now allowed to further progress and in time, a second story event will occur which further improves the ship component category where the faction focused their advances – Alta Mesa on the Battle Bridges, De Valtos on ECCM Screen Matrix and Thulun on Interlocking Sensor Matrix. Each component is the pinnacle of its chain of components and worthy of their high price tag.
I'll skip further spoilers about the Era and the involved choices, but it is a new story event, ship component and even – a new Contact type.
New Research Lead Contact
A new unique Contact will appear with the story event – and this Research Lead has a great set of services, makes for a very powerful ally in a starport and recruits Pilots and a powerful secondary Job depending on the faction they are due to story choices. As some of the factions continue to develop their power centers around the Coalition, their research arms continue to break out ahead of the competition.
v3.3.11 - 11/24/2022
- Added new "Distant Glacier" Ice World outpost image
- Added story event post Consolidation / Dissension, further research progress for factions
- Meeting unique and powerful contact "Research Lead"
- Gain access to new high-level component based on Era choices
- Added new component: Alta Mesa stands to gain Battle Bridge 4
- Added new component: De Valtos can gain ECCM Screen Matrix 6
- Added new component: Thulun can gain Interlocking Sensor Matrix 6