Star Traders! What you say? Another update? No, impossible. Not from these lazy bones. We'll its true - your favorite 2D space trading RPG has done it again - Update #359 has arrived with new fun things for Captains of any vintage, old and new, to explore. Update #359 includes a new Mass 9000 ship, a new Armored Cargo Hold 3, boosts to some Explorer cards appearance rates, and a sweeping set of fixes on components from community reports.

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Degla Heavylift

With Update #359, we have word of a brand new super-massive hull that is being constructed in De Valtos starports across the galaxy. The Degla Megalift is the ship for all your cargo hauling needs. Equipped with a massive fuel tank and an even larger cargo hold the Degla Heavylift is a big brother of the Degla Megalift. Boasting 12 small, 11 medium and 7 large slots, the Degla is a new super-massive class ship to configure, trick out and see how it compares to your other super-massive hulls. We can't wait to see how you kit out your Heavylift.

Both Degla architecture ships have a long and storied history, first appearing in Star Traders classic in 2014. Now both the Megalift and Heavylift have recurred in Star Traders: Frontiers in the years 2018 and 2024.

New Armored Cargo Hold 3

The new Armored Cargo Hoid 3 fills a gap in the progression and helps build out your heavily defended cargo transports.

Zendu Relic Boost

Based on our stats, the Zendu Relic cards were not appearing often enough so we have further increased the weighting chance that they will appear in a hand of Explorer cards. Good luck, relic hunters - the way is dangerous and road is long, but if you survive the rewards are sweet.

We've also increased the drop rate for Contact Network (which uncovered a Contact and all of their positive and negatively linked Contacts).

Component Improvements and Rebalance

We've made some component and ship fixes based on your excellent feedback. We've improved Battle Prow 8 to add +3 Ship Weapon Initiative to help you get the first shots. We 've also adjusted the Armored Bulkheads 6 stats to ensure that they fit within the progression. We've corrected the loadouts on the Allistar Huntress (which had too many starting officer cabins). And we've also resolved a number of odd bugs with Large Hangers, including one that granted over 240 Medical Rating for some of these components (!??!).

v3.4.11 - #359: Venerable Heavylift - 10/26/2024

- New Ship: "Degla Heavylift" (9000M Heavy Transport)
- New Component: Armored Cargo Hold 3
- Further increased drop rate for "Zendu Relic" Explorer card
- Increased drop rate for Uncover Contact Network (1 Contact + All Links)
- Battle Prow 8 now adds +3 Ship Weapon Initiative
- Further fixes for logging issues with ship component damage
- Fixes for "Alistar Huntress" component loadouts
- Fixes for Large Hanger and high Medical Ratings
- Fixes for Large Hanger ship combat buffs
- Fixes for Armored Bulkheads 6