1.017
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• races can now build stations near starlane/wormholes (IotA)
• now quests give extra credits, xp, and relations boosts the more systems away the goal is from the originator
• fixed secondary item text not following your price comparison choice (Steve)
• fixed auto equip not following your price comparison choice
• fixed scavenger custom order or things like energy leechers (Tuidjy)
• fixed giving alliance/war Drox rewards more than once (CaptainWinky) (IotA)
• nearby stations now count as guards for planets (IotA)
• increased BaseThrust from 50 to 55
• fixed a few problems when transferring a quest when a planet is destroyed (Cockbite)
• now cap scavenged components to 5 levels above planet level
• fixed a couple issues with marine levels (Tuidjy) (IotA)
• increased scavenge cost by 25%
• changed PROTOCOL_VERSION to 20
• fixed a problem where some races were getting marked as eliminated sometimes when player won the game (IotA)
• race ships now use a better approximation of hull and engine values so a destroyed engine or a better researched engine make a difference
• made galaxy selection UI widget larger (IotA)
• fixed a crash when you have a drop down box selected and use the debug console command reloadmenus
• reworked the extended characters in font so they all match correctly
• reworked lose game menu to look better
• added ancient specific explosion to ancient ships (IotA)
• can no longer drop marines that are current boarding another ship (wrestless) (IotA)
• added some text to galaxy highlight to explain a little about what the persistent galaxy stuff does (Steve) (IotA)
• fixed a mutiny quest typo (Yindo)
• fixed some MIRV capitalization issues (Valgor) (IotA)
• reworded some galaxy selection stuff to make a little more clear (IotA)
• fixed no orders to start a war text (Steve) (IotA)
• improved can't board warning (wrestless) (IotA)