The Raider-class Missle Corvette has appeared in the galaxy! The datacard is available on the generic datacard market as of now. This ship can easily remove those pesky A-Wing or TIE squadrons while looking good in the process. Just watch out for bigger corvettes and bombers. Get yours today!

Small sync with some QoL stuff today.

• Clarified Bounty Hunting rules regarding accuracy of scan bearing
• Updated Bounty Hunting scanning to prevent use of scanner in WarSim system
• Added WarSim to Quest rules page
• Added LISP function to set a ship's hyperspeed to 0
• Asteroid Mining fix for repeating stored yield caps and added asteroid deposit size to mining widget
• Travel Planner now defaults to hyper exit point when choosing a system. No more accidental sunning.
• Travel Planner now warns you when you set a sun as your destination. Seriously, no more accidental sunning. Stop it.
• You can now set a Travel Plan while in a Hyperspace Abort Cooldown. The Travel Plan will count down until the cooldown has finished, and then begin.
• Art Team Leaders can now issue temporary bans for custom image submissions.

Web Services has an API change, there is a forum post detailing the exact changes available here.

The summary for consumers of the Web Services 1.0 API:

• The 2.0 API has output format changes.
• Web Services 1.0 API endpoints will disappear on or before Year 23 Day 150 (you will need to migrate to the 2.0 endpoints before then).

- April fools is over.

- All newly created wrecks are now NPC Owned.

- Asteroid Prospecting Changes: Prospecting a failed find is now faster (it uses a base time of 1 hour instead of 4) & Prospecting result traces are now shown on the map
- XP for failing a find roll has been reduced
- Each successful asteroid mining extraction slightly increases the deposit stability.

- Small buff for Turbolaser damage in general, and a buff for corvette turbolaser damage against fighters
- The space combat rules have been updated to include some previously undocumented information (specifically maneuver comparison factor).

No jokes here! I want to give a huge thanks to all the players who submitted descriptions this past month. Here are all the descriptions updated in March. As a reminder, we still have our double CP incentive for descriptions of currently-undescribed planets- you could earn up to 10,000 cp's per description!

Writing descriptions is one of the best ways to enrich the galaxy and the game we all love so much. 

 

Bank Cloud Car DL-18 Foxhole Kulthis Park Pelgrin 

Personal Residence   Procopia Nizon Rathtar Resh 9876 

Tellrig-7 Trading II  Wynkahthu Zoo Station 

 

Happy day everyone! Space Combat has just undergone a huge change this sync. There are other fixes in this Sync that will be listed at the bottom.

 

Space Combat Update:

Your best resource will be the Space Combat rules page. So this will be highlights.

Concussion Missiles now do almost no damage to Corvettes and are purely anti-fighter

Turbolasers are anti corvette and will not be a huge threat to fighters anymore

Corvettes can now participate in all space combat

Satellites can now be shot down in pvp zones

Cargo Containers can now be shot down in pvp zones

 

Maneuverability of attacker vs defender now matters in hit chance. Length difference matters as well. See rules for exact details.

 

Pursuer-class Enforcement Ship has been increased to 3 slots and had its shields dropped to 150. it was... way too overpowered beforehand.

Razor-Class Starfighters had their maneuver bumped down to 5 as they were overpowered at 6 with new rules.

Miy'til and T-wing interceptor starfighters has been bumpted to 6 maneuver from 5 as they were underpowered with new rules.

DP-20c has been lowered from 3 to 2 maneuver.

 

Other Changes/Fixes

MSDs are now able to work as spawn points for factions

Budgets no longer error out on adjustment

Weird duplicate locations will no longer lock people from exiting entities sometimes

Bandit Ship capture rates now match the rules page properly

Bounty rescues can now be kicked from entities

Allow export of first 5000 items if selection is higher

Sender name is now included in hails

Accessibility options have been added. Works best on chrome or android.

 

Edit:

Due to complaints suggestions and feedback, we have included a surgeon in every medical room in the game who can change your voice. He may charge a fee but he works quickly. Have a friend with stimpacks nearby to revive you in case he doesn't though...

 

    Corvettes have all been adjusted to a range of 6-10 slot sizes to prepare for the coming soon R&D releases and any not-so-soon combat including them. The skipray gunboat has been lowered to 2 slots to make it more balanced in current space combat. The consular class has been reclassified as a Light Freighter.

As the title implies, there are a few changes coming to space combat at the end of the month. This is part of the ongoing effort to improve and expand combat in the game. Expect more changes as we continue working on things.

 

Starting April 1st:

• Corvettes will be available for space PvP and PvE
• Satellites will be able to be shot down in PvP
• Cargo Containers will be able to be shot down in PvP (This does not include escape pods)

• Production RM totals shown in red if insufficient quantity
• Sidebar timer for Hidden System reveal
• Hyperlane map update with modes, table moved below map
• Add hyperlane length warning to travel planner
• WS cleanup
• Fix item disarm issue
• Fix BH contract to assign owner at acceptance, not creation
• Fix BH cross-terrain hook
• BH kill squads show as Bounty Hunting Squad instead of Bandit Squad
• Contextual menu for party and squad actions
• New LISP to claim achievement credit, transfer hyperlane datasets
• Add alphabetical sorting to datacard pages
• Rules page cleanup for Missions and Quests

There will be approximately 2 hours of downtime on Year 22 D100 starting at CGT 18:00.
During this time all features of the game and the website will be completely unavailable.

We will be upgrading the database server software during this time.

Edit: Maintenance complete: Database server upgraded. There will be another short unplanned outage in the future after everything is confirmed stable for us to restart the server one more time.

Bounty Hunters of the Galaxy, rejoice! The fine people responsible for the firmware on your tracking devices have pushed a galaxy-wide firmware update with some...erm, minor modifications. You might have to be more patient with your scans, but you should have a better idea of which direction to travel right off the bat. Rules page has been updated accordingly.

Update: There appears to be some concern about the new tracking mechanics. Some of this is likely due to changes in the rules page, which is meant to stand alone and not explictly compare to the old mechanics. Please take note of the following while using the new feature and providing feedback.

• There is no randomness in the scanning result. The only factors are your skills, the target's skills, and the distance between you on a galactic scale.
• Re-scanning in the same location will always provide the same result.
• The target lock will always provide you with the highest level of detail i.e. system, planet, and surface location.
• If your skills and the target's skills are equal, you will hit the 10%/75% thresholds at the following distances:
  • You will score under 10% from a distance of 94 or greater. You will only receive a bearing to the target. This bearing will always be correct.
  • You will score between 10% and 75% between a distance of 26 and 93. You will receive a bearing and range estimate to the target. They will always be correct.
  • You will score above 75% (solid lock) at a distance of 25 or fewer. You will receive the detailed target location. This will always be correct.
• Regardless of your skill level, you will always have a solid target lock when in the same system as the target.

We appreciate your fervant feedback, especially if it is based on experience trying the feature at least once, and provides constructive and actionable recommendations.

Update 2: After an exhaustive review of player feedback and extensive discussions within the development team, the decision was made to remove the new "Scan Delay" feature and return to the "Cooldown" method. The base XP for contract completion was also increased slightly. Several values that were previously constants have been replaced with properties, allowing ASims to more easily perform minor tuning adjustments in the future. The new tracking methodology (direction-based "radar") will remain. The thresholds have been adjusted slightly to provide better range feedback once the hunter is in terminal guidance. The rules page is updated accordingly.

February saw 17 new descriptions uploaded- a huge thanks to the players who submitted their suggestions, and the DescriptionsTeam who helped them along the way! 

 

Reminder: We are still offering DOUBLE CP's for well-written descriptions of currently undescribed planets or systems. You could earn up to 10,000 CP's per description! Help us fill out the galaxy: no planet left behind!

 

Abhean BD-1 Cutter Brodo Asogi 

Chakram  DL-56 Mandalore (planet)

 Moroa Morobe System NZ 9118   

Othone Pernicar R3 Astromech 

 Sinite Sword T-21 Blaster 

 Vorsia Yelsain

Year 22 Day 164, 20:17 Noctis banned player Irdo Vag providing the following reason: Multi Ban

Year 22 Day 164, 20:17 Noctis banned player Raa`hse Nahk providing the following reason: Multi Ban

Accounts under control of a single player.  Previously banned player created new account.

Permanent ban.

 

Edit: Ban overturned due to clarifying information.  Noctis is newb

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Year 22 Day 128, 16:43

Baugrems banned player Za Zarzuela Zohan providing the following reason: Multi Ban

3

Year 22 Day 128, 16:43

Baugrems banned player Pierce Woodburn providing the following reason: Multi Ban

 

As a second multi offense with admited asset laundering and further attempts at asset laundering, there is... very little to be said beyond a permanent ban here. We are happy that the game is enjoyed but follow the rules like everyone else. The Porgicorn still has a hammer!

1 Year 22 Day 112, 12:46 Falcon banned player Dawn Skye providing the following reason: Multi Ban, Asset Laundering

2 Year 22 Day 112, 12:46 Falcon banned player Murdoch Un providing the following reason: Multi Ban, Asset Laundering

3 Year 22 Day 112, 12:46 Falcon banned player Akeno Rei providing the following reason: Multi Ban, Asset Laundering

4 Year 22 Day 112, 12:46 Falcon banned player Atsuko Alucard providing the following reason: Multi Ban, Asset Laundering

5 Year 22 Day 112, 12:46 Falcon banned player Riana Rei providing the following reason: Multi Ban, Asset Laundering

6 Year 22 Day 112, 12:46 Falcon banned player Raziel Rei providing the following reason: Multi Ban, Asset Laundering

Players have been banned for 6 months and assets have been confiscated. The oldest account can request an unban in 6 months by opening a support ticket.

 

EDIT: Ban has been upgraded to permanent for continued attempts to bypass the initial ban

 

EDIT 2: Year 22 Day 125, 3:31 Falcon banned player Ravel Rei providing the following reason: Multi Ban

Falcon banned player Aurra Sevanna providing the following reason: Multi Ban

Added Ravel Rei and Aurra Sevanna to the list.

1 Y22D92 13:19 Falcon banned player Haydanus Mortis providing the following reason: Multi Ban

2 Y22D92 13:19 Falcon banned player Gorhorn Grognar providing the following reason: Multi Ban

 

Player created a new account to bypass dropping and recreating. The original account can request an unban in 2 months, after which they are free to drop and recreate if they wish.

Y22D81 18:08

Falcon banned player Lunna Vetraa providing the following reason: Multi Ban - Ban Evasion

Character was banned in Y18 for multi abuse and decided it was time to make their own account again. 

The original account holder can open a support ticket in 2 months to request an unban.

Hello members of the galaxy (and Loki),

It has come to our attention that on Febuary 2, the largest data breach to date occurred which released 3.2 billion unique username/email and password records. For anyone interested, it is being referred to as "COMB - Compilation Of Many Breaches" and you can read about it online. Therefore, we suggest that all players should take the following actions now and over the course of the next few weeks:

• Use a service like haveibeenpwned.com to check if your details are in any data breaches.
• Change/update your password and use a password manager to generate random password (such as KeePass or 1Password or use your browsers inbuilt password manager).
• Check your events for anything that looks out of place or that you did not do
• Check your account activity for any suspicious logins.
• Keep an eye on your events over the next couple weeks to ensure that nobody has gained access to your account
• Submit a Support Ticket if you notice anything out of place with your account.

It should go without saying, but the SWC Administration does not tolerate hacking of accounts by any means, and any player(s) found to be doing so will meet my fist and be permanently banned. 

EDIT: This was not a SWC-specific breach, this was a worldwide data breach and a reminder to follow good account practises. None of your data was leaked from SWC servers.

Deathmatch has been advanced, and Grudge Matches have been cycled through. Don't forget to submit your ideas for future grudge matches!

 

It seems as though the 385 of you that voted for the Interdictor DC as your favorite bounty drop are enjoying them, and that the majority of people think you should be able to get CPs at the start of the day. Interesting, I'm sure we'll find a way to nerf this in the future.

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Year 22 Day 51, 2:34

Baugrems has changed a players handle: Malik Atar to Nodin Seneca.

 

Pretty much explains itself. Update your Christmas Card lists.

Year 22 Day 39, 17:11 Noctis banned player Gladias Masha providing the following reason: Multi Ban - Continuing to attempt to create new accounts.

 

Player can submit a support ticket for Evan in 6 weeks requesting an unban.

1 Year 21 Day 336, 15:31 Noctis banned player Draco Venom providing the following reason: Multi Ban - Failing to register, accounts coming under control of a single player.

2 Year 21 Day 336, 15:31 Noctis banned player Zaxcen Scales providing the following reason: Multi Ban - Failing to register, accounts coming under control of a single player.

Oldest account can request an unban after 6 weeks by submitting a help ticket.

Or by constantly messaging Baugrems.

Year 21 Day 293, 6:26 Noctis banned player Xinnu Thax providing the following reason: Multi Ban - Dav Koor, Kam Spider, Dak Kahn remake.

 

Permanent ban is still permanent.

 

 

 

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Year 21 Day 284, 16:34

Bane Senatu has been revived by Baugrems.

 

The dead live again! Due to some poor form cheating the death has been reversed. If you notice some assets missing from your inventory it is because all were returned to him. If there was a sale involved, let me know, but I think I saw all of them.

 

RELATED BAN:

 

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Year 21 Day 279, 20:33

Baugrems banned player Ahmus Wright providing the following reason: Spying/Multi

 260

Year 21 Day 279, 20:33

Baugrems banned player Cheko Uketakth providing the following reason: Spying/Multi

 

Don't expect these guys to be back.

 

 

UNRELATED BAN!

 

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Year 21 Day 281, 22:50

Baugrems banned player Bret Checkway providing the following reason: Spying - Trying to sell info from old character on a new character. 2 week ban.

 

Kind of explains itself. Short warning ban.

 

 

In an attempt to keep things streamlined and fresh, we are going to open the Art Queue team to some applicants. We are only looking for a few at this time, but this will likely become a regular thing about once or twice a year depending on the activity of the members of the team. Keep in mind we are looking for people who have experienced the art customization system in SWC and want to be part of helping it operate smoothly. Having experience in creating art that passes the art queue is a major plus. Actively using discord is a must. Applications will run for about one(1) week. Thank you.

All potential candidates please message me on discord: Galia Winters#0576
 

Welcome to another Datacard Showdown update! As of this post, all groups should have received an in-game message from me explaining their eligibility. If you did NOT receive one and feel your group should have received one, let me know.It may have gone to a different member of your group if you have multiple factions so keep that in mind as well.

 

A few changes since the first post have been made as well to make things easier on those involved, and to make it more fun. There will now be 6 winners instead of 4. Each datacard can be chosen TWICE overall instead of once. 1st and 2nd place will get to pick again from what is left after 6th place chooses its datacard. The events themselves will also be spread out more so I expect it to take the entire week instead of just the weekend, but you won't need to be active the entire time. Each phase will be broken into a tournament bracket randomly generated for fairness. We will determine best times between each group and move it along as quickly as possible.

 

Teaming up will likely not be possible. Even so, we will watch for shady behavior. Your group should act in its own interest and for its own datacards or they may be disqualified.

 

Space Combat Phase:

The 4 champions from each team will be split into different types of ships to form a small fleet. Two fleets will engage with the winner moving on in the tournament bracket. Expect Corvettes, gunships, bombers, and fighters.

Ground Combat Phase:

The 4 champions will be given squads that specialize in different things. Expect melee, sniping, and everything in-between. Tournament style as well. 2 teams face off.

Mystery Phase:

Expect anything from R&D skills to Perception to Combat to Space Combat to Infantry Command... expect anything and nothing! You'll need to be creative and quick-witted. There is no other way to prep for this one.

Champions Circle:

The top 6 teams will battle it out here. Ground, Space, and Room combat are involved.

 

Prizes:

UT-60D U-wing Support Craft - Permanent Datacard

Goji-DF Turtle Tanker - Permanent Datacard

MC-30b Corvette - Permanent Datacard

Kandosii-type Dreadnaught - Permanent Datacard (stats and art pending)

Winners will be the teams with the most overall points. The prize pool will be selected from in descending order for their faction. 6 winners overall. Each DC can be chosen twice total. Draft order is -  1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 1st, 2nd.

Every team member who competes, even if their team does not win, will get to choose a Physical DC of one of the new ships, making a full squadron (12 slots).

 

edit: some of the DMs didn't go through. I'm working on it now. Will edit again when they're all fully sent.

Edit: All sent!

It is once again time for a new asim or two to step up! As always, the rotation of staff every 6 months gives people a chance to take a break, either from IC or from staff. This set will be from June to December.

Here are the rules:

• Newly hired asims are not required to irrevocably drop their character. Instead, their characters are suspended for the duration of being an asim.     
• Asims have no IC activity related to their character while working for the administration.     
• Asims will have a defined period of service of six months after which a new group of asims will be hired. There is no limit on the number of terms if reselected.     
• Applications will be in December and June, with terms serving between January and July.     
• Compensation in the form of Combine Points will be provided for asims who remain active and effective throughout their service period.     
• Asims are required to use Discord and must be active in staff channels as that is how the majority of decisions are made.     
• Asims duties center around helping players affected by bugs, handling support tickets, and dealing with rules violations. There will be opportunities for asims to assist in designing RP opportunities for SWC at large, along with participating in discussion on game features before they are announced or implemented.

Applications should be submitted via Darkness Message to Arjuna, Baugrems, and Kyle. Please answer the following questions in your application.

SWC-specific questions:

• What is your Combine handle?     
• How long have you played SWC?     
• What have you done IC so far (including previous characters)? What are you working on currently, and what is your position with your faction?     
• Why do you want to become an asim?     
• Are you involved in any other online games or RPGs of a similar nature? If so please describe your position and responsibilities     
• Please provide three references of SWC members who are not on the administration team that have been in the game for at least two years.

Real-life questions:

• Where do you live?     
• How old are you?     
• What is your occupation?     
• How much time would you like to volunteer per week on improving SWC?     
• Have you performed administrative duties in the past or organized groups/events?     
• Would you rather fight 100 Porg-sized Rancors, or 1 Rancor-sized Porg? Why?

 

Applications will be open until May 31st with new asims starting their term sometime between June 5th and 15th.

Some of you may have noticed the addition of the U-Wing and the Goji Turtle Tanker on the rules. These have been created for an upcoming event where you can earn these datacards for your faction. A series of events involving space combat, ground combat, room combat, and some events using other skills will be used to determine which faction can earn these datacards. There are more ships waiting on artwork to finish that will be included as well. R&D may be on the horizon but that's no excuse not to be able to earn some tech. Our largest request by groups is that they are worthy of tech like the groups 22 years ago were, but have no chance to show it. So... prove it!

 

To be eligible for the event, your group (umbrella of factions) cannot contain any unique DCs. As of this news post, information has been saved. New groups and old groups who dissolve will not be eligible. Each group leader will select 4 champions from the faction to represent them. If your group does not have 4 people right now, you are not eligible. Hiring sitters now will not count or help you in any way. Hiring others to fight for your faction also will not work. Having an umbrella of 4 factions with enough overall will count. There is no application process. We will approach you to ask who your people are over the next two months. We ALREADY have the data and any changes you make will not count. Eligibility is determined by the admins and we will do our best not to miss anyone. Another sim news will go out once everyone has been contacted. If by then you feel left out, message us, not now.

 

Teams will earn points in each event which will be tallied to pick a top 4. These 4 top teams will get to each choose one of the available datacards. 1st place gets 1st pick, and so forth.

 

Each team member who participates, even if their team does not win, will also get a reward.

 

Starting on Saturday June 26th at 2pm EST, we will be hosting this showdown. It should last for the weekend but might go longer depending on how things go. 

 

Questions should be held until more announcements come as details of the event will be released before you have to choose your champions. Pressing issues in the meantime should be sent here.

 

For now, May the 4th be with you!

 

Some of you may remember the old warsim games that used to be popular a few years back. We have taken that concept of sorts and added a way to play it in swc itself.

 

This warsim can be accessed from any security station. These are Golan I/II, Ataturk, and Platform XQ-1. There is no cost besides a bit of your time. Ships available only include fighters at this time, but some are restricted that you may never fly otherwise.

 

Every 2 weeks a new season begins. The winner (person with most points that "season") will be announced and given a reward.

 

As with any new release, there may be unknown issues so please watch for them and report them.

 

Edit: After a brief pause, warsim has begun once more with a new round. This week is Corvettes and next week will go back to fighters. NPCs can be found in the same places! Command rooms is a good place to check, even Petabys has access to the warsim now.

Edit2: Corvette round has ended! Zayth Kadrim has come out on top with a commanding lead. A new week of warsim is now open using fighters from the Clone Wars era, including a brand new Vulture-class Droid Starfighter!

Welcome to the final round of Deathmatch! Who will win? Fake Squirtle or Wish.com Chewbacca? Vote today and decide!

 

Now, let's see about these Grudge Matches... It appears that:

• Baugrems is contractually obligated to make over Petabys to Lilith(Sorry Baugrems, the people have spoken)
• Galia would win in a chick fight
• Our next Darkness event is going to be a Yuuzhan Vong Style Invasion from the Unknown Regions***
• And finally, you all accept that there is no cutest race(then again, birds weren't on there, so was it really a fair fight?

As for the next round of matches, we've got some spicy ones(pun intended):

• Please vote that the Curry Kushiban is the best stewed species, and not the Fried Fosh. I don't want to have to rain judgement down upon you all so early into my tenure.
• We're also going to find out which blue race is best. I heard a rumour that if they were green, that they would die. Someone please confirm?
• Next, we get to see that Sevk will never own any kind of Star Destroyer. I only put this one up because I thought it would be funny. Judge accordingly.
• Lastly, take the time to express which bounty tracking system was better, so that we can file it in the shredder and completelt ignore your votes.(edit: Tomas, I'm leaving this one in)

I'd like to thank everyone for submitting their grudge match ideas. There were, once again, an abundance of submissions, and I couldn't approve them all this round. I've saved a few for future rounds, so don't be discouraged, if you don't see yours. Apologies that this is a few weeks late, Noctis is making me say that it won't happen again(please send help, I have a family).

***All opinions expressed by Grudge Matches are solely opinions and do not reflect the opinions of the Star Wars Combine(herein "SWC") Administration. The Grudge Match opinions are based upon information they consider reliable, but neither SWC nor its administration, nor the entities with which such participants are affiliated, warrant its completeness or accuracy, and it should not be relied upon as such.
P.S. Props to the madman who voted before the Sim News came out. You're the real hero here.

 

EDIT: I REMOVED THE EXCESS BULLET POINTS, ARE YOU PEOPLE HAPPY?

The market on Petabys station has received a boost today, and it has reset to a new set of wares.

 

Instead of selling single fighters, it now sells full squadrons.

Corvettes can now be bought as well.

These share the same 5 day cooldown. You can buy once every 5 days, either a squadron or a corvette, and the wares change every 3 weeks.

Be careful though, your goods can be shot down once they're bought so get outside quick to dock or hyper away!

Enjoy!

Greetings and salutations! We've advanced the next round of deathmatch as well as put up some more grudge matches for you all. It was a close competition wirh Dunta vs Dijaca, with both votes being tied. It seems the Deathmatch gods favor Dijaca more than they do Dunta. My condolences.

In other news, we welcome Indiana Jones as our new Star Wars overlord and will be nerfing the popular playstyle associated with Snipers.

This week, we saw a plethora of new grudge matches submitted, so thank you all for that. We had to decline a few due to broken images, but keep them coming! We've also saved a few for future rounds, so if you don't see yours this time around, check back next time. We look forward to letting the playerbase choose the next darkness event.

As always, have fun with this session's deathmatch/grudge matches and keep the grudge match ideas coming!

Alright Laddies and Ladies, Deathmatch has been advanced! There were some pretty close votes right out of the gate, so I'm curious to see how this tournament ends.

I've also put some new grudge matches up for you:

• First up is a completely and totally accurate list of characters from the Star Wars series, and we want to know your favorite! (Maybe for another hidden race??)
• Second is your favorite ground battle tactic... sans pictures. I guess we don't believe in them anymore.

If you're mad that those are your only options, well then shame on you because you didnt submit any grudge match ideas(unless you're the one person who submitted both of the above)! 

And of course, we can't forget last round's results!

• It seems as though none of you actually know how to get The Force. Ask Virak Kira, maybe he knows?
• In true fashion, JOE is the most popular of the Jawa variants, which JOU(who?) coming in last place
• Lastly, it would appear as though no concensus could be reached on the helmet issue, wait what's this? HR is telling me I need to read this card that says you all want helmets. Why would I talk about such lies? Oh well... maybe you all can be more decisive this round.

Alright peeps, that's all for this week's deathmatch and grudge match updates. We'll see you next time(with more grudge match ideas hopefully?)

Congrats to Spree Razzix for winning the final round of Deathmatch! We hope you have a newfound sense of pride and accomplishment. As such, A new round has started. Vote to your heart's content!

And now a moment to look at the grudge matches ending this week:
 

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• 369 of you think Bounty Hunting needs to include Space Combat. We applaud your enthusiasm and instead point you towards Klug. I'm told if you're able to dock his ship, you win a prize? Someone please confirm.
• 363 of you apparently hate all false sith lords, though I think Arthur is the most handsome of the three listed(Call me?)
• The last grudge match seemed awfully divided. While I can appreciate the humor behind aborting hyper into a star(seriously, though... the chances of that are so slim it wouldn't ACTUALLY happen to anyone right...?), most of you would either sacrifice yourself for the greater good of the galaxy or go out in an epic lightsaber duel(how original).

 

This week, we have some spicy grudge matches for you! Thanks to everyone who submitted a grudge match! There were so many submissions, we couldn't list them all. Look for them in the coming weeks, and continue to submit your grudge match ideas if you have them!

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• We look forward to seeing how to implement Force Sensitivity, so long as your name isn't Virak.
• Vote on your favorite JOx variant!
• And of course, this rotation's grudge matches wouldn't be complete without asking your opinion on the helmet rule(I think I got about 10 variants of this grudge match)

 

As always, have fun with this week's deathmatch and grudge matches!

Hey look another sim news!

Petabys Station is open now for business. You may have noticed like 5 sim posts ago, so yesterday, that a new system was found that enabled space pvp. Now the station that gives name to the zone is open! Come see the blackmarket and potential questing opportunities if you dare to risk it.

 

Edit: Here is a link to the system with the station. Note that we have good hyperlanes to it for you to use as well.

A new feature has been added that allows admins to create space combat zones. This follows the same rules as bandit combat, except you cannot board disabled player ships. Rules can be found here. Note that it includes a stipulation about not arresting or attempting to kill/capture people while using this area.

 This is the first area for space combat. It is a 5x5 zone (25 systems) that allows space combat per the rules I linked above. There are also hyperlanes between Derra, Petabys, and Serroco now. Good luck!