Star Control: January 2018 report

I actually liked the old "cartoony look", but was clearly in a large minority there.  I like this new "more real" look, too, and if it means more people like the look then it is a better look.

I'll add that, I keep seeing that text, "if it is an alien you are ordered not to die", which really doesn't read very well.  It's sounds like kids playing with little green army men.  You could use the classic military joke "you do not have permission to die".  Or maybe just re-word it to something more realistic sounding like maybe "If you encounter resistance, return to base immediately."

Gorgeous frogboy! Love everything here!!

Now I'm intrigued what will happen when you go into orbit of Earth...

Comment on the first pic - depth perception is thrown on the moon slightly because it sits on top of the orbit ring of the station.

It's not sitting on top of it, the orbit ring is just too faint against the Moon's albedo.

Maybe this is a good time to suggest the colored ring setup like SC:UQM has?
Green for habitable, blue for cold, red for hot, and a spectrum in between those colors for mixed variances.

Or find a color that doesn't clash objects in orbit.

Also, the purple is starting to really wear out its welcome.

I too, would like to see a bit more dark black when you're in a solar system, at least. There appears to be a sort of purple haze over everything in those screenshots. Dark black, with some striking nebulae. 

I'm having a little trouble accessing the closed beta for the fleet battles on steam. once I enter the code no option becomes available from any drop-down menu. Please advise.

Edit: Never mind. I had to have steam check the integrity of the game files to update. If anyone else sees this issue, this may be the problem

#MakeOrbitPathsGreatAgain. Seriously though, the coloured rings were extremely useful for knowing which planets were good candidates for life (as we know it).

Just looked back on the recent screenshots of the Earth Starbase and noticed it only looks 75% complete. Does construction continue during the game and the model update accordingly? Would be a nice touch.

I'm getting a 404 on these images now.

Yep, they're gone. Bummer.

I’ll take a look.

Awesome sauce, everything is back up!