2024-05-16 Pirates, Fleet Improvements, Designer Bugs, Corrosion Shield, Thorns — Hazeron Starship Steam update #1129952

Pirates Pirates got some improvements in this update. Pirate marauders will form into fleets. Pirates sometimes escort a pirate freighter that could have any sort of cargo. Pirate scouts will sometimes be encountered. Encounter size has always been determined by the relative mass of the pirate vs the human vessel. Previously the encounter size was limited to three; now it may be as many as five. Up to six if they are escorting a freighter. Pirate scouts play an important role in the creation of pirate bases. Previously, the first pirate ship encountered triggered the creation of a pirate base somewhere in the sector. Now a pirate scout is encountered when there is no base in the sector. It will move somewhere in the solar system and perform a sensor scan. If it completes the scan, a pirate base is created somewhere in the sector. Scouts may also be encountered after a base exists so seei...