Space Tyrant Early Access v0.6540.23422
Allllllrighty then! We were about to push all this out for the Autumn sale, but found a few deal breaking bugs that evaporated our confidence. We've since squashed all of that and even did some finer tuning here and there. What does that even mean - you say? Well, here are some rather elaborate patch notes to quench that tyrannical thirst for gritty details:

NEW FEATURES

Skirmish Games
Do you fear commitment? Then this is the mode for you, tune a game to your desires, then try to crush your enemy in a one-off game. Even better, use all those artifacts you've found in your campaigns while selecting your loadout for the game!

Disaster Events
Don't ever let your guard down, sometimes the universe is just against you and your empire will come under the unfortunate effects of a disaster. Can you prevent them before they trigger, or will you have to deal with the consequences of mega rebellions, saboteurs, or enraged space monsters?

BALANCE CHANGES

Senate

• Senate Militia fleets can't have more than one large ship until higher level.
  
• Senate Militia fleets spawn later in a game.
  
• Senate Actions are limited so you don't get multiple agitators all at the same time.
  
• No neutral Astron fleets around the player homeworld.
  
• Hunter fleets, senate fleets that chase your fleets.
  
• AI adjustments to teching up, will try to smartly choose next tech choice.
  
• AI will try to populate its fleets with teched up ships.
  

Hoplite Clans

• General
  
  
  
  • Hoplite Clans now get an Empire wide -10% research penalty.
    
  
  
• Perks
  
  
  
  • Small Fleet Specialist: Changed from +20%HP to small ships to +30% Evasion to small ships.
    
  • Medium Fleet Specialist: Changed from +15%HP to medium ships to +1 Missile Per Volley to Cruisers and +1 Fighter Per Wave to Carriers.
    
  • Blitzkrieg: Properly gives increased damage now.
    
  
  
• Cards
  
  
  
  • Major additions and changes to Hoplite Deck; completely rebalanced from the ground up.
    
  
  
• Commanders
  
  
  
  • All Overlord Schemes have been adjusted and tuned to fit with Hoplite Clan's themes and strengths.
    
  • Stonehair: Meteor damage power reduced by 20%.
    
  • Redeye: Combat Stim power boosted, now duration-based and no longer kills the ship (usually).
    
  
  
• Ships
  
  
  
  • Hoplite Frigate Tactical Volley power nerfed AGAIN
    
  • Hoplite Cruiser Heal incready by 10%
    
  
  

Bzzerk Union

• Perks
  
  
  
  • Mercenary Army: Changed to be 1 extra Siege if you have 500 or more credits in the bank.
    
  
  

Artifacts

• All Empire starting artifacts have been updated and made unique between Empires.
  
• Added the Jack-o-Helm artifact, while equipped a Jack-o-Planet will be spawned on the map.
  
• Added Soothing Robes artifact, while equipped reduces rebellion chance from oppression by 25%.
  
• Added Commander's Crown artifact, while equipped increases inspiration rate by 10%.
  
• Added Overlord's Crown artifact, while equipped increases inspiration rate by 20%.
  
• Gold Cloak: Can only be rewarded on 3 star or higher missions, up from 2 star.
  
• Prison Breaker: Can only be rewarded on 2 star or higher missions, up from 1 star.
  
• Manifold Cap: Can be rewarded on 1 star or higher missions, down from 2 star.
  
• Shawl of Justice: Increased Unrest reduction to 3 when its over 20.
  
• Vanquisher's Robes: Can only be rewarded on 4 star or higher missions, up from 3 star.
  
• Crown of Sight: Can only be rewarded on 3 star or higher missions, up from 1 star.
  
• Barbed Crown: Can only be rewarded on 2 star or higher missions, up from 1 star.
  
• Regal Vestments: Can only be rewarded on 4 star or higher missions, up from 3 star.
  
• Cloak of the Stars: Can only be rewarded on 2 star or higher missions, down from 3 star.
  
• Siege Breaker: Can only be rewarded on 3 star or higher missions, up from 2 star.
  
• Siege Crusher: Can only be rewarded on 4 star or higher missions, up from 3 star.
  
• Mezzosec: Can only be rewarded on 3 star or higher missions, up from 2 star.
  
• The Aegis: Can only be rewarded on 3 star or higher missions, down from 4 star.
  

FIXES AND POLISH

• Updated a large amount of visual effects for Tactics.
  
• Updated and added a large amount of new sounds to the game.
  
• Added new art for Militia fleets.
  
• Added new UI art for tutorial missions.
  
• Potentially make generation failure for War missions fixed.
  
• Added cleaner Combat speed art.
  
• Added new Scheme art for Hoplite Clans.
  
• Cannon planet targeting can't persist between turns anymore.
  
• Added a new tutorial to be seen on the first Monopolize mission played.
  
• New Starmap Empire boards and Senate ship control display.
  
• Tyranny 102 Tutorial Mission reduced in length.