Citadel Construction Time + Plot Course Avoid Sector
Citadel upgrades take real production days; Plot Course can avoid a sector by ID.
Public Changelog
Changelog
Player-facing notes from the TW 3002 AI galaxy: fixes that affect play, balance changes, feedback we are acting on, and what is coming next.
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Sector Bank 5M + StarDock Intergalactic Bank
Citadel bank credit cap raised to 5M; new StarDock credit vault with a 2.5% weekly safety fee.
Port Crime Escalation and Consequences
Repeated sell-and-steal port crime now faces escalating bust durations, slower heat decay, and a post-bust trade penalty — while low-volume opportunistic theft stays viable.
balancecrimeoutlaw
featureinterface
StarDock Defense Recall
StarDock sectors are now neutral service locations and cannot contain player defenses.
fixfightersminesplanets
Guide Refresh & AI Strategies
Updated player guides now match the live game more closely, with copyable AI strategy prompts for new captains.
guidesonboardingquality-of-life
fixnavigationfighters
Colonist Abandonment AP Correction
Abandoning colonists now costs the documented 1 Action Point and updates the displayed balance immediately.
fixplanetsaction-points
Away Death Avoid-Sector Fix
The offline-death modal can now add the destroyed sector to your avoid list.
fixnavigationdeath
Territory Patrols
Citadel planets can now project, maintain, and recall defensive fighter patrols across neighboring sectors.
featureplanetsfightersterritory
Private QA Accounts
Production QA characters can be excluded from public leaderboard rankings without changing their normal gameplay visibility.
featurefairnessleaderboard
fixmarketcargo
Warp Target Keyboard Focus
Warp To now places your cursor directly in the destination field when opened with W.
fixnavigationquality-of-life
CHOAM Tariff StarDock Clarity
StarDock now clearly shows where CHOAM tariffs are available, and invalid attempts no longer spend Action Points or reveal cloaked ships.
fixstardockalignment
Player-Built Port Treasuries
Player-built ports show their 3% trade fee, collect it in an owner treasury, and record withdrawals and robberies in the Captain's Journal.
featureeconomyports
featurecombatstrategy
Hostile Planet Busters
Siege fortified Q-Cannon chokepoints, then use a Photon Missile to destroy an exhausted hostile planet.
featureplanetscombatstrategy
Proton Torpedo Chokepoint Counterplay
New adjacent-sector torpedoes temporarily suppress Q-cannons and fighter patrols without destroying defender assets.
featurecombatplanetsnavigationstardock
Fighter Bay Mk III Scaling Fix
Fighter Bay Mk III now scales with large ship bays while preserving its existing minimum gain for smaller ships.
fixshipscombatstardock
Probe Avoid-Sector Routing
Probes now respect a player's avoided-sector list when choosing a route to a target.
bugfixnavigationprobesbeta
Melange Theft Loop Fix
Repeatedly stealing and reselling Melange no longer reduces the port's available theft pool by the loop quantity each cycle.
bugfixeconomyport-crimebeta
Player-Built Port Label Fix
Player-built ports now display their actual trade pattern and quality class separately, so the chosen pattern no longer appears reversed or mislabeled.
bugfixportsuibeta
Navigation Rate Limit Relief
Gameplay rate limits are now high enough for normal exploration with scanners and quick trade, and density-scan results are cached per session to cut redundant API calls.
bugfixnavigationrate-limitsscannerbeta
Community Edition Announced
A new /community-edition page introduces TW 3002 AI Community Edition, a licensed self-host package launching soon for operators who want to run their own galaxy on Cloudflare.
featurecommunity-editionself-hostoperatorsbeta
Warp To Route Persistence Fix
Warp To no longer forgets your destination mid-trip after a few manual hops. Active routes now survive modal reopen, encounter resolution, and most off-route detours by recomputing toward the same destination when possible.
bugfixnavigationuibeta
Ship Refit System & Guild Navigator
Upgrade your ship without losing progress. The Guild Navigator — a CHOAM-commissioned endgame vessel with 50,000 fighters and 2,000 shields — is now available for commissioned captains.
featureshipsalignmentendgamestardock
Scanner & Probe Systems
New reconnaissance tools: Threat Scanner (renamed from Density Scanner), Holographic Scanner, and single-use Probes. Plus avoid-a-sector directly from scan results without warping in first.
featurecombatnavigationreconnaissance
Port Crime Fairness Cooldown
Cargo sold into a port now spends time in quarantine before it can re-enter the theft pool, closing a fast sell-back crime loop.
balanceeconomyfairness
Player-Built Ports
Captains can now construct a weak port in an empty non-safe sector, choose its trade pattern, and grow it over time through real trade volume.
featureeconomyportsplanetsbeta
Jettison Cargo
You can now dump unwanted cargo directly from the Cargo Holdings modal for 1 Action Point, even when your planets and sector bank are full.
featurequality-of-lifetradingplanets
Daily Bounty and Login Bonus Rebalance
Daily bounties now pay substantially more credits, and the daily login bonus has been raised so both rewards better match the live economy.
balanceeconomymissions
Alignment Titles and Port Crime Hotfixes
Pilots now show a separate alignment title alongside military rank, and recent port crime fixes clean up melange theft caps and sell-then-steal-back behavior.
factionsuitradingbugfix
Planet Transfer Max Links and Port Pattern Labels
Planet resource transfers now have one-click max links, and port classes now show clear B/S trade patterns like P2 · BSBS across the game client.
uitradingplanetsquality-of-life
Photon Missiles and Owned Planet Destruction
Buy a Photon Missile at StarDock, destroy one of your own planets for 120,000 credits plus 1 AP, and reroll for a better planet class with a fresh Genesis Torpedo.
featureplanetstradingquality-of-life
Warp To Sector Selection UX
Clicking sectors in the Sector Map and Local Scanner now opens Warp To with that destination preselected, the Sector Map is keyboard-accessible, and Local Scanner visited state now persists across sessions.
uinavigationquality-of-life
Port Crime Risk and Heat
Outlaw trade crime now uses real port state, dedicated robbery and theft inputs, diminishing loot pools, and local heat/lockdown consequences.
featuretradingbalancebeta
Galaxy Portal Support Banner
The Galaxy Portal now includes a support banner with direct Stripe and GitHub Sponsors links for players who want to back TW 3002 AI.
featuresupportuibeta
Galaxy 2: The Abyss — Open for Play
A second shared galaxy, The Abyss, is now live with five galaxy-specific ship classes and a dedicated launch roster.
featuregalaxiesshipsbeta
Fighter Fleet Naming Is Now Free
Deployed fighter groups can now be named for free, and you can rename them later from the Deployed Fighters list.
featurefightersuibeta
Ship-Assisted Colonist Relocation
Over-deposited colonists are no longer stuck. Relocate them between planets in the same sector via your ship's colonist hold, or abandon them for an alignment hit. Plus, the sector planet list now shows planet names alongside their class.
featureplanetsuibeta
Warp Death UX Fix
Moving through a route no longer hides ship destruction behind an open modal. If fighters, mines, or Q-cannons destroy you during a warp, the death screen appears immediately and all navigation modals close.
bug-fixuiwarpbeta
Rename Your Planets
Planet owners can now give their colonies custom names through the planet modal. A small quality-of-life win for beta testers building empires across the void.
featureplanetsuibeta
Cloaking Device Chokepoint Counterplay
Cloak charges give pilots a risky way through fortified chokepoints without deleting defender assets.
featurebetacombatnavigation
Raider, Journal & Oceanic Storage Fixes
Hostile Raiders can be engaged directly, historical Q-cannon journal entries no longer claim zero resources, and Oceanic planets can store more fighters.
fixbetacombatplanetscaptain's journalnpc
Hull, Shield, Journal & Routing Hotfix
Fixes post-death hull/shield caps, records Q-cannon destruction details in the Captain's Journal, and restores risk-route fallback for avoided-sector chokepoints.
fixbetacombatplanetscaptain's journalstardocknavigation
Sector Defense Telemetry & Routing Fixes
Q-cannon deaths now explain what hit you, sector defenses can be worn down, avoided sectors are respected more consistently, and sector bank balances display correctly.
fixbetacombatplanetsnavigationeconomy
Combat Event Log & Avoid Sector Navigation
Track attacks on your fighters and planets in the Captain's Journal, and route around sectors you want to avoid.
featurebetacombatfightersnavigationcaptain's journal
Fixed Negative Leaderboard Ship Values
Planet-rich players no longer show negative ship value, and stored net worth now stays in sync with the galaxy.
bugfixleaderboardplanets
Sector Bank
Sector-level shared storage lets players move credits and commodities between their planets without hauling cargo through their ship.
featurebetaplanetseconomy
Unprovoked NPC Attacks
Players can now attack any NPC ship they encounter, opening up piracy and outlaw playstyles.
featurebetacombatalignmentnpcs
Rare Planet Melange Production
Gas (U-class) and Glacial (C-class) planets now produce melange, the rarest commodity in the galaxy.
featurebetaeconomyplanets
Bug Fix: Warp To Now Accepts Sector Names
The Warp To / Plot Course modal now resolves sector names, port names, and the stardock keyword — not just numeric sector IDs.
bugfixbetauinavigation
Away Death Greeting
Players who are destroyed while offline now see a clear death summary when they log back in.
featurebetauxcombat
UI Polish: Ship Class Icons
Player ships in sector now show a Tabler icon matching their ship class, replacing the generic rocket emoji.
polishuibeta
Bug Fix: Route Controls Through Sector 0
The Route Overlay and Plot Course modal now correctly show warp controls when your planned route passes through sector 0 (FedSpace Alpha).
bugfixbetauinavigation
Bug Fix: Citadel Upgrade Caps
Desert and Gas planets can now advance their citadels without hitting hard storage or colonist caps.
bugfixbetaplanetsbalance
Galaxy Portal — New Post-Login Landing Page
A new Galaxy Portal welcomes pilots after login with galaxy summaries, ship status, and a streamlined launch flow. Built to scale for future galaxies.
featureuigalaxybeta
Bug Fixes: Warp Limits, Fighter Recall & Cargo Safety
Three player-reported fixes shipped — warp now respects turns, fighter recall respects Fighter Bay limits, and port buys can no longer overflow your cargo hold.
bugfixbetacombattradingui
Cargo Holdings Modal & Reload Notice
The sector screen now exposes a clickable cargo breakdown, and stale post-deploy chunk failures now prompt you to reload instead of failing silently.
uxcargoquality-of-lifereliability
Planet & Fighter Locator Modals — Quickly Find Your Assets
The sector screen now exposes clickable Planet(s) and deployed fighter counts so you can locate your colonies and fleets without guessing sectors.
planetsfightersuxquality-of-life
Faster Sector Warps — Less Waiting, Fewer Round Trips
Sector-to-sector movement now feels snappier. The client-side warp pause is gone, tactical sector refresh data is bundled into one authenticated snapshot, and non-critical updates no longer block the transition.
performanceuxnavigation
Port Economy Fixes: Supply Regeneration, Buy-Mode Depletion & Planet Ore
Ports now regenerate supply and deplete buy inventories every 15 minutes. Planet fuel ore correctly maps to the ore commodity. Dry-run estimates no longer show false negatives.
bugfixeconomyportsplanetstrading
Interactive PvP Combat — Fight, Flee, Surrender, or Hail
Ship-to-ship PvP is no longer silent. Warp into a sector with another player and you get a combat modal — choose to fight, flee, surrender, or hail. New player protection, threat warnings, and page refresh recovery included.
pvpcombatbeta
Fighter Fleet Naming & Planet-to-Sector Deploy
Name your fighter fleets for $2 (cosmetic only, not pay-to-win) and deploy fighters directly from planets to sectors — no ship cargo step needed.
fightersplanetsmonetizationui
Fighter Bay Upgrades & Planet Fighter Collection
Expand your ship's fighter capacity at StarDock, and finally collect the fighters your planets have been producing. Plus Discord notification improvements for PvP kills.
fightersplanetsupgradespvp
Melange Economy Rebalance: Trading Is Now Profitable
Melange — the rare spice commodity found only in dangerous sectors — was structurally impossible to trade profitably. Directional pricing and stock rebalancing fix this across all spice-trading ports.
bugfixbetaeconomytrade
Bug Fixes: AP Sync, Planet Caps, Routing & Combat
Five player-reported bugs squashed — Action Points now update correctly, planet resource storage is capped, transport respects cargo limits, route overlay advances after encounters, and NPC combat no longer throws server errors.
bugfixbetacombatplanetsui
Beta Patch: Planet Resources, Turn Math, and Death Modal
Fixing missing planet data, turn regeneration display, and silent PvP deaths — plus a new death modal so getting killed isn't a mystery anymore.
bugfixbetapvpui
Hotfix: Q-Cannon Fix, Fighter Economy Reset, Client Repair
Squashing the bugs surfaced by beta play — Q-Cannon configuration, fighter over-production correction, and a stale deployment that broke the client.
bugfixhotfixbetaeconomy
Smooth Play — Route Overlay, Quick Trade, Combat Preview
SectorView becomes the only screen you need: persistent route guidance, one-click port trading, and threat intel on every warp lane.
gameplayquality-of-lifenavigationtrading
Fighter Economy Overhaul — Mea Culpa
Planet fighters no longer auto-credit to ships, production runs daily instead of every 5 minutes, ships have carry limits, and net worth now reflects real asset value.
gameplaybalanceeconomy
Captain's Journal + Warp To + Local Scanner
Navigation tooling expands with persistent sector intel, any-destination warp planning, and a new 2-hop local scanner.
gameplaynavigationquality-of-life
Combat Polish — Enemy Intel, Audit Trail, and Real Weapon Upgrades
You can now see enemy hull and shield stats before combat. Every action is logged for auditing. Weapon upgrades finally affect combat damage.
combatuibackend
04 - Economy Rebalance & UI Polish
Port pricing and inventory recalibrated so cross-port trade actually pays. Scanner now shows all trade pairs with color-coded profit.
economytradeui
03 - Connected-Port Profit Scanner
Open the Auto-Pilot panel and it instantly scans all connected ports for profitable trade routes — ranked by credit return, one click to configure.
tradequality-of-lifeauto-pilot
02 - Player Names & Multi-Ship Support
Set a display name instead of showing your email. Start over without losing your ship history — inactivate old ships and switch between them.
playershipsprofile
01 - Directional Ports — the Economy Gets Real
Ports now specialize: each class buys specific goods and sells others. Trade is about finding complementary port pairs, not flipping at the same dock.
economytradeports
Turn Refreshes, Fair Play, and the Port Economy
Older ships should refresh turns correctly, leaderboard cleanup is underway, and the next economy pass will focus on port balance based on player feedback.
fixesfair-playeconomy
A New Home at tw3002.net — and the Changelog Opens
The game moves to a new domain to comply with trademark concerns, rebrands to TW 3002, and launches a public changelog.
metacommunity
Action Points, Net Worth, and Turn Regeneration
The action budget system gets its launch fixes: turn regeneration works reliably, net worth is computed correctly, and turns now floor at zero.
fixeseconomy
StarDock Repair Service and Market Fairness
StarDocks now repair hull and recharge shields for free. Port trading spreads are rebalanced to close same-port arbitrage while keeping two-port routes profitable.
featureeconomystardock
Auto-Pilot Routes — Let Your Ship Trade While You Sleep
The Auto-Pilot is live. Set a two-port route, preview estimated profits, and let your ship run the loop. Also: the fair play policy now welcomes bounded automation.
featureauto-pilottradeapipolicy
Rate Limits, Email Verification, and Player Guides
The API gets rate limiting and email verification. Daily bounties give captains a reason to log in. Player guides launch on the docs site.
infrastructurecommunityguides
Feature Storm — Mines, Planets, Melange, and Factions
One day, five systems. Limpet and armid mines, Genesis Torpedoes for planet creation, the spice melange, alignment tracking, and NPC fighter encounters go live.
featurecombateconomyfactions
Galaxy Big Bang — TW 3002 Goes Live
The galaxy opens. A 1000-sector shared universe, a web client, a Cloudflare Workers API, and 150 NPC ships running on LLM brains. This is how it started.
launchgenesis