What changed

Bug fix

• Dynamic net worth on the leaderboard — The leaderboard now calculates each pilot’s total wealth from live data instead of a stored value that could go stale.
• Ship Value is always non-negative — The displayed “Ship Value” is now credits + cargo + ship fighters, so it can never drop below zero.
• Planet value stays current — Planet fighter value is pulled fresh from each player’s colonies every time the leaderboard loads.
• Stored net worth is now kept in sync — player_ships.net_worth is recalculated whenever planet fighters change:
  • Daily planet production tick
  • Fighter transport between ship and planet
  • Fighter deployment from a planet to a sector
  • Fighter recall from sector to ship
  • Planet claiming
  • Citadel advancement
• Backfill applied — All 91 active ships had their stored net_worth recalculated to match live values.

Why it happened

• player_ships.net_worth was only recalculated on login and on death.
• Planet fighters change constantly through production, combat, and transfers, but those changes didn’t update the stored net worth.
• The leaderboard mixed the stale stored total with a fresh planet value, causing planet-rich players to show a negative ship value.

What this means for play

• Rankings now reflect true wealth, including recent planet growth.
• Players like cary, whose ship value previously appeared deeply negative, now show the correct positive ship value and total net worth.
• Insurance cost, new-player protection, and PvP protected-player checks now use current net_worth values.
• No manual refresh is needed for net worth to stay accurate after planet actions.