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This article contains changelog information for the [[Early Access]] period of [[The Last Starship]], which followed the closed [[playtest]].

== Alpha 17 ==

{{Infobox release

| name = Alpha 17

| release_news = https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1857080/view/524893265913240950

| release_date = 10 October 2025

| video = 6sLMoYcOQq4

| github_milestone = [https://github.com/Introversion-Software/LastStarshipIssues/milestone/14 Milestone 14]

}}

Survival Mode can now be completed — or continued forever — alongside late-stage Stargate Project phases, improved automation tools, and a huge number of fixes and improvements.

'''Survival Mode – Completion Event'''

It is now (finally!) possible to complete Survival Mode, by taking your fleet through the Stargate in Sector 12.

If you wish to continue surviving forever in a kind of hellish endless mode, you are free to travel past the Stargate and on to Sector 13 onward.

* Sector 12 now has an escape route, through the Stargate

* Your ships and crew must survive the long journey in intergalactic hyperspace

* Ship maximum occupancy limits enforced in Trade Screen, based on interior size

* NPC Ship density increases up to sector 12, then drops back to normal

* You can now 'sack' civilians to get them off your ship, from the Trade Window

: Trade window improved with respect to sacking crew, and taking on civilians

* Credits & end sequence now shows during the final jump

* Your final score for Survival Mode is shown at the end

'''Stargate Project'''

* Stargate phases 8 and 9 are now available for research and production

* One new product – "Charged Crystals" – must be produced in a new '''Laser Infuser'''

* Laser Infusers release radiation into the cabin, poisoning any crew not wearing spacesuits

* Radiation can be blocked using the new '''Radiation Blocker''' wall segments

* '''Brave New Sector''' – a new three-part storyline covering the later stages of the Stargate Project

* Added a button in the sector map to switch between the Stargate sector and the Undiscovered sector

'''Industry / Automation Improvements'''

* A new '''Recipes window''' shows the required ingredients to manufacture any part

* Asteroids that are fully mined out will now list their internal mineral composition, making it easier to know which asteroids to crack open with Cannon fire

* New research: '''Mining Laser Precision II''' – triples the minerals released from each mining laser hit

* Assembly tables use pipe inputs for recipes where they previously required containers

* New type of track: '''Splitter''' – splits input items evenly between its output tracks (as best as it can)

* New research: '''Advanced Tracks''' – adds ability to convert tracks into splitters (and vice versa)

* Tracks are now more fair when merging

* Loaders can now have their resource type set manually (default behaviour "auto")

* Improved equipment panel for all Factory equipment, making it clearer which items are loaded and which are still needed

'''Sector Scanning'''

You can now scan a sector to reveal new locations.

Scanning can be done by any ship with a Hyperspace Sensor, and reveals any nearby anomalies.

Those anomalies must then be surveyed by a ship with at least one Super Computer.

* Sector scans reveal lost derelict ships, where pilots can find a '''Research Credit'''.

: These new items unlock late-game research projects that further increase ship efficiency.

: These projects can be repeated endlessly; each one requires a Research Credit to begin.

* In Industry Mode, sector scans must be done in the Undiscovered Sector (after Stargate Phase 5).

: Scans in Industry Mode reveal:

** Gas Nebulas

** Storms with huge gas clouds

** Asteroid Belts

* Storms are incredibly dangerous, but can be mitigated with new '''Lightning Rod''' equipment

'''Ship Editor'''

* '''Equipment Planning Mode''' – rapidly design ships and place equipment, even if you don’t have it in stock

: Auto-buy any equipment placed this way as soon as it becomes available

: Enables easy queueing for installation and purchasing of required parts

* New '''Oval brush shape'''

* The Alt Tool key (previously the Eyedropper key) can make the Box Tool into a square or the Oval Tool into a circle

* Export ships and palettes to the Steam Cloud

* You can now paint the interior floors of your ship

* You can also paint the walls of your ship

'''Translation Work'''

* New translations:

** Chinese (Traditional)

** Chinese (Simplified)

** Korean

** Japanese

* A translation editing tool can now be accessed while Translator Assist is enabled, allowing in-game translation fixes

'''Small Changes'''

* All crew now have surnames and a basic rank, shown in their tooltip

: Crew are '''Ens''', Weapons Officers are '''Lt''', Science Officers are '''Dr'''

* You can no longer place furniture outside the ship on scaffold or in walls

* Equipment is no longer deleted just for being outside the gridmap

: (If the ports are outside it will still get deleted, but you can’t place them that way anymore)

* Modified Powergrid window – more consistent layout with other windows

* Removed "Tweet My Starship" feature (wasn’t used)

* Lowered trade value of Precious Ore and Precious Metals (new money sources exist)

* Sector Map now shows all your ships as small green triangles and displays names when highlighted

* Uploading ships to the Steam Workshop now uploads screenshots of the ship’s exterior, interior, and schematic

'''Bug Fixes'''

* Reworded stable isotopes collection dialogue in DSI Part 2

* Fix Translator Assist not working for communicator messages

* Fix fortress systems sometimes spawning on top of existing systems

* Fix assembly table phantom sprites still showing when item is fabricated

* Fix assembly table showing a phantom of itself when stopped with an item in output slot

* Fix DSI 2 Gas Collector sometimes spawning in Wolf systems

* Fixed bug in Survival Mode that could cause the Jumpgate to be blocked even without activation mission

* Fix auto-trades triggering in systems with no colony or shipyard

* Fix drones returning home to a layer in another system

* Fix user ships being used as shipyards and stations

* Fix drones stuck outside ship when drone bay dismantles mid-operation

* Fix tactical mode selection persisting when switching layers

* {{Issue|517|pre=Issue}}: Shuttle docks at different distances depending on docking port orientation

* {{Issue|520|pre=Issue}}: Jumpgate damaged but unrepairable – no external tiles available

* {{Issue|525|pre=Issue}}: Text too long on mission goal

* {{Issue|532|pre=Issue}}: Drone Bay deleted when saving/loading

* {{Issue|533|pre=Issue}}: CMDR Harken used as a mission destination

* {{Issue|536|pre=Issue}}: Crash on launch related to bad .ship file

* {{Issue|514|pre=Issue}}, {{Issue|539|pre=Issue}}: Storage crates ending unrelated jobs when changing options

* {{Issue|540|pre=Issue}}: File extensions removed twice on ship files

* {{Issue|541|pre=Issue}}: Shuttle gets stuck if civilians were moved before handing in passenger mission

* {{Issue|542|pre=Issue}}: Assembly Tables to have pipe input (thanks TomYeltz for suggested fix)

* {{Issue|543|pre=Issue}}: Sector Map shows jump transits from both sectors

* {{Issue|544|pre=Issue}}: Weppos have circles under their feet after being ejected into space

== Alpha 16 ==

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 This article contains changelog information for the [[Early Access]] period of [[The Last Starship]], which followed the closed [[playtest]].
+== Alpha 17 ==
+{{Infobox release
+| name = Alpha 17
+| release_news = https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1857080/view/524893265913240950
+| release_date = 10 October 2025
+| video = 6sLMoYcOQq4
+| github_milestone = [https://github.com/Introversion-Software/LastStarshipIssues/milestone/14 Milestone 14]
+}}
+Survival Mode can now be completed — or continued forever — alongside late-stage Stargate Project phases, improved automation tools, and a huge number of fixes and improvements.
+'''<u>Survival Mode – Completion Event</u>'''
+It is now (finally!) possible to complete Survival Mode, by taking your fleet through the Stargate in Sector 12.
+If you wish to continue surviving forever in a kind of hellish endless mode, you are free to travel past the Stargate and on to Sector 13 onward.
+* Sector 12 now has an escape route, through the Stargate
+* Your ships and crew must survive the long journey in intergalactic hyperspace
+* Ship maximum occupancy limits enforced in Trade Screen, based on interior size
+* NPC Ship density increases up to sector 12, then drops back to normal
+* You can now 'sack' civilians to get them off your ship, from the Trade Window
+: Trade window improved with respect to sacking crew, and taking on civilians
+* Credits & end sequence now shows during the final jump
+* Your final score for Survival Mode is shown at the end
+'''<u>Stargate Project</u>'''
+* Stargate phases 8 and 9 are now available for research and production
+* One new product – "Charged Crystals" – must be produced in a new '''Laser Infuser'''
+* Laser Infusers release radiation into the cabin, poisoning any crew not wearing spacesuits
+* Radiation can be blocked using the new '''Radiation Blocker''' wall segments
+* '''Brave New Sector''' – a new three-part storyline covering the later stages of the Stargate Project
+* Added a button in the sector map to switch between the Stargate sector and the Undiscovered sector
+'''<u>Industry / Automation Improvements</u>'''
+* A new '''Recipes window''' shows the required ingredients to manufacture any part
+* Asteroids that are fully mined out will now list their internal mineral composition, making it easier to know which asteroids to crack open with Cannon fire
+* New research: '''Mining Laser Precision II''' – triples the minerals released from each mining laser hit
+* Assembly tables use pipe inputs for recipes where they previously required containers
+* New type of track: '''Splitter''' – splits input items evenly between its output tracks (as best as it can)
+* New research: '''Advanced Tracks''' – adds ability to convert tracks into splitters (and vice versa)
+* Tracks are now more fair when merging
+* Loaders can now have their resource type set manually (default behaviour "auto")
+* Improved equipment panel for all Factory equipment, making it clearer which items are loaded and which are still needed
+'''<u>Sector Scanning</u>'''
+You can now scan a sector to reveal new locations.
+Scanning can be done by any ship with a Hyperspace Sensor, and reveals any nearby anomalies.
+Those anomalies must then be surveyed by a ship with at least one Super Computer.
+* Sector scans reveal lost derelict ships, where pilots can find a '''Research Credit'''.
+: These new items unlock late-game research projects that further increase ship efficiency.
+: These projects can be repeated endlessly; each one requires a Research Credit to begin.
+* In Industry Mode, sector scans must be done in the Undiscovered Sector (after Stargate Phase 5).
+: Scans in Industry Mode reveal:
+** Gas Nebulas
+** Storms with huge gas clouds
+** Asteroid Belts
+* Storms are incredibly dangerous, but can be mitigated with new '''Lightning Rod''' equipment
+'''<u>Ship Editor</u>'''
+* '''Equipment Planning Mode''' – rapidly design ships and place equipment, even if you don’t have it in stock
+: Auto-buy any equipment placed this way as soon as it becomes available
+: Enables easy queueing for installation and purchasing of required parts
+* New '''Oval brush shape'''
+* The Alt Tool key (previously the Eyedropper key) can make the Box Tool into a square or the Oval Tool into a circle
+* Export ships and palettes to the Steam Cloud
+* You can now paint the interior floors of your ship
+* You can also paint the walls of your ship
+'''<u>Translation Work</u>'''
+* New translations:
+** Chinese (Traditional)
+** Chinese (Simplified)
+** Korean
+** Japanese
+* A translation editing tool can now be accessed while Translator Assist is enabled, allowing in-game translation fixes
+'''<u>Small Changes</u>'''
+* All crew now have surnames and a basic rank, shown in their tooltip
+: Crew are '''Ens''', Weapons Officers are '''Lt''', Science Officers are '''Dr'''
+* You can no longer place furniture outside the ship on scaffold or in walls
+* Equipment is no longer deleted just for being outside the gridmap
+: (If the ports are outside it will still get deleted, but you can’t place them that way anymore)
+* Modified Powergrid window – more consistent layout with other windows
+* Removed "Tweet My Starship" feature (wasn’t used)
+* Lowered trade value of Precious Ore and Precious Metals (new money sources exist)
+* Sector Map now shows all your ships as small green triangles and displays names when highlighted
+* Uploading ships to the Steam Workshop now uploads screenshots of the ship’s exterior, interior, and schematic
+'''<u>Bug Fixes</u>'''
+* Reworded stable isotopes collection dialogue in DSI Part 2
+* Fix Translator Assist not working for communicator messages
+* Fix fortress systems sometimes spawning on top of existing systems
+* Fix assembly table phantom sprites still showing when item is fabricated
+* Fix assembly table showing a phantom of itself when stopped with an item in output slot
+* Fix DSI 2 Gas Collector sometimes spawning in Wolf systems
+* Fixed bug in Survival Mode that could cause the Jumpgate to be blocked even without activation mission
+* Fix auto-trades triggering in systems with no colony or shipyard
+* Fix drones returning home to a layer in another system
+* Fix user ships being used as shipyards and stations
+* Fix drones stuck outside ship when drone bay dismantles mid-operation
+* Fix tactical mode selection persisting when switching layers
+* {{Issue|517|pre=Issue}}: Shuttle docks at different distances depending on docking port orientation
+* {{Issue|520|pre=Issue}}: Jumpgate damaged but unrepairable – no external tiles available
+* {{Issue|525|pre=Issue}}: Text too long on mission goal
+* {{Issue|532|pre=Issue}}: Drone Bay deleted when saving/loading
+* {{Issue|533|pre=Issue}}: CMDR Harken used as a mission destination
+* {{Issue|536|pre=Issue}}: Crash on launch related to bad .ship file
+* {{Issue|514|pre=Issue}}, {{Issue|539|pre=Issue}}: Storage crates ending unrelated jobs when changing options
+* {{Issue|540|pre=Issue}}: File extensions removed twice on ship files
+* {{Issue|541|pre=Issue}}: Shuttle gets stuck if civilians were moved before handing in passenger mission
+* {{Issue|542|pre=Issue}}: Assembly Tables to have pipe input (thanks TomYeltz for suggested fix)
+* {{Issue|543|pre=Issue}}: Sector Map shows jump transits from both sectors
+* {{Issue|544|pre=Issue}}: Weppos have circles under their feet after being ejected into space
 == Alpha 16 ==