I bought these from St Kats and made my way immediately to the nearest stargate; before I even got there, I received the message they had rotted... I don't recall needing any specific equipment to prevent this. Is the timer screwy, or are you supposed to sell these immediately within the same system?

As noted above, the gladiator achievement is unlocked as soon as you are noted as a gladiator; no need to fight as one. However, the Korolov achievement description is very specific; "Successfully escort at least one Korolov freighter". I have definitely done this successfully at least once (no fail...

There are a couple more achievements that I should have received as well ("Gladiator" and "Freighter Escort"). The latter is also at 0%, which is strange given how relatively easy it should be.

EDIT: Gladiator is only achieved after you complete the three initial free-for-all combats.

What is the actual trigger for the "Stars of the Pilgrim" achievements? I thought they would complete for a respective mode once you left through the final gate. However, that was not the case for me and so far no one has any of these which I find strange.

This doesn't seem to have any impact on the way the AI behaves or even do the damage it is rated for. Am I missing something, or its pointless to use this?

That is apparent once you install it, but the language used and the behaviour compared to all other similar weapons in the game (ammo-fed or otherwise) is inconsistent.

The description says "technology to power these is known only to the Gaians" which seems to be a bit misleading given it only takes 20MW but seems to have limited but irreplaceable ammo.

I have seen the same thing, also with a Himal station. Unsure whether it is an overlapping asteroid as suggested, or a problem with this particular model. It doesn't occur every time.

Any issues with upgrading from v1.9b4 mid-game?

EDIT: Haven't noticed any problems. Logged a few bug reports in Ministry, but I don't think these are related to the old save.

Thanks!

You can see what an auton has equipped, are you able to upgrade it at all? Does it require an auton bay?

Down arrow as default is awkward at first, but handy after getting used to it because all movement can be done with one hand. Well, not if you are using the mouse, which was my point. In a similar vein, being able to loot ships with just the mouse and not having to use enter would be helpful as wel...

Thanks. It seems that I have a user over there, but the password is not the same as the forums? I emailed the support address.

Thanks for the new version. A few comments after an hours playtime. The start of the game is far more structured and informative and I expect will appeal to a wider audience. The QoL improvements are both noticeable and welcome. Some veterans may find some of this a little too much handholding, but ...

I noticed my old saves won't work with the new version. Even v1.8 doesn't work with v1.9b4. Can the game version be added to the save info? This will allow me to easily know which version to use for any particular save file I might have. I am assuming that backward compatibility is not expected. EDI...