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General Changes:
    Faction Attributes:
        Miner He3 capacity and He3 yield have been standardized across the board at 1. Future economic adjustments to specific factions will focus on He3 speed and the cost modifier.
    
    Garrison:
        Small Shields (all levels):
            Recharge rates have been increased to give these greater out-of-combat performance.
            Signature penalty has been restored to .5 [.25]
        
        Medium Shields (all levels):
            Recharge rates have been increased to give these greater out-of-combat performance.
        
        Std Carrier Drone:
            Hull reduced to 2400 [3000]
            Energy recharge reduced to 60 [80]
            Top speed increased to 65 m/s [50]
            All carrier drone build times reduced to 60s [120]
        
        Enh Carrier Drone:
            Hull reduced to 3300 [4000]
            Max energy increased to 2600 [2400]
            Top speed increased to 80 m/s [70]
    

    Supremacy:
        Hvy Booster (all levels):
            Improved slightly.
        
        Minepack 1:
            Mass reduced to 1 [3]    
        
        Minepack 2:
            Mass reduced to 1 [3]
            Radius increased to 100 [75]
        
        Fighter/Bombers:
            Disabled.
    
    Expansion:
        He3 Yield GAs:
            Disabled
    
    Tactical:
        Signature Cloak (all levels):
            The length of time required before maximum signature reduction is achieved has been slightly increased.

        Sniper 2:
            Now requires an advanced tac to be accessible. 
        
        Hunter 3:
            Now requires an advanced tac to be accessible.
        
    
    Shipyard:
        General Changes:
            Nanite modifier (DM10) vs. Heavy/extra heavy hull increased to .6 [.25]
        
        Assault Ships:
            Attack Carriers must now first be researched before these are available.
        
        Gunships:
            Can now rip to smallrip receivers.
        
        Corvettes:
            These have been adjusted and are now proper successors to gunships, capable of being deployed from any base.
        
        PD Vulcans/PDE Lasers:
            Projectile speeds and dispersion have been adjusted for overall increased performance.
        

Faction Changes:
    Bios:
        General Attributes:
            Cost increased to .75 [.5]
                                
    
    Belters:
        General Attributes:
            He3 Yield reduced to 1 [1.25]
            Cost reduced to 1 [1.25]    
    
    Dregkhlar:
        General Attributes:
            He3 Yield reduced to 1 [1.25]
            Cost reduced to 1 [1.2]
            Base costs have been adjusted to compensate.
            Starting money will remain unchanged to provide Dreg with a stronger opening game.
        
        Expansion:
            Interceptors (All levels):
                Scale slightly reduced.
    
    Gigacorp:
        General Attributes:
            Ship Hull increased to .9 [.85]
        Garrison:
            Carriers:
                Gigacorp’s carriers now work like every other faction.
    
    Rixian Unity:
        General Attributes:
            He3 Speed increased to 1 [.85]
    
    Technoflux:
        General Attributes:
            He3 Speed reduced to 1.2 [1.5]
        Garrison:
            Miners:
                All levels of TF miners no longer inherently recharge energy. They must be docked in order to replenish their energy reserves.
            
            Scouts:
                These now use miniguns instead of gats.
                Ammo per clip reduced to 400 [600]        
                Scale slightly increased.
            
            Adv Scouts:
                These now use miniguns instead of gats.
                Ammo per clip reduced to 400 [600]
                Scale slightly increased.
        
        Supremacy:
            Hvy Plas Gen1/2:
                Mass reduced to 1 [3]
    Omicron Hive:
        General Attributes:
            Research time reduced to 2 minutes [5 minutes]
        
        Shipyard:
            EW Skyripper:
                Range increased to 2000m (2220, modified by faction’s .9 EW range to 2k) [1440m]
            
            EW Hvy Seismic:
                Omicron Hive now receives this for free with Shipyard.
            
            Devastators:
                Maneuverability has been significantly increased.

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Tactical:
        Signature Cloak (all levels):
            The length of time required before maximum signature reduction is achieved has been slightly increased.

        Sniper 2:
            Now requires an advanced tac to be accessible. 
        
        Hunter 3:
            Now requires an advanced tac to be accessible.