On Wednesday January 25th, 2006 at 4:00 AM PDT all U.S. and European galaxies will be taken down for server maintenance and a live update.

When the update is complete, all galaxies will be live but unavailable while we complete the final testing. All galaxies will be made available after that time.

Loot

* RIS Armor Components are available as loot again! The items are: Woolamander Harrower Bone Fragments, Peko Peko Albatross Feathers, Gurk King Hides and Giant Dune Kimogila Scales.

Player Cities

* When Mayors access the Player City terminals for their city, the radial menu will display all of the available options.

Profession: Entertainer

* Fixed an issue where some players were flagged as "No Trade" which prevented other players from accessing options on the flagged player's radial menu, such as WATCH and LISTEN.

Profession: Medic

* Increased the range of the Revive special ability.

Profession: Trader

* Opening a radial menu on your factory without having a draft schematic ready will no longer result in a repeating system message that says, "Warning: You do not have a draft schematic for this factory."

Space

* All Y-8 Space Mining vessels now have transparent windows.

User Interface

* The "Allow Overhead Map Rotation" checkbox setting in your Options window will now remember your preference.