Citizen Alpha 4.1.1 PTU — A New Era of Space Combat Begins

🛰️ Patrol Missions

Offered by both Foxwell Enforcement (legal) and the Head Hunters (criminal), Patrol missions send you through a series of patrol points, each potentially triggering randomized events. The twist? Difficulty levels escalate, and Ace Pilots may appear — elite foes (or allies) with high stakes and skill to match.

• Foxwell Missions: Legal operations that progress based on mission completions, not rep.
• Head Hunters Missions: Illegal missions that can give you a crimestat — but they pay more and scale through reputation ranks.

These missions are location-based, reducing the burden of long QT hops and ensuring more time spent in action.

🎯 Ambush Missions

Feeling sneaky? Ambush missions offer a more tactical approach. Players jump to a location, power down their ships to mask their signature, and wait for targets to arrive. Once hostiles are on site, it’s go time. Expect reinforcements, escalating challenges, and Ace Pilots at higher levels. Available through both Foxwell and the Head Hunters.

🧠 Advanced Combat Training: Gilly’s Gauntlet

Think you’re a hotshot pilot? Foxwell’s Gilly wants to test that. This training gauntlet introduces players to eight escalating combat scenarios, designed to ease new combatants into more advanced gameplay while challenging veterans:

1. Single Targets
2. Multiple Targets
3. Target Priority
4. Target Stealth
5. Missiles & Countermeasures
6. Multi-Crew Targets
7. Corvette with Escorts
8. Capital Ship Encounter

If you love dogfighting, this is your new proving ground.

Scattered throughout Stanton and Pyro, these asteroid clusters bring a gritty, immersive feel to space travel. Used in new ship combat missions, these bases feature:

• Turrets
• Gas tanks
• No interiors (for now), but still packed with strategic value

Whether you’re in it for the mission or the mayhem, these clusters add rich variety to space exploration and combat.

ARGO RAFT

• Old 3-arm system removed
• Now features a single cargo grid with 192 SCU, doubling its previous capacity
• New tractor beam mount added, now controlled from the rear control room

A huge buff to the RAFT’s usability in logistics and trade gameplay.

🛡️ Anvil Valkyrie

• Significantly improved hull and joint health
• Boosted thrust
• Slight reduction in top speed (to balance the buffs)

This makes the Valk even more viable in troop and cargo transport roles under fire.

Karna

• More spread overall
• Reduced alt-fire projectile speed
• Intended to tone down its sniper-like alt-fire role.

Gallant

• Increased base damage (from 19 to 21)
• Improved recoil feel (smoother camera shake)

ParaMed Medical Device

• Now occupies the pistol slot
• Easier to access without conflicting with multi-tools
• Encourages diverse loadouts for FPS medics

• 🚨 Ambush objective markers may not appear
• 🚨 Missions may not localize properly in mobiGlas
• 🚨 Landing gear debris can cause players to fall through the ground
• 🚨 Valkyrie door turrets are missing
• 🚨 “Search & Destroy” doesn’t progress when pinging (fix coming next build)
• 🚨 Medical kiosk stuck on loading screen in Brentworth Care Center