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Every week, Aephia Industries sums up all the Star Atlas news in one newsletter — team revelations, announcements, governance, releases and issues. Nothing here is ship or financial advice!
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Bunthius (Star Atlas CPO), confirmed that solo ship mining, is going to be a post v1.0 rollout. Mining structures are going to be the way to extract mined resources. Mining ships are being spec’d out as of this writing(Oct ’21) for a “much later delivery and will be a specialised ship. Opod [VZUZ] is not […]
Mining
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It has been confirmed by Bunthius (Star Atlas CPO), that all ships will have charm slots. Details are still being worked out, but he mentioned that “they’ll mostly be cosmetic, but some will have buffs“.
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Being asked how ship blueprints can be acquired, Star Atlas CEO, mentioned that they are still refining the process. However, “most likely, some combination of NPC merchant sales (for basic stuff), missions/quests with RNG, epic missions with boss fights, and PVP. He also added that “might also include drops as bonus items when levelling up […]
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Asked whether Star Atlas intends to focus most resource production on land as opposed to specialised ships, Star Atlas CEO, Michael Wagner, said that “I would expect some ships to be competitive with pure land mining operations. Potentially with access to some exclusive materials.“
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Today Danny Floyd (Star Atlas CPO) shared part of the near future roadmap. Ship missions were mentioned and it was confirmed that players would need to manage fuel, food, ammo and toolkits. Although mid November was mentioned as a release date for the mini game, the date is not yet set in stone. Also, targeted […]
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A DAO, or decentralised autonomous organization, is a business structure where control is spread out rather than hierarchical. DAOs are organized using smart contracts, with participants using governance tokens to vote on topics such as fund allocation. A DAC (Decentralized Autonomous Corporation or Decentralized Autonomous Community) is a subclass of DAO and it’s a […]
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We have some information regarding ship building from Michael Wagner (Star Atlas CEO). The time requirement will differ depending on the size of the ship/item. Mega projects will likely take quite a long time by default, but can potentially be sped up through additional contributions. He also added that “All resources will be required, though […]
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Answering a question on whether the mini game rewards will be adjusted by ATLAS to USD, Michael Wagner (Star Atlas CEO) confirmed that this will be the case. Star Atlas have target income rates denominated in ATLAS, but calculated against a USD exchange rate. He also added that “Still determining the frequency of those adjustments. […]
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Following more questions from the Star Atlas Foundation Room, Star Atlas CEO, Robert Wagner, confirmed that tier 5 claims (land slots), will represent a larger area of operations. Higher tiers, will also allow for “more structures, greater productivity, and the ability to mine rarer materials.“
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More fresh news from the Star Atlas exclusive foundation room. Star Atlas CEO Michael Wagner, confirmed that tier 1 (lowest) claim stakes (land slots) will be upgradeable all the way to tier 5 (highest). In reply to a question on whether space problems, like in adjacent land slots for example, will limit the upgradeability of […]
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In Star Atlas, there are 3 faction security zones. From the safest one, where PVP (player versus player) is not allowed, and ships cannot be damaged or destroyed, to the most insecure zone, where full combat is allowed, and the destruction of assets is a permanent.
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Best described by Santiago Accomo (Star Atlas Marketing and Community Coordinator) aka Santiacc: “Star Atlas operates a dual token economy, with the two crypto-native assets being ATLAS and POLIS. ATLAS is the transactional currency of the game. Effectively the in-game gold, and the lubricant of the digital economy. It is used for virtually every transaction […]
POLIS
