New Feature - The Squire

Bum Ba Da Dum Ba Bum!

So a consistant problem I've seen even in my own playthoughs is running out of mines during the late game and not being able to replenish them at the FOB Luna in time for the next wave. To resolve this I've introduced our first support ship, the squire!

The way it works is pretty simple (for you the player at least) it costs 20000 points which is the highest cost upgrade so far, so I don't expect anyone to be buying these until Wave 30+. It flies using real physics of course. And it tries it's best to keep up with you.

It wont leave Earth's SOI, so if you go chasing after a surveyor you will be on your own. It also has it's own point defense cannon, so it can take out a few asteroids here and there.

It is currently immortal, (I don't know if that's going to always be the case, but for now I don't want to punish players who've just spend 20k points).

So yeah it flies around following you and when your mines are lower than your maximum, it shoots Resupply Capsules (the lilac circle things) for you to pick up. There's a bit of a gravity on the capsules to make it fun, still need to add an animation to make it clear the capsules are moving themselves towards your ship.

If you've got the points in late game I think it'll be worth it since it effectively makes mines free.

Try it out, and as always Good Luck Pilots!

-- Max

2026-10-16