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Holograms Added to 2.5.2!

Added 2021-08-07 19:41:21 +0000 UTC

A feature we've wanted since the beginning is a common Sci-fi trope: sentient holograms!

This is one of the final wishlist features from the initial design document, right up there with ship eating mechanites and the Archotech Endgame.

Holograms are colonists who have had their brain extracted to become one with the ship's computer core, and a force-field projecting solid light into their immediate environment.

Giving colonists a new life, these are a powerful tool for bringing your loved ones back from the dead, as well as giving your AI Persona Core a body.

Holograms can't leave their home map, but you can equip their flesh based buddies with a portable emitter to take them on trips!

You can also build portable relays to install on other maps, letting your hologram relay to these distant places instantly.

Despite not being able to wear armor or carry weapons, holograms aren't helpless. They can carry out work tasks around their force-field with surprising dexterity.

Your holograms are armed with powerful melee and ranged attacks, releasing some of their energy into targets to light them on fire and cause terrible burns.

You can also customize your hologram's color!

You may also simulate the chemical effects on the brain with virtual chemical experiences.

The Archotech Spore now requires a human brain, or a persona core, to ascend to its sentient state. This enables a much more powerful hologram which can act as a potent force during your endgame battles.

The next update, 2.5.3, will be the last for this cycle, adding Ideology support for the game and fixing the last critical issues on our list.

Thank you all for your support!