Sector Alpha v7.67 Update: New Threats and Hidden Discoveries in A-3! 🚀
Vanguard pilots, A-3: Nebula Frontier has received a major update! Expect more alien encounters, a tougher mini-boss, new rewards, and secrets waiting to be discovered.
🐝 More Nebula Wasps
There are now 40 regular Nebula Wasps spread throughout A-3. Destroying each one awards one regular missile directly to your ammunition inventory, helping you stay supplied during longer combat runs.
👾 A tougher Gravemaw
Gravemaw now has 100,000 HP and releases 10 tiny Nebula Wasps per wave during nearby combat. These creatures pursue your ship, but your lasers, drones, and missiles can destroy them.
Defeating a Gravemaw awards 10 regular missiles, along with credits and XP.
🌌 More reasons to explore
Ancient beacons, mysterious objects, and the abandoned wreck hold secrets throughout Nebula Frontier. Exploration messages and interaction prompts are now easier to read on-screen.
We’ll leave the discoveries—and their consequences—for you to uncover.
🎁 Hidden treasure and additional Xal dialogue
A hidden cache offers valuable prototype components and a Nebula Phase Scanner for your Engineering Loadout.
Pilots who recover its contents should visit Xal’Tharen’s ship. He now has additional dialogue about your discovery.
🔧 Rare crafting rewards
Gravemaws can now drop Ancient Technology and Plasma Crystals, both used in Xal’s engineering recipes. These materials have rare drop rates, giving pilots more reasons to return to A-3 and work toward future upgrades.
⚡ Smoother combat and clearer feedback
Optimized ship and drone lasers for smoother performance during busy battles.
Fixed drone targeting for A-3’s alien enemies.
Removed invisible targets carried over from another sector.
Added visible RNG damage numbers and MISS results during A-3 combat.
Reduced the wrecked ship’s size for a more distant appearance.
Enter Nebula Frontier, prepare for tougher battles, and see what you can uncover. Let us know how the update feels with your current loadout! 🌌