An attempt to nerf some OP features and strategies and, thus, highlight other interesting game features abandoned in vanilla due to their inefficiency. + A lot of actual game/logic/play bug fixes.
Posted by: Alpha Centauri Bear January 14, 2021, 10:10:03 PM Game Version: SMAX
It is not uncommon to see patients undergo permanent psychological trauma in the presence of the Sphere, before the nerve stapler has even been strapped into position. Its effect on the general consciousness of the culture is profound: husbands have seen wives go inside, and mothers their children. Dr. Xynan left the surface of the sphere semitranslucent for a reason. You can hear them in there.. you can see them. It is a thing of terrible beauty.
~Baron Klim 'The Music of the Spheres'