Welcome to our 207th newsletter on Star Atlas! This weekly newsletter, published by Aephia Industries, focuses entirely on the development of this ambitious game. Here, we attempt to aggregate all the newsworthy tidbits revealed, primarily by the team, throughout the past week.

This week brings a mix of fresh activity across the Star Atlas ecosystem. UE5 players can look forward to another Double XP weekend, now with doubled zXP for the z.ink A.LPHA test campaign. Additionally, the prizes for the second Iris’ Blessing raffle were shared by the Community Team.

On the governance side, the Council Election PIP goes live this Wednesday, opening a two-week voting window, and all three active PIPs have officially concluded with clear results. Meanwhile, there are meetups, testing initiatives, and new tool releases, with a handful of lore and gameplay highlights rounding out the week.

Iris' Blessing - Month 2

Iris’ Blessing – Month 2

Iris’ Blessing – Month 2

This coming weekend, November 28 – 30, there is another Double XP weekend in UE5. This means you will get double XP and double the INK when you participate in the official games that weekend. This month marks the first time you will also gain twice as much zXP for the z.ink A.LPHA campaign. All in all, you do not want to miss this!

Next month, the second raffle will take place on Friday, December 12th. The prizes for this second drawing are:

  • Ogrika Tursic (1x)
  • Opal Rayfam (1x)
  • Calico Shipit (1x)
  • Fimbul Lowbie (5x)
  • Fimbul ECOS Unibomba (10x)
  • VZUS Solos (10x)
  • Platinum Crew 5-Pack (5x)
  • Platinum Crew 1-Pack (10x)
  • Gold Crew 5-Pack (7x)
  • Gold Crew 1-Pack (10x)
  • Silver Crew 5-Pack (10x)
  • Silver Crew 1-Pack (10x)

Star Atlas - DAO

Star Atlas – DAO

DAO – Council Elections – Term 3

The campaign period for the 3rd term Council Candidates is about to wrap up! This Wednesday, November 26th, the Election PIP will go live! From then on, you will have two weeks to cast your vote!

Last week’s Atlas Brew gave a platform to 5 candidates running for Council member (Winston, unfortunately, could not make it). They briefly introduce themselves and go into their priorities. The election process and key dates are also briefly mentioned. In short, it’s a great recording to check out if you want to learn more about the Council, the election process, or to help you make up your mind.

Note that you can also find out more about these candidates and ask them questions in the new DAO channel that was created for this purpose on the Star Atlas Discord.

As a reminder, here is the list of candidates:

  • Emperor
  • Q | Morangø
  • 𝐋ᴀɴᴢᴇʀ
  • ROME | Winston
  • [ECL] YassFreeks
  • [EMP] jith blade

DAO – PIP Updates

The three PIPs that were open for voting a week ago have all been wrapped up. All three passed! Below, we go over these PIPs one last time and list the final outcome.

PIP-22: Iris Bounty – The Arena

This proposal seeks 11,000,000 ATLAS and introduces Iris’s Bounty: The Arena, a program that empowers Star Atlas community members to host tournaments and gaming events by co-funding them with the DAO. Instead of flat grants, the DAO provides a 2:1 funding match for organizer-secured contributions, with DAO matching funds split between prize pools and organizer compensation.

  • Requested funding: 11 million ATLAS
  • Structure: 1-off PIP
  • Author: King Bryan, Santi, Signal

Final results (~141M PVP committed):

  • For: 97.83%
  • Against: 1.9%
  • Abstain: 0.28%

PIP-23: Refresh of PIP-4 the Ecosystem Fund

This proposal continues the Star Atlas Ecosystem Fund and establishes a budget of 20% of the Star Atlas DAO’s Treasury.

  • Structure: 1-off PIP
  • Author: Council

Final results (~111M PVP committed):

  • For: 77.45%
  • Against: 21.84%
  • Abstain: 0.71%

PIP-24: DAO-Supported Hosting Service for SLY Assistant

This proposal introduces a DAO-Supported Hosting Service developed and operated by community member Arty, specifically dedicated to hosting the SLY Assistant automation tool.

  • Requested funding: 675 USDC for a 3-month trial
  • Structure: 1-off PIP
  • Author: Arty

Final results (~108M PVP committed):

  • For: 59.05%
  • Against: 39.99%
  • Abstain: 0.96%

Community Meetups

This past Saturday, November 22nd, the Star Atlas TALA community hosted a meetup during the YGG Summit in Taguig, Philippines. There was considerable interest, and it looks like everyone had a good time!

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Star Atlas Meetup – Taguig, Philippines

Meetup Abu Dhabi – December 12th

If you will be in Abu Dhabi during Solana Breakpoint, make sure to register for the Star Atlas meetup there as well! Despite the team not officially being present, the community will still meet on December 12th to nerd out on Star Atlas. This time around, the meetup is hosted in collaboration with Super Phoenix Sports, who will live-stream their racing tournament.

News Bits

But that is not all! Here are some smaller news bits:

  • Jose (Lead Noot) hosted another LoreKeepers event this past Thursday. There, he dove straight into the lore around Ahr, the destruction of Earth, and the birth of the MUD and ECOS factions. If you ever wondered what happened (according to ECOS history, that is), then you definitely want to check out the recording!
  • Testing for Holosim Chapter 2 has kicked off, with community members having been recruited (through a form) last week on the Star Atlas Discord to join in.
  • The team started sharing the videos that Brad (Gameplay Engineer) showed during the Atlas Brew from 2 weeks ago on X. If you want to revisit the videos in a higher resolution, definitely check these out:
  • Lastly, Aephia introduced its own Sage Editor Suite, which builds on the web app with a similar name released by the team. Viktor introduced this tool at the start of last week’s Brew.

Sneak Peeks

Gary Sanchez (Vehicle Art Director) shared additional concept art for the Fimbul Naga drone on his Art Station page. We are showing two of these visuals below, but check out that page for more shots!

Star Atlas - Fimbul Naga Drone (Concept Art) [by Gary Sanchez]

Star Atlas – Fimbul Naga Drone (Concept Art) [by Gary Sanchez]

Star Atlas - Fimbul Naga Drone (Concept Art) [by Gary Sanchez]

Star Atlas – Fimbul Naga Drone (Concept Art) [by Gary Sanchez]

That is it for this week’s issue! Thanks for reading!