I have to begin by distributing a large quantity of kudos to the galciv team. The game has been great and the updates are really something I look forward to. More praise is due than I care to go into detail about right now, but let's just say your game rocks.

Now onto a small detail I thought I'd mention since I haven't seen it posted anywhere yet. Of course having said that, my first reply will probably be a link to just such a post. Ehem, anyway...It seems that the new code to allow defending ships to fire their shots has one issue that if resolved would make it 100% kick-butt. The defender still fires after their ship is dead and no longer onscreen. The effect is a mysterious muzzle flash and a parting shot, ostensibly fired from the "other side" (cue eerie music). While I fully enjoy the new change, if the defender could delay exploding into a cloud of debris until they have had a chance to fire their last shot, it would improve the experience immensely.