Starship Command: Orion Spur

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• Announcements·12 May 2026Official

  SCOS KICKSTARTER LAUNCHED!

  Commanders, I'll keep this short and sweet. The day we’ve been building up to has finally arrived.The Starship Command: Orion Spur Kickstarter is LIVE. You've had a chance to play the demo, and while its not perfect, it is a demonstration that we've built something real, that will grow and improve as long as we have the funds to continue. Today is the day… we need you all. Remember: Pledges guarantee cool spaceships. Sorry, couldn’t resist. 😊 Back the KS HERE Right now, all I ask is that you head over to the Kickstarter page, and back us so we can finish bringing the CSV Leonidas to life. Thank you for your support on the journey. v/rDaniel GibbsSCOS Producer and Author
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• Announcements·10 Apr 2026Official

  Friday Fleet Dispatch - 4/10/2026

  Commander,As we approach Kickstarter launch, most of our effort is focused on final campaign preparation, such as refining backing tiers and completing our final trailer.Mission DevelopmentDespite the project’s current lack of funds, Unity Developer Dustin Weitkunat graciously continues finding bugs, improving graphical fidelity, and enhancing performance. If all goes well, one more patch drops before Kickstarter launches.Reward Tier UpdatesToday we’re releasing a new video showcasing changes to our backing tiers. In response to fan feedback, we’ve added the “Private” and “CIS Operative” rewards, plus exciting news about the exclusive CSV Leonidas novella.WATCH HERE: Critical Action RequiredSign up for Kickstarter launch notifications now. We’re targeting the next few weeks, and I don’t want anyone missing the initial launch wave. Your notification signup creates the momentum we need for campaign success.https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/danielgibbs/starship-command-orion-spurThe launch window is approaching. Final preparations are underway.Stand by for deployment orders.More intel next week!v/rDaniel Gibbs Military Science-Fiction Author and SCOS Producer
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• Patch Notes·3 Apr 2026Official

  Friday Fleet Dispatch #34 - Another Patch Deployed on SCOS!

  Commanders, Over the last week, we’ve progressed through several internal builds, and accomplished the following:·        Implemented tooltips in the third scene of the Campaign demo (While CAP Omar is talking, his commentary is intended to give you tips/advice on how to beat the enemy. What he’s explaining is now highlighted so it makes more sense.)·        Fixed an issue where the CMC keyboard event was incorrectly set to be the same as the Nav’s·        In Scene 3 of the Campaign, the tactical window is forced open just before XO begins speaking to ensure visibility of hints·        Modified the behavior of player look coroutine to accept a speed parameter·        It is hoped this will fix the mystery TAO bug, this is the only station that moves the player camera manually o  Speed is now greatly increased for the TAO turn in the first scene of the campaign to prevent any potential issues with coroutine lockout there·        Moved interior player start position to just behind the command chairs·        Fixed a bug in how beam hit is calculated. Enemy beams are now much more effective. (We’re looking carefully to see if this throws balance out of whack. So far, internal play testing suggests that while it does marginally increase difficulty, once you get the knack of how combat works, its quite possible to take out the three enemy ships in the third scene.) While this is does mark the end of our current levels of funding (and therefor, most activities on SCOS), our Unity developer has very graciously offered to keep working in his spare time on improvements.To that end, we are now marching steadily towards our Kickstarter, hopefully in the month of April; if not, May – look for a major update next week as we refactor the Kickstarter based on feedback from the community.Sign up for Kickstarter launch notifications here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/danielgibbs/starship-command-orion-spurAnd finally, the art team put together some additional in-universe ship ...
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• Patch Notes·18 Mar 2026Official

  Major SCOS Patch Deployed

  The SCOS team (Dustin, Brian, Nyx and myself) have been working hard for the last few weeks on bug fixes and implementing QOL improvements based on player feedback.Here’s a short list of what’s been done so far:       Performance improvements from improved occlusion culling       Hardware warning added to the main menu       Improvements made to how hardware is scored (and therefore initial settings are decided by the game should be more accurate and result in fewer instances of low FPS gameplay)       Fixed the black square issue appearing on the sun in all maps       Video options confirmation will now close when reverting       Various logic errors fixed in the campaign mission       Contacts list no longer stays open by default in the interior       Control guides updated to include the interior bridge controls – Tactical, Engineering and Comms       Hotkeys added for bridge officer interaction on the bridge F1 - TAO F2 - ENG F3 - NAV F4 - COMM F5 - SENS F6 – XO      Keyboard targeting control added: B: Next Target N: Clear Target      Ajax missile tube doors have been found for all scenes including campaign and skirmish      When a player enters space mode from the bridge, autofire/pilot settings are maintained until the player fires weapons or moves the ship manually      The UI now properly displays the player’s ship sensor range      Various interior clipping issues were fixed      You can no longer go down the stairs and get stuck in the machine room      The game ends properly if you’re destroyed in campaign mode We’re continuing to work on some improved tooltips and tutorial aspects for the third mission and general bugfixes. However, we would like to note that this is the bulk of our planned efforts for the Alpha Demo. In the near future we will start sending the game out to games media/blogs/YouTubers, etc in hopes of gaining support for our Kickstarter which will be upcoming in the near future. We’d like to thank everyone for their support, feedback an...
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• Patch Notes·24 Feb 2026Official

  SCOS - Minor Update + What's Incoming

  Commanders,On behalf of the entire SCOS team, I want to express how grateful we are that you’ve been playing our alpha demo. We know there’s still a way to go, and your feedback (and logs) have been vital in giving our Unity developer (Snifheim) the data he needs to hunt down and fix bugs. We’re also aware of a number of bugs that are annoying rather than game-breaking, as well as feedback on needed QOL improvements.We’re hard at work, with all hands on deck!And while that update bakes, we have pushed out some quick fixes that address the ultra-wide monitor and input issues in the campaign, as well as a fix for a bug that prevented the game from retaining the frame rate limit setting from session to session.Additionally, while we are going to implement tooltips, a bridge command control map, and better instructions in the campaign’s third mission, in the meantime we’ve produced two video tutorials explaining how the exterior space view and interior bridge command modes work in detail.Exterior: Interior: I hope these are helpful. Our next update is focused on significant performance improvements, especially for Nvidia 3000/2000/1000 series cards. While that’s in progress, if you’re experiencing interior FPS issues, lower the “Window Quality” setting under video settings. It is the number one lever to pull for interior performance right now.Again, I want to thank everyone who’s played and apologize to those who have had issues. Our goal is to improve SCOS as fast as possible.We hope you’ll stick with us because the best is still ahead.v/rDaniel Gibbs
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