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Directive ST-24: State Maintenance

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Directive ST-24: State Maintenance: current answer

Directive ST-24: State Maintenance was published on 2026-09-24. Special soldiers including IntelliExplorer A20 and Miralisse Novarin no longer randomly receive negative general or combat traits.

Quick facts

  • Published: 2026-09-24
  • Checked: 2026-09-26
  • Latest official update in this verification pass

Official change summary

Special soldiers including IntelliExplorer A20 and Miralisse Novarin no longer randomly receive negative general or combat traits.

Temporary Assignment returns soldiers to their preceding jobs; idle Auto-assignment better matches Mining, Logging and Gathering tasks.

Haulers distribute across full production buildings. Warehouse transport no longer requires a Level 2 station, and interrupted hauling sends the carried items to the Warehouse.

The announcement calls the logistics building Resource Transport Station; ST-11 calls it Resource Transfer Station.

Trade Port goods and drops were adjusted, including removal of some harmful goods. Three battles were added to Sector 1 — Elysia.

Capture-stage timing was rebalanced so unsuccessful attempts tend to finish earlier; the note does not establish an overall capture-success increase.

Fixes cover premature old-age deaths, scene geometry, localization, incorrect loading-timeout detection and crashes. DLSS 4.5 Frame Generation support was added.

Related systems and next steps

Soldier

IntelliExplorer A20

ST-24 prevents IntelliExplorer A20 from randomly receiving negative general or combat traits. This is a specific named-soldier exception, not proof that every soldier is protected.

Soldier

Miralisse Novarin

Miralisse Novarin is protected from random negative general and combat traits by ST-24. The change should be read as a named exception; it does not publish recruitment conditions or numerical combat bonuses.

System

Negative Traits

Negative-trait rules have named exceptions in ST-24: IntelliExplorer A20 and Miralisse Novarin no longer receive random negative general/combat traits. Sub-Healthy also has a separate AG-27 behavior change.

System

Temporary Assignment

ST-24 improves Temporary Assignment so soldiers return to their previous tasks when temporary work finishes. If that fails, record the preceding job, temporary order and next activity.

System

Auto-assignment

ST-24 improves Auto-assignment so idle soldiers choose Mining, Logging and Gathering more appropriately. A soldier taking an unexpected job should be checked against available work and temporary orders rather than an assumed hidden priority list.

System

Mining

Mining is one of the idle work categories addressed by ST-24 Auto-assignment improvements. If soldiers ignore mining, first check available work and existing orders, then separate extraction from hauling the resulting resource.

System

Logging

Logging is included in ST-24's improved idle-soldier assignment. Distinguish a soldier not choosing logging from wood being produced but not reaching the Wood Processing Plant.

System

Gathering

Colony Gathering benefits from the ST-24 idle-task selection changes. This page concerns colony worker assignment, not the separately managed Star Map gathering intent.

Building

Resource Transfer Station

The Resource Transfer Station moves colony goods. ST-24 improves worker distribution and sends interrupted loads to Warehouse; hauling to Warehouse no longer requires a Level 2 station. Level 2 hauling drones were introduced in ST-11.

Building

Warehouse

Warehouse is the intended destination for interrupted Resource Transfer Station deliveries after ST-24. The update also removes the Level 2 prerequisite for hauling goods there; drones are a separate Level 2 feature.

System

Hauling

For hauling that appears stuck, check the Resource Transfer Station worker's origin and destination. ST-24 changes distribution among full production buildings and redirects interrupted loads to Warehouse, so pre-ST-24 ground-drop behavior is historical.

Building

Trade Port

ST-24 adjusts Trade Port goods, attributes and drop configuration, removing some goods particularly harmful to soldiers. AG-25's planned improvements are historical; Trading Post sales remain a separately named AG-27 feature.

System

Failed Capture

Failed capture briefly protects the target from being killed; ST-11 sets the window to 5 seconds, down from 10. AG-14 states that Leader melee attacks bypass it. This is kill protection, not guaranteed-success or pity protection.

System · Evidence limited

Old Age

A complete current-build answer for Old Age is not established by the sources reviewed on September 26, 2026. Use the verified related records below; no unconfirmed values or procedure are presented as game facts.

Location · Evidence limited

Drakon Mercenary Camp

ST-24 fixes overlapping or clipping objects in the Drakon Mercenary Camp scene. This establishes a scene-geometry correction, not a change to the camp's enemies, capture eligibility or rewards.

Location · Evidence limited

Sattleri Sacred Altar

ST-24 corrects stair collision in the Sattleri Sacred Altar battle scene. If movement still fails on a staircase, describe the precise stair section and movement direction rather than assuming the whole encounter is blocked.

Issue

Loading Stuck

ST-11 improves loading stability and ST-24 addresses loading timeouts and crashes. If loading still stalls, record whether it occurs on startup, save load or scene transition and preserve the affected save.

Guide

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Patch history

Source ledger

Last checked 2026-09-26. Official-source verification is not independent live-game testing. Practical workflows are editorial guidance.