VO 1.8.656 (August 24th) included:
- Eight new custom-made missions available in various trees.
- Added weapon cooldown indicator bars to the HUD addon icons. When controlling a turret, it is located below the center of the screen. The indicators can be turned off in the HUD Settings menu.

VO 1.8.655 (August 17th) included:
- Four new custom-made missions available in various trees.
- Enduring titled ships now record player-owned capship kills in its history. The owner of the Enduring ship must be in the same sector when the capship is destroyed.

A lot of additional background work has also been happening, which will be announced with future versions. Stay tuned.