Greetings space farers! Our work in the mech shop fixing up everything under the hood after our amazing launch is complete and we're excited to announce that the pledge manager is now open. Backers will shortly be receiving an email inviting them to complete their pledges, purchase any add ons and pay for shipping and taxes where needed. Thanks once again for all your support!

We’ll be staggering surveys going out so don’t worry if you don’t hear anything straight away. If you haven’t received an email by next week then please contact support.

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Hello Pilots! 

We want to thank you for your continued support, and we have some more updates to the lore of the Astral Union to show you!  

However, before we do that we wanted to ask anyone who has backed us at the Planetary Founder and Solar Founder pledge levels to please check your emails (including spam folders). You’ve been sent a form to complete, containing details of the Astral Union planet/solar system you’re in charge of creating as part of your pledge level. The window to respond will close in the coming weeks so please reply to us ASAP, and we don’t want you to miss out.

Now, back to the lore update! We’ve been developing the history not just of the Astral Union, but also the Aegeic Galaxy (the stretch of space the AU is part of). 

We’ve gone back a long way to map out the history of the universe. Here’s a look at a few events in the history of the Astral Union, starting at about 10,000 years before the current-day setting.

What date are these counting down to? Who is Tyko Vellitz? What is a Spatial Junction? Keep your eyes peeled for more updates from Ion Heart and the Astral Union.

Stay safe out there pilots!

Hello Pilots! 

We’re continuing the development of ION Heart and we thought we’d give you a sneak peak at some of the lore and background we’ve been working on.

We’re really enjoying fleshing out the Astral Union and expanding the galaxy already shown in the quickstart guide. Eagle eyed Pilots might have noticed in one of our earlier updates that the names of a couple of the member-states of the Astral Union have changed slightly. We wanted the new names to reflect more of how these cultures actually operate. 

For example, the “Chiros Republic” has become “Chiros Coalition”. In our new expanded lore the, Chiros government is now a loose federation of individual fiefdoms that come together under the governance of the Board of Admirals. 

Likewise, the “Mo’nasque Amalgam” has become the “Mo'Nau Republic”. The Mo’nau homeworld of Oskaw is noted as a centre of arts, learning and culture, but one with a dark history of a violent revolutionary civil war.

One final group, who will make an appearance in ION Heart Remembrance, are the Ion Born. The question is, who are they?

We’ll reveal more in due to time. Stay safe out the Pilots!