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🚀 THE OUTPOSTS PREVIEW IS LIVE 🚀 Commanders, it's here. The new Outposts preview is up and running at outposts.planetquest.io right now. This build is a major step forward from the previous Early Game Preview. We reworked the core systems and added a ton of new functionality. There’s lots of new stuff to dig into, including fleets, exploration, new missions, research and our brand new heroes. You can find all the details in our latest Medium article. ⚠️ Keep in mind: this is a preview, not a finished product. Expect rough edges, balancing issues, placeholder content, and bugs. We'll be actively patching. ⏳ Duration of this preview is currently planned for 2 weeks. 👉 Your feedback shaped this build. Now help us shape the next one. See you in the system 🚀

👣 Boots on the Ground - Science Across Worlds 👣 In this episode of PQ Science, we focus on one of the most fundamental, yet often overlooked elements of game design: how characters interact with the ground beneath them. On Earth, terrain is never neutral. Different surfaces absorb, carry, or reveal movement in unique ways. Footprints form, sounds change, and every step leaves a trace. In PlanetQuest: Frontiers, we build on that foundation. Footsteps aren’t just visual details. They carry weight, depth, and sound that change across environments. Movement becomes readable, both for you and for what’s hunting you. On desert planets, creatures move through loose sand, repositioning before striking from unexpected angles. On frozen worlds, it’s more direct. They tunnel through the snow, then erupt upward in a direct strike, blasting ice shards on impact. This is where environment, movement, and combat meet. Because once your boots hit the ground… every step has consequences. #PQScience #PlanetQuest #GameDev

Ivona is becoming exactly what Gloria feared. Untouchable. So Gloria does what she has to. She takes a risk, reaches into the shadows, and sets something dangerous in motion. For a moment… it feels like she’s ahead. Until she realizes someone already paid the price. 📖 Chapter 19 of Quantum Paradox turns ambition into fear. #PlanetQuest #SciFi #QuantumParadox

Montez reflects on Sera’s words …and what they really meant. Then the first ships fall. He sends his message, setting the trap and calling Conners out. But as he moves in for the final strike… news arrives that changes everything. 📖 Chapter 18 of Quantum Paradox is turning a simple hunter-vs-hunter setup into a multi-layered conflict about identity, control, and perception. #PlanetQuest #QuantumParadox #CrimsonWolves

In PlanetQuest: Frontiers, perception can’t be trusted, not when space itself bends the rules. Enter the realm of Distortion, the art of making space itself unstable. On Earth, density can curve light, heat can bend air, and motion can deceive the eye. But on Strange Planets, those effects collide, twisting geometry, scale, and even the way movement feels beneath your gaze. Fine-tuned distortion shaders bend the camera’s perspective in real time, making the world feel wrong in all the right ways... Because some worlds were never meant to stay in focus. #PQScience #StrangePlanets #GameDev #SciFi

Sera chased her brother to the edge of the Empire, only for him to defy her and board a ship rigged for a war she couldn’t stop. He left one final message and a heartbeat of hope before the horizon ignited, leaving Sera to face the lethal surge of Quantum waves alone. 📖 Chapter 17 of Quantum Paradox is an intense one 💥 #PlanetQuest #SciFi #QuantumParadox

Kudo descended into the darkness for a lead, but he found the apex instead. In the "Untamed Fringe", Federation armor is no match for a beast with braided muscle and shark-like jaws. Sera’s pod was empty, but the chasm… was not. 📖 Read chapter 16 of Quantum Paradox to see how he escapes the abyss. 🚀 #PlanetQuest #SciFi #QuantumParadox

Gloria barely got back from the opera when she opened her window… and someone rose from the sunset on Ronaen to meet her. The Whisperer brought fragments of the Oracle’s song. A warning. A future that must be changed. 📖 Read more in Quantum Paradox - Chapter 15 #PlanetQuest #QuantumParadox #EmpireLore

🎥 PQ Science presents 🏝️ Water-Borne Light - Science of the Tropical 🏝️ What gives certain landscapes their unmistakable glow? In this episode, we explore how Water-Borne Light inspired the tropical worlds of PlanetQuest: Frontiers. #PQScience #PlanetQuest #GameScience #GameDev #SciFiWorlds

Montez is speaking of unity when the first Wolf falls. The confusion lasts only seconds. Then the truth spreads faster than the fire: The attack isn’t external. It’s the Crimson Wolves turning on each other. Thrusters in the dark. Pistols flashing. An energy shield burning out. “Night of the Wolves” becomes civil war. Chapter 14 of Quantum Paradox is where loyalty fractures. #PlanetQuest #QuantumParadox #CrimsonWolves

Caught between Imperials and pirates, Sera chose to intervene. While Ronaen armor held, the Imperial didn’t... taken down by the helmet meant to protect him. Chapter 13 is about survival, calculation, and knowing when a fight can open doors. 📖 Read about it in Chapter 13 of Quantum Paradox #PlanetQuest #QuantumParadox #SciFiNovel

🎥 PQ Science presents 🌋 Lava - Science of the Volcanic 🌋 What happens when a planet breathes fire? Lava isn’t just scenery. It flows, erupts, and reshapes the world beneath your feet. In this episode, we explore how real lava behavior inspired the volcanic worlds of PlanetQuest: Frontiers. #PQScience #PlanetQuest #GameScience #GameDev #SciFiWorlds

A lead vanished behind a locked door. Kudo followed instinct, checking restrooms, tracing escape routes, trusting the map in his hand more than the answers he wasn’t getting. He was almost too late. Until he took a turn down the wrong alley at exactly the right moment. Chapter 12 is where the investigation stops being theoretical. 📖 Read more in Chapter 12 of Quantum Paradox #PlanetQuest #QuantumParadox #FederationLore

🎥 PQ Science presents 🏜️ Sandstorms - Science of the Desert 🏜️ Where real science meets the worlds we build. Our PQ Science mini-series explores how real-world science and creative design come together to build the worlds of PlanetQuest: Frontiers. Sandstorms aren’t just wind and sand. They’re fast, violent systems that can erase the horizon in seconds. In this episode, we break down how sandstorms actually form… and why, in PlanetQuest Frontiers, they’re far more than a weather effect. #PQScience #PlanetQuest #GameScience

Ethrai Morell’s debut was meant to be immaculate. The Empire assembled for ceremony. Instead, a family dispute unfolded in full view of the court. Chapter 11 captures the irony of tradition colliding with reality. 📖 Read more in Chapter 11 of Quantum Paradox #PlanetQuest #QuantumParadox #EmpireLore

⚛️ WIP WEDNESDAY: Force Field Tech 🛡️ We're deep in the gray box testing versatile Force Fields! They function as temporary, impassable blockages for both players and weapons fire, and we're exploring the idea of making them walkable. Why? Because we're also working on allowing you to activate or deactivate these energy fields, creating temporary land bridges for new map access! Is exploiting ancient, unstable energy fields a sound engineering decision? Probably not. Is it going to unlock some wild new map strategies? Absolutely. ✨ #PlanetQuest #Frontiers #GameDev #WIPWednesday

When the Crimson Wolves clash with Imperial forces, Captain Montez Lycanis proves he's no ordinary pirate. 🐺 The Empire relies on its impenetrable Ronaen Armor, but Montez brought a secret weapon. 🤫 Dive into the action in Chapter 10 of Quantum Paradox. #QuantumParadox #CrimsonWolves #RonaenArmor #SciFiNovel #LoreTuesday

🌳 Adaptive Vision – Science of the Lush 🌳 Real forests hide more than they reveal. Animals survive by catching silhouettes through gaps in the leaves. On PlanetQuest’s Forest Planets, we use that same principle, enhanced with a little game dev magic, to make characters visible through dense foliage without flattening the world. A dense, living forest, with just enough Quantum intuition to guide you. #PlanetQuest #PQScience #ScienceOfTheLush #GameDev #Worldbuilding

The Scavengers thought Kossalm was just another salvage run. A quick in-and-out. No eyes on them. No heat. Then Sera walked in. And saw her brother among them. One moment of recognition and the whole operation detonated. 📖 Scene from Chapter 9 of Quantum Paradox #PlanetQuest #QuantumParadox #SciFi #LoreTuesday