Release notes/20100826

General

 * The Advanced Heavy Cruiser now displays in the Ship Requisitions while doing the Commander Promotion mission.
 * The ships outside the windows on Earth Spacedock have been temporarily removed pending improvements to how they look at a distance.
 * Fixed a bug that could very rarely prevent a player from reaching Vice Admiral rank without GM help.

Missions

 * The civilian-inhabited asteroids in the Rhi System no longer look like mining facilities.
 * Typos of the name "Minos Korva" have been fixed in Sector Space and in the mission, The Tribble with Klingons.
 * Aid the Planet missions at Vice Admiral rank now properly reward Offerings of Friendship in all difficulties.
 * Anomalies now grant the proper rewards at Vice Admiral rank in all difficulties.

PVP

 * The correct target score is displayed when setting up a private match in the Shanty Town map.

Items and Abilities

 * Eject Warp Plasma once again lasts its stated duration.
 * The Classic Excelsior (Commander Rank) can now be purchased for Energy Credits in Ship Requisitions.
 * "Bergamot" is now spelled correctly in the description of Earl Grey Tea.
 * The Biofunction Monitor console now grants the correct crew recovery rate.
 * Typos have been corrected in the Target Weapon Systems abilities.
 * The level requirements on certain Deflectors and Disruptor Beam Arrays have been corrected.

UI

 * The Ship Rename UI now correctly allows you to type up to 16 characters instead of 15.
 * Your selected character now stands on a transporter pad in the Character Select and Character Creation screens.
 * The UI now displays correctly for Fleet Bank withdraw/deposit buttons with different permissions.
 * The "Buddy" icon should no longer show as a white box.
 * PvP Queues
 * The "X" has been removed from the Invite window. The Decline button can still be used to decline an invitation and close the window.
 * If two or more people are in a PvP Challenge Queue, the "End Challenge" and "Leave" buttons now ask for confirmation.
 * The name in the Invite field now correctly clears after you send an invitation.
 * Pressing ESC now correctly closes the Invite window.
 * An issue has been fixed that could sometimes cause uneven PvP matches.
 * Inviting players to PvP now works correctly when using @handles and character names.
 * A bug has been fixed that could very rarely cause a player to become temporarily stuck in a PvP map without enemies.
 * The "Join" button now correctly highlights in the Chat Channels UI when you are invited to a channel.
 * Shield status now correctly updates in the Status UI while in Sector Space.
 * Removed a case in the Ship Editor where the Pattern dropdown would stretch to cover both the Pattern and Style sections.

Known Issues

 * NPCs have twisted torsos if they walk around while playing certain animations.
 * We are working on adding wing animations for Birds of Prey and Intrepid ship models. An early version of this animation has snuck into the warp in/warp out cutscene for the B'rel Bird of Prey.