Monsters! This patch adds new weapon types to many of the monsters, rebalances monsters quite a bit, fixes a race colonizing issue, and fixes several more minor issues.

0.843 change list:

• fixed races not colonizing planets (Vastin)
  
• changed Tornado main attack from beam to plasma
  
• doubled Tornado suicide attack range
  
• halved check time for Tornado suicide attack
  
• changed Flame attack from missile to plasma
  
• decreased Haunt fire time from 3.0 to 1.5
  
• doubled Thunder lightning field range
  
• changed Storm and Thunder lightning attack to a chain lightning attack
  
• increased Thunder approach range from 75-100 to 100-125
  
• changed Disruptor from a beam attack to a plasma attack
  
• doubled Ward invulnerability shield time
  
• changed Guardian attack from beam to plasma
  
• changed Grudge non-corrosive missile to plasma
  
• decreased Obsidian fire time from 3.0 to 1.0
  
• decreased Schism bomb detonation time from 4.0 to 1.0
  
• changed Schism main weapon from beam to a Blast Cannon
  
• changed Pulse weapon from beam to plasma
  
• decreased Backlash ballistics fire time from 3.0 to 0.5
  
• increased Patchwork Burn Thrower range from 150.0 to 300.0
  
• added a ballistic attack to Patchwork
  
• increased Legion Lord ballistic speed from 350.0 to 500.0
  
• added a plasma wave attack to Legion Lord
  
• increased Wrecker speed from 200.0 to 250.0
  
• changed Spiroc weapon from beam to plasma
  
• increased Baylisa rift chance from 0.1 to 0.2
  
• changed Trypanos main weapon from beam to a Blast Cannon
  
• doubled Leishma ballistic damage
  
• decreased Helic fire time from 3.0 to 0.5
  
• decreased Cesto fire time from 3.0 to 1.5
  
• decreased Ascarid fire time from 3.0 to 2.25
  
• increased Gleria damage mult from 3.75 to 6.0
  
• now enemy ships don't have to approach straight towards their target so they should space out a bit more
  
• Talon Nexus now also regenerates armor plating and shields
  
• no longer get ambushes when attacking a planet, at least from "noise"
  
• increased shield regen rates 4X from components
  
• fixed most powerful race changing every other calculation because of come from behind bonuses
  
• races now calculate planet values much better, which will fix some colonization issues and trading issues
  
• now races value planet knowledge at 1% of the planet value
  
• fixed race ships not using the new weapons correctly
  
• added last 2 defensive ram icons
  
• fixed planetColonized.snd
  
• weapon speed on chips is now idented and color coded correctly
  
• moved scroll bar in Select Other Race menu to the right some
  
• updated Avian music