Comms Gets Filters, FTL Range, and a Cleaner Hacking Tab

Comms Gets Filters, FTL Range, and a Cleaner Hacking Tab

Three things shipped in the comms update today.

Message Filters The message feed in the Comms panel now has filters: All, Ship-to-Ship, Station Broadcast, Encrypted, and System Alerts. With busy sessions producing dozens of comms per hour, filtering to "Encrypted" to find that intercepted transmission is now one click.

FTL Range Overlay When you open a contact's system profile, you can now toggle an FTL range overlay on the sector map. It draws a circle showing the maximum jump distance from that contact's world. Useful for planning intercepts, understanding patrol coverage, or figuring out whether that courier can actually reach the destination they claimed.

Hacking Tab Hacking has been split into its own tab inside the Comms panel. Previously it lived under a sub-menu that was easy to miss. Now it's a first-class tab: Comms | Systems | Hacking.

The Hacking tab shows: - All active systems in range that have hacking enabled - Your current intrusion status (active/idle) - Alert and trace levels for any system you've penetrated - A clean "Jack Out" button that's visible even when things go sideways

More Comms improvements coming next week. The signal interception mechanic is the next piece.