Escalation

Counterwar & Field Manual

This combined update introduces the persistent Counterwar campaign, coalition strongholds, dimensional warfare, settlements, large-scale logistics, and the complete Escalation Field Manual.

Counterwar

• Added daily Counterwar missions, dawn debriefs, physical objectives, couriers, and field rewards.
• Added a persistent, cross-dimensional Warfront with contested, occupied, and secured territories.
• Added Horde provisions, materiel, intelligence, and command logistics.
• Added dimensional theatres, portal routes, and dimension-specific logistics.

Coalition Strongholds

• Added declared coalition strongholds with physical objectives and persistent integrity.
• Added stronghold repairs, alerts, defensive preparation, and phased sieges.
• Added coalition invitations, member roles, shared progression, and newcomer protection.
• Added automatic multiplayer scaling based on coalition participation.

Campaign

• Added the complete Hunt, War, and Reckoning campaign.
• Added a final confrontation against the Colossus.
• Added three possible campaign endings.
• Added the obtainable Sovereign Core, awarded for completing the final Reckoning.

Settlements and Occupation

• Added persistent settlements affected by the ongoing Warfront.
• Added occupation, liberation, and evacuation systems.
• Added persistent refugee escort operations.

War Table and Interface

• Added the War Table interface for managing strategic operations.
• Added the Doomsayer HUD.
• Added campaign briefings, warnings, advancements, and contextual tooltips.
• Added clearer strategic and operational feedback throughout the campaign.

Field Manual

• Added the Escalation Field Manual, issued once to every player.
• Added a crafting recipe allowing lost manuals to be replaced.
• Added a responsive and searchable in-game encyclopedia.
• Added 13 chapters containing 66 detailed pages.
• Documented every strategic block, field item, campaign stage, operation, multiplayer rule, command group, and server option.
• Added practical examples and troubleshooting instructions.
• Added chapter navigation, page controls, scrolling, and remembered reading position.
• Added the Know Your Enemy advancement.
• Added a secure, server-authorized manual opening system.

New Content

• Added 9 strategic blocks.
• Added 5 campaign items.
• Added new recipes and loot.
• Added custom item and block models.
• Added 15 native 16×16 textures.

Fixes

• Fixed duplicate strategic actors.
• Fixed logistics resource leaks.
• Fixed orphaned physical objectives.
• Fixed invalid cross-dimensional records.
• Fixed reward locks caused by departed players.
• Fixed unauthorized access to protected War Tables.
• Fixed coalition creation incorrectly reporting success after failure.
• Fixed NeoForge payload incompatibility.
• Fixed a dedicated-server startup crash.