- (conflict fix)

- (patch change) Removed move speed patches for Siegebreaker armors (VArE) and Mech breaker armors (Alpha Mechs) (reason: Their max shield values now scale with quality, making them better at higher qualities.)

- (patch update) Updated shield-related patches

[VRE - Starjack patches]
- B&S xenotypes uses Vacuum-impervious (VRE - Starjack) instead of Vacuum sealed
- (gene rebalance) Spacejump tail: met -2 -> -1
- (gene rebalance) Mild/Intense/Extreme oxygen seinsitivity: met 3/4/5 -> 1/2/3 (still free met on endgame)

[Auto Cherry Picker]
- Vacuum sealed (B&S) if VRE - Starjack is loaded

Note: Cherry-pickered genes can still show up as Astrogene D: (astrogenes can be disabled)

- Added Fleetkind, Venator, Keshig, Askbarn, Uredd, Harana and Zohar to Salvagers
- Added Fleetkind to Traders guild

- (stronger enemies) Buffed Salvagers/Traders guild pawnkinds

VE team has already added warcaskets to Salvagers D:

[Det's Xenotypes - Half-foot compats]
- Half-foot uses Increased bandwidth (Alpha Genes) instead of High bandwidth
- Half-foot uses Fast (melee) hitter (VRE - Archon) instead of Fast hitter
- Half-foot uses Small frame (Big and Small) instead of Half-sized (also loses Weak melee damage, as it’s entailed by Small frame)

[Misc]
- (shambler xenotype) Added Zohar and Half-foot

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- High bandwidth (Det’s Half-foot) with Alpha Genes
- Fast hitter (Det’s Half-foot) with VRE - Archon
- Half-sized (Det’s Half-foot) with B&S

- (gene rebalance) Vacuum sealed (B&S): met -1 -> -2 (to differentiate with vanilla Vacuum resistance gene) (also loses EVA stat unless you have SOS2)
- (gene rebalance) Unliving resilience genes (B&S) lose vacuum resistance (along with EVA stat), met -3/-5 -> -2/-4

- Zohar (Rimsenal Xenotype) uses Frail stomach (Alpha Genes) instead of Sensitive stomach

[Auto Cherry Picker]
- Sensitive stomach (Rimsenal Xenotype Zohar) if Alpha Genes is loaded

- (gene rebalance) Archite blood (WVC): met +5 -> 0, but buffs blood pumping by 25%.

- (update) (gene rebalance) Removed natural armor buffs and related exclusion tags from Horror plating (WVC) (to avoid conflict with Cyberskin gene for Metalkin)
- (conflict fix) (research merging 2) Resolved conflict with Progression: Scenarios

- (research merging) Added compat for Rimsenal - Security Pack

- (conflict fix) (research merging) Resolved conflict with Research Reinvented
- (bugfix) (research merging) Fixed wrong condition for VWE - Quickdraw patch
- (bugfix) (vfec rebalance) Fixed caravan menus being incorrectly removed before Culture research was completed with VFEC + VFET

- (update) (research merging) Updated for recent Rimsenal - Spacer update
- (conflict fix) (research merging 3) Resolved conflict with Alpha Mechs: Re-Examined