Just wanted to give some notes about what I've been working on for the next major update to Reforged Eden coming probably within the next few months.
Update: I am planning to release the next update sometime in September.

Update:
The test scenario is available for testing here:
https://psteamcommunity.yuanyoumao.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2918811239

You can view the work in progress change notes here:
https://psteamcommunity.yuanyoumao.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3012117598

The orbital factories I added as part of Project Eden have been in need of an update for awhile now.
I updated most of the existing POIs for them and added new ones and some of the new traders can trade in commodities and items from Reforged Galaxy now.
I also added new cargo shipment commodities you can buy and sell between factories in different faction territories. These new shipments take up a lot of volume and mass and so it will be better to use a dedicated freighter to trade them. Your mileage may vary.
I am making them low profit at first so I can increase the profit instead of risking making them overpowered at first.

I overhauled the trading station sectors for Traders Federation (Traders Guild), Polaris, and Colonists. (working on others as well).
New sector visuals and radio chatter, new cargo shuttles, POIs, etc.
Added many new decorative decals for trading POIs such as advertisements, animated news reels, wanted signs, etc.
I didn't want to just buy an asset pack off the unity store, I wanted to make something unique to Empyrion so all of these have been configured specifically for the scenario from scratch to fit the game and scenario lore. The idea is to increase immersion and make the galaxy feel a little more alive.

I have added about a half dozen new combat sites so far for this update ranging from class 1 through class 3.
These sites utilize new mission tech added in the game to give what are hopefully some interesting challenges such as having enemy (or friendly) ships warp in to the site and new dialog.

I have been working on some improvements to custom asteroid field visuals to both increase their performance and make them look cooler.
My plan is to add a whole set of new asteroid fields and other cool looking space stuff as basically visual backdrops for different sectors using techniques I have learned since I last added them.
Should see a nice performance increase on the new asteroid fields over my old custom ones.

I also want to overhaul bounties but I am not sure how much of this I will get in the next update.
A huge thanks to many members of the community for contributing designs for the in-game advertisements and cargo shuttles that are coming in the next update.