Yes a new DLC is on the way, Ship Upgrades and it is packed with good stuff! Not only will it add 10 new upgrades for the ship, it will also add new game features. Ship upgrades such as carrier modules, asm launcher, planetary bombardment cannon and more! New game features like crew morale and planetary bombardment which really makes things interesting! No ETA on this DLC yet but I will post here as soon as I know more. I expect the store page for it to be up within the next week or two.
Regarding the next update, here's what's done so far...
Avalon v1029
- Planetary facilites no longer generate over the max capacity of food & water, fuel or energy.
- Added background to energy pack display on outpost and ship interior screens.
- Ship upgrade modules which increase max capacity no longer keep max capacity if module is destroyed.
- There is now a 1 out of 6 chance an ai warship will attack when attemping to open a comm link.
- Mood face icons on ship comm screen has improved.
- Now, if a ship has less hull strength then the weapon hitting it, the ship will be destroyed with a single hit.
Ocean Worlds
- A new nav sector map specifically for ocean worlds maybe added to allow players to direct travel.
- Some graphic enhancements
As always more might be added to this update which will be released prior to the DLC but no ETA just yet. Although a rough guess is by the end of this week or beginning of the next, it all depends on how things go. My god, it's full of stars...