This should make the Only Basic Remote Mining LRT less of an automatic choice. Gattling weapons now have a range of 2 and do not decay over distance. Torpedo cost has be shuffled to use less boranium and more ironium. Torpedo power has been readjusted to reflect the new battle model. Capital ship missiles do twice as much damage to unshielded targets.
All weapons can now stream damage freely from square to square.
Massively overpopulating planets no long continues to give extra resources after you exceed the maximum population by a factor of 3. Interstellar Traveller's mass drivers are only half as effective at catching minerals as their rating, are less efficient at flinging minerals, and all mineral packets flung decay, regardless of speed. Mass Driver 7 and Ultra Driver 10 now cost twice as much to build. Mine laying pods and mine laying hulls specific to the Space Demolition race have been reduced in cost and weight. The Claim Adjuster race no longer can build the Ultra Driver 12.