Notable core gameplay changes:

• you can now claim authorship of NPC ships after you hack them so that npc pcu limits are correct (and your ownership is also correct)
• destroyed cargo containers now have a temporary storage item that drops with everything in it instead of puking out 750 thousand items and creating a lag bomb
• there is now a communications block that can send chat messages
• there is now ways to wirelessly send actions between grids, a HUGE advancement to automation

This is shaping up to be a fantastic core update. Looking forward to playing it.