New S0 players now receive a 2× starter boost for 14 days after joining the universe. The boost applies to:
Passive resource production
Personal building queues
Research queues
Ship construction queues
It does not accelerate fleets, mining cycles, activities, repairs, demolition, cooldowns, or shared station timers.
The boost was also granted retroactively to players who joined S0 during the last 14 days. The duration is calculated from the original join date:
Joined yesterday: approximately 13 days remaining
Joined 10 days ago: approximately 4 days remaining
Joined over 14 days ago: no boost
The backfill does not grant everyone a fresh 14-day period; it only restores the portion they would have received if the system had already been active.