Your corvette now launches with a Mass Driver fitted and 300 Ferrite Rounds loaded. Your first fight comes right after your first research; building the second gun and making more rounds come right after it.
Until you defeat the Rogue Architect, every fight in Lunar Orbit starts with a full hull and shield, and losing there does not damage your gear.
Early missions now pay items as well as Liras: repair kits, Ferrite Rounds, and for Elite Salvage a Rare Mass Driver Mk.I, the Rare weapon the next step asks for.
Already partway through the tutorial? If your ship has no gun yet, you get the starter Mass Driver when you load, and your Ferrite Rounds are topped up to 300.
Combat
After a lost fight, the target panel now shows the damage numbers: for example, your KINETIC guns hit at ×0.34 while ENERGY hits at ×1.30.
Interface
A "Write a review" button now sits above Settings once you have beaten your first Zone 3 boss: one click opens Steam's review page. It disappears after you use it, and Settings can hide it.
The sidebar grows step by step: Combat appears once your first research mission is claimed, and the Ship Designer once you have a spare module to fit.
Update: your first fight comes right after your first research · Horizon Idle patch notes · SteamPeaks