I can't help but wonder and ask this question. Are there any specific goals with 1.13? It does seem like it is a much larger update than previous ones. Though IIRC 1.11 (1.12? Cant seem to remember) was very large with the whole invader stuff.
No specific goal, although it is getting larger
The update is mainly the result of bug fixes, a trawl through the suggestions thread and some changes to fix issues I encountered myself. As you might guess from the import/export changes I am probably going to start a new campaign soon. The current one has four Swarm races, all of which were spawned by NPRs and are beating up those NPRs, which is why I added the option to specify which spoilers would be generated by NPRs. I am probably going to run a Swarm-free campaign, as I have fought them a lot in recent campaigns so I would like a different challenge. I'm also going to start smaller and push the starting NPRs further out to allow more of a build-up phase.
I've not been very active in the last month or two for a few reasons, one of which is my new trading hobby which is taking time away from my Aurora hobby
However, I have some stocks that I want to mainly hold for a while so that gives me time to focus on Aurora for the next few weeks. I'll probably run the new campaign for a while to test the recent changes and then look at a potential release.