EGOSOFT now offers a new version 3.0 patch for X Rebirth, along with The Teladi Outpost, a DLC pack they are giving as a free gift for all owners of the space combat reboot. This announcement sums up both releases:

Egosoft is delighted to announce the release of the X Rebirth 3.0 update along with a new DLC, The Teladi Outpost. The DLC is available free to players who download it before 15th December.

Highlights of the 3.0 release include:

• Interactive holomap.
• Ability to build stations in Empty Space.
• Dangerous regions that can damage your ship.
• Crafting of special items.
• New non-plot mission chains.
• Employee training to improve skills.
• Ware exchange between player ships and stations.
• Subsystem target cycling.

The Teladi Outpost DLC introduces a whole Teladi-controlled system containing two new sectors and over a dozen zones of interest, along with new Teladi and pirate factions, and various new Teladi ships, stations and weapon types.