Iceberg Interactive announces the release of Sector Zero, the first DLC for StarDrive 2, the Windows, OS X, and Linux 4X space game, which not coincidentally happens to be on sale on Steam for 75% off at the moment. This post covers the release as well as plans for the future, as they call this "the start of a new era" for the game. Here's a portion of the description of the new DLC:

This baby takes the base game of StarDrive 2 and overhauls it with massive changes to the structure of the galaxy. First and foremost, the galaxy is now divided into Hexagonal Sectors, providing new resources, terrain features, chokepoints, and reasons for you to commit genocide on the friendly plant people. New deep space construction mechanics allow you to fortify sectors with battlestations, mining outposts, science stations, and more. Sectors are jam-packed with new anomalies to explore, quests to unlock, and dangers to bravely run away from.

Sector Zero now features several new ways to win the game, including a technology victory, a story-based victory, and a score victory. You can view your progress towards your victory goal on the brand new victory screen. Dozens of new technologies have been added to support these new mechanics and the AI has been given some serious upgrades to help them win the game too!