Simon and Schuster sends along word that they plan on releasing a patch for Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Dominion Wars today. Here's the scoop:

Simon & Schuster Interactive and Gizmo Games will be releasing a patch for Star Trek Deep Space Nine - Dominion Wars (today). The patch will be available via the Dominion Wars web site or via online games sites. The patch file will be a small download.

The patch will address these issues:

• Inability to save over the same filename fixed
• Ships will now fire correctly after loading a saved game
• Game no longer crashes when anti-matter or nanotech bombs are transported to a planet
• Purchased upgrade devices are automatically applied when the game loads
• Breen weapon upgrade now works properly. Each upgrade applies to 1 torpedo launcher (same with the Quantum upgrade)
• Maximum crew limits are now in effect on all ships after respawning in multiplayer games
• Crew combat/boarding party combat has been sped up for larger battles
• All components now have descriptions.
• B'Rel's will now chase the ship with the Founder on the 2nd Dominion mission once ordered to do so
• The Romulan Cloaking device is now no longer transportable to other ships
• All "Find the Founder" maps fixed in multiplayer (objects now can be seen by all players)
• Slowed down the planetside combat of troops for the 6th Dominion mission. Fast combat was causing the "mission failed" message pre-maturely.
• Slowed the station combat for Federation mission 7 (crew battle only)
• Fixed some Gamespy start-up problems not bringing remote players into the game
• Only one Thomas Riker now appears in Federation mission 5
• Enemies in Federation mission 3 are now smarter
• Fixed the invisible ships in Dominion mission 3
• DS9MP map fixed for multiplayer (attack defend starbase game type)
• Final Federation mission enemy ships have improved AI
• Components are now race related in campaigns and in multiplayer
• Components are now "revealed" during the campaign (they are not all available from the start of the game)
• Escape/Options window now can be activated when game is paused
• Warp 2 Captains rated as a '10' now get the correct rank
• Game will now wait for a slow host start in Gamespy