The Sword of the Stars: A Murder of Crows Q&A on GameShark hears from Lead Artist for Kerberos Productions Chris Gerspacher about their just-released 4X expansion. Along the way they provoke him into talking a bit about plans for a Sword of the Stars sequel: "Oddly enough all ships in SotS used to have directional thrusters, but they were removed as they ate into frame rate significantly in larger battles and regardless, you could not really even see them unless you were zoomed in closer. I can’t really go into the details about what new features we have brewing for the ships down the road in SotS2, but I can say we are working at a more complex level for the ship designs. As processing power continues to improve, maybe by the time we reach SotS2 every l’il thruster can be added back in. It terms of several new layers of custom personalization per ship, we have plans, but we’ll have to wait and see if they make it off the drawing board."