so i was reading the quest creation contest example quest, and a noticed there seemed to be a hint of ground combat

Title The Price of Freedom: Part 3
Description "As your expedition party prepares to leave, your camp is finally approached--by a solitary, eight-foot-tall Plume. As your men and women gather around, the friendly Plume reveals that the planet is home to a vast subterranean population of Plumes, only a decade or two into spaceflight. He explains the largest ecological issue facing their generation: they believe that the growing population of Plumes is making the planet too heavy, causing it to inch closer to the sun. Plume climate-change activists are urging for increased offloading of the planet's heaviest rocks.

Before he can finish, a loud rumbling heralds the arrival of more Plumes--and these don't seem nearly as friendly.

"Get off... my… PLANET!" bellows the leader. He hefts a large boulder and hurls it at you, scattering your crew."
Objective03 Survive the battle… if you can!
Outcome Your forces have slain a few of the most aggressive Plumes and driven off the rest, but your friendly Plume seems to have slipped away in the confusion. You depart the planet in a pensive mood, your ship laden with an extremely heavy "metal thing" that your friendly Plume left you as a parting gift.

i mean its not a far fetched idea. ground combat is possible with the endless legend engine and there will be opportunities to attack things on the ground by taking over planets. i don't know what to make of this, i am reading into things too much or could this be hint of things to come.

p.s. the wait for the early access might be making me crazy.

They released the GDD about Ground Battles yesterday alredy so I guess that means you are right.