Hello everyone,
First of all the new Sheredyn Faction Affinity has been voted, we'll start working on Battle Net (524620 pts) that won after a fierce battle against Informer (506130 pts).
We're also very excited to give you the first official info about the Endless Space Expansion.
As you might have heard already, the Expansion will focus on bringing a new battle experience to Endless Space (in addition to other surprises).
The first info we want to reveal is something we have been talking about with the VIPs for some time now, which is the arrival of Fighters and Bombers!
We'd like to have your opinion on the design behind these additions!
In a nutshell Fighters & Bombers are a new kind of armament which are treated as ships during a manual battle. They bring a new strategic dimension, and can be used to launch an instantaneous invasion on systems.
Bombers are meant to deal heavy damage to the opponent’s fleet, whereas Fighters are both the first defense against Bombers as well as their primary protection. Note: Fighters deal little damage (Sub-note: Unless they get a direct hit on the exhaust port… 
).
First you will be able to find the thread (including the complete Game Design Documents) we've been using with the VIPS to discuss the design.
Don't hesitate to have a look to understand better how they work and give your feeling about them!
In addition, we also added a new "one week" G2G vote that will help our designers go the right direction and optimize the game design.
As we had 2 main orientations (but need 3 entries) we added a 3rd "I let Amplitude decide" option, but we won't take it personally if you don't vote for that one 
We'll be revealing a lot of things in the upcoming days and weeks concerning the 4th Add-on and the Expansion, so keep an eye on the Dev Blog and Forums!!!