Inventories and increased persistency are the major new features of 2.8.3. Collected powerups and health status are now persistent across sectors and after logoff. Death will result in the loss of all collected powerups. The fundamental underpinnings of a persistent game are now in place, as we move towards the major gameplay improvements planned for Vendetta Test 3.0. In addition, a number of bugs have been fixed, and some graphical content has been further optimized for speed. Please continue to report bugs via the webpage and/or bugreporter program, and feel free to post input on the messageboard. Thanks.