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== v0.53.1 — Groundwork: Every Species Learns Its Job ==
* '''Groundwork for niches.''' The staircase's sixth and FINAL system — the count-4 finale — is wired in under the floorboards: 35 species carry a JOB now (Gather specialists for the four hired-hand skills, Haulers and Pathfinders for dispatch squads, and the Tender), every one of the 13 forgotten tames among them. The honesty ceiling on hired hands becomes real engine math, and a new score row will pay 25 per niched species you keep. None of it is visible yet — the star chips and crew hints arrive with their own update.
* For everyone below four ascensions — which today is everyone — nothing changes: same intervals, same hauls, same egg timers, byte for byte.