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== v0.57.7 — Dispatch Missions Are War Parties Now ==
* '''Dispatch missions are kill missions now.''' The eleven gathering errands retired — your hired hands already gather in the background, so the bay flies a different flag: SIXTEEN STRIKE MISSIONS, one against every rival tribe on the ladder, from a half-hour raid on the Mudfoot Clan to a ten-hour war on the Mostly Harmless. Each strike still hauls home the tribe's own plunder, tuned to about one hired hand's take.
* '''Weapons and gear drop from the kill.''' A returning war party rolls the rival's blueprint sheet, a piece from their armoury, and their signature relic — the same odds a hands-on raid victory pays. Their war banner stays raid-only: the flag is the trophy of beating them yourself.
* '''The strikes ride the rivals ladder.''' A strike opens once the tribe below it has fallen to you hands-on, and locked rows name exactly who to beat first. The Mudfoot strike is open from your first tame, and every mission wears its rival's own mark.
* Squad math is untouched — your dinos' gear has always counted, and weakness still costs time and bruises, never the haul. A squad caught mid-flight on a retired errand steps down at the stable immediately, ready to ride out again.