- New Ship Classes: Strike Cruiser, Battlecruiser, Escort Carrier, Exploration Cruiser, Carrier, Dreadnought, Titan (Upgraded From Vanilla), Flagship.
- Ship Class Upgrades: New upgrade section options include the PD Destroyer, Support Cruiser, Spitfire Battleship, Heavy Carrier, and Supercarrier.
- Advanced Ship Behaviors: Follow, Charge, Artillery, Flanking, Hit and Run, and the original Default.
- Hyperlane Generation/Removal: Change the galaxy at will - create new hyperlanes and destroy existing ones.
- New Level 6 Stronghold and Level 7 Headquarters starbases.
- New Special Components: Special upgrade components for all classes.
- New Weapons: A few new special weapons for more dakka.
- The Return of Defense Stations: Stations and Fortresses are now buildable as Starbase Defense upgrades.
- And Much More: Many other tweaks and changes to improve the gameplay experience.

- All mod code has been updated to Stellaris v2.5.
- At this time, we are officially removing our support for the Lithoids pack. Due to major issues with how the pack was designed, there is currently no known way to make the models work properly with NSC2. We have multiple community modding experts working on some way to make this set work with NSC2, but so far we have had no success. If we find a way to make the set compatible, we will do so in a future update. There is no ETA on this - if it happens, we'll release an update, if not, then there's nothing we can do.

- Extra Shipsets: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1439513019
- Mass Effect Shipsets: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=810948106
- Unlimited Supercapitals: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1329690637
- Fallen Empires & Crisis Boost: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1782936901

- MOD LOAD ORDER: The new Paradox launcher now requires users to manually set the order in which their mods load. The best way to make sure your mods continue to work is to order them in REVERSE alphabetical order. This means that NSC2 should be at the bottom of your mod list, with the only mods under it being those that must overwrite base NSC2 (such as compatibility patches and addons.)

- If the mod has just been updated, double check your mod load order - the launcher sometimes puts newly updated mods at the TOP of your mod list, messing up the load order and breaking your game.

- HOW TO RESET NSC2: If your copy of the mod is not working properly, delete this entire folder from your PC: Steam\SteamApps\workshop\content\281990\683230077 and then unsubscribe and resubscribe to the mod. Verify that Steam is downloading the mod, and then try to run again. You may have to repeat this step a few times to get it working. This is a common problem with Steam and we cannot fix it from our end.

- If you're having a problem with the mod that is NOT a bug, the quickest way to get an answer is to join the Tech Support channel on the NSC2 Discord here: https://discord.gg/CFeyDZf

- You can also post your question in the Steam comments below, however it may take longer for a response.

- The best way to report a bug is to send an email to incoming+lsjhoward-new-ship-classes-15031296-issue-@incoming.gitlab.com with the title of your email being the title of your issue and the email body being a description of the problem. This will post your issue directly to our Gitlab Service Desk and notify all developers immediately. We will be able to converse with you about the issue via email and you will receive updates regarding its status.