And space combat!
I wanted yesterday to define you how space combat will be managed. But then I thought, we need to make progress for players to see we will get there.
All three (focus on ship, exploration and space combat) are something extremely important in the late phases of gameplay. Before that, evacuation needs to be feature-complete (this month, actually in the next days) and we need to release a colonization preview. Space exploration and space combat are the Phase just after that! - Elindos