No.  We have no plans to do any work on Impulse to make it work with Linux (even in emulation). 

All of the micro-expansions will be rolled-up into the big full expansion pack we've been talking about since launch.  You know, the one with the campaign and all of that good stuff?  The only thing is, you'll be waiting until late next year for that.

probably you guys haven't decided yet, but it doesnt hurt to ask: for which pack is said campaign planned? since the press release didnt mention it.

I believe that would be the one after all the mini-expansions.

Wait! So we buy all three expansions and then have to buy them all again in the summer release as it has additional stuff?

No I don't know how exactly it's going to work (if it's these 3 making up the whole big expansion, or 3+something else), but I can guarantee with absolute certainty we're not going to have to re-buy anything

Silly fox, only I have such power!

... want some?

Stolen a long time ago. Fox, remember?

Now I just have to get the hang of it...

Anyways, when can we get more detail on the expansions?

I've been thinking about the possibility of fracturing as a result of these mini-expansion packs.  The main cause of fracturing (if it happens) will be that people’s play style/strategies will adapt to which expansion packs they have.  For example, a person with Entrenchment will be accustomed to having powerful defensive structures and thus be unprepared and unwilling to play a game in which they cannot access those structures.  .

A good player can adapt to (almost) any situation.

Will you guys at Stardock show us what these new defences look like?

Will users recieve a discount off the expansion in that case then? If they've already purchased the 3 addons that is.

Damn,i only can get my full expansion next year.

Noooooo...

Yep, I'm pretty sure they won't do that.

Still I would like a clarification. Because the problem is imho the following. If one of the mini-expansions is adding a campaign, you would need all the other mini-expansions (or the campaign would only include vanilla Sins?). Or the campaign would only arrive with the bundled expansion set, thus if you've bought one or two mini-expansions you have to buy the bundled expansion set and you would get a dicsount?

Also how is balance handled when one doesn't have the defene expansion for example, and not the new super duper planet attack expansion?

Inquiring minds want to know.

1. I don´t like micro Expansions. I never liked them and never will. This is just my opinion, I´m fine with others.

2. For 10$ it´s just to few content. For me 10$ is a lot of money. Actually I can buy a full Game for 10$. Even if you look at big bad EA. For 30$ you get kane´s wrath. A full blown Expansion with a 13 mission campaign with different difficulties, bonus objectives and over 30 minutes of cinematics with real actors. Additinally you get loads of new units and tech upgrades, sub factions with their own special units and techs and a crapload of new multiplayer maps. This micro expansion is 10$ for three defense buldings? Sorry Ironclad, but even big bad EA offers a better deal for my money.

3. When I bought Sins I thought small content updates like "Entrenchment" will be free. And no, 1.10 isn´t a content patch, it´s pure bugfixing. A long changelist doesn´t imply a content Patch. Espacially when some parts of the game like the network code are screwed up in the first place.

4. Have you ever thought about the balancing? Now the game must be balanced with keeping every shitty micro expansion, the big expansion and all included combinations in mind. It is almost impossible to get a balanced game now. This will be the dead of multiplayer.

5. Have you ever thought of the modding community? They could extract all the meshes and Textures from the expansion and can build a mod that could easily include all the features of the micro expansion and everyone can download it for free. At least this will work for singleplayer.