VO 1.8.56 adds:

- Six new mining missions available at all mining stations.
- New enhanced Grayspace trade routes: Betheshee Spices, Deneb Rum, Divinia Spice, Commercial Textiles, Fresh Flowers, Combat Simulators, Dried Meat.
- Dueling players now show up as light blue in the radar.
- Border defense turrets now respawn after 5 minutes.
- Vote Mutes now last for 1 day instead of 7 days.
- Vote Mutes no longer show how many votes have been cast.
- Fixed client crash when new items are dynamically pushed into the game.

The reworked newbie sectors were also planned for this release, but had to be held over for further testing and changes.