Don't know about the colony problem, though I have noticed numerous server hiccups on Nergal that seem to cause things that happen over a short period to be erased. Holes in my probes paths, etc. I'm hoping the competitive servers are more stable. Speaking of which, on your second point, I think the Mammetum server is open for signup and starts tonight (or has already started the start time and 12 hour wait period confuse me).