diff --git a/binaries/data/mods/public/art/actors/particle/seeds.xml b/binaries/data/mods/public/art/actors/particle/seeds.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8104e8f1ae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/binaries/data/mods/public/art/actors/particle/seeds.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<actor version="1">
+  <group>
+    <variant name="seeds">
+      <particles file="seeds.xml"/>
+    </variant>
+  </group>
+  <material>basic_trans.xml</material>
+</actor>
diff --git a/binaries/data/mods/public/art/particles/seeds.xml b/binaries/data/mods/public/art/particles/seeds.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..90cca9a23d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/binaries/data/mods/public/art/particles/seeds.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<particles>
+
+    <texture>art/textures/particles/seeds.png</texture>
+    <blend mode="over"/>
+
+    <expr name="emissionrate" value="1.0"/>
+
+    <uniform name="lifetime" min="3.0" max="5.0"/>
+
+    <uniform name="position.x" min="-8.0" max="8.0"/>
+    <uniform name="position.z" min="-8.0" max="8.0"/>
+    <constant name="position.y" value="1.0"/>
+
+    <uniform name="angle" min="-3.14" max="0.0"/>
+
+    <uniform name="velocity.x" min="-1.5" max="1.0"/>
+    <uniform name="velocity.y" min="2.0" max="3.5"/>
+    <uniform name="velocity.z" min="-1.5" max="1.0"/>
+    <uniform name="velocity.angle" min="-2.0" max="3.0"/>
+
+    <uniform name="size" min="2.0" max="3"/>
+
+    <uniform name="color.r" min="0.7" max="0.8"/>
+    <uniform name="color.g" min="0.7" max="0.7"/>
+    <uniform name="color.b" min="0.5" max="0.6"/>
+
+    <force y="-2.5"/>
+
+</particles>
diff --git a/binaries/data/mods/public/art/particles/smoke.xml b/binaries/data/mods/public/art/particles/smoke.xml
index 3ac1f98bc3..a475c5f567 100644
--- a/binaries/data/mods/public/art/particles/smoke.xml
+++ b/binaries/data/mods/public/art/particles/smoke.xml
@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@
     <texture>art/textures/particles/smoke_64a.png</texture>
     <blend mode="over"/>
 
-    <start_full/>
-
     <constant name="emissionrate" value="9.0"/>
     <uniform name="lifetime" min="14.0" max="16.0"/>
 
diff --git a/binaries/data/mods/public/art/textures/particles/seeds.png b/binaries/data/mods/public/art/textures/particles/seeds.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c8282d8cbe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/binaries/data/mods/public/art/textures/particles/seeds.png
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
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+oid sha256:9788e256cbf5032a0d2683d048b782d8c0e4a03f1f2cc180a56cff7d718d42c1
+size 156
diff --git a/binaries/data/mods/public/art/textures/ui/global/button/button_stone_unselected.png b/binaries/data/mods/public/art/textures/ui/global/button/button_stone_unselected.png
index a07dfc8a3c..6c18181255 100644
--- a/binaries/data/mods/public/art/textures/ui/global/button/button_stone_unselected.png
+++ b/binaries/data/mods/public/art/textures/ui/global/button/button_stone_unselected.png
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
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-oid sha256:dfe559a7311b70d71b4654fd71f7d512689f77519ca53a67da083c167f326ee0
-size 13389
+oid sha256:002b1c82a1547b9b57e6000961285203a73c3ae827da1ce040eeb936c75e841d
+size 13274
diff --git a/binaries/data/mods/public/art/textures/ui/global/modern/gear-hover.png b/binaries/data/mods/public/art/textures/ui/global/modern/gear-hover.png
index cbc7fd744f..cc671941a2 100644
--- a/binaries/data/mods/public/art/textures/ui/global/modern/gear-hover.png
+++ b/binaries/data/mods/public/art/textures/ui/global/modern/gear-hover.png
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
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-oid sha256:21134c1ca42e276bf0368fe95d0c48dd6e00ee9d7ebaffa069935c6efccd123f
-size 19343
+oid sha256:e9a422ccc4be2fb72dbc22799a3ca11e4ddc05099523d47cccc93f1ecc402c30
+size 9847
diff --git a/binaries/data/mods/public/art/textures/ui/global/modern/gear-press.png b/binaries/data/mods/public/art/textures/ui/global/modern/gear-press.png
index ec6932e005..a9e214b0ab 100644
--- a/binaries/data/mods/public/art/textures/ui/global/modern/gear-press.png
+++ b/binaries/data/mods/public/art/textures/ui/global/modern/gear-press.png
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
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-oid sha256:b7b1d31f94156c735f1d20729bc8c95fc1baa2565d71f6c41625c6d8697832d4
-size 20232
+oid sha256:7285769bc9eae1369d7967f2b15babe49825b007524fec63cdd9c983ce421b0b
+size 9791
diff --git a/binaries/data/mods/public/art/textures/ui/global/modern/gear.png b/binaries/data/mods/public/art/textures/ui/global/modern/gear.png
index 5b3dfc282b..9265b7b96f 100644
--- a/binaries/data/mods/public/art/textures/ui/global/modern/gear.png
+++ b/binaries/data/mods/public/art/textures/ui/global/modern/gear.png
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
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-oid sha256:e9a7491f799ac5f26346eea436407ed1b858591ad7a9421f8f55a0ec0109adf3
-size 20290
+oid sha256:3415f0b200d824f974052d482ad689b12ce637a540c5f9171c9a4c229cd226cc
+size 10083
diff --git a/binaries/data/mods/public/maps/skirmishes/Alpine_Valleys_(2).xml b/binaries/data/mods/public/maps/skirmishes/Alpine_Valleys_(2).xml
index 9ca5c82c6a..2c7c22bf1f 100644
--- a/binaries/data/mods/public/maps/skirmishes/Alpine_Valleys_(2).xml
+++ b/binaries/data/mods/public/maps/skirmishes/Alpine_Valleys_(2).xml
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
-oid sha256:e42bf92a089489eb3b8fcad8226ae3f290fdc4b9653ed5286a9b61295e78cac9
-size 442129
+oid sha256:8035d758c9acaa6119f78122d63d5f8b985e45be38e3a9d93f4e2ac75c9d6f5e
+size 443275
diff --git a/binaries/data/mods/public/simulation/data/technologies/armor_hero_01.json b/binaries/data/mods/public/simulation/data/technologies/armor_hero_01.json
index c35b70ea8d..925d879647 100644
--- a/binaries/data/mods/public/simulation/data/technologies/armor_hero_01.json
+++ b/binaries/data/mods/public/simulation/data/technologies/armor_hero_01.json
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@
 		"spart": "Sidi̱ró Panoplía",
 		"athen": "Sidi̱ró Panoplía",
 		"ptol": "Sidi̱ró Panoplía",
-		"sele": "Sidi̱ró Panoplía"
+		"sele": "Sidi̱ró Panoplía",
+		"rome": "Lorica Ferrea"
 	},
 	"description": "Body armor fashioned completely of iron, the hardest workable metal known to the ancients.",
 	"cost": {"food": 0, "wood": 0, "stone": 0, "metal": 600},
diff --git a/binaries/data/mods/public/simulation/templates/structures/ptol_military_colony.xml b/binaries/data/mods/public/simulation/templates/structures/ptol_military_colony.xml
index 4dc2655cf4..77d3d5104a 100644
--- a/binaries/data/mods/public/simulation/templates/structures/ptol_military_colony.xml
+++ b/binaries/data/mods/public/simulation/templates/structures/ptol_military_colony.xml
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
     <RequiredTechnology>phase_town</RequiredTechnology>
   </Identity>
   <Obstruction>
-    <Static width="20.0" depth="20.0"/>
+    <Static width="23.0" depth="23.0"/>
   </Obstruction>
   <ProductionQueue>
     <Entities datatype="tokens">
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@
     <Radius>80</Radius>
   </TerritoryInfluence>
   <VisualActor>
-    <Actor>structures/macedonians/barracks.xml</Actor>
+    <Actor>structures/ptolemies/settlement.xml</Actor>
     <FoundationActor>structures/fndn_5x5.xml</FoundationActor>
   </VisualActor>
 </Entity>
diff --git a/binaries/data/mods/public/simulation/templates/structures/sele_military_colony.xml b/binaries/data/mods/public/simulation/templates/structures/sele_military_colony.xml
index 72e1a2a430..b37cc52784 100644
--- a/binaries/data/mods/public/simulation/templates/structures/sele_military_colony.xml
+++ b/binaries/data/mods/public/simulation/templates/structures/sele_military_colony.xml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
     </Resources>
   </Cost>
   <Footprint>
-    <Square width="25.0" depth="25.0"/>
+    <Square width="25.5" depth="25.5"/>
     <Height>12.0</Height>
   </Footprint>
   <Health>
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
     <RequiredTechnology>phase_town</RequiredTechnology>
   </Identity>
   <Obstruction>
-    <Static width="20.0" depth="20.0"/>
+    <Static width="23.0" depth="23.0"/>
   </Obstruction>
   <ProductionQueue>
     <Entities datatype="tokens">
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@
     <Radius>80</Radius>
   </TerritoryInfluence>
   <VisualActor>
-    <Actor>structures/macedonians/barracks.xml</Actor>
+    <Actor>structures/ptolemies/settlement.xml</Actor>
     <FoundationActor>structures/fndn_5x5.xml</FoundationActor>
   </VisualActor>
 </Entity>