The SEV 1.38 Changelog has been posted in the Space Empires V General forum.
Captain Kwok states,"A big fix to the combat logs. You'll really like the new format. It was designed by long-time SE community member SuicideJunkie and has a ton of info at a glance while not taking up a 100 pages."
http://www.spaceempires5.com/en-US/node/3479