And the bug that prevents people from being able to quantum to the beacon?

Well, that definitely needs to be fixed. I think that even for this release, we're aiming for that to be solved, because the beacons have to work. Even if you don't get cross-star-system beacons just yet, and it's not fully integrated with the cluster service, I think localized beacons should still be functional. You should be able to quantum to them, and you should receive them properly.