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Players can also become a part of the history of the universe. For instance if a player finds a space anomaly and successfully navigates it, which is not easy to do, they’ll be able to sell the Nav-Data of their jump for a great profit to a space company and they’ll have the system and jump-point named after them.
The goal of Star Citizen is to build a living, breathing universe that is its own entity. It will be a constantly shifting and evolving place for people to go and escape to.
Chris Roberts has posted an in-depth explanation of instancing here.
An introduction to Star Citizen’s physics is available here.
We’re working on concept art right now that will show you the different levels of ships! For now, imagine the sort of ship advancement you encountered in Privateer or Freelancer, with the Aurora being the basic ship and others being improved or more specialized craft. The top-of-the-line ship in our pledge campaign is the RSI Constellation, which is a multi-person craft that includes a turret and a smaller fighter that can be manned by your friends! To add further details, we’ve published a development document which includes concepts and specifications for the announced ships. You can find it here.
Star Citizen is utilizing top Hollywood talent like Ryan Church in the hopes of creating a set of truly iconic ships that genuinely “belong” to the players and are also fully functional in the game rather than simply looking good. Unfortunately, bringing a ship from concept to finished 3D artwork is a lengthy process and we’re not willing to spoil it by releasing early concept work which may have nothing to do with the finished product. We’re working on building all the ships now and will release comprehensive advertising brochures showing them off when we feel they’re close to their finished form. You can find the first brochure, on the RSI Constellation, here.
Some early pledges were made on an unconnected backup system. If you pledged in the first days of the campaign and your pledge is not showing on your account, please contact us and we will take care of linking it manually. When you do so please make sure to include your RSI email, User Name and payment method. We’ll ensure everyone is connected.
Please send an email describing the issue to support@cloudimperiumgames.com, include RSI email, User Name, Payment method and payment email address.
This will happen roughly four weeks after the end of the Kickstarter campaign. Kickstarter backers will enjoy all the same rewards (lower cost tiers and add-ons, unlimited insurance) as those who pledged through the RSI site.
If you haven’t created a RSI member account yet, it would be a good idea to do that now. If not we will create a RSI account for you using your Kickstarter info but the username will be auto-created and the login info will be emailed to you.We are in the process of adding a “credit” system to your account, to allow you cancel any pledge or add-on in your account for an account credit. You will then be able to use this credit to purchase any tier or add-on. This will allow you to make any adjustment you want to your account in terms of what pledges and add-ons you have.
The prices and availability for the pledges and add-ons will be the same as when you had originally made your pledge. Please note that if you cancel a limited number item like the Vanduul fighter or the Idris Corvette it will go back into the pool and may not be available in the future if someone else takes it.The level of your Citizen card will depend on the aggregate of all your contributions. Thus someone that has backed Star Citizen for a total of between $500 and $1000 would be entitles to a Gold Citizen Card, even if their base pledge was under $500.
Physical Citizen Cards are a one-time gift tied to the initial campaign and will only be manufactured once, making them a collector’s item.
Our cut-off date for manufacturing the cards will when the Kickstarter users are integrated. We will announce the cut-off date to the community ahead of time to allow everyone a chance to get a physical Citizen Card if they so desire by pledging for a tier that includes one as part of the package.A particular situation exists with respect to the USB stick. If the stick will be loaded with your digital game and other items then the value of those digital items will be considered when determining the value of the stick for importation purposes. Again, this value would not be your pledge amount but the price that we would charge outside the fundraising campaign for those digital items.
In order to avoid taxation on those digital game items we will offer a convenient download button directly on your “Your Account” page, together with the option to receive the USB stick empty. Alternatively, if you wish to receive the USB stick fully loaded with the items then the value of those digital items will be included in the pro-forma invoice.Please e-mail hr@cloudimperiumgames.com with your information. In the subject header please indicate what type of position you are interested in applying for.
Finally the Advocacy takes insurance fraud very seriously. If it can be proven that a player has colluded with another player to defraud the insurance company, that hull’s lifetime insurance will be invalidated and the player may have to pay a large amount of credits to keep their record clean and not be marked as a wanted criminal.
That’s the new FAQ! Now, what else do you think is needed? We’ll revise this with your questions and post it at the top of the site later in the week!