Told you it wouldn’t be long… the Anniversary sale’s first day, has pushed Star Citizen over the $28 Million funded mark. Â At $28 Million, we unlocked a new starter ship… the Mustang:
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New Starter Ship – The team at Consolidated Outland has decided to take Roberts Space Industries head on in 2944 by premiering the Mustang personal spacecraft. We will use these additional resources to create another ship company and starter ship for Star Citizen. The new ship will be offered for sale alongside the Aurora, so players have a choice between two options to begin the game!
Hopefully, we’ll get to see some concept art for the Mustang soon…might need to trade in one of the kids’ Auroras to pick one up (hey.. the kids will never know… right???).
Chris Roberts uses the $28 Million announcement to give a vague, general answer to the “where’s all the money going” posts that pop up from time to time on the Star Citizen forums.
For our next several stretch goals, we’re going to try something different. We are constantly asked where the additional money goes. Surely new mocap hardware or a new starship design doesn’t cost a million dollars. The answer is that the stretch goals are an example: one big thing we will be doing with some of the money. Every additional million means that we’re hiring additional artists and programmers, equipping the team with better development tools and increasing the size of the talented outsource groups being trusted with aspects of Star Citizen’s development. It means more actors and time for mocap studios, more reference for designers, greater variety in game characters, more options in clothing and armor and a large array of ship items and weapons.
So, as you can see yhe CIG team has decided to take a little detour from some of the previous stretch goals (like the motion capture studio, expanded alpha, enhanced capital ship systems, etc..), and instead follow what the last few goals have been…and that means more ships! Â More ships are good (well, unless you’re the wallet of a Star Citizen backer, then, probably not so good).
The design team has imagined a new set of Star Citizen ships, one from each of our big manufacturers. Each ship will have a new role to play in the Star Citizen universe, and unlocking these stretch goals will make it possible to go ahead and start building them. Since the M50 and 350R got us to this point, we’re starting with the Origin Jumpworks design. After that, it’s going to be up to you: the $31 million stretch goal ship will be decided by the poll below!
The first new ship we’re going to get (which, we’ll probably unlock via funding levels in a couple weeks) is:
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Origin 890 JUMP – The rumors are true: Origin Jumpworks has a larger ship in the works! The Origin 890 JUMP is an interstellar super-yacht with exquisite styling and an array of high quality upgrade options. Travel the stars in style with multiple decks, high visibility windows and a small boat bay. Whether you’re outfitting it to explore new worlds or to take a pleasure cruise through Terra, the 890 JUMP is the epitome of luxury, class and refinement!
Not a ship I’m really interested in though. Â I am, however, interested in a ship that fills a smuggling role, so… make sure you’re signed into your RSI account, and go vote for the smuggling role in the poll here. Â Sure… you don’t have to vote for smuggling…but, why wouldn’t you?