TFP continues the Developer Stream series Oct 20th at 9 PM CST. Join The Fun Pimps Co-Founders Richard Huenink, Joel ‘Madmole’ Huenink & Senior Developer Lathan (@fubar_prime) for the first Alpha 20 hands on live-playthrough! Tune in for Free Keys!

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Star Citizen Alpha 3.15.0m PTU.7822079 Patch Notes

Squadron 42 Monthly Report: September 2021

This is a cross-post of the report that was recently sent out via the monthly Squadron 42 newsletter. We’re publishing this a second time as a Comm-Link to make it easier for the community to reference back to.

TO: SQUADRON 42 RECRUITS
SUBJ: DEVELOPMENT UPDATE 10:06:2021
REF: CIG UK, CIG DE, CIG LA, CIG TX
FAO Squadron 42 recruits.

Welcome to September’s Squadron 42 development report. Enclosed you’ll find details on the latest progress made across the campaign, including updates to vital backend services, AI behaviors, and cockpit communications.

Thank you for your continued support of Squadron 42.

Sincerely,

CIG COMMUNICATIONS

AI

The AI team spent part of the month rolling out the T0 engineer behavior to a key location, which is now fully functional with only a few minor remaining bugs. The workzone usable used by NPCs repairing things received a large refactor, making it easier for the designers to use within their locations. The team also created the ability to inspect, inspect with datapad, and inspect with welding tool at various angles to make it as useful as possible.

September saw AI deliver the Aciedo usables using blockout animations, with motion-capture animations currently in the polishing stage. Search spot, railing lean, stare spot, and several others are now considered final and ready to be used throughout the level.

The hygiene behavior was updated and is now complete, with new animations added for the toilet and shower cubicle. This was rolled out, with bug fixing underway.

Work also began on a new gunner behavior. Currently, NPCs find and use ship turrets. The next step will allow them to rush to turrets if their ship is under attack.

Conclusion

WE’LL SEE YOU NEXT MONTH…

TFP continues the Developer Stream series tonight Oct 13th at 9 PM CST. Join the Random World Gen Team & Senior Developer Lathan (@fubar_prime) for an in-depth look at the new Random World Gen, Design, Algorithm and tools coming to A20! Tune in for Free Keys!


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“I’m escalating things on my end and have a meeting to fully brief Senate and CitizenCon security later today.”

Terra Freedom Coalition

ADVOCACY ARCHIVE
INTRA-AGENCY MESSAGES

2951-10-02_02:12 SET
TO: ASC HARUKI BAE
FROM: SA JAMAL ANGELINI
SUBJECT: TERRA FREEDOM COALITION

Sir,

I just got back from the TFC gathering and confirmed the intel gathered from their forums (See Report #TSY-1209-889) that a protest is being planned for next week. The Coalition is estimating that they will have approximately one hundred members in attendance and will be deploying projections with pro-Terra separatist slogans. (The specifics of which slogans to display took up a majority of this evening’s meeting.)

The leader of the meeting, Patty Cozad (PersonalFile #OPR-36785-081) instructed all members to only communicate in person or via encrypted comm, and to avoid discussing details on spectrum. It remains unclear what instigated these heightened security measures. It may be that they are coordinating with the radical faction of the TFC known as the “Top Hats.”

During the course of the evening, most mentions of the Top Hats were decrying the violence advocated by the movement’s members last month and how it has hurt the cause. If there is a formal link between the Nova Kyiv TFC branch and the Top Hats, I have yet to find it.

That said, my cover seems to be having the desired effect. Several members have expressed interest in learning more about my time as a police officer. I’m still hopeful that if there are any Top Hat members in this cell, they will take the bait and seek me out.

I’ve gone ahead and attached the full recording of the meeting. If you’re in need of a bit of entertainment, I recommend skipping to 03:54:52 to hear actual adults debating the merits of the phrase “Terra First, Earth Worst” for a full fifteen minutes.

Jamal Angelini
Special Agent
Office of the Advocacy
Nova Kyiv, Terra, Terra

Attachment: TFCMR_31815G.tbf

2951-10-02_10:09 SET
TO: SA JAMAL ANGELINI
FROM: ASC HARUKI BAE
RE: TERRA FREEDOM COALITION

Thanks, Jamal. Appreciate the update. As you can imagine, there are a lot of people interested in making sure that what happened in Quasi last month doesn’t happen here during CitizenCon. Especially since I was just notified that Senator Skovira will be coming to Nova Kyiv to attend the Anvil panel. With him being seen as such an adversary to the Terran separatist movement, I fear that he’s too tempting a target for the Top Hats to resist.

At the same time, it’s been made pretty clear that while event and VIP security are a top priority, with the empire’s focus on the city the duration of the convention, we cannot be seen as unduly stepping on the rights of citizens. This means that we will be protecting the TFC’s right to lawful protest as much as possible and that an active Advocacy response will only be authorized if there is proof of a viable hostile threat.

For now, continue monitoring the TFC and any possible Top Hat connections.

Haruki Bae
Assistant Sector Chief
Office of the Advocacy
Nova Kyiv, Terra, Terra

2951-10-06_01:30 SET
TO: ASC HARUKI BAE
FROM: SA JAMAL ANGELINI
SUBJECT: TERRA FREEDOM COALITION

Sir,

I’m afraid you were right about Senator Skovira and the Top Hats. After the news broke that he was attending CitizenCon in person, there was a lot of chatter about adjusting the protest to focus on him and using his clout to draw more attention to the movement. It’s worth flagging that after that initial spike in communications following the last two gatherings, there has been a sudden drop off. Fifteen members were missing from tonight’s meeting, all of whom represented some of the youngest and most outspoken TFC members. I’ve noted their PersonalFile numbers in the attached full debrief.

When I asked around about the low attendance, most cited the Gryphon’s match, but one member, Marrion Pratal (PersonalFile #SRT-78127-166) mentioned that he had heard a rumor that Daedalus, one of the leaders of the Top Hats, had arrived in town. Pratal continued that he “hoped those kids don’t start taking up with the likes of them. It’s easy to think bashing a few heads in will get you what you want, but that’s not what Terra is about.”

If this is true and Daedalus really has arrived in Nova Kyiv, it would indicate a seriously higher threat to CitizenCon. I’ve already reached out to all the members who skipped tonight’s meeting asking where they were and expressing my interest in helping them. Hopefully it pans out.

Jamal Angelini
Special Agent
Office of the Advocacy
Nova Kyiv, Terra, Terra

Attachment: TFCDB_3T4509.tbf

2951-10-06_07:12 SET
TO: SA JAMAL ANGELINI
FROM: ASC HARUKI BAE
RE: TERRA FREEDOM COALITION

I guess it was too much to hope that Kyivians would have more sense than to get involved with radicals like this. I’m escalating things on my end and have a meeting to fully brief Senate and CitizenCon security later today. Going to see about implementing a heightened imprint protocol for VIPs attending just to cover worst-case scenarios.

Additionally, I’ve formed a detail to begin tracking the individuals you called out, but with CitizenCon rapidly approaching and our resources already stretched thin, we won’t be able to watch them all. Unfortunately, we don’t have enough evidence to justify approvals for drone use or comm backtrace, and it seems likely we won’t until it’s too late.

Let me know if you hear from any of your contacts. If we can get someone inside the Top Hats, it could make all the difference.

Haruki Bae
Assistant Sector Chief
Office of the Advocacy
Nova Kyiv, Terra, Terra

2951-10-07_22:30 SET
TO: ASC HARUKI BAE
FROM: SA JAMAL ANGELINI
SUBJECT: TERRA FREEDOM COALITION

I’ve heard back from all my contacts now. Most shut me out with simple replies along the lines of “Don’t worry about it,” and “Sorry, can’t tell you any more.” The most fruitful reply came a short while ago from Korah Sakata (PersonalFile #LOY-88341-229), an Anvil Aerospace employee who has been involved with the TFC since graduating from university ten months ago. I’ve pasted it here in full -

Hey Jasper,

Sorry about missing the meeting but something more important came up. I’m not allowed to say what it is, and I wish I could tell you more because, to be honest, we could use someone with your experience helping us. But if we’re ever going to ‘Liberate’ our home, we’ve got to be careful.

I think this CitizenCon could be probably the closest the TFC is ever going to get to making real progress.

I’ll mention your name around though and see what some of the others think.

-Korah

Having spoken to Korah in person, and knowing her propensity for wordplay, I suspect that the use of quotes around ‘Liberate’ is her implying that something will happen at the Anvil Aerospace panel, since they are revealing the Liberator there and that is where Senator Skovira is known to be making an appearance.

I’ll keep pressing ahead to see if I can get in direct contact with the Top Hats, but I’m thinking that there might be an alternate option to explore. With Korah’s mention of passing my name along, I began thinking if there couldn’t be an opportunity here to pass along other information to the group indirectly.

Jamal Angelini
Special Agent
Office of the Advocacy
Nova Kyiv, Terra, Terra

2951-10-08_08:45 SET
TO: SA JAMAL ANGELINI
FROM: ASC HARUKI BAE
RE: TERRA FREEDOM COALITION

Excellent suggestion. If we can redirect the Top Hats to a controlled point, we can ideally arrest them before CitizenCon starts.

I’ve organized a sting operation and have acquired a secure location for Anvil to host an ‘exclusive reception’ tomorrow night with a very prominent guest list. You will pass on the attached report and say that the Nova Kyiv police force is providing extra security and some of your sympathetic former colleagues passed the intel on to you.

If all goes well, Korah Sakata will pass this along to Daedalus and the Top Hats and they will see that this is too good of an opportunity to miss.

Haruki Bae
Assistant Sector Chief
Office of the Advocacy
Nova Kyiv, Terra, Terra

Attachment: AnvilReception.tbf

2951-10-08_08:51 SET
TO: ASC HARUKI BAE
FROM: SA JAMAL ANGELINI
SUBJECT: TERRA FREEDOM COALITION

Sent the intel. Hopefully, they’ll take the bait.

Jamal Angelini
Special Agent
Office of the Advocacy
Nova Kyiv, Terra, Terra

2951-10-10_20:11 SET
TO: SA JAMAL ANGELINI
FROM: ASC HARUKI BAE
RE: TERRA FREEDOM COALITION

I wanted to pass along Senator Skovira’s personal thanks. While we didn’t manage to capture Daedalus last night, we were able to trace three of the arrested individuals back to the Quasi attacks.

And with the exception of the handful of TFC holobanners outside, I think everyone would agree that this year’s CitizenCon was a success.

Good work. Enjoy your break and I’ll see you in my office next week.

Haruki Bae
Assistant Sector Chief
Office of the Advocacy
Nova Kyiv, Terra, Terra

Star Citizen Alpha 3.15.0l PTU.7818165 Patch Notes

Happy Monday, everyone!

Thanks to everyone who tuned into CitizenCon 2951 this weekend! We left our Stanton home and dove into the Pyro system, explored the upcoming Outpost Homesteads (and how you’ll build your own in the future), got previews of the Origin 400i and the Anvil Liberator, took a deep dive into Server Meshing and Persistence in Star Citizen, and much, much more.

Missed part of the show? We have all the panels on YouTube now in stunning 4K quality. Check out the CitizenCon landing page for all of the links to the panels, as well as all of the amazing community videos that played throughout the show.

During the show on Saturday we also released Alpha 3.15 to Wave 1 on the PTU! Healing, hospitals, our revamped inventory system, the A2 Hercules and its bombs, the Origin 400i, and much more await in the persistent universe’s latest update. For more information on the PTU, how waves work, and how to access the PTU once invited, check out our FAQ here.

Now, let’s see what’s going on this week:

On Tuesday the Narrative team has a new Advocacy Archive lore post: Terra Freedom Coalition. With the 2951 CitizenCon at risk, the Advocacy office on Terra searches for a way to infiltrate a group of potentially violent political activists.

Wednesday we’ll be posting the Squadron 42 Monthly Report for September that went out last week via email, this time as a Comm-link. Additionally, as we lead up to the release of Alpha 3.15, we’ll be posting a series of Patch Watch posts and guides that will dive deep into the update’s features. The first, coming on Wednesday, is diving into the nitty gritty of the new Personal Inventory system.

On Friday, you’ll see an update to the Subscriber Vault and the RSI Newsletter will wait for you in your inbox. Star Citizen Live will be taking another week off to give the fine folks on our video team a much needed break after CitizenCon.

Have a fantastic week!

Jake Bradley
Associate Community Manager

Image by Pogal

The Weekly Community Content Schedule

MONDAY, OCTOBER 11, 2021
This Week in Star Citizen

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 12, 2021
Lore Post: Advocacy Archive – Terra Freedom Coalition

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 13, 2021
Patch Watch: Personal Inventory
September SQ42 Monthly Report Comm-link Repost

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2021
Subscriber Vault Update
Weekly Newsletter

Community MVP: OCTOBER 4, 2021

Digital CitizenCon 2951 - Fan Favorite Cosplay Contest Voting

It’s time to vote for the community’s favorite cosplay of Digital CitizenCon 2951!

Fan Favorite Cosplay Contest voting 2021

Thank you for casting your vote

Star Citizen Alpha 3.15 - PTU Wave 1

Star Citizen Alpha 3.15.0 PTU.7814123 Patch Notes

Vote For Your Favorite Concept Ship

Cast Your Vote today

Liberator - Warbond- Standalone Ship / Prix : 720$ TTC

400i Pre-Order- Standalone Ship / Prix : 316.8$ TTC

400i - 3 Paint Pack- Paints / Prix : 25.2$ TTC

Now that the 400i from Origin Jumpworks has been revealed, we posed a few questions to the vehicle team about the new explorer.

CitizenCon 2951 Limited Edition Box

Digital CitizenCon 2951 - We're LIVE!

CitizenCon 2951 (10/9 @ 8am Pacific)

This month's update brings the foundation of the mission system, huge amount of quality of life improvements, a camper vehicle module and much more!

Missions
Today we're introducing the first iteration of a mission system to Rust. You are now able to speak to various NPCs found around the world and receive a list of objectives you must complete in exchange for a reward. This first pass of missions are geared more towards players just getting started but the system is capable of much more. We will be expanding on this in the coming months to include PvP missions (capture and hold, delivery, ambush) and eventually even bounty hunting.



You can find mission providers at most safe zones and their tasks vary, from catching fish or harvesting lumber to hunting sharks and uncovering hidden treasure.



The mission system will be expanded upon over the coming months. We look forward to reading your feedback.


Camper Module
Take that long overdue vacation in the new Camper module for your modular car. It’s a two slot module that includes 4 seats that function as spawn points, overhead lockers, a bbq and a small box worth of storage.





To mark a seat in the camper van as a respawn point simply sit in it, look down and use “Make Bed” to claim it. You will then be able to respawn directly into that seat regardless of its location, even while the car is moving! If another player has claimed a seat, you'll have to clear their ownership before you can claim it as your own (this will appear as an interaction option).

The module requires a T2 workbench, 175 Metal Frags and 125 Wood to craft.

You’ll find the locker above the seats, the barbecue to your side and the small storage box underneath the barbecue. Happy camping!




General QOL
Jarryd spent some time this month working through a backlog of quality of life improvements that we’ve assembled internally. Thankfully all of you in the community had plenty more ideas so after a month of work the QOL list is now even longer than it was at the start. Thanks to everyone across Discord, Reddit and Twitter for suggesting ideas! If your suggestion wasn’t implemented this month rest assured we’ve taken plenty of notes for future work in this area.

A lot of the changes are pretty scattershot and all around the game (see the changelog for more details), but some of the notable changes are below.

Sign PaintingThe primary improvement for sign painting this month is being able to pick up signs and redeploy them without losing the painted content. You can now pick up signs, picture frames and neon signs with the hammer, inspect the painting in your inventory, trade it to others and redeploy it at will. The sign painting interface has also had some improvements, including being able to voice chat while painting and better lighting settings for large paintable sources.

Auto TurretsAfter many (many) requests we’re adding the ability to authorize friends to auto turrets, as well as automatically authorizing yourself when placing the auto turret.

Door opening while woundedYou’ll now need to hold down the interact key to open the door while wounded. Watch out for door campers!

Admin UIWe’ve created a simple admin UI accessible in the F1 menu for server admins to easily modify and administrate their server. This isn’t meant to be a replacement for RCON or the console, but hopefully it will act as a simpler way for new admins to manage basic elements of their server. If there are more features you’d like to see feel free to reach out, this is just the first iteration of this tool.


Improvements & Fixes Highlights
Vehicles On Cargo - Can now land on the cargo ship without your vehicle sliding off

ADS Sensitivity - Added a separate slider to modify sensitivity while aiming

Skin Search - Search for skins by name in the Repair Bench and Crafting Menu

Item Counts - Show the total count of items in inventory when picking up items

Large Planter snapping - Large Planters now snap to centre of foundations and floors

Auto fill code lock - Added a button to auto fill the last code entered into a code lock

Rowboat Flip - Boats now rightside up with one push

Horse Dung - Horses now produce dung more often

Binoculars Zoom - Now start at the lowest zoom setting

Supply Drop Beacon - Supply drops now activate a red beacon at night

Snap Disable - Holding sprint now disables snapping on planter and high external wall placement

Engine Components Craft - All modular car engine components craft reduced from 30s to 10s
Check out the changelog for more changes.

Steam Point Store
We're currently working on some Rust assets for the Steam point store which we plan to release in the coming weeks.

Let us know what you think and if you have any suggestions! You can take a look at the animated avatars, profile frames and profile backgrounds over on the DEVBLOG[rust.facepunch.com]

Halloween update
On October 28th at 19:00BST / 14:00 EST we'll be releasing a mandatory server and client update to enable some new spooky features!



Changelog New Camper Module
New F1 Admin UI
Added Missions system
Added a search text box to the skin picker in the Repair Panel and Crafting menu
Added a button to enter the last entered code in the code lock (can also press Reload to trigger the button)
Added an Aim Down Sights sensitivity multiplier (acts as a multiplier on base sensitivity eg. 0.5 mouse sensitivity x 0.5 ADS sensitivity = 0.25 sensitivity while aiming)
Item descriptions now scale to fit long descriptions in the Crafting menu
Binoculars now fade in/out twice as fast and start at the lowest zoom setting
Can now voice chat while painting signs
Sign painting will no longer use a low resolution texture on low graphics settings
Show the total amount of an item in your inventory on the item pickup pop up in the bottom right of the screen
The planter inventory can now only be accessed by looking at the edge of the planter
Large planters now snap to the centre of foundation and floor blocks (hold Sprint to disable)
Flipped boats should now reliably flip rightside up with one push
Looking at vehicles that have no seats left will now show as Occupied instead of showing a Mount option that won’t work
Painted signs can now be picked up (includes empty picture frames and neon signs) without losing their painted data
Unpainted signs can now be stacked up to 5
Painted signs have a small icon in their inventory and clicking on them will show the painted data
Increased range of light source in painting UI so large signs aren’t partially illuminated
The sign painting UI will now remember the rotation of the last sign that was painted (per session)
Open/closing doors while crawling now takes three seconds
When attempting to build too close to a monument the error message will now display the translated name of the monument (instead of “Can’t build here”)
Improved several placement error messages
F4 and F9 keys are no longer hardcoded to screenshots, added screenshot.takescreenshot and screenshot.takehiresscreenshot that can be bound as needed
Right clicking scrap while a research panel is open will put the scrap in the bottom slot
Lowered volume of audio static in the background of boom boxes, speakers, etc
Right clicking a pumpkin in the inventory will now move the pumpkin to the belt instead of clothing
Ceiling light can now be repaired more reliably from below
Worms and grubs will go the inventory by default instead of the belt
Auto Turrets now automatically self-auth when placed (like TC’s)
Added an Assign to Friend option to Auto Turrets
Any team members in the Assign to a friend Sleeping Bag/Auto Turret UI will now appear first in the list
Don’t show steam ID’s on Sleeping Bag/Auto Turret friend UI while streamer mode is active
Human skulls being sold in vending machines will now display their name in the tooltip
Item search in crafting menu should now disregard accented characters when filtering (eg. Pólvora and Polvora will now both return gunpowder when playing in Portugese)
Supply Drops now have small lights that activate at night
[Admin] entity.deleteby now accepts multiple steam ids
[Admin] Added entity.deletebytextblock that parses a text block for steam ids (eg. can use the results of “ent auth”)
Added "cargoshipevent" command for server owners to start the cargo ship event
Horses now produce dung more often
Dung yeilds more Fertilizer
Added custom junkyard prefabs for map makers
Military tunnels NPCs no longer respawn while players are inside tunnelsMilitary tunnels elite crates respawn inline with AI (no more looting elite crates with no AI spawned)
Added small (50) MinDistanceDifferentType to roadside monuments
Less strict locker placement
Added "Copy" and "Clear" to the console UI
Reduced crafting time of all modular car engine components from 30s to 10s
Fixed garage doors blocking placement on the floor above them while open
Running a dedicated server will no longer set graphics quality to 0 on clients on the same machine
Fixed issue where binding a key to nothing that was also a default key wouldn’t save correctly and the binding would be lost on next boot (can now unbind mouse wheel)
Fixed glowing hair in player inventory preview
Fixed issue where players would get stuck in a placeholder dance when respawning if they were dancing when killed
Fixed Boom Box loading incorrect URL after a player leaves and enters network range or after a respawn
Fixed tanker car module not getting properly disconnected from water sources when moving
Fixed Small sign stacking
Fixed elevator exploits
Fixed excessive explosion force on the chinook
Fixed cargo ship layouts breaking during server restart
Fixed paddle glow outline being flipped
Removed Gravis Island from Facepunch servers

CitizenCon 2951 Schedule

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September was a busy month for all teams at Cloud Imperium. Alongside preparing for the excitement of this October’s all-digital CitizenCon, the final touches were added to many features coming in Alpha 3.15, and great progress was made on content coming later in the year.

Read on for all the details, including the latest on the Personal Inventory, various news ships, Pyro, and jump points.

Star Citizen Monthly Report: September 2021

AI Content

AI Feature

AI Tech

Animation

Art (Characters)

Art (Ships)

Audio

Community

Engine

Features (Characters & Weapons)

Features (Gameplay)

Features (Vehicles)

Graphics & VFX Programming

Lighting

Narrative

QA

Systemic Services & Tools

Turbulent (Services)

UI

Vehicle Tech

VFX

Conclusion

WE’LL SEE YOU NEXT MONTH…

Roadmap Roundup

Happy Wednesday, everyone!

Every two weeks, we accompany the Roadmap update with a brief explanatory note to give you insight into the decision-making that led to any changes. This is part of an effort to make our communications more transparent, more specific, and more insightful for all of you who help to make Star Citizen and Squadron 42 possible.

With that said, let’s go ahead and dive into this week’s Roadmap Roundup!

-CIG Community Team

Notable Changes for October 6th, 2021

Progress Tracker

Downstream teams have begun to extend their planning into Q4 2021, and you’ll now see this reflected on the Progress Tracker. With that, there are quite a few new deliverables, highlighted below:

Player Item Shard Transition
With the introduction of fully persistent shards, items/ships that are left “in the open space” are bound to that shard until a player collects them and stores them into an inventory or parks a ship at a landing location. To provide a more frictionless experience, we will implement a feature that automatically stores these ‘freely placed’ items from the shard when areas are streamed out, and places them into a different shard when the player logs into a new shard. This allows players to find their freely placed ships/items left in the open space regardless of the shard instance they are assigned during login.

Character Creator
Developing the player character creator for the Squadron 42 single-player campaign.

Name Resolving API
Engine implementation for entity class name resolving service.

AI Landing Improvements
This enables AI ships to land and deliver reinforcements on non-structured ground areas like planetary terrain where a pre-defined landing area and assistance from Air Traffic Control is not available.

AI – Navigation Links – Elevators/Transit
Implementing special adapters to inform the navigation system of potential navmesh connections offered by elevators and transit. Those systems will create potential connections that rely on specific additional conditions to be met (the presence of a train, an elevator, and so on). NPCs will be able to use those connections and understand when the appropriate exit point is reached.

Civilian NPC Movement Improvements
Various improvements to the animation and behavior of civilian NPCs to make them feel less stiff and robotic, allowing them to move in a more natural way. This will also be improving the appearance of their awareness of the surrounding environment and other NPCs in their vicinity.

Greycat Industrial Salvage Backpack
Concepting, designing, and implementing this variant of the Greycat Specialist Backpack, geared toward storing salvaged material.

Lorville Hospital Staff Outfits
Implementing variant outfits and loadouts for the staff of Lorville hospitals.

Levski Hospital Staff Outfits
Implementing variant outfits and loadouts for the staff of Levski hospitals.

Area 18 Hospital Staff Outfits
Implementing variant outfits and loadouts for the staff of Area 18 hospitals.

Outlaw Medical Outfits
Design and implementation of a surgical apron for outlaw medics.

DNA Head Textures Update
Texture updates for DNA head archetypes that will improve texture quality for all DNA heads in Star Citizen and Squadron 42.

XenoThreat Armor
Developing multiple armor variants for the Pyro gang, XenoThreat.

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Fire Extinguisher
This previously removed deliverable is now returning to the Progress Tracker.

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Release View

These features have passed their final review for 3.15. For this reason, we have updated these cards to Committed and changed their color to blue.

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That’s all for this week! Join the discussion on Spectrum

Reminder,
TFP continues the Developer Stream series tonight Oct 6th at 9 PM CST. Join the Code Team & Senior Developer Lathan (@fubar_prime) for an in-depth look at New Features, Audio, Quests, the Drone, Optimizations and more! Tune in for Free Keys!

Tune in tonight for a chance to win Free Game Keys!

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A sojourner snags a ride on a Reclaimer only to find themselves in a tight spot and forced to face a past they want to avoid.

This short story originally appeared in Jump Point 8.08.

BEGIN RECORDS: 2950.08.03_21:48 SET

The subject of today’s lesson was “enjoy that which is set before you.” I needed to learn this one. Glad it found its way to me.

A bit of a recap. Last night, I headed over to the Twyn’s stand right as they were setting out a fresh batch of merguez, so dinner wasn’t all bad. Those definitely go down as one of my favorites on long hauls. Caught the stall cashier giving me a long look and got self-conscious about my arm, even though it was covered. Didn’t think much of it when I went back to the same broken chairs in the Covalex hub to catch some sleep.

I woke up this morning to find another Twyn’s sandwich next to my rucksack. There was a note written across the packaging:

Keep an eye out for the Ithaca, CapEzura

Spent the morning on the observation deck and was about to give up when I saw a Reclaimer tagged Ithaca come in true and smooth. Made my way to arrivals as the ship’s crew exited an elevator and spread across the station. I followed the one heading to the TDD and eavesdropped on his conversation. He seemed nice and polite, so I staked up outside. He took one look at me and immediately asked if I was Church of the Journey. Said I was and he introduced himself as Captain Ezura. Didn’t even flinch when he shook my cybernetic.

He invited me aboard Ithaca and made introductions. The crew was welcoming and seemed used to having sojourners aboard because they didn’t ask the usual barrage of questions, like where I was going or question why it was called a ‘church’ when it’s really just a set of beliefs, etc. They just accepted that I was along for the ride, wherever it took us. All of ‘em had been with the Captain for a while, which is usually a good sign. I offered to help with dinner, but Captain Ezura (everyone onboard calls him “Cap”) said it was his turn to cook. After, I began cleaning dishes but was ordered to get some rest. I almost protested, but orders are orders and it’s been awhile since I’ve slept in a bed.

Feeling thankful my Journey has brought me here.

2950.08.04_19:33 SET

Today’s lesson was “home is where the Journey takes you.”

I’m exhausted, but still buzzing about everything that happened. I’m thankful Cap is ok and the rest of us, including this big, damn ship are all in one piece.

I piloted today. It’s so strange to say that. Didn’t think the first time since the crash would be like this, but the Journey sets its own course, right?

I’m getting ahead of myself though. First, Ithaca’s beds are surprisingly comfortable. Way better than what I had on Vigny. Don’t know how long I slept, but I awoke to the crew helping Captain Ezura onto a nearby bunk. He looked sick and couldn’t keep anything down. They gave him an injection of hydrogel and put him to bed. Everyone hoped it was food poisoning and not something contagious.

The crew held a meeting and let me sit in. We’d traveled to Pyro while I was asleep. Cap got a tip that some kind of fight went down and there was scrap to be found. The debris field was massive and the pickings good. Only problem was Ithaca now sat smack dab in the middle of it, with no one excited to fly us out.

Bakka was the usual co-pilot but left technical flying in tight spaces to Cap. Got the sense Cap liked flying through scrap and Bakka liked collecting it. From across the table, I could see Bakka’s sweaty hands at the thought of having to fly out of here. Devadiga wanted out of Pyro fast. Even though the scrap was fresh, she’d seen signs that someone else might have started salvaging the claim. She was convinced that whoever it was would be back any second, and this being Pyro, there was a good chance they wouldn’t be friendly. Taisei, the engineer, wanted to leave, but knew that damaging the ship would make things worse.

They debated a bit and, I don’t know what made me do it, I mentioned I used to be a pilot. Talked about my time with Vigny and some of our more memorable hauls. Didn’t mention the crash and all it took from me.

Crew put it to a vote and decided to give me a shot. Even though none of ‘em are members of the Church, they seemed convinced the Journey had brought me here for a reason. If I could navigate out of the wreckage, then we could safely leave Pyro and see about getting Cap some help. That’s when I started to get nervous, but it was too late to explain that I hadn’t flown since getting my new arm.

A shiver ran up my back when I first grabbed the sticks. It was strange. The cybernetic made it feel like it always did, but it was somehow new. Could sense the crew watching anxiously, so I started slow and steady. Captain Ezura had left Ithaca in a tight space between hunks of a Merchantman and a Hammerhead.

I held my breath as I brought the throttle up. There wasn’t much room for error with my first few moves. Thankfully, Devadiga helped by calling out crucial adjustments from the scanning station. This thing is so much bigger than Vigny, but I started getting used to it. Somehow I navigated away from those massive pieces without damaging the ship. Soon I was making accurate adjustments and picking up steam. Everything felt good and normal, like it used to be.

I wanted to say that I didn’t think about you during it, that what happened was out of my mind, but I couldn’t stop remembering. I never would have thought it, but I think that’s what kept me focused.

After clearing the field, I relinquished control to Bakka. Felt drained both physically and mentally, forgot how much that can take out of you. Came down here and checked on Cap. He’s sleeping now. Gonna get some sleep then check on Bakka. See if he needs me to take over.

2950.08.05_16:51 SET

Well… I knew it would happen eventually, but not sure I’m ready for this.

While I slept, Bakka brought us to Prime. Guess Cap and Taisei are from here, so it was an ideal spot to rest and sell scrap. Cap’s feeling better already. He thanked me for stepping in, even offered me a cut of his take, but I politely declined. Could use the credits but it didn’t feel right. Told him his ship and crew had already given me more than he’d ever know. He didn’t press me on what that meant. Just told me I was always welcome aboard Ithaca and that they’d be launching in two days. Part of me wanted to stay aboard to see where they go next, but I know the Journey brought me here for a reason, like how it delivered me to that ship. Before I disembarked, Cap made sure I had details on how to reach him directly.

Now I’m sitting in the spaceport lounge debating if any of the crews here would take me with them to somewhere far away, even though I know I should stay and deliver your personal effects to your family. It’s what I should’ve done months ago but I’m still scared. Scared of what they’ll think of me, the person who failed to bring you home safely. Scared that I won’t be able to keep my shit together when I talk about you.

This is the stop I’ve been fearing the most. Part of me even hoped the Journey would somehow avoid it. But here I am, building up my courage to do what’s right and telling myself that “one must reflect on where the Journey has brought you and how the path has changed along the way.”

Think I’ve done enough reflecting for now. It’s time to visit your parents. Not sure if this sojourn was all about bringing me here or helping me figure out what comes next. Guess there’s only one way to find out.

The End

Co-Streaming CitizenCon 2951

Happy Monday, everyone!

Gather your favorite snacks and beverages and find a comfy place to kick it, as we’re only five days away from CitizenCon! Not only will this set you up to enjoy the show, but it also might win you a custom XenoThreat headset by Astro Gaming!

Stay in the loop with all things CitizenCon on the official webpage, with additional details including panel times coming later this week. You can also subscribe for hour-to-hour updates to ensure you don’t miss a thing this Saturday!

If you’re looking something a bit more spooky, we invite you to join us for our month-long Spooktober celebration, as the horror from beyond the stars has made its way to the ‘verse. You can either carve your way to fabulous prizes or show off your raw speed and steely nerves in the first Cave Runner’s Contest. And, last but not least, Drake joined the Day of the Vara with exquisite ghoulish green paints for a variety of their ships.

Now, let’s see what’s going on this week:

On Tuesday, the Narrative team is back, publishing the Jump Point lore post Sojourner Travelogue, in which a sojourner snags a ride on a Reclaimer only to find themselves forced to face a past they were trying to avoid. We also have our Subscriber Comm-Link and newsletter detailing October’s Subscriber benefits!

Wednesday will not only see the bi-weekly Roadmap Update and Roadmap Roundup but also September’s PU monthly report Comm-Link published and the Squadron 42 report send out via email. Thus we recommend subscribing to the Squadron 42 newsletter here.

Thursday won’t see an episode of Inside Star Citizen as we brought the quarterly season to a close last week, but fear not, the show will resume in just a few weeks! Also, shoutout to Jared for successfully rhyming every episode title this season.

On Friday, you’ll see an update to the Subscriber Vault and the RSI Newsletter will wait for you in your inbox. Due to Digital CitzenCon this week, we won’t air an episode of Star Citizen Live.

Saturday, join us on the Star Citizen Twitch channel at 3pm UTC for CITIZENCON 2951!

Have a fantastic week!

Christian ‘Wayne’ Schmitt
Community Manager

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The Weekly Community Content Schedule

MONDAY, OCTOBER 4, 2021
This Week in Star Citizen

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 5, 2021
Subscriber Comm-link
Lore Post:Sojourner Travelogue;

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 6, 2021
Roadmap Update
Roadmap Roundup
September PU Monthly Report
September SQ42 Monthly Report via email

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 8, 2021
Subscriber Vault Update
Weekly Newsletter

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 9, 2021
Digital CitizenCon – 3pm UTC (twitch.tv/starcitizen)

Community MVP: OCTOBER 4, 2021

A quick fix for the resolution setting in the settings screen. Sorry about that =)

0.203.11
* Fixed issue with resolution setting in settings gui

Further post-Hearth & Home-tweaks
This time we’ve made some more adjustments to make everything feel more balanced. Some food stats have been changed, but more importantly all melee weapons will now cost less stamina to use. We also taught the Fulings some new battle tactics and told night-spawning monsters to go to bed once the sun is up. And since fall is properly setting in, you can now make your home even cozier (or spookier) with a Jack-o-turnip!

0.203.10
* Oven & cookingstation drop food items when destroyed
* Gamepad sensitivity save fix
* Acorn & Birch seed drop rate increased
* Onion seed icon tweak
* Player number difficulty scale tweaks
* Removed comfort from Crystal wall
* Atgeir, Blackmetal axe, Bronze spear tweaks
* Lower melee weapon stamina drain
* Knives have more durability
* Tweaked some food stats based on effort to craft (blood pudding, boar jerky, bread, deer stew, mincemeat sauce, wolf jerky)
* Night-spawning monsters despawn faster in the morning
* Parry ranged attacks staggers caster again (illogical but fun)
* Fuling AI tweaks (Spreads out & circles more)
* Longer Lox attack cooldowns
* Frost damage slowdown fix
* Shield tutorial trigger fix for wood shields
* Wood log 26° & 45° stability fix
* Jack-o-turnip enabled
* Torch + weapon jog animation fix

Day of the Vara 2951 (Halloween)

SCL Gamedev: Fun With Props (10/1 @ 8am Pacific)