The creator undertakes Star Citizen’s largest and most flawed cargo hauling event using the undersized Drake Corsair, overcoming numerous technical issues and gameplay challenges through adaptability, teamwork, and strategic ship management. Despite the intense grind and ship limitations, the experience highlights the game’s vibrant community spirit and the rewards of perseverance in a demanding, evolving virtual world.
In this video, the creator embarks on a challenging seven-day journey to complete Star Citizen’s largest and most broken cargo hauling event using a Drake Corsair, a midsized combat-ready explorer with limited cargo capacity (72 SCU). The event, called the Resource Drive, required hauling an enormous 2,826 SCU of cargo to support one of Stanton’s four mega corporations, with rewards including rare weapons, ship skins, and exclusive armor. Choosing to represent Hurston Dynamics, a dystopian weapons manufacturer, the creator took on the challenge with his trusty Corsair, despite it being ill-suited for such a massive freight task. Early on, the event showed promise with bustling ports and active player engagement, but soon technical issues like broken cargo elevators, missing contracts, and server queues severely hampered progress.
To cope with these obstacles, the creator adapted by living aboard the Corsair, using its bed-logout system to hop between servers and avoid long queues and bugs, thus maximizing haul time without frequent returns to port. Despite the ship’s limitations and increasing wear and tear, the event fostered a sense of community among players who cooperated to overcome the event’s flaws, sharing resources and helping each other load cargo. However, as the grind lengthened and the event’s exponential cargo requirements became clear, the strain on both ship and player grew, pushing the creator to call on friends and tools like the Atlas mech suit to speed up loading and unloading.
Midway through the event, the creator reluctantly rented an Argo Raft, a ship with four times the cargo capacity of the Corsair, to keep pace with the escalating demands. The raft’s utilitarian design, tractor beam, and larger cargo hold made hauling far more efficient, and with teamwork, they rapidly increased their progress. However, after a hotfix restored some contract reliability, the creator returned to the Corsair, determined to finish the event using the ship he considered home. This phase leveraged the Corsair’s combat capabilities by focusing on protection and cargo retrieval missions, with friends helping man the guns and aid in hauling.
Despite the Corsair’s resilience and adaptability, the grind remained intense and physically taxing on the ship, with moments of near loss due to asteroid hazards and ship damage. The creator pushed through, overloading the Corsair beyond its official cargo capacity and utilizing stolen cargo retrieval contracts. The final stages involved careful piloting of a derelict Freelancer filled with cargo, culminating in the last delivery and completion of the event’s massive haul quota. The creator expressed relief and satisfaction at finishing, acknowledging the event’s many frustrations but also its underlying potential and community-driven spirit.
In conclusion, the video highlights the challenges and rewards of participating in a major Star Citizen event with a suboptimal ship, showcasing adaptability, community cooperation, and perseverance. While the event was plagued by bugs, broken features, and tedious grind, the creator’s experience demonstrated that with creativity and teamwork, even difficult goals can be achieved. The video ends with gratitude toward supporters and a reflection on the event’s mixed legacy—both a frustrating ordeal and a unique, alive-feeling experience within the Star Citizen universe.