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Roadmap Roundup - November 5th, 2025

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4.4.0

• New Wikelo Ships Offerings (4.4.0)
  • Adding multiple new vehicles and equipment to the ever-expanding Wikelo’s Emporium: RSI Meteor and the Guardian MX, with upgraded components and a unique base livery. These rewards can be unlocked by completing Wikelo’s contracts.

This card has received a new visual.

• MaxOx Neutron Cannon Art Refactors
  • Updating several MaxOx Neutron Cannons’ art style and geometry: Size 1, 2, and 3.

This card has been set to Tentative.

• Exterior Freight Elevators
  • Adding new ways of loading and unloading cargo in the currently available systems: Nyx, Stanton, and Pyro.

This card has been updated to also include Stanton.

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COUNTDOWN TO IAE 2955

November 20 to December 3

Join us in the breathtaking city of Orison for the biggest spaceship show in the universe! To celebrate the Intergalactic Aerospace Expo 2955, Star Citizen will be FREE TO PLAY throughout the entire event. At the show, everyone can:

Obtain over 150 ships and ground vehicles, and try them for free via rental kiosks
Discover the latest craft from the ‘verse’s finest manufacturers
Pick up exclusive IAE armor, vehicle paints, and in-game items
Explore the manufacturer schedule below, and check back as the show approaches to see the full lineup of ships and ground vehicles you can obtain and try!

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Perseus video from the site!

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Sneak peek of the week:

**Unannounced Drake Ship **

-# aka Drake Clipper

Quote: Power to the People.

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This Week in Star Citizen

We’re looking forward to opening both Alpha 4.4 PTU and the Tech Preview to a wider audience soon — stay tuned!

Thursday

• IAE 2955 FAQ

Friday

• RSI Weekly Newsletter

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IAE 2955 FAQ

What/when/where?

Annual major spaceship convention (and the biggest sale of the year). November 20 → December 3, at Orison in game, where you can see the ships in person, and rent any of them for 48H from a terminal.

BIS paints distribution

Asgard, Gladiator, Zeus ES and Polaris will receive paints. These will be attributed following the last day of the event. You must have the exact ships (no variants, IE Zeus CL/MR) to receive the paints. If you melt before distribution, you will not receive the paint.
There will only be one distribution.

F8C Lightning Pledge update

The F8C will become ‘available for pledge’ without a golden ticket this year - no confirmation on if this includes CCU or not. If you ever turned in a golden ticket, or have a Wing Commander F8C, you will receive a “Nightweaver” livery on Anvil day (cannot be gifted).
This is a one time distribution, however as above - you only needed to have turned in the ticket to receive this paint.

Hull A/B, Raft, Railen pricing

Pricing for these ships will increase following IAE. If you would like one, this will be an ideal time to secure a cheap CCU to lock in a lower price.

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Limited sales waves

► Starting on Nov 20 (IAE Day 1): RSI Constellation Phoenix

▲ Wave 1 - Thursday, November 20, 2025 4:00 PM
▲ Wave 2 - Thursday, November 20, 2025 8:00 PM
▲ Wave 3 - Friday, November 21, 2025 12:00 AM
▲ Wave 4 - Friday, November 21, 2025 4:00 AM
▲ Wave 5 - Friday, November 21, 2025 8:00 AM
▲ Wave 6 - Friday, November 21, 2025 12:00 PM

► Starting on Nov 21 (IAE Day 2): Origin 890 Jump

▲ Wave 1 - Friday, November 21, 2025 4:00 PM
▲ Wave 2 - Friday, November 21, 2025 8:00 PM
▲ Wave 3 - Saturday, November 22, 2025 12:00 AM
▲ Wave 4 - Saturday, November 22, 2025 4:00 AM
▲ Wave 5 - Saturday, November 22, 2025 8:00 AM
▲ Wave 6 - Saturday, November 22, 2025 12:00 PM

► Starting on Nov 22 (IAE Day 3): Drake Kraken, Drake Kraken Privateer

▲ Wave 1 - Saturday, November 22, 2025 4:00 PM
▲ Wave 2 - Saturday, November 22, 2025 8:00 PM
▲ Wave 3 - Sunday, November 23, 2025 12:00 AM
▲ Wave 4 - Sunday, November 23, 2025 4:00 AM
▲ Wave 5 - Sunday, November 23, 2025 8:00 AM
▲ Wave 6 - Sunday, November 23, 2025 12:00 PM

► Starting on Nov 24 (IAE Day 5): MISC Hull E

▲ Wave 1 - Monday, November 24, 2025 4:00 PM
▲ Wave 2 - Monday, November 24, 2025 8:00 PM
▲ Wave 3 - Tuesday, November 25, 2025 12:00 AM
▲ Wave 4 - Tuesday, November 25, 2025 4:00 AM
▲ Wave 5 - Tuesday, November 25, 2025 8:00 AM
▲ Wave 6 - Tuesday, November 25, 2025 12:00 PM

► Starting on Nov 26 (IAE Day 7): Consolidated Outland Pioneer

▲ Wave 1 - Wednesday, November 26, 2025 4:00 PM
▲ Wave 2 - Wednesday, November 26, 2025 8:00 PM
▲ Wave 3 - Thursday, November 27, 2025 12:00 AM
▲ Wave 4 - Thursday, November 27, 2025 4:00 AM
▲ Wave 5 - Thursday, November 27, 2025 8:00 AM
▲ Wave 6 - Thursday, November 27, 2025 12:00 PM

► Starting on Nov 28 (IAE Day 9): Aegis Idris-P, Aegis Javelin

▲ Wave 1 - Friday, November 28, 2025 4:00 PM
▲ Wave 2 - Friday, November 28, 2025 8:00 PM
▲ Wave 3 - Saturday, November 29, 2025 12:00 AM
▲ Wave 4 - Saturday, November 29, 2025 4:00 AM
▲ Wave 5 - Saturday, November 29, 2025 8:00 AM
▲ Wave 6 - Saturday, November 29, 2025 12:00 PM

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Nightweaver F8C skin

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Talkin’ Shop Podcast - IAE 2955

Join full-time mechanics and part-time hosts Lexxy Marlowe and Gale Kessler live from Teach’s back office in Levski as they break down, and fix up again, IAE 2955.

• Episode 1 - NOV 20 - Roberts Space Industries
• Episode 2 - NOV 22 - Drake Interplanetary
• Episode 3 - NOV 26 - Greycat Industrial & Everything in Between

Teaser on Spotify

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Sneak peek of the week:

**Drake Clipper **

Quote: Go your own way.

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Engineering T1 Clarification

Paraphrased from Savrals-CIG’s posts. Source 1, Source 2

Armor

The current focus is on getting the “flow” right. With damage, fire and repair the aim is a nice mix of good gameplay and fulfilling the Star Citizen Fantasy. Until CIG is “happy enough” with the current features, nothing new, such as armor, will be added to the mix.

Components being damaged immediately will be affected but not be “fixed” with the armor system. CIG prepared engineering to work without armor, but “clearly it does not yet”. Right now, there is a balancing discrepancy to be fixed, that should bring the TTK with components to a better level. “The idea is Engineering will increase the life time of ships.”

Relays

Relays have undergone a rework. They still connect the ship components, but if you lose all the fuses in a relay it will not completely cut power to those components anymore. The reason stems from some ships being built in a way where destroying a single relay will cripple the entire ship.

Now once all fuses are destroyed or depleted, the relay will go into a “red” state and the available power in the ship will drop. Depending on the ship size and the amount of relays present, this can have a significant impact on your ship.

Engineering Ready Ships

Not every ship will be engineering ready for the initial T1 release. More ships will be converted patch by patch.

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[CIG’s Ali Brown Answers Questions w/ tenpoundfortytwo](

Ali Brown Answered Our Star Citizen Questions!

Key Points covered in video

Vulkan Status:

• The current Tech Preview version of Vulkan in Star Citizen already includes all main features, including multi-threading. Further optimizations developed for Squadron 42 will be brought to Star Citizen in a future patch. <:soon:1326702302664593480>

Upscaling & Frame Generation:

• DLSS4 upscaling is available in the current preview, but frame generation has not yet been integrated and is planned for a future patch.

Texture Settings Explained:

• Low: 50% resolution
• Medium: 75%
• High: 100%
• Very high/ultra: Adjust how much is streamed in advance and extra detail loaded. This means lower settings reduce texture resolution to save memory, while higher settings improve detail and streaming quality.

Global Illumination (GI):

• GI is enabled, but ray-traced GI is not yet present. Some settings are not working fully in the preview, with indirect lighting not active as expected.

AMD vs Nvidia Optimization:

• The CIG team optimizes for both AMD and Nvidia GPUs, testing across various specs.
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  Official Minimum Specs Discussion:
• The official minimum spec (i7-2600 + GTX 1060) is acknowledged by Ali Brown as outdated and not ideal. Performance on such old systems (e.g., in Levski or city areas) is poor—often sub-10 FPS—especially on AMD systems with less VRAM. The minimum spec will need updating as the project matures.

​Why Levski Performs Poorly:

• Levski is denser than other locations and presents ongoing technical challenges that the team is still investigating.

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This week in Star Citizen:

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 2025

• This Week in Star Citizen

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 2025

• IAE 2955 - Manufacturer Schedule Comm-Link

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2025

• Alpha 4.4.0 - Welcome To Nyx
• Patch 4.4 Live
• Roadmap Update
• Roadmap Roundup

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 2025

• IAE 2955 - Day 1, Roberts Space Industries
• RSI Perseus - Q&A Comm-Link
• Talkin’ Shop - IAE podcast episode 1
• Salvage Guide Update Comm-Link

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 2025

• IAE 2955 - Day 2, Origin Jumpworks
• RSI Weekly Newsletter

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 2025

• IAE 2955 - Day 3, Drake Interplanetary
• Talkin’ Shop - IAE podcast episode 2

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 2025

• IAE 2955 - Day 4, Aopoa, Banu, Esperia, Gatac, Grey’s Market

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Intergalactic Aerospace Expo 2955 Free Fly & Manufacturer Schedule:

The event lands in Orison on November 20, 16:00 UTC. Explore the vast expo halls, check out the latest and most iconic vehicles from top manufacturers, and take them out for a spin. New reveals and surprises will debut throughout the event, with free rental access unlocking each day according to the manufacturer schedule.

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Nicou-CIG

Perseus owners will be able to fly the beast directly once Alpha 4.4.0 releases soon tonight

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Alpha 4.4 - Welcome to Nyx

Many wanderers find themselves searching for a new system when the controlling grip of oppression clutches too tightly. That system is Nyx, removed and untethered from an overruling establishment. Home to Levski, a settlement built on a belief in equality for all sentient beings, Nyx is a beacon of hope for any traveler still longing for freedom.
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HOPE IS HERE

Nestled within the Glaciem Ring, Levski is a dream, turned place, turned symbol, to all people looking for a home where their voice can be heard. Founded centuries ago by the People’s Alliance, a revolutionary group that sought to escape Earth’s Messer regime, Levski still stands apart from the oppressive forces that inevitably followed.

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A PLACE WORTH PROTECTING

Military subcontractor, InterSec, is calling for help. If you accept, head immediately to investigate the abandoned QV stations. Gather as much usable intelligence as you can, but proceed with caution and as much firepower as you can muster - who knows what Stanton’s recent actions have wrought.

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LEVSKI LOCALES

Just like its community-driven ethos, Levski has amenities to meet everyone’s needs. A hospital, marketplace, and the local watering hole, Café Musain, make this settlement a practical, as well as peaceful, place to land. Tune up and tune in during your visit at Teach’s, an ever-reliable ship shop and home to Levski’s own Talkin’ Shop show.

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Roadmap Roundup - November 19th, 2025

Release View

4.4.0

• All 4.4.0 cards have been set to Released.

• MaxOx Neutron Cannon Art Refactors
  Updating several MaxOx Neutron Cannons’ art style and geometry: Size 1 and 2.
  Size 3 has been postponed and will be introduced in a future update.

4.5.0

Engineering

- Introducing dedicated engineering roles aboard ships, allowing players to actively manage power distribution, repairs, and system efficiency in real time.

This card has been set to Tentative.

Fire Hazards

- Bringing fire hazards to ships and environments, along with Fire Extinguisher mechanics, requiring players to manage and extinguish blazes before they spread.

This card has been set to Tentative.

Physical Helmets

- Implementing physical helmets in the persistent universe. Pick one up, rotate it, inspect every detail, carry it around, attach it to your hip, or toss it across a room if you want. When you equip a helmet, you put on or remove the same one you held in your hands, complete with a fully realized interior.

This card has been set to Tentative.

New Barrel Attachments

- Implementing a host of new barrel attachments with scorched/tweaker power levels, as well as a new tactical VOLT flashlight.

This card has been set to Tentative.

Vulkan Renderer Improvements

- Increasing both the stability and speed of the Vulkan renderer, with many crash fixes, diagnostic improvements, and multi-threaded render-submission, while adding support for HDR and NVidia's DLSS Transformer model. Also included is an overhaul to the Graphics Options, with many new settings, and a VRAM bar to help players configure the graphics for their GPU.

This card has been set to Tentative.

FPS AI Improvements

- Implementing improvements to FPS combat AI for smarter decision making, refined perception, and more reliable reactions in combat. This includes better cover use, grenade targeting, friend or foe checks, group awareness, and animation sync support to make encounters feel more tactical and responsive.

This card has been set to Tentative.

New Hairstyles (4.5.0)

- Adding three additional hairstyles, and one new facial hair customization for your character.

This card has been set to Tentative.