The video highlights Star Citizen’s Day of the Vera 2955 Halloween event, featuring new ship paints like the Black Magic sets for Polaris, Saber, and Guardian, alongside contests and special ship pack sales. It showcases detailed reviews of the new paints, praising the Polaris Black Magic as the standout, while also noting some minor bugs and classic paint options.
The video announces the start of the Day of the Vera 2955, Star Citizen’s annual Halloween event, which honors the lost by lighting candles, sharing stories, and wearing costumes of the fallen. The event features new ship paints, a pumpkin decoration contest, an arena commander challenge to unlock classic Halloween masks, and a short story writing contest with prizes. Several ship packs are on sale, including starter packs and high-end concierge packs, each offering different ships, paints, insurance, and hangar options.
Among the new offerings are three main new paint sets: Black Magic paints for the Polaris, Saber, and Guardian ships. These paints feature a silver or chrome base with glossy goldish-orange contrasts and tinted canopies. The video also reviews older classic ghoulish paints available for ships like the Carrick, Terrapin, Sulin, and Zeus. Additionally, a Day of the Vera Parasite Pack is available, including helmets, hazard suits, and a sniper rifle, though the pack has no new items and the sniper rifle has a known bug affecting its scope view.
The video proceeds to showcase the new paints in detail, starting with the Saber family. The Black Magic paint can be applied to all Saber variants, including the regular Saber, Firebird, Paragreen, and Raven. While the paint features a shiny silver and orange contrast with tinted canopies, the presenter finds it less impressive compared to other Saber paints, except for the Paragreen racing variant which has a more appealing design with better contrast and painted bottom.
Next, the Guardian family paint is examined, which includes the regular Guardian, Guardian MX, and Guardian Qi. This paint features a charcoal body with goldish-orange accents and tinted canopies, with painted landing gear and thrusters adding detail. The presenter finds this paint more interesting than the Saber’s, noting its resemblance to a deadly TIE fighter and appreciating the detailed thruster contrasts and painted undersides.
Finally, the Polaris paint is reviewed, which the presenter feels is overdue for a good paint job. The Black Magic paint on the Polaris includes detailed orange-tinted windows, a size six turret with contrasting highlights, painted landing gear, and various vents and thrusters accented in goldish-orange. The overall effect is praised for its intricate detailing and visual appeal, making it the standout paint of the event. The video also briefly mentions a bug where players may temporarily lose their gear upon leaving prison on a different server, though the gear typically returns.