Roadmap Roundup - October 9, 2026
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Alpha 4.10
RSI Discovery Month Event
Implementing RSI Discovery Month, a limited-time event celebrating the legacy and future of the Constellation, with special RSI installations across Stanton and a variety of Defense, Transport, and Collection missions for players to tackle their way.
This card has been added and set to Released.
RSI Constellation Series Mk IV Gold Standard
Updating the Constellation series Mk IV to Gold Standard, with improvements including updated art, gameplay updates, physicalized components, improved cockpit visibility, a refreshed HUD, and more.
This card has been added and set to Released.
RSI Constellation Mk V Centaurus
Implementing the RSI Constellation Mk V Centaurus, a convention-defying ship that takes on cargo, combat, and more. This multi-role, multi-crew ship brings RSI’s legacy of experience to the next generation with this impressive evolution of one of its most beloved and iconic ships.
This card has been added and set to Released.
RSI Skylark
Implementing the RSI Skylark, a snub fighter nestled within the Constellation’s reimagined hull.
This card has been added and set to Released.
Alpha 4.11
DGS Planet Subdivision
Implementing a tech that allows us to subdivide planets and moons into smaller territories, so a single Dynamic Game Server (DGS) is never responsible for an entire body. Territory boundaries are generated from spatial clustering of seeded entities scattered by Genesis, and dynamically assigned to available DGSs, improving load distribution and paving the way for finer‑grained server meshing at planetary scale. Nyx 1 will be the first planet to use this tech.
This card has been set to Tentative.
Nyx I, Nyx II, and Nyx III
- These cards have been updated with new images.
Squadron 42 Playtest Notes (AKA Hopium Overdose)
Mainly from [Camak + Hugo Lisoir’s review](<
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQC8k5Ee7Gg>),
as well as observations from Citizen Spooner
- Not everyone got to the same point in the game, some people (BoredGamer) just played really fucking slowly.
- Animations look great, graphics are incredible, totally incomparable to SC. CCs got 60fps for the most part, native 4K with no upscaling or FG (using RTX 5090).
- All PCs in the room were recording the gameplay
- Faces were generally improved significantly
- On rails section of prologue was shortened
- Maelstrom improved a lot. Basically everything is affected, from environments down to character armor
- Narrative changes to the prologue (unspecified)
- Opening credits happen during ||Bishop’s speech to the senate||
- QTE section with first Vanduul is changed, much better and less QTE-y. If you don’t dodge the thrown spear you get impaled and instant game over
- EVA section is super hard, if you throw yourself and fail to grip onto something you fly off into space, game over
- There’s absolutely no yellow paint anywhere, you have to find your own way and you can go down the wrong path
- There are three difficulties and you can choose separately for FPS and flight combat (e.g., medium FPS and easy flight)
- Music is “legendary”, Geoff Zanelli has done a great job. CCs got 4 tracks from the OST on cassette tape as a gift
- Full SQ42 cast is in the DNA pool, so you could theoretically make yourself look exactly like old man
- Morrow tour: everything looks much more beautiful
- FPS combat: literally everything is maelstrom. Bits of armor fly off, glass shatters… if you shoot helmets, they can ping off or the visor can break and the air escapes
- There is “free time” in the Idris between missions. It’s a recurring gameplay feature and your relationship with the characters evolves over time. All the characters on the Idris are fully voiced + have their own routines
- Facial animation is significantly improved compared to 2024 demo
- Idris armory has changed: you now have a selection screen and it’s more fluid. You are still handed the weapons but it’s faster than being handed them one by one as we’ve seen before
- Quantum Boost and QT is a single button. No more charging. When doing QT, you have to dodge quantum “anomalies” to avoid damage and to stabilize the bubble. In quantum boost, you can manuever like E:D supercruise.
- All of the SFX in the game have been greatly improved compared to 2024, it’s one of the biggest highlights of the playtest.
- You can customize your armor color
- Everything is physicalized in the Gladius and the UI is much more readable. Animations to push buttons, the works.
- All actors seen were very talented, everything is super well voice acted
- Maelstrom on ships gives a very good impression of doing real damage
- FPS combat is “insane”, enemies “fucking demolish you”. If you don’t finish enemies off, their allies will surround them to give cover while they revive. They also shoot thru destructible materials
- Anytime you grab an object, there is a fully voiced Galactapedia entry for you to read
- Interesting puzzles during missions, seem to be quite good and not brain-dead
- Hacking is in
- Shubin Station is incredible, has lots of NPCs and details.
- The game generally alternates strong FPS segments with slower segments where you walk and discover places
- Multitool is completely different, 4 modes
- There are different death screens depending on how you die
- There is a way to end the game in as little as ||an hour and a half||
- There are some silly/obvious bugs that need to be fixed, like an NPC’s meal sliding off his tray or NPCs showing up to the bridge of the Idris in boxer shorts. On a technical level it’s ready for release, but it could do with extra polish.
- There were virtually no CTDs (as in, there wasn’t a single one reported from what I can tell)
- One tester experienced Old Man flying into the side of a station, blowing up, and softlocking the game
- The game might not be for everyone, but if you like space and SC and narrative-driven games you’re going to be very happy
- From Citizen Spooner: “SQ42 is the best looking game I’ve ever seen with my eyeballs”
- There is A LOT to gawk at. The 5 hours they had could have easily been 10 hours to get to the same point.
- Shubin station workers are kinda stand-offish towards you because you’re navy. They look you up and down and scoff
New bundle system for paints - stacking discount depending on how many paints you buy
This works on paints for any ship, so you can have 10 paints for 10 different ships and it’ll work - you can even melt and rebuy paints you already have to get some savings
TWITCH DROPS: RSI DISCOVERY MONTH
Inspired by the signature fiery insignia found aboard the classic Constellation Phoenix, this holographic display brings a piece of RSI history straight to your hangar.
From October** 14 to 27**, celebrate RSI Discovery Month and the legacy of the Constellation by watching any Drops-enabled Star Citizen stream for a total of four hours to unlock the Phoenix Insignia Display for free.
This Week in Star Citizen:
MONDAY, OCTOBER 12
- This Week In Star Citizen
- Twitch Drops Comm-Link
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 13
- October 2026 Monthly Bundle Comm-Link
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 14
- Behind The Ships ([YouTube - RobertsSpaceInd](<
https://www.youtube.com/@RobertsSpaceInd>))
- Twitch Drops Begins
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16
- RSI Weekly Newsletter
Runic - Bundle
Stand strong against heavy fire before returning your own with the Runic bundle, featuring a weathered black and gold finish with ethereal geometric etchings. Includes the Kilgore and Poole Monolith heavy armor, Gemini R97 shotgun, and paint for the Origin M80.
The Monolith armor delivers a high level of protection thanks to triple-laminated ceramic plating, while the R97 shotgun features two fire modes: one with a wide spread for close-range firefights and another with a tighter shot for longer-range engagements.
Epic is bringing Easy Anti Cheat (EAC) fully to Linux
SC uses EAC, so this will help Linux be fully supported for the game in the future.
New Starter pack (and only non-concierge game pack?) - now includes 30 day rentals of Golem/Fortune/Intrepid
All other game packages have been removed (except Concierge multiship packs).
