50 Fun Facts About Star Citizen

Which open-canopy Drake snub craft in Star Citizen was named after Lorelai's inn on the TV show Gilmore Girls?

Dragonfly riders sit with nothing between them and open space, and a rear-facing second seat lets a passenger come along for the ride.

Which 1990 space combat game did Chris Roberts develop two decades before he began directing Star Citizen?

Wing Commander grew into a whole series under Roberts, who has described Star Citizen as a blend of it and Privateer.

Which alien species was humanity's first contact in Star Citizen lore, after an explorer fired on its ship and missed?

Banu and human envoys went on to sign the first Interstellar Peace and Trade Accord, and the alien pilot turned out to be on the run for embezzling funds.

Which Star Wars actor plays flight instructor Steve Colton in Star Citizen's single-player story campaign?

Mark Hamill's Colton earned his nickname on his very first mission, when he was the only member of his ship's crew to survive.

Which planet in Star Citizen is bitterly cold because a terraforming error produced unusually dense clouds?

MicroTech turned the mistake into an asset: its cold climate is ideal for the heat-sensitive computing centres of New Babbage.

Which Star Citizen city is a network of platforms floating in the atmosphere of the gas giant Crusader?

Orison holds its height with thrusters under every platform, and locals joke that the gentle vibration of each adjustment is a free massage.

Which Anvil fighter in Star Citizen lore replaced the Aegis Avenger as the UEE Navy's standard medium fighter?

Hornet fighters entered naval service in 2806, and the civilian F7C model that followed lifted Anvil's profits by about a third.

Which Aegis light fighter in Star Citizen takes its name from a sword used by ancient Roman foot soldiers?

Gladius fighters arrived in lore in 2579 to replace the Stiletto, and a model of one is displayed at the developer's Manchester offices.

Which game engine was Star Citizen first built on before its developers announced a 2016 switch to Amazon Lumberyard?

CryEngine had been so heavily reworked for the game that the move was called like-for-like, since Lumberyard is itself built on the same code.

Which crowdfunding site ran a parallel Star Citizen campaign in 2012 after the game's own website kept collapsing?

Kickstarter stepped in when the overloaded site buckled, yet about twice as much money still came in through the game's own website.

Which single-player spin-off of Star Citizen casts the player as a rookie UEE Navy combat pilot?

Squadron 42 borrows its name from the lore unit that crushed the fleet of the Tevarin warlord Corath'Thal at the Battle of Centauri.

Which interstellar super-yacht in Star Citizen is designed to immerse its passengers in opulent luxury?

890 Jump owners use the ship as a social hotspot for friends and family, while commercial operators run theirs for the elite tourism trade.

Which Anvil explorer in Star Citizen carries its own Pisces snub craft and was built to transit jump points?

Carrack crews also get an Ursa rover in the garage, and the ship served the UEE Navy as a pathfinder before it was declassified for civilians.

Which Aegis patrol gunship in Star Citizen bristles with six manned quad-linked turrets for swatting fighters?

Hammerhead turrets are tuned to knock down fighters and incoming ordnance, which makes the ship a natural escort for larger capital ships.

Which Drake freighter in Star Citizen is pitched as a well-armed, customisable alternative to the popular Hull series?

Caterpillar hulls are so long that one stood on end would be taller than the Lumière de L'espoir statue near Drake's headquarters.

Which Aegis heavy salvage ship in Star Citizen carries launch pods for unmanned drones to pick apart wrecks?

Reclaimer crews also get tractor beams, floodlights and docking ports, and the ship was a Best in Show finalist at the 2949 Intergalactic Aerospace Expo.

Which large MISC ship in Star Citizen is a fuel platform that can collect and refine space-borne gases without landing?

Starfarer tankers are not limited to fuel: the same ship can also carry standard bulk cargo pods.

Which Star Citizen mining ship carries three independent mining turrets so a whole crew can work together?

MOLE stands for Multi Operator Laser Extractor, and the ship stores what its crew digs out in twenty-four detachable mineral pods.

Which Aegis warship class is the UEE Navy's standard frigate in Star Citizen, with hangars for three small ships?

Idris frigates are bigger than corvettes yet smaller than destroyers, and the Navy traditionally names each one after a star system.

Which Star Citizen manufacturer of luxury ships such as the 300i and 600i began by making high-end fusion engines?

Origin Jumpworks sells its ships as a lifestyle choice, and until 2913 every part of its elite 600 line had to be made within the Sol system.

Which medium fighter, shown in a 2012 campaign trailer, was the first Vanduul ship ever revealed for Star Citizen?

Scythe fighters turn up in every Vanduul raid, built with twin main engines, twelve manoeuvring thrusters and no concession to comfort or cargo.

Which open-canopy racing bike in Star Citizen was developed by the Xi'an firm Aopoa and reworked for human pilots?

Nox comes from the Latin word for night, and before a 2947 trade deal human riders had to import one and rebuild it for their own use.

Which Tevarin dropship in Star Citizen was recreated after original models were uncovered in the Kabal system?

Prowler craft earned their notoriety in two wars against humanity, and the modern copy pairs the alien design with present-day human technology.

Which Star Citizen company, founded by the Ingstrom brothers, sells reproductions of Vanduul fighters to humans?

Esperia builds each copy the way the original was made, and the UEE Navy flies its replicas to train combat pilots against the enemy's own designs.

Which Aegis bomber in Star Citizen lore saved its maker from bankruptcy when a civilian version went on sale?

Retaliator bombers served the military for centuries, and their former torpedo bays are now modular spaces owners can refit for combat or utility.

Which small Drake ship in Star Citizen is built to run encrypted data and can be wiped clean if capture looks likely?

Herald couriers rely on one powerful central engine, which both speeds the ship along and powers its data encryption.

Which modular MISC science ship in Star Citizen can become anything from a space telescope to a hospital?

Endeavor crews who fit out the hospital configuration get a docking bay able to hold a Cutlass Red ambulance.

Which MISC hauler was the first ship class built under a technology-sharing deal with the Xi'an in Star Citizen?

Freelancer haulers are popular with owner-operators and big corporations alike, and the chassis is the base for several specialised variants.

Which Star Citizen racing ship is often described as a power plant with a cockpit attached?

M50 engines are supercharged to put speed ahead of firepower, so the single-seater carries only a light weapons payload.

Which Star Citizen shipbuilder was founded by trillionaire Silas Koerner to launch the low-cost Mustang?

Consolidated Outland is run hands-on: Koerner has been known to appear unannounced on the factory floor and demand changes to ships mid-production.

Which Star Citizen industrial manufacturer, maker of the MPUV utility craft, began by designing mag-lev train cars?

Argo Astronautics started out as AR-Go Technologies, named for founder Alana Redmond, whose first invention repaired weak points in mag-lev tracks.

Which Star Citizen manufacturer, founded on Mars to equip miners, is best known for the little PTV buggy?

Greycat Industrial dates from 2337, making it one of the oldest companies still operating in the UEE, yet only the buggy made it a household name.

Which First Tevarin War hero founded the United Empire of Earth in Star Citizen lore and became its first Imperator?

Ivar Messer founded a dynasty that ruled the empire as a hereditary monarchy until the Revolution of 2792 restored democracy.

Which explorer in Star Citizen lore was the first human to fly through a jump point into an undiscovered star system?

Nick Croshaw came home on April 10, 2271, after almost ten years studying the Neso Triangle, and the system he reached was named in his honour.

Which police force in Star Citizen pursues crimes across star systems and outsources to the Bounty Hunters Guild?

The Advocacy outranks local police and planetary security, and its agents may exercise extra powers when a case crosses jurisdictions.

Which annual Star Citizen event marks the start of the UEE Navy's recruitment year at the end of May?

Invictus Launch Week began as the day recruits gathered to ship out for training, and Navy vessels once toured populated planets to collect them.

Star Citizen's CitizenCon convention grew out of a company-wide development summit planned for which Texas city?

Austin was where the whole team had arranged to meet for the anniversary, and the organisers then decided to include the community that funded the game.

Which actor plays Admiral Ernst Bishop, a Navy strategist on the Vanduul front, in Star Citizen's story campaign?

Gary Oldman's Bishop is a lifelong soldier who can regard a battleship as a mere asset, and he is the father of Captain Rachel MacLaren.

Which lawless Star Citizen system, run by rival gangs, was abandoned by the mining company that first claimed it?

Pyro takes its name from both Pyrotechnic Amalgamated and its flaring star, whose radiation damages any spacecraft without proper shielding.

Which outlaw station hidden in the Yela asteroid belt is the headquarters of Star Citizen's Nine Tails gang?

GrimHEX began as the Green Imperial Housing Exchange, a workers' dormitory in a hollowed asteroid that officially closed in 2938.

Which wristband computer in Star Citizen projects a holographic display and handles a player's messages and banking?

MobiGlas wearers unlock the device with a fingerprint, and it is so universal in lore that the UEE all but requires everyone to carry one.

Which engine in Star Citizen lore, first completed by an RSI team in 2075, moves ships by bending space around them?

Quantum drive prototypes reached only one percent of light speed, yet the invention was recognised around the world as soon as it was unveiled.

Which working title did Star Citizen carry until its final name was chosen the night before crowdfunding began?

Space Trader gave way because other candidate names were already taken or sounded wrong, and the title that won was not an early favourite.

Which animal is Pico, the helmeted mascot of Star Citizen's frozen city New Babbage?

Penguin mascot Pico arrived in lore in 2902 for a snow sports event, and players scattered so many Pico plushies around the game that developers built a clean-up system.

Which Aopoa scout was officially the first Xi'an ship exported to humans in Star Citizen lore?

Khartu-al scouts are a civilian export version of an alien military fighter, sold with controls reworked for humans and only limited weapons.

Which RSI carrier, the heart of a UEE Navy battle fleet, was the first capital ship ever shown for Star Citizen?

Bengal carriers are traditionally named after big cats, and one was teased online with a photo of a pet cat riding in a backpack carrier.

Which Drake ship in Star Citizen is marketed by its maker as an attack carrier and billed as its most ambitious project?

Kraken carriers take their name from the giant sea monster of Scandinavian folklore, and Drake sells the ship as a self-sustaining flying fortress.

Which Aegis destroyer is the smallest ship-of-the-line in Star Citizen's UEE Navy, with surplus hulls sold to civilians?

Javelin destroyers are modular, so the Navy can convert one hull for escort, fire support or interception instead of building specialised ships.

Which long-running RSI starter ship series in Star Citizen had a Mk I entry model nicknamed the Essential?

Aurora Mk I models each specialised in some way, but the Essential was the jack-of-all-trades, with a rugged frame and plenty of room for upgrades.

Which Kruger snub fighter comes docked at the stern of Star Citizen's RSI Constellation Andromeda?

P-52 Merlin fighters are built around a central gatling cannon, and their speed makes them handy for scouting, quick skirmishes and even racing.