{"data":{"id":12976,"title":"Aurora Sale - Thanks!","rsi_url":"https:\/\/robertsspaceindustries.com\/comm-link\/transmission\/12976-Aurora-Sale-Thanks","api_url":"https:\/\/api.star-citizen.wiki\/api\/comm-links\/12976","api_public_url":"https:\/\/api.star-citizen.wiki\/comm-links\/12976","channel":"Undefined","category":"Undefined","series":"None","images":[{"id":463,"name":"Armitage_groundview_final_4k.jpg","rsi_url":"https:\/\/robertsspaceindustries.com\/media\/7cstwg6qyk5umr\/source\/Armitage_groundview_final_4k.jpg","alt":"","size":1580485,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","last_modified":"2013-07-19T05:21:08+00:00","api_url":"https:\/\/api.star-citizen.wiki\/api\/comm-link-images\/463","similar_url":"https:\/\/api.star-citizen.wiki\/api\/comm-link-images\/463\/similar"},{"id":464,"name":"ObitalStation01.jpg","rsi_url":"https:\/\/robertsspaceindustries.com\/media\/8p2f8wpa8naskr\/source\/ObitalStation01.jpg","alt":"","size":3901737,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","last_modified":"2013-07-19T05:21:09+00:00","api_url":"https:\/\/api.star-citizen.wiki\/api\/comm-link-images\/464","similar_url":"https:\/\/api.star-citizen.wiki\/api\/comm-link-images\/464\/similar"},{"id":465,"name":"AerialShot_Beijing_refined_thumb.jpg","rsi_url":"https:\/\/robertsspaceindustries.com\/media\/gjl2eoxtzwi0er\/source\/AerialShot_Beijing_refined_thumb.jpg","alt":"","size":98874,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","last_modified":"2013-07-19T05:20:58+00:00","api_url":"https:\/\/api.star-citizen.wiki\/api\/comm-link-images\/465","similar_url":"https:\/\/api.star-citizen.wiki\/api\/comm-link-images\/465\/similar"},{"id":466,"name":"Test_renders6g_main_comp_bord.jpg","rsi_url":"https:\/\/robertsspaceindustries.com\/media\/y1nabwdxv6knwr\/source\/Test_renders6g_main_comp_bord.jpg","alt":"","size":1874834,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","last_modified":"2013-07-19T05:20:55+00:00","api_url":"https:\/\/api.star-citizen.wiki\/api\/comm-link-images\/466","similar_url":"https:\/\/api.star-citizen.wiki\/api\/comm-link-images\/466\/similar"},{"id":467,"name":"Test_renders6h_Main_comp_bord.jpg","rsi_url":"https:\/\/robertsspaceindustries.com\/media\/hjl0ta7zubdl8r\/source\/Test_renders6h_Main_comp_bord.jpg","alt":"","size":1176582,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","last_modified":"2013-07-19T05:17:32+00:00","api_url":"https:\/\/api.star-citizen.wiki\/api\/comm-link-images\/467","similar_url":"https:\/\/api.star-citizen.wiki\/api\/comm-link-images\/467\/similar"},{"id":468,"name":"Test_renders6d_Main_comp.jpg","rsi_url":"https:\/\/robertsspaceindustries.com\/media\/9sahavodbo4cnr\/source\/Test_renders6d_Main_comp.jpg","alt":"","size":1566210,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","last_modified":"2013-07-19T05:17:32+00:00","api_url":"https:\/\/api.star-citizen.wiki\/api\/comm-link-images\/468","similar_url":"https:\/\/api.star-citizen.wiki\/api\/comm-link-images\/468\/similar"},{"id":469,"name":"Test_renders6e_Main_comp_bord.jpg","rsi_url":"https:\/\/robertsspaceindustries.com\/media\/1wylgwmq8l9ylr\/source\/Test_renders6e_Main_comp_bord.jpg","alt":"","size":1346347,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","last_modified":"2013-07-19T05:17:29+00:00","api_url":"https:\/\/api.star-citizen.wiki\/api\/comm-link-images\/469","similar_url":"https:\/\/api.star-citizen.wiki\/api\/comm-link-images\/469\/similar"},{"id":470,"name":"Test_renders6f_Main_comp_bord.jpg","rsi_url":"https:\/\/robertsspaceindustries.com\/media\/9hjjd7vhdtzher\/source\/Test_renders6f_Main_comp_bord.jpg","alt":"","size":1112700,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","last_modified":"2013-07-19T05:17:29+00:00","api_url":"https:\/\/api.star-citizen.wiki\/api\/comm-link-images\/470","similar_url":"https:\/\/api.star-citizen.wiki\/api\/comm-link-images\/470\/similar"}],"images_count":9,"translations":{"en_EN":"Greetings Citizens,\n\nNine million dollars! The support and engagement of the Star Citizen community is a humbling and incredible thing! We\u2019re having a great time making and sharing the making of this game with all of you. You truly have our backs like NO publisher ever would!\n\nOver the weekend we sold over 2,000 new copies of the game and 1,800 Aurora LXes. Existing Aurora pilots bought 1,100 LX upgrade packages, achieving the first $9M stretch goal in short order!\n\nTHANK YOU!!!\n\nAnd the big Aurora sale still has five days left: it ends Saturday, May 4th at midnight. As I said on Friday, the primary goal of the promotion was to draw in those people that have been interested but undecided rather than to sell additional ships to current backers\u2026 and it looks like we\u2019ve done that! Many existing backers have asked how they can continue supporting the game and the answer is that the best thing you can do is to spread the word: tweet, share, like and talk about the game.\n\nBecause we\u2019ve reached the $9 million goal, everyone now has lifetime insurance on their ships! This will continue for the next several weeks, until the new site goes live, at which point LTI will only be available to holders of a LTI ship or by someone that has had a LTI ship gifted to them. This will continue until November 26th of this year, when LTI will no longer be available.\n\nAs another small reward for your support, I\u2019d like to share some of our most recent concept art, fresh off the presses.\n\nNow I\u2019d like to take a moment to discuss some subjects fans have brought up over the weekend:\n\nAurora Models\nThere have been some questions about the different Aurora models: what exactly they are, do we intend to sell them and so on. The answer is that they were designed to make the world more immersive. They will be available in the finished game and you will be able to upgrade your Aurora to any of those packages for in-game credits. Since the idea was that the Aurora is your \u201cfirst car,\u201d David Ladyman picked up a stack of brochures at a Ford dealership for the team to look at. That\u2019s where the idea came from that we could show how the Aurora would look with different dealership packages. It\u2019s a great real-world example of how ship upgrades will function in the game, with the ship\u2019s appearance changing depending on the guns, missiles, thrusters, power plants or more cosmetic \/ luxury items like leather seats. The basic hulls are all identical, they\u2019re simply being shown with different weapons, engines and the like. Some future ships will have multiple models where appropriate\u2026 others will not. A pre-configured package doesn\u2019t mean you can\u2019t change your equipment around or completely customize it \u2013 it\u2019s up to you! We just think (like in the real world) that there would likely be various packages available from the factory that would be tailored to different roles for buyer convenience.\n\nFuture brochures and ship promotions will have different flavors and styles depending on the company and the role of the ship.\n\nLifetime Insurance\nMost surprising to us was the controversy over the decision to award lifetime insurance to all current-site backers as the nine million dollar stretch goal. I would like to take a moment to explain the thinking behind this decision. The first issue is that our support team has been spending an inordinate amount of time dealing with LTI-related issues. Brittany and Sandi have been bombarded with dozens of \u201cdo I have LTI?\u201d and \u201ccan I get LTI?\u201d e-mails each day. We foresaw this increasing significantly with the incredibly complex database transition into the new site. Easing the customer support burden and allowing us to focus our energy on creating the game is a priority. Equally important, however, is the fact that we were unhappy to learn about the \u2018black market\u2019 for LTI gifting. The idea behind the viral system was to give players a reason to introduce the game to their friends, not to give them a way to gouge others at online auction sites. This may upset some players (the vast majority of whom, we readily acknowledge, were doing the right thing) but it ultimately improves the experience for all. Lifetime insurance will still be a rare commodity in the finished game (less than 200,000 ships versus the millions that will inhabit the universe).\n\nI know some people feel that they have lost that special status as an early backer, but as we\u2019ve hit the $9M goal, remember that we\u2019re giving you additional goodies like the space suit that later backers won\u2019t have. Extending the LTI to the current backers and new backers through to the new site going live adds a strong incentive for \u201cundecideds\u201d to back now rather than wait, helping us achieve our goal of making Star Citizen the first AAA 100% community funded game. As always, we will continue to honor our early supporters whenever possible in the future, like granting them earlier access to test the new site.\n\n24 Hour Livestream\nSeveral have asked when we\u2019re scheduling the 24 hour livestream. The answer is that we need to finish testing the new site first. In all likelihood, it will take place in late May or early June\u2026 and we will make absolutely sure you know it\u2019s coming! We had a blast the first time around and we\u2019re looking forward to another party\u2026 and we\u2019ll have plenty of special guests and new reveals about the games during the show! The Avenger\nThere have been some posts speculating about the Avenger, claiming that it is a superfighter or a powerful capital ship. I don\u2019t want to reveal the surprise, but I want to assure you that this is not the case: the Avenger is another part of our \u201crock, paper, scissors\u201d mechanic and it will balance in with the existing ships. It will have a different role that will further speak to the variety of gameplay styles we\u2019re hoping you\u2019ll take up\u2026 but it is absolutely not a superior pay-to-win mega-ship. Aurora Images\nFinally, many fans have requested separate \u201cbeauty shots\u201d of the Aurora for websites and desktop backgrounds. We are happy to oblige.","de_DE":"Gr\u00fc\u00dfe B\u00fcrger,\n\nNeun Millionen Dollar! Die Unterst\u00fctzung und das Engagement der Star Citizen Gemeinschaft ist eine dem\u00fctigende und unglaubliche Sache! Wir haben eine gro\u00dfartige Zeit beim Erstellen und Teilen der Entstehung dieses Spiels mit euch allen. Du hast wirklich unseren R\u00fccken, wie es KEIN Verlag je tun w\u00fcrde!\n\nAm Wochenende haben wir \u00fcber 2.000 neue Exemplare des Spiels und 1.800 Aurora LXes verkauft. Bestehende Aurora-Piloten kauften 1.100 LX-Upgrade-Pakete und erreichten damit in kurzer Zeit das erste 9 Mio. $ Stretch-Ziel!\n\nDANKE!!!!!!!!\n\nUnd der gro\u00dfe Aurora-Verkauf hat noch f\u00fcnf Tage Zeit: Er endet am Samstag, den 4. Mai um Mitternacht. Wie ich bereits am Freitag sagte, war das Hauptziel der Promotion, diejenigen Leute anzuziehen, die interessiert, aber unentschlossen waren, anstatt zus\u00e4tzliche Schiffe an aktuelle Geldgeber zu verkaufen.... und es sieht so aus, als h\u00e4tten wir das getan! Viele bestehende Geldgeber haben gefragt, wie sie das Spiel weiterhin unterst\u00fctzen k\u00f6nnen, und die Antwort ist, dass das Beste, was Sie tun k\u00f6nnen, ist, das Wort zu verbreiten: Tweeten, teilen, m\u00f6gen und \u00fcber das Spiel sprechen.\n\nWeil wir das Ziel von 9 Millionen Dollar erreicht haben, hat jetzt jeder eine Lebensversicherung auf seinen Schiffen! Dies wird f\u00fcr die n\u00e4chsten Wochen fortgesetzt, bis der neue Standort in Betrieb geht. Ab diesem Zeitpunkt steht LTI nur noch Inhabern eines LTI-Schiffes oder jemandem, der ein LTI-Schiff erhalten hat, zur Verf\u00fcgung. Dies wird bis zum 26. November dieses Jahres dauern, wenn der LTI nicht mehr verf\u00fcgbar sein wird.\n\nAls weitere kleine Belohnung f\u00fcr Ihre Unterst\u00fctzung m\u00f6chte ich Ihnen einige unserer neuesten Konzeptkunst vorstellen, die frisch vom Band l\u00e4uft.\n\nNun m\u00f6chte ich mir einen Moment Zeit nehmen, um einige Themen zu diskutieren, die Fans am Wochenende angesprochen haben:\n\nAurora Modelle\n\nEs gab einige Fragen zu den verschiedenen Aurora-Modellen: Was genau sind sie, wollen wir sie verkaufen und so weiter. Die Antwort ist, dass sie entwickelt wurden, um die Welt immersiver zu machen. Sie werden im fertigen Spiel verf\u00fcgbar sein und du kannst deinen Aurora auf eines dieser Pakete f\u00fcr Ingame-Credits upgraden. Da die Idee war, dass der Aurora Ihr \"erstes Auto\" ist, nahm David Ladyman einen Stapel Brosch\u00fcren bei einem Ford-H\u00e4ndler mit, den das Team anschauen konnte. Daraus entstand die Idee, dass wir zeigen konnten, wie die Aurora mit verschiedenen H\u00e4ndlerpaketen aussehen w\u00fcrde. Es ist ein gro\u00dfartiges Beispiel daf\u00fcr, wie Schiffsaktualisierungen im Spiel funktionieren, wobei sich das Aussehen des Schiffes je nach Kanone, Raketen, Triebwerk, Kraftwerk oder mehr Kosmetik- und Luxusartikeln wie Ledersitzen \u00e4ndert. Die grundlegenden R\u00fcmpfe sind alle identisch, sie werden einfach mit verschiedenen Waffen, Motoren und dergleichen gezeigt. Einige zuk\u00fcnftige Schiffe werden gegebenenfalls mehrere Modelle haben.... andere nicht. Ein vorkonfiguriertes Paket bedeutet nicht, dass Sie Ihre Ausr\u00fcstung nicht \u00e4ndern oder komplett anpassen k\u00f6nnen - es liegt an Ihnen! Wir denken nur (wie in der realen Welt), dass es wahrscheinlich verschiedene Pakete aus der Fabrik geben w\u00fcrde, die auf verschiedene Rollen zugeschnitten w\u00e4ren, um den K\u00e4ufern die Arbeit zu erleichtern.\n\nZuk\u00fcnftige Brosch\u00fcren und Schiffspromotionen werden je nach Unternehmen und Rolle des Schiffes unterschiedliche Geschmacksrichtungen und Stile haben.\n\nLebensversicherung\n\nAm \u00fcberraschendsten war f\u00fcr uns die Kontroverse \u00fcber die Entscheidung, allen Geldgebern vor Ort eine Lebensversicherung als neun Millionen Dollar Stretch-Ziel zu gew\u00e4hren. Ich m\u00f6chte mir einen Moment Zeit nehmen, um die \u00dcberlegungen zu erl\u00e4utern, die hinter dieser Entscheidung stehen. Das erste Problem ist, dass unser Support-Team \u00fcberm\u00e4\u00dfig viel Zeit damit verbracht hat, sich mit LTI-bezogenen Themen zu befassen. Brittany und Sandi wurden jeden Tag mit Dutzenden von \"do I have LTI?\" und \"can I get LTI?\" E-Mails bombardiert. Wir haben vorhergesehen, dass dies mit dem unglaublich komplexen Datenbank\u00fcbergang in den neuen Standort deutlich zunehmen wird. Die Entlastung des Kundensupports und die M\u00f6glichkeit, unsere Energie auf die Entwicklung des Spiels zu konzentrieren, ist eine Priorit\u00e4t. Ebenso wichtig ist jedoch die Tatsache, dass wir ungl\u00fccklich waren, etwas \u00fcber den \"Schwarzmarkt\" f\u00fcr LTI-Geschenkartikel zu erfahren. Die Idee hinter dem Viralsystem war es, den Spielern einen Grund zu geben, das Spiel ihren Freunden vorzustellen, nicht ihnen eine M\u00f6glichkeit zu geben, andere auf Online-Auktionsseiten zu mei\u00dfeln. Dies mag einige Spieler ver\u00e4rgern (die \u00fcberwiegende Mehrheit von ihnen, wie wir gerne anerkennen, tat das Richtige), aber es verbessert letztlich das Erlebnis f\u00fcr alle. Lebensversicherungen werden im fertigen Spiel immer noch ein seltenes Gut sein (weniger als 200.000 Schiffe gegen\u00fcber den Millionen, die das Universum bev\u00f6lkern werden).\n\nIch wei\u00df, dass einige Leute das Gef\u00fchl haben, dass sie diesen besonderen Status als Early Backer verloren haben, aber da wir das Ziel von $9M erreicht haben, denken Sie daran, dass wir Ihnen zus\u00e4tzliche Goodies wie den Raumanzug geben, den sp\u00e4tere Backer nicht haben werden. Die Ausweitung des LTI auf die aktuellen Geldgeber und neuen Geldgeber bis hin zum Going Live der neuen Website bietet einen starken Anreiz f\u00fcr \"Unentschlossene\", jetzt zur\u00fcckzukehren und nicht zu warten, was uns hilft, unser Ziel zu erreichen, Star Citizen zum ersten AAA-Spiel mit 100% Community-Finanzierung zu machen. Wie immer werden wir auch in Zukunft unsere fr\u00fchen Unterst\u00fctzer ehren, wenn immer m\u00f6glich, wie z.B. ihnen einen fr\u00fcheren Zugang zum Testen der neuen Website zu gew\u00e4hren.\n\n24 Stunden Livestream\n\nMehrere haben gefragt, wann wir den 24-Stunden-Livestream planen. Die Antwort ist, dass wir den Test des neuen Standorts zuerst beenden m\u00fcssen. Aller Wahrscheinlichkeit nach wird es Ende Mai oder Anfang Juni stattfinden.... und wir werden daf\u00fcr sorgen, dass du wei\u00dft, dass es kommt! Wir hatten beim ersten Mal einen Riesenspa\u00df und freuen uns auf eine weitere Party.... und wir werden viele besondere G\u00e4ste und neue Enth\u00fcllungen \u00fcber die Spiele w\u00e4hrend der Show haben! Der R\u00e4cher\n\nEs gab einige Beitr\u00e4ge, die \u00fcber den R\u00e4cher spekulierten und behaupteten, dass es sich um einen Superk\u00e4mpfer oder ein m\u00e4chtiges Kapitalschiff handelt. Ich m\u00f6chte die \u00dcberraschung nicht verraten, aber ich m\u00f6chte Ihnen versichern, dass dies nicht der Fall ist: Der Avenger ist ein weiterer Teil unserer \"Rock, Paper, Scissors\"-Mechanik und wird sich mit den bestehenden Schiffen harmonisieren. Es wird eine andere Rolle spielen, die weiter mit der Vielfalt der Spielstile sprechen wird, von denen wir hoffen, dass Sie sie \u00fcbernehmen werden.... aber es ist absolut kein \u00fcberlegenes Pay-to-Win-Megaschiff. Aurora Bilder\n\nSchlie\u00dflich haben viele Fans separate \"Beauty Shots\" der Aurora f\u00fcr Websites und Desktop-Hintergr\u00fcnde angefordert. Wir sind gerne f\u00fcr Sie da.","zh_CN":"Greetings Citizens,\n\nNine million dollars! The support and engagement of the Star Citizen community is a humbling and incredible thing! We\u2019re having a great time making and sharing the making of this game with all of you. You truly have our backs like NO publisher ever would!\n\nOver the weekend we sold over 2,000 new copies of the game and 1,800 Aurora LXes. Existing Aurora pilots bought 1,100 LX upgrade packages, achieving the first $9M stretch goal in short order!\n\nTHANK YOU!!!\n\nAnd the big Aurora sale still has five days left: it ends Saturday, May 4th at midnight. As I said on Friday, the primary goal of the promotion was to draw in those people that have been interested but undecided rather than to sell additional ships to current backers\u2026 and it looks like we\u2019ve done that! Many existing backers have asked how they can continue supporting the game and the answer is that the best thing you can do is to spread the word: tweet, share, like and talk about the game.\n\nBecause we\u2019ve reached the $9 million goal, everyone now has lifetime insurance on their ships! This will continue for the next several weeks, until the new site goes live, at which point LTI will only be available to holders of a LTI ship or by someone that has had a LTI ship gifted to them. This will continue until November 26th of this year, when LTI will no longer be available.\n\nAs another small reward for your support, I\u2019d like to share some of our most recent concept art, fresh off the presses.\n\nNow I\u2019d like to take a moment to discuss some subjects fans have brought up over the weekend:\n\nAurora Models\nThere have been some questions about the different Aurora models: what exactly they are, do we intend to sell them and so on. The answer is that they were designed to make the world more immersive. They will be available in the finished game and you will be able to upgrade your Aurora to any of those packages for in-game credits. Since the idea was that the Aurora is your \u201cfirst car,\u201d David Ladyman picked up a stack of brochures at a Ford dealership for the team to look at. That\u2019s where the idea came from that we could show how the Aurora would look with different dealership packages. It\u2019s a great real-world example of how ship upgrades will function in the game, with the ship\u2019s appearance changing depending on the guns, missiles, thrusters, power plants or more cosmetic \/ luxury items like leather seats. The basic hulls are all identical, they\u2019re simply being shown with different weapons, engines and the like. Some future ships will have multiple models where appropriate\u2026 others will not. A pre-configured package doesn\u2019t mean you can\u2019t change your equipment around or completely customize it \u2013 it\u2019s up to you! We just think (like in the real world) that there would likely be various packages available from the factory that would be tailored to different roles for buyer convenience.\n\nFuture brochures and ship promotions will have different flavors and styles depending on the company and the role of the ship.\n\nLifetime Insurance\nMost surprising to us was the controversy over the decision to award lifetime insurance to all current-site backers as the nine million dollar stretch goal. I would like to take a moment to explain the thinking behind this decision. The first issue is that our support team has been spending an inordinate amount of time dealing with LTI-related issues. Brittany and Sandi have been bombarded with dozens of \u201cdo I have LTI?\u201d and \u201ccan I get LTI?\u201d e-mails each day. We foresaw this increasing significantly with the incredibly complex database transition into the new site. Easing the customer support burden and allowing us to focus our energy on creating the game is a priority. Equally important, however, is the fact that we were unhappy to learn about the \u2018black market\u2019 for LTI gifting. The idea behind the viral system was to give players a reason to introduce the game to their friends, not to give them a way to gouge others at online auction sites. This may upset some players (the vast majority of whom, we readily acknowledge, were doing the right thing) but it ultimately improves the experience for all. Lifetime insurance will still be a rare commodity in the finished game (less than 200,000 ships versus the millions that will inhabit the universe).\n\nI know some people feel that they have lost that special status as an early backer, but as we\u2019ve hit the $9M goal, remember that we\u2019re giving you additional goodies like the space suit that later backers won\u2019t have. Extending the LTI to the current backers and new backers through to the new site going live adds a strong incentive for \u201cundecideds\u201d to back now rather than wait, helping us achieve our goal of making Star Citizen the first AAA 100% community funded game. As always, we will continue to honor our early supporters whenever possible in the future, like granting them earlier access to test the new site.\n\n24 Hour Livestream\nSeveral have asked when we\u2019re scheduling the 24 hour livestream. The answer is that we need to finish testing the new site first. In all likelihood, it will take place in late May or early June\u2026 and we will make absolutely sure you know it\u2019s coming! We had a blast the first time around and we\u2019re looking forward to another party\u2026 and we\u2019ll have plenty of special guests and new reveals about the games during the show! The Avenger\nThere have been some posts speculating about the Avenger, claiming that it is a superfighter or a powerful capital ship. I don\u2019t want to reveal the surprise, but I want to assure you that this is not the case: the Avenger is another part of our \u201crock, paper, scissors\u201d mechanic and it will balance in with the existing ships. It will have a different role that will further speak to the variety of gameplay styles we\u2019re hoping you\u2019ll take up\u2026 but it is absolutely not a superior pay-to-win mega-ship. Aurora Images\nFinally, many fans have requested separate \u201cbeauty shots\u201d of the Aurora for websites and desktop backgrounds. We are happy to oblige."},"links_count":0,"comment_count":253,"created_at":"2013-04-29T00:00:00+00:00","created_at_human":"13 years ago"},"meta":{"processed_at":"2026-05-14 12:50:53","valid_relations":["images","links"],"prev_id":12975,"next_id":12977}}