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We made lower-cost LTI packages available as a reward for the group of backers who made Star Citizen possible in the initial campaign, which culminated with the close of a grace period on November 26, 2012.\n\nTo celebrate our first year in operation, over the next week leading up to the 26th we will be offering each of the \u201climited edition\u201d ships and packages once again for a limited time, so that anyone who would like to pick one up can do so. To give everyone a shot to catch the ship they\u2019re interested in, we are going to announce the schedule in advance today. Ships and packages will be available for 24 hours (midnight to midnight PST.)\n\nAs a special thank you to everyone that has got us this far, including our growing contingent of New backers, Limited ships will include LTI for everyone! However they will only be available at the original prices for early backers (Original and Veteran) to keep in the spirit of our original promise to make sure that the earliest backers would have a benefit over later backers.\n\nMonday, November 18 \u2013 ORIGIN M50\n\nTuesday, November 19 \u2013 ORIGIN 350R & Lightspeed Package\n\nWednesday, November 20 \u2013 Drake Caterpillar\n\nThursday, November 21 \u2013 RSI Aurora LX\n\nFriday, November 22 \u2013 Anvil Gladiator & Aegis Retaliator (running through the weekend)\n\nMonday, November 25 \u2013 MISC Starfarer\n\nUPDATE: Due to popular demand, the Super Hornet will be offered over the weekend alongside the Anvil Gladiator and Aegis Retaliator.\n\nOn November 26th, we will start the second year off with a bang! Chris Roberts and the Star Citizen team will host a four-hour livestream starting at 11 AM PST which will feature the latest news and information, plus a chance to get your questions answered! We will also unveil the first details on the next assortment of ships, as we did at the first livestream! Like the original group, these ships will be offered for sale on special occasions\u2026 including some which will be purchasable for the first time on the 26th! There will also be a limited number of LTI Idris-P corvettes available for sale to all users, offered in four allotments throughout the day to allow Citizens around the world a chance at purchasing these rare ships.\n\nPlease be reminded that all these sales are to fund the development of the game and make the universe bigger and richer. We don\u2019t care about making profits for public shareholders. We just care about making the Best Damn Space Sim Ever and you generous support has already allowed us to go way beyond what we thought would be possible upon initial release!\n\nFAQ\nIn advance of the sale, we would like to take a moment and address several topics which have come up in the community:\n\nHow important is lifetime insurance?\nOnce again, we would like to be absolutely clear that LTI is a convenience but not a game-altering addition. All ships come with insurance and the coverage between LTI and Standard Hull Insurance (SHI) is exactly the same. The only difference is that you have to renew SHI with in game credits once the policy has reached its end (which varies right now between 3 months and a year on the current packages available for sale). With LTI there is no end date on the policy. The cost and frequency of renewing a SHI policy will be on a similar magnitude to renewing car insurance and assuming you complete some missions or trade runs in Star Citizen you should have plenty of in game funds available to cover this cost. In fact, newer players who purchased packages directly instead of going through a grey market service to get LTI are better off, as they have been receiving the various stretch goal rewards given to backers.\n\nWill the Freelancer and\/or Constellation variants be available?\nWe have also had a lot of requests for information on the Constellation and Freelancer. Variants for these ships will not be available for the 26th, but we will offer hull upgrades in the store when they are. If you purchase a Constellation or Freelancer with LTI today you can upgrade it to one of the special variants later while keeping LTI. We aren\u2019t ready to announce what the variants will be, but can confirm that the design team is focusing on three more Freelancer variants and two additional Constellations.\n\nWhy are you offering the limited ships again?\nAlthough we have offered the limited ships for sale half a dozen times at this point, the subject continues to be raised on the forums. We are aware that the original Kickstarter page states that these ships would not be sold again. Had we the ability to edit this page, we would add the following information: We made a mistake! The concept was that for the ships with a specified inventory (Scythe and Idris-M), we were only ever going to sell that quantity \u2013 hence the never sell it again wording, but the other ships that were not quantity limited were meant to be limited in that we would have them for sale for limited durations, so they would be a scarce commodity. Unfortunately our wording did not communicate this and the impression on our original post was that everything offered for limited sale would not be sold again. We subsequently corrected this to clarify that we were really talking about the ships that were offered with finite quantities but the issue has continued to be raised. This is our official stance on this so please bookmark this post for future forum debate! :)\n\nBeyond this our fan base has grown exponentially, and we are inundated with users who want to start the game as a tanker captain or a racer or a pirate. While we owe a great debt to our original backers, we would like everyone to experience the Star Citizen universe the way they would prefer. As a result we will continue to offer some \u201climited\u201d ships during special occasions. Note that any ship with a finite quantity once the last is sold there will be no more.\n\nWill you be offering the Vanduul Scythe or Idris-M again?\nBoth of these sales took place \u201cin universe,\u201d the result of the UEE capturing a Vanduul carrier and then selling off an allotment of surplus Idris corvettes. These were unique events which allowed us to offer ships which would not ordinarily be available for sale. You will be able to upgrade your Idris-P to military specifications using kits available in the finished game.\n\nWhy are you changing your plans and offering LTI for everyone with these limited ship purchases?\nWe\u2019re not happy with how the \u201cgrey market\u201d for Star Citizen ships has evolved. A limited number of users have hoarded rare ships and sold them for a premium to backers who discovered the game later on. Every day, the CS department receives more reports of users scammed while trying to purchase limited ships in this fashion. The idea behind LTI is to reward early supporters, not to give anyone a way to mistreat other Citizens. We\u2019ve made this call to reinforce that the end-of-the-year sale is intended to reward everyone, not give particular users a chance to stockpile valuable ships for future resale. A New backer will have to pay more for a limited ship with LTI than an Original Backer or Veteran backer. This way the Original Backers and Veteran backers still get a reward for believing early but New backers will have an opportunity to pick up some special ships with LTI and not be forced into the grey market.\n\nWhy don\u2019t you offer LTI on the base ships for New backers?\nWe promised that our early backers would get the benefit of LTI over later backers. On the other hand there are almost twice as many new backers as early backers and some of them are upset that they didn\u2019t have the opportunity to obtain LTI by backing early. Offering LTI on the limited ships at a higher priced for New backers seems the best compromise. We feel that if we extended this to the standard ships it would be too much, but our early backers would be ok with the New backers having the opportunity to obtain LTI (at a slightly higher price) on the more expensive and rarer ships as it gives them a nice benefit and helps make the game better by raising more funds.","de_DE":"Gr\u00fc\u00dfe B\u00fcrger,\nWie Sie wissen, markiert der 26. November 2013 das Ende der Verf\u00fcgbarkeit der Lebensversicherung (\"LTI\") f\u00fcr Original- und Veteranenfinanzierer. Als Belohnung f\u00fcr die Gruppe der Geldgeber, die Star Citizen in der ersten Kampagne erm\u00f6glicht haben, die mit dem Ablauf einer Nachfrist am 26. November 2012 gipfelte, haben wir kosteng\u00fcnstigere LTI-Pakete zur Verf\u00fcgung gestellt.\n\nUm unser erstes Betriebsjahr zu feiern, werden wir in der n\u00e4chsten Woche bis zum 26. Oktober jedes der \"Limited Edition\"-Schiffe und -Pakete wieder f\u00fcr eine begrenzte Zeit anbieten, so dass jeder, der eines abholen m\u00f6chte, dies tun kann. Um jedem eine Chance zu geben, das Schiff zu erwischen, f\u00fcr das er sich interessiert, werden wir den Zeitplan heute im Voraus bekannt geben. Schiffe und Pakete sind 24 Stunden lang verf\u00fcgbar (von Mitternacht bis Mitternacht PST.).\n\nAls besonderen Dank an alle, die uns so weit gebracht haben, einschlie\u00dflich unseres wachsenden Kontingents an neuen Geldgebern, werden begrenzte Schiffe LTI f\u00fcr alle beinhalten! Sie werden jedoch nur zu den Originalpreisen f\u00fcr Early Backers (Original und Veteran) erh\u00e4ltlich sein, um im Sinne unseres urspr\u00fcnglichen Versprechens, daf\u00fcr zu sorgen, dass die Early Backers einen Vorteil gegen\u00fcber sp\u00e4teren Backers haben.\n\nMontag, 18. November - ORIGIN M50 Dienstag, 19. November - ORIGIN 350R & Lightspeed Package Mittwoch, 20. November - Drake Caterpillar Donnerstag, 21. November - RSI Aurora LX Freitag, 22. November - Anvil Gladiator & Aegis Retaliator (l\u00e4uft \u00fcber das Wochenende) Montag, 25. November - MISC Starfarer UPDATE: Aufgrund der gro\u00dfen Nachfrage wird die Super Hornet \u00fcber das Wochenende zusammen mit dem Anvil Gladiator und Aegis Retaliator angeboten.\n\nAm 26. November beginnen wir das zweite Jahr mit einem Knall! Chris Roberts und das Star Citizen Team werden einen vierst\u00fcndigen Livestream ab 11 Uhr PST veranstalten, der die neuesten Nachrichten und Informationen sowie die M\u00f6glichkeit bietet, Ihre Fragen zu beantworten! Wir werden auch die ersten Details \u00fcber das n\u00e4chste Schiffssortiment enth\u00fcllen, wie beim ersten Livestream! Wie die urspr\u00fcngliche Gruppe werden diese Schiffe zu besonderen Anl\u00e4ssen zum Verkauf angeboten.... einschlie\u00dflich einiger, die am 26. Januar zum ersten Mal gekauft werden k\u00f6nnen! Es wird auch eine begrenzte Anzahl von LTI Idris-P-Korvetten zum Verkauf an alle Benutzer geben, die den ganzen Tag \u00fcber in vier Schreberg\u00e4rten angeboten werden, um B\u00fcrgern auf der ganzen Welt die M\u00f6glichkeit zu geben, diese seltenen Schiffe zu kaufen.\n\nBitte beachten Sie, dass alle diese Verk\u00e4ufe dazu bestimmt sind, die Entwicklung des Spiels zu finanzieren und das Universum gr\u00f6\u00dfer und reicher zu machen. Uns ist es egal, ob wir Gewinne f\u00fcr \u00f6ffentliche Aktion\u00e4re erzielen. Wir k\u00fcmmern uns nur darum, die beste verdammte Space Sim aller Zeiten zu machen, und Ihre gro\u00dfz\u00fcgige Unterst\u00fctzung hat es uns bereits erm\u00f6glicht, weit \u00fcber das hinauszugehen, was wir bei der ersten Ver\u00f6ffentlichung f\u00fcr m\u00f6glich gehalten haben!\n\nFAQ\nIm Vorfeld des Verkaufs m\u00f6chten wir uns einen Moment Zeit nehmen und einige Themen ansprechen, die in der Community aufgetaucht sind:\n\nWie wichtig ist eine Lebensversicherung?\nNoch einmal m\u00f6chten wir unmissverst\u00e4ndlich klarstellen, dass LTI eine bequeme, aber keine spielerische Erg\u00e4nzung ist. Alle Schiffe sind versichert und die Deckung zwischen LTI und Standard Hull Insurance (SHI) ist identisch. Der einzige Unterschied besteht darin, dass Sie die SHI mit In-Game-Credits erneuern m\u00fcssen, sobald die Richtlinie abgelaufen ist (was im Moment zwischen 3 Monaten und einem Jahr f\u00fcr die aktuellen, zum Verkauf stehenden Pakete variiert). Bei LTI gibt es kein Enddatum auf der Richtlinie. Die Kosten und die H\u00e4ufigkeit der Erneuerung einer GKV-Police werden auf einer \u00e4hnlichen Gr\u00f6\u00dfenordnung sein wie die Erneuerung der Autoversicherung und unter der Annahme, dass Sie einige Missionen oder Handelsl\u00e4ufe in Star Citizen absolvieren, sollten Sie \u00fcber gen\u00fcgend Spielgeld verf\u00fcgen, um diese Kosten zu decken. Tats\u00e4chlich sind neuere Spieler, die Pakete direkt gekauft haben, anstatt durch einen Graumarkt-Service zu gehen, um LTI zu erhalten, besser dran, da sie die verschiedenen Stretch-Ziel-Belohnungen erhalten haben, die den Geldgebern gew\u00e4hrt werden.\n\nWerden die Varianten Freelancer und\/oder Constellation verf\u00fcgbar sein?\nWir hatten auch viele Anfragen nach Informationen \u00fcber die Constellation und Freelancer. Varianten f\u00fcr diese Schiffe werden f\u00fcr den 26. nicht verf\u00fcgbar sein, aber wir werden Rumpf-Upgrades im Shop anbieten, wenn sie es sind. Wenn Sie heute eine Constellation oder einen Freelancer mit LTI kaufen, k\u00f6nnen Sie diese sp\u00e4ter unter Beibehaltung von LTI auf eine der speziellen Varianten upgraden. Wir sind nicht bereit, die Varianten bekannt zu geben, k\u00f6nnen aber best\u00e4tigen, dass sich das Designteam auf drei weitere Freelancer-Varianten und zwei weitere Konstellationen konzentriert.\n\nWarum bietest du die begrenzten Schiffe wieder an?\nObwohl wir die limitierten Schiffe an dieser Stelle ein halbes Dutzend Mal zum Verkauf angeboten haben, wird das Thema weiterhin in den Foren angesprochen. Wir sind uns bewusst, dass die urspr\u00fcngliche Kickstarter-Seite besagt, dass diese Schiffe nicht wieder verkauft werden w\u00fcrden. H\u00e4tten wir die M\u00f6glichkeit, diese Seite zu bearbeiten, w\u00fcrden wir die folgenden Informationen hinzuf\u00fcgen: Wir haben einen Fehler gemacht! Das Konzept war, dass wir f\u00fcr die Schiffe mit einem bestimmten Inventar (Scythe und Idris-M) diese Menge immer nur verkaufen w\u00fcrden - daher der Wortlaut, dass wir sie nie wieder verkaufen w\u00fcrden, aber die anderen Schiffe, die nicht mengenm\u00e4\u00dfig begrenzt waren, sollten insofern begrenzt sein, als wir sie f\u00fcr begrenzte Zeitr\u00e4ume zum Verkauf anbieten w\u00fcrden, so dass sie eine knappe Ware w\u00e4ren. Leider hat unser Wortlaut dies nicht mitgeteilt und der Eindruck auf unserem urspr\u00fcnglichen Beitrag war, dass alles, was zum begrenzten Verkauf angeboten wurde, nicht wieder verkauft werden w\u00fcrde. Wir haben dies anschlie\u00dfend korrigiert, um klarzustellen, dass wir wirklich \u00fcber die Schiffe sprachen, die mit endlichen Mengen angeboten wurden, aber das Problem wurde weiterhin angesprochen. Dies ist unsere offizielle Haltung dazu, also bitte bookmarken Sie diesen Beitrag f\u00fcr die zuk\u00fcnftige Diskussion im Forum! :)\n\nDar\u00fcber hinaus ist unsere Fangemeinde exponentiell gewachsen, und wir werden von Nutzern \u00fcberflutet, die das Spiel als Tanker-Kapit\u00e4n, Rennfahrer oder Pirat starten wollen. Obwohl wir unseren urspr\u00fcnglichen Geldgebern eine gro\u00dfe Verantwortung schuldig sind, m\u00f6chten wir, dass jeder das Star Citizen-Universum so erlebt, wie er es w\u00fcnscht. Aus diesem Grund werden wir weiterhin einige \"begrenzte\" Schiffe zu besonderen Anl\u00e4ssen anbieten. Beachten Sie, dass jedes Schiff mit einer endlichen Menge, sobald das letzte verkauft ist, nicht mehr existiert.\n\nWirst du die Vanduul Scythe oder Idris-M wieder anbieten?\nBeide Verk\u00e4ufe fanden \"im Universum\" statt, das Ergebnis der UEE, die einen Vanduul-Tr\u00e4ger gefangen nahm und dann ein Kontingent an \u00fcbersch\u00fcssigen Idris-Korvetten verkaufte. Dies waren einzigartige Ereignisse, die es uns erm\u00f6glichten, Schiffe anzubieten, die normalerweise nicht zum Verkauf stehen w\u00fcrden. Sie k\u00f6nnen Ihren Idris-P mit Hilfe von Kits, die im fertigen Spiel erh\u00e4ltlich sind, auf milit\u00e4rische Anforderungen aufr\u00fcsten.\n\nWarum \u00e4ndern Sie Ihre Pl\u00e4ne und bieten LTI f\u00fcr alle mit diesen begrenzten Schiffsk\u00e4ufen an?\nWir sind nicht zufrieden damit, wie sich der \"Graumarkt\" f\u00fcr Star Citizen Schiffe entwickelt hat. Eine begrenzte Anzahl von Nutzern hat seltene Schiffe gehortet und gegen eine Pr\u00e4mie an Geldgeber verkauft, die das Spiel sp\u00e4ter entdeckt haben. Jeden Tag erh\u00e4lt die CS-Abteilung mehr Berichte \u00fcber betrogene Benutzer, die versuchen, auf diese Weise begrenzte Schiffe zu kaufen. Die Idee hinter LTI ist es, fr\u00fche Unterst\u00fctzer zu belohnen, und niemandem einen Weg zu geben, andere B\u00fcrger zu misshandeln. Wir haben diesen Aufruf gemacht, um zu bekr\u00e4ftigen, dass der Verkauf am Ende des Jahres darauf abzielt, alle zu belohnen, und nicht bestimmten Nutzern die M\u00f6glichkeit gibt, wertvolle Schiffe f\u00fcr den zuk\u00fcnftigen Wiederverkauf zu lagern. Ein New Backer muss f\u00fcr ein begrenztes Schiff mit LTI mehr bezahlen als ein Original Backer oder Veteran Backer. Auf diese Weise erhalten die Original Backers und Veteran Backers immer noch eine Belohnung f\u00fcr ihren fr\u00fchen Glauben, aber New Backers werden die M\u00f6glichkeit haben, einige Spezialschiffe mit LTI zu kaufen und nicht in den grauen Markt gezwungen zu werden.\n\nWarum bieten Sie LTI nicht auf den Basisschiffen f\u00fcr New Backers an?\nWir versprachen, dass unsere Early Backer den Nutzen von LTI gegen\u00fcber sp\u00e4teren Backern nutzen w\u00fcrden. Auf der anderen Seite gibt es fast doppelt so viele neue Backer wie Early Backer und einige von ihnen sind ver\u00e4rgert, dass sie nicht die M\u00f6glichkeit hatten, LTI durch fr\u00fches Backing zu erhalten. Das Angebot von LTI auf den begrenzten Schiffen zu einem h\u00f6heren Preis f\u00fcr New Backers scheint der beste Kompromiss zu sein. Wir sind der Meinung, dass, wenn wir dies auf die Standardschiffe ausdehnen w\u00fcrden, es zu viel w\u00e4re, aber unsere fr\u00fchen Geldgeber w\u00e4ren damit einverstanden, dass die neuen Geldgeber die M\u00f6glichkeit h\u00e4tten, LTI (zu einem etwas h\u00f6heren Preis) auf den teureren und selteneren Schiffen zu erhalten, da es ihnen einen netten Vorteil bietet und hilft, das Spiel besser zu machen, indem es mehr Geld aufbringt.","zh_CN":"Greetings Citizens,\nAs you know, November 26, 2013 marks the end of Lifetime Insurance (\u201cLTI\u201d) availability for Original and Veteran backers. We made lower-cost LTI packages available as a reward for the group of backers who made Star Citizen possible in the initial campaign, which culminated with the close of a grace period on November 26, 2012.\n\nTo celebrate our first year in operation, over the next week leading up to the 26th we will be offering each of the \u201climited edition\u201d ships and packages once again for a limited time, so that anyone who would like to pick one up can do so. To give everyone a shot to catch the ship they\u2019re interested in, we are going to announce the schedule in advance today. Ships and packages will be available for 24 hours (midnight to midnight PST.)\n\nAs a special thank you to everyone that has got us this far, including our growing contingent of New backers, Limited ships will include LTI for everyone! However they will only be available at the original prices for early backers (Original and Veteran) to keep in the spirit of our original promise to make sure that the earliest backers would have a benefit over later backers.\n\nMonday, November 18 \u2013 ORIGIN M50\n\nTuesday, November 19 \u2013 ORIGIN 350R & Lightspeed Package\n\nWednesday, November 20 \u2013 Drake Caterpillar\n\nThursday, November 21 \u2013 RSI Aurora LX\n\nFriday, November 22 \u2013 Anvil Gladiator & Aegis Retaliator (running through the weekend)\n\nMonday, November 25 \u2013 MISC Starfarer\n\nUPDATE: Due to popular demand, the Super Hornet will be offered over the weekend alongside the Anvil Gladiator and Aegis Retaliator.\n\nOn November 26th, we will start the second year off with a bang! Chris Roberts and the Star Citizen team will host a four-hour livestream starting at 11 AM PST which will feature the latest news and information, plus a chance to get your questions answered! We will also unveil the first details on the next assortment of ships, as we did at the first livestream! Like the original group, these ships will be offered for sale on special occasions\u2026 including some which will be purchasable for the first time on the 26th! There will also be a limited number of LTI Idris-P corvettes available for sale to all users, offered in four allotments throughout the day to allow Citizens around the world a chance at purchasing these rare ships.\n\nPlease be reminded that all these sales are to fund the development of the game and make the universe bigger and richer. We don\u2019t care about making profits for public shareholders. We just care about making the Best Damn Space Sim Ever and you generous support has already allowed us to go way beyond what we thought would be possible upon initial release!\n\nFAQ\nIn advance of the sale, we would like to take a moment and address several topics which have come up in the community:\n\nHow important is lifetime insurance?\nOnce again, we would like to be absolutely clear that LTI is a convenience but not a game-altering addition. All ships come with insurance and the coverage between LTI and Standard Hull Insurance (SHI) is exactly the same. The only difference is that you have to renew SHI with in game credits once the policy has reached its end (which varies right now between 3 months and a year on the current packages available for sale). With LTI there is no end date on the policy. The cost and frequency of renewing a SHI policy will be on a similar magnitude to renewing car insurance and assuming you complete some missions or trade runs in Star Citizen you should have plenty of in game funds available to cover this cost. In fact, newer players who purchased packages directly instead of going through a grey market service to get LTI are better off, as they have been receiving the various stretch goal rewards given to backers.\n\nWill the Freelancer and\/or Constellation variants be available?\nWe have also had a lot of requests for information on the Constellation and Freelancer. Variants for these ships will not be available for the 26th, but we will offer hull upgrades in the store when they are. If you purchase a Constellation or Freelancer with LTI today you can upgrade it to one of the special variants later while keeping LTI. We aren\u2019t ready to announce what the variants will be, but can confirm that the design team is focusing on three more Freelancer variants and two additional Constellations.\n\nWhy are you offering the limited ships again?\nAlthough we have offered the limited ships for sale half a dozen times at this point, the subject continues to be raised on the forums. We are aware that the original Kickstarter page states that these ships would not be sold again. Had we the ability to edit this page, we would add the following information: We made a mistake! The concept was that for the ships with a specified inventory (Scythe and Idris-M), we were only ever going to sell that quantity \u2013 hence the never sell it again wording, but the other ships that were not quantity limited were meant to be limited in that we would have them for sale for limited durations, so they would be a scarce commodity. Unfortunately our wording did not communicate this and the impression on our original post was that everything offered for limited sale would not be sold again. We subsequently corrected this to clarify that we were really talking about the ships that were offered with finite quantities but the issue has continued to be raised. This is our official stance on this so please bookmark this post for future forum debate! :)\n\nBeyond this our fan base has grown exponentially, and we are inundated with users who want to start the game as a tanker captain or a racer or a pirate. While we owe a great debt to our original backers, we would like everyone to experience the Star Citizen universe the way they would prefer. As a result we will continue to offer some \u201climited\u201d ships during special occasions. Note that any ship with a finite quantity once the last is sold there will be no more.\n\nWill you be offering the Vanduul Scythe or Idris-M again?\nBoth of these sales took place \u201cin universe,\u201d the result of the UEE capturing a Vanduul carrier and then selling off an allotment of surplus Idris corvettes. These were unique events which allowed us to offer ships which would not ordinarily be available for sale. You will be able to upgrade your Idris-P to military specifications using kits available in the finished game.\n\nWhy are you changing your plans and offering LTI for everyone with these limited ship purchases?\nWe\u2019re not happy with how the \u201cgrey market\u201d for Star Citizen ships has evolved. A limited number of users have hoarded rare ships and sold them for a premium to backers who discovered the game later on. Every day, the CS department receives more reports of users scammed while trying to purchase limited ships in this fashion. The idea behind LTI is to reward early supporters, not to give anyone a way to mistreat other Citizens. We\u2019ve made this call to reinforce that the end-of-the-year sale is intended to reward everyone, not give particular users a chance to stockpile valuable ships for future resale. A New backer will have to pay more for a limited ship with LTI than an Original Backer or Veteran backer. This way the Original Backers and Veteran backers still get a reward for believing early but New backers will have an opportunity to pick up some special ships with LTI and not be forced into the grey market.\n\nWhy don\u2019t you offer LTI on the base ships for New backers?\nWe promised that our early backers would get the benefit of LTI over later backers. On the other hand there are almost twice as many new backers as early backers and some of them are upset that they didn\u2019t have the opportunity to obtain LTI by backing early. Offering LTI on the limited ships at a higher priced for New backers seems the best compromise. We feel that if we extended this to the standard ships it would be too much, but our early backers would be ok with the New backers having the opportunity to obtain LTI (at a slightly higher price) on the more expensive and rarer ships as it gives them a nice benefit and helps make the game better by raising more funds."},"links_count":0,"comment_count":474,"created_at":"2013-11-15T00:00:00+00:00","created_at_human":"12 years ago"},"meta":{"processed_at":"2026-05-08 10:39:08","valid_relations":["images","links"],"prev_id":13376,"next_id":13379}}