{"data":{"id":13944,"title":"Letter from the Chairman: $46 Million","rsi_url":"https:\/\/robertsspaceindustries.com\/comm-link\/transmission\/13944-Letter-From-The-Chairman-46-Million","api_url":"https:\/\/api.star-citizen.wiki\/api\/comm-links\/13944","api_public_url":"https:\/\/api.star-citizen.wiki\/comm-links\/13944","channel":"Transmission","category":"General","series":"From the Chairman","images":[{"id":8,"name":"ChrisRobertsDirecting-300x201.jpg","rsi_url":"https:\/\/robertsspaceindustries.com\/media\/1voadjmwj49znr\/source\/ChrisRobertsDirecting-300x201.jpg","alt":"","size":14938,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","last_modified":"2013-07-19T05:30:42+00:00","api_url":"https:\/\/api.star-citizen.wiki\/api\/comm-link-images\/8","similar_url":"https:\/\/api.star-citizen.wiki\/api\/comm-link-images\/8\/similar"},{"id":1843,"name":"Z_soon.jpg","rsi_url":"https:\/\/robertsspaceindustries.com\/media\/6sfcnupculqydr\/source\/Z_soon.jpg","alt":"","size":334893,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","last_modified":"2014-06-12T17:04:24+00:00","api_url":"https:\/\/api.star-citizen.wiki\/api\/comm-link-images\/1843","similar_url":"https:\/\/api.star-citizen.wiki\/api\/comm-link-images\/1843\/similar"},{"id":1844,"name":"Ret_greybox_weapons_bay.jpg","rsi_url":"https:\/\/robertsspaceindustries.com\/media\/gt6o01y70l2hfr\/source\/Ret_greybox_weapons_bay.jpg","alt":"","size":875140,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","last_modified":"2014-06-12T17:04:24+00:00","api_url":"https:\/\/api.star-citizen.wiki\/api\/comm-link-images\/1844","similar_url":"https:\/\/api.star-citizen.wiki\/api\/comm-link-images\/1844\/similar"}],"images_count":3,"translations":{"en_EN":"Greetings Citizens,\nIn my last letter, just a few days ago, I wrote that the Freelancer seems to be a hit. Let\u2019s modify that: at $46 million, we have solid proof that our \u201cinterstellar pickup truck\u201d is a superstar! Thank you for your support. It\u2019s especially gratifying to see that backers are interested in roles beyond traditional space combat; the success of the trading and exploration-oriented Freelancer is a good reminder that Arena Commander is just our first step into building a living universe!\n\nThe $46 million stretch goal is one of the player-voted in-game rewards. Here are the details:\n\nUpdated Scanning Software \u2013 Chimera Communications unveiled the latest version of their SBit scanning software, also announcing a one-time free upgrade for their current and long-standing customers. The new SBit upgrade offers advanced scanning capabilities for prospecting asteroids above and beyond their baseline systems. SBit is a FIB-based system that floods the scan-zone with energy then processes the frequency of the energy reflected back, providing the operator with a composite sketch of potential ore deposits. With the new version, Chimera included an updated library of searchable frequencies as well as variable scan sizes, allowing smaller surface, higher-resolution scans. The general public will be able to purchase the update when SBit is officially released.\n\nThe winner of the last letter\u2019s commercial poll is the Retaliator! (It was neck and neck with the Avenger until pulling away at the last minute.) As a result, it will be the next commercial we put into production following the Constellation and Cutlass. Our writers are already busy imagining how to put together a cool and different commercial for the bomber!\n\nIn honor of the poll, I\u2019d like to share a couple of images of the Retaliator. You\u2019re looking at an in-engine shot of an early model and a view of the internal weapons bay. These images are actually a few weeks old; I\u2019ve asked the team in the UK to put together a small Retaliator gallery to show you the current status. That will be available tomorrow.\n\nThis brings me to the topic of stretch goals. When we started the Star Citizen campaign, the purpose of the stretch goals was to make things we had imagined but didn\u2019t think we could afford possible: adding capital ship systems, studying procedural generation, hiring additional artists to build more ships at once and the like. The additional funding continues to expand the scope of the game and make what we\u2019re doing possible\u2026 but it\u2019s becoming more and more difficult to quantify that with more stretch goals (and to explain that to the rest of the world, which likes to focus only on how much money we\u2019ve made.)\n\nMy preference would be to use these letters going forward to update you on what we\u2019re already doing with the money; sharing additional parts of Star Citizen\u2019s development. We would also continue to award flare and other extras to our backers as we hit milestones, whether they\u2019re funding or schedule-related. If we discover additional technologies or come up with new elements to the game\u2019s design we want to incorporate, we\u2019ll let you know about those as they happen. But this is a decision for the community: let me know what you think in the poll below.\n\n\u2014 Chris Roberts","de_DE":"Gr\u00fc\u00dfe B\u00fcrger,\nIn meinem letzten Brief, erst vor wenigen Tagen, schrieb ich, dass der Freelancer ein Hit zu sein scheint. Lassen Sie uns das \u00e4ndern: Mit 46 Millionen Dollar haben wir den festen Beweis, dass unser \"interstellarer Pickup-Truck\" ein Superstar ist! Vielen Dank f\u00fcr Ihre Unterst\u00fctzung. Es ist besonders erfreulich zu sehen, dass sich die Geldgeber f\u00fcr Rollen jenseits des traditionellen Weltraumkampfes interessieren; der Erfolg des handels- und explorationsorientierten Freelancers ist eine gute Erinnerung daran, dass Arena Commander nur unser erster Schritt zum Aufbau eines lebendigen Universums ist!\n\nDas 46 Millionen Dollar Stretch-Tor ist einer der von den Spielern gew\u00e4hlten Belohnungen im Spiel. Hier sind die Details:\n\nAktualisierte Scan-Software - Chimera Communications pr\u00e4sentierte die neueste Version seiner SBit Scan-Software und k\u00fcndigte au\u00dferdem ein einmaliges kostenloses Upgrade f\u00fcr seine bestehenden und langj\u00e4hrigen Kunden an. Das neue SBit-Upgrade bietet erweiterte Scanfunktionen f\u00fcr die Prospektion von Asteroiden \u00fcber ihre Basissysteme hinaus. SBit ist ein FIB-basiertes System, das die Scan-Zone mit Energie \u00fcberflutet und dann die Frequenz der zur\u00fcckreflektierten Energie verarbeitet, um dem Bediener eine zusammengesetzte Skizze potenzieller Erzlagerst\u00e4tten zu liefern. Mit der neuen Version enthielt Chimera eine aktualisierte Bibliothek mit durchsuchbaren Frequenzen sowie variablen Scangr\u00f6\u00dfen, die Scans mit kleineren Oberfl\u00e4chen und h\u00f6herer Aufl\u00f6sung erm\u00f6glichen. Die breite \u00d6ffentlichkeit wird das Update kaufen k\u00f6nnen, wenn SBit offiziell freigegeben wird. Der Gewinner der kommerziellen Umfrage des letzten Briefes ist der Vergelter! (Es war Hals an Kopf mit dem R\u00e4cher, bis er sich in letzter Minute davonzog.) Damit wird es der n\u00e4chste Werbespot sein, den wir nach der Constellation und dem Entermesser in Produktion nehmen. Unsere Autoren sind bereits damit besch\u00e4ftigt, sich vorzustellen, wie man einen coolen und anderen Spot f\u00fcr den Bomber zusammenstellen kann!\n\nZu Ehren der Umfrage m\u00f6chte ich ein paar Bilder des Vergelters zeigen. Sie sehen eine Motoraufnahme eines fr\u00fchen Modells und einen Blick auf den inneren Waffenraum. Diese Bilder sind eigentlich ein paar Wochen alt; ich habe das Team in Gro\u00dfbritannien gebeten, eine kleine Vergeltungsgalerie zusammenzustellen, die Ihnen den aktuellen Status zeigt. Das wird morgen verf\u00fcgbar sein.\n\nDamit komme ich zum Thema Stretchziele. Als wir die Star Citizen-Kampagne starteten, war der Zweck der Stretch-Ziele, Dinge zu verwirklichen, die wir uns vorgestellt hatten, von denen wir aber nicht dachten, dass wir sie uns leisten k\u00f6nnten: Hinzuf\u00fcgen von Kapitalschiffsystemen, Studium der Verfahrensgenerierung, Einstellung zus\u00e4tzlicher K\u00fcnstler, um mehr Schiffe auf einmal zu bauen und dergleichen. Die zus\u00e4tzliche Finanzierung erweitert weiterhin den Umfang des Spiels und macht das, was wir tun, m\u00f6glich.... aber es wird immer schwieriger, das mit mehr Stretch-Zielen zu quantifizieren (und das dem Rest der Welt zu erkl\u00e4ren, der sich gerne nur darauf konzentriert, wie viel Geld wir verdient haben...).\n\nIch w\u00fcrde es vorziehen, diese Briefe zu verwenden, um Sie dar\u00fcber zu informieren, was wir bereits mit dem Geld machen, und zus\u00e4tzliche Teile der Entwicklung von Star Citizen zu teilen. Wir werden auch weiterhin Flare und andere Extras an unsere Geldgeber vergeben, wenn wir Meilensteine erreichen, unabh\u00e4ngig davon, ob sie finanziell oder zeitlich bedingt sind. Wenn wir zus\u00e4tzliche Technologien entdecken oder neue Elemente f\u00fcr das Design des Spiels entwickeln, das wir integrieren m\u00f6chten, werden wir Sie dar\u00fcber informieren, sobald sie geschehen. Aber das ist eine Entscheidung f\u00fcr die Community: Lass mich in der Umfrage unten wissen, was du denkst.\n\n- Chris Roberts","zh_CN":"Greetings Citizens,\nIn my last letter, just a few days ago, I wrote that the Freelancer seems to be a hit. Let\u2019s modify that: at $46 million, we have solid proof that our \u201cinterstellar pickup truck\u201d is a superstar! Thank you for your support. It\u2019s especially gratifying to see that backers are interested in roles beyond traditional space combat; the success of the trading and exploration-oriented Freelancer is a good reminder that Arena Commander is just our first step into building a living universe!\n\nThe $46 million stretch goal is one of the player-voted in-game rewards. Here are the details:\n\nUpdated Scanning Software \u2013 Chimera Communications unveiled the latest version of their SBit scanning software, also announcing a one-time free upgrade for their current and long-standing customers. The new SBit upgrade offers advanced scanning capabilities for prospecting asteroids above and beyond their baseline systems. SBit is a FIB-based system that floods the scan-zone with energy then processes the frequency of the energy reflected back, providing the operator with a composite sketch of potential ore deposits. With the new version, Chimera included an updated library of searchable frequencies as well as variable scan sizes, allowing smaller surface, higher-resolution scans. The general public will be able to purchase the update when SBit is officially released.\n\nThe winner of the last letter\u2019s commercial poll is the Retaliator! (It was neck and neck with the Avenger until pulling away at the last minute.) As a result, it will be the next commercial we put into production following the Constellation and Cutlass. Our writers are already busy imagining how to put together a cool and different commercial for the bomber!\n\nIn honor of the poll, I\u2019d like to share a couple of images of the Retaliator. You\u2019re looking at an in-engine shot of an early model and a view of the internal weapons bay. These images are actually a few weeks old; I\u2019ve asked the team in the UK to put together a small Retaliator gallery to show you the current status. That will be available tomorrow.\n\nThis brings me to the topic of stretch goals. When we started the Star Citizen campaign, the purpose of the stretch goals was to make things we had imagined but didn\u2019t think we could afford possible: adding capital ship systems, studying procedural generation, hiring additional artists to build more ships at once and the like. The additional funding continues to expand the scope of the game and make what we\u2019re doing possible\u2026 but it\u2019s becoming more and more difficult to quantify that with more stretch goals (and to explain that to the rest of the world, which likes to focus only on how much money we\u2019ve made.)\n\nMy preference would be to use these letters going forward to update you on what we\u2019re already doing with the money; sharing additional parts of Star Citizen\u2019s development. We would also continue to award flare and other extras to our backers as we hit milestones, whether they\u2019re funding or schedule-related. If we discover additional technologies or come up with new elements to the game\u2019s design we want to incorporate, we\u2019ll let you know about those as they happen. But this is a decision for the community: let me know what you think in the poll below.\n\n\u2014 Chris Roberts"},"links_count":0,"comment_count":939,"created_at":"2014-06-12T00:00:00+00:00","created_at_human":"11 years ago"},"meta":{"processed_at":"2026-05-08 05:33:27","valid_relations":["images","links"],"prev_id":13943,"next_id":13945}}