Letter from the Chairman: $28 Million! - [Comm-Links](https://api.star-citizen.wiki/comm-links) - Letter from the Chairman: $28 Million! Letter from the Chairman: $28 Million! ====================================== Transmission General From the Chairman [Previous](https://api.star-citizen.wiki/comm-links/13381) [Next](https://api.star-citizen.wiki/comm-links/13383) Content ------- English Greetings Citizens, Star Citizen backers have a need for speed! Sales of the Origin M50 and 350R have pushed us over the $28 million mark! At $28 million, you unlocked an entirely new starter ship, which we believe is going to significantly improve the Star Citizen experience: New Starter Ship – The team at Consolidated Outland has decided to take Roberts Space Industries head on in 2944 by premiering the Mustang personal spacecraft. We will use these additional resources to create another ship company and starter ship for Star Citizen. The new ship will be offered for sale alongside the Aurora, so players have a choice between two options to begin the game! We’re excited to get to work on the Mustang. As the next step in the process, the design team will turn the broad concept into a detailed set of specifications. Then those will go to one of our world-class concept artists for the first visuals. We’ll share that process with you as it happens! For our next several stretch goals, we’re going to try something different. We are constantly asked where the additional money goes. Surely new mocap hardware or a new starship design doesn’t cost a million dollars. The answer is that the stretch goals are an example: one big thing we will be doing with some of the money. Every additional million means that we’re hiring additional artists and programmers, equipping the team with better development tools and increasing the size of the talented outsource groups being trusted with aspects of Star Citizen’s development. It means more actors and time for mocap studios, more reference for designers, greater variety in game characters, more options in clothing and armor and a large array of ship items and weapons. Every dollar improves the project. That isn’t as sexy as spending large amounts of money on impressive, headline-grabbing stretch goals… but it means a significantly better game in the end. So, for the next several stretch goals, we’re going to leave you with the knowledge that the money goes to improving all aspects of Star Citizen’s development. Instead of specifying some new development goal, we’re going to add a new ship to the game as a reward. The design team has imagined a new set of Star Citizen ships, one from each of our big manufacturers. Each ship will have a new role to play in the Star Citizen universe, and unlocking these stretch goals will make it possible to go ahead and start building them. Since the M50 and 350R got us to this point, we’re starting with the Origin Jumpworks design. After that, it’s going to be up to you: the $31 million stretch goal ship will be decided by the poll below! Origin 890 JUMP – The rumors are true: Origin Jumpworks has a larger ship in the works! The Origin 890 JUMP is an interstellar super-yacht with exquisite styling and an array of high quality upgrade options. Travel the stars in style with multiple decks, high visibility windows and a small boat bay. Whether you’re outfitting it to explore new worlds or to take a pleasure cruise through Terra, the 890 JUMP is the epitome of luxury, class and refinement! I hope you enjoy hearing about these new ships and getting to have a say in what content we are adding to Star Citizen’s with your support! As always, thank you for your continued enthusiasm and belief. Together we’re making something special! Grüße Bürger, Star Citizen Geldgeber haben ein Bedürfnis nach Geschwindigkeit! Die Verkäufe der Origin M50 und 350R haben uns über die 28-Millionen-Dollar-Marke gebracht! Mit 28 Millionen Dollar haben Sie ein völlig neues Startschiff freigeschaltet, von dem wir glauben, dass es das Star Citizen-Erlebnis deutlich verbessern wird: Neues Startschiff - Das Team der Consolidated Outland hat beschlossen, Roberts Space Industries 2944 mit der Premiere des persönlichen Raumschiffs Mustang zu übernehmen. Wir werden diese zusätzlichen Ressourcen nutzen, um eine weitere Schiffsgesellschaft und ein Startschiff für Star Citizen zu gründen. Das neue Schiff wird neben der Aurora zum Verkauf angeboten, so dass die Spieler die Wahl zwischen zwei Möglichkeiten haben, das Spiel zu beginnen! Wir sind gespannt auf die Arbeit am Mustang. Im nächsten Schritt wird das Designteam das Gesamtkonzept in ein detailliertes Lastenheft umsetzen. Dann gehen diese an einen unserer erstklassigen Konzeptkünstler für die ersten Visuals. Wir werden diesen Prozess mit Ihnen teilen, wie es geschieht! Für unsere nächsten mehreren Stretch-Ziele werden wir etwas anderes ausprobieren. Wir werden ständig gefragt, wohin das zusätzliche Geld fließt. Sicherlich kostet eine neue Mocap-Hardware oder ein neues Raumschiffdesign keine Million Dollar. Die Antwort ist, dass die Stretch-Ziele ein Beispiel sind: eine große Sache, die wir mit einem Teil des Geldes machen werden. Jede weitere Million bedeutet, dass wir zusätzliche Künstler und Programmierer einstellen, das Team mit besseren Entwicklungswerkzeugen ausstatten und die Größe der talentierten Outsource-Gruppen erhöhen, denen Aspekte der Entwicklung von Star Citizen vertraut werden. Es bedeutet mehr Akteure und Zeit für Mocap-Studios, mehr Referenz für Designer, mehr Vielfalt an Spielcharakteren, mehr Optionen für Kleidung und Rüstung und eine große Auswahl an Schiffsartikeln und Waffen. Jeder Dollar verbessert das Projekt. Das ist nicht so sexy, wie große Summen für beeindruckende, Schlagzeilen fassende Stretchziele auszugeben.... aber es bedeutet am Ende ein deutlich besseres Spiel. Für die nächsten Etappenziele werden wir Ihnen also das Wissen vermitteln, dass das Geld zur Verbesserung aller Aspekte der Entwicklung von Star Citizen verwendet wird. Anstatt ein neues Entwicklungsziel anzugeben, werden wir dem Spiel als Belohnung ein neues Schiff hinzufügen. Das Designteam hat sich eine neue Reihe von Star Citizen-Schiffen vorgestellt, eines von jedem unserer großen Hersteller. Jedes Schiff wird eine neue Rolle im Star Citizen-Universum spielen, und die Erschließung dieser Streckenziele wird es ermöglichen, weiterzumachen und mit dem Bau zu beginnen. Da die M50 und 350R uns zu diesem Punkt gebracht haben, beginnen wir mit dem Origin Jumpworks Design. Danach liegt es an dir: Das 31 Millionen Dollar schwere Stretch-Zielschiff wird von der Umfrage unten entschieden! Origin 890 JUMP - Die Gerüchte sind wahr: Origin Jumpworks hat ein größeres Schiff in Arbeit! Die Origin 890 JUMP ist eine interstellare Superyacht mit exquisitem Design und einer Reihe von hochwertigen Upgrade-Optionen. Reisen Sie stilvoll durch die Sterne mit mehreren Decks, Sichtfenstern und einer kleinen Bootsbucht. Egal, ob Sie es für die Erkundung neuer Welten oder für eine Bootsfahrt durch Terra ausstatten, die 890 JUMP ist der Inbegriff von Luxus, Klasse und Raffinesse! Ich hoffe, Sie haben Spaß daran, von diesen neuen Schiffen zu hören und mitzubestimmen, welche Inhalte wir mit Ihrer Unterstützung zu Star Citizen's hinzufügen! Wie immer, vielen Dank für Ihre anhaltende Begeisterung und Ihren Glauben. Gemeinsam machen wir etwas Besonderes! Greetings Citizens, Star Citizen backers have a need for speed! Sales of the Origin M50 and 350R have pushed us over the $28 million mark! At $28 million, you unlocked an entirely new starter ship, which we believe is going to significantly improve the Star Citizen experience: New Starter Ship – The team at Consolidated Outland has decided to take Roberts Space Industries head on in 2944 by premiering the Mustang personal spacecraft. We will use these additional resources to create another ship company and starter ship for Star Citizen. The new ship will be offered for sale alongside the Aurora, so players have a choice between two options to begin the game! We’re excited to get to work on the Mustang. As the next step in the process, the design team will turn the broad concept into a detailed set of specifications. Then those will go to one of our world-class concept artists for the first visuals. We’ll share that process with you as it happens! For our next several stretch goals, we’re going to try something different. We are constantly asked where the additional money goes. Surely new mocap hardware or a new starship design doesn’t cost a million dollars. The answer is that the stretch goals are an example: one big thing we will be doing with some of the money. Every additional million means that we’re hiring additional artists and programmers, equipping the team with better development tools and increasing the size of the talented outsource groups being trusted with aspects of Star Citizen’s development. It means more actors and time for mocap studios, more reference for designers, greater variety in game characters, more options in clothing and armor and a large array of ship items and weapons. Every dollar improves the project. That isn’t as sexy as spending large amounts of money on impressive, headline-grabbing stretch goals… but it means a significantly better game in the end. So, for the next several stretch goals, we’re going to leave you with the knowledge that the money goes to improving all aspects of Star Citizen’s development. Instead of specifying some new development goal, we’re going to add a new ship to the game as a reward. The design team has imagined a new set of Star Citizen ships, one from each of our big manufacturers. Each ship will have a new role to play in the Star Citizen universe, and unlocking these stretch goals will make it possible to go ahead and start building them. Since the M50 and 350R got us to this point, we’re starting with the Origin Jumpworks design. After that, it’s going to be up to you: the $31 million stretch goal ship will be decided by the poll below! Origin 890 JUMP – The rumors are true: Origin Jumpworks has a larger ship in the works! The Origin 890 JUMP is an interstellar super-yacht with exquisite styling and an array of high quality upgrade options. Travel the stars in style with multiple decks, high visibility windows and a small boat bay. Whether you’re outfitting it to explore new worlds or to take a pleasure cruise through Terra, the 890 JUMP is the epitome of luxury, class and refinement! I hope you enjoy hearing about these new ships and getting to have a say in what content we are adding to Star Citizen’s with your support! As always, thank you for your continued enthusiasm and belief. Together we’re making something special! Links ----- No links available. 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