Cloud Imperium Games revealed the RSI Constellation MK V Centaurus, the first of a new generation of the legendary Star Citizen ship.
If the Constellation name doesn’t ring a bell, it has basically been Star Citizen’s poster multi-crew spaceship since the very beginning. Now the original design, known as the Mk IV, leaves the pledge store and will become available only in-game via mission rewards or upcoming in-game classic ship dealers.
Its successor, the MK V Centaurus, comes with 240 SCU of cargo capacity, four size-5 pilot-controlled weapons, two remote turrets with four size-3 weapons each, and two missile launchers equipped with 16 size-2 missiles each.
It even comes with a dedicated snub fighter, the RSI Skylark, which equips two shield generators to be more durable than other snub fighters.
You can check it out below and hear about it directly from the developers.
If you’re unfamiliar with Star Citizen, it’s a PC exclusive, crowdfunded project directed by Chris Roberts of Wing Commander fame. It’s a multiplayer sandbox space simulator that has been in development for over a decade and in alpha for several years.
The crowdfunding total for the game recently passed one billion dollars, and it’s currently sitting at $1,054,225,670. The game currently has 6,737,330 registered accounts, but we know that not all are paying customers.
Some are alt accounts, while others are simply created to enjoy the “Free Fly” periods that fairly often let non-backers enjoy the game at no cost.
It’s notable that Star Citizen’s funding tally for 2025 has beaten all records from previous years by a large margin.
A single-player campaign titled Squadron 42 is also in active development with a recently announced Q2 2027 release window, starring an exceptional cast of famous actors, including Mark Hamill, Henry Cavill, Gary Oldman, Liam Cunningham, Gillian Anderson, and more.
Since the project has been in development for over a decade, you can see how Squadron 42 has evolved since its first reveal.
Full disclosure: the author of this article has backed Star Citizen’s crowdfunding campaign.
