Today, Star Citizen developer Cloud Imperium Games released a new ship variant and provided more information about ship balancing.
The new ship is the Esperia Prowler Utility, a cargo variant of the alien-designed dropship that comes with interesting looks and stealth capabilities.
It can carry 32 SCU of cargo in its hold, and is equipped with a tractor beam to easily handle it.
If you’d like to hear more about it, we have an episode of “Behind the Ships” in which the developers introduce it.
We also get a Q&A video with the developers working on ships and vehicles, explaining more about the plans for flight and balance going forward.
You can watch it below.
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.
Players are currently waiting for update alpha 4.2, which is currently being tested and should come soon.
In the meantime, the crowdfunding total continues to grow, and it has just passed $840 million. To be precise, it’s currently at $840,104,209. The game also has 5,737,152 registered users, albeit not all of them are paying customers. Many simply create an account to enjoy the occasional free-to-play periods..
A single-player campaign titled Squadron 42 is also in active development with a 2026 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.
