Cloud Imperium Video games launched a brand new and in depth video showcasing Star Citizen‘s upcoming capital ship, the Aegis Dynamics Idris.
The Idris is a frigate able to carrying as much as three mild carriers and a utility shuttle. It is 242 meters lengthy and it is designed for a crew of 28 gamers.
The video reveals it intimately, from the hangar to its residing areas, and even the bridge. Apparently, it is designed to be a large FPS degree, in case of boarding. That is precisely what a current occasion within the sport showcased.
Whereas the ship was flyable through the occasion, it is not full but, so it will not be delivered to gamers in regular gameplay for some time longer.
It is also very related to the single-player marketing campaign of Star Citizen, Squadron 42, which we just lately heard that it is now feature-complete and in polish section earlier than it is lastly launched. Many speculate that we’ll lastly get a launch date on the subsequent CitizenCon in October, however that continues to be simply hypothesis for now.
You possibly can watch the Idris beneath and listen to immediately from the builders the way it was created. Apparently, it is not even the most important ship deliberate for Star Citizen, as bigger ones are in improvement. It is simply the primary capital warship.
Funnily, the video additionally reveals a scene involving the shuttle that Aliens followers will doubtless acknowledge.
Star Citizen is a crowdfunded sport at the moment in improvement completely for PC following a Kickstarter marketing campaign in 2012. But, crowdfunding has continued even after the tip of the marketing campaign because the scope of the venture massively elevated.
Its followers have pledged $667,897,940 in funding with 5,102,801 registered customers. That being stated, that is not consultant of the variety of paying customers, as many create accounts free of charge to benefit from the Free Fly occasions.
But, Star Citizen simply had the most important 12 months of its crowdfunding historical past, having acquired over $117.5 million in pledges in 2023.
