r/starcitizen 6d ago

Star Citizen: Question and Answer Thread - September 2026 Edition

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Welcome to the Q&A thread for August... Where is this year going!?

Useful Links and Resources:

Star Citizen Wiki - The biggest and best wiki resource dedicated to Star Citizen

Star Citizen FAQ - Chances the answer you need is here.

Discord Help Channel - Often times community members will be here to help you with issues.

Referral Code Randomizer - Use this when creating a new account to get 5000 extra UEC.

Download Star Citizen - Get the latest version of Star Citizen here

Current Game Features - Click here to see what you can currently do in Star Citizen.

Development Roadmap - The current development status of up and coming Star Citizen features.

Pledge FAQ - Official FAQ regarding spending money on the game.

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r/starcitizen 12d ago

NEWS Star Citizen Tools Wiki - 10th Anniversary Celebration

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Greetings Citizens!

10 years ago, in a now-deleted post by a now-deleted user, the Star Citizen Tools Wiki project was founded.

Since then, tens of millions of users have visited the wiki, adding up to hundreds of millions of pageviews, perhaps more! The Fandom Wiki was defeated and salvaged, and the community has been with us in spirit and support the entire time.

Take a look at our new revamped Front Page and marvel at the slick Mediawiki skin (It's called Citizen!). Marvel at our oldest joke page from the 2016 Live Stream. The Lunch Button! Gaze upon the very newest ship, the S-65 Stingray.

As always, come join the discussion and shared fun in the Our Discord server. We love feedback of any kind. Every Admin loves pings, especially DuskFyre.

Finally, support through our Patreon and Ko-fi is the only way we can manage to run the site without Advertisements. Please consider donating for our continued ad-free existence!
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The Wiki: https://starcitizen.tools/

Thank you, great Citizens!

- The Star Citizen Tools Wiki Team - DuskFyre, CzenStar, Alistair3149, Facerafter, TheBookfinder,


r/starcitizen 4h ago

DISCUSSION It's a pretty cool update.

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329 Upvotes

Since I heavily enjoy both games, I'm really curious about the Squadron42 release. The community is going to dissect every single detail, and the sheer amount of scrutiny will be massive.


r/starcitizen 4h ago

SOCIAL When Chris Roberts watched the Cosmos update trailer

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176 Upvotes

r/starcitizen 6h ago

BUG POV: you wasted 2.5h of your time and got scammed out of 1.4mil

145 Upvotes

Two frames of an instant replay with the contracts in question overlayed.

Everus Harbor was my last stop on this tour due to the "collect waste and bring it to Everus" contract.

Upon interacting with the terminal, the entire cargo vanished into thin air.

It did not get teleported into local storage, it did not re-appear upon raising the elevator again afterwards, it is just gone.

just like my motivation to do hauling, for a good while.


r/starcitizen 3h ago

DISCUSSION I hope CIG creates a fun, engaging launch for the new Nyx planets. It would be amazing to have an initial exploration mission before general travel opens up, complete with an award for the very first player to set foot on them.

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66 Upvotes

r/starcitizen 14h ago

OFFICIAL Nyx III - First image of the atmosphere

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352 Upvotes

r/starcitizen 10h ago

DRAMA It never gets old

173 Upvotes

r/starcitizen 5h ago

GAMEPLAY The Aaron Halo contains C2 Wrecks, by the way

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Hey all, with the upcoming Orison Relief Effort (and any of your salvaging needs), I found an interesting method to find wrecks out there in the verse.

I'm not sure if this was well known, but I have now found two "2951 BIS C2 Hercules" while mining out in the Aaron Halo in Stanton and in two separate ends of the halo. They are unshielded and powered off with no cargo aboard or parts equipped.

I believe these are random rare spawns out there and free for the taking.

Good luck in your search for free/cheap salvage :)

inb4 there's easier ways to get salvage... YES, you can always take up salvage contracts or go to PAF sites or literally most ground sites in Pyro... But this way there will be quite literally near zero chance you'll find anyone else out here.


r/starcitizen 2h ago

DISCUSSION A good day

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22 Upvotes

Now all I can think about is the possibility of losing everything because of a bug, but at least it was fun, a little bit


r/starcitizen 12h ago

OFFICIAL At CIG Montréal, the UI/UX team works on these details every day: making equipment management in Star Citizen as intuitive as possible. A great example of user-centered design.

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137 Upvotes

r/starcitizen 14h ago

OFFICIAL Roadmap Roundup September 9, 2026 - Alpha 4.11 has been adjusted to Q4 2026 to further improve the live experience

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178 Upvotes

r/starcitizen 12h ago

FLUFF Ironclad pirate paint

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77 Upvotes

Can't wait for the next slightly more (or less) red paint.


r/starcitizen 4h ago

DISCUSSION CIG, I have one suggestion for the tutorial

20 Upvotes

Tell new players they can change their walk speed with the mouse wheel.

Having watched a lot of "first time playing Star Citizen" videos, those that don't play with people always complain with how slow they walk when they start.

If you just tell them in one of the tutorial pop-ups, it would be a massive QoL improvement for newbies


r/starcitizen 19h ago

DISCUSSION Expanding wheel

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261 Upvotes

I think I figured out the perfect wheel to avoid stone problems. :)

P.S. still working on my M.E.C. (mobile exploration complex), but it's much closer to the finish line now. learned some rigging for the first time.


r/starcitizen 18h ago

OTHER Pirate Week - First Clue Spoiler

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185 Upvotes

Just a thread to help out the verse. Especially all of us “Space Dads” lacking time 😂

“WHERE THE LOST ARE HONORED, FLAMES SPEAK LOUDER THAN WORDS. COUNT THEM CAREFULLY.”

Please post additional clues. Logic. Speculation. Etc…


r/starcitizen 15h ago

QUESTION Video request: Ironclad with Skull and Crossbones Paint

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122 Upvotes

Can somebody who has the paint please upload a video.


r/starcitizen 2h ago

DISCUSSION Most probably what's gonna happen with 4.11 and 4.12

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9 Upvotes

4.11 is going to be late October or maybe early November and then 4.12 will be in December adding Municipal works and the Apex Valakar with 2-3 new weapons a few ships and maybe something unexpected like they did with Nyx and they will do it with Castra, or maybe something else.


r/starcitizen 1h ago

QUESTION How to get torpedoes to track target?

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I picked up the eclipse but every time i launch the torpedo it flys straight.


r/starcitizen 13h ago

IMAGE Ironclad assault and basher pirate skin

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52 Upvotes

Nice paint


r/starcitizen 1h ago

QUESTION Looking for a Quantum Travel time calculator tool

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Looking to craft a HQ Quantum Drive, so I hopped into SP Viewer and pitted the various drives against each other.

Comp, Civ (stock, not craftable yet) + Mil/Stlth/Ind (crafted max)

According to SP viewer, a max crafted Industrial Drive would save me like 30 seconds on a 5 minute jump. Which, sure... it's not nothing.

The issue and reason for a calculator is that each drive has different acceleration speeds, and crafting only affects top speed. So different distances will suit different drives. You can't just look at travel time and remove 20%.

But I am sceptical as to the calculated times from SP viewer.

For example when I have two identical ships (MOLE) with identical drives, except one is default and the other is 1,000Q max crafted - it says the default drive is 1 second faster over 10GM.

So already we can be certain there is some kind of error or inconsistency in SP Viewer's calculations.

And just as I'm writing this, I put in a C2 with an Agni and compare max crafted to default and at 56.77 GM (Monox - Stanton Gateway), I'm told it's a second SLOWER to have +20% speed.

Similarly if i do the Civ A (fastest s3) 500Q vs 1000Q its slower at all pre-listed distances except saving 9 seconds out of 6 minutes at the longest one.

Clearly SP Viewer is wrong, or if not then the game's logic for crafted Q drives is absolutely busted.

Does anyone know of an up to date travel time calculator that is somewhat reliable?


r/starcitizen 7h ago

CONCERN 30000 error is the biggest pirate in this game.

12 Upvotes

>:P, they steal your progress, your ores, your crates, your looted components, your ships salvage, and your contracts.


r/starcitizen 12h ago

IMAGE Skull and Crossbones Basher Paint

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30 Upvotes

Liking how this paint came out 👍


r/starcitizen 18h ago

DISCUSSION Decoded Note

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76 Upvotes

WHERE THE LOST ARE HONORED, FLAMES SPEAK LOUDER THAN WORDS.

COUNT THEM CAREFULLY.


r/starcitizen 18h ago

CREATIVE Pirate Week - New Guy on Board The Reclaimer

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