Star Citizen Showcases Its Huge Capital Ship In New Video

Cloud Imperium Video games launched a brand new and intensive video showcasing Star Citizen’s upcoming capital ship, the Aegis Dynamics Idris.

The Idris is a frigate able to carrying as much as three gentle 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 an enormous FPS degree, in case of boarding. That is precisely what a latest occasion within the recreation 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 not too long ago heard that it is now feature-complete and in polish part earlier than it is lastly launched. Many speculate that we’ll lastly get a launch date on the subsequent CitizenCon in October, however that is still simply hypothesis for now.

You may watch the Idris under and listen to instantly from the builders the way it was created. Apparently, it is not even the largest 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 recreation at the moment in improvement solely for PC following a Kickstarter marketing campaign in 2012. But, crowdfunding has continued even after the top of the marketing campaign because the scope of the undertaking massively elevated. 

Its followers have pledged $667,897,940 in funding with 5,102,801 registered customers. That being mentioned, that is not consultant of the variety of paying customers, as many create accounts totally free to benefit from the Free Fly occasions. 

But, Star Citizen simply had the largest yr of its crowdfunding historical past, having acquired over $117.5 million in pledges in 2023.