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In Consolidated Outland the maverick spirit of the Empire abides. Founder Silas Koerner’s spirited ingenuity was inspired by those that pushed themselves and their vehicles farther than was considered possible, and his ships continue to inspire future generations in turn.
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This portfolio originally appeared in Jump Point 10.05.
In 2542, the inaugural Invictus Launch Week saw Navy ships visit every system in the United Planets of Earth (UPE). Amidst the First Tevarin War, people gathered in massive numbers to celebrate and send off the brave recruits who boarded large military transports to be taken to basic training. Navy officials noticed that these large gatherings were becoming more and more popular system after system and realized that the event could serve both a practical and political purpose. From there forward, Invictus would be both a chance to pick up new recruits, celebrate the Navy, and eventually show off the latest additions to its fleet. Five centuries later, despite undergoing significant changes, Invictus Launch Week has become a cherished Empire-wide tradition. Today, instead of transporting volunteers, the event showcases the latest vehicles in the Naval fleet while celebrating that year’s recruits and graduating officers and pilots. Still, the core values of the event have remained focused on driving recruitment and honoring the brave starmen who’ve dedicated themselves to protecting the Empire.
READY TO LAUNCH
Few system discoveries changed the trajectory of Human history more than Elysium. On November 15, 2541, Dr. Kellar Lench returned after charting the first jump into the system to report that it teemed with advanced alien life, now known to be Tevarin. Unfortunately, unlike Humanity’s previous two encounters with a new culture, this one would quickly lead to war. Unprepared for the Tevarin blitz and their ships’ powerful phalanx shields, the UPE Navy found itself on the defensive and in desperate need of starmen to build an effective fighting force. Navy brass met with the UPE’s governing tribunal and high-ranking senators to not only seek ways to attract recruits, but to solve the logistical problems involved with transporting volunteers to basic training, as ship ownership among the public was rare and commercial space travel capacity and security not sufficient. A hybrid idea emerged where Navy ships would visit the populated planets in each system and pick up new recruits while also projecting power and security to the populace. The recruits’ ultimate destination being a base on Mars called Invictus, which inspired the event’s name and stuck even after the base closed in 2579.
Invictus ran for a week every October during the First Tevarin War (2541-2546). In 2547, the first Imperator, a First Tevarin War military hero by name of Ivar Messer, insisted that even though the war had ended, the event be held again to celebrate Humanity’s victory. From the event on Earth, Imperator Messer emphasized the importance of sacrificing oneself for the greater good of the Empire and promised that the Navy would be used to defend the newly renamed United Empire of Earth (UEE) against threats both alien and domestic.
Over the next few decades, people still gathered to see the Navy ships and celebrate that year’s local crop of recruits, but the supporting events varied greatly depending on the system as there wasn’t an active war or unified theme. That changed in 2581, when Imperator Messer, faced with declining Navy recruitment numbers, turned Invictus into an official holiday meant to celebrate the corps. Under the Navy’s direction, large and lavish ceremonies were planned to coincide with its ships arriving in-system. New recruits now hopped aboard ships to Borea, Magnus system, which housed the Navy’s main shipyard. That destination changed in 2632 when the Navy moved its shipyards to MacArthur, Kilian system, where they still reside. As an annual event, Invictus continued to evolve and expand with some landing zones getting elaborate expo halls to showcase ships and advanced technologies. Seen by some as a way to attract technophiles to the Navy and by others as a warning to those who dare come up against it.
INDOCTRINATION
Throughout the 26th century, the Navy was tasked more and more with dealing with political dissent and what was deemed by the government as “domestic unrest.” Not all welcomed the military and saw the unbridled propaganda of Invictus as another opportunity for the Messer regime to push its authoritarian ambitions. Historians consider Invictus posters, banners, and recruitment vids from early 27th century events prime examples of Messer era agitprop. Surviving pieces either reside in museums or are highly sought after by private collectors. The public pushback to Invictus peaked in 2637 when the Terra system abstained from the event in protest of Imperator Livia Messer III using previous events to promote her growing pro-military agenda. Instead, the system hosted a counter-event that featured a famous speech by Terran Senator Assan Kieren, who rallied the crowd around the idea of Terra sovereignty.
In 2681, the Navy dropped one of the core elements of Invictus and ceased using the event to pick up recruits to transport to training. From there forward, Navy recruits have been required to self-report to Kilian. This led to the overall number of Invictus events being reduced, as Navy ships no longer visited each system. Instead, larger more focused celebrations were held at various major landing zones across the empire, rotating locations each year. These larger Invictus events usually included vast recruitment centers that aggressively courted volunteers to fight the new danger from the edges of the empire: the Vanduul. The now-classic vid All Tomorrow’s Guardians, which centered around Navy personnel and the tactics they used in these recruitment centers, featured a Vanduul attack on an Invictus ceremony in Angeli for its dramatic finale. Many at the time saw the vid as traditional Messer propaganda but it has since earned a reputation for having a subversive spin of the event and politics of the era in its subtle skewering of the characters depicted as Messer loyalists within the Navy.
The intense recruitment drive alongside the public’s growing weariness of the Messer regime led to a significant drop in Invictus attendance in the late 2730s. Embarrassed by the lack of public support, Imperator Galor Messer IX would make attendance of Invictus mandatory beginning in 2743. In a strange twist on the event’s original intentions, Navy ships were used to pick up and transport people to the celebration closest to them. Invictus events soon featured large, sometimes unruly crowds that mingled about the halls just as long as required. Some used the free flights to plan family reunions. Anti-Messer activists used the massive crowds to meet, exchange information, and in some systems with lax security, use the flights to plan sabotage operations or recruit new members to the cause. Imperator Messer IX’s attendance mandate only lasted two years before being replaced with a law that deemed missing the event “unpatriotic behavior” punishable by up to five years in prison. The law was rarely used in connection with the actual event, more often it was used as a justification to arrest anti-Messer activists that the regime couldn’t pin other charges on. The legal mandate lasted until 2792 when the Messer regime finally fell.
MODERNIZATION
The importance of Invictus actually increased following the fall of the Messers. The Navy found itself in desperate need of new recruits after purging its ranks of Messer loyalists and, in 2794, would move the event to May in order to repopulate its numbers as soon as possible. To further separate the event from its negative reputation, Imperator Erin Toi worked with Naval High Command to reshape the message of Invictus away from the old display of military dominance into one of hope and serving the greater good. Aggressive recruitment centers were replaced with aspirational dioramas depicting moments when the Navy came to the aid of the Empire. The turn toward becoming a popular family-friendly event continued in 2803 when the famous 999th Test Squadron began performing exhilarating aerial acrobatics at select ceremonies.
Most embrace and celebrate modern Invictus Launch Week events as an informative, entertaining, and fitting tribute to the Navy and starmen that serve the Empire. Yet, it’s not without its critics, who believe the cost is too exorbitant for taxpayers. They also argue that the event has become too commercialized and amounts to free marketing and essentially a government endorsement of the ship, weapon, and component manufacturers featured on the showfloor. Still, Invictus remains one of the most beloved and widely attended events in all of the UEE. A chance for people to support the Navy, what its pilots fly, and the sacrifices they make for the safety of the Empire.
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Celebrated by pilots of all stripes, Anvil Aerospace is synonymous with space superiority, known and respected for their longstanding relationship with the Empire’s armed forces, and underpinned by an unwavering commitment to excellence.
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Happy Monday, everyone!
We hope you're all enjoying this year's Invictus Launch Week! We've seen a tremendous amount of creative content flood the newly-created Invictus Event in the Community Hub, which has been enthusiastically circulating throughout our offices! As a reminder, we're running a new screenshot contest every 2 days, so there's plenty of chances to win!
We'd like to note that we're aware of several issues some of you are encountering, such as ASOP unresponsiveness, difficulties connecting, and an issue that results in infinite inventory loading. We have a potential solution that we're looking to hotfix very soon to help with the inventory bug, and the team is focused on the remaining issues, including those preventing login. We greatly appreciate your patience and support; your Issue-Council reports have been extremely valuable! We'll update you with more information as soon as we have it.
This past weekend, members of the team joined the community for their annual BE@Con event in Belgium, and what an incredible event it was! Thanks again for having us! And of course, have an event coming up? Be sure to let the community team know, and we might just come and visit!
Now, let's see what's going on this week:
Tuesday the Narrative Team gives us their latest Portfolio, this time on Invictus Launch Week, first appearing in Jump Point issue 10.05. Explore the history of Invictus from its practical origins during the First Tevarin War through its exploitation by the Messer to the current incarnation of the event.
Thursday'sInside Star Citizen continues our coverage of Invictus Launch Week with the latest from Roberts Space Industries and Tumbril Land Systems. Phoenix pilots, rejoice! The Ursa's fancier sibling is on its way.
Friday, Star Citizen Live returns with an All Ships Roundtable with your favorite Vehicle Team. Get your questions into the Spectrum Thread before the broadcast airs on Friday at 9 AM Pacific / 4 PM UTC. You'll also receive our weekly RSI Newsletter directly delivered to your inbox.
Lastly but not leastly, Saturday has the next race in the community-run Stanton Seven series, this time taking on the BTR PTV Racetrack at the Vision Center. Head over to the ATMO esports website for details.
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COMMUNITY MVP: May 22, 2023
We're constantly amazed at the contributions made by the Star Citizen community. Whether it's fan art, a cinematic, YouTube guide, or even a 3D print of your favorite ship, we love it all! Every week, we select one piece of content submitted to the Community Hub and highlight it here. The highlighted content creator will be awarded an MVP badge on Spectrum and be immortalized in our MVP section of the Hub.
Don't forget to submit your content to our Community Hub for the chance to see it here!
AEROBATIC SQUADRON "RADIANT EAGLES"
Tevarin ship content is the quickest way to my heart, so it was no contest who the MVP was this week. Pangora and the Starhead Federation show off their flying prowess in a set of six Talons over Area18's overcast skies.
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True classics endure, and Aegis Dynamics is a testament to that. Defined by centuries of service to the UEE and its military, Aegis ships have stood the test of time, proving that solid foundations can weather many storms, and not only live to tell the tale, but become stronger for it.
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During the remainder of Invictus Launch Week, players can expect brief periods of degraded performance in-game.
These issues will most commonly present in the form of sluggish ASOP, Inventory, and Shop screens.
The team has been investigating a number of potential issues that can prevent players from successfully making it into the game. A hotfix to address some of these issues will roll out within the next 24 hours.
More information about Known Issues can be found on the RSI Knowledge Base
Players experiencing issues that are not tracked in the Known Issues page are advised to report the problems they’re experiencing on the RSI Issue-Council
[2023-06-01 Updates]
2215 UTC - Closing Invictus Launch Week Incident.
[2023-05-19 Updates]
1925 UTC - Initial Notice, mitigation in-progress.
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Now that the Fury and Fury MX from Mirai have been added to the 'verse, we posed a few questions to the Vehicle team about the new set of snub ships. Here are the answers, straight from the designers themselves.
What's the smallest ship the Fury can fit in easily?
The smallest ship we intended for the Fury to fit inside is the Drake Cutlass Black, though the Consolidated Outland Nomad can also fit one in its rear cargo bay.
Can the weapons on the Fury be replaced with missile racks (or vice versa with the MX)?
No, the Fury's weapon mounts are not interchangeable with missile racks, the same as any other ship. Given their size, the MX's missile racks are bespoke, so only the missiles themselves are able to be swapped for different types.
How does the Fury perform relative to the Merlin and Archimedes in speed, agility, firepower, and durability?
Pretty well! Speed and agility-wise, it is very competitive, though this is at the expense of durability.
Does the Fury have any personal storage or weapon racks?
There is no space for a weapon rack. However, there is a small personal storage area.
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How does the Fury compare to light fighters like the Anvil Arrow?
Quite favorably. While it is a “snub” due to the lack of quantum drive, it was designed by Mirai to go toe-to-toe with other light fighters and has a weapon loadout to compete against them. Like other light fighters, its weakness is its durability and, given its size, a few well-placed shots can be catastrophic.
Does the Fury have an ejection mechanism for the pilot?
No, it does not.
How does the Fury's power signature compare to other snub ships?
It is comparable as they all share a similar set of power, shielding, and cooling components, with only the weapons differentiating their power requirements.
Does the Fury leverage any alien technology in its design?
Mirai is a sub-brand of MISC, so benefits from the parent company’s relationship with the Xi’an race. As such, the Fury utilizes alien thruster technology, which can be seen at the rear of the ship.
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How well does the Fury fly in-atmosphere compared to space?
Above average compared to other ships. Given its low mass and thrusters that can hit many angles of thrust, it’s one of the easier ships to fly in-atmosphere.
How safe is the glass cabin for combat?
As safe as it can be given its visibility requirements. The MX has a deployable blast shield that provides some extra damage resistance.
What do you call a group of more than one Fury?
The Fast and the Furyous.
Disclaimer
The answers accurately reflect development’s intentions at the time of writing, but the company and development team reserve the right to adapt, improve, or change feature and ship designs in response to feedback, playtesting, design revisions, or other considerations to improve balance or the quality of the game overall.
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Perhaps more than any other aerospace manufacturer, Crusader Industries embodies the idea of One Empire, built upon the basic principal that in lifting up others, we in turn lift ourselves. Crusader’s ships epitomize this ethos, supporting military operations all across the galaxy.
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Harnessing the very essence of performance – Mirai takes the impossibly high standard in star flight set by its parent company MISC and dares to push it to its absolute limits. A new brand that will shatter expectations and dominate every arena of spaceflight, unleashed upon Invictus Launch Week.
MIRAI FURY
Next-Gen Skirmisher
Shatter the limits of performance with the next-generation snub chassis from Mirai. Four Size 2 laser repeaters, optimized for absolute precision and control, make the Fury a revelation in short-range space combat.
MIRAI FURY MX
Precision Striker
Shatter the limits of performance with the next-generation snub chassis from Mirai, and devastate targets with twenty halo-mounted missiles, then fade away to regroup and re-arm.
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Mirai is the very essence of performance – we take the impossibly high standard in star flight set by MISC and dare to push it to its absolute limits and beyond.
The Fury defines our mission - a truly next-generation snub chassis, meticulously tuned for exceptional performance.
When we built the Fury, we threw out the rule book and fundamentally changed the way we approached snub craft. After some time behind the stick, we’re confident you’ll do the same.
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Mirai is the very essence of performance – we take the impossibly high standard in star flight set by MISC and dare to push it to its absolute limits and beyond.
The Fury defines our mission - a truly next-generation snub chassis, meticulously tuned for exceptional performance.
When we built the Fury, we threw out the rule book and fundamentally changed the way we approached snub craft. After some time behind the stick, we’re confident you’ll do the same.
WARBOND OFFERS
Warbond standalone and pack pledges come with lifetime insurance.
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Welcome to Star Citizen! From May 19 (16:00 UTC) until May 30 (20:00 UTC), we are celebrating Invictus Launch Week 2953 and everyone can play for free. You will receive an Aegis Avenger Titan ship for the duration of the event that’s perfect for exploring the system.
These limited-time packs include your Star Citizen game download, starter ship, a bonus ship paint, and special 10-year insurance. Available now until June 1.
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Adaptable, reliable, and built to take on whatever you throw at them, MISC ships and vehicles have proudly and ably served both the military and the private sector for over a century. 2953 however, has proved to be a banner year for the relatively young company, as it launches its new performance-based Mirai brand.
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Join us this week for a Furious edition of Inside Star Citizen as we go behind the scenes with the vehicle team to spotlight both variants of the Mirai Fury prior to their official release for Invictus Launch Week this weekend.
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Dating back to the First Tevarin War (2541-2546), Invictus Launch Week marks the beginning of the new recruiting year of the United Empire of Earth Navy (UEEN) and is publicly celebrated throughout the Empire.
Throughout the event, you can try Star Citizen FOR FREE, along with test drive the ships on display at the show. Different manufacturers take over the Bevic Convention Center every two days, so keep checking back to see everything the event offers.
Visitors also have the opportunity to tour an in-service Aegis Javelin destroyer and marvel at the entire Invictus fleet in flight, including the colossal RSI Bengal! Head over to invictus2953.com and our FAQ for more information about the event.
Check out the schedule below to plan your test flights. Have fun and fly safe!
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Every two weeks, we accompany the Roadmap update with a brief explanatory note to give you insight into the decision-making that led to any changes. This is part of an effort to make our communications more transparent, more specific, and more insightful for all of you who help to make Star Citizen and Squadron 42 possible.
With that said, let’s go ahead and dive into this week’s Roadmap Roundup!
-CIG Community Team
Notable Changes for May 17, 2023
Progress Tracker
Vehicle Content - MTL
With this publish, we're adding a new team to the Progress Tracker that you may have seen mentioned in recent monthly reports: Vehicle Content - MTL, or MTLVC for short. This team is based in Montreal, and, much like the other two Vehicle Content teams, is comprised of Artists and Designers, and they'll be working on bringing the vehicles of Star Citizen to life.
Additionally, with our next publish, we'll be starting to add the Q4 2023 schedule and its deliverables for Upstream Teams.
Release View
With this publish, we're toggling the Alpha 3.19 column to Released. The RSI Lynx will remain marked as Committed until its release during Invictus Launch Week.
That's all for this week! Join the discussion on Spectrum, and check out the Roadmap Companion Guide for more information on the Star Citizen Public Roadmap.
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Now is the perfect time to explore the vast universe of Star Citizen. From soul-stirring views to heart-racing missions, the Stanton system has never been as inviting for veteran and new players alike. Dive in to experience the latest features, fixes, updates, and quality-of-life improvements added in Alpha 3.19: Call to Adventure.
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