Wingman's Hangar ep043 . October 25, 2013

Well, a lot of the ships have wheels so you can move them around. If you've got a bunch of ships crammed together on, say, a carrier deck or whatever, you have to be able to roll them around easily without lighting up the engines. But all of our ships, with their maneuvering thrusters, have the ability to do VTOL. They don't necessarily always do it.

If you're exploring strange new worlds, you're not necessarily going to find a place that has a landing strip.

What kind of stuff are we going to add immersion-wise, guys?

I love the toilet. We're adding a lot of stuff. We're actually meeting about that now. We talked about coffee makers and stuff. One of my favorite QA tickets I've seen is someone who wrote in to complain that they could use the toilet but not wash their hands afterwards. So I'm sure that's coming.

Well, yes. We can take away citizenship. We've said that many a time. If you were nefarious, you will not be a citizen.

It's not really us taking it away.

Well, the game takes it away. You earn it, and you can lose it. But that doesn't mean you can't trade just because you don't have a glowing reputation with the UEE. Here's the lesson: just don't get caught.

Handcuffs. Yes, absolutely. We have a whole company for that kind of technology. Rusimov.

I just want to know why. What are you doing with those people? Where are you smuggling them to, exactly? The answer is yes, you can cram people into the spaces in your ships, but I don't even want to know why.

Yeah, the design of the tagging system as it stands right now does include the ability to identify the owner so you can return it, because otherwise you could get busted for having stolen cargo yourself.

I guess we need a messaging system or something to let people know that you've gotten their cargo?

That'd be a good idea, a lost and found board or something.

Absolutely. The Vanduul aren't cuddly. But if you're going to go off there trading with the Banu or the Xi'an, the UEE may not like it sometimes, but you can do that.

So you can up your reputation with the other alien races by dealing with them?

At least some of them.

Keep dreaming.

Well, you're saying it's not easy to change the geometry of the ship.

You have to rebuild the entire interior of the ship to do that. It's not easy. So no.

Probably not.

Yes, it is the same world, and your actions in Squadron 42 are going to affect your reputation in Star Citizen. Squadron 42 takes place before the Persistent Universe starts, so it's kind of a prequel in that sense. You may not have a chance to build a relationship with an NPC in that way, but you will absolutely do things in Squadron 42 and change people's minds in certain ways that will show up in Star Citizen.

And you're going to be in the military in Squadron 42. You're not going to be out visiting systems.

Yes, absolutely. The universe is full of scuffs and smudges, and your ships are going to look lived in.

Yep, and we've talked about the wear system several times, so ships will get dirtier as you go.

Okay, so to clarify my answer last week, all I said was that your next of kin did not have to play through the campaign because the benefits only applied once to each character slot. So you can choose to, you just aren't going to get additional benefits from it, since you've already gotten them once.

Yeah, you're buying the game. You can play it as many times as you want. We're not going to stop you from playing the game. And you might want to, because you might want to check the decisions you've made along the way and decide whether you want to try something different. Check a different branch out.

After hearing what the Foundry 42 guys are planning, you are definitely going to want to play another one.

Knowing Erin, Nick, and Phil, and Deggs especially, you guys are up for something really special.

The answer is that yes, it is an actual app for your tablets, your iPads, and whatever the ones that aren't iPads are called. And you're going to be able to interact with the Star Citizen universe on the go.

Asteroid!

So that's where it's going to be then? The Caterpillar will be in the asteroid hangar?

If you have a bunch of ships, we may have to do some fiddling with it. But yes, the asteroid hangar is the target hangar for the Caterpillar.

Yes. Tell the guy in your turret to go kill that Vanduul or make you some tea or whatever you want.

Yes. Don't be carrying the rocket launcher inside your ship. Don't go shooting off that crossbow in any crazy direction.

So, yeah, you can worry about damaging the ship, but I imagine little phaser pistols aren't going to be able to damage as much.

Yes.