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Writer’s Note: Brothers In Arms: Part One was published originally in Jump Point 3.5.

The heads-up display on Gavin Rhedd’s Cutlass dimmed at the edges. Green triangles representing the members of his security team distorted to form horizontal spikes of flickering static. He smacked the side of his helmet. It was a practiced move, and one that had snapped the HUD back into focus in the past. This time, the display flickered, faded and then died.

A heavy breath sent a thin veil of vapor climbing the visor of his helmet. Condensation obscured the view of black, empty space ahead.

Empty like the dead heads-up display.

Empty just like it had been for weeks.

There were brigands and marauders plaguing every planet in the ’verse and he couldn’t find one damned gang. Nothing was working out like he’d planned.

On the navsat, the other three members of Rhedd Alert Security fanned out to either side. His

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Nearly four centuries ago the Vulcan people visited the planet Pahvo in the Beta Quadrant and made first contact with the living planet’s unified species. The Pahvans, as they came to be known, showed a singular tranquility that was the envy of the Vulcan people. The logic of the Vulcans concluded that much could be learned from the Pahvans, if only communication could be established. A century later the U.S.S. Discovery came to Pahvo in the hopes of utilizing the planet’s resonating song to aid them in their war with the Klingon Empire. The Pahvans, knowing only peace, sought to aid their galactic brothers and sisters by inviting the Klingons to join them and find peace. For their efforts the Pahvans were nearly destroyed. An understanding began to form, albeit on troubling foundations. Now, a century and a half later, the Vulcan Science Academy has lost contact with our researchers on Pahvo.

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Hello everyone,

Alpha 3.5 is almost ready for prime time. Not sure what our latest patch entails? Check out the New Features and Ships page.

As a reminder: we announced the removal of $0 CCUs last Wednesday and this week, we’ll begin to roll out phase one with the removal of the ability to obtain any additional $0 CCUs on April 3rd.

Furthermore, in an effort to revamp our selection of physical merchandise, we recently put a call out on Spectrum to see what kind of items you wanted to see in the store. After tirelessly collating your responses, it has become very clear what you’ve been clamoring for, and we are super excited to announce our first new merchandise offerings of 2019.

Now, let’s see what’s going on this week:

On Tuesday, the Lore Team will bring us a new Galactic Guide article detailing the Kallis system, a sanctuary for research and discovery.

Keep an eye out on Wednesday for

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Caching up with other plaforms, we've just released a new patch on Xbox, too. Here's the changelog: New Features

• Added special "retro graphics" option that is unlocked after finishing a hardcore mode run

Tweaks

• Encounters: Nerfed Engine Booster MK2 and MK3 efficiency
• Increased camera range in action freeze

Bugfixes

• Fixed Splitter glyph additional projectiles not homing in on targets anymore
• Fixed blueprint drop probability for higher tiers being too low if no more tier one blueprints are available
• Potential fix for Okkar Corvettes and Outlaw Drone Carriers occasionally bouncing away when destroyed
• Fixed a bug where it was possible to accidentally overwrite normal mode perks with hardcore mode perks
• Fixed Grey Goo damaging player from greater distance if player has a tractor beam installed
• Fixed hardcore mode "Anti Consumerism" handicap carrying over from sector 6 to sector 7
• Fixed

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Q&A: Drake Corsair

Following the launch of the Corsair from Drake Interplanetary, we took your community-voted questions to our designers to give you more information on the recently unveiled exploration vessel.

Special thanks to John Crewe for answering these questions.

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Can you please clarify your stance on Drake ship durability? We want tough and versatile no-frills ships, not paper ships that will fall apart when you look at them as some devs have stated. Which is it?

When we say “paper ships”, we say it with regards to our entire line-up, where Aegis and Anvil typically have more armor and can be regarded as very tough. In comparison, Drake ships are relatively under-armored, which we exaggerate as “paper thin”. While they may be less durable, their defense is more than enough for the intended role they’re pitched at and they’re often up-gunned to offset any deficit.

With

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AircPirateNinsei

is building a real life flying Hornet model! He scaled and hand built the fighter with lightweight foamboard, and the design is pretty spot on. There's a six inch propeller in the rear and all of the associated battery and electronics are contained in the cockpit area. At this point, the version you see here is pretty much ready for its first test flight. After the basic aerodynamics are validated, AircPirateNinsei is planning to add the ship's iconic laser cannons. You can follow along for updates at the

Flite Test Forum

. Thanks to st3lt3k for the tip!

The Hornet is a light fighter for the Terran Confederation during the Terran-Kilrathi War in the game "Wing Commander". Maybe some of you played this game in the nineties. Wing Commander is the eponymous first game in Chris Roberts' science fiction space flight simulation. The game was first released for MS-DOS in the year 1990.

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The folks here at DFTG absolutely love mods – even the really strange ones – so we’re always on the lookout for any kinds of mods that could heighten our experiences within our favorite games. Now, our spotlight is focusing on Fallout: New Vegas, which already has an impressive mod community dedicated to updating and revitalizing the popular Bethesda title. The Fallout: New Vegas mod we’re looking at today, though, adds something new – and pretty awesome – to the game! Created by xxShepardxx, this Fallout: New Vegas mod lets you play as Jack from the Mass Effect series, and it is absolutely amazing!

Now available for download through Mediafire, the ‘ME3 Jack’ mod for New Vegas lets you play as the edgy, super-powered biotic that we all know and love from the Mass Effect series. While Jack first entered the spotlight in Mass Effect 2 during Commander Shepard’s recruitment efforts for the “suicide

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The family-run Ambrose Foundation, a multi-billion credit institution, has lost its entire fortune in a single day.

Business analyst Marlon Royce reported on Vox Galactica:

"The Ambrose Foundation combines the wealth of several centuries-old royal and noble houses. It is primarily involved in corporate investment and occasional charity work."

"All of that changed abruptly when its accountants announced the loss of 100% of all assets, worth nearly three hundred billion credits. Inexplicably, everything the foundation owned has been liquidated and transferred to anonymous accounts at banks scattered throughout the galaxy."

"Local security services are investigating a possible data hack. But of greater concern is the disappearance of family heiress Lady Talitha Ambrose. Some fear she has been kidnapped and forced to provide authorisation codes to her colossal inheritance."

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We've just released a new update. Highlights include the promised Hardcore Mode, TrackIR support and fully customizable controls for HOTAS, Joysticks and Gamepads.

Please see the complete list of changes below.

Unfortunately we have to postpone the update on XBoxOne and the Windows Store to an unknown time. We ran into a lot of problems after migrating to Unreal Engine 4.16 and are still busy fixing the remaining issues.

New Features

• Added Hardcore Mode
  
• Windows (64bit): Added Joystick and HOTAS support
  
• Windows: New controls menu to freely configure Mouse/Keyboard, Gamepad and other input
  
• Windows: Added TrackIR support (minimum version 4)
  
• VR: Added mouse / keyboard support
  
• Added new languages: Chinese (Traditional), Japanese, Korean
  
• Added a spectator camera that can be activated during Action Freeze mode
  
• Added basic colorblind option affecting HUD marker colors
  
• Added option to select the anti-aliasing

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An appeal has been launched to find the owner of a lottery ticket worth one billion credits.

The Federal Grand Lottery is the largest of its kind, regularly handing out millions of credits. The Grand Lottery also funds a wide range of social and infrastructure projects in Federation systems.

The annual Galactic Jackpot is by far the most popular lottery game, but on this occasion the winner has yet to make a claim. Purchase of the winning ticket has been confirmed, but no data is available as to who bought the ticket or when.

Tori Theopolis, a spokesperson for the Federal Grand Lottery, told the media:

"Someone out there is rich beyond his or her wildest dreams – they just don't know it yet. We're keen to find this lucky individual so we can hand over their winnings. We ask all citizens to check with any lottery players they know. Your soon-to-be-billionaire friend or relative might be very

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Give your scan a rest cause you just found the mother of motherlodes, the premier place for outlaw oration, the one and only B0otyCall. Yours truly is none other than the revered and reviled ganker with the gift of gab, Jester. And as sole proprietor of this special slice of spec, I’ve got full rights to go on a tear about any little ol’ thing that happens to be pissin’ me off. For example —

Now, I don’t know if I’m getting a bit long in the tooth or if it’s just the nature of entropy, but what in the bloody fires of Tat’Ko is going on with the way most pirates are suiting up these days? Since you’re tuning in to this little production of mine, I can tell that you’re a person of discriminatin’ taste. My guess is that you’ve probably experienced similar rage anytime you visited an

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We’re excited to announce this years, annual Lohlunat Festival Festival! From July 3rd at 8am PT, to August 16th at 10am PT, come to Risa to experience this festival of love and friendship, and some rewards that continue this year’s Deep Space Nine theme! New rewards include: The Vorgon Tyjara Dreadnought Cruiser, which can be obtained via Lohlunat Prize Vouchers (2018). Baseball Uniforms! Inspired by the Deep Space Nine episode, “Take Me Out To The Holosuite” Powerboards and Floaters, with Deep Space Nine baseball theming. New Spotted and Holographic Caracals! Three New Kit Modules! Inspired by the terraforming efforts of the Risians. New Food Items! Inspired by sporting events. See below for more details and previews! Vorgon Dreadnought Cruiser Participate in the floater challenge courses to earn Lohlunat Prize Vouchers (2018) that you can trade in for a starship! (More

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The night sky was still split by the occasional flash. Fighting in orbit was barely visible on the surface, but the explosion when a ship met its end was too big to miss, and the pieces raining down through the atmosphere left fiery orange trails reminiscent of meteors. His watery eyes showing only blurry images of the tiny explosions dotting the sky, Hakken struggled to stand. A dark form loomed over him and then a pair of hands gripped his arms, then another. A pair of people lifted him to his feet. He blinked his eyes several times and looked behind him. The restaurant had collapsed; he was lucky enough to have cleared the doorway right before the explosion. Rubble surrounded the street, and the blue fronds of the decorative grasses were scorched and torn. Hakken tried to right himself but shooting pain in his hip left him leaning heavily on the two people holding his arms. “I… I think I am

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Hello everyone,

Happy Monday! A few members of the CIG team spent their weekend exploring PAX South and attending the annual Bar Citizen event on the River Walk. We had an absolute blast, as usual, and want to thank everyone who came out and said hello.

Now, let’s see what’s going on this week:

Tuesday welcomes another detailed lore piece with Brothers in Arms Part 1, where we follow two brothers as they struggle to go legit by opening a private security outfit.

Thursday will welcome another episode of Around the Verse where we’ll take a look at the latest Star Citizen news.

Friday will see a Roadmap update and the RSI Newsletter delivered right to your inbox. Haven’t subscribed yet? Head to your Account Settings right away and never miss one of our newsletters again!

We’ve also got some fun activities planned for this weekend! First, we’ll be kicking off another commercial contest on

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Private investigators Erik Gunnarson and Francesca Wolfe review the Neo-Marlinist Liberation Army.
Gunnarson: "We don't usually get involved with political cases, but it's hard to ignore the largest terrorist attack in history."
"The NMLA is a radical offshoot of Marlinism, a democratic movement named after the Republic of Achenar's original ruler, Marlin Duval. Most are peaceful protester types, but Neo-Marlinists want to overthrow the government by permanently removing the Imperial Family."
"What nobody knows is how the NMLA went from minor troublemakers to interstellar terrorists. The starport bombings last September came from nowhere, and their assassins have killed many Imperial bigwigs including Prince Harold Duval."
"Smart money was on them being funded by Empire's enemies, but now the NMLA treat the Alliance and Federation as equal targets. Hitting all three superpower capitals was a

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LotsoRobbinBear has found a long lost easter egg built into Wing Commander 1. He was playing through the Vega Sector in such a way as to hit all of the losing track systems when he came across something odd in

Brimstone 3

. When he kills all the fighters, things proceed as expected. However, if he kills Maniac as well as all the fighters, he is awarded a Bronze Star! Normally, losing a wingman (even Maniac) results in a reduction in medal points that would often disqualify you from an award. In just this system, the opposite is the case. This isn't random either! Recall that at the start of the Brimstone series, Halcyon gives you permission during the mission briefing to shoot Maniac down if he disobeys. This is apparently not just idle chatter - the game mechanics have been slightly tweaked to reward the player for following through! It's pretty neat that this has been hidden in the code all

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Today the first update cycle patch 4.90 named "Retribution" has gone live on the Discovery Freelancer Roleplay Server with new lore additions, equipment, ships and balance changes.

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We’re happy to announce that the January Release will be deployed on Tuesday, January 9 2017, during regularly scheduled daily downtime.

Daily down time will begin as normal at 11:00 UTC, and will run for 15 minutes.

We expect that the cluster will be online again and accepting connections at 11:15 UTC. Be sure to keep your eyes on the EVE Online Launcher and forums for further information on the progress of deployment.

The January Release focuses on a number of fixes, as well as Improvements to The Agency and Forward Operating Bases, and a rework of the ammunition reloading system.

This release also includes more work to bring better graphics and textures to deadspace areas in missions, with more updates to textures and shaders on a large number of deadspace objects.

Check out EVE Updates for a high level overview of what's coming with this release.

Patch notes will be available on release day via EVE

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Genesis Mod for Freelancer. The future of Genesis and the plan going forward...

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The updated

Flat Universe

launcher is now available! This is the first step in the release of a special edition of the game that will facilitate the upcoming WCFU tournament. There are some additional bug fixes and compatibility assurances available as a part of this, and the recently hinted-at new features should be coming soon. Grab the update for yourself and start practicing at

Daedalus Station

here

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Here's the flatulence straight from the

Maslas

Brothers

:

Uninstall the previous version and install the current. Upon launch, it will ask you to download two updates. After that, you are ready to play the old multiplayer version of Flat Universe. For the time being of course.;)

Let me point some of the basic bug fixes that have been made:

• It is tested to install and work correctly on Windows 10 with UAC raised.
• The Launch button activates only when all the patches are fuly installed.
• The news slider