So that new, elongated ship design will be replacing the current one? Or is an additional class? I'm only starting through the Dev streams so I'm not clear on that yet

@@devinhorner2358 The new ship Dan's currently building will replace what is currently on the tech demo I believe.

@@zo7034 Cool, thank you.

I'm really glad to hear that. I was having some last-minute doubts that this would actually be useful, but several people have also mentioned that they had not heard of it. I'm excited to pass the discovery along to others

​@@devinhorner2358popped up random for me too , and I've seen other KZfaqrs talking about it recently ..one of them is pretty huge , worth a buy

I don't know the details, exactly, but once things are settled at the company they say you can donate through Patreon and (I think) still earn the rewards. May be worth investigating.

kzfaq.info/get/bejne/d854YNOrta3Yh30.html The same guy was behind this

Oh you don't want to do 24 hours of Rx calculations and gradual steam plant warmup?? Lol. I agree, the game is much more fun. It just has the good bits

@@devinhorner2358 not gonna lie though, she needs proper EPCPs and and EPSUP. Here's to hoping the PMS parts don't include the tagouts, chasing the PPWO for the WAF signature, all the briefs beforehand, and then fighting the other divisions to get your tools back. :p

@@tspencer227 2 plant always steals all the damn 9/16 wrenches. The nice thing is that the project is still so early there are plenty of changes to be made along the way to systems

@@devinhorner2358 I was 2 plant, and I plead the Fifth. :D And I agree- I'm super excited that this is so well funded, and I'm hoping the project is able to enjoy more success going forward!

@@tspencer227 Lol! I agree, I'm very pleased it's getting so much love.

Did you even watch the video where he talks about it at that exact time??

There are NO lame Scotty quotes!

Starship evo, pulsar the lost Colony

The dev that is working on this worked on both Stage 9 and The Orville Interactive Fan Experience. It certainly feels like some of the design stuff over these rubbed off on his design choices for this game.

When you sit at the helm you can cycle the views with "c" and it adds the external. For fancier shots there are little camera drones in the armory that can be flown out some of the windows. They are very slow, however.

Oh good.. I was thinking like, 'Wait, what.. did nobody see rando-chicken there?'

ok i see 1 lol

I was an MM. I don't remember my class number off hand but we graduated in summer of 2001. I remember because we were only in prototype for a couple of weeks when 9/11 happened

Not at first

Well a Steward probably would not know rocket science and rank is also very much still a thing here, though most of the scientists are civilians. With all of that being said, the VIP lounge and state rooms are both for officers and more importantly potentially hosting foreign dignitaries of alien species.

5:59 Limited customization in the tech demo with more planned

Yes, also he plans on allowing you to have aliens on crew and play as aliens you have met. Including the kickstarter backer species

Did you play it yourself? Feels a lot worse while playing than while watching another person play.

Yes, their plan is for full VR support

@@devinhorner2358 thanks Devin

Yes, landing on planets, exploring alien ruins, and meeting alien races in space are all planned to be part of the game

@@devinhorner2358 so like no mans sky but you can walk around on your starship?

@@IdkmynamepIzhelp Yes, but with a much higher emphasis on exploring/diplomacy and detailed ship operations

Not at the moment.

Due to the complexity of the ships the developer is limited in how they can implement ships currently. He has talked about designing a modular ship to allow for more meaningful customization of the ship allowing for more player freedom. That is a goal that is for further down the road as it presents several challenges. The design a ship on Kickstarter will allow the people who back in that tier to make a far more unique style of ship from the ground up compared to a modular ship, which would be largely plug and play. In the more short term, there is plans to allow for the upgrading of ship with materials and items found during the course of exploration that will have an impact on the ships performance. Some stuff like room customization will also probably be implemented, though that skirts back into cosmetics I would say. Devin already addressed the developer's track record to some extent. With his work on Stage 9 and The Orville Interactive Fan Experience. "What's their track record for designing fun and realistic universes to explore?" Respectfully I would hazard a guess very few people have that track record. How many people have actually designed a galaxy from the ground up, then how many of those would you consider fun and realistic too? It's a fairly niche thing and it hasn't been done a lot. But gaming was built on stuff no one had done before and small development teams chasing neat ideas. As far as feeling like an escape room for Star Trek fans. I am not sure what you actually mean by that. If you mean to say you found little in terms of actual proper gameplay and the ship is more of a walking tour. Then sure, that's fair currently. But as Devin pointed out, this is also a tech demo and is a very early taste of some of the core concepts and technology behind the game.

@@ODSTGeneralYT Thanks for the thorough response! Complexity for the sake of realism is a thing - and, ya a nuclear sub is a pretty great blueprint for interstellar habitation. If the 'fun' is in being real, the motivation or purpose for staying alive (all the switch flipping and gauge monitoring) is to protect occupants from space. I think Star Trek resonated (or felt real) because when humans conflicted w/ alien cultures, viewers got more insight into human nature. In an escape room the fun is in working with your friends. And there are complex puzzles to solve, but you are trapped in a box. Hope the designers partner w/ some narrative or worldbuilding folks

VR is coming but highly doubt it will be standalone quest 3.

Dan has said that quest stand alone isn't possible due to the game being built on unreal engine and making use of its newest features like nanites.

I'm hoping for PSVR2 but that's not likely to happen I think.

PCVR only .

Why did Admiral Cluck Norris cross the road?

Its a tech demo chief...

@@zo7034 I think they want (plan) to make it a game skipper.

The planetary landing strechtgoal has been met, so it's at least planned.

@@Nitram4392 Yeah that is on the right direction. Let's hope they keep adding things to make it a great game worthy of many hours of playing.

No, there are several on each deck. When the revised ship design comes out there actually might be one each crew cabin, though I don't know that for sure

Agreed.. mind you, 'clusterfuck' is a better term than shitshow, when it comes to SC.

sc has has grown alot

This isn't run by CR...

Lol​@@epope98

Star Citizen > whatever this is

Less chance of it ever coming out though

This is just a tech demo. In the actual game you will be able to let crew do all that. You can do nothing if you want and be a passenger or take any crew role you want.

it's mentioned that there's AI crew that will take over all those extra tasks. Or you can roleplay a full crew and have people work their way up through the ranks. You're not just a single captain polishing floors.