NYX

[icycalm]

The Rock Breaker stations and mission were originally unveiled during CitCon (called Rock Cracker at the time). I've timestamped the segment.

Star Citizen | CitizenCon Direct: October 11, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_n9bXJnkgBQ&t=5190s



Expected in late March, and they look like a fantastic addition to Nyx. I am not super-thrilled about the endgame mining activity (you fly into the rock to mine), but bringing the station online looks like another banger of an FPS level, and we're definitely putting on a big session for it the first Saturday after release. They've put a lot of time in this so I expect it to be at least as good as the Onyx facility. Plus it's in space so dogfights, multiple entry points and EVA should also be on the table, which weren't in Dark Territory.

I've collected all preview images I could find from various sources. Let me know if I've missed anything.

Traveler's Guide to the Galaxy: Nyx
https://robertsspaceindustries.com/en/c ... Galaxy-Nyx







The next three are from weekly Sneak Peeks (so no links to give), so they're not confirmed to be from Rock Breaker. Pretty certain that's where they're from though. The second seems to be the laser's focusing lenses.







Again, not confirmed the below is from Rock Breaker, but I am pretty confident it is. Looks great, very unique environment.

PU Monthly Report January 2026
https://robertsspaceindustries.com/en/c ... nuary-2026

[icycalm]

This week's Sneak Peek titled "Let's get to work." Almost certainly from Rock Breaker. Looks like the place where you place the laser's focusing lenses.

They seem confident it will be ready for 4.7, and since Clearing the Air ends March 17, we should be playing it the weekend of 21-22, or 28-29 at the latest.

[icycalm]

https://x.com/OlliHull/status/2029229867355574591



The ASD facility, as long as he means Onyx (because there are also others), and I am sure that's what he means, is the largest and coolest mission location in the game, so if he's not exaggerating and this is even better, it will be incredible especially since it's in Nyx and it could use the content.

Interesting also that Onyx also has a kind of "train" ride with shooting right outside Site B (the conveyor thingie), so if they jacked it up to a full train ride it means they really are swinging for the fences.

From the urgency of their testing chat updates it does seem that we should have it well before the month is over. That will be a fun Saturday.

[icycalm]

https://x.com/RobertsSpaceInd/status/20 ... 7514520868



15-sec teaser! They're pushing this hard. New gang looks good. Can't wait.

[icycalm]

They're pushing for Wave 3 tonight: https://x.com/cultvgnews/status/2032138576851275907

It's happening next Saturday, plan accordingly.

And btw I've managed to avoid spoilers for now. The Reddit ones have been properly spoiler-tagged so far, and I've managed to avert my eyes from one or two spoilery Twitter posts. I've never managed to play a new location blind, but it looks like I might pull it off this time. Protect your immersion at all costs!

[icycalm]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TsMvQtR ... XVyolQO3wj

Can you smell what the rock is cracking? Tune in as we break through the opportunities, features, and improvements awaiting you beyond the abandoned QV Breaker stations in the upcoming Alpha 4.7 release.

Those breaker stations look phenomenal

I concur.

QV Breaker Station – The Devs did an amazing job with art detail and functionality. First weekend will be an all‑out war; orgs, groups, pirates and smugglers alike will be excited for an open opportunity. :face-purple-smiling-fangs:

Too bad it's not coming this weekend as expected. It's coming 100% next weekend, so try to free up your Saturday for it.

The megabomb announcement is that halfway through the patch cycle they'll add more stations "without the rock to crack" that will bring "a variety of sandbox missions". Not as good as dropping new locations every month, but a decent way to give us something more to do for the second month while we await the next location.

The update is also packed with many more features and improvements, but I won't go into them in this thread (crafting!)

Very excited for next week.

[icycalm]

4.7 launches today with Operation Breaker Stations so here's what you can be doing if you want to start engaging ASAP:

1. The mission is rep-gated, so earn that rep for us!

2. Go to the site and check it out for intel. Remember it's a lawless system so use regular Pirate Spec. Post info in the #nyx channel.

3. Since shubn is the Nyx SupCom he should start thinking about our tactical approach if he plans to play on Saturday (2 PM UTC). Post details in the #cult-command channel, and also let us know which Commanders will be playing.

I will update the thread with the patch details as soon as I can, but it might not be tonight if the update happens late in the evening as it usually does.

[icycalm]

Official Page: https://robertsspaceindustries.com/en/c ... o-The-Rock



Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sX4_Q6A ... XVyolQO3wj

Rare and remarkable resources are ripe for the picking within the Keeger Belt... if you can handle it. Gather your team to revive the colossal rock-cracking power of the QV Breaker Stations and reap the rewards.

Whoever makes these trailers has some serious skills.

"Welcome to the Rock": CIG in their best Sean Connery voice.

1:01 CODA FTW

This is simply Cinema.

So when did a Space Sim become an Extraction shooter?

Space Game!

That evolved quite a bit from hacking Kareah and throwing Radegast 74 at other players!

No joke. It's not A totally other game since we started playing. It's half a dozen totally other games.

This is the best patch to date guys!

Exactly. BOTH one of the biggest and coolest locations/missions in the game AND one of the coolest mechanics (crafting). Plus tons of other misc. updates.

Insanely your best trailer yet! Keep this momentum for the future!

Only way it could have been better is if it was monthly like last year instead of bimonthly. They'll get there though.

0:20 It looks like diving in underwater.

The zero-g segment is chef's kiss, and the trailer highlights it perfectly. Can't do this in other games.

Someone in a mech suit should be standing right in the laser beam to keep the aperture opened like Thor lol.

Interesting suggestion.

That entire sequence from 0:46 to 01:08 is ridiculous. Characters on a moving train, firing at and hitting their targets, with correct VFX and smooth animations and then just a cheeky mix transition at the end for fun. I'm excited for the next trailer being a 1-shot 3-minute Omaha Beach landing sequence because I literally don't know how the bar gets any higher.

Yay! Can't wait for me and 20 of my friends with five spare hours to all be on at the same time!

Can't tell if this is sarcasm? Either way I heard that the PVE variation is designed for 4-6 players which is perfect for our group. Much better than the usual 2-4P that programmers design around. How many 6P FPS campaigns can you find on Steam?

Meanwhile, I just want to start a farm on Nyx 1. :)

It's a peaceful life.

But seriously, with this addition Nyx is starting to feel like a fledged-out system. We don't have the planets yet but we do have the megastation plus a bunch of similar-themed rest stops plus two unique station-complexes with large missions, and when the Star Wars-like station arrives in May we'll have more unique station-based content than either of the two other systems. Then the planets come in with new planet tech and base-building, and Nyx becomes the coolest system in the game. And it sounds like all this is happening before year's end. I wonder what they'll show at CitCon!

I wonder how the trailer for the 1.0 version will be.

It will be Kojima-length but with actual content.

P.S. The Battlegrounds trailers will be cooler.

Literally all I ever wanted was a full cloak armor lesss goooo.

The Salamander gear must be amassed and experimented with. It's very cool.

I'm surprised crafting, armor changes, and mining updates aren't also highlighted.

Those are industry, CIG feels that people only want to see pew pew pew.

Yeah there are so many under-the-hood additions to this patch. The armor changes everything in space combat. Crafting and mining are huge for the economy and feed into both FPS and dogfights. Crazy crazy amount of content. Someone said this patch has as much content as we'd get in a year a few years ago, and it sure feels like it.

Gave me Dead Space vibes!

Did Dead Space have zero-g segments? Never played those games.

More like: "Welcome to the login API request denial".

Had to include at least one negative nancy, and this was a fun one.



Release Notes: https://robertsspaceindustries.com/en/c ... n-Alpha-47



Spectrum Thread: https://robertsspaceindustries.com/spec ... o-the-rock



Alpha 4.7 Patch Watch: https://robertsspaceindustries.com/spec ... stem-check



Operation Breaker Stations FAQ: https://robertsspaceindustries.com/spec ... ations-faq

[shubn]

I have earned the reputation required for both the shared and exclusive contracts. We will be taking the exclusive one for this first attempt.

We will be taking a Polaris as a logistics and medical platform, loaded with a couple of Golems, extra ore pods, a couple of fabricators, and extra ammo, tools and medical supplies.

I am coming as Pirate Captain, ysignal as Pirate Master Chief, and everyone else including clones as Pirate Inquisitors.

Make sure to bring a mining attachment for your multi-tool. I will try to bring a few extra ones in case someone forgets or loses theirs.

[icycalm]

Operation Breaker Stations #1 with shubn and The Cult
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CAk-O5utb3Y

Operation Breaker Stations #1 with ysignal and The Cult
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1k78Cq9eYY

Operation Breaker Stations #1 with recoil and The Cult Part I
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w4QH-MhmFRw

Operation Breaker Stations #1 with recoil and The Cult Part II
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2Dvft349xY

Leaving Levski fully stocked and loaded.
5 characters + 2 clones.
2 ATLS GEO, 2 fabrication machines.
2 Golems.

At one of the new Nyx rest stops, here to transfer our imprints before setting out for the Breaker Station.

Subtitled text from mission fixer: Accepting a QV Breaker exclusive contract.

Rory joined. 6 players/2 clones now.

This second group pic has the extra player and is our biggest and best pirate crew pic so far, showing off also the latest Pirate Spec. There is one Pirate Captain (shubn) and one Pirate Master Chief (ysignal) in addition to the Pirate Inquisitors, and all the helmets are scary, so you know we're up to no good. It's a little too dark for my liking, but that's the inside of the Polaris. What you can't see is that we're standing in front of one of the rare pirate crates, so in a future pic I would like to pile up a bunch of them with the skulls facing the camera. Probably at a landing zone so that we don't risk losing them. Also on the side are two of our pirate-skinned ATLS GEOs. Really damn cool scene.

Breaker Station in view.

You can see the landing pads below that big yellow structure.

This is one of the new gang's (the Salamanders) getups. It's so cool that it inspired me to finally commit to making a Frontier Spec. Problem is, it's light armor, so useless for combat. So I will give it to a strategic rank. Probably the Frontier Commander. We grabbed a few bits and pieces of this during our run, but not sure if we got a complete set. We should look into it.

Impressive shaft.

It's getting colder and our hands are trembling.

Warming up in a maintenance closet.

This prominent sign gives a clue on what materials are needed for progression. Sadaryx for fabricating focus lenses.

A mining checklist on the Operations desk reveals clues about how to maximise mining yield.

One of the monorail rides.

Lasing catalysts loaded.

Dropping out due to headache. Played 7.5 hours so I am not too bummed.
I'll be following the action via Discord.
It seems like we're maybe 50% of the way through. Something like that.

Obstruction that can be destroyed using a mining laser.

I think we found that crack with Rory earlier and tried throwing some grenades at it but they did nothing.
So the lenses aren't found in the facility? They can only be fabricated?

There's the Sadaryx behind the wall of calcified coolant we destroyed.

12 Sadaryx mined. 6 the first time, 6 this time.

Found this inscription, not sure if it means anything.

Finally found the final code.

Aligning the final refractor.

Putting the Sadaryx in to craft lenses.

One lens.

Placing the final lens.

How many in total?

Three.
We're about to fire.

What's the percentage?

100%

Take a pic of that long tube with the laser. That's the moneyshot.

No boss btw?

No boss.

My perspective above.

Imma firin mah lazor

You can see the rock cracking over time.

Big lazor
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1K52OEcjVM

Highlight of my POV when firing the laser.

That's a big hole.

Wow nice.
Would be cool if in the future you can also get to haul the rock itself there.

Some rocks you can extract right away, some you have to fracture. The optimal charge levels are really small, so you may easily overcharge them.

Bringing a second Golem and a few mining gadgets to help recoil.

Going to place a mining gadget on a rock.

Looks like mining gadgets might be bugged. Can't place it.

Back at Levski to refine what recoil mined.

It looked like I could set up a refining order for the Golem in the stored Polaris, but it's not going through, so I guess I'll have to store the Golem by itself.

I get the feeling that the ideal mining ship for inside the rock is in fact a Prospector with appropriate mining head and modules.

I have an idea for where the boss might be. I'll post it in the debrief.