Cult Citizen

[Adjudicator]

After Invictus, Alien Week and Foundation Festival, I have consolidated my main account's fleet. The account's ships are now the following:

Main character:

Pledged ships: Praetorian Pack, Gladius, Pulse, ATLS, ATLS GEO, STV, CSV-SM, MTC, Ursa Medivac, C8R, Terrapin Medic, Cutter, Nomad, Prowler Utility, Talon, Asgard, Starlancer MAX, Starlancer TAC, Sabre Firebird, Guardian QI, Eclipse

aUEC Ships: RAFT

[Some guy]

Bought a RAFT and ATLS with aUEC.

[ExiledOne]

Bought a RAFT and an ATLS.

[shubn]

I bought a Wolf with cash (Warbond). The Warbond one comes with the exclusive Heatsink paint, plus the Riftwalker paint for the Concierge Warbond.

Oh, and I had bought a RAFT with aUEC on icy's account.

[icycalm]

The Wolf is interesting, glad we got one even if I can't find any use for it right now in the Spec. I suppose you can use it as a luxury vehicle for your Commander.

[Discord BOT]

CULT|icycalm
Any chance we have 34.4M aUEC after all this recent hauling?
4.4M would also work for a Zeus ES, or even better 8.8M for two of them.

CULT|ExiledOne
I have about 8 million I can send so far. Might have more later as I still have a bit of hauling left to do.

CULT|recoil
Between shubn and I we probably have the money. I'm holding 20 million.

CULT|shubn
I'll check later, but I think I have 6 on my main, 2 on clone 4, and icy's account should have about 9.5.

CULT|icycalm
It's up to you guys what we'll use on Saturday. If you send me the large amount we can use a Carrack with the respawn. Otherwise two Zeuses.

CULT|ExiledOne
I sent 9M aUEC to icy.

CULT|recoil
@CULT|icycalm I sent you 18 million aUEC.

CULT|icycalm
Sounds like I can buy the Carrack now! I'll log in tomorrow and let you know. And I will also make the announcements for Saturday.
Got the Carrack! And I have about 2 mil left for supplies.
I also have a C8R and Ursa Medivac to load, all with purple paints. We're ready for Saturday.
If anyone has the purple Zeus paint, you could buy a Zeus ES just in case. I could send you a million.

CULT|shubn
Is the Lovestruck paint okay? I don't have the Headhunters one.
I also have the Purple Haze.

CULT|icycalm
Forget Purple Haze if there are other purple alternatives.
Lovestruck is okay, sure.

[ExiledOne]

I bought the Zeus Mk II ES.

[shubn]

I applied my Pulse LX to Apollo Medivac CCU chain.

[ysignal]

Bought a Warbond Shiv.

[shubn]

I bought a Warbond Shiv, a Warbond Stinger, and I upgraded an ATLS GEO to a Herald.

[icycalm]

Fantastic, 2 Shivs and a Stinger, plus recoil is thinking of buying another Stinger and ysignal a Paladin.

I'll be putting all of them in the Spec this week. They'll be very useful.

[shubn]

I CCU-chained a CSV-SM to a Paladin.

[icycalm]

Nice job. Top tier gameplay. Looking forward to putting the beast through its paces with a full complement of flight-suit-wearing pilots.

[recoil]

I bought a Warbond Stinger from the Concierge store.

[icycalm]

We're planning to add new ships to in-game stores before the end of the year | Nicou-CIG
https://www.reddit.com/r/starcitizen/co ... ame_stores

Asgard, TAC and MTC coming to in-game stores with 4.4. I almost bought an MTC for cash a couple weeks ago. I'll wait to buy it with aUEC in 4.4. It's also nice to be able to get more Asgards and TACs for people; we only have one of each iirc, and they're both very useful.

People have been bitching for months that all new ships go to Wikelo, and finally CIG listened. Everyone hates Wikelo.

[icycalm]

https://www.reddit.com/r/starcitizen/co ... nt/nqoryml

Possibly the new CNOU medium this year, maybe a 25% chance.

Or the RSI Hermes (Apollo variant) as a patch ship.

Galaxy and Railen are most likely going to be end of 2026 at earliest.

Ironclads are very likely for Drake DefenseCon which could be a whole new sale event with Grey's Market tied in.

Hull B could definitely be a patch ship next year, possibly quarter 2.

I've got my fingers crossed for a Kruger small/medium starter/generalist ship for next year. I think CIG will be quick to hop onto the Kruger hype train.

Out of everything he mentioned, the Ironclads are my favorites because they'll be able to drop 4 tanks. Though there probably isn't a situation in the game yet that requires this.

Otherwise I am looking forward to the Hermes for next month not so much for the ship itself but for the data-running mechanics that should come with it.

[icycalm]

Upgraded my ATLS to the new MDC. It was just $10 store credit. It's incredible, need to post about it.

[shubn]

I bought three MDCs, upgraded my L-21 Wolf to an L-22 Alpha Wolf, and got the Dragonfly Star Kitten Edition referral bonus.

I also have a C2 loaner from the Kraken (also Caterpillar and Buccaneer, but I already had them and loaners don't stack).

[icycalm]

Yeah I forgot to report I also got the Dragonfly Star Kitten thanks to a referral from michael's alt.

Now is a good time to get an alt, if anyone had been thinking about it, so you can refer your main and get the Dragonfly.

[ysignal]

I purchased a Paladin, Clipper, Corsair, Golem OX, Salvation, MDC, Sabre and a Fury LX. I also upgraded my Genesis to a Perseus.

[icycalm]

Alright! Second Paladin and Perseus will come in handy in many scenarios. Glad to also see our first OX and Clipper. I need a Clipper too at some point. Ultimate starter ship for sure.

[icycalm]

I upgraded my Mantis to Gladiator, C1 Spirit to Zeus Mk II ES, and Redeemer to Asgard in order to get the 2955 BIS paints. I already had the Polaris, the show's winner.

What does this mean for our fleet? Are these good upgrades, strategically?

2/3 are. The Zeus ES is a good 3P Master Chief ship for a variety of combat-related ops. It's an expedition ship, so not super useful in a fleet battle, but it's great for sending fireteams on small-scale missions. And the Asgard is for sure superior to the Redeemer in usability: it can carry a fireteam while bringing any ground vehicle along; we can certainly use as many of these as we can get, and we only had one or two of them iirc before I bought mine.

As for the Gladiator, it's the Inquisitor's bomber. It's a cool but old ship, so it doesn't really have useful paints for us, and we've never used it so far. It's also very cheap to buy in-game. But then again my replaced Mantis is also easy to get in-game, so it's all good really.

The main thing was for me to get the paints, but as you can see, the upgrades do also make strategic sense.

[ysignal]

I bought a 100i to put in my 890J.

[Adjudicator]

IAE 2955 Fleet update

Main character:

Pledged ships: Salvation x2, MDC, L-21 Wolf, L-22 Alpha Wolf, Shiv, Clipper, Stinger

CULTCLONE-2:

Pledged ships: Salvation, MDC, Asgard

[icycalm]

Wow Adjudicator, terrific purchases. I won't even ask why 3x Salvations between 2 characters. I am sure you have your reasons.

Do your Shiv and Stinger include the Meridian paint btw? shubn's and ysignal's/recoil's do. I just want to know how many of those paints we have, as they're useful for pirate ops.