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[icycalm]

[Evocati NDA] Star Citizen Alpha 4.8 PTU 11681592 Patch Notes
https://robertsspaceindustries.com/spec ... atch-notes

New Event: Return of XenoThreat

Whaaat

Probably their mid-patch event. Seems like they're getting serious about keeping us occupied nonstop, which I applaud from a design perspective but also kind of fret due to my Battlegrounds plans. We'll see how it goes. If I give up camping and get a place I should be able to handle everything.

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There are no web hangar rewards, just as there weren't for the 4.8.1 Defend Location missions. So what's the point of limiting it until July 15? And what about the blueprints? They won't be acquirable after the 15th, until they rerun the event? And btw, those Defend Location BPs can't be acquired anymore? Let me know if anyone knows.

This can't be popular, and they'll be seeing it in their stats.

The best thing about the event is the XT-branded Calva helmet. We should try to grab a bunch of those.

I've seen a YouTube guide, but won't be looking at it or posting it until after this weekend, so we can try figuring out everything ourselves.

THE RETURN OF XENOTHREAT
https://robertsspaceindustries.com/en/c ... -Alpha-483

[icycalm]

Here is the trailer with audio and subtitles, only up to 720p unfortunately: https://x.com/RobertsSpaceInd/status/20 ... 7022401629



Everyone in the comments wants to join them.

[icycalm]

Return of XenoThreat #1 with ysignal and The Cult
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yz81jH1iwrE

Return of XenoThreat #1 with shubn and The Cult
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hJQfMvs57rw


ysignal gearing up as Pilot Master Chief


ysignal with helmet in the M80


icycalm looking at posters in shubn's hangar


Cult Pilots flight-ready: shubn as Captain and ysignal as Master Chief in the front, and in the back as Inqusitors, left to right: Some guy, icycalm, Adjudicator

Going in for rearming after finishing the first mission against XenoThreat.
We have an almost fully-crewed Perseus, 5/7 people.
But we think the extra 2 are for loading/firing torpedoes and the engineer.

Rearming again after 3-4 successful missions.

We got the 15% BPs.

It looks pretty awesome to be in a fully-crewed Perseus bridge.
You look to your left and both of the other seats are taken, 3 in total, everyone working together.

With a 5-man Perseus we easily took on all missions except the 4M Idris, and got to 15% completion within a couple hours. It was fun fully utilizing the ship's capabilities and I would have played longer if I'd had the time.

There's not much to say about tactics. Just take a Perseus, or as close to it as you can. Adjudicator and shubn have been playing since and making progress as duo, and even as solo, presumably with the easier missions? So it's possible to make progress regardless your firepower.

Nothing to say on the Idris mission because we didn't try it while I was on. The others were just about to try it when I left, so I am not sure if they accomplished anything. They can tell if anything interesting happened.