Hello fellow Citizens and welcome to DevTalk for the week of June 22nd!

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Ben Lesnick, Director of Community Engagement and Content Strategy/Creative Director @ CIG Santa Monica

After some searching, Ben posts two previously unseen Caterpillar images.  Image 1, Image 2.  Source

A trio of roughs done of the Banu Merchantman that were never used.  Image 1, Image 2, Image 3.  Source

Espera Prowler likely to be a “smaller” ship.  Smaller mining ships mentioned.  Source

Scythe flyable in the next Arena Commander release.  Merlin coming  soon as well.  Source

300i and Hornet need significant updates – especially damage states and paint layer.  Source

Freelancer is being worked on to prepare it to flyable for Arena Commander 2.0, not guaranteed to be day one but early in AC 2.0.  Source

Development on AC 2.0 is proceeding full steam ahead.  Source

Disco Lando, Legend in his own time @ CIG Santa Monica

Disco mentions an android app being created for a special function related to the Gamescom event.  Source

Tom Johnson, Senior Project Manager @ Foundry 42

No plans to sell hard copies of Squadron 42 at this time.  Expect an exciting marketing campaign leading up to release.  Source

Sandi’s Facebook

June 22nd – My last day on set; thank you to a great cast and crew!

June 23rd – I’m home!

June 24th – Producers from around CIG are converging on Santa Monica!

June 25th – Get your pin at Gamescom!

June 26th – Leaving on a Starliner! Soon to be available on the RSI site.

In Memoriam

Extremely generous and wonderful member of the Star Citizen community Arleeya E’lleastra passed away recently.  He will be remembered and will be honoured with a permanent place in the game he loved.

Thank you Arleeya for your contributions to the universe we all love.  Rest in peace knowing you will have a place in all our thoughts.