Are you interested in trying out Star Citizen? The game is celebrating its 8th anniversary starting today, and lasting until December 2nd. During this time, you can create an account and download the game for free. You will have a basic starter ship to fly around and check out the game with. I suggest, however, that you start on the planet Microtech in the city New Babbage, as the Intergalactic Aerospace Expo (IAE) 2950 show is occurring there. At the show each day the ships from a different manufacturer will be featured, allowing you to rent the ships for free and try them out for 48 hours. This will let you access most of the ships currently in the game and use them for trading, mining, combat, or use them to complete any of the missions currently in the game.
Play Star Citizen for FREE
To get started, go to https://robertsspaceindustries.com/star-citizen/play-now to create an account and activate the Free Fly code. You can use my referral code ( STAR-VDDS-QXSW ), which will give you an extra 5,000 UEC (in game currency). Then just follow the steps to download and install the game (the game is a bit over 50GB).
Once you have installed the game, logged in, and launched the game, click on the Persistent Universe button. On the next screen, select Stanton System -> New Babbage, and then click the Visit Location button. From there, you will likely be asked to create a face for your character. Once you complete that, you will load into the game, and be laying in a bed. Press ‘y’ to get up, then use WASD to walk around. To open doors or elevators or interact with items, get close to them, then hold ‘f’ and use your mouse to click on the menus that pop up over interactable items. There is a full keyboard control layout for on foot and piloting a ship in the options menu. For additional help with the game, you can see the information at: https://robertsspaceindustries.com/playstarcitizen
Attending the IAE 2950 Show
If you have spawned in New Babbage, or have flown there, head to the city trams which you can access from any of the locations in New Babbage, such as the hotel or spaceport. You should see black and yellow signs in the tram stations showing you the way to the show. Once you arrive, leave the tram station and enter the show lobby. The back of the lobby has a bank of elevators that will take you to the two main expo halls where ships will be shown off. You can rent a ship by walking up to it, interacting with it and selecting the rent option. Once you have rented a ship, you can go to the spaceport using the city trams, and use the vehicle retrieval screens there to have the ship delivered to a pad or hanger for you.
Show Information: https://iae2950.com
Schedule of manufactures / ships at show: https://robertsspaceindustries.com/comm-link/transmission/17856-IAE-2950-Schedule
