Squadron 42
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| Squadron 42 | |
|---|---|
| Developer | Cloud Imperium Games / Foundry 42 |
| Publisher | Roberts Space Industries |
| Genre | Single player campaign with First Person Universe |
| Platforms | Microsoft Windows |
| Engine | Star Engine (Heavily modified Amazon Lumberyard) |
| Release | TBD |
Squadron 42 is a single player game [1] developed by Chris Roberts and his development studio Cloud Imperium Games. It shares the same game lore and game development background and was sold together with Star Citizen until the game "pledge packages" were split on 2016-02-14.[2]
Development
SQ42 was announced originally in a Kickstarter campaign in 2012 together with Star Citizen. After the implementation of more Stretch goals (the last stretch goal was achieved 2014-11-10) the release was subsequently postponed. After CitizenCon in 2015, a new homepage "Answer the Call" showed the date 2016. At CitizenCon 2016 Roberts confirmed a delay of the game. Its release date is currently unknown.[3][4]
Features
"Take the role of a rookie UEE Navy combat pilot in a cinematic single-player epic adventure set in the Star Citizen universe.
- Battle in the stars and face-to-face as you seamlessly transition between dogfighting and ground combat.
- Serve aboard a massive Navy capital ship as your custom character interacts and builds relationships with a living, breathing crew.
- Cutting-edge performance capture brings unprecedented emotion and life to some of your favorite actors.
- Powered by CryEngine, Squadron 42 pushes gaming graphics and fidelity to the next level."
Squadron 42
Story
This page or section contain spoilers for Star Citizen or Squadron 42.
The story will begin during the Events of Vega II in 2945.[11][12] It will detail the story of the player joining and flying with the UEE Navy's celebrated 42nd Squadron.
At some point the player will serve on board the UEES Stanton which is assigned to the 5th Fleet, 87th Battlegroup in the Odin system.[13]
Cast
The cast of Squadron 42 includes a strong list of A-list actors and actresses including
- Gary Oldman as Admiral Ernst Bishop
- Mark Hamill as Lieutenant Commander Steve "Old Man" Cotton
- Mark Strong as Captain Thomas Wade
- John Rhys-Davies as Randall Graves
- Liam Cunningham as Captain Noah White
- Gillian Anderson as Captain Rachel MacLaren
- Andy Serkis as Thul'Oqquray
- Jack Huston as Cal Mason
- Sophie Wu as Cara "Web" Webster
- Ben Mendelsohn as Julian Wexler
- Ian Duncan as the Player character
Full Cast & Crew on IMDb (As of 2018-02-19 not complete).
Squadron 42 Soundtrack
Squadron 42's soundtrack composed by Geoff Zanelli, is not yet available, however some tracks have been publicly shared.[14]
Named Tracks by Zanelli
- Bishop Speech
- Cutlass Tango
- Old Man Teaser
See also
References
- ↑ 10 For the Chairman: Episode 67 from 2015-09-21; Transcript by SCQA
- ↑ Package Split Information. Transmission - Comm-Link
- ↑ YouTube - Citizen Con 2016 Presentation - Timecode 1h7m
- ↑ Squadron42 - Answer the Call
- ↑ 10 For the Chairman Episode 62 from 2015-08-03; Transcript by SCQA.
- ↑ 10 for the Producers: Episode 13 from 2015-11-23; Transcript by SCQA.
- ↑ 10 for the Chairman: Episode 76 from 2016-02-01; Transcript by SCQA.
- ↑ 10 for the Developers: Episode 10 from 2016-05-16; Transcript by SCQA.
- ↑ Star Citizen: 10 for the Chairman - Episode 85 from 2016-07-20; Transcript by SCQA
- ↑ 10 for the Developers: Episode 13 from 2016-07-06; Transcript by SCQA.
- ↑
DevPost stating Squadron 42 start time.
- ↑ 10 for the Chairman: Episode 79 from 2016-03-14; Transcript by SCQA.
- ↑ Squadron 42: The Morrow Tour (LIVE Version) (Squadron 42: Preview) from 2015-10-10. Accessed 2016-11-05.
- ↑ Geoff Zanelli's Website