The Next Great Starship

The Next Great Starship (TNGS) was a modding contest hosted by Cloud Imperium in 2014 that let the community to create a spaceship to be implemented in Star Citizen.

History
The idea originated from Crytek suggesting to CIG in May 2013 that they would like to do a competition for modders and partner with CIG. Chris Roberts suggested to open this up to a broader audience and engage the community as a whole and let them in on the process. He wanted to give artists, modelers, texturers and CryEngine specialists a platform to showcase their work and also put a starship into the world of Star Citizen. Sandi Gardiner started work on it right after Gamescom in August 2013.

A total of 270 teams representing 65 countries entered the contest, 16 finalists were chosen, and the Four Horsemen won the contest with the Aegis Dynamics Redeemer.

Teams
The contest os open to all backers age 17 and older. Each team can consist of one to three people. The finalist 16 teams were selected from the 270 teams that registered into the contest by submitting their ship weapon model by December 31, 2013.

Trivia

 * Several contestants ended up bring hired by CIG.