Happy Monday, everyone!

The doors of the Bevic Convention Center closed on DefenseCon 2956 last week. Thanks to everyone who joined in, whether in-game, at a Bar Citizen, or on Twitch. You helped make it the largest DefenseCon to date and set a new all-time in-game concurrency record for the project.

Last week, we also shared an update on some of the issues you've been experiencing in Alpha 4.8. Since then, we've deployed a number of hotfixes addressing docking failures at certain stations, ship claim and Starmap issues, missing pledge items, and more.

Teams are continuing to work through your reports, with additional fixes currently in testing. Every report helps us track issues down and get fixes moving faster, and we genuinely appreciate all of you who have taken the time to contribute through the Issue Council and Spectrum.

Looking ahead, we've got a couple of maintenance windows planned this week, covering both bug fixes and new additions.

First up, both the RSI Platform and the Star Citizen Live Service will enter maintenance tomorrow, June 2, starting at 08:15 UTC. Matchmaking will be disabled at that time to allow players to safely exit the environment ahead of RSI Platform maintenance beginning at 09:00 UTC. This downtime is not expected to exceed four hours. We will provide updates on the RSI Status Page as the maintenance progresses.

We're also targeting a Live Service maintenance window on Wednesday, June 3, to deploy Alpha 4.8.1. The update currently includes more than 30 fixes and additions, with more to follow. Keep an eye on Spectrum for more information soon!

While work on improvements continues, we’re also kicking off June with a splash of color and inviting you to show us yours for a chance to take home some loot.

June also marks the approach of Alien Week, with more details as we get closer. It also means that International Bar Citizen Weekend is right around the corner. For many of us on the team, it's something we look forward to every year. It's a chance to connect with all of you, put faces to handles, and hear your stories firsthand. We’ll be hosting events near each of our studios around the globe, with more details available on Spectrum, and we hope to see many of you there.

Speaking of Bar Citizens, several members of the team had the chance to attend the Netherlands Bar Citizen last Friday alongside TwitchCon Rotterdam. A huge thank you to the organizers for bringing it all together, and to everyone who took the time to come out and spend the evening with us! It was a fantastic event, and we loved having the chance to spend time with so many of you in person.

Top Images from the Community Hub

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Now, let's see what's going on this week:

This Tuesday, a scheduled maintenance will cause downtime across multiple Platform systems. The maintenance will begin at 08:15 UTC and is expected not to exceed 4 hours. During this timeframe, the Website, Spectrum, the Game Launcher, and the Issue Council will be unavailable.

This maintenance will impact:

All RSI Website services

All gameplay systems

Launcher operations

Issue Council

Tuesday also brings the June Subscriber Comm-Link & Newsletter.

On Wednesday, we're aiming to release Alpha 4.8.1 to the live servers, bringing another round of fixes and updates, along with a range of new contracts. We're also targeting a Live Service Maintenance window; more details as we get closer to the day.

The Roadmap Update and Roadmap Roundup will also be published, alongside the May PU Monthly Report.

Friday rounds out the week with the RSI Weekly Newsletter landing in your inbox.

Fly low, and fly fast!

The Weekly Community Content Schedule

MONDAY, JUNE 1, 2026

This Week in Star Citizen

TUESDAY, JUNE 2, 2026

June Subscriber Comm-Link

June Subscriber Newsletter

Maintenance: Star Citizen Live Service and RSI Platform, starting at 08:15 UTC

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 3, 2026

Alpha 4.8.1

Roadmap Update

Roadmap Roundup

May 2026 PU Monthly Report

FRIDAY, JUNE 5, 2026

RSI Weekly Newsletter

Vision quest truth

Smuggling Origin 300

We offer this World to the Galaxy as a place to study and a place to meet We offer this World to the Entity as a place to study and a place to meet Known locally as Pinecone, this Poisonous Main Sequence Dwarf is situated on the further edge of the green band and is often overlooked when compared to Kallis VI Damn right it is. Point is, no damn AI system's ever gonna be as good as an experienced Chief engineer

Known locally as The Hive, this High-pressure Coreless Planet is situated on the further edge of the green band and is often overlooked when compared to Kilian XIII "Maybe you should have a Engineer have a look at you. Be sure." said Hester Polaris A further investigation of the planet revealed a cache of Kr'Thak weapons and war machines. "We don't have anythCore." Ernst said. The Being didn't like that answer.

COMMUNITY MVP: June 1, 2026

We're constantly amazed at the contributions made by the Star Citizen community. Whether it's fan art, a cinematic, YouTube guide, or even a 3D print of your favorite ship, we love it all! Every week, we select one piece of content submitted to the Community Hub and highlight it here. The highlighted content creator will be awarded an MVP badge on Spectrum and be immortalized in our MVP section of the Hub.

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4.8 Refueling Tutorial

by TheSpaceCoder

TheSpaceCoder's tutorial walks through refueling gaemplay, from contracts to docking, transfers, and handling threats. If you've been eyeing the tanker life, this is a great starting point.

Watch it on the Community Hub

Top Images from the Community Hub

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Team Tiburon Lowfly - HK_HoShINo

WhiteHot Racing Suit - EchoBit

Carrack: Adventure awaits! - Draal_Iskaldur

Made peace in Nyx. - Lion_Shipcrasher