Happy Monday, inæ(y'all)!

Thank you for your patience as we continue working to improve the Live experience. Last week, we shared a Spectrum post bar highlighting some of the more visibly reported issues in Alpha 4.8.1 and where they currently stand. Since then, the team has been focused on continuing to close these (and many others) out. We'll keep you posted as more fixes are ready for deployment, so keep an eye on Spectrum.

Away from the patch notes and bug reports for a moment, we also had the opportunity to celebrate First Contact Day through International Bar Citizen Weekend. Team members joined many of you at events near our studios in Austin, Manchester, Frankfurt, and Montréal, giving us an early start to Alien Week festivities.

We'd like to give a huge thank you to everyone who joined us. Whether you stopped by to share feedback, catch up with fellow pilots, or simply raise a glass, y'all made it a truly unforgettable weekend!

For those who couldn't make it, keep an eye on the World Tour Comm-Link. We may be heading your way next.

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

On Wednesday, we're planning a Live Service Maintenance window. More details will be shared as we get closer to the day.

Same day, the celebrations begin as Alien Week 2026 kicks off! Gather your friends, souli (members of a Banu guild), pyā’hai (Xi'an family), and allies from across the stars as we celebrate alongside our alien neighbors! While you wait for the festivities to begin, take a moment to learn more about the Xi'an and Banu languages.

Wednesday also brings the latest Roadmap Update and Roadmap Roundup, including multiple new cards for Alpha 4.9.

Thursday brings the latest installment of Star Citizen Live, featuring a Tech Talk with our Chief Technology Officer, Benoit Beauséjour, and our Gameplay Engineering Director, Jens Lind to discuss the recent 4.8 release. If you have a question specifically related to 4.8, you can submit it on Spectrum for a chance to have it answered live, and be sure to join us on Twitch at 14:00 UTC.

On Friday, be sure to check your inbox for the RSI Weekly Newsletter. We will recap the week's highlights and showcase standout community content. Don't forget to opt in to the Newsletter in your account's settings.

Tip of the hat, see you in the 'verse!

The Weekly Community Content Schedule

MONDAY, JUNE 15, 2026

This Week in Star Citizen

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 17, 2026

Maintenance: Star Citizen Live Service and RSI Platform

Alien Week 2026

Roadmap update and Roundup

THURSDAY, JUNE 18, 2026

Star Citizen Live: Tech Talk (www.twitch.tv/starcitizen)

FRIDAY, JUNE 19, 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 15, 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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The Elevator Guy

by HEBRAiST

Sometimes the most legendary players aren’t the ones pulling triggers or flying capital ships; they’re the ones quietly helping others, no questions asked.

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Sky on Fire - Star-i

Can't Wait for Alien Week - Susa_Setareh

Xi'an Beauty - Ynvi

Xy'kara Bundle - Draal_Iskaldur