Thrusters and Dust: Hangar Talk

DefenseCon 2956 is supposed to begin tomorrow, so we’re going to spend the morning taking a closer look at the Drake Ironclad and Ironclad Assault. If the expo halls are live in the PU, we’ll tour the ships directly and see how they actually feel in person. And if the servers decide to fight us instead, we’ll move over to the investigation board and start mapping the ships out the same way we woul...

Star Citizen Alpha 4.8 may look like a combat patch on the surface. But the deeper we looked into the announcement, the more it started feeling like something else entirely. Fleet sustainment. Forward operations. Ship support infrastructure. Long-duration deployment. Operational persistence. This livestream is not about reacting to the trailer. It’s about stepping back and asking what kind of univ...

Viewer comments on the Drake Corsair Factory Service Manual pushed back on some of my assumptions. About survivability. Component choices. Ballistic versus energy load-outs. Radar strategy. Living aboard the ship. And whether the Corsair is actually an exploration ship anymore. This FSM LIVE session exists to work through those questions directly. If you would like to revisit the original Drake Co...

We ran a recovery ops inside an Onyx ASD facility with reports of a Yormandi in the lower levels. The objective is simple. Go in, assess the site, and decide how deep we’re willing to push. This podcast covers the first two ASD facility contracts, including site inspection, route decisions, and a descent into the lower structure where the Yormandi was waiting for us. The Roughnecks handled ground...

Live salvage operation and that we opened up to anyone who wanted to join. We were recovering, stripping, and processing wrecks as a crew. Thrusters and Dust is a Star Citizen fan project. Made by the Community. Star Citizen®, Roberts Space Industries® and Cloud Imperium ® are registered trademarks of Cloud Imperium Rights LLC

We’re ran a ship show at New Babbage. Players had brought whatever they want to put on the floor. Rare ships, older ships, daily drivers, anything they choose. We gathered in the Commons garage and opening it up to the server. Thrusters and Dust is a Star Citizen fan project. Made by the Community. Star Citizen®, Roberts Space Industries® and Cloud Imperium ® are registered trademarks of Cloud Imp...

In this live discussion, Dusty Star is joined by members of the Thrusters and Dust org to break down why multicrew often struggles in Star Citizen. While salvaging live in-game, we’re talking through real player experiences and the biggest issues raised in the community. Thrusters and Dust is a Star Citizen fan project. Made by the Community. Star Citizen®, Roberts Space Industries® and Cloud Impe...

Viewer comments on the Drake Vulture Factory Service Manual pushed back on some of my assumptions. Not broadly. Specifically. About salvage workflow. Component tradeoffs. Redundancy. Quantum range. And whether the Vulture is being limited by design or by how we use it. Thrusters and Dust is a Star Citizen fan project. Made by the Community. Star Citizen®, Roberts Space Industries® and Cloud Imperi...

Viewer comments on the Drake Clipper Factory Service Manual challenged some of my conclusions. Not in a vague way, but in very specific ones. About what the ship is for. Where it breaks down. And whether some of my weapon and component choices even made sense. Thrusters and Dust is a Star Citizen fan project. Made by the Community. Star Citizen®, Roberts Space Industries® and Cloud Imperium ® are...