Squadron 42
First time I did hear about Star Citizen (the multiplayer game MMO) and Squadron 42 (singleplayer game), but I hesitated to back (support) the project, simply because it did look more of a dream than what could be possible at that time. – In 2016 I went back to follow up on the project, and things did start to take form, and I really did like what I could see, so I did buy a starter package for Star Citizen and a Squadron 42 package, for the single player game.
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Squadron 42 is the singleplayer game, that is heavly under development right now, according the latest news the Squadron should hopefully release at the end of 2026. There have been several release dates for the game, and it have been pushed back because they did not think it had the polish to the game they was looking for, so lets hope we will see a delivery of Squadron 42.
Once Aquadron 42 have released then it will be episode 1, out of 3. And its expected that there will be around 70 missions in the first episode.
So what is Squadron 42 ?
There is a gameplay video above, but keep in mind that it is kinda old now, and they made the graphic a lot better, Squadron 42 will be the single player version of Star Citizen, scheduled for at least 30 missions, and I will expect that each mission will take some time to complete.
You will serve in the military, and work you´re rank up in Squadron 42, make some choices and take some fast decissions on the fly.
There is a lot of known actors, that have been filmed with the latest 3D camers, (motion capture) with face scan, and body movement, a technique that is also used within the film industry. Some of the actors that we know about today and will be a part in Squadron 42 are:
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Gary Oldman as Admiral Ernst Bishop
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Mark Hamill as Lieutenant Commander Steve “Old Man” Cotton
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Mark Strong as Captain Thomas Wade
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John Rhys-Davies as Randall Graves
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Liam Cunningham as Captain Noah White
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Gillian Anderson as Captain Rachel MacLaren
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Andy Serkis as Thul’Oqquray
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Jack Huston as Cal Mason
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Sophie Wu as Cara “Web” Webster
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Ben Mendelsohn as Julian Wexler
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Ian Duncan as the Player character
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Henry Cavill – as Ryan Enright, crewmate to the player character.
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Rhona Mitra – as Exectuive Officer Kelly
We should get around 70 missions on the release of Squadron 42, episode 1.
If you want to test the game then try Star Citizen (a starter package cost around 45 dollars + local taxes). CIG also stated that they will not deliver on all of the funding goals at least not on the release date, since the project of Star Citizen, have taken a few turns, things that you can do even now that was not possible back then, and other things like you´re own private server will most likely not be a thing for a very long time (if ever). So I take that list with a grain of salt, and it was the start of the marketing where it was about to raise money for a very ambisious project.