Agent Smith

Agent Smith, or Agent Smithing, refers to temporarily assuming control of a Star Citizen NPC crew member in order to play with friends wherever they might be. It is named after the character of agent Smith in the Matrix movies.

It was considered to allow players to take the place of an NPC crew member aboard friends ships if those friends are off somewhere else in the galaxy, in order to have a short term immediate play experience with friends when the player has limited time availability.

Chris Roberts mentionned that the design was that if someone has 5 game packages, every one of them can be made into an NPC on the player ship or a friend could take control of one.

The mechanic has been misunderstood by some as a more literal interpretation of the character of Agent Smith from the movies, with the player character himself teleporting and replacing an NPC with himself, look and capabilities included. Teleportation of the player character itself in any way, or the replacing of an NPC, was ruled out in June 2018, while temporarily controlling an NPC hasn't been ruled out at the time. Agent Smithing will not come with special effects of overtaking the body.

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