This Week in Star Citizen – March 23, 2026
Alpha 4.7 approaches release with Crafting, new locations, Stella Fortuna festivities, and the weekly Star Citizen schedule.
With Alpha 4.7 nearly ready for prime time, you’re entering the final stretch before the live release later this week. The update brings the first iteration of Crafting, new places to explore, and enough fresh content to keep your multitool warm. If you want a taste ahead of launch, last week’s Inside Star Citizen offered an early look at what’s coming.
Stella Fortuna continues to drench the ’verse in gold and green until March 30, paired with a community challenge that asks you to submit thirty seconds of pure, heroic chaos. If it feels reckless—but in a good way—you’re on the right track.
What’s Ahead This Week
Wednesday is the big one: Alpha 4.7 aims to go live, introducing Crafting and the new QV Breaker Stations. Alongside the launch, you’ll get a full Crafting Guide and an Operation Breaker Stations FAQ on Spectrum to help you prepare.
Behind The Ships also returns, spotlighting a classic design and its evolution over time.
Later that evening, the Roadmap Update and Roadmap Roundup will keep anyone tracking development closely up to speed.
Friday wraps things up with the RSI Weekly Newsletter, perfect for a light read between cargo hauls.
Weekly Community Content Schedule
Monday, March 23, 2026
- This Week in Star Citizen
Wednesday, March 25, 2026
- Alpha 4.7 Launch
- Crafting Guide Comm-Link
- Operation Breaker Stations FAQ
- Behind The Ships (youtube.com/@RobertsSpaceInd)
- Roadmap Update
- Roadmap Roundup
Friday, March 27, 2026
- RSI Weekly Newsletter
Vision Quest Truth
Smuggling Origin 300
Two strange worlds take the spotlight here—one known as Pinecone, a poisonous main-sequence dwarf on the edge of the green band, and another called The Hive, a high-pressure coreless planet in similar territory. Both are easily overlooked next to their system giants, but each hides its own secrets. Pinecone serves as a reminder that no automated system beats a seasoned chief engineer, while The Hive reveals something far more dangerous: a buried cache of Kr'Thak weapons and war machines, uncovered only after a tense exchange between explorers and something that clearly didn’t appreciate being told, “We don’t have any core.”
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