What to know
The RSI Aurora ES is the stripped-back entry point to the Aurora line. Straightforward controls, a compact footprint, and modest operating needs make it an approachable first spacecraft for learning flight, travel, landing, and everyday ownership.
Aurora ES specifications
The Aurora reduced to the essentials
The Aurora ES can cover more than one kind of work because the simple cockpit, bed, and beginner-friendly layout shares the hull with accessible storage and crew support. The owner decides what each trip is for before loading. The Aurora ES is one of RSI's most accessible entry-level ships, with simple operation and modest needs for a new owner learning everyday spaceflight. A compact bed inside the Aurora ES gives the pilot a place to rest during longer journeys.
A first ship that stays easy to understand
The ES is not meant to win a specification contest. Its value is giving a new pilot an affordable, understandable platform for building confidence before moving into a more specialized ship.
Development note: The Aurora ES is flight ready and entered the live game in Patch V1.0.0. Because Star Citizen remains in active development, specifications, features, and imagery may change over time.
Learning the basics aboard the Aurora ES
Basic flight, navigation, landing, equipment checks, and short practical trips all remain within one pilot's reach, without a large interior or multi-crew routine to manage.
The Aurora ES is one of RSI's most accessible entry-level ships, with simple operation and modest needs for a new owner learning everyday spaceflight.
A compact bed inside the Aurora ES gives the pilot a place to rest during longer journeys.
A clear plan makes it easier to load the right cargo and equipment before leaving port.
Doors, storage, and internal routes keep the Aurora ES's equipment reachable after the chosen load is aboard.
The essentials behind an approachable starter
The Aurora ES keeps ownership deliberately uncomplicated. One pilot gets a bed, internal access, and enough everyday capability to learn travel, landing, maintenance, and basic contracts before deciding which specialist role should come next.
A bed, simple controls, and room to learn
Prepare the simple cockpit, bed, and beginner-friendly layout around the Aurora ES's main contract instead of carrying every possible tool at once.
Leave enough access around the simple cockpit, bed, and beginner-friendly layout for the crew, cargo, and systems the same trip still requires.
Clear loose gear and restock supplies after each contract so the Aurora ES is ready for the next one.
Choosing and configuring the Aurora ES for the work ahead
The Aurora ES makes the simple cockpit, bed, and beginner-friendly layout part of a straightforward first-ship experience that still leaves room to discover what kind of work suits the owner.
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Learn the Aurora ES one system at a time
The crew decides what the Aurora ES will do before loading equipment that could block another essential system.
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Take work that fits the Aurora ES today
On the Aurora ES, early contracts are easier when the pilot respects cargo, range, weapon, and repair limits instead of buying for every possible future role.
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Take the Aurora ES on its first contract
The Aurora ES' crew prepares the simple cockpit, bed, and beginner-friendly layout for the work planned on this trip.
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Plan the Aurora ES' fuel, repairs, and upkeep
The crew clears cargo and specialist equipment before the Aurora ES changes to a different kind of work.
Simple systems for the first hours of ownership
The ES keeps attention on learning the fundamentals: leave safely, understand the controls, complete a modest trip, and return with the ship ready to fly again.
Two fitted Size 1 guns, two additional gun hardpoints, and a Size 2 missile hardpoint give the Aurora ES a modest but expandable defensive package.
Aboard the Aurora ES, cargo, weapons, equipment, and crew space can be arranged for the work planned before departure.
For the Aurora ES, usable access keeps supplies and equipment available without letting one loadout block another essential system.
Straightforward flight, service, and living systems help the Aurora ES move between different kinds of ordinary work.
The Aurora ES teaches ownership through ordinary work
The Aurora ES keeps flight, everyday work, upkeep, and early contracts manageable for one owner.
Simple controls for new pilots
The Aurora ES keeps its simple cockpit, bed, and beginner-friendly layout, basic flight, ordinary upkeep, and early contract choices manageable for one owner.
Aboard the Aurora ES, access, controls, and essential systems should become familiar before the pilot adds more complex equipment or contracts.
Aboard the Aurora ES, cargo, equipment, and crew space should support the simple cockpit, bed, and beginner-friendly layout chosen for this trip.
For the Aurora ES, fuel, repairs, cargo, and equipment choices help a new owner learn how the ship supports itself.
See the Aurora ES in action
Watch official footage of the Aurora ES in action and see it from every angle.
Find your Aurora ES
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