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| title             = The Cutting Edge
| subtitle          = ''Issue 02-01''
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|label1 = Published
|content1 = January 31st 2014 
|label2 = Pages
|content2 = 48
|section3 = Editorial team
|label3 = Editor
|content3 = [[David Ladyman]]
|label4 = Roving Correspondent
|content4 = [[Ben Lesnick]]
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'''Issue 02-01: ''"The Cutting Edge"''''' &thinsp; is the first [[Jump Point (magazine)|Jump Point]] release for [[:Category:Jump Point Year Two|2014]]. This issue showcases updates on the [[Vanduul]] [[Scythe]] (last seen in [[Jump Point Issue 01-04|Issue 01-04]]), and an in-depth look into [[Foundry 42]] (now "Cloud Imperium Games Ltd."). Released on the 31st of January 2014, edited by [[David Ladyman]].<ref>[https://youtu.be/yavfOREH8sA?t=84 Wingman's Hangar ep055 . February 5, 2014], Star Citizen, YouTube, 5 February 2014</ref>

The cover is an homage to the ''[[Wing Commander I]]'' &thinsp; box art.<ref>"[https://x.com/banditloaf/status/1644142433343553538 We did a homage when I worked on Star Citizen, too! It was to celebrate the release of ‘Arena Commander]’, a game in a game.", @banditloaf, Twitter, April 7, 2023</ref>
===Content===
{| class="wikitable"
! Category 
!Article
! Description 
|-
|Work in Progress:
|Scythe UpRez
|[[Nathan Dearsley]] leads us through recent updates made to the [[Scythe]].
|-
|Portfolio:
|Flashfire
|History of human arms manufacturer [[Flashfire Systems]], written by [[Ben Lesnick]].
|-
|Behind the Scenes:
| Foundry 42
|Overview of Manchester based studio [[Foundry 42]].
|-
|Galactic Guide:
|Tiber System
|Overview of the [[Tiber system]] written by [[Ben Lesnick]].
|-
|Story
|Hunter & Swan (Part 1)
|New serial written by [[Robert E Waters]].
|-
|}
{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
|+ class="nowrap" style="text-align:center; white-space:nowrap;font-size: 110%; margin:0" |Credits
!Feature
!Developers
|-
|Scythe UpRez
|[[Nathan Dearsley]], [[Harry Jarvis]], [[Paul Jones]], [[Chris Olivia]], [[Alan Precourt]], [[Chris Roberts]] & [[Mark Skelton]]
|-
|Foundry 42
|[[Nick Elms]], [[Tom Johnson]], [[Paul Jones]], [[Phil Meller]] & [[Erin Roberts]] 
|-
!Page
!Artist
|-
|Cover
|[[Forrest Stephan]] & [[Zane Bien]]
|-
|24
|Flashfire logo, [[David Scott]]
|-
|27-36
|Photos by [[Michael Morlan]] (31, 33, 35), [[Nick Elms]] (27), [[John Reitze]] (28, 29);<br>Concept art by [[Andrew Ley]] (30, 32B, 34T), [[Stuart Jennett]] (32T, 36), [[David Hobbins]] (34B)
|-
|37, 39
|Tiber system, [[Elijah McNeal]]
|-
|44
|[[Ryan Archer]]
|}
===Released on Spectrum===
{{Note|Note: '''Galactic Guide: Tiber system''' differs from its [https://robertsspaceindustries.com/comm-link/spectrum-dispatch/13614-Galactic-Guide-Tiber-System spectrum release], and might contain information no longer considered cannon.}}
*[https://robertsspaceindustries.com/comm-link/engineering/13772-WIP-Scythe-Update WIP Scythe Update]
==References==
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