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'''Private Servers''' are a planned feature which will allow players to run their own private [[Star Citizen]] servers, including modding them and playing offline.<ref name=":0">[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8Euwh_fPeg&t=1039s 10 for the Chairman: Episode 47 (2014.12.01)], Star Citizen, YouTube</ref>

Those servers won't have the same scope and scale as the [[Persistent Universe]] as the PU uses a structure of hundreds and potentially thousands of servers that spin up dynamically, with different levels of servers from the economy simulation to the matchmaking via the system via the database or the AI. It's not possible for an individual to run the PU.<ref name=":0" />

It will be closer to the way the [[Freelancer (video game)|Freelancer]] offline servers work, with a more static universe and the server able to handle a fixed amount of players, modding, changing stats. It will also not be able to always be at the latest game version.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLjk2UvfFRA&t=1003s 10 For the Chairman: Episode 67], Star Citizen, YouTube, 22 sept. 2015</ref><ref name=":0" /> It wont be as full featured as the PU but should have more functionality and persistence than just a multiplayer battle instance à la ''Battlefield 3'' or ''World of Tanks.''<ref>"[https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/11wivt/i_am_chris_roberts_creator_of_wing_commander/c6q890z/?context=8&depth=9 It wont be as full featured as the persistent server but should have more functionality and persistenace than just a multiplayer battle instance a la BF3 or WoT]", Chris Roberts, I am Chris Roberts, creator of Wing Commander, Freelancer and the upcoming Star Citizen. AMA. [[Reddit]], October 12 2012</ref>

Being able to keep private servers running was one of the reasons [[Chris Roberts]] went with [[Crowdfunding campaign|crowdfunding]] and avoided using a big publisher such as EA or Activision, as this avoids the publisher shutting down the game servers if they are not profitable anymore.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJGOQXzDbgc&t=1157s Star Citizen - Interview feat. Chris Roberts], TotalBiscuit, YouTube, 1 dec. 2012</ref>

[[Jared Huckaby]] stated that Private Servers are the absolute last thing on the list, with nothing coming after them. The game will be fully released and in operation for some time before anybody even looks at private servers. Nobody at CIG is even thinking about it at the moment.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aaoGxOxzAwc&t=6650s StarCast 108 - Disco Lando, Cap Richard, Bzerker, Cliffy & Domo], geekdomo, YouTube, 10 janv. 2016