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Crusader (Stanton II, called "Cl" by the natives) is a low-mass gas giant that has an atmosphere which is breathable at high altitudes. It has a diameter of 14900 km plus 1200 km of atmosphere.^[1]

Taking advantage of this, the planet became home to a military-constructed latticework of inhabitable floating platforms. The platforms proved to be ideal for Crusader Industries, since their large-scale commercial transport ships would otherwise need to be built beyond the atmosphere. Being built in open air allows the cost of these ships to be reduced by almost 40% on the back end, which is often passed along to consumers.

Once Crusader Industries took over, these platforms were expanded upon to suit their production needs. The company also built quality housing for their employees in habitats woven into the latticework itself. The portion of the world available to visitors is considered by many to be the nicest port in the system. The shipyards themselves are eerily beautiful, with huge transport ships suspended in mid-atmosphere surrounded by a lighted webbing of Crusader facilities.^[2]

"I find that living in the heavens suits me."
Kanile Yuder, Former CEO, Crusader Industries^[3]

Jurisdiction

Like all corporation-owned planets in the Stanton system, Crusader has its own jurisdiction and security in the form of Crusader Security.

Atmosphere

Atmospheric Overview ^[4]
Pressure (at 8 km)		1 atm
Height		745,000 m
QT altitude		90,000 m
Temperature (at 80 km)	Max	24 °C
	Min	16 °C

Atmospheric Composition ^[4]
Chemical Formula	Full Name	Amount
N	Nitrogen	78.1%
O₂	Molecular oxygen	20.9%
Ar	Argon	0.93%
CO₂	Carbon dioxide	0.04%

Locations

Major locations

Orison

A city in the clouds, Orison offers a breathtaking view of Crusader's commercial shipbuilding platforms.^[5]

Minor locations

Various floating platform communities spread around Crusader:^[6]

Natural satellites

Crusader's moons are named after the three siblings featured in the 24th century children's morality tale A Gift for Baba.

Cellin : Stanton 2a

	Named after the youngest of the three siblings, this moon features over a hundred currently dormant volcanoes that are said to represent Cellin's simmering anger. Location of Crusader Industries' Security Post Kareah in orbit.	50,863 km Orbital Distance

Daymar : Stanton 2b

	Named after the middle brother of the three siblings, this is the largest of Crusader's moons. Daymar's slightly eccentric orbit is said to represent his ease at getting lost in the story. Former site of Covalex Hub Gundo in orbit, prior to its sabotage.	63,284 km Orbital Distance

Yela : Stanton 2c

	Named after the oldest of the three siblings, this moon has a water-ice crust said to represent Yela's cool and calculating mannerisms. Notably, Yela's asteroid belt is home to the Nine Tails controlled landing zone of GrimHEX.	79,287 km Orbital Distance

Artificial satellites

Seraphim Station

	Seraphim Station features all the modern amenities found at other R&R stations, such as a medical clinic, cargo deck, security deck, and food court.

Comm Array ST2-55

	A communication station is positioned around the area to help provide comm coverage. Its functionality or lack thereof is determined by gameplay. Comm Arrays were originally placed in orbit of the parent planet, but since Alpha 3.9.0, all planets and moons now contain one CommArray in orbit each.

ICC ScanHub Stanton

Part of the Imperial Cartography Center, this research station is categorized as a Deep Space Scanning and AstroGraphical Station, one of the many turn-key facilities the UEE places in systems to casually sweep for jump points. Players likely know it as the workplace of the mission-giver, Junior Cartographer Tessa Bannister. This station along with Bannister and her quest line was removed from the game in Alpha 3.0.0, but the devs have confirmed its eventual return.

Lagrangian points

Crusader has 5 lagrangian points, which contain mostly planetary debris and asteroids. Some contain Rest Stop stations.

Lagrangian point	Station	Additional contents
CRU-L1	CRU-L1 Ambitious Dream Station	Mining claims
CRU-L2		Mining claims
CRU-L3		Mining claims
CRU-L4	CRU-L4 Shallow Fields Station	Unminable debris
CRU-L5	CRU-L5 Beautiful Glen Station	Mining claims

Gallery

Development

Crusader, along with its moons, were implemented with the first launch of the Persistent Universe, Alpha 2.0.0. From that point on, these celestial bodies were only placeholder objects in the Persistent Universe, and were inaccessible to players. It wasn't until version 3.0 when the Planetary Tech was implemented that the moons would be replaced by traversable versions. However, the gas giant Crusader was never replaced and remained inaccessible until Alpha 3.14.0 was released. This patch saw the release of Planetary volumetric clouds, which allowed them to create the 'new' Crusader, and also included the Orison landing zone situated within the clouds. In the succeeding patch of Alpha 3.15.0, Port Olisar also started to orbit the planet, finally unlocking it from its fixed position in the system.

Trivia

The small celestial objects orbiting Crusader follow a discovery date naming convention similar to real life asteroids. Furthermore, the names imply that at least 1603 such objects have been discovered, and that the sale of Stanton II to Crusader Industries by the UEE took place between 2913 and 2921.
The name Crusader Industries actually has two meanings. First, it represents a commitment to stay on the forefront of ship manufacturing ideas. Though the company got its start building reliable planetary shuttles. The teams of engineers constantly looked to push the commercial ship market, whether it was by developing a new feat of engineering or simply looking to fulfill a new area of public demand. Secondly, the name references the company's commitment to vigorously advocate for what is morally right across the Empire. Company founder August Dunlow has made giving back a cornerstone of the company ever since its inception in 2799.^[7]
Compared to real-life planets, Crusader's in-game size is only slightly larger than Earth.
Crusader is also the name of a series of games by Tony Zurovec during his time at Origin Systems.^[8]

References

↑ Wide Is the Crusader Gas Giant. Spectrum
↑ Galactic Guide: Stanton. Spectrum Dispatch - Comm-Link
↑ Origin 890 Jump Brochure
↑ ^{Jump up to: 4.0} ^4.1 Cornerstone: Planetary Survey. Retrieved 2023-05-04.
↑ ARK Starmap. Starmap
↑ Inside Star Citizen: Mission: Cognoscible. Star Citizen YouTube channel. Retrieved 2023-06-22
↑ Orison discovery tour text. Star Citizen Alpha 3.14.0 - Star Citizen. Retrieved 2021-07-12
↑ Meet Tony Zurovec, Star Citizen, YouTube, 18 June 2014

Cities

Orison

Settlements

Cloudrest Retreat Empyrean Park Prospect Point

Landmarks

Cloudrest Retreat Empyrean Park Prospect Point

Landing zones

Area18 Lorville New Babbage Orison

Space stations

ARC-L1 Wide Forest Station ARC-L2 Lively Pathway Station ARC-L3 Modern Express Station ARC-L4 Faint Glen Station ARC-L5 Yellow Core Station Attritus OLP Baijini Point CRU-L1 Ambitious Dream Station CRU-L4 Shallow Fields Station CRU-L5 Beautiful Glen Station Comm Array ST1-02 Comm Array ST1-13 Comm Array ST1-48 Comm Array ST1-61 Comm Array ST1-92 Comm Array ST2-28 Comm Array ST2-47 Comm Array ST2-55 Comm Array ST2-76 Comm Array ST3-18 Comm Array ST3-35 Comm Array ST3-90 Comm Array ST4-22 Comm Array ST4-31 Comm Array ST4-59 Comm Array ST4-64 Covalex Hub Gundo Everus Harbor Grim HEX HUR-L1 Green Glade Station HUR-L2 Faithful Dream Station HUR-L3 Thundering Express Station HUR-L4 Melodic Fields Station HUR-L5 High Course Station ICC ScanHub Stanton INS Jericho Lamina OLP MIC-L1 Shallow Frontier Station MIC-L2 Long Forest Station MIC-L3 Endless Odyssey Station MIC-L4 Red Crossroads Station MIC-L5 Modern Icarus Station Magnus Gateway Port Olisar Port Tressler Pyro Gateway Ruptura OLP Security Post Kareah Seraphim Station Terra Gateway Vivere OLP

Stars

Stanton (star)

Planets

ArcCorp (planet)Crusader Hurston MicroTech (planet)

Moons

Aberdeen Arial Calliope Cellin Clio Daymar Euterpe Ita Lyria Magda Wala Yela

Asteroids

2930-CRU983

Jump points

Stanton - Magnus Stanton - Pyro Stanton - Terra

Racetracks

Caplan Circuit Lorville Outskirts Miner’s Lament The Icebreaker The Sky Scraper The Snake Pit Yadar Valley

[1] Wide Is the Crusader Gas Giant. Spectrum

[2] Galactic Guide: Stanton. Spectrum Dispatch - Comm-Link

[3] Origin 890 Jump Brochure

[:0-4] {Jump up to: 4.0} ^4.1 Cornerstone: Planetary Survey. Retrieved 2023-05-04.

[5] ARK Starmap. Starmap

[6] Inside Star Citizen: Mission: Cognoscible. Star Citizen YouTube channel. Retrieved 2023-06-22

[7] Orison discovery tour text. Star Citizen Alpha 3.14.0 - Star Citizen. Retrieved 2021-07-12

[8] Meet Tony Zurovec, Star Citizen, YouTube, 18 June 2014

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-{{Infobox Astronomical Object
+{{Astronomical object
-|Name = Crusader : Stanton II
+| image = Crusader-orbit-full-3.14.jpg
-|Image = Crusader-orbit-full-3.14.jpg
+| name = Crusader
+| habitable = Yes<br/>Only in high atmosphere
-|System = Stanton
+| landingzones = 1
-|Type = Planet
+| satellites = 5
-|Classification = Gas giant
+| atmosphericpressure = 1 atm
-|Habitable = Yes <br> Only in high atmosphere
+| equatorialradius = 7,450 km<br/>7,510 km with atmosphere
-|Affiliation = [[United Empire of Earth]]<br/>[[Crusader Industries]]
+| siderealday = 5 hours and 6 minutes
-|Senator =
+| orbitalperiod = 1,554 SED
-|Location = [[:Category:UEE Systems|UEE space]] <br/> └ [[Stanton system]] <br/> └─  Orbiting [[Stanton (star)]]
-|Natural Satellites = 3
-|Artificial Satellites = 2
-|Landing Zones = 1
-|Population =
-|Economy =
-|Threat =
-|Equatorial Radius = 74,500 km <br>75,100 km with atmosphere
-|Gravity =
-|Atmospheric Pressure = 1 atm
-|Sidereal Rotation =
-|Axial Tilt =
-|Density =
-|Tidally Locked = No
-|Orbital Period = 1,554 SED
-|Orbital Speed =
-|Orbital Radius =
-|Orbital Eccentricity =
-|Aphelion =
-|Perihelion =
-|Inclination =
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 {{Quote|'''I find that living in the heavens suits me.'''|[[Kanile Yuder]], Former CEO, [[Crusader Industries]]<ref>{{Cite RSI|url=media/dzh8rlhcm9i1dr/source/890-Jump-Brochure-V8-Merged.pdf|text=Origin 890 Jump Brochure}}</ref>}}
-== Jurisdiction ==
+==Jurisdiction==
 {{Main|Crusader Industries#Jurisdiction}}
 Like all corporation-owned planets in the Stanton system, Crusader has its own jurisdiction and security in the form of [[Crusader Security]].
-== Atmosphere==
+==Atmosphere==
 {| class="wikitable"
-|+Atmospheric Overview <ref name=":0">[https://cstone.space/survey/?body=crusader&location=0 Cornerstone: Planetary Survey]. Retrieved 2023-05-04.</ref>
+|+ Atmospheric Overview <ref name=":0">[https://cstone.space/survey/?body=crusader&location=0 Cornerstone: Planetary Survey]. Retrieved 2023-05-04.</ref>
-| colspan="2" |Pressure (at 80 km)
+| colspan="2" |Pressure (at 8&nbsp;km)
-| 1 atm
+|1 atm
 |-
 | colspan="2" |Height
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 |90,000 m
 |-
-| rowspan="2" |Temperature (at 80 km)
+| rowspan="2" |Temperature (at 80&nbsp;km)
 |Max
-|24 °C
+|24&nbsp;°C
 |-
 |Min
-|16 °C
+|16&nbsp;°C
 |}
 {| class="wikitable"
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 |78.1%
 |-
-|O<sub>2</sub>
+| O<sub>2</sub>
-|Molecular oxygen
+| Molecular oxygen
 |20.9%
 |-
 |Ar
 |Argon
 |0.93%
 |-
 |CO<sub>2</sub>
 |Carbon dioxide
 |0.04%
 |}
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 A city in the clouds, Orison offers a breathtaking view of Crusader's commercial shipbuilding platforms.<ref>{{Cite RSI|url=starmap?location=STANTON.PLANETS.STANTONIICRUSADER&system=STANTON|text=ARK Starmap}}</ref>
-=== Minor locations ===
+===Minor locations===
-Various floating platform communities spread around Crusader<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CeXEHVUo098 Inside Star Citizen: Mission: Cognoscible]. Star Citizen YouTube channel. Retrieved 2023-06-22</ref>:
+Various floating platform communities spread around Crusader:<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CeXEHVUo098 Inside Star Citizen: Mission: Cognoscible]. Star Citizen YouTube channel. Retrieved 2023-06-22</ref>
-* [[Cloudrest Retreat]]
+*[[Cloudrest Retreat]]
-* [[Empyrean Park]]
+*[[Empyrean Park]]
-* [[Prospect Point]]
+*[[Prospect Point]]
 ===Natural satellites===
 Crusader's moons are named after the three siblings featured in the 24th century children's morality tale ''[[A Gift for Baba]]''.
-==== [[Cellin|Cellin: Crusader 2a]]====
+====[[Cellin|Cellin : Stanton 2a]]====
 {| class="wikitable"
 |-
 |[[File:Cellin-Icon.png|center|frameless|128x128px]]
 |Named after the youngest of the three siblings, this moon features over a hundred currently dormant volcanoes that are said to represent Cellin's simmering anger. Location of [[Crusader Industries]]' [[Security Post Kareah]] in orbit.
-| 50,863&nbsp;km Orbital Distance
+|50,863&nbsp;km Orbital Distance
 |}
-====[[Daymar|Daymar: Crusader 2b]]====
+====[[Daymar|Daymar : Stanton 2b]]====
 {| class="wikitable"
 |-
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 |}
-====[[Yela|Yela:Crusader 2c]] ====
+====[[Yela|Yela : Stanton 2c]]====
 {| class="wikitable"
 |-
 |[[File:Yela-Icon.png|center|frameless|128x128px]]
 |Named after the oldest of the three siblings, this moon has a water-ice crust said to represent Yela's cool and calculating mannerisms. Notably, Yela's asteroid belt is home to the [[Nine Tails]] controlled landing zone of [[GrimHEX]].
 |79,287&nbsp;km Orbital Distance
 |}
 ===Artificial satellites ===
-====[[Port Olisar]] ====
- {| class="wikitable"
-|-
-| [[File:Olisar-Icon.png|center|frameless|128x128px]]
-|Located in the trade lanes above Crusader, Port Olisar offers a breathtaking view of the planet below. Owned and operated by Crusader Industries, Port Olisar acts as a gateway to the company's vast planetary holdings and orbital shipyards. This was the default spawn point in versions Alpha 2.x.
-|}
 ====[[Seraphim Station]]====
 {| class="wikitable"
 |-
-|[[File:Placeholderv2.png|center|frameless|128x128px]]
+|[[File:Placeholderv2.png|center|frameless|128x128px|link=|class=noviewer]]
-|Scheduled to replace Port Olisar in [[Update:Star Citizen Alpha 3.20.0|Alpha 3.20.0]], Seraphim Station will feature all the modern amenities found at other R&R stations, such as a medical clinic, cargo deck, security deck, and food court.
+|Seraphim Station features all the modern amenities found at other R&R stations, such as a medical clinic, cargo deck, security deck, and food court.
 |}
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 Part of the [[Imperial Cartography Center]], this research station is categorized as a Deep Space Scanning and AstroGraphical Station, one of the many turn-key facilities the UEE places in systems to casually sweep for jump points. Players likely know it as the workplace of the mission-giver, Junior Cartographer [[Tessa Bannister]]. This station along with Bannister and her quest line was removed from the game in [[Star Citizen Alpha 3.0.0|Alpha 3.0.0]], but the devs have confirmed its eventual return.
-===Lagrangian points===
+===Lagrangian points ===
 Crusader has 5 [[lagrangian point]]s, which contain mostly planetary debris and asteroids. Some contain [[Rest Stop]] stations.
@@ Line 164: / Line 136: @@
 !Lagrangian point
 !Station
 !Additional contents
 |-
 |[[CRU-L1]]
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 |Mining claims
 |-
-|[[CRU L2|CRU-L2]]
+| [[CRU L2|CRU-L2]]
 |
 |Mining claims
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 |[[CRU-L3]]
 |
 |Mining claims
 |-
 |[[CRU-L4]]
-|[[CRU-L4 Shallow Fields Station]]
+| [[CRU-L4 Shallow Fields Station]]
 |Unminable debris
 |-
-|[[CRU-L5]]
+| [[CRU-L5]]
 |[[CRU-L5 Beautiful Glen Station]]
 |Mining claims
 |}
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 </tabber>
-== Development==
+==Development==
 Crusader, along with its moons, were implemented with the first launch of the [[Persistent Universe]], [[Star Citizen Alpha 2.0.0|Alpha 2.0.0]]. From that point on, these celestial bodies were only placeholder objects in the Persistent Universe, and were inaccessible to players. It wasn't until version [[Star Citizen Alpha 3.0.0|3.0]] when the Planetary Tech was implemented that the moons would be replaced by traversable versions. However, the gas giant Crusader was never replaced and remained inaccessible until [[Star Citizen Alpha 3.14.0|Alpha 3.14.0]] was released. This patch saw the release of [[Planetary volumetric clouds]], which allowed them to create the 'new' Crusader, and also included the [[Orison]] landing zone situated within the clouds. In the succeeding patch of [[Star Citizen Alpha 3.15.0|Alpha 3.15.0]], [[Port Olisar]] also started to orbit the planet, finally unlocking it from its fixed position in the system.
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 *The name Crusader Industries actually has two meanings. First, it represents a commitment to stay on the forefront of ship manufacturing ideas. Though the company got its start building reliable planetary shuttles. The teams of engineers constantly looked to push the commercial ship market, whether it was by developing a new feat of engineering or simply looking to fulfill a new area of public demand. Secondly, the name references the company's commitment to vigorously advocate for what is morally right across the Empire. Company founder [[August Dunlow]] has made giving back a cornerstone of the company ever since its inception in [[2799]].<ref>{{Cite game|build=Star Citizen Alpha 3.14.0|text=Orison discovery tour text|accessdate=2021-07-12|game=}}</ref>
 *Compared to real-life planets, Crusader's in-game size is only slightly larger than Earth.
+*Crusader is also the name of a series of games by [[Tony Zurovec]] during his time at [[Origin Systems]].<ref>[https://youtu.be/8dL3nrrj2ZA?feature=shared Meet Tony Zurovec], Star Citizen, YouTube, 18 June 2014</ref>
 ==References==