Jump Point (magazine)

For the lore background and gameplay mechanics on Jump points, see Jump Point.

Jump Point Issue 06-05 Cover image (Post-2018)

Jump Point is a bi-monthly digital magazine available to the community subscribers on the RSI website. It is currently edited by Martin Driver and provides additional information to Star Citizen's and Squadron 42's development through Behind-The-Scenes articles, interviews and Work-In-Progress art pieces mixed with in-lore articles and continuing short stories. Although the content is initially restricted to subscribers, CIG releases parts of older issues on the RSI website or as printed hardcover versions buyable through the online store.

While most of the content is written by professionals, with rights being bought, some stories are commisioned from fans. previous issues were edited by Ben Lesnick (June 2018 - June 2022) and freelancer David Ladyman (Dec 2012 - May 2018).

Ben Lesnisk and David Ladyman pushed hard for short stories early on but it was just too much work to keep continuity with external writers so early on. They had intended Jump Point to gradually become more fiction as development went on.

Content

Note: Due to the paywall restriction no direct copies of Jump Point content (images, articles, etc.) should be used on the Star Citizen Wiki. Information can still be used within the common fair use of copyrighted material, use {{Cite Jump Point}} for citation. In cases where the information was released for all at a later date, a link will be given to the Comm-Link Archive on the Wiki.

Creation

Towards the end of the original campaign, people wanted to know how they could keep following the project and how they could keep supporting it. Chris Roberts and Sandi Gardinier came up with the idea of the subscription program that would generate all sorts of community content and pay for itself and help the game without taking away from what folks had pledged to make development happen.

Ben Lesnick and Dave Haddock worked out a series of perks, including Jump Point which was supposed to be a 4-8 page newsletter. Chris Roberts wanted a magazine look.

Pre-2018

Jump Point Issue 04-05 Cover image (Pre-2018)

David Ladyman with a hardcover Jump Point

The magazine usually consists of around 50-60 pages with up to 5 chapters. Nearly half of the pages are dedicated to a Work-In-Progress art showcase that focuses on the design process of a specific ship or location from concept to the (almost) final model. The other half contains a deeper look into certain parts of development via interviews and two in-lore articles giving background information on corporations, star systems or locations (later released e.g. as Galactic Guide Spectrum Dispatch). Each issue finishes with a multi-part short story contributed by an external or internal writer.

Post-2018

In 2018, five years after the initial release of the magazine, it went through a major redesign led by Will Turner (Marketing Art Director). It was first featured in the first issue in 2018. The content emphasizes more on the game and its development rather than lore fiction from before. The previous "Work in Progress" section changed to narration from Ben Lesnick (Ship Pipeline Manager) instead of raw developer conversations. The new redesign also changed some section names and includes several new sections, including the "Galactapedia".

Beginning with issue 06-06, David Ladyman retired as editor with Ben Lesnick as his replacement.

Ben Lesnick remained editor for four years until issue 10-07 with Martin Driver taking over as editor."From the Cockpit". Jump Point. Vol. 10 no. 7. pp.1. Retrieved 2024-05-03.

Printed Hardcover Jump Point Volumes

CIG sold to date (October 2018) three limited hard-cover book versions (Jump Point Volume 1, Volume 2 and Volume 3) containing issues released in the first, second and third year of the subscriber program.

No definitive statement was given by CIG whether a reprint of sold-out volumes is planned for the near future.

List of released Jump Point Issues

Issue #1 is available to all in this Commlink (direct download link here), but note that it is not representitive of the current layout and formatting of the magazine! For newer articles, see the Jump Point Rerun Commlinks.

2013: Year One

In year one 13 Issues were published, for a full list of articles in each issue see: Jump Point Year One

Issue	Title of Issue	Pages	Jump Point №
01-01	Mayan End of the World	24	1
01-02	Last Flight of the Seraphim	43	2
01-03	Flying Into a Hornets' Nest	39	3
01-04	The Vanduul Horde	52	4
01-05	Aurora First Light	45	5
01-06	Charting the Constellation	56	6
01-07	The Next Generation is Now	56	7
01-08	A Few Good Men	43	8
01-09	Hanging Out	79	9
01-10	Lawyers, Guns & Money	42	10
01-11	Born Free	55	11
01-12	Drawing the Cutlass	46	12
01-13	Avengers Assemble	53	13

2014: Year Two

For a full list of articles in each issue see: Jump Point Year Two

Issue	Title of Issue	Pages	Jump Point №
02-01	The Cutting Edge	48	14
02-02	Corvette Winter	81	15
02-03	The Birth of a Frigate	52	16
02-04	Heads Up	46	17
02-05	Racing to Get Done	49	18
02-06	The Next Great Jump Point	80	19
02-07	Horsepower	73	20
02-08	The Stars Align	80	21
02-09	The Empire's Sword	64	22
02-10	One Small Step	52	23
02-11	First Platform Station	64	24
02-12	We Solute You	60	25

2015: Year Three

For a full list of articles in each issue see: Jump Point Year Three

Issue	Title of Issue	Pages	Jump Point №
03-01	Riding Herd	66	26
03-02	The ArcCorptm Issue	75	27
03-03	Retaliation at Last	75	28
03-04	Leading the Way	56	29
03-05	The Hull Truth	69	30
03-06	Stand By Me	57	31
03-07	Creating Magic	53	32
03-08	The Producers	87	33
03-09	Opening Doors	76	34
03-10	Ein Praechtiges Unterfangen	64	35
03-11	Meeting Places	40	36
03-12	Refining the 'Verse	75	37

2016: Year Four

For a full list of articles in each issue see: Jump Point Year Four

Issue	Title of Issue	Pages	Jump Point №
04-01	Teamwork	57	38
04-02	Fly Galactically, Design Modularly	57	39
04-03	On The Leading Edge	75	40
04-04	Reaching the Stars	76	41
04-05	Crucial Operations	60	42
04-06	Persistant Progress	53	43
04-07	Bugging Out	62	44
04-08	Grim Realities	64	45
04-09	Outward Bound	63	46
04-10	Corvette and Convocation	63	47
04-11	Homemaking	59	48
04-12	Tevarin Topics	68	49

2017: Year Five

For a full list of articles in each issue see: Jump Point Year Five

Issue	Title of Issue	Pages	Jump Point №
05-01	The Razors Edge	60	50
05-02	Marine Arenas	64	51
05-03	Storm Season	57	52
05-04	The Sound and The Fury	79	53
05-05	The Spectral Eclipse	68	54
05-06	Environmental Sustainability	48	55
05-07	It Was a Dark and Stormy Nox	53	56
05-08	Moon Shadow	77	57
05-09	Adventures Accidental and Intentional	74	58
05-10	New Beginnings	54	59
05-11	Expanding the Boundaries	56	60
05-12	Soonish Is Now	58	61

2018: Year Six

For a full list of articles in each issue see: Jump Point Year Six

Issue	Title of Issue	Pages	Jump Point №
06-01	A Slice of Virtual Life	19	62
06-02	Levski's Traveling Asteroid Show	19	63
06-03	Fine Tuning	20	64
06-04	Scoring 100	20	65
06-05	Excelsior	18	66
06-06	Whats Mine is Yours	18	67
06-07	AI Think Therefore AI Am	19	68
06-08	Apollo and the Space Race	20	69
06-09	Graduating OCS	19	70
06-10	Power to the Pirates	20	71
06-11	The Alien Issue	16	72
06-12	Looking Back, Jumping Ahead	20	73

2019: Year Seven

For a full list of articles in each issue see: Jump Point Year Seven

Issue	Title of Issue	Pages	Jump Point №
07-01	Schedules Starships	19	74
07-02	Argo A Go-Go	20	75
07-03	Drake Plots a New Corsair	19	76
07-04	Taking Flight	17	77
07-05	Home on the Ranger	20	78
07-06	Origin Special Edition	18	79
07-07	We're Having a Balista	18	80
07-08	In League With the Nautilus	18	81
07-09	A Sky Full of Starters	17	82
07-10	OCS Boot Camp	12	82
07-11	Forming Attachments	16	83
07-12	Asymmetrical Warfare	18	84

Trivia

• The cover of Jump Point issue 02.01 is a nod to the cover of Wing Commander.

References

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