Invictus Launch Week 2952

Template:Infobox temp The 2952 edition of the Invictus Launch Week is held at Vision Center, Orison, Crusader from May 20 until 31, 2952.

Invictus Launch Week is a yearly recurring event organized by the United Empire of Earth Navy (UEEN) which marks the beginning of the new recruitment year. It is an official holiday in the UEE.^[1]

Event activities

During the event there is:

A Free-Fly event allowing users without a Game package to play the game for free.^[2]
Show floors that display aerospace and defense manufacturers' work designed for the military.^[2]
Watch UEE Naval fleet flyby's through the Stanton system.^[2]
Take a tour of an in-service Javelin destroyer.^[2]
Daily screenshot contests running on spectrum.^[3]
A racing contest where players must use a Pisces to race through the Orison platforms.^[4]

Stock limited sale schedule

The event also featured sales of stock limited ships on the Pledge Store. These ships are considered 'exclusive' and are therefore only sold in limited quantities over a small period of time. Each stock-limited ship is limited to 1 per account and will be available in three waves:^[5]

Click the individual time slots for a conversion to your own time zone.

ILW Day 3 - May 22: Idris-P, Javelin
- 1600 UTC - 0000 UTC - 0800 UTC
ILW Day 5 - May 24: Constellation Phoenix
- 1600 UTC - 0000 UTC - 0800 UTC
ILW Day 9 - May 28: Kraken, Kraken Privateer
- 1600 UTC - 0000 UTC - 0800 UTC

Showcase schedule

Showcases are available at Tobin Expo Center, where they rotate different ship brands each several days. All of the ships on display on these days are also available to rent for free for 48 hours.^[2]

May 20/21 (Day 1/2)	Manufacturers: Anvil Aerospace	Ships: Arrow, Ballista, C8X Pisces, Carrack, F7C Hornet, F7C Hornet Wildfire, F7C-M Super Hornet, F7C-R Hornet Tracker, F7C-S Hornet Ghost, Gladiator, Hawk, Hurricane, Spartan, Terrapin, Valkyrie
May 22/23 (Day 3/4)	Manufacturers: Aegis Dynamics	Ships: Avenger Stalker, Avenger Titan, Avenger Titan Renegade, Avenger Warlock, Eclipse, Gladius, Gladius Valiant, Hammerhead, Redeemer, Retaliator Bomber, Sabre, Sabre Comet, Vanguard Harbinger, Vanguard Hoplite, Vanguard Sentinel, Vanguard Warden
May 24/25 (Day 5/6)	Manufacturers: Roberts Space Industries, Origin Jumpworks, Consolidated Outland, Argo Astronautics	Ships: Aurora LN, Constellation Andromeda, Constellation Aquila, Constellation Phoenix, Constellation Taurus, Mantis, Scorpius, Ursa, 125a, 325a, Mustang Delta, MPUV 1C, MPUV 1P
May 26/27 (Day 7/8)	Manufacturers: Crusader Industries, Tumbril, MISC	Ships: Ares Ion, Ares Inferno, Mercury, A2 Hercules, C2 Hercules, M2 Hercules, Nova, Cyclone MT, Cyclone AA, Cyclone RN, Cyclone TR, Freelancer MIS, Razor EX, Reliant Tana, Starfarer Gemini
May 28/29 (Day 9/10)	Manufacturers: Drake Interplanetary (part of Drake DefenseCon)	Ships: Buccaneer, Caterpillar, Cutlass Black, Cutlass Blue, Cutlass Red, Cutlass Steel, Dragonfly Black, Herald, Mule
May 30/31 (Day 11/12)	(Finale)	Ships: As Invictus Launch Week comes to a close, all vehicles from the previous days are available to rent for free.

Commemorative items

At the event, you were able to purchase manufacturer-specific clothing, as well as several Invictus branded items, and paints:^[6]

Reception

Patch Star Citizen Alpha 3.17.1 was published to the LIVE branch the day before the event was starting, on May 19. The event then started on the 20th with a few problems, such as not being able to login, or getting long login queues before being able to play, character reset queues or ships duplicating. CIG developers were quick to respond, but a "degraded performance" warning was still active on the status page. ^[7]