How to get the Subscriber Ship of the Month in Star Citizen

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While Star Citizen undoubtedly offers a plethora of content, the mainstay of the title is the ability to fly fully realized ships across the universe. Robert Space Industries capitalizes on this by offering a unique subscription program, offering subscribers a unique ship to fly every month the subscription is ongoing.

How to claim the ship, however, can be difficult to initially deduce. While the program offers a dozen functional ships a year, getting the ship into the hangar has a few players stymied.

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Subscriptions do not offer access to the game on their own, and are instead intended for players who already have access to the game via a pledge package. Star Citizen offers two different subscription tiers for players with game access.

The Centurion tier starts at $10 a month, offers the Ship of the Month, 20,000 REC (the currency for renting gear within Star Citizen), and a 10% one-time use coupon after 12 months of subscription. There are other perks, although less tangible: access to browse various art pieces from the Star Citizen universe, special forums, and exclusive merchandise offers.

The Imperator tier starts at $20 a month. This tier also offers access to the Ship of the Month, 40,000 REC, and a 20% one-time use coupon after 12 months of subscription. This tier, however, also offers subscribers an Imperator test flight, where pilots can fly newly readied ships for a week.

The Ship of the Month will change every month, and players will be able to purchase (or pledge, as the developer Cloud Imperium Games