Which reminds me, CIG has that 'engineering manual for modders' that they sell. There's no way they're going to let you do all those other things ("create your own ship, modify a game mechanic or build your own planet") without being able to modify the existing textures.
you will be able to mod your own server which won't connect to CIG's
if you create something that lags your private server, that's won't be CIG's problem
people still haven't twigged to the fact that
Star Citizen's 'game engine' is so much more - it's the next
Pixar
a massive digital content creation platform that will allow anyone to create their own universe and tell stories in it
Chris Roberts' genius is evident in the way he got us to buy into funding it for him