What should Cloud Imperium Games do on their 10th Anniversary of the Kickstarter? Release the frikking Squadron 42 Episode One game!
Anyone who frequents the forums at RSI knows my view... The Roadmap is full of hints suggesting that Squadron 42 Episode One is feature complete and they have been in the bug fixing, internal testing phase since last December at least. I hope, and it is a hope, that they plan some form of Squadron 42 release on the 10th Anniversary of the kickstarter campaign.
Let's consider:
Sandi Roberts has never agreed to a community interview before now, and who does she interview with after all these years - the former SC Leaks guy. Not BoredGamer, not SpaceTomato, nor SuperMacBros or Morphologis, not Montoya. Not even BatGirl who is putting her and her daughter up for a while. Why? It isn't necessary for funding, it isn't necessary for social media presence which had ballooned recently. Is this bridge building? what for?
There are no upstream teams working on any Squadron 42 deliverable according to the Progress Tracker. 40+ teams working on 'bug fixing and tech debt'.
There have been no new deliverables added for Squadron 42 Episode One (there are those labelled Squadron 42 and Star Citizen) since 2021.
Chris Roberts said in Q3 last year he was moving to the UK to 'Finish out Squadron 42' - Chris is a millionaire with a mansion in LA, yet Sandi admits she is staying with her daughter in the USA to continue to assists/monitor her daughters acting profession in a house with with a former Youtuber of Star Citizen - and her youngest daughter is staying in LA.
Jared Huckaby announced last year he is moving to the UK on a 5 year work visa, even though he has previously stated that the only food he would eat in the UK is the food he brought in his bag form the USA. He's 'very close' to the guys in the LA office and his parents.
These are not speculation, or theory-crafting, these are facts you can go and verify for yourselves. The conclusions you draw are up to you.