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The '''Vehicle Pipeline''' (also known as '''Ship Pipeline''') is the process employed by [[StarCitizen:Cloud Imperium Games]] to create and update [[StarCitizen:List of pledge vehicles|vehicles]]. The main stages of the Vehicle Pipeline are design, concept phase, whitebox, greybox, final phase and flight preparation, although the last part is sometimes further subdivided. The details of this process have been discussed in an ''[[StarCitizen:Around The Verse]]'' development video in 2017.<ref>{{Cite RSI|url=comm-link/transmission/15703-Around-The-Verse|text=Around the Verse - Ship Pipeline Pt. 1 - Concept to Greybox|trx =around-the-verse-ship-pipeline-pt-1-concept-to-greybox}}</ref> It is a continuous revolving process.<ref name="isc20210819">[https://youtu.be/sIjABTCQYiA?t=370 Inside Star Citizen: Physician Admission | Summer 2021]</ref>

[[File:Ship Pipeline - Full.png|thumb|center|1000px|Vehicle Pipeline in 2017]]

== Stages ==
Vehicles work through the vehicle pipeline process from concept to flight ready.

=== Flight ready ===
The vehicle can fly with full operations including physics, interactions, systems, fuel, cargo, and more.<ref name="support360003093114">{{Cite RSI|url=https://support.robertsspaceindustries.com/hc/en-us/articles/360003093114-Loaner-Ship-Matrix|accessdate=2023-06-19}}</ref>

{{List of vehicles by production state|Flight ready}}

==== Gold standard ====
Gold standard pass means to rework the vehicle to a level of completion that includes all possible and relevant vehicle features thus far implemented. For example:<ref name="isc20210819"/>
* Cockpit button placements and animations
* Updated metrics passes on characters and items
* Physicalized and accessible vehicle components
* Lighting passes
* Material passes

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ List of gold standard vehicles
! Name !! Manufacturer !! Status !! Patch
|-
| [[StarCitizen:Gladius]] || [[StarCitizen:Aegis Dynamics]] || Implemented || [[Update:Star Citizen Alpha 3.13.0|Alpha 3.13.0]]
|-
| [[StarCitizen:Sabre]] || [[StarCitizen:Aegis Dynamics]] || Implemented ||[[Update:Star Citizen Alpha 3.14.0|Alpha 3.14.0]]
|-
| [[StarCitizen:Retaliator]] || [[StarCitizen:Aegis Dynamics]] || In production || N/A
|-
|[[StarCitizen:A2 Hercules Starlifter]]
|[[StarCitizen:Crusader Industries]]
|Implemented
|[[Update:Star Citizen Alpha 3.15.0|Alpha 3.15.0]]
|-
|[[StarCitizen:Ares Inferno]]
|[[StarCitizen:Crusader Industries]]
|Implemented
|[[Update:Star Citizen Alpha 3.15.1|Alpha 3.15.1]]
|-
|[[StarCitizen:Ares Ion]]
|[[StarCitizen:Crusader Industries]]
|Implemented
|[[Update:Star Citizen Alpha 3.15.1|Alpha 3.15.1]]
|-
|[[StarCitizen:C2 Hercules Starlifter]]
|[[StarCitizen:Crusader Industries]]
|Implemented
|[[Update:Star Citizen Alpha 3.13.1|Alpha 3.13.1]]
|-
|[[StarCitizen:M2 Hercules Starlifter]]
|[[StarCitizen:Crusader Industries]]
|Implemented
|[[Update:Star Citizen Alpha 3.13.1|Alpha 3.13.1]]
|-
|[[StarCitizen:Cutlass Black|Cutlass]]
|[[StarCitizen:Drake Interplanetary]]
|In production
|N/A
|-
| [[StarCitizen:600i]] || [[StarCitizen:Origin Jumpworks]] || In production || N/A
|-
| [[StarCitizen:PTV]] || [[StarCitizen:Greycat Industrial]] || In production || N/A
|-
| [[StarCitizen:Sabre Raven]] || [[StarCitizen:Aegis Dynamics]] || Implemented || [[Update:Star Citizen Alpha 3.23.1|Alpha 3.23.1]]
|-
| [[StarCitizen::Category:Aurora (2944) series|Aurora Mk I]] || [[StarCitizen:Roberts Space Industries]] || Implemented || [[Update:Star Citizen Alpha 4.6.0|Alpha 4.6.0]]
|-
| [[StarCitizen:Hammerhead]] || [[StarCitizen:Aegis Dynamics]] || In production || N/A
|}

=== Hangar ready ===
The vehicle loads for display and interactions.<ref name="support360003093114"/>

{{List of vehicles by production state|Hangar ready}}

=== Active production ===
Development, designers, and QA work from start to finish on the vehicle.<ref name="support360003093114"/>

{{List of vehicles by production state|Active production}}

=== Long term production ===
Development work is planned and added to the [[StarCitizen:Roadmap]].<ref name="support360003093114"/>

{{List of vehicles by production state|Long term production}}

=== In concept ===
Artists and designers determine the concept look, 3D renders, and functional design for a vehicle.<ref name="support360003093114"/>

{{List of vehicles by production state|In concept}}

== See also ==
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SvsnVXQHyno Ship Pipeline Part 1 - Concept to Greybox]
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dgCiEmK7RGU Ship Pipeline Part 2 - (Greybox to Flight Ready)]

== References ==
<references/>

[[Category:Development]]
[[Category:Pipelines]]

{{short description|Vehicle development process employed by CIG}}

StarCitizen:Vehicle Pipeline - Revision history

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