StarCitizen:Intergalactic Aerospace Expo 2949

The Intergalactic Aerospace Expo 2949 was a 12 day ship exposition event held at StarCitizen:Bevic Convention Center in StarCitizen:Area 18 and the first IAE who appeared in-game event and was added with Star Citizen Alpha 3.7.0.Template:Fact The expo is an annual event that brings ships of all different manufacturers together to be displayed at several expo halls.<ref name="IAE page">Template:Cite RSI</ref>

Ship showdown

Intergalactic Aerospace Expo (IAE) succeeds the annual StarCitizen:Ship Showdown. During the showdown, backers were able vote on their favorite ship through a round-based bracket-system between September 13 and October 10, 2949.<ref>Template:Cite RSI</ref><ref>Template:Cite RSI</ref>

The winning ships of 2949 were as follows:


Placement	Ship Name	Ship Manufacturer	Special Edition Ship (RSI website)	Standalone Pledge Price (USD-RSI)<ref>Template:Cite RSI</ref>
1st	StarCitizen:Caterpillar	StarCitizen:Drake Interplanetary	Caterpillar Best In Show 2949	$295.00
2nd	StarCitizen:Reclaimer	StarCitizen:Aegis Dynamics	Reclaimer Best In Show 2949	$400.00
3rd	StarCitizen:Cutlass Black	StarCitizen:Drake Interplanetary	Cutlass Best In Show 2949	$100.00
4th	StarCitizen:Hammerhead	StarCitizen:Aegis Dynamics	Hammerhead Best In Show 2949	$725.00

It should be noted that Best In Show 2949 ships have a modified "factory" or "default" livery. Similar to other special edition ships, such as the StarCitizen:Constellation Phoenix Emerald.

Best In Show livery upgrades were awarded to backers who owned the corresponding ships through pledging. This upgrade was optional.<ref>Template:Cite RSI</ref> Alternatively, the Best In Show variants of the winning ships could be purchased through the pledge store.

All subsequent Ship Showdown liveries have been livery options in the form of ship paints that can be applied or removed in place of the "default" livery.

Stock limited sale schedule

IAE 2949 featured a sale of stock limited ships<ref>Template:Cite RSI</ref> on the Pledge Store on the RSI website. 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 were available in three waves:

WAVE 1: 9:00 am EST / 14:00 UTC

WAVE 2: 3:00 pm EST / 20:00 UTC

WAVE 3: 9:00 pm EST / 02:00 UTC

Showcase schedule

Date	Manufacturers	Vehicles
Day 1 / November 24	StarCitizen:Anvil Aerospace
Day 2 / November 25	StarCitizen:Roberts Space Industries
Day 3 / November 26	StarCitizen:Kruger Intergalactic, StarCitizen:Consolidated Outland, StarCitizen:Tumbril Land Systems
Day 4 / November 27	StarCitizen:Argo Astronautics, StarCitizen:Musashi Industrial and Starflight Concern, StarCitizen:Crusader Industries
Day 5 / November 28	StarCitizen:Aopoa, StarCitizen:Banu Souli, StarCitizen:Esperia
Day 6 / November 29	StarCitizen:Aegis Dynamics
Day 7 / November 30	StarCitizen:Drake Interplanetary
Day 8 / December 26	StarCitizen:Origin Jumpworks
Day 9-12 / December 27	Best in Show