Jumptown? What’s in Star Citizen?
In 2019, the community of Star Citizen discovered the existence of a drug synthesis laboratory, whose location on the surface of Yela was very difficult, for good reason. This illicit lab, nicknamed Jumptown Immediately aroused the lucrative hopes of a whole unexpected crowd of gamers attracted by this dark gameplay considered to be risky and its unexpected success astonished many within the CIG development team.
What was bound to happen, whole groups of greedy outlaws, and unscrupulous organizations rushed to the still-masked site on the surface of this frozen moon, to acquire and sell this new illicit treasure, at all costs. , while at the same times, more legal groups opted to lock down the station in an attempt to prevent further criminal activity.
Imagine, therefore, the perpetual standoff between factions distant and local heroes for permanent control of the contentious outpost!
Alpha 3.16 released
Among its few novelties, the new patch introduces a newnew dynamic event inspired by the original Jumptown wars and categorized version 2.0.
CIG challenges you to measure the risk / benefit balance and envision the reward in this new kind of priority contract like never before. You will struggle in an experience that has become familiar to the oldest aficionados of the game, but entirely new in the terms of the contracts that will be offered to you.
What’s new in the Jumptown 2.0 program?
The Jumptown drug lab has experienced many conflicts of interest there in the past. So true, in fact, that the “tauliers” decided to considerably strengthen the outpost. With new defense strategies, hiding places and even access to the roofs of the building, which many different ways to infiltrate the premises and hope to seize, even inflate his premium.
The SCU containers, bulky and very visible, not being ideal for disposing of smuggled fruit discreetly and quickly, the laboratory’s packaging method has been standardized in much smaller packages facilitating handling and transport. So equip yourself with Multi-Tools with tractor beam. Not having it could cost you dearly in terms of performance and lives on site …
Clandestine labs, multiple points of contention
The experience of the Stanton smugglers is limitless, they have initiated a systematic rotation, in order to avoid as many confrontations as possible during their automated drug production operations. Jumptown is just one of 3 known facilities, so keep an eye on your mission manager for the locations that will be offered to you.
You will have to deal with priority contracts (present and future) which will be geolocated:
- At Jumptown on Yela (moon of Crusader)
- AT Paradise Cove on Lyria (moon of ArcCorp )
- AT Raven’s Roost on Calliope (moon of microTech)
You will find the visual descriptions of the 3 clandestine laboratories below, in the same order as described in the previous chapter.
In summary, what remains for you to do?
- Accept the mission priority, either “legal” (general tab), or “illegal” (personal tab), as desired. It’s up to you to decide which side of the law you are on …
- You will receive lab contact details and information on the appropriate resale location.
- Once you get to the lab, your objective will be to find the drug dispenser inside one of the many rooms in the building. The production rate of contraband packages is punctuated by one package every 30 seconds, which package must be removed to restart a new 30-second timer.
- It’s up to you to manage the exit of the packages to your cargo vessel as well as possible, especially since you could be put in competition with other amateurs in a hurry and strongly motivated to take away your profit forecast ….
Calendar of events during the holidays late 2021 / early 2022
Note: as a bonus, the event Ninetails Lockdown will also work during the period!
