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May 10th 2013
Greetings Citizens,
As promised, we’re sharing the universe background articles printed in previous issues of Jump Point. Today’s post about the captured Vanduul warship appeared last month, in issue four. Subscribers get early access to these stories, plus exclusive behind the scenes articles and new stories from the Star Citizen universe each! Anyone interested in subscribing can do so here.Onboard décor is unexpectedly varied. A major portion of the ship’s interior surface is exposed armor: Vanduul metals tend to have a tan hue, a result of iron impurities apparently present on their manufacturing worlds. Specific rooms, however, are painted with elaborate designs or artificial environments. One, colored with murals of pink-blossomed trees, appears to be a Vanduul recreational room, complete with gym equipment and a swimming area.
Analysis of personal effects does confirm the importance of the knife to Vanduul culture. A large portion of the crew died grasping their elaborate yet functional knives. Metallurgical study suggests that all knives have a common point of origin, but that they have widely disparate manufacturers. There is some suggestion that individual Vanduuls construct their own knives (handedness musculature in autopsies match irregularities in knife construction in every instance). Knife imagery also appears throughout their media, with printed images of knives being common on the walls of personal quarters. One compartment, termed the “chapel,” feature elaborate stained glass images of knives (imagery which seemed to match the specific knife found in the quarters of the captain or chieftain).