Star Citizen Alpha Patch 4.9 LIVE Alpha Patch 4.9 has now been released onto the LIVE Environment! Launcher should now show: VERSION 4.9.0-LIVE.1825000. Important Build Info Long Term Persistence: Preserved Starting aUEC: 20,000 This Spectrum post is an abridged version of the notes. For the full in-depth details, please visit the main notes at the link below! Star Citizen Alpha 4.9 LIVE Release Notes Features and Gameplay Gameplay ► New Missions: Supporting Recco Battaglia Contracts ► Ordnance Cargo Holder ► Freight Elevator Kiosk Updates ► General Ship Combat Mission Updates ► Mining laser power increase Ships & Vehicles ► Vehicle Combat Hit Markers ► Vehicle Weapon Rebalance ► Scanning Updates (Experimental) Characters & AI ► New Player Hairstyles ► Juvenile and Adult Valakkar Behavior Updates Weapons & Items ► New FPS Weapon: Behring "CQ7" Bullpup Rifle ► New FPS Clothing: Bellator Combat Suit Core Tech & Audio ► Flyby Audio Updates ► Virtual Reality Updates (Experimental) ► Abandoned Vehicle Cleanup Updates Bug Fixes and Technical Updates Star Citizen Alpha 4.9 contains over 166 bug and crash fixes since 4.8 went live. 73 of which originated from the issue council. Client Crash Fixes: 17 fixes Server Crash Fixes: 4 fixes Fixed multiple Main-Thread Deadlocks