Star Citizen Fleet Viewer & Tools

What is a CCU in Star Citizen?

A Cross-Chassis Upgrade (CCU) lets you upgrade from one ship to another by paying only the price difference between them. Instead of buying your target ship at full retail, you buy a cheap starter package and CCU your way up -- paying smaller incremental amounts at each step rather than the full price.

CCUs can be purchased in advance and held in your hangar indefinitely. This means you can lock in a low price during a sale today and apply the upgrade weeks or months later -- the savings are permanent. The catch: chains are fiddly to plan by hand. That's the problem CCU Game solves.

Manage your hangar with CCU Game

CCU Game is more than a calculator -- it's an asset manager for your whole RSI account. Import your hangar and it shows every ship, package, CCU, and buyback you own in one view, with current values, so you plan upgrades around what you already have instead of guessing.

• See your fleet at a glance -- every pledge, its melt value, and any unapplied CCUs sitting in your hangar.
• Track your buybacks -- ships and CCUs you've melted stay in the picture, so a chain can route through something you can buy back cheaply.
• Plan with what you own -- the chain planner factors in CCUs you already hold, so you never re-buy a step you have.

CCU chain example: a real chain in CCU Game

This is an actual chain built in CCU Game -- from a Gladius all the way to a Corsair ($250 retail) for a total pledge cost of $65, with only $50 needed to finish it today.

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The header card -- your target ship (Corsair), the chain's total pledge cost against retail ($65 / $250), and the insurance the chain carries (the orange 120 = 120 months).

2

From / To -- each upgrade step in order. You apply them top to bottom: Gladius, Freelancer, Talon, Nova, RAFT, and so on up to the Corsair.

3

Origin -- where each step comes from: store (buy now at current price), buyback (re-purchase a CCU you melted), or hangar (you already own it -- costs nothing new).

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Item MSRP vs Item Pledge -- a step's full price vs what it actually costs you. The standout row: a $70 Nova-to-RAFT CCU picked up for $5 in a past sale (93% off). Old sale CCUs are where chains win.

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Ship Melt / Ship MSRP -- the running melt value and retail value of your ship as the chain climbs, so you always know what you're holding.

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The bottom line -- money required to finish the chain: $50 total, split into $30 of store credit and just $20 of new money.

Your chain will differ -- prices, sales, and your own hangar all change the math. CCU Game recalculates the optimal path from live data.

How to Chain CCUs with the CCU Calculator