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Star Citizen The Age of Stellar Expansion - Tarsus Electronics
⏱ 12 min video · 2 min read14 Jun 2026Worth watching
TL;DR
This video presents the official Star Citizen lore behind Tarsus Electronics, tracing how two mechanics named Tara Dillione and Alfonsus Cabrino reverse-engineered RSI's jump drive in 2292 and created an affordable jump module that democratized interstellar travel. It is a narrative lore piece set in the Star Citizen universe, not a gameplay or patch update video.
Key points
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In 2271, Nick Croshaw first broke through the interspace barrier using a quantum drive, beginning humanity's age of stellar expansion.
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RSI commercialized jump drives (the QM Core 12) but kept them prohibitively expensive, limiting access to governments, corporations, and billionaires.
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Tara Dillione and Alfonsus Cabrino discovered in 2292 that RSI's jump drive was essentially a stabilized version of the dangerous 'NIC' mod applied to standard quantum drives.
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The pair spent 27 months designing the Tarsus module — a separate component that converts any sufficiently large ship's existing quantum drive into a jump drive at a fraction of RSI's cost.
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Tarsus Corporation, guided by lawyer-turned-CEO Selma Tontil, successfully defended patent rights against RSI, expanded into quantum drives, and later developed scanning and nav computer equipment popular with explorers.
Key takeaways
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The Tarsus module was named by combining the founders' first names (TAra + alfonSUS), reflecting its origin as a personal passion project.
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RSI attempted to sue Tarsus but failed; within 6 months RSI was forced to release their own competing jump module, showing how the invention reshaped the market.
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Tarsus later expanded beyond jump modules into quantum drives and exploration equipment (scanners, nav computers) after internal testing staff developed superior in-house tools.
Notable quotes
“The pieces had all been right there thanks to the hard work of so many others. Tara and I just happened to be the lucky ones who put it all together.”
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