The trailer gives us our first glimpses of the story mode in the game, called Squadron 42. Its here we'll see some co-op game play first take place. That said some of the upcoming modes of play will support player assistance on missions, where your friends can take the role of what would normally be NPCs. 

The latest update adds a few modes of gameplay as well as a system that lets users group up together with friends to play them. The first mode added is a race mode on a new map called New Horizon. Players race each other to be the fastest ship to the finish. With this mode comes two new racing ships, the M50 and the 350R.

Perhaps most importantly for co-op gamers was the news of four player co-op ships coming to the game in Arena Commander 2.0. Arena Commander is Star Citizen's online dog fighting module that features both team vs team and co-op bot matches. Once 1.0 hits in October, Chris and the team hope to implement the ability for multiple players to fly a ship together - for instance one player would man the lower guns, another the upper, while others would pilot and manage crucial systems. 

I myself contributed to this campaign, like I have many other gaming Kickstarters. I have to say that Roberts and team have been doing this right - with a weekly update email to let you know what's going on with the game. Even better was the release of the "Hangar" module - actual code for the game that will continue to update as development continues. While it's simple right now, basically you can walk around your ship and get a feel for the engine, it'll grow over the next few months to contain actual gameplay.