Evidently, the number of things being added to Star Citizen's next alpha build is enough that it requires a whole new label. That's right, don't call it alpha 4.11; call it alpha 5.0 instead. Which is totally indicative of what's going into it and surely not a smoke screen for its possible delayed release. Cynicism aside, the [...]
They were. The Kickstarter ran entirely on selling ship packages. Basically the different tiers were just “… and what ship would you like with your copy of the game.”