16K Error | You Can't Log In To Star Citizen?

Error 16008 trying to log in to Star Citizen?
Here's what you need to know when you can't get to the main menu.

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Just the Tips (and tricks) quickly for when you are stuck in the SC Persistent Universe or PTU.

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Gameplay captured at high graphics setting, at 2560x1080 on an LG Ultrawide 21:9 monitor

GPU: MSI GeForce GTX 1070 Ti DirectX 12 8GB 256-Bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support ATX Video Card

CPU: Intel Core i7-8700K Coffee Lake 6-Core 3.7 GHz (running 4.4 GHz Over-Clocked) LGA 1151 (300 Series) 95W Desktop Processor Intel UHD Graphics 630

CPU COOLER: Arctic Freezer 7 Pro Rev. 2, CPU Cooler - Intel & AMD, Multi-Directional Mount, 92mm PWM Fan

THERMAL PASTE: Arctic Cooling MX-2 8g Thermal Compound for All Coolers

MOBO: MSI Z370 SLI PLUS LGA 1151 (300 Series) Intel Z370 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.1 ATX Intel Motherboard

RAM: G.SKILL Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) 288-Pin DDR4 SDRAM DDR4 3600 (PC4 28800) Desktop Memory

GAME DRIVE: SAMSUNG 970 PRO M.2 2280 512GB PCIe Gen3. X4, NVMe 1.3 64L V-NAND 2-bit MLC Internal Solid State Drive

(with PCI-e 3.0 adapter running at x4 in a CPU lane)

Gameplay and desktop footage captured using GeForce Experience

Video created with Davinci Resolve 17

Microphone used to record is a Blue Yeti

Audio cleaned using Audacity for free