Vulture

For other uses, see Vulture (disambiguation).

Vulture
Manufacturer	Drake Interplanetary (DRAK)
Role	Salvage
Size	Small
Crew	1
Cargo capacity	12 SCU
Production state	In Concept
Loaner vehicle	Prospector, Buccaneer
Pledge
Standalone	US$140
Original	US$140
Availability	Time limited sales
Specifications
Length	33 m
Beam	16 m
Combat speed	165 m/s
Mass	114,591 kg
Lore
Introduction	2938 CE (2938)
Developed from	Vertical Landing Test 3

The Drake Vulture is an upcoming one-man salvage starter ship with plenty of on-board storage to help with salvage operations. It is designed for single-pilot salvage operations in dangerous or distant locations It is small enough to sneak into hostile areas unnoticed to recover fresh salvage.

Specifications

Avionics
Component	Manufacturer	Model	Size (Max)	# per mount x total
Radars	TBD	S Radar	Small (Small)	1 x 1
Computers	TBD	S Computer	Small (Small)	1 x 1

Systems
Component	Manufacturer	Model	Size (Max)	# per mount x total
Power Plants	TBD	Power Plant	Small (Small)	1 x 1
Coolers	TBD	Cooler	Small (Small)	1 x 2
Shield Generators	TBD	Shield Generator	Small (Small)	1 x 2

Propulsion
Component	Manufacturer	Model	Size (Max)	# per mount x Total
Fuel Intakes	TBD	S Fuel Intake	Small (Small)	1 x 2
Fuel Tanks		S Fuel Tank	Small (Small)	1 x 1
Quantum Drives	TBD	S Quantum Drive	Small (Small)	1 x 1
Jump Modules	TBD	S Jump Module	Small (Small)	1 x 1
Quantum Fuel Tanks	TBD	S Quantum Fuel Tank	Small (Small)	1 x 1

Thrusters
Component	Manufacturer	Model	Type	# per mount x Total
Maneuvering Thrusters		Fixed Maneuvering Thruster	N/A	1 x 24

Weaponry
Component	Manufacturer	Model	Size (Max)	# per mount x Total
Weapons	TBD	Weapon TBD	1 (1)	1 x 2
Utility Items		Tractor Beam	1 (1)	1 x 1
		Scraper Beam	1 (1)	1 x 1

Development

The Vulture was first introduced on 2017-12-01 in the vote "YOU Pick the Next Drake Ship". It was voted to be the next Drake ship by backers with 44% of 37696 voters. The ship went on sale on 2018-06-14.

John Crewe (Lead Designer), Toby Lewin (Ship Designer), Alex Akstinas (Ship Designer), and Paul Jones (Art Director) are the key contributors of the design of the ship.

Pre-release appearance

Hologram on display at 2950 Drake Defensecon

During the 2950 Drake Defensecon, the ship was on display at the Riker Memorial Spaceport in Area18. It was represented by a downscaled holographic display of the model.

Trivia

• Vulture's design share a lot of similarities with the ship Venture in EVE Online. On 2018-06-14, shortly after the design of the Vulture is revealed, players and fans of EVE Online pointed out the similarity between the two ships and accused CI of copying the design on EVE's subreddit, while CI developers pointed out that the ship is inspired by the Dragonfly. The rivalry escalated with redditors brigading on both subreddit to the point that even EVE developer CCP tweeted about it.

Gallery

For a full gallery, see Category:Vulture Images.

• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 

• 
• 
• 

See also

• Ship Shape: Drake Vulture( transcript by Relay)
• Q&A: Drake Vulture