Vulture
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| Vulture | |
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| Manufacturer | Drake Interplanetary (DRAK) |
| Role | Salvage |
| Size | Small |
| Crew | 1 |
| Cargo capacity | 12 SCU |
| Production state |
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| Loaner vehicle | Prospector, Buccaneer |
| Pledge | |
| Standalone | US$140 |
| Original | US$140 |
| Warbond | US$120 |
| Original | US$120 |
| Availability | Time-limited sales |
| Specifications | |
| Length | 33 m |
| Beam | 16 m |
| Height | 9 m |
| Combat speed | 165 m/s |
| Mass | 114,591 kg |
| Lore | |
| Introduction | 2938 CE |
| 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.[1]
Contents
Specifications
| Avionics | ||||
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| Component | Manufacturer | Model | Size (Max) | # per mount x total |
| TBD | S Radar | Small (Small) | 1 x 1 | |
| TBD | S Computer | Small (Small) | 1 x 1 | |
| Systems | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Component | Manufacturer | Model | Size (Max) | # per mount x total |
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TBD | Power Plant | Small (Small) | 1 x 1 |
| TBD | Cooler | Small (Small) | 1 x 2 | |
| TBD | Shield Generator | Small (Small) | 1 x 2 | |
| Propulsion | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Component | Manufacturer | Model | Size (Max) | # per mount x Total |
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TBD | S Fuel Intake | Small (Small) | 1 x 2 |
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S Fuel Tank | Small (Small) | 1 x 1 | |
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TBD | S Quantum Drive | Small (Small) | 1 x 1 |
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TBD | S Jump Module | Small (Small) | 1 x 1 |
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TBD | S Quantum Fuel Tank | Small (Small) | 1 x 1 |
| Thrusters | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Component | Manufacturer | Model | Type | # per mount x Total |
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Fixed Maneuvering Thruster | N/A | 1 x 24 | |
| Weaponry | ||||
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| Component | Manufacturer | Model | Size (Max) | # per mount x Total |
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TBD | Weapon TBD | 1 (1) | 1 x 2 |
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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.[1] The ship went on sale on 2018-06-14.[2]
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.[3]
Pre-release appearance
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.[4]
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,[5] while CI developers pointed out that the ship is inspired by the Dragonfly.[6] The rivalry escalated with redditors brigading on both subreddit to the point that even EVE developer CCP tweeted about it.[7][8]
Gallery
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1
YOU Pick the Next Drake Ship (Original RSI URL)
- ↑ Your Ship Your Sky. Retrieved 2020-04-03.
- ↑ Ben Lesnick. "Work in Progress: Drake Vulture". Jump Point. Vol. 6 no. 7. pp.15–34. Retrieved 2020-04-03.
- ↑ Alpha 3.9.1 in-game survey during Drake Defensecon
- ↑ Behold, the totally not a copy, Drake Vulture on EVE subreddit
- ↑ Star Citizen: Around the Verse - Vulture Views and Weapons 2 on Youtube
- ↑ EVE Online tweet on Vulture
- ↑ Eve Online and Star Citzen fans at war over £112 "copycat" spaceship
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