M2 Hercules Starlifter

The Crusader M2 Hercules (nickname: "Mama Bird") is a military protean vehicle transport that supports strategic lift and landing operations (i.e. Sword of Hope). It is the UEE's premier tactical starlifter. The ship's potent combination of capacity, maneuverability, and durability make it the obvious choice in large-scale transport, and a robust weapons package assures your cargo, and crew, gets to where they’re going in one piece.

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Variants

 * C2 Hercules: The C2 Hercules is the civilian transport variant of the Hercules.
 * A2 Hercules: The A2 Hercules is the military gunship/bomber variant of the Hercules.

Development
The Hercules was introduced in 2018-05-03 in the Around the Verse episode. The ship concept is designed by Michael Oberschneider (Senior Concept Artist) in Foundry 42 UK with contributions from Sarah McCulloch (Concept Artist), Paul Jones (Art Director), Corentin Billemont (Systems Designer), John Crewe (Lead Technical Designer).

Trivia

 * The term Starlifter was originally referred to Genesis Starlifter, a variant of the Genesis Starliner. According to the 2018-05-04 episode of Reverse the Verse, the Genesis Starlifter has been superseded by the Hercules Starlifter.


 * Hercules is the first ship in the Star Citizen universe designed to transport tanks (such as the Nova).


 * In the real world, the, the or the  fill a similar role.

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