So 1 month in, not quite 10 pages later, but here to make another update.Īs we’ve mentioned in various AtV and RtV segments over the past few months, we made large strides towards improving our process and speed at working on building our current stable of ships out. so that even from far away, a seasoned pilot can tell if the ship is Drake, RSI, Anvil, Aegis, alien etc before being able to determine what model it is. One thing I really want CIG to do is to make the ship manufacturers have a consistent design. It has the body of the herald (minus the wings) and the cutlass wings. strap a standard body/chassis to engines with almost no thought to aesthetics). though I'd have no problem with Drake using the Herald design philosophy (i.e. Having cutlass-style engines on a single seat fighter would just scream badass. I highlighted in bold exactly what I was expecting. but the Buccaneer should focus more on paralyzing / disrupting (to capture a ship) - with Joker Weapons (or something specific to a Buccaneer).Įxactly. At the same time it can be a nimble fighter but it shouldn't compete directly with a Gladius (otherwise the UEN would buy Buccaneer's instead of Gladius) - but rather = not be as lethal. The concept needed (and as described by CIG) is a light fighter with no interior. It is like saying a SUV or Van should be able to be a Forumla 1 racer in a race. I think it is silly for people to assume that the Cutlass (armed freighter) should be able to take on a dedicated fighter. From there, we’ll look over all of the images posted, as well as anything we may find along the way towards concept to help inspire and drive the look and feel of this ship. There’s no cut-off on this yet since we’re just starting into the design on the ship, so toss out whatever you think works. We’ll be keeping an eye on the thread to help get a feel for the style this ship will be taking. Extreme reliability, exceptional ease of maintenance.įor the next few weeks, pour whatever images come to mind or inspire you when thinking of this ship.Pairs well with the Cutlass or Caterpillar as an escort fighter.Fast and Maneuverable, under a pure racer in speed, but handles well at high speed.Now, since it can be hard to get inspired on just a name, here are the details we can share right now: Please keep this in mind when contributing to the thread. We’ll definitely want to hear all of your feedback on the Buccaneer when we reveal all the details, but for now, we’re just pulling together reference images. We have a good idea on how we want it to handle and perform, and we’re keeping the loadout details as a surprise until the full concept treatment has been completed, but we want to involve you, the community, in pulling together some reference images for visual inspiration for the ship.Īdditionally, since this ship is still in the very early stages of the design, we’re going to keep new thread creation locked in this subforum until we’re closer to an actual concept release. A few weeks ago on Around the Verse, we mentioned an upcoming Drake Interplanetary ship, and while the name has jumped around between a few choices, we’re happy to say we’re moving into the initial planning stages for the new Drake Buccaneer.
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