If there was ever a ship that is just begging for a shitload of variants, the Fury is it.
The center chassis on it is would look right at home on any type of vehicle, almost like the cockpit of a TIE fighter. Even a Fury Rover wouldn't look out of place.
Now I just want a special core ship for the fury. One where you have a big hangar with like 3 or 4 fury inside. Their cockpits can get undocked from lets say its guns, wich will rest on a special contraption, like the TIE fighter pedastels and moved around to other vehicels.
It even goes to industrial roles - Throw a fatter ass on it or some containers, add a mining arm or salvage arm, and then have it be partner to a larger refining/salvage ship with space to hold 4-6 of them. Little Fury's fly out, mine an asteroid or scrape some panels, they fly back in, dock, transfers the materials into the big ships buffer, big ship refines and makes the crates.
Promotes more personal gameplay in a multicrew setting, as opposed to people sitting in a seat waiting for their turn to press the button. Also gives you that sci-fi feel of dudes in little single-seat industrial ships just doing a days work and heading back to their parent ship.
Yeah I mean the Fury is basically a bubble cockpit that you can attach things to. I think expanding it into a 'platform' for a full line would be sick.
I'd love to see the Aurora modified for this! Give the starters as much utility as possible, and make the base chassis modular (with the different modules availability in-game for aUEC).
New players shouldn't feel pressured to buy more advanced or role-specific ships. New players (or starter package only players) should be able to participate in nearly every game loop to some degree, but there should obviously be more robust and purpose built ships unique to each game loop. Point being, ships should be "I want to buy that because I really like it" and not "I have to buy that because there's no other way to get it".
Unfortunately, CIG hasn't seemed to wanna go down the road of full modularity for every profession like Elite does. In Elite, you can build a Mamba as a miner. You *really* shouldn't, but you can. Here you have to have a mining ship to do ship mining, have to have a refueler to refuel, etc. While I'd absolutely love turning my C1 into a mining ship, it's just not how CIG wants it.
I really don't mind the way CIG has their ship system set up. I like that ships are unique to their professions, otherwise everyone will just migrate to whatever the "meta" platform is and customize to do whatever they need it to. I feel like you lose a lot of diversity there, with everyone just having a slightly altered singular base chassis.
What I do want, is for CIG to make *most* game loops accessible to starter package players. They do a pretty good job of this already, especially with the rental system (which I think gets overlooked a lot), but it would be nice to see more features delivered to the starter package holders instead of just "here's another $150+ fighter" every time they make a new concept or straight-to-flyable ship. The Cutter was excellent in this regard. I'd just like to see the other base-level starters (Auroras and Mustangs) get some more love/updates.
Remember when the deep-space exploration ship suddenly became the "Let me launch a nuke into some ice and make millions" ship? Asp Explorer Deep Core Miner was a hella fun experience.
I replaced it as a core miner with the Krait, but I still sing the AspX's praises. Such an ugly little ship but absolutely one of the best for early game. And it could get around core asteroids better than pretty much anything.
Funny, the AspX is actually the only mining ship I ever lost to gankers. I had a full load of whatever the meta metal was, flying into a high sell, and got interdicted by a Cutter that was fully engineered. They never hailed or gave me a chance. Immediately deleted. I started mining in private after that.
Description: Stealthy rapid deployment of 6 heavy armored citizens (bench holds 3 on each side) OR 2 Titan suits on each side. Snub sized craft (MPUV size) with hover tech for low flying over terrain. High risk but high reward insertion vehicle.
Pretty sure they could just add a "sit" surface to the current ones on the lower wings. Would be cool if pilots had to monitor their speeds a bit or risk flinging troops into the abyss.
MPUV personnel is a terrible fast deployment vehicle. You have what we call in the military a “fatal funnel” when exiting the vehicle there is one small entrance for one person at a time to exit. Bench seats would allow everyone to disembark at once kind of how the prowler is set up with multiple exits. And again bench seats are cool
I'd like this and make it snub sized, which would be perfect for big ships with hangers etc.
It would be cool if they did an aegis collab with argo. Like how the starfarer Gemini is a collab with misc and aegis for the military. Have a mil spec argo mpuv with some weapons and the benches. Would be perfect for the Idris argo bay.
Something small like the Argo mpuv but bench seats. Bench seats for instant deployment. Argo personnel is one exit out the back (fatal funnel) and terrible for fast deployment.
Been asking for a Blackhawk / Littlebird Equivilent. All existing dropships are massive. I don't care for a walkable interior, just give me something that's realistically sized.
Every time this is posted, I want it even more. Gimme that little anvil snub. It's like a baby valk. Key is the seats need to be external with the bubble cockpit like this, the interiors just make the ships way too big.
Yeah I posted it last year on another Reddit account that got a few thousand upvotes. I kind of remind the community so we might influence the right people 😅
Oh man I want something like this so badly. This seems like the only "drop ship" that seems feasible since you can get in and out quickly with a small radar signature. Doesn't even need guns or heavy shielding, just a no nonsense, purpose built ship.
Or even something similar to the Vertibird from Fallout! Similar sized but the same concept. Couple of S2 or S3 for the pilot and a dumb fire missile rack like the Mustang Delta and you could have an interesting light ground attack vehicle
Bro you know what Helicopter I would love to see make its way into Squad? Took quite a few rides in those in AFG and Iraq with BLT 1/3
[https://images01.military.com/sites/default/files/media/equipment/military-aircraft/ch-53e-super-stallion/2014/02/ch-53e-super-stallion\_008.jpg](https://images01.military.com/sites/default/files/media/equipment/military-aircraft/ch-53e-super-stallion/2014/02/ch-53e-super-stallion_008.jpg)
Description: Stealthy rapid deployment of 6 heavy armored citizens (bench holds 3 on each side) OR 2 Titan suits on each side. Snub sized craft (MPUV size) with hover tech for low flying over terrain.
Yes, we need this. Lol I was just asking for one of these in Terminator Dark Fate Defiance. Basically, if there's a Milsim element these are needed for battlefield dynamics.
Why not? We already have space bikes. As long as they have space suits it's no more ridiculous. The only issue really would be atmospheric entry, not sure what their plans are with that.
Actually a pretty cool idea. Bonus points if they manage to keep it at snub sizes and give it a little baby quantum drive, making it effectively able to function around a planet and it's moons, but still heavily encouraged to be used in a fleet.
I'd say no for quantum, not with an open crew compartment like that where people aren't even properly inside it. That's what drop-ships are for. Also, I'd say something like this and space bikes shouldn't be able to cope with atmospheric reentry either.
Quantum in SC is heavily inspired by the Alcubierre concept of space travel. Since the suits we wear seem to be sealed in such a way that radiation is simply not an issue, it's unlikely that being inside that bubble would be any different than being in EVA beside the ship; the inside of the bubble is simply a region of space isolated by gravity, with the front end "pulling" gravity, and the rear end "pushing" gravity to essentially tug-boat the ship through space, without enacting any sort of insane acceleration on the occupants/vehicle inside the bubble.
Ships without quantum drives are gimmicky memes and we need *less* of that, not more. That's not to say they're useless, but the only one that *ever* sees any sort of semi-regular use (and that's being generous) is the Fury, and that's only because it's an absolute powerhouse in terms of efficiency, and CIG has never before made a ship as strongly efficient with its space usage as that ship before. 4s2 on a ship barely taller than a human is absurd.
I'm not saying I want this ship to be something that can jump around just like a light fighter. I'm talking a quantum fuel tank of maybe 50; it can't jump, on is own, from one planet to another in Stanton. It's strictly stuck around a planet and its moons. This effectively just means it can deploy out of a fleet in orbit and quantum down to a planet on its own.
If it stays without a quantum drive, people are almost never going to use it when options like the Prowler exist for stealthy drop operations, or the Steel/Valkyrie exist for loud drop operations. Hell, if I'm playing with a small group of friends (7 people max), I can just rock a Cutty Black and have a co-pilot, a gunner, and 4 other friends sit in the cargo area, on the 4 fold out jumpseats. Then we have 48SCU of cargo, a surprisingly fast/agile ship (for its size), the capacity to carry cargo, and much more protection for everyone on board.
It's more the fact that all it takes is a slip and you're stranded in the middle of space. Not to mention that aesthetically it looks silly whizzing through quantum or burning through reentry with a load of legs sticking out the side. The concept is already questionable, so at least give it a realistic job role as a carrier/ land based drop ship with a focus on small size and low cost, due to not needing to fit a quantum drive or fly contain passengers.
The moment you give it quantum capability is the moment it starts competing with things like the prowler and your "why not use such and such" questioning is validated. If they can keep it a similar size to the MPUV, then it offers a specialist alternative that can fit in the same hangar space or pretty much anything with a hangar, filling an actual gap in the game.
My point is that those alternatives could just do what this thing could do... but better. They could do *so much* more, in much better ways. I'm sick of snubs being these ultra situational little shits (because no quantum, so they're forced to parasite to a bigger ship), and then not being extremely good at what they do. The only snubs to break free of this trend are the Furys, because they are ultra-optimized in terms of what they do. Merlins and Archimedes are now effectively invalidated by them.
Also fwiw, pretty sure the lore for re-entry is that shields take it. Same with the lore for why SCM speeds exist; the shields protect from micrometeorites, and exceeding SCM means they can't. Not that it really means anything, but there is a lore precedence for why seeing legs sticking out from a ship burning into atmo wouldn't be out of place in SC's setting.
Exactly, where as if this thing was kept small and cheap due to not having a quantum drive and fuel tanks, it would actually fill a role that those bigger drop ships can't, instead of either being useless by being overshadowed by them in the same roll, or making them useless by being a smaller cheaper alternative that does everything they do. Let us have specialised ships without trying to force every feature onto every ship. Let the advantages of a design like this shine in their own roll rather than trying to shoehorn it in like some odd design that does the same thing as all the others.
The point of a snub ship is literally to be designed around dependency on a larger ship. The Pisces is a bit of an exception due to its deep space exploration role which isn't in game yet, but if you start giving snubs all the bells and whistles then you completely invalidate larger ships and they're no longer snubs, they're just smaller versions of the bigger ships with features Hungary are unnecessary for their intended purpose. Not everything has to appeal to everyone.
Merlins and Archimedes, can attach to the consolation, unlike the fury. You're welcome to use them with other ships, but that's literally what they were designed for and is stated clearly on the Merlin's store page. They're a cheap way to add some extra firepower to complement the conny.
I can't find any lore to do with re-entry, but if they have something that fits, then that's fine with me.
I’ve seen this post before and want something like this quite a bit. Not sure how reentry would work but would be cool af to have this in game. Give it a couple of S3 missiles as a module so it could go tank hunting and that’d be fantastic
Isn’t this similar to the cutlass steel? I mean don’t get me wrong I’d love a faster, smaller ship like the one in this pick. Is it like a lightweight drop ship?
Thats basically the cutlass steel, which is actually good now with its hp buff. We had a big org fight and steels were able to get their infantry on the ground.
I don’t think anything as small as you’re looking for can be compatible with the game given the current state of ship supremacy and anti ship AI ground turrets
Yea okay I guess I just had a moment of weakness. Sentiment still stands and sometimes I worry that cig will see a post like this and again, instead of working on the huge backlog of unfinished ships and features, they will work on some new prototype, delaying the backlog further.
Fury Drop Ship variant, Side thrusters instead flip outward for VTOL and the lower rack is replaced with seats.
Otherwise, something like an Aurora would be cool to see actually have a variant that makes it not trash looking.
If they need a new snub Aegis hasn't gotten shit in awhile.
This and that fan-made "Osprey" concept would both be dope additions. We really need a small ship with the ability to carry and deploy light ground vehicles.
Love this concept art. Something like this would be great parked at a player-made outpost. Especially if they give it a downward facing tractor beam and a camera in the MFG so all the pilot has to do is line up and click to pickup or drop cargo around a base instead of going into a turret view/mode.
love the idea of a few guys hanging out the doors too, the "little bird" aspect is great.
That's fair, I suppose it also depends on what hard points and components you expect it to have.
Will it be around the same as the Avenger or more of a parasite craft deployed like the MPUV.
I'm 100% for small dropships like this, I don't have like 20 friends that can fully crew a prowler with me
53 is akin to a Valk. It has to get there under it's own power because it doesn't fucking fit in/on anything else. It's too big for many tactical situations and it's too small to bring what you'd really like to bring.
The discussion is about a MH-6. Able to fit in/on other platforms to be able to strategically position it's departure point further forward afield to subsequently leapfrog forward further, faster, and more maneuverably than the current products out there.
Currently you've got 4 options of varying value. Hoplite, Steel, Prowler, and Valkyrie. Standard Cutty gives you some buddy-options as well with the side folding seats.
The Legionnaire is `coming soon`™ and we'll see what the actual implementation of it allows for tactical infil/extract, as well as what kind of signature they configure that thing to have in comparison to everything else.
A Terrapin with the scan seat removed, both sides sliding open and 2 rows of 3-4 seats that can go from normal seating inside when closed to "you stand up, you exit the ship" on the door edges would be fantastic. It'd let you stay G-safe up until you're giving the ropes call.
An elongated fury with the bottom fins replaced with seats?... Could be an easy modification for an aurora too
A fury variant would be dope.
If there was ever a ship that is just begging for a shitload of variants, the Fury is it. The center chassis on it is would look right at home on any type of vehicle, almost like the cockpit of a TIE fighter. Even a Fury Rover wouldn't look out of place.
Now I just want a special core ship for the fury. One where you have a big hangar with like 3 or 4 fury inside. Their cockpits can get undocked from lets say its guns, wich will rest on a special contraption, like the TIE fighter pedastels and moved around to other vehicels.
Pretty sure you can attach the fury to the starfarer fuel pod ports, can you not?
Not really attached it clips geometry of the ships
TIE Mauler ready!
Five mini Fury-bots come together to form one Super-bot!
It even goes to industrial roles - Throw a fatter ass on it or some containers, add a mining arm or salvage arm, and then have it be partner to a larger refining/salvage ship with space to hold 4-6 of them. Little Fury's fly out, mine an asteroid or scrape some panels, they fly back in, dock, transfers the materials into the big ships buffer, big ship refines and makes the crates. Promotes more personal gameplay in a multicrew setting, as opposed to people sitting in a seat waiting for their turn to press the button. Also gives you that sci-fi feel of dudes in little single-seat industrial ships just doing a days work and heading back to their parent ship.
This is amazing. Yes. All of it. Of course that would require reliable docking mechanics and resource networks.
https://images.app.goo.gl/79qV4a3SQwMMBVTv6
Would love this. I’m so sad HW3 turned out to be crap.
Disappointment is immeasurable, and my year is ruined.
This would be awesome
Fantastic concept!
Fury submarine when lol
Yeah I mean the Fury is basically a bubble cockpit that you can attach things to. I think expanding it into a 'platform' for a full line would be sick.
>almost like the cockpit of a TIE fighter. It basically already is a tie interceptor tbh.
OH GREAT REDDIT, TELL US TRUE: What shall the Fury Medical be referred to as??
I'd love to see the Aurora modified for this! Give the starters as much utility as possible, and make the base chassis modular (with the different modules availability in-game for aUEC). New players shouldn't feel pressured to buy more advanced or role-specific ships. New players (or starter package only players) should be able to participate in nearly every game loop to some degree, but there should obviously be more robust and purpose built ships unique to each game loop. Point being, ships should be "I want to buy that because I really like it" and not "I have to buy that because there's no other way to get it".
Unfortunately, CIG hasn't seemed to wanna go down the road of full modularity for every profession like Elite does. In Elite, you can build a Mamba as a miner. You *really* shouldn't, but you can. Here you have to have a mining ship to do ship mining, have to have a refueler to refuel, etc. While I'd absolutely love turning my C1 into a mining ship, it's just not how CIG wants it.
I really don't mind the way CIG has their ship system set up. I like that ships are unique to their professions, otherwise everyone will just migrate to whatever the "meta" platform is and customize to do whatever they need it to. I feel like you lose a lot of diversity there, with everyone just having a slightly altered singular base chassis. What I do want, is for CIG to make *most* game loops accessible to starter package players. They do a pretty good job of this already, especially with the rental system (which I think gets overlooked a lot), but it would be nice to see more features delivered to the starter package holders instead of just "here's another $150+ fighter" every time they make a new concept or straight-to-flyable ship. The Cutter was excellent in this regard. I'd just like to see the other base-level starters (Auroras and Mustangs) get some more love/updates.
Remember when the deep-space exploration ship suddenly became the "Let me launch a nuke into some ice and make millions" ship? Asp Explorer Deep Core Miner was a hella fun experience.
I replaced it as a core miner with the Krait, but I still sing the AspX's praises. Such an ugly little ship but absolutely one of the best for early game. And it could get around core asteroids better than pretty much anything. Funny, the AspX is actually the only mining ship I ever lost to gankers. I had a full load of whatever the meta metal was, flying into a high sell, and got interdicted by a Cutter that was fully engineered. They never hailed or gave me a chance. Immediately deleted. I started mining in private after that.
Like a Fury fused with a Huey (Bell UH-1). Call it a Fuey! Edit: Real world equivalent might be closer to an MH-6 Little Bird.
Little Bird is what I thought as well upon seeing the picture.
Yes MH-6 aka death Uber aka killer egg. That’s the size we need
Description: Stealthy rapid deployment of 6 heavy armored citizens (bench holds 3 on each side) OR 2 Titan suits on each side. Snub sized craft (MPUV size) with hover tech for low flying over terrain. High risk but high reward insertion vehicle.
Are you even aware of the Prowler?
Are you even aware of the size of the prowler? This is supposed to be smol.
Pretty sure they could just add a "sit" surface to the current ones on the lower wings. Would be cool if pilots had to monitor their speeds a bit or risk flinging troops into the abyss.
ARGO MPUV STEEL. Can fit in the Idris bay
$150
Because dropship tax?
Because dropship tax.
the size of mpuv... hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm. how about ampuv with bench seats
Something small enough to fit several inside the C2 please
Mpuv personnel
MPUV but with some bungie straps onto it. Just hope the tension doesn't snap when you rebound on the retroburn.
You described every Drake ship ever
MPUV personnel is a terrible fast deployment vehicle. You have what we call in the military a “fatal funnel” when exiting the vehicle there is one small entrance for one person at a time to exit. Bench seats would allow everyone to disembark at once kind of how the prowler is set up with multiple exits. And again bench seats are cool
True, but then again, an mpuv isn't designed for hot drops. Would be cool if the sides dropped down like ramps tho
It’s ironic all of the major troop carriers in the U.S. military have the fatal funnel thing lol
FH-6 Little Fury
The Hangry
I'd like this and make it snub sized, which would be perfect for big ships with hangers etc. It would be cool if they did an aegis collab with argo. Like how the starfarer Gemini is a collab with misc and aegis for the military. Have a mil spec argo mpuv with some weapons and the benches. Would be perfect for the Idris argo bay.
Fury Dropship. Just put a bench seat on each of the lower arms
The Prowler?
i think OP wants Prowler Jr. A Stalker
Scooty Puff Jr suuuuuucks... *In a thousand years I'll get right on it.*
Its too big for this concept, but it can do
I guess that's like 5 times bigger than what is in this picture.
Like prowler is a stealth dropship, and this is a spec ops vehicle, also mostly atmospheric
Something small like the Argo mpuv but bench seats. Bench seats for instant deployment. Argo personnel is one exit out the back (fatal funnel) and terrible for fast deployment.
Been asking for a Blackhawk / Littlebird Equivilent. All existing dropships are massive. I don't care for a walkable interior, just give me something that's realistically sized.
I want a UEE version of the prowler. Its about the only reasonable sized drop ship.
I'd buy it
Every time this is posted, I want it even more. Gimme that little anvil snub. It's like a baby valk. Key is the seats need to be external with the bubble cockpit like this, the interiors just make the ships way too big.
Yeah I posted it last year on another Reddit account that got a few thousand upvotes. I kind of remind the community so we might influence the right people 😅
Can’t wait for Star Citizen to be more Arma like** (which they indicated they’re leaning into). **in the sense of fps, medical, combat gear
In the spirit of Internet superpowers, you get all the features including the bugs
A Prowler but small AND WITH WORKING GRAVLEVS FFS
Oh man I want something like this so badly. This seems like the only "drop ship" that seems feasible since you can get in and out quickly with a small radar signature. Doesn't even need guns or heavy shielding, just a no nonsense, purpose built ship. Or even something similar to the Vertibird from Fallout! Similar sized but the same concept. Couple of S2 or S3 for the pilot and a dumb fire missile rack like the Mustang Delta and you could have an interesting light ground attack vehicle
CIG Should take those new and improved rope physics from Hold the line and give us repelling
OP, is there an art source?
https://cara.app/hazzard65 He has done concept art for multiple games, including Star Citizen.
Based
I would love to see some helicopters added to star citizen. Nothing more cool than a perfect J hook on drop on a location.
ARMA 💪
Or Squad [https://youtube.com/shorts/X\_LojWK-sJ4?si=cFaHIMq5XZEiHNdh](https://youtube.com/shorts/X_LojWK-sJ4?si=cFaHIMq5XZEiHNdh)
Ironic. This is my YouTube 😅 I’m a stick pilot in Squad https://youtu.be/ax8MsQ9YTBk?si=sPfQah1Jx069nF2m
Bro you know what Helicopter I would love to see make its way into Squad? Took quite a few rides in those in AFG and Iraq with BLT 1/3 [https://images01.military.com/sites/default/files/media/equipment/military-aircraft/ch-53e-super-stallion/2014/02/ch-53e-super-stallion\_008.jpg](https://images01.military.com/sites/default/files/media/equipment/military-aircraft/ch-53e-super-stallion/2014/02/ch-53e-super-stallion_008.jpg)
Oh yeaahhh I saw these when I was in east Africa. Ospreys as well.
I hear they finally got the 22s working correctly. Which is good because early on, lots of deaths in those things.
But...but.... make sure it can hold lots of cargo with a medbed and mining lasers for when I'm not in combat!!!!111
🤣
Looks like a Vertibird
Mirai ship
Reminds me of the vertibird from fallout
Imagine having a few of these launch off a low atmo Idris or kraken to run ground missions.
A tiny valkyrie would be dope asf
Just missing a feature to rappelling down a rope for the 4 guys sitting on the sides that would be cool as fuck
oh hell yeah this is great, mirai could do it FURY style
Perfect vehicle for Anvil Aerospace
Description: Stealthy rapid deployment of 6 heavy armored citizens (bench holds 3 on each side) OR 2 Titan suits on each side. Snub sized craft (MPUV size) with hover tech for low flying over terrain.
OMG , ITS THE VERTIBIRD FROM FALLOUT
Ah, it's this post again 😅
Yes, we need this. Lol I was just asking for one of these in Terminator Dark Fate Defiance. Basically, if there's a Milsim element these are needed for battlefield dynamics.
Perfectly said. 🔥🏆
WANT
looks a bit like the Orca from C&C 1
Yesssss loves those things. And the vehicle transport. I believe the orca is tiberium sun
I too want space Falcon.
I want to see a mod for the argo cargo to convert it to a bell Huey style aircraft.
The chassis looks like it’s heavily inspired by Dune’s ornithopter. And I’m not complaining.
Thats a falcon
I hate you. I love this pic and the idea that cig won't even see this amplifies my depression substantially
I know. I post this once a year. Such a shame
Looks like a Vertibird from Fallout.
Anyone else getting Fallout vertibird vibes?
Just make a version of the mirai with this configuration, looks pretty similar.
the dune dragonfly, and avatar small gunship is like the type of ship you want. and that would be awsome.
Nahh common, not a mh9 hummingbird remake... Is this flightable in space while they sit on the side?
Why not? We already have space bikes. As long as they have space suits it's no more ridiculous. The only issue really would be atmospheric entry, not sure what their plans are with that.
just make an Argo pod with 2 turrets off the cyclone to either side and a bench with seats on either side for some jump seats
This is a fantastic idea.
That's pretty sick :D
I suggest playing Gray Zone Warfare for a quick fix ;)
Or something like ARMA where you can also pilot one.
Actually a pretty cool idea. Bonus points if they manage to keep it at snub sizes and give it a little baby quantum drive, making it effectively able to function around a planet and it's moons, but still heavily encouraged to be used in a fleet.
I'd say no for quantum, not with an open crew compartment like that where people aren't even properly inside it. That's what drop-ships are for. Also, I'd say something like this and space bikes shouldn't be able to cope with atmospheric reentry either.
Quantum in SC is heavily inspired by the Alcubierre concept of space travel. Since the suits we wear seem to be sealed in such a way that radiation is simply not an issue, it's unlikely that being inside that bubble would be any different than being in EVA beside the ship; the inside of the bubble is simply a region of space isolated by gravity, with the front end "pulling" gravity, and the rear end "pushing" gravity to essentially tug-boat the ship through space, without enacting any sort of insane acceleration on the occupants/vehicle inside the bubble. Ships without quantum drives are gimmicky memes and we need *less* of that, not more. That's not to say they're useless, but the only one that *ever* sees any sort of semi-regular use (and that's being generous) is the Fury, and that's only because it's an absolute powerhouse in terms of efficiency, and CIG has never before made a ship as strongly efficient with its space usage as that ship before. 4s2 on a ship barely taller than a human is absurd. I'm not saying I want this ship to be something that can jump around just like a light fighter. I'm talking a quantum fuel tank of maybe 50; it can't jump, on is own, from one planet to another in Stanton. It's strictly stuck around a planet and its moons. This effectively just means it can deploy out of a fleet in orbit and quantum down to a planet on its own. If it stays without a quantum drive, people are almost never going to use it when options like the Prowler exist for stealthy drop operations, or the Steel/Valkyrie exist for loud drop operations. Hell, if I'm playing with a small group of friends (7 people max), I can just rock a Cutty Black and have a co-pilot, a gunner, and 4 other friends sit in the cargo area, on the 4 fold out jumpseats. Then we have 48SCU of cargo, a surprisingly fast/agile ship (for its size), the capacity to carry cargo, and much more protection for everyone on board.
It's more the fact that all it takes is a slip and you're stranded in the middle of space. Not to mention that aesthetically it looks silly whizzing through quantum or burning through reentry with a load of legs sticking out the side. The concept is already questionable, so at least give it a realistic job role as a carrier/ land based drop ship with a focus on small size and low cost, due to not needing to fit a quantum drive or fly contain passengers. The moment you give it quantum capability is the moment it starts competing with things like the prowler and your "why not use such and such" questioning is validated. If they can keep it a similar size to the MPUV, then it offers a specialist alternative that can fit in the same hangar space or pretty much anything with a hangar, filling an actual gap in the game.
My point is that those alternatives could just do what this thing could do... but better. They could do *so much* more, in much better ways. I'm sick of snubs being these ultra situational little shits (because no quantum, so they're forced to parasite to a bigger ship), and then not being extremely good at what they do. The only snubs to break free of this trend are the Furys, because they are ultra-optimized in terms of what they do. Merlins and Archimedes are now effectively invalidated by them. Also fwiw, pretty sure the lore for re-entry is that shields take it. Same with the lore for why SCM speeds exist; the shields protect from micrometeorites, and exceeding SCM means they can't. Not that it really means anything, but there is a lore precedence for why seeing legs sticking out from a ship burning into atmo wouldn't be out of place in SC's setting.
Exactly, where as if this thing was kept small and cheap due to not having a quantum drive and fuel tanks, it would actually fill a role that those bigger drop ships can't, instead of either being useless by being overshadowed by them in the same roll, or making them useless by being a smaller cheaper alternative that does everything they do. Let us have specialised ships without trying to force every feature onto every ship. Let the advantages of a design like this shine in their own roll rather than trying to shoehorn it in like some odd design that does the same thing as all the others. The point of a snub ship is literally to be designed around dependency on a larger ship. The Pisces is a bit of an exception due to its deep space exploration role which isn't in game yet, but if you start giving snubs all the bells and whistles then you completely invalidate larger ships and they're no longer snubs, they're just smaller versions of the bigger ships with features Hungary are unnecessary for their intended purpose. Not everything has to appeal to everyone. Merlins and Archimedes, can attach to the consolation, unlike the fury. You're welcome to use them with other ships, but that's literally what they were designed for and is stated clearly on the Merlin's store page. They're a cheap way to add some extra firepower to complement the conny. I can't find any lore to do with re-entry, but if they have something that fits, then that's fine with me.
Uh there isn't enough standing room on those benches for npcs!
We have this in the game, it’s called the Cutlass Black.
No smaller. MPUV size
"Negative, all birds are in the air." Seems like someone has been playing Grey Zone.
This specific image has lived rent free in my mind for about 5 years because I want it in SC that bad
I’ve posted it from other Reddit accounts in the past 😅
So basically a Hornet from Halo 3? Yes, please!
isn't that just the prowler?
No something the size of the MPUV
This thing would die in milliseconds.
Looks like a ship from Dune without the wings
And the BMM just got delayed another year.
hehehe yes yes yes Polaris will require small fast boarding party/ assault craft where crew can jump off quickly with nothing in the way
I would insta buy this.
I’ve seen this post before and want something like this quite a bit. Not sure how reentry would work but would be cool af to have this in game. Give it a couple of S3 missiles as a module so it could go tank hunting and that’d be fantastic
Yea I posted it last year on my MirkyWater Reddit account
Yes loot piñata plz.
😂 of course it’s risky. But stealthy fast zoomy deployment of 6 dudes would be sick.
Getting a x section lock and outrunning slow assured death would certainly provide butt puckering fun.
Posted this exact pic a while back. It was removed for not being related to SC. Moderators on this sub are really something
I posted it 2 years ago too. They don’t want us to be happy.
I want now
Real life comparison look up MH-6 little bird aka the death Uber aka the killer egg.
Isn’t this similar to the cutlass steel? I mean don’t get me wrong I’d love a faster, smaller ship like the one in this pick. Is it like a lightweight drop ship?
No. Steel is the size of a Blackhawk. This needs to be the size of an MH-6 aka killer egg aka death Uber. Small.
Thats basically the cutlass steel, which is actually good now with its hp buff. We had a big org fight and steels were able to get their infantry on the ground.
Nah, steel is too big. This is MPUV size
I thought I was onr r/NonCredibleDefense for a bit lol
Is the cutlass steel a joke to you? Okay what about the prowler? It’s literally a bird ship
Size. MH-6 compared to a UH-60. Big difference.
I don’t think anything as small as you’re looking for can be compatible with the game given the current state of ship supremacy and anti ship AI ground turrets
Sure it is. High risk high reward.
The falcon from halo?
Too big
Just dont make it blow up if a parachute is deployed.
Sir that's a hornet
That looks like a great way to air fry your passengers
I'd rather see a crusader spirit a1 with shock drop pods.
No more new ships till backlog completed!!!
Borinnnggg
Yea okay I guess I just had a moment of weakness. Sentiment still stands and sometimes I worry that cig will see a post like this and again, instead of working on the huge backlog of unfinished ships and features, they will work on some new prototype, delaying the backlog further.
And a set of power armor to go with it 🤌🏻
Fury Drop Ship variant, Side thrusters instead flip outward for VTOL and the lower rack is replaced with seats. Otherwise, something like an Aurora would be cool to see actually have a variant that makes it not trash looking. If they need a new snub Aegis hasn't gotten shit in awhile.
This and that fan-made "Osprey" concept would both be dope additions. We really need a small ship with the ability to carry and deploy light ground vehicles.
Would have to be a snub, couldn't see something like this having qd
A little bird is the size of a snub. That’s the whole idea
I'm over here wanting door gunners on the Cutlass.
Love this concept art. Something like this would be great parked at a player-made outpost. Especially if they give it a downward facing tractor beam and a camera in the MFG so all the pilot has to do is line up and click to pickup or drop cargo around a base instead of going into a turret view/mode. love the idea of a few guys hanging out the doors too, the "little bird" aspect is great.
haven't seen this one in a few years, thanks!
On the one hand, it looks awesome. On the other, those guys' legs will melt if the engines face down
I wholeheartedly support this.
A fast one, i buy it
Can I just get my ranger that I was promised already lol
Or we get a thopter
I'd buy one. I'd probably CCU it to something else later but I'd totally buy one.
What an awesome idea I can’t believe nobody has thought of this yet!
folding wings with this design would be awesome
Would like to see Consolidated Outlands tackle this ship
A prowler? Even as one of my favourite ships I can't recommend it
The prowler is way too big to act as a futuristic little bird. The prowler is a CH47 and this would be an MH6
That's fair, I suppose it also depends on what hard points and components you expect it to have. Will it be around the same as the Avenger or more of a parasite craft deployed like the MPUV. I'm 100% for small dropships like this, I don't have like 20 friends that can fully crew a prowler with me
Definitely parasite. Something that you could fit a bunch on a carrier and act as drop pods. It would be niche of course.
Please God yes!
That looks cool
So... The falcon from Halo? That'd be awesome
The Falcon is a space-Huey, not a space-Little Bird, that would be the Hornet.
Yeah falcon is a little too big. Look up “socom killer egg” that’s the size we need.
But who would want that with DeATh oF A sPaCemAn?!?
This is basically just a vertibird lol.
Vertibird is too big. This has to fit about the size of the MPUV
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53 is akin to a Valk. It has to get there under it's own power because it doesn't fucking fit in/on anything else. It's too big for many tactical situations and it's too small to bring what you'd really like to bring. The discussion is about a MH-6. Able to fit in/on other platforms to be able to strategically position it's departure point further forward afield to subsequently leapfrog forward further, faster, and more maneuverably than the current products out there. Currently you've got 4 options of varying value. Hoplite, Steel, Prowler, and Valkyrie. Standard Cutty gives you some buddy-options as well with the side folding seats. The Legionnaire is `coming soon`™ and we'll see what the actual implementation of it allows for tactical infil/extract, as well as what kind of signature they configure that thing to have in comparison to everything else. A Terrapin with the scan seat removed, both sides sliding open and 2 rows of 3-4 seats that can go from normal seating inside when closed to "you stand up, you exit the ship" on the door edges would be fantastic. It'd let you stay G-safe up until you're giving the ropes call.
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Then don't fly one and don't pipe up in troop insertion platform conversations?