Awww yeessss! Eclipse unveiled!

hardroc77

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Ok, going to put my guess on what this ship will have, it's size, and armament

It LOOKS like it has a 16-20m beam with the wings folded. I would guess 26-30m if the wings fold down.
Based on the patch...16-20m in length.

Now, the Gladiator has 4 s5 torpedos, 8 S2 missiles, 2 S2 guns on the turret, and 2 s3 gun hardpoints on the wings. It costs a lot less than the Eclipse....

Due to "stealth", I would guess....2-4 S5 or higher Torpedos, I am guessing 2 because I don't see a huge bomb/torpedo bay like the Gladiator has
I see what MIGHT be 2 or 4 S1 gun ports on the wing, but there might not be any other weapons.
I see between 2-4 engines...let's call it 2 S2 or 4 S1 engines

I see room for 1 pilot, there MIGHT be room for 2, but I doubt it.

Honestly, I think a bunch of people might have bought a pig in a poke, but I hope not. Unless this thing is faster than a Gladius, more nimble than a 85X, and has shields up the wazoo, this level of equipment seems REALLY small for a ship this expensive. Stealth does not cover it....

Of course, if my estimate of the size is WAY off...if this is 50m wide and 40m long, then this becomes a much bigger ship than I thought and will support much larger payloads. Not as much as a Retaliator, but it will probably be more effective.

Here is hoping I am wrong and this is bigger than I thought...
This is the same opinion I came up with. I like the way it looks, very sexy. But I don't know if I can justify my melting my Gladiator for it.
 
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I'm waffling. Hard. I don't want to drop 250 US (my wife would kill me!). But this ship looks freaking sweet.

Gaaaaaaaaa.

But I already own a Harbinger.

Oh my life.
This is my problem too. If only wifey didn't do the accounting at my house.
Maybe I should buy her some flowers.

If you can strip the missiles and fit cargo instead then wow, what a smuggler.

The Beer must get through.
I never thought of that. What a great idea. Install some tanks in the missile bays to get refilled by a high orbiting Beerfarer. A stealth bootlegger to get in and out of dry areas quickly.
This is getting harder to turn away from.
 

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I'm just getting a mild chuckle at people calling this a ship for "solo play" because it's stealthy.


This is like literally the worst solo play ship in the game. 1 person and some torps. Even if you do get a kill on something, then all you did was maybe get a bounty on someone. Big whoop. Can't salvage, can't steal any of their stuff, can't do anything except torpedo stuff.

Which it should excel at, but us people making a living need someone to grab those nummy cargo holds and strip off the delicious scrap.
 

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I know some folks in the community have been ragging on the Eclipse because "why do we need another bomber!?!?!?!?!!lol19819413!!! We already have the retaliator and gladiator!" Folks aren't looking at this and seeing her for what she is. She's a Night Hawk. Full stop.

She's been made for those of us who want to park off the border of space-Iraq and wait for the go-order to bomb space-Saddam for the space-Gulf War or the space-gulf war 2. She's the perfect blend of sexy and stealthy.

The Retaliator and the Gladiator may have larger payloads, but their missions are different. The Retaliators are the B-17 flying fortresses of Star Citizen. They're built for heavy fleet combat, there to hammer away at capital ships in the middle of the fray. The Gladiator is the SBD Dauntless, a dive bomber and patrol fighter. The Vanguard bomber variant is a beefier long range fighter bomber. Think of the B-24. The Eclipse? The Eclipse is there to make sure that someone has a very, very bad day.

The Eclipse is the F-117 of Star Citizen. It's not going to be particularly maneuverable. It'll be shit in a dogfight, and it'll be paper-thin. What it will do, is deliver ordinance with pinpoint precision under cover of night (or, you know, in space 'n shit) without being detected. This isn't a dog-fighter or a fighter-bomber, it's a dedicated first strike spacecraft. Get in, blow shit up, get out. Quick, quiet, and clean.

Is anyone else hoping we get some non-torpedo bombs? I'd love to get some legitimate bombing runs in once planets drop.
 

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I know some folks in the community have been ragging on the Eclipse because "why do we need another bomber!?!?!?!?!!lol19819413!!! We already have the retaliator and gladiator!" Folks aren't looking at this and seeing her for what she is. She's a Night Hawk. Full stop.

She's been made for those of us who want to park off the border of space-Iraq and wait for the go-order to bomb space-Saddam for the space-Gulf War or the space-gulf war 2. She's the perfect blend of sexy and stealthy.

The Retaliator and the Gladiator may have larger payloads, but their missions are different. The Retaliators are the B-17 flying fortresses of Star Citizen. They're built for heavy fleet combat, there to hammer away at capital ships in the middle of the fray. The Gladiator is the SBD Dauntless, a dive bomber and patrol fighter. The Vanguard bomber variant is a beefier long range fighter bomber. Think of the B-24. The Eclipse? The Eclipse is there to make sure that someone has a very, very bad day.

The Eclipse is the F-117 of Star Citizen. It's not going to be particularly maneuverable. It'll be shit in a dogfight, and it'll be paper-thin. What it will do, is deliver ordinance with pinpoint precision under cover of night (or, you know, in space 'n shit) without being detected. This isn't a dog-fighter or a fighter-bomber, it's a dedicated first strike spacecraft. Get in, blow shit up, get out. Quick, quiet, and clean.

Is anyone else hoping we get some non-torpedo bombs? I'd love to get some legitimate bombing runs in once planets drop.
So eloquent. I'm glad I picked up a CCU.
 
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This is literally the ship I've been waiting for.... every day I stop by the ship page and gaze at its beauty.

My will power can only stop my hands from entering my credit card information for so long.
 
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