Watching the IAE 2952 Promo video and I noticed an unfamiliar ship, as the Drake CEO is announced at the 0:10 mark. What could it be?
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View: https://youtu.be/41Q7uSF3ijU?t=10
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Drake Cuttlefish.Cutter, Cutty, its getting crowded in here!
Its not a medical Pisces, just the BIS color.They always drop a new ship the first day and the event starts off with DRAKE. I'd assume yes.
There are multiple rumors running around about a new ship. Could be that DRAKE cutter or that manufacturing ship. Looks like the medical Pisces is a thing too. They usually offer some sort of LTI token so I also wonder if the Pisces will have LTI as it is a new variant....
I'm not sure about that - The BIS paints are normally the same for all 4 BIS ships:Its not a medical Pisces, just the BIS color.
No, body is too wide and fins at the back.Sure Look like THE CORSAIR
Well, They've announced that the Corsair will be in patch 3.17.4 which will be a short patch as they "hope" for 3.18 a month later, so unless they do something unusual and have 2 unrelated ships from the same manufacturer release together in a single patch (with another ship from the same manufacturer the following patch\shortly after - Vulture in 3.18), I'd expect that the Drake ship is the Corsair.They always drop a new ship the first day and the event starts off with DRAKE. I'd assume yes.
There are multiple rumors running around about a new ship. Could be that DRAKE cutter or that manufacturing ship. Looks like the medical Pisces is a thing too. They usually offer some sort of LTI token so I also wonder if the Pisces will have LTI as it is a new variant....
Camera angles can be deceptive...No, body is too wide and fins at the back.
Seriously you have to hook me up with your dealerNot a mystery ship it....
Sure Look like THE CORSAIR
with wings folded up to land and wings are just outside frame..
Remember this are just concept drawings.. it might changed a bit from this.. to release..!
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@stockish @Cugino83 It is the medical version, as in the name of the files crawled by SC leaks some days ago. This is also not the BIS skin, you can see the BIS skin under in the spoiler. The BIS skin has a dark grey top, unlike in the picture of the trailer, which is full red (as other medical ship like the cuttie red).About the Pisces I think is unlikely to receive a medical version... I'll like it, but it looks more like the BIS skin consideding that IAE logo is red and white and BIS so far has taken IAE color scheme.
Shame I'll not receive it for the Avenger, I feel It will looks good on it.
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I bet we will also have a X'ian bomber, my little finger is telling me it will be available with a flight suit ^^If they follow last year's schedules with a day between new ships releases and\or announcements of upcoming (large\capitol class) ships, and the rumours going around are true, we could possibly expect:
Day 1 - New ship - Probably the Corsair, which was confirmed as coming in the patch.
Day 3 - New ship - Aegis, so likely yet another fighter of some variety (or a new bomber based on last year's ship voting options).
Day 5 - New ship - Anvil, so probably the Medical Pisces based on rumour and the preview video for the event.
Day 7 - New Ship\Vehicle - Crusader or Tumbril. I'd guess a ground vehicle of some type from Tumbril (A different Tank would be nice, for some variety in ground battles), as we've just had the Spirit concept release from Crusader.
Day 9 - "Announcement" - Something from RSI: Possibly related to either the winning vote for the manufacturer of the new mining ship (With only a small number of options available for people to vote for, it seems likely there was concept art prepared for each of the options, so we may see what we were blindly voting on), or less likely, to the MCV - I expect that the MCV will be waiting to release once Cargo Refactor comes out as well, given the "output" would need to be transported from the manufacturer to somewhere for transport\sale.
That is certainly possible, but given they haven't included anything other than paints with new releases for some time (no posters, models, armor, or even just helmets), I'd say that X'ian bomber (should there be one under development) is more likely to release during Invictus\Alien week next year, as the "alien" day is the day before the Pisces medical variant is likely to be released... That said, it is theoretically possible (but highly unlikely in my opinion) that one could be announced as part of MISC's line-up on the day before RSI's "announcement", in place of a Crusader\Tumbril offering.I bet we will also have a X'ian bomber, my little finger is telling me it will be available with a flight suit ^^
They also hinted an origin hover tank, in the recent ISC but I highly doubt it will be shown this IAE.
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I still think it's probably the Corsair, possibly with landing gear at the back that looks like wings from this angle.... Either way, it will interesting to find out one way or another.Hmm interesting design for a Drake ship... and is defenetly NOT the Corsair: that ship presetna couple of aleron/wing at the very back very similar to the tail of the Varkyre that are not preent in the Corsair.
Also the engine location and the shape looks way ot of place comprared to the Corsair: corsair is a more swuare and pointy shappe, more like a triagle, this look more like and oval to me, and the engine location are in the middle of the ship, rather tthen 3/4 back... I'll also add that the Corsair so far has never been shown to have VTOL capability, while this ship it clearly have...
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The back squared shape looks really like made for a ramp so My guess is a sort of a dedicated dropship... kinda to compensate for the flop of the Steel...
I think the BIS colour scheme is actually dark grey\black with red highlights, rather than red with white highlights...About the Pisces I think is unlikely to receive a medical version... I'll like it, but it looks more like the BIS skin consideding that IAE logo is red and white and BIS so far has taken IAE color scheme.
Shame I'll not receive it for the Avenger, I feel It will looks good on it.
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Huuu I'll have to say that the red-white scheme looks better, even if the BIS red is more a metellic one... Make sense in some way on the other hand since Drake is sponsor of this year IAE and its logo and color signature is usually red and black...@stockish @Cugino83 It is the medical version, as in the name of the files crawled by SC leaks some days ago. This is also not the BIS skin, you can see the BIS skin under in the spoiler. The BIS skin has a dark grey top, unlike in the picture of the trailer, which is full red (as other medical ship like the cuttie red).
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And colors for BIS this year are :
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Love the armor/flight suite style, very different from all the one we got so far. Not sure if that is a x'ian style I'll like 'tho: x'ian always feel a bit to much bulky for wearing someting smooth and curve like that... I'll see that style more in line with Banu and theyr "organic" construction style.I bet we will also have a X'ian bomber, my little finger is telling me it will be available with a flight suit ^^
They also hinted an origin hover tank, in the recent ISC but I highly doubt it will be shown this IAE.
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Check my spoiler above for the exact BIS colors ;)Have a look at around 6:45 in this video to see what I think may be the BIS colours: