New Star Citizen Ship: Drake Cutlass Steel

[FZD]

Okey, so that's pretty cool. 18 seats? Damn, you gonna take half a server on a bus ride.

Now, this actually makes Endeavor a pretty solid troopship.
Take something like, hangar module, crew module and... 2nd crew module? Fuel module? Maybe fuel module. Hangar module can supposedly fit two cutlass reds, so, put in two cutlass steels instead. You're going to deliver a whole freaking army to some unsuspecting planet. And I mean, sure, tonks are cool and all, but 36 angrybois with railguns is just plain better. Better get used to walking everywhere though.

 

[Doc Flanigan]

.... while it's fully crewed. 21 TESTies.....

21? I figured 1 pilot + 1 co-pilot + 1 manned Turret + 5 mounted guns + 18 jump seats = 26 fully stationed?

 

[wmk]

Now, this actually makes Endeavor a pretty solid troopship.
Take something like, hangar module, crew module and... 2nd crew module? Fuel module? Maybe fuel module. Hangar module can supposedly fit two cutlass reds, so, put in two cutlass steels instead. You're going to deliver a whole freaking army to some unsuspecting planet. And I mean, sure, tonks are cool and all, but 36 angrybois with railguns is just plain better. Better get used to walking everywhere though.

Oh yeah!
And don't forget about Idris and Javelin. I can see this in game (Starship Troopers):

 

[Deroth]

21? I figured 1 pilot + 1 co-pilot + 1 manned Turret + 5 mounted guns + 18 jump seats = 26 fully stationed?

+2 for the Dragonfly, for a total of 28!

...oh, and for TEST we need keg operators and beer distributors...so...35 minimum crew?

 

[Doc Flanigan]

+2 for the Dragonfly, for a total of 28!

...oh, and for TEST we need keg operators and beer distributors...so...35 minimum crew?

Can you imagine a Liberator or Kraken with a few fully crewed Steels rolling up to the party? Hell of a raiding party!

 

[Talonsbane]

21? I figured 1 pilot + 1 co-pilot + 1 manned Turret + 5 mounted guns + 18 jump seats = 26 fully stationed?

The problem with adding the 5 additional door guns is that they don't have seats, so while the ship is in motion, especially entering & exiting quantum, they're at risk of being killed from the knock back effects that CIG has been putting in. We already occasionally die from just falling down while going up or down stairs & ramps.

 

[Raven_King]

Gorgeous ship. Looks like a lot of fun if you are confident of surprising or outgunning your opposition, or the jump seats have NPCs in them.

But if you are thinking of heading towards an alert opposing force, even with only crew to man the Gatling guns, never mind people in the jump seats, that is a lot of eggs in one thin basket. Who would prefer to sit in one of those seats, with only one set of shields/armour/hull to protect all of you, instead of a ship of their own where they can spread out from the missile magnets either side, and make the opposition work a lot harder to stop them? Not me.

 

[Doc Flanigan]

The problem with adding the 5 additional door guns is that they don't have seats, so while the ship is in motion, especially entering & exiting quantum, they're at risk of being killed from the knock back effects that CIG has been putting in. We already occasionally die from just falling down while going up or down stairs & ramps.

I guess I assumed that the operators would remain holding the mounted guns, but I see your point. Either way it’s a lot of crew.

 

[Montoya]

Cutlass Steel stats are out, its pretty much a standard Cutlass

 

[Montoya]

The extra 800dps is from the rear turret

 

[GPcustoms]

Aghhhhhh same shield strength????
Good thing I have to look for change in the sofa to get back into the game....Still like the new version
Breath some new life into the Cutlass

 

[GrumpyCat]

Someone mentioned that the life support on a cutty probably cant support 18 people + crew lawl

 

[Montoya]

Someone mentioned that the life support on a cutty probably cant support 18 people + crew lawl

Everybody wears their helmets, no problems!

 

[Harkonan]

Maybe they give it a bit more armor compared to typical Drake?

Would make some sense when you think about it.


Definitely needs a defense boost, even if you sacrifice normal ship weapon dmg, imho. I like this ship being a FPS-focused ship where the main use is suppression fire with your gunners to get boots on ground.

Something about this ship "feels" right.

 

[Sky Captain]

...its pretty much a standard Cutlass

Yet a very strategic CIG marketing move to shift community focus on the official boards from the Carrack-killer controversy to a next 'nothin-burger' topic.

The marketing video is cool. It makes me want one. It's just not clear why we'd bring 1 Cutlass Steel to battle, when the same crew complement could bring 20+? Or an A2 with its bigger boom.

 

[GrumpyCat]

They didnt really make it for us. 100% believe it was made for NPCs to use.

 

[Harkonan]

Yet a very strategic CIG marketing move to shift community focus on the official boards from the Carrack-killer controversy to a next 'nothin-burger' topic.

The marketing video is cool. It makes me want one. It's just not clear why we'd bring 1 Cutlass Steel to battle, when the same crew complement could bring 20+? Or an A2 with its big boom.

My 2 cents:

A2 will be a much larger target for incoming air defense and will not have as many landing options, imho.

The Cutty feels more like a larger Heli drop ship to me, meant to get elite troops on the ground just about anywhere, potentially undetected.

 

[Sky Captain]

Interesting point about the Cutlass Steel delivering NPCs. I'm now betting on seeing it delivering baddies in a Squadron 42 episode and, hopefully randomly, in the PU.

 

[Sky Captain]

The Cutlass Steel is now available in the store: $235

The Valkyrie, Prowler, M2, A2 and maybe a few others also are back in stock.

 

[NaffNaffBobFace]

It appears to be a PvP toy aimed, and priced, at the PvP crowd.