Plan: buy base package only, progress on release.

[Joan of Arcturus]

My plan was to start with base Aurora package, and earn my way up after release.

But... it's sooooo beautiful... It just leapt into my RSI cart :oops:

 

[honcho12]

The plan is working!

 

[maynard]

isn't poor impulse control a requirement to be in Test?

 

[NaffNaffBobFace]

isn't poor impulse control a requirement to be in Test?

I'd tell you but my craving for a Beer right now is totally overwhelming me.

 

[Orcharyu]

Excellent accidental purchase, may your wallet survive.

 

[Grimbli]

Cutlass Black? She's a beauty.

 

[Beauseant]

I've got a Blue have you seen the Shipyard Cutlass post?
The rework is going to be amazing.
https://robertsspaceindustries.com/comm-link/transmission/15056-The-Shipyard-Sharpening-The-Cutlass

 

[Grimbli]

I've got a Blue have you seen the Shipyard Cutlass post?
The rework is going to be amazing.
https://robertsspaceindustries.com/comm-link/transmission/15056-The-Shipyard-Sharpening-The-Cutlass

That article is actually pretty reassuring for me. Some people are complaining about it never getting to a nimble pirate fightera and want to switch to the Buccaneer. But I didn't get in on the original idea of the Cutlass, I just recently started following. I'm ok with it not being zippy, I think the Red will fulfill my expectations perfectly.

Although it is sad to hear the Red will replace the turret with a scanner. But that's probably for the better.

 

[Beauseant]

Yeah that article is great, It really seems like the ships is going to get quite a bit larger not quite as big as a Freelancer but still bigger. I think that scanner is going to be a lot more useful when they start implementing more scanner tech. Right now we have wrecked ships in Yela with no way to find them but spotting them with the naked eye. One day depending on your scanner I'm sure you will able to pick up wrecks or people in distress from a long way out.

 

[Grimbli]

What I'm wondering is, what is the pirating function of the Red? The Blue and Black have obvious applications, but the Red seems legit Search&Rescue.

 

[Serious Table]

Pirates need search and rescue, too. Remember, just 'cause it's on a Cutlass hull doesn't mean it specifically is designed for piracy.

The Red is supposed to make a fantastic ship to work with the Hope-class Endeavors as basically a space ambulance.

 

[Beauseant]

I think the Black is meant to be a small modular, cargo carrying fighting ship( Pirate ship if that's what you want it to be).
I think the thing with Drake and most other makers is they make a ship or it's variant with an intent or role in mind, but that does not limit what the ship can be.

I think the Black is meant to be a fighter that can carry cargo, you can take that cargo from others or just use it for legal means. But it is kind of the base model. It will fly and be able to do some jobs out of the box but it's kind of a blank canvas for you to make what you want of it.
You could probably even make a exploration ship out of it if you wanted. Put in a nice jump drive, some long range scanners, extra fuel tanks, more fuel friendly engines.

The Red I think is really meant for S&R (it also shows the versatility of the Cutlass you can make what you want of it within some limits)

The Blue I think is really meant to be a tougher better armed Bounty Hunting ship.(tougher and better armed than say an Avenger). Now could you use the Blue to kidnap people or remove the holding cells and use it to take cargo from other weaker ships? Sure. But I think it kinda goes to show that there are upgrades and modifications you can make to the Cutlass and it can serve another role.

It's kinda like how the 350R is sold as a racing ship but it is hinted that the UEE has a whole squad of them kitted out for Spec Ops.

 

[Serious Table]

I think the Black is meant to be a small modular, cargo carrying fighting ship( Pirate ship if that's what you want it to be).

I think the Black is meant to be a fighter that can carry cargo, you can take that cargo from others or just use it for legal means. But it is kind of the base model. It will fly and be able to do some jobs out of the box but it's kind of a blank canvas for you to make what you want of it.You could probably even make a exploration ship out of it if you wanted.

This is exactly what I'm hoping and somewhat expecting after the Cutlass short stories published in the Jump Points. I really want my Cutlass to be a ship that I'm constantly removing and replacing parts on. Have a few loadouts saved for "this, that or the other".

I mean, sure. I've got a Vanguard and an Aquila, but the Cutlass feels like she's built in such a way that 2 people makes it great, but 1 person can still handle it as a formidable ship in its given role. I want her to be my main ship, the one I've constantly got out in the black for really any sort of purpose.

 

[Grimbli]

I think the thing with Drake and most other makers is they make a ship or it's variant with an intent or role in mind, but that does not limit what the ship can be.

That's kinda my point though. The Drakes are all advertised as sort of "make what you want of them" ships. But the Red seems to me to have a very specific role in mind. Maybe there's other things to do with it, but it's not as readily apparent as the other two.

It's possible, you go save someone, then take the cargo that was on their ship. Or maybe you can use the med bays as a sort of induced coma holding cell. Making the Red a possible "low threat" bounty hunter.

I'd like to start a new thread on theorycrafting uses for the Red, but I think it's probably best to wait and see what the updates bring us.

 

[Beauseant]

I think that the Red being a S&R ship is really the only role that the Red stock package is meant for. I think is just to show you how versatile the Cutlass can be. Now could you use the scanners for exploration instead? Maybe.
But I think it is really a Black with a bunch of modules and specific parts upgrades to showcase some of the roles the ship can adapt to.

I think the Red is an example or what the Black can be with the right Kit, more than here is another pirate ship with an S&R feel.

 

[Joan of Arcturus]

I may well upgrade to a Red at some point, but I'm not sure how the S&R role or profession will play outside of an organized group (with the big hospital ship). I suppose you could fly around, shoot ships, and then rescue the hapless ejectees... :)

 

[Hadron Xon]

Cutlass Black? She's a beauty.

Thanks for the link, May have to get a blue myself.

 

[thanatos73]

Its OK, I had a Cutlass Red follow me home, and then a vat of radioactive waste fell on my Aurora and it turned into this.....

I just hope nothing else happens....... ;)

 

[Blind Owl]

I had a Blue. She got gifted. I was drunk. No raaaagrets. Still a pretty ship though. Nice and moddable. Fun to fly. And nifty looking.

 

[PhosphorusForFun]

Contemplating switching my Freelancer DUR to a Red honestly. Don't really like the DUR's aesthetics and the Red is just cool looking. DUR has the leaper pro stock, Red has a tractor beam stock (along with medbay for it's uses).

Basically want to use a long range scanner to find salvage and then bring in my Reclaimer, and seems like the DUR could easily overextend beyond usefulness while the Red would have similar restrictions as the Reclaimer.

Hrm, of course could be going about this all wrong, I'm sure the reclaimer has a scanner as well... still considering...