The Drake Vulture is an upcoming one-man salvage starter ship with plenty of on-board storage to help with salvage operations. It is designed for single-pilot salvage operations in dangerous or distant locations It is small enough to sneak into hostile areas unnoticed to recover fresh salvage.[1]

Specifications

Avionics Component Manufacturer Model Size (Max) # per mount x total Radars TBD S Radar Small (Small) 1 x 1 Computers TBD S Computer Small (Small) 1 x 1 Systems Component Manufacturer Model Size (Max) # per mount x total Power Plants TBD Power Plant Small (Small) 1 x 1 Coolers TBD Cooler Small (Small) 1 x 2 Shield Generators TBD Shield Generator Small (Small) 1 x 2 Propulsion Component Manufacturer Model Size (Max) # per mount x Total Fuel Intakes TBD S Fuel Intake Small (Small) 1 x 2 Fuel Tanks S Fuel Tank Small (Small) 1 x 1 Quantum Drives TBD S Quantum Drive Small (Small) 1 x 1 Jump Modules TBD S Jump Module Small (Small) 1 x 1 Quantum Fuel Tanks TBD S Quantum Fuel Tank Small (Small) 1 x 1 Thrusters Component Manufacturer Model Type # per mount x Total Maneuvering Thrusters Fixed Maneuvering Thruster N/A 1 x 24 Weaponry Component Manufacturer Model Size (Max) # per mount x Total Weapons TBD Weapon TBD 1 (1) 1 x 2 Utility Items Tractor Beam 1 (1) 1 x 1 Scraper Beam 1 (1) 1 x 1

Development

The Vulture was first introduced on 2017-12-01 in the vote "YOU Pick the Next Drake Ship". It was voted to be the next Drake ship by backers with 44% of 37696 voters.[1] The ship went on sale on 2018-06-14.[2]

John Crewe (Lead Designer), Toby Lewin (Ship Designer), Alex Akstinas (Ship Designer), and Paul Jones (Art Director) are the key contributors of the design of the ship.[3]

Pre-release appearance

During the 2950 Drake Defensecon, the ship was on display at the Riker Memorial Spaceport in Area18. It was represented by a downscaled holographic display of the model.[4]

Trivia

Vulture's design share a lot of similarities with the ship Venture in EVE Online. On 2018-06-14, shortly after the design of the Vulture is revealed, players and fans of EVE Online pointed out the similarity between the two ships and accused CI of copying the design on EVE's subreddit,[5] while CI developers pointed out that the ship is inspired by the Dragonfly.[6] The rivalry escalated with redditors brigading on both subreddit to the point that even EVE developer CCP tweeted about it.[7][8]

Gallery

For a full gallery, see Category:Vulture Images

See also