Ships Krait will be nice ship it seems

[Bunkerkind Anni]

So,
seeing on the screenshots, we now know,
Krait will have 3 seats,
hangar bay,
and is at least of Asp E size

and a cockpit like Malic wished for a new imperial ship

 

[Zieman]

Damn, very much trying to keep my expectations low - you're not helping...

 

[Avod]

Is there a release date for these ships? Its my first time dealing with expos like this.

 

[Bunkerkind Anni]

Is there a release date for these ships? Its my first time dealing with expos like this.

thats because it was the first to begin with

the chieftain and the krait didn't had full textures and such,
the Type10 got into a render

so i would say, type10 this year, krait and chieftain Q1 2018

i could only see two hardpoints on the krait... lets hope for some screencaps soon

 

[Starbreaker]

Looks like an interesting ship, I swear that's a SLF bay underneath it and I was kind of expecting small fighter craft, but this thing looks like it could dethrone the Python as a personal jack-of-trades kind of ship with the added capability to launch fighters. Just leaves me wondering on the internals and weapon options.

 

[Bunkerkind Anni]

updated the first post with images

Looks like an interesting ship, I swear that's a SLF bay underneath it and I was kind of expecting small fighter craft, but this thing looks like it could dethrone the Python as a personal jack-of-trades kind of ship with the added capability to launch fighters. Just leaves me wondering on the internals and weapon options.

dont think its in the same class as the python. up to now, i can only see two hardpoints left and right of the cockpit,
eventually those shapes on the top, between the heat-vents and the engine pod could be large hardpoint covers

maybe its two large, two medium hardpoints, FAS level of firepower.

Wasn't the krait a favored ship of pirates?

 

[Iskariot]

Yes I think it is living up to it's Kraitishness. It is a good design with interesting details.
I am very interested in experiencing the unique cockpit placement.
I hope it is a competitive fighter that can hold its own.

 

[Frank]

Is it not a bit on the big side for a Krait?

 

[Tadeus72]

Well to be honest. It's a great model, but... I doesn't look Elite'ish. Elite has the old classic sci-fi vibe, and this is more modern and sleek. I hope they will give it at least some retro accents.

 

[[VR] optimal_909]

That unique cockpit placement could make the Krait a compelling exploration ship.

 

[Iskariot]

Is it not a bit on the big side for a Krait?

Yes I think it is, but that is a very good call by FD.
If it would have been a Viper sized or even smaller ship it would have had only novelty value.
People would try it, but then switch to more capable fighters again.

This design might be viable to become more than just a novelty.
It all depends on what it brings to bear.
I hope it has at least 4 medium sized hard points and a good number of utiility slots. 4 would be nice.

It could perhaps even be multicrew considering those extra canopies. There seems to be room for at least 3 people.

 

[jmp470]

That looks like an awesome design. Hopefully, it doesn’t change to much from that design.

 

[Saool]

That looks like an awesome design. Hopefully, it doesn’t change to much from that design.

This is not star citizen: produce great concept. Charge laughable amounts for it. Deliver a crap copy paste job that look nothing like the concept.

 

[Deleted member 110222]

Still won't replace my Cobra Mk III.

 

[Libluini]

That unique cockpit placement could make the Krait a compelling exploration ship.

I hope so. Chances are though, Frontier will give it a really tiny jump range just to spite us explorers.

 

[Chesso]

I want one tho not being able to look sideways could be a problem. The Krait is comeing home

 

[ebbrell]

I remember it well from old games. from memory they were not that tough.
It may be super fast, it has 6 engines

 

[EdzUp]

heck even I would jump to a Krait as it is the only ship I flew in Frontier and FFE (with the teeth markings) the Sidey was always my second choice.

 

[Iskariot]

That looks like an awesome design. Hopefully, it doesn’t change to much from that design.

I do not expect it to, because what FD showed us is already modeled, and in great detail at that.
If it were only a concept drawing things might still change quite a lot, but not now.

 

[The Chairmaker]

Looking at Krait images and those on the video showing devs at works at Frontier towers there are a few things we can glean about it.

1. Its bigger than the Cobra, but not as big as a Python
2. It has an interesting cockpit layout with three seats.
3. It has a fighter bay
4. Two guns at the side of the central cockpit, suspect medium in size.

I think it will therefore be targeted as an affordable multicrew, fighter equipped combat ship.
The fighter means it probably isnt that agile, and is more of a hull tank.