Galnet 2025-04-01 Gutamaya Joins Peers in New Spacecraft Boom

Imperial socialites were treated to a tour of Gutamaya’s newest ship, the Imperial Corsair, at an extravagant launch on Capitol in Achenar.

Gutamaya's event was attended by over a thousand prominent engineers, senators, press members and other notable individuals. Princess Aisling Duval and her cousin, Lucretia Roche-Duval, were the guests of honour.

Positive reviews of the Imperial Corsair’s public unveiling have been published in several outlets across the Empire already.

"The Corsair’s specifications showed a promising mix of straight-line speed and large cargo capacity, making it ideal for traders who value efficient travel times,” said Eugine Varrik of the Imperial Herald. “The sleek design employs Gutamaya’s famous curves – attendees were queueing up with their blinks to take the perfect selfie.”

“What impressed me was the flexibility of the Corsair’s internal components,” said Miyu Azusa for Eye on Achenar. “With the right modules this vessel could adapt well to any pilot profession. All while enjoying a classic Imperial aesthetic, of course!”

The Imperial Corsair is a medium-sized vessel, notable for being the first multipurpose Gutamaya ship which will be commercially available to pilots outside of the Imperial Navy. It is expected to be available for purchase from shipyards next week.
 
I thought they were going to call it the Gutamaya Corsair as it isn’t tied into the Imperial ranking structure?
 
I thought they were going to call it the Gutamaya Corsair as it isn’t tied into the Imperial ranking structure?
This is one of those things where, gameplay reasons aside, it's pretty easy to head-canon, and probably should have been written a bit in Galnet that way for flavour.

"Despite Gutamaya offering 100% of their Corsair production to the Empire, in line with previous arrangements, this was declined by the Imperial Navy as they simply couldn't afford the contract after two years of fighting the recently concluded Thargoid War. Appeals from Navy officials asking the Empress to provide additional funds to secure the contract fell on deaf ears, as she is currently focussed on expanding Imperial influence through increased funding of colonisation efforts, rather than open conflict with the other Superpowers."
 
Worst possible day to publish a new galnet article...

But I suppose it's legit.
Well seeing as even Frontier Unlocked were calling it Gutamaya rather than Imperial you have to wonder.

Perhaps the gag was slipping the wrong name to the writer of Galnet.
 
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