Praise the big boink beak.
New ship: Gutamaya Corsair
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At the minute this ship is in the centre of a Clipper / Cutter / Courier / Eagle venn hotspot and I get chunky purposeful vibes from it. While I get the logic of what people say at the same time I like the roided up look it has.
As long as she gets a PD to match that.
The thing looks like something straight out of Star Wars and not Elite.
they probably can't move the cockpit you guys, i remember them saying they design the ships with the idea of having ship interiors one day, probably the inside is planned already. i would like the canopy bands from the courier to go away though.
really excited for this ship, i love empire
really excited for this ship, i love empire
I think it looks more unique with the big beak. The only thing that's really wrong with it is that it's not the Panther Clipper.
i died a little when i saw the reveal, its something very different at least, i will get used to it because im sure its will be a great ship. 
i like that it will have a size 7 thruster but i feel like small ships in general need to be faster than mediums. especially unengineerd, i mean a diamond back is like 75% engines where a python is like 20% no way the diamond back should struggle to keep up
really wished for a more courier-like design, hope i will get over it.
i like that it will have a size 7 thruster but i feel like small ships in general need to be faster than mediums. especially unengineerd, i mean a diamond back is like 75% engines where a python is like 20% no way the diamond back should struggle to keep up
really wished for a more courier-like design, hope i will get over it.
From a sailor‘s point of view it reminds me of a modern wavepiercer-bow Trimaran, like a Rapido 40, Dragonfly 40 or, well, the Corsair 880:
Really like the Gutamaya Corsair
Really like the Gutamaya Corsair
Just needs the boost sound to be a mix of an early 90s Ferrari F1 V12 engine and an F16 firing up it's afterburner and we're set.
About time https://forums.frontier.co.uk/threa...-are-discriminated-this-has-to-change.633864/
Something tells me this is going to be a great ship. Corvette propulsion in a medium ship!? Holy smoke. It's definitely going to be fast and have a hell of a load capacity. Maybe a little less than the T8, but definitely faster and more combative. Yes, the combat potential is definitely big too, look at that bow - that's where all the cargo or reinforcements go. They mentioned good jump range too, sco optimization that is for sure. It's hard for me to say how the Clipper will compare, but I bet the Clipper will be faster and more agile. Hope the canopy look / positions will change or... will go - if I were Fdev I'd make this ship totally innovative and unique like Imperials like. First ship with no windows, no canopy at all! Why? That is structural weakness, instead view from external cameras / augmented reality would be displayed on ship interiors like they were windows!
Something tells me this is going to be a great ship. Corvette propulsion in a medium ship!? Holy smoke. It's definitely going to be fast and have a hell of a load capacity. Maybe a little less than the T8, but definitely faster and more combative. Yes, the combat potential is definitely big too, look at that bow - that's where all the cargo or reinforcements go. They mentioned good jump range too, sco optimization that is for sure. It's hard for me to say how the Clipper will compare, but I bet the Clipper will be faster and more agile. Hope the canopy look / positions will change or... will go - if I were Fdev I'd make this ship totally innovative and unique like Imperials like. First ship with no windows, no canopy at all! Why? That is structural weakness, instead view from external cameras / augmented reality would be displayed on ship interiors like they were windows!
Funny you should say that.
When I first saw the teasers for this, with a guessed outline added, I thought of this:-
Moldy Crow
Moldy Crow was a HWK-290 light freighter,[2] a model of light freighter manufactured by the Corellian Engineering Corporation.[1] Valued at 5,000 credits, the freighter was armed with an anti-personnel blaster turret[3] and was connected with the Alliance to Restore the Republic.[2] The ship was...
starwars.fandom.com
And yes, mine will be getting a Midnight paintjob before being named the "Moldy Crow".
F4 Corsair for comparison:
I'm still searching for my perfect multi-role ship having got a little bored with the Kraits ... and the FAS - whilst I love the ship - is just lacking in both flexibility and offensive capabilities vs the newer ships available now.
So this is interesting ... Medium? Check! Multi-role? Check! Centre seat cockpit? Check! Any word of the "strong hardpoint selection" yet? I assume it won't out gun the Python II (4L / 2M) but if it's 3L/2M like the Krait II or just 4L ... with decent placement? And good shields? That could be very interesting with the promised internal space for all the toys ...
Can't decide if I love or hate the look ... but either way, I think that's a good thing as it's an interesting design which is getting a reaction.
So this is interesting ... Medium? Check! Multi-role? Check! Centre seat cockpit? Check! Any word of the "strong hardpoint selection" yet? I assume it won't out gun the Python II (4L / 2M) but if it's 3L/2M like the Krait II or just 4L ... with decent placement? And good shields? That could be very interesting with the promised internal space for all the toys ...
Can't decide if I love or hate the look ... but either way, I think that's a good thing as it's an interesting design which is getting a reaction.
The white with the spoiler looks really nice. Not so sure about the "wing tips", though.
The Gutamaya Letter Opener... Got to say the first impression it made on me, even before the eagle beak thing, was one of those retro-futuristic art-deco-ish "charicature" drawings extrapolating off of the last generations of steam locomotives, tall and thin, with zero sight of line to the ground ahead, and towering over you as it barges down on you at ludicrous speed. :7
Ugly, ugly, ugly.