Ships

scrufferpops

scrufferpops
What ships are definitely confirmed for release?

I heard there were originally 15 ships at the offset and a further 10 more if a stretch goal was made (which it was) making a total of 25 from the start?

With more to follow?
 

Slawkenbergius

Slawkenbergius
Okay, here goes. Flyable:
  1. Adder
  2. Anaconda
  3. Asp
  4. Cobra Mk III
    1. Basic
    2. Long-range
  5. Dolphin
  6. Eagle Mk II
    1. Imperial
    2. Long-range
  7. Fer-de-Lance
  8. Freighter 3
  9. Imperial Cutter
  10. Orca
  11. Panther Clipper
  12. Sidewinder
  13. Viper
And also, probably non-flyable:
  1. Federation Cruiser
  2. Federation Fighter
  3. Imperial Cruiser
  4. Imperial Fighter
So, depending on how the counting is done, we might be less than halfway there in terms of ship unveilings. Gosh...
Oh, and there's a mystery third passenger ship that's confirmed, but unnamed.
 
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Gimi

Gimi
I was not aware that the Fer-De-Lance had been confirmed. Where did you find that information?
 

Slawkenbergius

Slawkenbergius
Gimi said:
I was not aware that the Fer-De-Lance had been confirmed. Where did you find that information?
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It was near enough confirmed in the Private Backers Forum, in a rare dev posting.

Sandro Sammarco said:
Standard caveats about the changeable nature of development notwithstanding; I think you guys need to start saving those credits...
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It actually seemed to slip under the radar, and not as many people as I expected went 'Yay!'
 

Gimi

Gimi
Slawkenbergius said:
It was near enough confirmed in the Private Backers Forum, in a rare dev posting.

It actually seemed to slip under the radar, and not as many people as I expected went 'Yay!'
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Excellent news! Found the thread and the post.
This has slipped by me completely, and I suspect I know why.
I thoroughly hate that the Frontier Forum resets my unread posts whenever I log out and back in again.

Ashley, if you are reading this, please have another look at this issue.
I know that turning this feature off puts a lot of stress on the message database, but is there no other way of doing this. Maybe a time-out feature or something.
 

OneoftheLost

OneoftheLost
Aw shoot! I SWEAR one of the devs mentioned in a post somewhere that cruisers/destroyers-hold that thought.

Yes! Ahem. Newsletter #7 says:

Corvettes (Cutters): Light multirole warships, capable of recon, incursions and escort missions. These small warships are also popular with smaller factions, organisations and even wealthy individuals due to their adaptability. The Imperial Cutter is a lighter and faster Corvette-class ship, that players will be able to get their hands on in the final game (assuming they can make the right contacts).
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Philip Coutts

Volunteer Moderator
Philip Coutts
Interesting that so far the vast majority of the ships confirmed are from the original Elite. I wonder if we will see some more of the Frontier ships?
 

Voyager_NL

Voyager_NL
jan said:
From newsletter 10, 3 or more passenger liners is in the making from the Imperial shipyard Gutamaya. :D

Dolphin
Orca
???
Mabe this Whale names on the bigger ones Bluewhale / Humpback to keep in line whit the other names.
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Yeah gonna be difficult. If it needs to be considerable bigger in size compared to the Orca it is either the Blue Whale, the Fin Whale the Sei Whale or the Southern Right Whale. The Humpback isn't that much bigger compared to the Orca.

none of these names has a real good ring to it for it to be a shiptype. Maybe just "Sei" as it is rather unknown and therefore might be more practical to use.

(source: http://www.coolantarctica.com/Antarctica%20fact%20file/wildlife/whales/whale_species.htm )

It would be cool if FD just came up with a very big seacreature name from another planet.
 

Oddball

Oddball
Voyager_NL said:
Yeah gonna be difficult. If it needs to be considerable bigger in size compared to the Orca it is either the Blue Whale, the Fin Whale the Sei Whale or the Southern Right Whale. The Humpback isn't that much bigger compared to the Orca.

none of these names has a real good ring to it for it to be a shiptype. Maybe just "Sei" as it is rather unknown and therefore might be more practical to use.
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Does it have to be a whale? what about that huge extinct shark ....

The Megalodon!

This could be a passenger ship for extremely high profile politicians and heads of state/planets etc.
Armed to the teeth, this ship has to be well protected to ensure the safe transportation of vip's to their destination.

A bit like Air Force One.
 
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Void Sun

Void Sun
Voyager_NL said:
Yeah gonna be difficult. If it needs to be considerable bigger in size compared to the Orca it is either the Blue Whale, the Fin Whale the Sei Whale or the Southern Right Whale. The Humpback isn't that much bigger compared to the Orca.

none of these names has a real good ring to it for it to be a shiptype. Maybe just "Sei" as it is rather unknown and therefore might be more practical to use.

(source: http://www.coolantarctica.com/Antarctica%20fact%20file/wildlife/whales/whale_species.htm )

It would be cool if FD just came up with a very big seacreature name from another planet.
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Beluga

Already in use for a large transport plane.
 

insanephoton

insanephoton
One that hasn't been officially confirmed but was in the early kickstarter artwork is the Krait. It would be nice to find out if it's in or not.
 

Ashley Barley

A
Hi John,

We have not yet announced all of the playable ships that will be in the final game, but there will be 25 available at launch. The ones we have shown or mentioned so far:

  • Adder
  • Viper
  • Sidewinder
  • Anaconda
  • Asp
  • Eagle
  • Panther Clipper
  • Imperial Cutter
  • Dolphin Class Yacht
  • Orca Class Yacht
  • Another unnamed Passenger-class ship
  • 'Freighter 3'
I don't think I have missed any out, so basically we have announced just under half of the ships that will be in the game at launch so far.
 
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