https://www.reddit.com/r/starcitizen/co ... ips_so_farConcentrate_Worth wrote:Spoiler **IAE Ships so far**With these ships still to come out this year will be an absolute bumper sales year for CIG.
IAE Ships so far: - RSI Perseus
- RSI Hermes
- Greycat MDC
- Kruger L-22 Alpha Wolf
- Drake Clipper
- RSI "Salvation"
Never heard of the Greycat MDC, Drake Clipper and RSI Salvation before. Thankfully people in the comments dropped some info.
ScrubSoba wrote:Clipper is definitely the ship with the Corsair wings.
Hermes we know to be an Apollo variant with more cargo.
MDC is apparently "Mobile Defensive Center" and an MTC variant.
The Alpha Wolf is apparently a variant of the Wolf with lasers as its default (likely interchangable with the regular Wolf since its guns were recently changed to be removable).
And I reckon the Salvation is going to be the flat silhouette ship teased last CitCon. Though I was sure it'd be CNOU, I reckon it may be the one, unless that flat silhouette is being kept for later.
It'd be really funny if the "Salvation" turns out to be the ship we got a bridge sneak peek of a few weeks back.
VicHall27 wrote:The Zeus CL is the Zeus Clipper. So does that mean Drake is making a dedicated cargo ship?
Carolcita_ wrote:Salvation is code for salvage and since we know it's RSI, it's 100% their starter salvage ship they teased.
FrankCarnax wrote:The Greycat MTC is for Mobile Tactical Center, they'll keep the same concept for the MDC. Mobile Defense Center with a missile turret and hopefully some form of deployable FPS cover instead of the small box rack in the back would be cool.
r4x wrote:What would be cooler is if the MDC could control Ballista/Centurion/Storm AA via remote turret within a certain range.
knsmknd wrote:MDC is the mobile PDC, huh?
dirkhardslab wrote:Big ole flak cannon on wheels could be fun.
Let's hope it's flak. Though it wouldn't make any sense for Greycat to be making it.
SantaLurks wrote:It would be weird to call a cargo ship after the fastest Greek god.
Clorox_in_space wrote:I am in agreement with it having a role in data like the MSR. Wasn't Hermes used to deliver messages due to his speed?
I've already said this in the data-running thread:
https://culture.vg/forum/topic?p=40603#p40603On another note, 6 ships for one expo seems too much for me. I was under the impression that 3-4 max is the normal. So maybe a couple of them are meant for a later patch.
This guy puts it well:
Dumbest_AI wrote:Wow. 3 variants, the Perseus, and 2 new ships (even tho 1 seems likely to just be a tweaked version of the Cat/Ironclad command module). CIG has fully transformed the ship team into the profit team.
Before last year it kinda felt like there was 80/20 split. Ships felt like they were made mostly for what they added to the game back then. But with the amount of variants and retrofitted old assets they dropped this year, it really shows that now they're just being pumped out for what they add to funding.
Absolutely. But... Look around you in the real world. You couldn't begin to count the number of vehicles on the road, and military vehicles are often special versions of civilian ones and vice versa. Say what you want about the intention behind CIG's shipbuilding, but you can't say it's not realistic and immersive.
