The pages in this section of the Wiki will detail each of the ships individually. Below is a general description of the ships in the game and the key manufacturers.
There will be all kinds of different ships from small starter ships to fighters, freighters up to capital ships. Ships in the Star Citizen universe aren’t just pretty shapes, they are fully functioning vehicles with hundreds of of components, many of which move and articulate as you imagine they would on a real spaceship. This attention to detail extends to things like the engines, the various ship systems; avionics, life support, the various modular upgrade and the weapons.
All spacecraft performance is based on a linear series of engine components which can be upgraded in thousands of possible combinations. Pilots will treat their engine systems like their PCs, adding modifiers to increase the performance, upgrading the engine as though it were a CP.
Spacecraft design and construction have become big-business. Like the car industry of the 20th-22nd Century, many companies have tried their hand at building and selling the latest and greatest ships. Here is a list of the major companies still producing today:
ROBERTS SPACE INDUSTRIES (RSI)
The original creators of the engine that kickstarted humanity’s expansion into space, Roberts Space Industries build a wide range of spaceships that serve all needs starting at basic interstellar travel to deep exploration on the outer edges of the galaxy. The tagline is “Roberts Space Industries: Delivering the Stars since 2075".
ORIGIN JUMPWORKS GmbH
The BMW of the Star CItizen universe. Their craft are more expensive, sleeker looking status symbols, maybe more so than they’re worth? They get numbers instead of names.
USASHI INDUSTRIAL & STARFLIGHT CONCERN (MISC)
Mass produces very efficient, modular ships, mostly armored freighters of different sizes that make them the preferred brand for traders and larger corporations.
DRAKE INTERPLANETARY
Ostensibly a legitimate company, it’s an open secret that they manufacture cheap, well-armed craft favored by pirates, to the point that they’re named in that vein: “Drake Cutlass”, “Buccaneer”, “Privateer”, and “Marauder” etc.
ANVIL AEROSPACE
Produces dogfighters, but with less of the pirate stigma. These ships are more expensive, less spit-and-glue.
