Vulture

The Drake Vulture is a one-man salvage starter ship with plenty of on-board storage to help with salvage operations. It is designed for single-pilot salvage operations. It is even small and nimble enough to sneak into hostile areas unnoticed to recover fresh salvage.^[1]

Features

Scraper Beams: Dual integrated scraper beams use Drake’s patented Tomium system, developed with professional salvagers for the ultimate in speed and efficiency.
Integrated Tractor Rig: The Ripper’s claw is outfitted with an integrated Lariat tractor rig, designed specifically for the Vulture. This industrial grade tractor’s innovative proprietary beam configuration makes it more powerful than setups three times its size.
Cargo: The Vulture’s deceptively spacious interior bay can be anything you need it to be, from extra cargo space to your personal sanctuary of solitude, and all points in between.
Long Haul Capable: The Vulture eases the pain of lengthy travel, and the frequent dangers associated therewith, by providing a versatile combination of comfort and convenience. A full-size bunk employs a new composite mattress developed and tested by professional salvager's and haulers right here at Drake. When the going gets rough, you’re never more than a skip and a stumble away from the cockpit and command station.
Central Intuitive Control: With maximum visibility and vital ship systems at your fingertips, the Vulture puts you in command of any situation and ensures you’re ready for anything. You’re in complete control of navigation, defense, weapons, and the Vulture’s unique all-in-one utility arrangement

Specifications

Radar

1x

S1

Surveyor-Lite

Industrial (C)

Cooler

2x

S1

Thermax

Industrial (C)

Life support

1x

S1

Life supportlfsp_tydt_s01_comfortair

Power plant

2x

S1

Fortitude

Industrial (C)

Self destruct

1x

S1

Self destruct (30s)

5,000 🗡️ · 50 m

Shield generator

3x

S1

Bulwark

Industrial (C)

Fuel intake

2x

S1

Fuel intakeintk_drak_vulture

0.01 SCU/s

Fuel port

1x

S1

Fuel portdockingtube_fuel_ports_drak_vulture

Fuel tank

2x

S1

Internal Tank

Left, Right

Quantum drive

1x

S1

Goliath

Industrial (C)

Quantum fuel tank

1x

S1

Internal Tank

Main thruster

2x

S4

Main thrusterdrak_vulture_thruster_main

5.24 MN

Maneuvering thruster

4x

S1

VTOL thrusterdrak_vulture_thruster_vtol

0.0457 MN

2x

S4

Retro thrusterdrak_vulture_thruster_retro

2.855 MN

12x

S1

Maneuvering thrusterdrak_vulture_thruster_maneuver

1.905 MN

Weapons

2x

S1

VariPuck S1 Gimbal Mount

Left, Right

2x

S1

CF-117 Bulldog Repeater

Klaus & Werner

2x

S1

Magazinefaux_magazinemagazine

375/375 Ammunition

Defensive devices

1x

S1

Joker Defcon - Noise Launcher

Right

1x

S1

Magazine

5/5 Ammunition

1x

S1

Aegis Gladius - Decoy Launcher

Left

1x

S1

Magazine

48/48 Ammunition

Utility devices

1x

S1

Salvage armdrak_vulture_salvage_arm

Right

1x

S1

Salvage armdrak_vulture_salvage_arm

Left

2x

S2

Baler Salvage Head

Greycat Industrial

1x

S1

Abrade Scraper Module

Greycat Industrial

1x

S1

ReadyGrip Tractor Module

Greycat Industrial

2x

S1

Cinch Scraper Module

Greycat Industrial

Cargo grid

1x

S1

Cargo griddrak_vulture_cargogrid_main

12,000 SCU · L 3.75 m x W 2.5 m x H 2.5 m

Personal storage

1x

S1

Personal Storage

650,000K µSCU

Weapon rack

1x

S1

Weapon Rack

Armor

1x

S1

Personal armor

Filler station

1x

S1

Filler stationsalvagefillerstation_drak_vulture

Fire extinguisher

1x

S1

Fire extinguishergadget_cabinet_kegr_fire_extinguisher_ng_flipped

No vehicle parts information found.

Model

Ship profile

Isometric	Above	Port-side	Front	Rear	Below

Isometric	Above	Port-side	Front	Rear

Isometric	Above	Port-side	Front	Rear	Rear Isometric

Paints

Paint Name	Description	Price (aUEC)	Price ($USD)
"Assembly"	Red in colour with black and silver accents.	[not available]	6.00 ^[2]
"Carbonide"	Grey in colour with dark grey and silver accents.	[not available]	9.00 ^[3]
"Carnival"	Pink in colour with dark grey and silver accents.	[not available]	9.00 ^[4]
"Ghoulish Green"	Metallic green colour with dark grey accents. Limited sale. Only available during the Day of the Vara event. ^[5]	[not available]	9.00
"Longhorn"	Orange in colour with grey and brown accents.	[not available]	9.00 ^[6]
"Pyrite"	Dark grey in colour with silver and yellow accents.	[not available]	6.00 ^[7]

Universe availability

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Purchase
System	Terminal	Price
Stanton	New Deal - Teasa Spaceport - Lorville	2,646,000
Pyro	Buy and Fly - Ruin Station	2,646,000
Pyro	Buy and Fly - Checkmate	2,646,000
Pyro	Buy and Fly - Orbituary	2,646,000

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Development

2017-12-01	Introduced as an option for the next Drake ship to be developed in the vote "YOU Pick the Next Drake Ship" in 2017 Anniversary Special.^[1]
2017-12-11	Voted to be the next Drake ship by backers with 44% of 37,696 voters.^[1]
2018-06-14	Concept sale.^[8]
2020-05-30	During the 2950 Drake Defensecon, the ship was on display at the Riker Memorial Spaceport in Area18. It was represented by a downscaled holographic display of the model.^[9]
2021-05-05	Revealed that the Vulture was in production and to be implemented in game with an allocated work schedule of 18 weeks.^[10]
2023-03-10	Flight ready in Alpha 3.18, along with the first implementation of the salvage gameplay.^[11]

Role	Contributors
Original concept	Toby Lewin (first round), Alex Akstinas (second round)^[12]^[13]
Art	Paul Jones^[12]^[13]
Technical design	John Crewe^[12]^[13]

Aims & Aesthetic
Aims	Starter Salvage Ship – The one-man entry into the salvage career. Designed for small scale personal salvage via EVA and external processing rather than using the ship to salvage. Single utility mount on the front of the ship that houses the “scraper” laser which strips the surface of ships into a resource. Uses MultiTool and Salvage charges to break up wrecks and take individual components and loot rather than processing chunks of ship. Player can live long term on board with the basic accommodation, when finding wreckage they take their hand held Salvage tools from their internal storage to go recover valuable assets, these can be stored in the rear cargo hold, like a space pickup truck.
Aesthetic	Similar shape/styling to the other Drake ships, rough and ready Soviet-era style.

Specifications
Length	33 m
Width	16 m
Height	9 m
Mass	114,591 kg
Speed	165 m/s
Crew	1
Powerplants	1x Small
Shield	2x Small
Armor	Large
Weapons	2x
Thrusters	2x Small, 2x VTOL
Utility items	Scraper Beam, Tractor Beam
Cargo capacity	12 SCU

Trivia

The Vulture has some resemblance to the Venture ship in EVE Online. On 2018-06-14, shortly after the design of the Vulture was revealed, players and fans of EVE Online pointed out the similarity between the two ships and accused CI of copying the design on EVE's subreddit,^[14] while CI developers said that the ship was inspired by the Dragonfly.^[15] The rivalry escalated with redditors brigading both the EVE Online and Star Citizen subreddits, to the point that even EVE developer CCP tweeted about it.^[16]^[17]