{"data":{"id":15613,"title":"Q&A: Esperia Prowler - Part I","rsi_url":"https:\/\/robertsspaceindustries.com\/comm-link\/engineering\/15613-Q-A-Esperia-Prowler-Part-I","api_url":"https:\/\/api.star-citizen.wiki\/api\/comm-links\/15613","api_public_url":"https:\/\/api.star-citizen.wiki\/comm-links\/15613","channel":"Engineering","category":"Development","series":"Concept Ship Q&A","images":[{"id":5406,"name":"Esperia_Prowler_SHOT_01b.jpg","rsi_url":"https:\/\/robertsspaceindustries.com\/media\/3j9cau4jygwier\/source\/Esperia_Prowler_SHOT_01b.jpg","alt":"","size":3278122,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","last_modified":"2020-08-11T15:24:57+00:00","api_url":"https:\/\/api.star-citizen.wiki\/api\/comm-link-images\/5406","similar_url":"https:\/\/api.star-citizen.wiki\/api\/comm-link-images\/5406\/similar"},{"id":5407,"name":"Esperia_Prowler_Interior-V08c.jpg","rsi_url":"https:\/\/robertsspaceindustries.com\/media\/qey4d4f6gi5ktr\/source\/Esperia_Prowler_Interior-V08c.jpg","alt":"","size":3479146,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","last_modified":"2016-11-17T16:15:24+00:00","api_url":"https:\/\/api.star-citizen.wiki\/api\/comm-link-images\/5407","similar_url":"https:\/\/api.star-citizen.wiki\/api\/comm-link-images\/5407\/similar"},{"id":25004,"name":"source.jpg","rsi_url":"https:\/\/media.robertsspaceindustries.com\/w0shv2sobeaiw\/source.jpg","alt":"","size":927693,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","last_modified":"2019-05-09T20:01:24+00:00","api_url":"https:\/\/api.star-citizen.wiki\/api\/comm-link-images\/25004","similar_url":"https:\/\/api.star-citizen.wiki\/api\/comm-link-images\/25004\/similar"},{"id":26763,"name":"source.ctm","rsi_url":"https:\/\/media.robertsspaceindustries.com\/fdxvamrt7opj4\/source.ctm","alt":"","size":2037585,"mime_type":"application\/octet-stream","last_modified":"2020-04-14T21:23:14+00:00","api_url":"https:\/\/api.star-citizen.wiki\/api\/comm-link-images\/26763","similar_url":"https:\/\/api.star-citizen.wiki\/api\/comm-link-images\/26763\/similar"},{"id":38062,"name":"source.jpg","rsi_url":"https:\/\/media.robertsspaceindustries.com\/huwhfjtdvra4r\/source.jpg","alt":"","size":3377215,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","last_modified":"2025-03-21T15:18:25+00:00","api_url":"https:\/\/api.star-citizen.wiki\/api\/comm-link-images\/38062","similar_url":"https:\/\/api.star-citizen.wiki\/api\/comm-link-images\/38062\/similar"}],"images_count":21,"translations":{"en_EN":"Greetings Citizens,\nAnother Concept Sale, another Question & Answer session. Since last Friday, we\u2019ve been collecting questions from the dedicated Q&A post here and today our designers working on the ship will answer 10 questions for the community. Tune back in this Friday to see the answers to 10 more questions.\n\nNamed after the UPE military designation, the Prowler is a modernized version of the infamous Tevarin armored personnel carrier. Esperia\u2019s astroengineers were given unmitigated access to study original versions of the ship recently discovered in the Kabal system to help meticulously reconstruct the vehicle. Now, the Prowler is the perfect fusion of two cultures: the elegance and effectiveness of the Tevarin war machine combined with the reliability of modern Human technology.\n\nSpecial thanks to Calix Reneau and Steven Kam for taking the time to answer these questions for us.\n\nQuestion & Answer\nWill the Prowlers \u201cGrav Levs\u201d allow it to act similar to a dragonfly, turning it into a \u201cground\u201d vehicle of sorts?\nAs noted in the literature that accompanies the Prowler\u2019s IAE posting, \u201cthe Prowler\u2019s Grav-Lev plates give additional flight control when traversing along uneven surfaces. This comes quite in handy when trying to position the Prowler alongside a large capital ship or inside a planetary fortification.\u201d While, like the Dragonfly, the Prowler is not strictly a ground vehicle, the Grav-Lev plates allow for a similar mode of traversing planetary or very large surfaces. They also improve the Prowler\u2019s maneuverability while interacting with the surface, adding their net impulse to the ship\u2019s standard maneuvering thrusters. In effect, this gives the ship slightly better \u201ctraction\u201d than when maneuvering free in space or atmosphere.\n\nThe Prowler in the lore is described having amazing and unrivaled stealth capabilities. Can we expect the reproduction from Esperia to be just as good? Does the reproduction differ performance wise in any way?\nEsperia is committed to living up to the legends, and the Prowler\u2019s remarkable stealth was one of its strongest assets during the various conflicts between the Tevarin and the UPE. In general, Esperia is motivated to maintain the \u201cexperience of the ship\u201d when deciding whether to apply a technical update to the ship (read the brochure page, \u201cA Break from Convention\u201d for some background on Esperia\u2019s philosophy regarding reproductions in general).\n\nPart of Esperia\u2019s work necessarily means adapting alien ships for human use to some degree, as you may remember from seeing Esperia\u2019s Glaive reproduction. For the Glaive, the cockpit\u2019s ergonomics were adjusted and a human-compatible (although still quite alien) avionics suite were installed. The Prowler is similar; fittings and ergonomics were adjusted to suit human operators and many of the avionics and some materials were updated to match current technical standards of efficiency and safety; remember that at the time of the Tevarin conflicts, in many ways the Tevarin were not as technologically advanced as the UPE. We haven\u2019t completely determined whether or not there will be literally zero difference between the \u201coriginal\u201d Prowler and the Esperia Prowler in performance due to these updates and adaptations; it\u2019s entirely possible that present-day equipment standards result in some very slight differences or deviations in signature, durability, or other factors, but they\u2019re as likely to work in your favor as not, all in very minor ways.\n\nWhy would someone buy the Prowler over a Redeemer or Hoplite?\nThe Prowler is built for stealth deployment and emergency extraction \u2013 if you\u2019re going in quiet or coming out loud, the Prowler is an excellent choice. But just as with any other area where there are a variety of ships that can serve a certain role, each has its strengths and weaknesses and what you\u2019ll favor may depend on your play style, particular skills, and overall strategy with your fellow players, if any. It\u2019s just a cool ship, for one thing. The Prowler definitely gets style points. For another, it\u2019s a very dedicated personnel carrier that carries quite a lot of troops for its size compared to the Redeemer or Hoplite. And further, the Prowler, due to its Grav-Lev plates has a handling edge when it comes to getting through that last part of the landing approach, including fast landing and positioning, as well as hugging terrain features for cover from enemy defensive emplacements, which can be a significant advantage in a tight situation. On the flip side, the Redeemer and Hoplite are designs that more heavily incorporate considerations for direct ship-to-ship combat, being a gunship and fighter, respectively. While the Prowler does sport some pretty solid weaponry, as many fighter jocks will tell you, firepower is only one of the variables in ship-to-ship combat. What you\u2019ll want depends greatly on how you like to play \u2013 as well as what the opposition has arrayed against you.\n\nThe sales page says the Prowler is fast. How will it compare to other ships such as the Vanguard, Redeemer or Cutlass.\nThe Prowler has a unique flight style relative to its fellow troop carriers, using low acceleration rates with a high SCM cap to stay stealthy, and boosting for exceptional acceleration when stealth is no longer the concern. So it is both faster and slower than those ships listed depending on what kind of speed you\u2019re talking about. Be judicious with that boost though \u2013 the Prowler holds a fair amount of fuel, but it\u2019s powerful boost nevertheless consumes fuel far more quickly than its intakes will regenerate.\n\nWill the Prowler have enough modularity for other roles or is it solely used for dropping\/boarding?\nLike all Star Citizen ships, the Prowler is intended to offer plenty of customization options through configurable hardpoints and options relating to different types of equipment, including avionics, thrusters, power plants, and weapons. That said, the Tevarin designed it as a dedicated armored personnel carrier\/dropship first and foremost, and as such many of its core and integral features, from its airshielded deployment portals to its Grav-Lev plates are designed to help it excel in that role. Some ships are very modular, while others are much more specialized, and you can already see that in the range and variety of ships previously introduced. Players are a creative lot, however, and we hope and expect that you will find creative uses for your ships that defy convention and occasionally wisdom.\n\nWhat type of travel range will the Prowler be capable of?\nThe Prowler is a short-range craft, more akin to a landing craft than a long-range transport (in contemporary terms, think of a beach invasion). It\u2019s meant for assaults and boarding, not long-duration or long-distance patrol. Like many ships, it can be fitted with a jump drive and is capable of quantum travel, so it\u2019s got longer legs than a snub fighter or Argo of course, but you should think of the Prowler as a short-range ship, developed originally by the Tevarin to operate with military fleet support, as many small military ships are (like most fighters).\n\nWill the Prowler have room\/racks to store extra weapons, ammo and explosives for the boarders?\nAbsolutely, the Prowler is a dedicated armored personnel carrier and boarding ship. It\u2019s understood that in many cases the troops may need different equipment loadouts depending on the job and the Prowler can carry plenty of troops, so there is some space for additional infantry gear on board, to expand your options or ammo supply.\n\nHow powerful are the scanners\/sensors on the Prowler? Can the top weapons turret be replaced with a scanning array similar to the Vanguard Sentinel, Cutlass Red, or Hornet Tracker?\nThe top turret mount is piped for power and weapons, but not sophisticated scanners and datalines. Remember that the Prowler design hails from a period in history where the UPE and Tevarin were in conflict, and at that time, the UPE was technologically superior to the Tevarin in many ways. While the Tevarin had some unique and interesting shield tech, they lagged behind the UPE in others, and raw avionics power was one of them. Additionally, Tevarin use of Prowlers was focused on the taking of objectives identified by other ships and operatives in the fleet, and powerful (and potentially noisy) scanning arrays that could interfere with its stealth were rejected in favor of providing more space for troops, their equipment, improved stealth features, and effective Grav-Lev plates.\n\nCan players use weapons, like the sniper rifle, while the personal doors are open?\nIndeed they can. The Prowler is an unusually effective and specialized dropship and combat personnel carrier for many reasons, and that\u2019s one of them.\n\nUtilizing the back-ramp, is it possible to fit a Dragonfly inside of the Prowler?\nThis is not yet fully determined, but we\u2019d advise against expecting it. The interior of the Prowler is still subject to further implementation and the Prowler\u2019s first design priority is carrying troops. It\u2019s not a cargo ship, so it doesn\u2019t have cargo-style locking plates, and the troop deck is not a hangar, so even if a Dragonfly could sit physically on the Prowler\u2019s troop bay, this would not be a very practical or safe way of transporting one.","de_DE":"Gr\u00fc\u00dfe B\u00fcrger,\nEin weiteres Konzept Verkauf, eine weitere Frage & Antwort Sitzung. Seit letztem Freitag sammeln wir hier Fragen von der speziellen Q&A-Post und heute werden unsere Designer, die auf dem Schiff arbeiten, 10 Fragen f\u00fcr die Community beantworten. Stimmen Sie sich an diesem Freitag wieder ab, um die Antworten auf 10 weitere Fragen zu sehen.\n\nBenannt nach der milit\u00e4rischen Bezeichnung der UPE, ist der Prowler eine modernisierte Version des ber\u00fcchtigten gepanzerten Personalwagens Tevarin. Die Astroingenieure von Esperia erhielten uneingeschr\u00e4nkten Zugang, um die Originalversionen des Schiffes zu studieren, die k\u00fcrzlich im Kabal-System entdeckt wurden, um die sorgf\u00e4ltige Rekonstruktion des Fahrzeugs zu erleichtern. Nun ist der Prowler die perfekte Verschmelzung zweier Kulturen: die Eleganz und Wirksamkeit der Tevarin-Kriegsmaschine kombiniert mit der Zuverl\u00e4ssigkeit der modernen menschlichen Technologie.\n\nBesonderer Dank gilt Calix Reneau und Steven Kam, die sich die Zeit genommen haben, diese Fragen f\u00fcr uns zu beantworten.\n\nFragen & Antworten\nWerden die Streuner \"Grav Levs\" es ihr erlauben, sich wie eine Libelle zu verhalten und sie in eine Art \"Bodenfahrzeug\" zu verwandeln?\nWie in der Literatur, die dem IAE-Beitrag des Prowlers beigef\u00fcgt ist, erw\u00e4hnt, \"geben die Grav-Lev-Platten des Prowlers zus\u00e4tzliche Flugkontrolle beim Durchlaufen unebener Oberfl\u00e4chen. Dies ist sehr n\u00fctzlich, wenn man versucht, den Prowler neben einem gro\u00dfen Gro\u00dfschiff oder in einer planetarischen Festung zu positionieren.\" W\u00e4hrend der Prowler, wie die Libelle, nicht unbedingt ein Bodenfahrzeug ist, erm\u00f6glichen die Grav-Lev-Platten eine \u00e4hnliche Art der \u00dcberquerung von Planeten oder sehr gro\u00dfen Fl\u00e4chen. Sie verbessern auch die Man\u00f6vrierf\u00e4higkeit des Prowlers bei der Interaktion mit der Oberfl\u00e4che und f\u00fcgen ihren Nettoimpuls zu den Standard-Man\u00f6vriertriebwerken des Schiffes hinzu. Dadurch erh\u00e4lt das Schiff eine etwas bessere \"Traktion\" als beim freien Man\u00f6vrieren im Raum oder in der Atmosph\u00e4re.\n\nDer Prowler in der \u00dcberlieferung wird mit erstaunlichen und konkurrenzlosen Tarnf\u00e4higkeiten beschrieben. K\u00f6nnen wir erwarten, dass die Reproduktion aus Esperia genauso gut ist? Unterscheidet sich die Wiedergabe in irgendeiner Weise leistungsm\u00e4\u00dfig?\nEsperia ist bestrebt, den Legenden gerecht zu werden, und die bemerkenswerte Tarnung des Prowlers war einer seiner st\u00e4rksten Vorz\u00fcge w\u00e4hrend der verschiedenen Konflikte zwischen dem Tevarin und der UPE. Im Allgemeinen ist Esperia motiviert, die \"Erfahrung des Schiffes\" bei der Entscheidung, ob ein technisches Update auf das Schiff angewendet werden soll, beizubehalten (lesen Sie die Brosch\u00fcrenseite, \"A Break from Convention\" f\u00fcr einige Hintergrundinformationen \u00fcber die Philosophie von Esperia bez\u00fcglich Reproduktionen im Allgemeinen).\n\nEin Teil von Esperia's Arbeit bedeutet notwendigerweise, au\u00dferirdische Schiffe bis zu einem gewissen Grad f\u00fcr den menschlichen Gebrauch anzupassen, wie Sie sich vielleicht erinnern, wenn Sie Esperia's Glaive Reproduktion sehen. F\u00fcr das Glaive wurde die Ergonomie des Cockpits angepasst und eine menschengerechte (wenn auch noch recht fremde) Avionik-Suite installiert. Der Prowler ist \u00e4hnlich; die Ausstattung und Ergonomie wurden an den menschlichen Bediener angepasst, und viele der Avionik und einige Materialien wurden aktualisiert, um den aktuellen technischen Standards f\u00fcr Effizienz und Sicherheit zu entsprechen; denken Sie daran, dass die Tevarin zur Zeit der Tevarin-Konflikte in vielerlei Hinsicht nicht so technologisch fortgeschritten waren wie die UPE. Wir haben nicht vollst\u00e4ndig festgestellt, ob es aufgrund dieser Aktualisierungen und Anpassungen buchst\u00e4blich keinen Leistungsunterschied zwischen dem \"originalen\" Prowler und dem Esperia Prowler geben wird; es ist durchaus m\u00f6glich, dass die heutigen Ausstattungsstandards zu sehr geringen Unterschieden oder Abweichungen in Signatur, Haltbarkeit oder anderen Faktoren f\u00fchren, aber sie werden genauso wahrscheinlich zu Ihren Gunsten funktionieren wie nicht, und zwar in sehr geringer Weise.\n\nWarum sollte jemand den Prowler \u00fcber einen Erl\u00f6ser oder Hoplit kaufen?\nDer Prowler ist f\u00fcr Tarnung und Notfall-Extraktion ausgelegt - wenn Sie leise gehen oder laut herauskommen, ist der Prowler eine ausgezeichnete Wahl. Aber genau wie in jedem anderen Bereich, in dem es eine Vielzahl von Schiffen gibt, die eine bestimmte Rolle spielen k\u00f6nnen, hat jedes seine St\u00e4rken und Schw\u00e4chen und was Sie bevorzugen, kann von Ihrem Spielstil, Ihren besonderen F\u00e4higkeiten und Ihrer Gesamtstrategie mit Ihren Mitspielern abh\u00e4ngen, falls vorhanden. Es ist nur ein cooles Schiff, zum einen. Der Prowler bekommt definitiv Style Points. Zum anderen ist es ein sehr engagierter Personaltransporter, der im Vergleich zum Erl\u00f6ser oder Hoplit eine ganze Menge Truppen f\u00fcr seine Gr\u00f6\u00dfe tr\u00e4gt. Und au\u00dferdem hat der Prowler aufgrund seiner Grav-Lev-Platten einen Handhabungsvorteil, wenn es darum geht, den letzten Teil des Landeanfluges zu \u00fcberwinden, einschlie\u00dflich schneller Landung und Positionierung, sowie umarmter Gel\u00e4ndefunktionen zur Abdeckung durch feindliche Verteidigungspositionen, was in einer engen Situation ein bedeutender Vorteil sein kann. Auf der anderen Seite sind der Erl\u00f6ser und der Hoplite Entw\u00fcrfe, die st\u00e4rker \u00dcberlegungen zum direkten Kampf zwischen Schiff und Schiff ber\u00fccksichtigen, da sie jeweils ein Kampfschiff und ein Kampfschiff sind. W\u00e4hrend der Prowler einige ziemlich solide Waffen besitzt, wie viele J\u00e4ger sagen werden, ist die Feuerkraft nur eine der Variablen im Schiff-Schiff-Kampf. Was du willst, h\u00e4ngt stark davon ab, wie du spielen m\u00f6chtest - und auch davon, was die Gegner gegen dich aufgebracht haben.\n\nDie Verkaufsseite sagt, dass der Prowler schnell ist. Wie wird es im Vergleich zu anderen Schiffen wie der Vanguard, dem Erl\u00f6ser oder dem Entermesser stehen?\nDer Prowler hat einen einzigartigen Flugstil im Vergleich zu seinen Kollegen, indem er niedrige Beschleunigungsraten mit einer hohen SCM-Kappe verwendet, um getarnt zu bleiben, und f\u00fcr au\u00dfergew\u00f6hnliche Beschleunigung, wenn Tarnung nicht mehr das Problem ist. Es ist also sowohl schneller als auch langsamer als die aufgelisteten Schiffe, je nachdem, von welcher Art von Geschwindigkeit Sie sprechen. Seien Sie vorsichtig mit diesem Schub - der Prowler h\u00e4lt eine betr\u00e4chtliche Menge an Kraftstoff, aber sein starker Schub verbraucht dennoch viel schneller Kraftstoff, als seine Einl\u00e4sse sich regenerieren.\n\nWird der Prowler gen\u00fcgend Modularit\u00e4t f\u00fcr andere Rollen haben oder wird er ausschlie\u00dflich f\u00fcr Droping\/Boarding verwendet?\nWie alle Star Citizen-Schiffe soll auch der Prowler viele Anpassungsm\u00f6glichkeiten durch konfigurierbare Hardpoints und Optionen f\u00fcr verschiedene Arten von Ausr\u00fcstung bieten, einschlie\u00dflich Avionik, Triebwerke, Kraftwerke und Waffen. Allerdings hat der Tevarin ihn in erster Linie als speziellen gepanzerten Personaltransporter\/Tropfschiff konzipiert, und so sind viele seiner Kern- und Integralmerkmale, von seinen luftgesch\u00fctzten Einsatzportalen bis hin zu seinen Grav-Level-Platten, so konzipiert, dass er sich in dieser Rolle auszeichnet. Einige Schiffe sind sehr modular, w\u00e4hrend andere viel spezialisierter sind, und das sieht man bereits an der Reichweite und Vielfalt der zuvor vorgestellten Schiffe. Spieler sind jedoch eine kreative Partie, und wir hoffen und erwarten, dass Sie f\u00fcr Ihre Schiffe einen kreativen Nutzen finden, der der Konvention und gelegentlich der Weisheit widerspricht.\n\nZu welcher Art von Fahrbereich wird der Prowler in der Lage sein?\nDie Prowler ist ein Kurzstreckenschiff, das eher einem Landungsfahrzeug als einem Langstreckentransport \u00e4hnelt (man denke heute an eine Strandinvasion). Es ist f\u00fcr Angriffe und Boarding gedacht, nicht f\u00fcr Langzeit- oder Fernstreife. Wie viele Schiffe kann er mit einem Sprungantrieb ausgestattet werden und ist quantenreisef\u00e4hig, so dass er l\u00e4ngere Beine hat als ein Stumpfj\u00e4ger oder Argo nat\u00fcrlich, aber man sollte sich den Prowler als ein Kurzstreckenschiff vorstellen, das urspr\u00fcnglich vom Tevarin entwickelt wurde, um mit milit\u00e4rischer Flottenunterst\u00fctzung zu operieren, so wie viele kleine Milit\u00e4rschiffe (wie die meisten J\u00e4ger).\n\nWird der Prowler Platz\/Racks haben, um zus\u00e4tzliche Waffen, Munition und Sprengstoff f\u00fcr die Grenzg\u00e4nger zu lagern?\nAbsolut, der Prowler ist ein spezieller gepanzerter Personaltransporter und ein Boarding-Schiff. Es versteht sich, dass in vielen F\u00e4llen die Truppen je nach Aufgabe unterschiedliche Ausr\u00fcstungsauslastungen ben\u00f6tigen und der Prowler viele Truppen tragen kann, so dass es etwas Platz f\u00fcr zus\u00e4tzliche Infanterieausr\u00fcstung an Bord gibt, um Ihre Optionen oder Munitionsversorgung zu erweitern.\n\nWie leistungsf\u00e4hig sind die Scanner\/Sensoren auf dem Prowler? Kann der oberste Gesch\u00fctzturm durch eine Scananordnung \u00e4hnlich dem Vanguard Sentinel, Cutlass Red oder Hornet Tracker ersetzt werden?\nDie obere Turmhalterung ist f\u00fcr Energie und Waffen ausgelegt, aber nicht f\u00fcr anspruchsvolle Scanner und Datenleitungen. Denken Sie daran, dass das Prowler-Design aus einer Zeit in der Geschichte stammt, in der die UPE und Tevarin in Konflikt standen, und zu dieser Zeit war die UPE dem Tevarin in vielerlei Hinsicht technologisch \u00fcberlegen. W\u00e4hrend die Tevarin \u00fcber eine einzigartige und interessante Schildtechnologie verf\u00fcgten, blieben sie in anderen hinter der UPE zur\u00fcck, und die rohe Kraft der Avionik war eine von ihnen. Zus\u00e4tzlich konzentrierte sich der Tevarin-Einsatz von Prowlers auf die Aufnahme von Zielen, die von anderen Schiffen und Agenten in der Flotte identifiziert wurden, und leistungsstarke (und potenziell verrauschte) Scan-Arrays, die seine Tarnung st\u00f6ren k\u00f6nnten, wurden abgelehnt, um mehr Platz f\u00fcr Truppen, ihre Ausr\u00fcstung, verbesserte Tarnfunktionen und effektive Grav-Lev-Platten zu schaffen.\n\nK\u00f6nnen Spieler Waffen wie das Scharfsch\u00fctzengewehr benutzen, w\u00e4hrend die pers\u00f6nlichen T\u00fcren offen sind?\nIn der Tat k\u00f6nnen sie das. Der Prowler ist ein ungew\u00f6hnlich effektiver und spezialisierter Dropship- und Kampf-Personaltransporter aus vielen Gr\u00fcnden, und das ist einer von ihnen.\n\nIst es m\u00f6glich, eine Libelle in den Prowler zu integrieren, indem man die R\u00fcckenrampe benutzt?\nDas ist noch nicht vollst\u00e4ndig gekl\u00e4rt, aber wir raten davon ab, es zu erwarten. Das Innere des Prowlers unterliegt noch der weiteren Implementierung, und die erste Priorit\u00e4t des Prowlers ist das Tragen von Truppen. Es ist kein Frachtschiff, also hat es keine Verriegelungsplatten im Frachtstil, und das Truppendeck ist kein Hangar, also selbst wenn eine Libelle physisch auf der Truppenbucht des Prowlers sitzen k\u00f6nnte, w\u00e4re dies keine sehr praktische oder sichere Art, eines zu transportieren.","zh_CN":"Greetings Citizens,\nAnother Concept Sale, another Question & Answer session. Since last Friday, we\u2019ve been collecting questions from the dedicated Q&A post here and today our designers working on the ship will answer 10 questions for the community. Tune back in this Friday to see the answers to 10 more questions.\n\nNamed after the UPE military designation, the Prowler is a modernized version of the infamous Tevarin armored personnel carrier. Esperia\u2019s astroengineers were given unmitigated access to study original versions of the ship recently discovered in the Kabal system to help meticulously reconstruct the vehicle. Now, the Prowler is the perfect fusion of two cultures: the elegance and effectiveness of the Tevarin war machine combined with the reliability of modern Human technology.\n\nSpecial thanks to Calix Reneau and Steven Kam for taking the time to answer these questions for us.\n\nQuestion & Answer\nWill the Prowlers \u201cGrav Levs\u201d allow it to act similar to a dragonfly, turning it into a \u201cground\u201d vehicle of sorts?\nAs noted in the literature that accompanies the Prowler\u2019s IAE posting, \u201cthe Prowler\u2019s Grav-Lev plates give additional flight control when traversing along uneven surfaces. This comes quite in handy when trying to position the Prowler alongside a large capital ship or inside a planetary fortification.\u201d While, like the Dragonfly, the Prowler is not strictly a ground vehicle, the Grav-Lev plates allow for a similar mode of traversing planetary or very large surfaces. They also improve the Prowler\u2019s maneuverability while interacting with the surface, adding their net impulse to the ship\u2019s standard maneuvering thrusters. In effect, this gives the ship slightly better \u201ctraction\u201d than when maneuvering free in space or atmosphere.\n\nThe Prowler in the lore is described having amazing and unrivaled stealth capabilities. Can we expect the reproduction from Esperia to be just as good? Does the reproduction differ performance wise in any way?\nEsperia is committed to living up to the legends, and the Prowler\u2019s remarkable stealth was one of its strongest assets during the various conflicts between the Tevarin and the UPE. In general, Esperia is motivated to maintain the \u201cexperience of the ship\u201d when deciding whether to apply a technical update to the ship (read the brochure page, \u201cA Break from Convention\u201d for some background on Esperia\u2019s philosophy regarding reproductions in general).\n\nPart of Esperia\u2019s work necessarily means adapting alien ships for human use to some degree, as you may remember from seeing Esperia\u2019s Glaive reproduction. For the Glaive, the cockpit\u2019s ergonomics were adjusted and a human-compatible (although still quite alien) avionics suite were installed. The Prowler is similar; fittings and ergonomics were adjusted to suit human operators and many of the avionics and some materials were updated to match current technical standards of efficiency and safety; remember that at the time of the Tevarin conflicts, in many ways the Tevarin were not as technologically advanced as the UPE. We haven\u2019t completely determined whether or not there will be literally zero difference between the \u201coriginal\u201d Prowler and the Esperia Prowler in performance due to these updates and adaptations; it\u2019s entirely possible that present-day equipment standards result in some very slight differences or deviations in signature, durability, or other factors, but they\u2019re as likely to work in your favor as not, all in very minor ways.\n\nWhy would someone buy the Prowler over a Redeemer or Hoplite?\nThe Prowler is built for stealth deployment and emergency extraction \u2013 if you\u2019re going in quiet or coming out loud, the Prowler is an excellent choice. But just as with any other area where there are a variety of ships that can serve a certain role, each has its strengths and weaknesses and what you\u2019ll favor may depend on your play style, particular skills, and overall strategy with your fellow players, if any. It\u2019s just a cool ship, for one thing. The Prowler definitely gets style points. For another, it\u2019s a very dedicated personnel carrier that carries quite a lot of troops for its size compared to the Redeemer or Hoplite. And further, the Prowler, due to its Grav-Lev plates has a handling edge when it comes to getting through that last part of the landing approach, including fast landing and positioning, as well as hugging terrain features for cover from enemy defensive emplacements, which can be a significant advantage in a tight situation. On the flip side, the Redeemer and Hoplite are designs that more heavily incorporate considerations for direct ship-to-ship combat, being a gunship and fighter, respectively. While the Prowler does sport some pretty solid weaponry, as many fighter jocks will tell you, firepower is only one of the variables in ship-to-ship combat. What you\u2019ll want depends greatly on how you like to play \u2013 as well as what the opposition has arrayed against you.\n\nThe sales page says the Prowler is fast. How will it compare to other ships such as the Vanguard, Redeemer or Cutlass.\nThe Prowler has a unique flight style relative to its fellow troop carriers, using low acceleration rates with a high SCM cap to stay stealthy, and boosting for exceptional acceleration when stealth is no longer the concern. So it is both faster and slower than those ships listed depending on what kind of speed you\u2019re talking about. Be judicious with that boost though \u2013 the Prowler holds a fair amount of fuel, but it\u2019s powerful boost nevertheless consumes fuel far more quickly than its intakes will regenerate.\n\nWill the Prowler have enough modularity for other roles or is it solely used for dropping\/boarding?\nLike all Star Citizen ships, the Prowler is intended to offer plenty of customization options through configurable hardpoints and options relating to different types of equipment, including avionics, thrusters, power plants, and weapons. That said, the Tevarin designed it as a dedicated armored personnel carrier\/dropship first and foremost, and as such many of its core and integral features, from its airshielded deployment portals to its Grav-Lev plates are designed to help it excel in that role. Some ships are very modular, while others are much more specialized, and you can already see that in the range and variety of ships previously introduced. Players are a creative lot, however, and we hope and expect that you will find creative uses for your ships that defy convention and occasionally wisdom.\n\nWhat type of travel range will the Prowler be capable of?\nThe Prowler is a short-range craft, more akin to a landing craft than a long-range transport (in contemporary terms, think of a beach invasion). It\u2019s meant for assaults and boarding, not long-duration or long-distance patrol. Like many ships, it can be fitted with a jump drive and is capable of quantum travel, so it\u2019s got longer legs than a snub fighter or Argo of course, but you should think of the Prowler as a short-range ship, developed originally by the Tevarin to operate with military fleet support, as many small military ships are (like most fighters).\n\nWill the Prowler have room\/racks to store extra weapons, ammo and explosives for the boarders?\nAbsolutely, the Prowler is a dedicated armored personnel carrier and boarding ship. It\u2019s understood that in many cases the troops may need different equipment loadouts depending on the job and the Prowler can carry plenty of troops, so there is some space for additional infantry gear on board, to expand your options or ammo supply.\n\nHow powerful are the scanners\/sensors on the Prowler? Can the top weapons turret be replaced with a scanning array similar to the Vanguard Sentinel, Cutlass Red, or Hornet Tracker?\nThe top turret mount is piped for power and weapons, but not sophisticated scanners and datalines. Remember that the Prowler design hails from a period in history where the UPE and Tevarin were in conflict, and at that time, the UPE was technologically superior to the Tevarin in many ways. While the Tevarin had some unique and interesting shield tech, they lagged behind the UPE in others, and raw avionics power was one of them. Additionally, Tevarin use of Prowlers was focused on the taking of objectives identified by other ships and operatives in the fleet, and powerful (and potentially noisy) scanning arrays that could interfere with its stealth were rejected in favor of providing more space for troops, their equipment, improved stealth features, and effective Grav-Lev plates.\n\nCan players use weapons, like the sniper rifle, while the personal doors are open?\nIndeed they can. The Prowler is an unusually effective and specialized dropship and combat personnel carrier for many reasons, and that\u2019s one of them.\n\nUtilizing the back-ramp, is it possible to fit a Dragonfly inside of the Prowler?\nThis is not yet fully determined, but we\u2019d advise against expecting it. The interior of the Prowler is still subject to further implementation and the Prowler\u2019s first design priority is carrying troops. It\u2019s not a cargo ship, so it doesn\u2019t have cargo-style locking plates, and the troop deck is not a hangar, so even if a Dragonfly could sit physically on the Prowler\u2019s troop bay, this would not be a very practical or safe way of transporting one."},"links_count":2,"comment_count":110,"created_at":"2016-11-23T00:00:00+00:00","created_at_human":"9 years ago"},"meta":{"processed_at":"2026-05-14 00:02:10","valid_relations":["images","links"],"prev_id":15612,"next_id":15614}}