{"data":{"id":18479,"title":"Q&A: Drake Cutlass Steel","rsi_url":"https:\/\/robertsspaceindustries.com\/comm-link\/SCW\/18479-API","api_url":"https:\/\/api.star-citizen.wiki\/api\/comm-links\/18479","api_public_url":"https:\/\/api.star-citizen.wiki\/comm-links\/18479","channel":"Engineering","category":"Development","series":"Concept Ship Q&A","images":[],"images_count":1,"translations":{"en_EN":"Drake Cutlass Steel Q&A\nNow that the Cutlass Steel from Drake Interplanetary has been added to the 'verse, we posed a few questions to the vehicle team about the new dropship. Here are the answers, straight from the designers themselves.\n\nDoes the front\/pilot area differ from the other Cutlass variants?\nThere are no differences in the Steel from the door into the cockpit area forwards.\n\nCan any cargo be stored on the Cutlass Steel (commodities, vehicles, delivery boxes, food)?\nThere is no dedicated cargo grid on the ship, so full SCU crates cannot be loaded or secured. However, you can of course manually place smaller items in there. No vehicles are officially supported for loading, and the additional door guns and jump seats block most of the entranceways.\n\nHow does it stand apart from the other dropships?\nCompared to other dropships, the big bonus is the increased amount of weaponry available to cover troops on the ground.\n\nAre the door weapons bespoke, or can they be replaced?\nThey will be replaceable in the future, though they are currently locked to ballistic Gatlings.\n\nAre the rest of the components on par with any of the other Cutlasses (shields, armor, etc.)?\nComponent-wise, the Steel is identically specced to the Black.\n\nAre there weapon\/armor racks on board?\nThe pilot and co-pilot retain their weapon racks in the cockpit room. Each jump seat in the rear also has space for one FPS weapon.\n\nDoes the co-pilot control the backward-facing remote turret, or can it also be controlled by one of the passengers from within the troop area?\nThe rear-facing remote turret is exclusively controlled by the co-pilot.\n\nDoes the Cutlass Steel have any medical equipment on board?\nThere is no medical equipment on board the Cutlass Steel.\n\nDoes its mass differ from the other variants? If yes, does it gain any benefits or disadvantages in terms of speed and maneuverability through this?\nThe Steel weighs more than the Black due to the extra jump seats and turrets, so has marginally reduced performance compared to the Black.\n\nDoes the Cutlass Steel have any special features to better withstand or evade incoming defensive fire from ground positions?\nThere are no additional features on the Steel aside from the jump seats, remote rear turret, and manned door turrets.\n\nIs the pilot's visibility in line with the other Cutlass variants, or are there any advantages as it is a dropship variant that would benefit from better ground visibility?\nThe pilot and co-pilot positions are shared across all variants, and the canopy is the same as the Black, so it retains the same visibility. We are aware of issues with alignment and visibility in the Cutlass series and will be adjusting it in a future update.\n\nWill it be possible to equip the backward-facing remote turret with AI-blades?\nAs always, blades will be able to slave remote turrets to pilots. However, as the remote turret on the Steel faces backward, it would be of limited usefulness as, with freelook\/headtracking, the pilot would only be able to use it looking extreme left or right.\n\nDisclaimer\nThe answers accurately reflect development\u2019s intentions at the time of writing, but the company and development team reserve the right to adapt, improve, or change feature and ship designs in response to feedback, playtesting, design revisions, or other considerations to improve balance or the quality of the game overall.\n\nNow that the RAFT from Argo Astronautics has been added to the 'verse, we posed a few questions to the vehicle team about the new cargo carrier. Here are the answers, straight from the designers themselves.","de_DE":"Drake Cutlass Steel Q&A\nJetzt, da die Cutlass Steel von Drake Interplanetary in das Spiel aufgenommen wurde, haben wir dem Fahrzeugteam ein paar Fragen zu dem neuen Dropship gestellt. Hier sind die Antworten, direkt von den Designern selbst.\n\nUnterscheidet sich der Front-\/Pilotenbereich von den anderen Cutlass-Varianten?\nVon der T\u00fcr bis zum Cockpitbereich gibt es keine Unterschiede.\n\nKann auf der Cutlass Steel Fracht gelagert werden (Waren, Fahrzeuge, Lieferkisten, Lebensmittel)?\nEs gibt kein spezielles Frachtgitter auf dem Schiff, daher k\u00f6nnen keine vollen SCU-Kisten geladen oder gesichert werden. Du kannst aber nat\u00fcrlich kleinere Gegenst\u00e4nde manuell dort hineinlegen. Offiziell werden keine Fahrzeuge zum Beladen unterst\u00fctzt, und die zus\u00e4tzlichen T\u00fcrkanonen und Sprungsitze blockieren die meisten Eing\u00e4nge.\n\nWie unterscheidet es sich von den anderen Dropships?\nIm Vergleich zu anderen Dropships ist der gro\u00dfe Vorteil die gr\u00f6\u00dfere Anzahl an Waffen, die zur Deckung der Truppen am Boden zur Verf\u00fcgung stehen.\n\nSind die T\u00fcrwaffen ma\u00dfgeschneidert oder k\u00f6nnen sie ausgetauscht werden?\nSie werden in Zukunft austauschbar sein, obwohl sie derzeit an ballistische Gatlings gebunden sind.\n\nSind die \u00fcbrigen Komponenten den anderen Cutlasses ebenb\u00fcrtig (Schilde, Panzerung usw.)?\nWas die Komponenten angeht, ist die Steel genauso ausgestattet wie die Black.\n\nGibt es Waffen- und R\u00fcstungsst\u00e4nder an Bord?\nDer Pilot und der Co-Pilot behalten ihre Waffenst\u00e4nder im Cockpitraum. Jeder Jump Seat im Heck hat au\u00dferdem Platz f\u00fcr eine FPS-Waffe.\n\nSteuert der Copilot den nach hinten gerichteten ferngesteuerten Gesch\u00fctzturm, oder kann er auch von einem der Passagiere aus dem Truppenraum gesteuert werden?\nDer nach hinten gerichtete ferngesteuerte Gesch\u00fctzturm wird ausschlie\u00dflich vom Co-Piloten gesteuert.\n\nHat die Cutlass Steel eine medizinische Ausr\u00fcstung an Bord?\nEs gibt keine medizinische Ausr\u00fcstung an Bord der Cutlass Steel.\n\nUnterscheidet sie sich in ihrer Masse von den anderen Varianten? Wenn ja, hat sie dadurch irgendwelche Vor- oder Nachteile in Bezug auf Geschwindigkeit und Man\u00f6vrierf\u00e4higkeit?\nDie Steel wiegt aufgrund der zus\u00e4tzlichen Sprungsitze und Gesch\u00fctzt\u00fcrme mehr als die Black und hat daher eine geringf\u00fcgig geringere Leistung als die Black.\n\nVerf\u00fcgt die Cutlass Steel \u00fcber besondere Eigenschaften, um dem Abwehrfeuer von Bodenpositionen besser standzuhalten oder auszuweichen?\nAbgesehen von den Sprungsitzen, dem ferngesteuerten hinteren Gesch\u00fctzturm und den bemannten T\u00fcrt\u00fcrmen verf\u00fcgt der Steel \u00fcber keine zus\u00e4tzlichen Funktionen.\n\nEntspricht die Sicht des Piloten den anderen Cutlass-Varianten, oder gibt es Vorteile, da es sich um eine Dropship-Variante handelt, die von einer besseren Bodensicht profitieren w\u00fcrde?\nDie Positionen des Piloten und des Co-Piloten sind bei allen Varianten gleich, und die Kabinenhaube ist die gleiche wie bei der Black, so dass sie die gleiche Sicht bietet. Wir wissen, dass es bei der Cutlass-Serie Probleme mit der Ausrichtung und der Sicht gibt und werden dies in einem zuk\u00fcnftigen Update anpassen.\n\nWird es m\u00f6glich sein, den nach hinten gerichteten Remote-Turm mit KI-Klingen auszur\u00fcsten?\nWie immer werden Klingen in der Lage sein, Piloten mit ferngesteuerten Gesch\u00fctzt\u00fcrmen zu versklaven. Da der ferngesteuerte Gesch\u00fctzturm der Steel jedoch nach hinten gerichtet ist, w\u00e4re er nur von begrenztem Nutzen, da der Pilot ihn mit Freelook\/Headtracking nur mit Blickrichtung nach links oder rechts benutzen kann.\n\nHaftungsausschluss\nDie Antworten spiegeln die Absichten der Entwickler zum Zeitpunkt der Erstellung dieses Artikels wider. Das Unternehmen und das Entwicklungsteam behalten sich jedoch das Recht vor, Features und Schiffsdesigns als Reaktion auf Feedback, Spieltests, Design\u00fcberarbeitungen oder andere \u00dcberlegungen zur Verbesserung der Balance oder der Qualit\u00e4t des Spiels insgesamt anzupassen, zu verbessern oder zu \u00e4ndern.","zh_CN":"Drake Cutlass Steel Q&A\nNow that the Cutlass Steel from Drake Interplanetary has been added to the 'verse, we posed a few questions to the vehicle team about the new dropship. Here are the answers, straight from the designers themselves.\n\nDoes the front\/pilot area differ from the other Cutlass variants?\nThere are no differences in the Steel from the door into the cockpit area forwards.\n\nCan any cargo be stored on the Cutlass Steel (commodities, vehicles, delivery boxes, food)?\nThere is no dedicated cargo grid on the ship, so full SCU crates cannot be loaded or secured. However, you can of course manually place smaller items in there. No vehicles are officially supported for loading, and the additional door guns and jump seats block most of the entranceways.\n\nHow does it stand apart from the other dropships?\nCompared to other dropships, the big bonus is the increased amount of weaponry available to cover troops on the ground.\n\nAre the door weapons bespoke, or can they be replaced?\nThey will be replaceable in the future, though they are currently locked to ballistic Gatlings.\n\nAre the rest of the components on par with any of the other Cutlasses (shields, armor, etc.)?\nComponent-wise, the Steel is identically specced to the Black.\n\nAre there weapon\/armor racks on board?\nThe pilot and co-pilot retain their weapon racks in the cockpit room. Each jump seat in the rear also has space for one FPS weapon.\n\nDoes the co-pilot control the backward-facing remote turret, or can it also be controlled by one of the passengers from within the troop area?\nThe rear-facing remote turret is exclusively controlled by the co-pilot.\n\nDoes the Cutlass Steel have any medical equipment on board?\nThere is no medical equipment on board the Cutlass Steel.\n\nDoes its mass differ from the other variants? If yes, does it gain any benefits or disadvantages in terms of speed and maneuverability through this?\nThe Steel weighs more than the Black due to the extra jump seats and turrets, so has marginally reduced performance compared to the Black.\n\nDoes the Cutlass Steel have any special features to better withstand or evade incoming defensive fire from ground positions?\nThere are no additional features on the Steel aside from the jump seats, remote rear turret, and manned door turrets.\n\nIs the pilot's visibility in line with the other Cutlass variants, or are there any advantages as it is a dropship variant that would benefit from better ground visibility?\nThe pilot and co-pilot positions are shared across all variants, and the canopy is the same as the Black, so it retains the same visibility. We are aware of issues with alignment and visibility in the Cutlass series and will be adjusting it in a future update.\n\nWill it be possible to equip the backward-facing remote turret with AI-blades?\nAs always, blades will be able to slave remote turrets to pilots. However, as the remote turret on the Steel faces backward, it would be of limited usefulness as, with freelook\/headtracking, the pilot would only be able to use it looking extreme left or right.\n\nDisclaimer\nThe answers accurately reflect development\u2019s intentions at the time of writing, but the company and development team reserve the right to adapt, improve, or change feature and ship designs in response to feedback, playtesting, design revisions, or other considerations to improve balance or the quality of the game overall.\n\nNow that the RAFT from Argo Astronautics has been added to the 'verse, we posed a few questions to the vehicle team about the new cargo carrier. Here are the answers, straight from the designers themselves."},"links_count":0,"comment_count":0,"created_at":"2021-12-22T19:00:00+00:00","created_at_human":"4 years ago"},"meta":{"processed_at":"2026-04-28 12:54:41","valid_relations":["images","links","translations"],"prev_id":18478,"next_id":18480}}