StarCitizen:Blade (replica)

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The StarCitizen:Esperia Blade is a StarCitizen:Vanduul light fighter replica produced by StarCitizen:Esperia for military use. They are often used for training for the UEE pilots.<ref name="ReferenceA">Template:Cite RSI</ref> The maneuverability of the Blade is beyond anything else out there which makes up for its lacking armor.<ref>Template:Cite RSI</ref><ref>Template:Cite RSI</ref>

Features

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Specifications

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Model

Ship profile

Currently, only the version 2 (V2) model is available in-game.

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Version 3

The following images are screenshots of the StarCitizen:Inside Star Citizen episode "Enemy Mine", which showed a work-in-progress third version model. This version will not be made available until StarCitizen:Squadron 42 is released.

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Acquisition

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Lore

For some decades, United Empire of Earth aggressor squadrons have operated replica Blade fighters produced under exclusive contract by StarCitizen:Esperia Inc. These spacecraft, produced in great quantity, have been used to train generations of fighter pilots for StarCitizen:Vanduul engagements. Today, StarCitizen:Esperia manufactures Scythe and Glaive clones for training and testing purposes, with most former Blades having been returned to the manufacturer for storage and disassembly. The so-called "StarCitizen:Esperia Boneyard" (location classified) contains hundreds upon hundreds of used examples in varying states of disassembly. In the wake of the recent attack on StarCitizen:Uriel, many of the Blade trade-ins produced in the past decade are being outfitted for frontier defense use, part of an extremely controversial program aimed at better-arming those threatened by alien attack.

The current crop of Blade spacecraft available was manufactured between StarCitizen:2930 and StarCitizen:2940 under a lease agreement with the United Empire of Earth's military. Per Esperia's Naval contract, Blades have been returned to Esperia's care as more advanced aggressor designs are manufactured at a 1:1 basis. While each of these Blades is already a veteran of StarCitizen:Humanity's war on the Vanduul, each has been restored to factory settings and features a full manufacturer's guarantee.<ref name="ReferenceA" />

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Development

In 2018-06-30, with the release of StarCitizen:Star Citizen Alpha 3.2.0, the ship became Flight Ready.<ref>Template:Cite RSI</ref>

In StarCitizen:CitizenCon 2023, CIG announced that the owners of the Vanduul ships will get the reworked version without an unspecified date.<ref name="citcon2023">CitizenCon 2953: Talking Ship on YouTube</ref>

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