StarCitizen:Hurricane

The A4A Hurricane is a heavy fighter developed by StarCitizen:Anvil Aerospace. The spacecraft offsets its absence of luxuries with formidable weaponry, featuring six ballistic guns that can penetrate almost any obstacle. Despite its compact design, it delivers a significant strike, and its pilots have not encountered a defensive StarCitizen:shield they are unable to breach.<ref name="HurricaneStore">Template:Cite RSI</ref>

Model

Ship profile

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Isometric	Above	Port-side	Front	Rear	Bottom
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Paints

"Flashfire"	"Polar"	"Stormbringer"	"Waylay"
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Pledge price history

Date	Pledge cost (USD)	Insurance	Availability	Sale
2017-02-24	175 (StarCitizen:Warbond - 160)	LTI	Time limited	Concept sale <ref>Template:Cite RSI</ref>

Lore

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Origins=

The Hurricane was originally developed in StarCitizen:2607, during the StarCitizen:Second Tevarin War, by StarCitizen:Casse Aerospace. It was specifically designed to destroy StarCitizen:Tevarin ships as quickly as possible the moment their StarCitizen:phalanx shields failed. The Casse Hurricane suffered some setbacks during the testing phase. Though pilots liked the power-to-weight ratio and the extra punch its quad-turret offered, the high degree of coordination needed between the pilot and gunner had a very steep learning curve. Because of this, the Hurricane didn't enter active combat until StarCitizen:2609. While they were used to devastating effect in a few instrumental actions, the war ended shortly after their deployment in StarCitizen:2610. Although it was effective during the war, it soon fell out of favor and was quickly decommissioned after StarCitizen:2615.<ref>Template:Cite RSI</ref><ref name="jumppoint2" />

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Redevelopment=

During the second major StarCitizen:Vanduulincursion in StarCitizen:2871, a UEE report showed that the longer a human pilot was engaged in combat with the Vanduul, the less likely they were to survive. In response, the StarCitizen:UEE Navy requested new concepts for an alpha strike fighter that had enough "focused firepower" to quickly destroy Vanduul fighters. StarCitizen:Anvil Aerospace redeveloped the aging Hurricane design in order to quickly produce a fighter that the Navy needed. The updated design still bore all the hallmarks of Casse's original, but with the addition of Anvil's proven conflict expertise. The result was a game changer for the war effort, and in 2878 new wings of Hurricane were being deployed by the Navy on the front-lines.<ref name="jumppoint2">StarCitizen:Will Weissbaum, StarCitizen:David Ladyman and StarCitizen:Ben Lesnick, Portfolio: Casse Aerospace, Jump Point, vol. 5, no. 3, pp. 30-33, 2017-03-18.</ref> During the StarCitizen:The Fall of Caliban, the Hurricane proved to be very effective in clearing out Vanduul fighter wings, allowing many civilian convoys to evacuate safely from the StarCitizen:Caliban system. Its success against the Vanduul has made it a key component of both the UEE Navy and Marine fleets.<ref>Template:Cite RSI</ref>

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Although the Hurricane was only produced for the UEE Military until 2947, several pirate groups have stolen them since their Anvil redesign. Most prominently, the StarCitizen:Argul Dawn and the StarCitizen:Otoni Syndicate have used them very effectively to ambush and disabled cargo convoys. The Argul Dawn was so efficient with their Hurricane wings that the StarCitizen:Advocacy launched several high-risk raids against the Argul Dawns headquarters at StarCitizen:Echo Eleven.<ref>Template:Cite RSI</ref>

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Civilian Release=

Even though it is one of the oldest ship designs still flying, Anvil brought it to the civilian market in 2947.

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Gallery

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Development

2014-11-12	Originally the Hurricane was an option in the poll for the third starter ship<ref>Template:Cite RSI</ref> but it lost to the StarCitizen:Reliant. The concept was subsequently changed to a heavier fighter that offers dogfighting-focused pilots a ship that relies strongly on firepower at the expense of armor.
2017-02-25	It was officially revealed in 2017-02-25 in the Template:Link RSI.
2017-03-02	The Hurricane's concept is designed by StarCitizen:Justin Wentz (Conceptist), and StarCitizen:Paul Jones (Art Director).<ref>Template:Cite RSI</ref><ref name="jumppoint">StarCitizen:Justin Wentz, StarCitizen:David Ladyman and StarCitizen:Ben Lesnick, Work in Progress: A4A Hurricane, Jump Point, vol. 5, no. 3, pp. 3-29, 2017-03-18.</ref>
2018-06-30	The ship became Flight Ready with the release of StarCitizen:Star Citizen Alpha 3.2.0.<ref>Template:Cite RSI</ref>

Design brief

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Aims	Heavy hitting support role — very vulnerable alone, very dangerous in groups.
Aesthetic	A taller, thinner StarCitizen:Hornet — the Hurricane is a bullet delivery service Barely armored

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Approximate statistics=

Approximate statistics
Length	22 Meters
Width	14.5 Meters
Height	6 Meters (In Flight) 7.5 Meters (Landed)
Mass	15,500 kg
Crew	1-2	Pilot, Manned Turret
Engine	1 x Medium	The engine is actually pretty powerful for its size
Thrusters	8x Flex Thrusters 12 x Fixed Thrusters	2 main, 8 maneuvering
Power Plants	1 x Small	Enough power to fly and little else. This ship will have difficulty running laser weapons.
Weapon Hardpoints	1 x S7 Manned Turrets 2 x S4 Fixed Gun 4 x S2 Missiles	Manned Turret comes with quad link S3 ballistic repeaters. Fixed Gun are pilot weapons, comes with S3 ballistic cannon. Missiles are on two racks.
Shield	2 x Small	Front-Back shield emitter. The Hurricane comes with a pretty weak complement of shield options.
Armour	Small	Probably the nicest thing you can say about the Hurricane armor is that it does, in fact, exist.

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Metric & Templates
A list of all components, templates and measurements that the concept artist needs to adhere to.
Animation Templates	Seat template: Main seat enter/exit Turret template: Standard turret enter/exit
Ship Components	Power Plants: 1 Small (0.5m x 0.75m x 0.5m) Shield Generator: 1 Small (0.25m x 0.75m x 0.25m) Avionics: 1 Small (0.5m x 0.75m x 0.25m) Coolers: 1 Medium (1.0m x 1.5m x 0.5m) Jump Drive: 1 Small (0.5m x 0.75m x 0.5m) Life Support: 1 Small (0.5m x 0.5m x 0.25m) Radar: 1 Small (0.5m x 0.5m x 0.5m) Fuel Tanks: 1 Medium (1.0m x 2.0m x 1.0m) Battery: 1 Small (0.5m x 1.0m x 0.5m) Ammo: 2 Medium (1.0m x 2.0m x 1.0m)
Cargo	No cargo requirements

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Requirements=

Requirements
Glass Cannon	Point the business end where you want more broken things. More durable than you'd expect for a glass cannon — it can take a hit, but it's not quite nimble enough to do anything about it, so bring a friend or find yourself easily cornered.

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See also

• Star Citizen: Alpha 3.2 - Anvil Hurricane

References

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