StarCitizen:C2 Hercules Starlifter

The C2 Hercules Starlifter is a civilian heavy lift transport developed by StarCitizen:Crusader Industries. Utilizing the patented Hercules military-grade spaceframe and expanding cargo capacity, while sacrificing barely any firepower, the C2 has taken the private sector by storm. It has become the industry standard for racing teams, ship dealers and manufacturers, construction orgs, mining corporations, and even large-scale touring entertainment outfits.<ref name="C2Store">Template:Cite RSI</ref>

Model

Ship profile

Exterior

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Interior

Lower deck	Upper deck
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Paints

"ArcCorp"	"Argent"	"Best In Show 2951"	"Cerberus"	"Crusader"	"Draco"	"Dryad"	"Fortuna"	"Frostbite"	"Hurston"	"Invictus Blue & Gold"	"Meridian"	"MicroTech"	"Sylvan"	"Timberline"
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Development

2018-05-03	The Hercules was introduced in the StarCitizen:Around the Verse: The Labours of Hercules episode.<ref>Star Citizen: Around the Verse - The Labours of Hercules</ref>
2018-05-04	The term Starlifter was originally referred to as the Genesis Starlifter, a variant of the StarCitizen:Genesis Starliner. According to the 2018-05-04 episode of Reverse the Verse, the Genesis Starlifter has been retconned and replaced by the Hercules Starlifter.<ref>Reverse the Verse - Hercules Starlifter and Anvil Hurricane</ref>
2018-05-31	The ship concept is designed by StarCitizen:Michael Oberschneider (Senior Conceptist) in StarCitizen:Foundry 42 UK with contributions from StarCitizen:Sarah McCulloch (Conceptist), StarCitizen:Paul Jones (Art Director), StarCitizen:Corentin Billemont (Systems Designer), StarCitizen:John Crewe (Lead Technical Designer).<ref name="jumppoint">StarCitizen:David Ladyman and StarCitizen:Ben Lesnick, Work in Progress: Crusader Hercules Starlifter, Jump Point, vol. 6, no. 5, pp. 15-32, 2018-05-31.</ref>

Trivia

• Hercules is the first ship in the Star Citizen universe designed to transport tanks (such as the StarCitizen:Nova).
• In the real world, the Template:WP, the Template:WP, or the Template:WP fill a similar role.
• The YouTuber Bankii made a gaming room based o0n the Hercules.<ref>This man built a $30K gaming room modeled after a Star Citizen spaceship, pcgamer.com, 31 May 2022</ref>

See also

• Star Citizen: Around the Verse - The Labours of Hercules Template:Trx
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References

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