Kraken Completely-Legal Fan Club

[marsh mantle]

more kraken "content"

and a proper confirmation about escape pods as well

[amber ember]

Huh

[quartz torrent]

Did they finally scrap the dragonfly bays or are we gonna have to throw hands with the devs?

[rapid crag]

6??

[rapid crag]

Where??

Oh… NVM.

[marsh mantle]

yeah, 2 big ones and 4 small ones

[amber ember]

4 small ones on the side while the 2 big ones are on the main deck

[marsh mantle]

Also i just noticed, instead of them calling the hangars smalls, they are now calling them mammoth, time to shove a bazzilion buccaneers into 1 hangar

[ruby belfry]

GIB!

[soft solstice]

https://old.reddit.com/r/starcitizen/comments/1kj5w3b/beijing_bar_citizen_leaks/

[marsh mantle]

Do you guys think the kraken will get the idris as a loaner? I think it will but i just want a second opinion on it

[strong nexus]

I think it should but let’s see what cig does

[marsh mantle]

I think it will because the perseus got a polaris

[inland sluice]

Yes, I think anything smaller than an idris will keep a polaris but orion, bmm, kraken etc will get an idris

[ruby belfry]

Why would Orion or BMM get an idris? Kraken will for sure, but the only others that will get idris will be Jav and idris-M (if not released at same time)

[ruby belfry]

reconcept? no... they reconcepted the BMM and look what happened there!!!! >.<

though if they decide to make it little bigger or something, that'd be fine. as long as it keeps the look it has lol

[marsh mantle]

If they change the look we riot

[ruby belfry]

100%

[marsh mantle]

I dont see what they would change it though, other than size adjustments for standardized pad sizes everything else should be fine with current game systems

[soft solstice]

It was suggested on Reddit that this was in regards to the Dragonfly bay / cargo loading functionality for the Kraken.

Based on the Q+A, i welcome seeing the Kraken being considered with new mechanics + features!

[marsh mantle]

This is sick, do we know how npc slots will work?

[ruby belfry]

ah, thats fair. I have the privateer so the dragonfly bay means fuck all for me lol 😅 but im welcome to new mechanics and features for the kraken for sure either way lol

[marsh mantle]

Dragonfly bay is the most unnecessary thing ever lol

[ruby belfry]

it really is lol

though... i could see it being useful for pirating in some situations lol

[marsh mantle]

I feel like at that point use a legionnaire

They also made pdc target bikes so they have lost thei utility

[ruby belfry]

ah - I didn't realize that (i never use hover bikes for anything) - so yeah... its officially completely useless to have the dragonfly bay then

[marsh mantle]

I only used them to steal cap ships during events

[strong nexus]

Dragon flys are supposed to have 2 flight modes flight/hover which meant the kraken didn’t need to land you could deploy the dragon flys as biker raiders who could make it back to the ship without the hassle of landing the entire flying fortress

Great in theory but that must’ve been so annoying to figure out how it would all fit

[marsh mantle]

Oh thats actually awesome, raiding ground bases like that would be crazy

[strong nexus]

Hopefully it doesn’t lose the dragonfly bay completely as that’s the only reason i have the dragonfly Yellowjacket

[strong nexus]

It would be like a space biker gang descending from space with their biker club fortress that’s fully capable of dominating the air space

[marsh mantle]

I feel like your better off buying it ingame, they are cheap as chips

[strong nexus]

But the Yellowjacket is “rare”

[marsh mantle]

Now that i slept on it, they will probably only reconcept the interior of it, and the size, since they need to fit in a med bay and escape pods

[soft solstice]

A solid take, I am excited to see the dev concepting of these various updates.

With base building, the Kraken showing up as a traveling Shopping Mall has a lot more utility for interactions.

[stuck osprey]

I do since the kraken lost its polaris as a loaner in the ptu (i looked last night from someone who only has a kraken).

[ruby belfry]

Ptu just hasn't been updated with loaners. It's been hammerhead on there the entire time.

[stuck osprey]

Yea, ill take the L on that

[glass bobcat]

Welp I'm jumping ship from idris and setting my sights on the kraken lmao

[ruby belfry]

Welcome to the drake side

[quartz torrent]

[worldly salmon]

Ha same here, 1900 its too much for me, so I will be switching to kraken too

[marsh mantle]

You will get an idris as a loaner anyway while we wait- my theory is that they will update the loaners after invictus concludes, just so there isnt a bazzilion idrisis flying about and obliteratng server performance, because i refuse to believe not even the jav gets an idris loaner

[glass bobcat]

I realized this when I woke up at 3am just to put the ship in my fucking cart again lmao

I'll just wait for the kraken and hey we might get a idris as a loner

[glass bobcat]

dose the kraken usally sell out as fast as the idris when it comes from sale for store credit or is it going to be a war like yesterday

[marsh mantle]

From what i have seen kraken is always war

[glass bobcat]

ah shit the kraken is my final hope or i loose everything

[marsh mantle]

Though its possible it might not be as much of a war as usual, the idris might have taken alot of potencial kraken buyers

[glass bobcat]

true true

i can only pray the bot and scalpers dont get it first

[amber ember]

Kraken will likely get a price increase from 1.5k/2k to 1.9k/2.4k

[marsh mantle]

I doubt it would, all they did is say that they will start working on completing its concept at the end of the year

If a price increase did happen it would probably happen during iae

[amber ember]

release price increase

[marsh mantle]

Oh i missunderstood

Definitely around the 2.2k mark

[ruby belfry]

last year kraken sold out in 30 seconds. Privateer in 45

[amber ember]

this year you gotta have to spam f5

autoclicker

my plan is to get cheap store credit from gm

[ruby belfry]

lol imagine they increase its price now only because they did it to the idris...

i doubt they will but.. anything is possible

[ruby belfry]

or could happen right away... price increase hit the pioneer out of nowhere, just because they started production. they've mentioned the kraken recently, thats enough for them to be like "its hyped.. time to make em pay for it"

[amber ember]

does nobody read?

[marsh mantle]

i mean, the pioneer's reconcept was fully complete, all they said now is that "oh we are gonna start in 6 months"

also what wanderer is saying

[amber ember]

release.
price.
increase.

[marsh mantle]

i just missunderstood wanderers message initially

[ruby belfry]

kraken concept was "complete" too. now its getting a reconcept, which means tehy need more money

[marsh mantle]

it will be minimal changes, they said themselves, they are just bringing it up to date and adding like... 2 more rooms

[amber ember]

if they make the new kraken worse
which could happen
im not gonna get it tbh

[marsh mantle]

ie escape pod room and medbay

[marsh mantle]

if they do we bomb cig headquarters riot

[ruby belfry]

revamping the cargo areas, redesigning the dragonfly bay as well. thats not just simple things. thats 4 entire rooms that they have tor econcept and get approved, while also fitting it in the room thjey have already set

[ruby belfry]

exterior will still the same. they're only reconcepting the interior afaik

[amber ember]

god i hope so

[marsh mantle]

it is possible the kraken will grow to accommodate them, many ships do when wrapping up their concept phase from what i have seen

[amber ember]

with capital ships getting released now i expect another cap at IAE

[ruby belfry]

true. I doubt it though. they already ahve the exterior as a workiung model. would make more sense to squeeze rooms in there lol

[ruby belfry]

you get perseus, and will be happy

[amber ember]

fck perseus

galaxy will be a buy for me

[ruby belfry]

im getting a perseus. will fit on my Kraken lol

captial killer on my capital lol

[amber ember]

i like the idea of the galaxy

probably chain from an lti token to tali for now and later to galaxy

[glass bobcat]

I hope I can snatch a kraken

I'm all in on the kraken now that I can't get the idris

[glass bobcat]

So how we feeling about our chances tmr on getting a kraken

[worldly salmon]

Isnt the sale next week?

[marsh mantle]

i believe it is

also i call bullshit

why no idris

[worldly salmon]

I was about to say the same

[marsh mantle]

idris is a much better loaner than a polaris

[glass bobcat]

Oh my bad yeah next week

[ruby belfry]

they're doing it in waves it seems to not break the servers. we'll likely get it as lonaer either tomorrow or on drake day

chances of getting the kraken are similar to the idris. though this year, idris may have been even more difficult than normal due to its release. Kraken usually sells out in 30-60 seconds. privateer usually 45-120 seconds

last year the WB versions of each stuck around for a few minutes. but store credit are gone nearly immidiately

[rapid crag]

How much is a Kraken Warbond?

[ruby belfry]

1400

[quartz torrent]

Kraken is my baby

Love me Emprah. Love me Kraken

[marsh mantle]

oh good

[ruby belfry]

if they dont change it from the polaris though.. Im rioting. lol

[marsh mantle]

all kraken owners collectively bomb cig headquarters

[ruby belfry]

I got my A2 ready. they're located in Loreville right? that seems probable...

[quartz torrent]

I just want to enjoy the Idris

[amber ember]

Idris is closer to a carrier than polaris

Also Perseus has a polaris
675 ship has 1k ship loaner

[quartz torrent]

Kraken realistically is larger too and the idris p is a good fit

[quartz torrent]

Time to build a bar in the kraken that serves kraken rum

[quartz torrent]

They change the loaner yet?

[glass bobcat]

no

but idk about you nut i got the persus as a back up so if i cant get the kraken im buying back the persus

[quartz torrent]

I already got the kraken but polaris just doesn't fill the role. I got a perseus too so techinically two polaris loaners

send halp

[ruby belfry]

Perseus on the deck of the kraken is gonna go hard lol

[stoic barn]

guys they mentioned the kraken again in Q & A

They are aiming for a pre-production end of this year, 2026 release is not unlikely!

and they'll take another look at it's concept soon, they said.

[marsh mantle]

where is idris loaner

[amber ember]

^this

Idris is more carrier than polari

[marsh mantle]

Polaris makes no sense as a loaner

[pliant moss]

Probs wait a couple weeks or something before letting us have them

[ruby belfry]

yeah they may wait until after the freefly/ilw like they are with subscribers

[ruby belfry]

getting me all excited here.. lol

[stoic barn]

Same

[glass bobcat]

What dose pre production even mean like starting Grey box or what?

[stoic barn]

Not sure

It could be that they're testing it for themselves in a 'production' form and tweak it to make it ready for the players.

[marsh mantle]

I believe pre preproduction is when the ship is wrapping up the concept phase

Im not sure though

[stoic barn]

Yeah not sure, it sure means something good

At least a video or another trailer in start 2026 I hope

[marsh mantle]

We are probably going to see the kraken in the backround of some random trailer

I swear it keeps appearing in random trailers

[stoic barn]

It does

Mentions, teases

Its not for nothinf

Otherwise they would also show endeavor or the orion as teases

They must be having some agenda

[glass bobcat]

Yall think the kraken is going to fet a idris for a loaner or nah?

[amber ember]

probably

Idris is more of a carrier than polaris....

[quartz torrent]

If it is they're slow on doing it

[ruby belfry]

they're likely waiting for freefly to be over. same reason subscribers haven't gotten it yet

[glass bobcat]

What yall think the chances of getting the kraken those release is looking like?

Im gunning for it

[ruby belfry]

I got one first try last ILW. but I went for the Pioneer credit version. usually easier to get from what ive been told

[glass bobcat]

what the diffrence again?

[ruby belfry]

Base is more of a mobile base and war machine launch carrier while the Privateer is a space mall

weapons are the same, but the base comes with more fuel storage, and internal storage while the privateer comes with shops and no dragonfly bay

[glass bobcat]

i think im going to shoot for the base first wave and maybe the second but if i cant ill get the priv

[ruby belfry]

yeah. Most people want the Base. I got the privateer because I didn't want both a kraken and a BMM 🤣

[glass bobcat]

fair

[quartz torrent]

Base kraken is pretty nice

[amber ember]

and cheaper

[glass bobcat]

welp got it in my cart and lost to a transation cant be completed

[tacit totem]

when are the sale waves for the kraken?

[amber ember]

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Bigger and Badder?

Kraken release???

Caterpillar has wb
Golem is newest drake ship
but kraken is there with its re-concept for interior end of year

[marsh mantle]

Its only interior

Remember-the exterior is already mostly complete

Which i think is why they love putting it into commercials

[glass bobcat]

the kraken is the idris 2.0 when it comes to sales lmao

[amber ember]

i know..
i said that
re-concept for interior

[marsh mantle]

I may or may not be a little silly in the head

[glass bobcat]

Im thinking honestly i would say max 2 more years till the kraken is released what yall think?

[glass bobcat]

so the kraken gone instalntly

[stuck osprey]

I left my cart screen up from wave 1... then i clicked proceed to pay, accepted the terms or whatever, and waited till time.is said 1second before wave started to hit ok, and got it. Thats my recommendation if you still got it in cart

[stone kiln]

does anyone have the 3D model or know where to get it for the kraken. been wanting to print it out

[tiny timber]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pr3Hdqh7xTY

[quartz torrent]

[stoic barn]

Yeah I saw it and damn

So awesome, wish I’d have a program that could do that

Just exploring my ship🤤

[stone kiln]

Should be able to in blender. I know blender also got VR support

[stoic barn]

I honestly think IAE 2026 Drake DefenceCon is a big chance of release

either that or IAE 2027

[stone kiln]

I could see them releasing nyx system towards the end of the year or beginning of next, then next update after add the krakens

Krakens, any fueler/repair/rearm, and pioneer gonna be major ships for the nyx system and I was told that’s the next system they are adding in

[inland sluice]

I dont think it was mentioned its next but it makes the most sense. Leveski is probably a lot further in development than sherman due to perviously being in the game, only 3 barren planets, minimal-no other stations

Castra and terra require the development of a a whole new architectural style, multiple atations and landing zones and planets with content.

[quartz torrent]

Still blue balling Kraken owners. CIG why

[vocal jungle]

why is the loaner not an idris yet bruh

im guessing thats everyone else's gripe so far here

[quartz torrent]

Pretty much yeah.

[stoic barn]

I mean even if they're not far. They could just give us some info about it.

Like things they plan to do with it. Just cover it in a video or sum.

[quartz torrent]

It's kind of odd they just decided to not give it the closest thing to a carrier as a loaner

[stone kiln]

As much as I want like the idris to be a kraken loaner. I can see that they probably only want a limited amount flying around. I just hope for the end of next year the krakens to be complete

[quartz torrent]

If we're lucky it will be but the ironclad would certainly come first

[stone kiln]

Ironclad end of this year. Seems like they are gonna work on the caterpillar soon so ironclad would be perfect for this year

[marsh mantle]

They did also confirm it during citizenxon

[stone kiln]

What would be amazing is if they been secretly working on the kraken to have it ready for next year defensecon

[rapid crag]

The P is literally a carrier cause it certainly can’t fight:

[quartz torrent]

That's exactly why it's so mind boggling that they didn't give it as a loaner.

[stoic barn]

They litterally say it entered pre production

And will continue to full production later THIS YEAR

Im fainting

[quartz torrent]

[amber ember]

Also means if Kraken enters full production
They might be done ironclad

[stone kiln]

Since the Perseus is getting size 8 instead of size 6, I hope the kraken gets bumped up to size 9 or have the turret quad size 8

[quartz torrent]

Kraken is supposed to be overgunned since it is drake

So possibly

[stone kiln]

It would be perfect if they made it twin size 10 then the javelin gets bumped up to size 11 or 12

[marsh mantle]

Wait, has the perseus upgunning been confirmed?

[marsh mantle]

I just hope they dont do the "primary turret is a bespoke ballistic" special for it

[marsh mantle]

Oh right i forgot about that

[stone kiln]

After the fire emoji

Also wonder if AI blades will be out by the time kraken gets released

[stone kiln]

Is there any concepts of paints for the kraken?

[quartz torrent]

There was a pirate/alternate colored version in the scorpius ad but it's hard to see the detailing on it

[willow plover]

Kraken ready yet team?

[marsh mantle]

Kraken tomorrow

[willow plover]

I wish...

[stone kiln]

Just make the ironclad 2.5 times bigger then throw a flight deck on top. Kraken done

[pliant moss]

but the top of the ironclad opens up, is that the flight deck

[tiny timber]

I mean....yeah basically

[wheat robin]

kraken is intresting just atm there is no gameplay for it

[stone kiln]

Gameplay is using it as a mini mobile space station

[wheat robin]

for what everything is so close together you dont need mobile FOB

[stone kiln]

Mining on terminus with golem. Instead of going to the station and back. You can park the kraken just outside atmosphere and drop your loaded ore pods and grab new ones. Almost 4000 SCU would be a lot of ore if you wanna spend an entire day of mining with couple of friends

They could also add some asteroids with high chance of getting very good ore way outside any star system

[wheat robin]

still wouldnt be more economical to bring lets say Ironclad for pods?

[amber ember]

Ironclad and starter class ships will be goats

[wheat robin]

no kidding Ironclad is endgame hauling ship for 90% haulers

[stone kiln]

Be able to refuel the golem on kraken. I used my Polaris and golem with 12 drake ore pods and I had 48% hydrogen left when I filled all 12 up. So you are gonna need to refuel if you want to have a fully loaded ironclad with ore pods

[amber ember]

physical refueling would be cool

refinining your own hydrogen/ quantum fuel and refueling with a hose

s1 hose is handheld and for ships like intrepid and terrapin
s2 for cutlass and c1
s3 for hercules and ironclad

[wheat robin]

i seriously hope CIG did not pause Pioneer for Kraken

[quartz torrent]

Pause pioneer. Release kraken. Get money

[wheat robin]

[quartz torrent]

[marsh mantle]

Amen

[wheat robin]

i disagree, but not becouse i dislike Drake or anything. Finish pioneer then keep it until gameplay is ready then just release pioneer with gameplay and besides there is no gameplay for Kraken either

[soft solstice]

Or work on both, in parallel, with 2 different design teams at their own pace.

[wheat robin]

that would work to besides there is no official word that Pioneer was paused just rumors so pioneer could still be worked on besides Kraken

[soft solstice]

Looking forward to the new iterations of the Kraken!

Especially the med bay/facility concept ideas

[quartz torrent]

Kraken has gameplay. It carries things.

[wheat robin]

Citizencon is my bet for concept showcase

[quartz torrent]

New kraken those small pads made into one larger pad? Yes please

[wheat robin]

makes sense since its easier to move around small ship that way

[quartz torrent]

If you're doing carrier operations, having a small tow vehicle to put ships on standby lanes would make sense so having split landing pads wouldn't be practical. Or structurally sound really

Never really understood why they split them.

[wheat robin]

here for notice i made Kraken 20% bigger than concept since size increase is expected.

1 single pad for 4 small ship is way better as you said

[quartz torrent]

They have allocated cargo spots and the landing zone radius but it's still small all things considered, unless you combine them and allow small vehicles to move things on deck via an elevator.

[stone kiln]

With the reconcept. I wonder if the kraken will go past 300m and that we get bigger flight deck. Would be nice to easily be able to park like a Polaris on it so you could have bigger crew to crew the turrets on both Polaris and kraken.

[stone kiln]

Also with AI Blades. I wonder if they will automatically shoot anyone if you leave the ship powered on and you not being in it. If that’s how it works. You can have any ship that has turrets sitting on top of the kraken and no one would want to come near you

[wheat robin]

well you dont want kraken longer than 272m since it wont fit into XLarge hangar

[stone kiln]

Ehh just put her at an angle for more room

[wheat robin]

you wont be able to spawn it in XL hangar so spacestations only

also Kraken barely fits XL hangar metric its height is at limit already

[stone kiln]

They will probably make it a bit fatter then. But really won’t know anything until they tell us what the reconcept is gonna be. Since they are adding in escape pods and med bay after the first concept. Would be surprised if they manage to fit everything inside the hull how it currently is

[wheat robin]

well they could remove dragonfly bay

[stone kiln]

They can’t do that. They’d upset the 2 people that are looking forward to that dragonfly bay. I am hoping they don’t touch the cargo size. I gotten the privateer and that 700 something is basically nothing

[marsh mantle]

I mean, you can use the shops as storage in a pinch, if you include those its storage capacity is still fairly respectable

[stone kiln]

Yeah. If you could fit an ironclad on the medium size pads, use that as extra storage and maybe like 2 asgards or 2 rafts on the 4 small pads. Then I wouldn’t mind if they shrunk the cargo size

[quartz torrent]

You planning on moving 1780 tonnes of supplies? Cause that's a LOT of Kraft Singles

[marsh mantle]

The weevil kraft single trade is incredibly lucritive

[quartz torrent]

[soft solstice]

The Arron Halo will need a Privateer Hub for that bulk 'cheese'!

[quartz torrent]

32scu containers of cheese

[stone kiln]

Star citizens needs to get sponsored by Kraft and have a bright blue and yellow kraken and where the squid emblem is at says Kraft singles

[quartz torrent]

I will honestly call the main office to Kraft right the fuck now and spearhead this don't tempt me

[stone kiln]

Do it. Maybe Kraft will get the kraken pushed out faster

[stone kiln]

I could make the Kraft singles paint. Also polished kraken.

[stone kiln]

WIP

[quartz torrent]

The pads must be cheese slice colored

And the hull that wonderful blue with the red trim

[stone kiln]

i got the blue down

i looked up the hex code for their color

im not gonna spend days on it. but ill try to spice it up a bit. just doing it for shits and giggles. i should ask CIG if i can make a paint for it and if they can add it into the game on release

if i get it done on release. im usually lazy XD

[marsh mantle]

the kraftken

[stone kiln]

i want to point out something. the kraken is suppose to be 270m long but the model from CIG is 281m long

[marsh mantle]

I assume it will grow a bit so they can fit in the escape pods and med bay and probably some other miscellaneous rooms

The bigger the better

[stone kiln]

but this model is from announcing the ship

so its old. unless they planned from the start to be 281m and just telling us 270m

[marsh mantle]

Cig works in mysterious ways

[stone kiln]

one thing i noticed is this model was definitely just thrown together. i thought i could just rip the model apart and print it in pieces but there is randomly floating pipes and a lot of one sided walls and for the small landing pads. apparently it is a complete mess on where the cargo elevator/train is gonna be

i might wait til full release to have that model since there is way too much work that needs to be done for me to even print this out

[marsh mantle]

Gatekeep tiime

[stone kiln]

I’ll hit the lottery then I’ll tell CIG I’ll give them 200mil if they manage to release the kraken during ILW

[marsh mantle]

Huge if true

[stone kiln]

update: i did not hit the lottery

[wheat robin]

AM i the only one thinking reconcepted Kraken will have less cargo than concept one

[stone kiln]

Most likely with them adding a med bay and escape pods

They could make the hull of the ship more fatter towards the front. If you remove the landing pads. The ship looks very skinny

[marsh mantle]

My guess is that they will just make it longer

[stone kiln]

They should just hit the max limit for XL hangers. Would be a pain to get in and out of the hanger but at least it can be in the hanger still and they’ll have room for everything

[marsh mantle]

They could make it so you have to retract the front strut antenna thing

It should give a few more meters of wiggle toom

[stone kiln]

Yeah. Just remove that entirely and add a s10 gun

[marsh mantle]

Amen

Size 10 nuclear warhead cannon

You get 3 shots per gun

And they just obliterate everything they touch

[stone kiln]

Also has a guidance system and anti-PDC to make it where PDCs are unable to lock and shoot at it

[marsh mantle]

It also just has like multiple warheads which split up and chase things but are considered projectiles and not missiles

Nuclear rattler

I think it would be really funny concept

Just like a gun with a few shots which does comical damage

But seriously, why dont capitals just use nukes

Instead of tungsten just shoot nukrs

[quartz torrent]

Same reason why unsc doesn't use them unless shields are down. It bounces off.

All fun and games till your nuke ricochets and comes back

Also feel like nukes would be the final resort in future engagement due to how dangerous they are.

So no standard ships would carry them.

[stone kiln]

What’s worse than a nuke is being able to launch black holes. I’d say around year 3000 we should have technology that create and use black holes as power

[stone kiln]

They said PDCs are only for military ships. Hope the kraken is considered military enough to get them since it is considered industrial

[wheat robin]

man once i wanted Kraken but now it was replaced by Pioneer becouse i simply dont know what to do with it

[marsh mantle]

You see, with the kraken

You can do everything

[wheat robin]

only cargo hauling and ferry services

[stone kiln]

Sit an Apollo on there for tier 1 bed. Have a golem and a ton of the ore pods for a massive mining operation. Sit 3 Perseus’ and have a big crew for more guns and PDCs to go and fight. The kraken pretty much has endless possibilities, fully customizable depending on what ships you want to put onto it

CIG should have a poll for all kraken owners to vote to either keep or remove the dragonfly bay. Say like 70% say they don’t want it then remove it. I rather have something else than a bay for dragonflies

[stoic barn]

Expeditions, supportive role space battles, moving large amounts of cargo from a to b, having a hub for your org

[stone kiln]

When they add ship docking, I want to try to get my hands on the base kraken then I can attach both the base and privateer and have an even bigger hub for things. Be even better if they allow you to move while docked together. I would have my own ships sitting on the base while I can have others that want to RRR and buy supplies from the privateer side. Who would ever want to build a base or a station when you can have one that moves

[wheat robin]

so you want to have what we saw in expanse: when 2 ships are docked one was master so it controled both ships in order to not snap docking collar

[stone kiln]

All depends on how they implement it. With the caterpillar and ironclad having the command module. Shortly after we have that, they should be able to allow ships to dock with each other. All you doing is making one ship the “command module” while the other would be a husk

[wheat robin]

yeah but Pioneer resonates with me more becouse now its not only basebuilder, but also mobile base that can mine ground deposits

[stoic barn]

I get that

[stone kiln]

Why I have both. Privateer and pioneer

Dock the base kraken, privateer, and pioneer all together

[stoic barn]

I have base kraken

Really curious to see the gameplay elements of that beast

I wanna do mining/salvaging expeditions.

[stone kiln]

You can fit 237 drake ore pods in the kraken

As long as the 3792 SCU doesn’t change

[marsh mantle]

I doubt its going to go down, i think it will either stay the way it is or is going to go up

[stone kiln]

I’d say make it a perfect 4000 SCU

[marsh mantle]

40000*

Just make it capeable of engulfing a bengal in the cargo hold

[stone kiln]

Drake steals a hull series and reverse engineers and makes the kraken equivalent to a hull E before the hull E is in the game

[marsh mantle]

They figure out how to make the kraken bigger on the inside than the outside

[quartz torrent]

Kraken houses an entire Big Benny's factory

Mobile soup kitchen

All soup

Every day

[marsh mantle]

Kraken varient where its just a fent factory in the cargo hold

[stone kiln]

Kraken but they remove the landing pads and only has 2 rooms inside. The bridge and a dark room with one single lightbulb in the middle. But it gets a s10 dampener and S10 EMP comps

[marsh mantle]

It also has a size 10 neutreno bomb which turns anything within 20mm into dust

Including itself

[stone kiln]

When we getting an actual squid kraken in game for a boss.

[marsh mantle]

Its an alien space kraken so we need to use the kraken to kill the kraken

[stone kiln]

And it’s so far from any system than you gotta use the kraken to bring ships to it

[marsh mantle]

It then turns out its some drake interplanetary superweapon with death star levels of destruction or something

Made to kill the vanduul

[stone kiln]

*To sell to the vanduul

[marsh mantle]

The vanduul buy it and it kills them all

Trojan kraken

[stone kiln]

IAE can’t come fast enough. I want the ironclad and the info about the reconcept of the kraken >o>

[marsh mantle]

I hope its bigger and has more gun

[stone kiln]

If the Perseus went up to S8, kraken needs to go to least S9 and with how drake does things. Needs more turrets. Just like how the buccaneer is, they put guns anywhere they could

And remove the stupid dragonfly bay and add a crafting station for ammo. One of the reasons why I wanted the kraken so I can have most of my ships full ballistic

[marsh mantle]

I hope it has a drone bay so you dont have to manually repair and refuel ships

[stone kiln]

It is suppose to have 2 drones

[marsh mantle]

There was some sort of drone concept wayyy back which was a multipurpose one, it could repair salvage and tow ships

It would be oerfeect

[marsh mantle]

Wait what

Where has this been said

Huge if true

Wouldbreaking

Ground shattering

[stone kiln]

Trying to find it. I know I read somewhere that it was getting 2 drones

I can’t find it. Thought it was on the Q&A of one of the krakens

[marsh mantle]

I have combed through the official stuff many times, i dont remember seeing any mention of drones

Its ok, i dont need a source, all i need is mORE HOPIUM

[stone kiln]

I got the Vulcan that would have 4 drones anyways so I can use that and then just use the kraken to replenish the Vulcan

[marsh mantle]

Oh right i forgot about the vulcan

[stone kiln]

I could probably put the Vulcan on the small landing pads so I could have 4 and have everyone else land on the other side of the kraken

[marsh mantle]

You could try shoving it into the internal hangar they are quite big, but i dont remember how big the vulcan is so idk if it would work

They are massive

[stone kiln]

39m long for the Vulcan

Also with the reconcept they could add like 10-20 drones anyways

[marsh mantle]

It would be neat if they switched out the dragonfly bay for a drone bay

Like 2-4 medium or small drones for self repair and fighter repair/refuel

I assume drones wont be able to rearm fighters

[wheat robin]

Id be careful becouse Vulcan will grow

[stone kiln]

Yeah. It can still fit somewhere on the kraken. It’s not gonna be as big as the 2 medium size landing pads but if it takes up one, better than nothing

[marsh mantle]

Even 1 bard for the kraken would ne huge

[wheat robin]

Realisticaly Kraken should have at least 6 of them

[marsh mantle]

i pray for drones every time i close my eyes

[stone kiln]

I just noticed the privateer doesn’t have the stupid dragonfly bay because it is replaced with 2 private shops

[stone kiln]

We need to spam CIG so we can get an idris loaner instead of this damn Polaris with its small hanger

[quartz torrent]

Kraken not having the idris loaner is still wild

[stone kiln]

They wanted to do the idris sale one more time to get people to buy the idris then when the sale is over, give the idris loaner to the kraken

I don’t want the idris but it’s just a better option than the Polaris. If they were selling the M variant I would 110% buy it but the P variant is just ehh. I want the more armored M so when they add armor into the game. Be way more valuable than the P

[wheat robin]

Will kraken get PDCs since its civilian capital?

[stone kiln]

We will see after the reconcept

It is on the borderline of being a military ship. I am hoping it gets 20+ PDCs

[marsh mantle]

it is called an attack carrier multiple times, so i assume it will

capital with no pdc would be rough

[wheat robin]

I think CIG implied they will avoid giving civilian ships PDCs

[wheat robin]

Yes but its still implied its not military ship

[worldly salmon]

I mean the idris p is civilian :) (has less pdcs but still some but extra slots)

[stone kiln]

Would be sweet if we got a full on military version that is just loaded with guns and have like a S12 railgun where that antenna thing is at

[marsh mantle]

That would be very neat, but unfortunately the military doesnt like drake

[stone kiln]

But but. They finally got accepted into ILW this year

[marsh mantle]

The only drake thing they buy is cutty reds 😔

[stone kiln]

Drake is suppose to be going bigger and badder next ILW so don’t know what that exactly means

Was hoping to see the kraken shell at ILW

[marsh mantle]

One can only dream

[stone kiln]

If it’s the ironclad that is suppose to be bigger and badder then I’d be very disappointed since that isn’t bigger or badder to the idris

[worldly salmon]

I hope enough people buy idrisses now so that I can secure a kraken at IAE

[stone kiln]

You gonna be going against me. I need a base kraken to go along with my privateer

[worldly salmon]

Oh god

I should have grabbed it at invictus but I originally wanted an idris

Now I have an idris (in buyback)

[stone kiln]

Idris just looks ugly as hell to me. I grabbed a privateer because of the passive money but I do want a base kraken for cargo hauling :3

[worldly salmon]

Idris would have appealed to me more if you did not need to spend 2200 for a laser beam idris

I refuse to go over 2k

[stone kiln]

Kraken is gonna be the best capital for how multi-purpose it can be

[worldly salmon]

Yeah, I am in love with how many ships it could carry

And it has great cargo, great guns and still has 2 hangars

For the price I can not justify using an idris

[stone kiln]

I’m like 90% sure you can fit a Polaris on the medium side deck

[worldly salmon]

As long as it does not stick into the bridge, probably

There are so much more fun things you could do with it compared to the idris

[worldly salmon]

It might be possible..

[stone kiln]

With reconcept, not sure what is all gonna happen to the kraken. Hopefully they make the decks bit more bigger

[worldly salmon]

Would be awesome

Im curious what the largest possible ship for the smol pads are

[stone kiln]

I think you could fit a caterpillar along it. Depends on how the landing gears line up

[worldly salmon]

Haha that would be awesome!

Maybe a connie if the gear fits on pad

Because its gear is pretty small

[stone kiln]

I can’t wait to have like 200 people on the deck while going through the jump gate

[worldly salmon]

The vieuws from deck in quantum are going to be great

[stone kiln]

Watch if you jump on deck it puts you into space. So you going through the tunnel and get left out in the middle of no where.

Also I wanna know what happens now if you jump out of a ship while in the jump gate

[worldly salmon]

You enter EVA in the jump gate

I think if you have a lot of patience you can exit the gate too

[wheat robin]

Kraken its already near the limit of Extra Large hangar so it only can get wider alittle

[quartz torrent]

Secure all luggage before jumping

[marsh mantle]

I think it would be funnier if you just went pop

I assume its quite a treacherous journey since you can actually hear the ships hull creaking

[quartz torrent]

The only width it could gain is on the hull itself and possibly conjoined pads. Otherwise it'll bump the walls taking off. Originally they considered 4 under hangars

Two per side

[marsh mantle]

4 hangars would be awesome, but the asymmetrical bottom of the kraken is quite nice

[quartz torrent]

True but having the 4 would make it to par with being a true carrier. Issue currently is that the idris now holds more ships in overall space vs the current kraken metrics. The top pads can hold a large size ship however the gaps render the space subpar

[wheat robin]

Does it tho? Kraken has 4x small pads, 2x medium pads and hangar

[quartz torrent]

The 4 small pads would need to be extended slightly to be current metrics and the gaps on them, unless there's autoland function based on atc, render them a flight risk per landing intervals. The two medium pads don't account for anything really other than drake ship metrics currently.

You could land a larger ship but we can only speculate if it will maintain the grip on the pad

[marsh mantle]

I assume as long as all landing gears all sit properly on the pad its fine

[quartz torrent]

I'd hope so too but this is CIG lol

[marsh mantle]

Im shoving my friends polaris on the deck whether or not cig approves of it

[quartz torrent]

I'd love for them to bump up the pads or at least smooth them out a bit. Add a cargo elevator to the pads and hopefully an air raid horn

[wheat robin]

If im not mistaken there is already cargo system for transporting cargo from pads to general cargo hold

[marsh mantle]

There is a traam that runs from the cargo hold to the pads

[wheat robin]

Every external landing pad has access to the internal tram route via a loading hatch located within the airlock antechamber. The internal tram is primarily designed to carry cargo between the pads and the main cargo hold of the ship to facilitate cargo moving between ships and the Kraken itself.- from QA

[quartz torrent]

Oh hot damn.

[acoustic linden]

This

[quartz torrent]

I knew the tram existed but I didn't know if they had a set per pad system or a general elevator to upper pad

[stone kiln]

Is the tram going to be broken every patch like the elevators?

[quartz torrent]

The real question is will it torpedo out of the ship at mach jesus like the old 600i elvators. And if it does, can it kill someone across the system given enough time

[stone kiln]

XD

[wheat robin]

Probably and CIG will nerf/remove tram if it kills streamer in gladius

[quartz torrent]

[stone kiln]

For the interior hangers. Hope they add an asop terminal so you can spawn your ships on the kraken

[marsh mantle]

Infinite kamikaze heralds

[stone kiln]

They can add a penalty time for claiming a ship on the kraken. Say claim is 5 minutes, to claim it on the kraken, make it 15 minutes claim time

[marsh mantle]

They could make it related to how far away you are from a station/planet

[stone kiln]

That too or if you are right next to a station and it is stored on that station. Would take like at least a minute to be put on the kraken

[quartz torrent]

Have it be able to store a minimum of 2 ships using the rising elevator

Would potentially fit

[stone kiln]

Just have a massive trailer the kraken pulls that stores all the small ships to be called inside the hanger

[stone kiln]

They should make XXL hangers and make the kraken like 350m long

[wheat robin]

They still can make Kraken bigger and limit it to spacestations

[stoic barn]

When do you think we'll get an update on kraken

and release

[marsh mantle]

I think its reconcept will be shown at citizencon

[stoic barn]

Same

Although I don't think the re-concept will be too large

mostly interior changes

Cuz they've shown the kraken teases on so many vids now, it looked the same

if anything they should make it bigger lol

And I think 2026 defencecon the kraken will be in the game

Imagine GTA6, SQ42 and Drake Kraken in 1 year

[marsh mantle]

Its because up until now, they have been using the same model from the kraken trailer i believe

[stone kiln]

As much as I want it during ILW, I’d say 2026 IAE would be when we get the kraken. I wonder when the privateer will come out since the interior it’s gonna be different. With all those shops

I don’t see the privateer releasing the same time since it’s not like the idris where the m and p are only slightly different

And if it’s only the base kraken the releases. My privateer better have a kraken loaner or CIG gonna be in some trouble

[marsh mantle]

I assume the privateer will only come once there are proper trading mechanics

[stoic barn]

So kraken base will come first and seperate I think

When the shopping system is in place, the MM and Kraken privateer will probably arrive same year

which I think is either 2027 or 2028

[stone kiln]

Watch the kraken releases and the privateer still gets the Polaris loaner

[quartz torrent]

With how long we been waiting they should add a hot tub in the captain quarters

[stoic barn]

lol this is not an origin ship

but yeah, I hope they'll make the kraken bigger in re-concept

[quartz torrent]

It's Drake so I expect something absurd

Gas lit stovetops or some shit

[marsh mantle]

I think a seperate shower and shitter would be huge

Shower shitter combo is nice but id like them seperated for once

[quartz torrent]

Careful. They'll hear you and make the Washer/Dryer/Shower/Shitter combo

[stone kiln]

LETS GO!!! Kraken news!!

[stoic barn]

@stone kiln Nice! Got a link for this?

[amber ember]

its the monthly report for august

https://robertsspaceindustries.com/en/comm-link/transmission/20753-Star-Citizen-Monthly-Report-August-2025

[stoic barn]

thanks

[stone kiln]

finally figured out on what to name my idris

[marsh mantle]

Based

[amber ember]

"mom, i want a kraken"

"we have a kraken at home"

[amber ember]

the kraken at home

[stone kiln]

Pretty scary kraken though

[stone kiln]

Finally 😄

[marsh mantle]

WE ARE SO BACK

[stone kiln]

IAE 2026 is looking really good

[marsh mantle]

I need to auction my brother off and get the kraken before its too late

[stone kiln]

I have the privateer and gonna get the base during IAE

I have my list XD

[acoustic linden]

I guess CIG got bored of working on the Pioneer and chose the Kraken instead.

[stone kiln]

Pioneer gonna be just like BMM

[marsh mantle]

Trapped in eternal limbo seeming like its so near yet just out of reach

[acoustic linden]

https://tenor.com/view/cat-tweaking-tweaking-tweaking-out-cat-car-gif-7411783083409388310

[stone kiln]

For how things are looking, I’d say pioneer is done, just waiting for them to figure out on crafting and base building

Since all of drake ships get ghoulish green. I wonder if ironclad and kraken will also get it

Also I hope we get to see the kraken at ILW. 8 more months counting October and with them using parts from the ironclad it should be close enough to show it off

Then IAE we get to fly it

[marsh mantle]

If they devote one of the studios i think its definitely doable

My one and only beloved will finally be more than a mere jpeg

It will be an interactable jpeg

[stone kiln]

Drake suppose to be coming back to invictus bigger and badder and that’s the only way they can do it is have the kraken sitting there so we can walk around in it. I’ll make sure I take my vacation time and spend the entire week studying the lay out so when it is flyable, I won’t get lost inside it

[marsh mantle]

I doubt the interior will be open but it will definitely be on display maybe even a flyby

A repeat of the polaris essentially

[acoustic linden]

I guess so. Sucks but I thought theyd have that stuff figured out by now.

[stone kiln]

CIG we are talking about. They have the plan but don’t know how to execute

[stone kiln]

I feel like kraken should be one of the fastest capital to go through production since it’s gonna be the first capital to use parts from another ship

[marsh mantle]

I guess, what im hoping for most is that they show the new concept during citizencon

I need content

[stone kiln]

I need it to have PDCs and if it doesn’t we need to be in an uproar til the kraken goes. I don’t want fighters constantly attacking at close range because it didn’t get PDCs

[marsh mantle]

If it doesnt have pdcs its literally over, also why doesnt the capital class dedicated CARRIER not have a capital radar

[stone kiln]

Because it is a civilian carrier which sounds stupid. Only suppose to get civilian and industrial comps

[marsh mantle]

I refuse to believe that part of the qna and pray that its outdated

[stone kiln]

Yeah. Based on a military aircraft carrier. Why wouldn’t it have military comps

[marsh mantle]

Also i dont understand why its marked as an industrial ship on rsi

Sure it has insane utility

But all the marketing is as an attack carrier

[stone kiln]

One thing is. I don’t see them even making both civilian and industrial comps for it and just have comps that can’t be removed like how the idris is

[marsh mantle]

My copecannon is that current caps are anti consumer so you cant upgrade them or some cope like that

[stone kiln]

They would have to nerf the idris to be able to bring out comps since it has the best comps it could get. Like looking at the quantum for the thing. Nothing comes anywhere near its performance

I also hope for the kraken to be able to travel the farthest out of any other capital

[marsh mantle]

I really hope if they decide make the dual size 8's bespoke (cig loves making main capital guns bespoke for some reason) that they are energy and not ballistics that run out in 1 bsttle

[stone kiln]

I want them to be S9. No way my drake ship shall be outgunned by a Perseus

[marsh mantle]

I hope they either upsize the big gun

Or upsize the rest

Like for example making the top 2 shoulder guns size 7

Or something cheeky like that

Or both

I wouldnt complain

[stone kiln]

If there is a QnA to talk about ships. Someone really needs to ask CIG if kraken is getting PDCs or not

[marsh mantle]

It haaaas to have pdcs, because it breaks my heart to say it but its gonna be very very bad without them

I know torps are tankier now but pdcs are still a great safety net

And also it swats the fighter larpers away

[stone kiln]

I’d say every capital should get PDCs unless they buff projectile speed and turret rotation. I don’t see the kraken coming anywhere near hitting a fighter at close range with slow turret speed

[marsh mantle]

If even the reclaimer gets them then the kraken should too

[stone kiln]

Reclaimer was planned to have them from the beginning. I never seen anything from CIG saying kraken will get them

[marsh mantle]

Oh i didint know that, i know for a fact cig hasnt mentioned pdcs for the kraken but maybe thats because it goes without saying, after all it is an attack carrier

[stone kiln]

I could always put 1 Polaris or 3 perseus’ on the kraken for PDCs and extra armour

[marsh mantle]

Cover the deck in auroras

ERA

[stone kiln]

I hope the kraken can land on another kraken if the landing gears are set up perfectly. Then you can infinitely stack them

[marsh mantle]

You just see a 2km tall kraken stack exiting the jumpgate

[stone kiln]

And if they allow ship to ship docking that you can still move around, just create the massive kraken wall

[marsh mantle]

Who needs space stations when you can create kraken central

[stone kiln]

Why I hope we can move with other ships docked. I want to use the base as my personal station and pull the privateer with me so others can RRR and be able to buy stuff. I would never need to go to a station

[marsh mantle]

When i get a privateer ill go sell rat kebabs in terra

Untapped market

[stone kiln]

Gotta sell only tacos. Be a massive taco truck

[marsh mantle]

And kraft cheese in the black market section

[stone kiln]

One thing. We are able to rent the shops to other players for them to sell stuff. Which I hope they add. They pay me to use the shop while I sit back and collect money XD

[marsh mantle]

I think thats how npc shops are gonna work

I swear they mentioned thst somewhere

They sell stuff and you get a commision

[stone kiln]

You can have npc run your shops or rent the space to a player and never have to deal with anything

[marsh mantle]

I assume players wouldnt run their own shops since that would be quite

Boring

[stone kiln]

I wonder if they are going to add those AI FPS turrets inside the privateer so people just don’t go and shoot up the place and steal everything

[marsh mantle]

That would be huge but life is never easy so we will need to pay npc guards who suck at their job and die instantly

[stone kiln]

As much as I want to be able to go to a system where you need to rely on a privateer for food and RRR. I’d doubt you’ll be able to make profit because you’ll be raided every single time. You wouldn’t be able to sell at any UEE area since you can just go to a station to RRR and to get food

[quartz torrent]

Kraft Singles shall be my prime selling point

[marsh mantle]

I think the main way privateers and such will be provitable is npcs

They said most economy and trading stuff would be npcs

[stone kiln]

Yeah

[marsh mantle]

And the occasional player

[stone kiln]

They be useful for large org operations to these barren systems

[marsh mantle]

Org ops would be better for base kraken since it has dedicated fuel reserves for fighters

But org knick knack shop would go hard

[stone kiln]

Only way I think of being able to sell in the privateer at any UEE system is going and collecting the other color cruz bottles so you don’t have the generic lux green bottle XD

[stone kiln]

[stone kiln]

Been thinking about it. ILW is 8 months away counting October. They are using assets from the ironclad to build the interior. I feel like it could be possible to fly kraken during ILW as long as there is no hiccups

[amber ember]

dont think so

i would say ironclads on ILW 2956 and Kraken for IAE 2956

the polaris took quite a while and its smaller than the kraken

and dont forget about the internal tram

[marsh mantle]

I assume they are just gonna make it work like an elevator but open so you can get evicirated if you step off the platform

[amber ember]

i think it'll be like the tram in onyx to site b and to the power core

that just needs to be implemented in a ship and made into debri

the exterior pads would be quite difficult to make

since the there needs to be a line in where the ship is actually landed and moving with the kraken

[marsh mantle]

I assume there would be no line

Your either landed and attached or your not

Oh wait i cant read sorry

[amber ember]

then you jump out and float away cuz the kraken didnt pull you in gravity

[marsh mantle]

That would be very funny

They could just recycle the code used for station pads and just tone down how much the gravity extends up i assume

[amber ember]

thats what i kinda mean

[marsh mantle]

Im a little stupid sometimes

The copium is getting to me

[amber ember]

if they extend the gravity height, when does a ship truly take off?

or they make 2 seperate gravities

[marsh mantle]

I think on pads it is 2 seperate gravities

[amber ember]

1 for the ship and a 2nd for players

[marsh mantle]

For ships there is none and for people there is some gravity so they dont float off after they jump

[soft solstice]

Finalizing the transit / ATC refractor might unlock a few options

[quartz torrent]

Knowing drake and how absurd they end up doing things, what all will be in the liquor cabinet on the Kraken?

[marsh mantle]

I hope it comes with a flask in the bridge like in the corsair

[quartz torrent]

An entire bottle of rum mounted to the Captains seat

[stoic barn]

U guys think they’ll have a kraken talk this year?

Explaining changes and whitebox status?

[marsh mantle]

I really hope so

Ill take anything i just need kraken content

[stoic barn]

same

I don't see it releasing next year

2027 for sure

[stone kiln]

IAE 2026. Only way it will be later than that is if the entire team just leaves like the BMM

[stoic barn]

It just got into whitebox

My hopium says IAE 2026 Drake Defencecon

But I think it’ll be delayed like Ironclad & pioneer

[stone kiln]

I’m gonna be buying a second kraken. It better not be delayed

[stoic barn]

I don't think that's possible

You can only have 1 idris, 1 javelin, 1 kraken

from what I've heard and seen at least

why would you even buy a second one though ahhaha

[marsh mantle]

Theres some whale in my org who has like.. 2 idris p's and an idris m

[stoic barn]

I do not see the point

[marsh mantle]

Me neither

Other than like

You can insurance fraud more efficiently

[stoic barn]

it's not a fraud if you litterally own another one

but still, it's kinda ridiculous imo

haha

You can probably get your kraken back in 2 hours

with lti

[stone kiln]

@stoic barn I have the privateer and want the base since you won’t be able to switch between the 2 with ease like modules. Need to take it to the shipyard to convert it back and forth and would take time

[stoic barn]

that makes more sense

[stone kiln]

Also if one gets destroyed then I can have another ready to go

[marsh mantle]

Its beautiful

[stone kiln]

I messed up the UV texture so the big cheese squares are just 3x3 pixels XD

[quartz torrent]

Cheese pixels

The ultimate isotope

[stone kiln]

for april fools, they should have a sneak peak picture of the kraken with kraft cheese paint

[marsh mantle]

For the kraken reveal it should show the kraken smashing through a comically oversized piece of kraft cheese

[stone kiln]

XD

[stone kiln]

looking back at last years citcon. they showed the polaris and kraken at levski. but we getting nyx and cant explore it yet with kraken <o<

[acoustic linden]

Refunding my entire acc rn literally unplayable. Give Kraken now CIG.

[stone kiln]

Of the 2 hour video at citcon. Atleast 25 minutes of it should be the kraken and have 31 PDCs

[acoustic linden]

[stone kiln]

And a AI FPS turret at every entrance of the ship

[acoustic linden]

We need like 5 tankers of copium on stand by.

I’m praying for a mention of the Pioneer.

Please don’t be a two hour presentation on Yormandi and Nyx plz I beg CIG.

[stone kiln]

5 entire trucks

[acoustic linden]

We’re ready for Citcon Chris. Let the tapes roll!

[marsh mantle]

With 20 more on the way

[stone kiln]

Would be fucked up if they don’t include a part for the kraken but it’s a find Waldo with the kraken with every clip they have

[acoustic linden]

I could say the same for the Pioneer. But I doubt it will get mentioned so don’t create that mentality, you will disappoint yourself.

[stone kiln]

Pioneer is coming 2026

[marsh mantle]

Big money big money

Show kraken

Big ones can only possibly be kraken my beloved

[stoic barn]

So far no Kraken mention

dissappointing

[marsh mantle]

Im either hoping for ship outlines now or it being teased on iae

[stoic barn]

bro this citizencon is such a letdown

only Nyx was good

[stone kiln]

you think they would of had something about the reconcept they did for the kraken

[marsh mantle]

IAE 🙏

our final bastion

[stone kiln]

IAE better have kraken move to gray box XD

[marsh mantle]

i just need to see the new concept

and if its not perfect im gonna johnny silverhand cig headquarters

[stone kiln]

XD

[marsh mantle]

SHIP REFUEL AND REARM YEAHHHHHHHHHHHH

They mentioned that there will be moer than those 2 ships

kraken tomorrow guys

[stone kiln]

that big event. would be perfect for the kraken to RRR

[woven basin]

Hey, Kraken noob here. What is the difference between kraken and kraken privateer?

[marsh mantle]

The privateer guts the cargo bay, dedicated fuel tanks and the dragonfly bay for shops

[woven basin]

And what has the kraken in those areas?

Or do the hangars on the side fall out

[marsh mantle]

It keeps all the hangar space

It only replaces the cargo bay and the dragonfly bay really

If you give me a minute i can get you some images for comparison

[woven basin]

Sure!

[marsh mantle]

So this is the kraken base

[woven basin]

I am slowly becoming attached to the idea of a kraken, though I still have many questions of how it’s supposed to function in terms of shielding parked vehicles for example

[marsh mantle]

The shield will not protect them unfortunately ):

[woven basin]

I guess the shops will function the same way the BMM is supposed to work?

[marsh mantle]

They said somewhere that shielfs will become hull wrapping

[marsh mantle]

I think so

[woven basin]

Oof

[marsh mantle]

They said that you essentially hire npc crew and (when its all done) npcs and players will pull up to the kraken and buy stuff

[woven basin]

How much more does the privateer cost

[marsh mantle]

Its a fair chunk more expensive

[woven basin]

More than Idris?

[marsh mantle]

Im trying to find the privateer cutout but i cant find anything thats marked

[marsh mantle]

No i dont think so

[marsh mantle]

Alright so i just need to do it manual style 1 sec

[woven basin]

I hope we get a chance to see the current development for the kraken at IAE and when we can expect it to drop

[woven basin]

I am sorry for people who early pledged the BMM and got no new info

[marsh mantle]

It is a bit unfortunate for them

[marsh mantle]

So the way it works is that there are 8 shops in the cargo bay

[woven basin]

As for the Kraken, I believe the progress is more consistent in development as the team pushes the idea out more openly

[marsh mantle]

Each with like 128 scu a piece

And then 2 private shops in the dragonfly bay which you can only access with permission from the captain

Thats where you sell the illegal studf

[woven basin]

Interesting

I hope it’s not lootable SCU space

[marsh mantle]

So even with the cargo bay gutted, if you use all the shops you still have a respectable 1200 scu ~

[woven basin]

NPC Orga shops would be neat with terminal where you can not just take the stuff

[marsh mantle]

I assume it will be with terminals

Im going to sell so many rat kebabs in stanton

[woven basin]

Because the game state with bugs make me claim capital ships on a daily basis, it’s not worth using all the space since anything can happen at any moment

The game attacks me more than other players

[woven basin]

[marsh mantle]

Yeahh atm filling up a capital ship or any ship that is, with stuff tends to end in tragedy

[woven basin]

Some people are dedicated

[marsh mantle]

Oh mechs in the idris are always cool

Me and some other people in an org did a titanfall onto the asd facilities

[woven basin]

Oh nice

[stone kiln]

only thing is. just the kraken is in production and we wont know when we will get the privateer. but it shouldnt take long to have privateer in-game. just when they decide on how they are gonna do the shops

[stone kiln]

true kraken enjoyers got the kraken as their background

[marsh mantle]

Only the real ones have overanalysed the concept images to unholy levels and can spot every error and mistake in the kraken reveal trailer

[stone kiln]

but i got the horrendous 3d model of the kraken from CIG and there is so many errors on it. like pipes leading to no where and just floating

[marsh mantle]

Oh well you have me beat in that department

But have you unironically had a dream of flying the kraken

[stone kiln]

no but there is another universe where the kraken has came out as soon as its announced and im there already flying it

[marsh mantle]

Well i actually went back in time to alter the timeline, to make them work on the kraken now

I manifested destiny for the greater good

[stone kiln]

damn you couldnt even alter it to come out sooner

[marsh mantle]

I got the budget version of the time machine it can only go back so far

[stone kiln]

why you should of built your own by harnessing the power of the black hole that bends space and time. and use it to go back in time

then harness a white hole to come back to the present

[marsh mantle]

If i were to try to do that i would be killed by the ancient babylonian creature known as the irs

[stone kiln]

only way to avoid them is to become them

you think the IRS pays taxes?

[marsh mantle]

I would never

They stand against everything drake

[marsh mantle]

They do and it goes back into their bank account and by doing this they make infinity money

[stone kiln]

they fund the FBI that then funds the "not pirates" to buy the drake ships

[marsh mantle]

Thats how they have existed for 9 trillion years

[marsh mantle]

I claim this is false, i am not pirates and have yet to be hit up by the federal bureau of intrinsic value

[ionic dragon]

whats the latest prediction for the kraken?

ILW 2027?

[stone kiln]

my copium is IAE 2026

[marsh mantle]

What this guy said

[ionic dragon]

i mean it started production just now so i would say its not impossible

if they use assets from cat and ironclad

[stone kiln]

i believe mostly all assets from ironclad. cat is old and i dont think they saved assets from the cat

[ionic dragon]

true but either way im sure itll speed up the development

just like percy

whats the difference between the kraken and kraken privateer?

[stone kiln]

privateer is a merchant ship. has shops and habs. like a mini station

[ionic dragon]

oo thats cool. which one did you get / are you getting?

[stone kiln]

i have the privateer but during IAE, im gonna pick up the base as well

[ionic dragon]

ah cool

i might get one too some day

not this iae tho

my money is going to perseus

[stone kiln]

better to get one soon before kraken releases. once the kraken comes out. gonna get more expensive

[stone kiln]

perseus is gonna get a price increase on release

[ionic dragon]

well yes but there is a lot of time before its flight ready

[ionic dragon]

im gonna try to get one from GM before iae

save up a little

if i cant , then i will just buy one at release

i get paid enough that it wont bleed my coffers dry xd

[stone kiln]

if it comes out IAE 2026, then you got only 2 times to buy kraken and if its ILW 2027 then you got 3 times before the price increase

[ionic dragon]

thats ok

should be possible still

[stone kiln]

and thats if you are able to grab one since they sell them in limited supply

[woven basin]

apparently kraken is getting a lot of changes someone overheard JC saying at bar citizen

[stone kiln]

42 PDCs?

[stoic barn]

Hope they won't change the entire look like pioneer and bmm

because I love the current design

[marsh mantle]

Its perfect in every way

[stoic barn]

Yes

Only change I wouldn’t mind is make it bigger

Haha

[marsh mantle]

Bigger is always better

[stoic barn]

Do you expect kraken talk IAE?

Cuz I hope so, the CitizenCon left me really dissapointed somehow, due to how big citizencon is supposed to be haha

[marsh mantle]

I do, or at least like the new concept being shown

[stoic barn]

maybe some progress

I also want the perseus to be released

[marsh mantle]

Its like the perseus was made for the kraken

It perfectly fits on the deck

[stoic barn]

it does

[marsh mantle]

Everybody gangsta until the kraken pulls up with 6 infernos and a perseus

[stoic barn]

and polaris escorting

insanely op

[marsh mantle]

I think you mean perfectly balanced

[stoic barn]

I mean depends on the oponent

I expect to see huge ships around the verse, but not everywhere.

Not every crew has someone with a javelin, idris or kraken

[marsh mantle]

I assume capital on capital violence will only occur in org events

[stoic barn]

Yes, no one will randomly attack eachother with that high stakes

except for skilled pirates

[marsh mantle]

I assume either that or if a capital is terrorising some place the server would probably form a strike group to kill it cause nobody likes a nuisance

[stoic barn]

yeah, remember that guy saying he'd terrorize on his own with AI crew bombarding the surface

everyone will hunt that person, and he'll regret spending that money

[marsh mantle]

Oh the javelin guy

[stoic barn]

yes

[marsh mantle]

Hes a silly billy

[stoic barn]

the whole idea of that makes me laugh

[marsh mantle]

Though i am hopeful blades/npc crew wont be completely dead on arrival

Because capital ships are very people intensive, even shaving off 3-4 people would be huge

[stoic barn]

I know, but capital ships are not necessarily meant for taking down small fighters

[marsh mantle]

The humble point defense cannon:

[stoic barn]

yeah defense

Try killing 4 skilled player fighters in a crewed polaris

hard asf

[marsh mantle]

I cant wait for armor to become a thing so the top gun light fighter larpers stay in their lane

[stoic barn]

Yes component damage instead of spamming on hull

I feel like spamming on the hull should do 0.1 damage

and the only way to take out a polaris for example is to target the engines and turrets etc.

[marsh mantle]

From what i have heard, ships wont really explode from getting their hull shot when engineering is in

They can only explode if you destroy the powerplant i think

Not a credible source but it sounds legit

[stoic barn]

yeah I mean, sure, fires and all that

but not destroying the ship with hull spamming haha

[marsh mantle]

Just drain the ship of oxygen

[stoic barn]

requires fighters to actually aim, and a bit more easy to take down

instead of musquitos zooming around you

[marsh mantle]

I assume fighters would be literally incapable of destroying capitals

I think they said size 4s kinda do damage and its only effective from size 5 and above for capitals

Tho taking put turrets and pdc is fair

[stoic barn]

yes

and/or engines etc

maybe

idk

I just want kraken

[marsh mantle]

I think they should just put everything else on hold and get their entire development team working on the kraken

[stoic barn]

So do I fuck everyone else lol

Kraken is life

[marsh mantle]

what is the point of nyx

if the kraken isnt even in the game

[stoic barn]

what's the point of anything

if the kraken is not in the game

[marsh mantle]

whats the point of fighters or any ship thats sub 110m to exist if there isnt a kraken to park them on

[stoic barn]

kraken is and always will be my main thing for Star Citizen

[marsh mantle]

Only thing*

Kraken is capable of thing other capitals will never understand, in the privateers shops people will see things they would never understand, learn secrets which must never be told, knowledge which must never be spoken

[stoic barn]

I think the kraken is a celestial power we must worship

[marsh mantle]

i already worship it and pray to it every winter solice

[stoic barn]

I praise those who designed it

[stone kiln]

Im pretty sure you can fit a polaris on the one side of the kraken with how the polaris's landing gear placement

[woven basin]

Hard doubt

[marsh mantle]

You can fit it on the main deck but its a rather tight fit i believe

[stone kiln]

i hope the landing gears on the kraken allow it to land on another kraken. i want to have a wall going though the jump gate

[quartz torrent]

Docking collar wall of Kraken

[woven basin]

[stone kiln]

I’m am glad they are making a crafting station portable. I can’t wait to never go to a station. Have an 8SCU box full of Cruz lux and another full of ammo and I’d be good to go

[marsh mantle]

You will probably be able to craft cruz lux and ammo lol

Cruz would probably just need fent and water

[stone kiln]

Probably

I am gonna cram as many ships as possible. Arrastra, vulture, paladin, meteor, super hornet mk2, maybe some kind of small cargo ship

[marsh mantle]

The hull b would be perfect i think

[stone kiln]

Yeah but I hate how ugly misc ships look

[marsh mantle]

Fair

[stone kiln]

I might buy the raft. One thing is need to see if landing on 2 of the small landing pads allow it to stay there even during quantum and the jump gate

[marsh mantle]

I assume if a ship locks onto the grav plating on the pad you can do whatever and its not going anywhere

[stone kiln]

I’m also wondering if you jump off the deck into space. If you go into EVA or fall back down on the deck. I assume you go straight into EVA but you never know how big they gonna make the gravity bubble

[marsh mantle]

I assume the outside wont have any gravity

It will probably be like levski

Wjere its only gravity plates

[stone kiln]

As long as you can have a massive party on the deck while traveling through the jump gate

[stone kiln]

It would be sweet if they made the flight deck a module to where you can put any combo of sizes. Have all small landing pads or 2 large sizes

[stone kiln]

What my kraken is gonna look like

Not sure how big the internal hangers are but maybe like an F8

[marsh mantle]

Im sure an f8 will fit

[stone kiln]

Would be nice to combine the 2 internal and make one big one that you fly in sideways for bigger ships like the Zeus

[quartz torrent]

Hide a terrapin inside for the scanning range

[stone kiln]

Might not work. One thing I’m curious about is if having a ship with a quantum dampener on the flight deck to see if it works. It doesn’t work if it’s inside the Polaris or idris but it should work while it’s outside the ship

[ionic dragon]

yeah the arrastra totally fits lol

[stone kiln]

Unless they make a portable refinery like they said they are doing with the crafting station. The arrastra better fit. If they do make a portable one then I’ll have my golem

[soft solstice]

The Expanse might be an option for your fleet:

https://starcitizen.tools/Expanse

[stone kiln]

Yeah but it does seem extremely small for having 6 refineries. I could see that thing doubling in size

[woven basin]

The ship will not 'disappear' after their owner has logged out. Like every capital ship, the Kraken will be remaining in the game 'until various conditions are satisfied.'

the kraken will stay usable for the org?

[stone kiln]

Not sure if you seen ships owned by gamesrule. Usually what happens when ships are just left there by a player. But like one of the various conditions is like bed logging. The ship will disappear when you do that

[woven basin]

hmm

[quartz torrent]

You think the kraken bridge will look glorious or will they pull the rug and it be a cardboard box with a steering wheel?

[marsh mantle]

Reinforced cardboard

[quartz torrent]

Ah right. How could I forget Drake reinforces their cardboard

[marsh mantle]

And dont forget they dont use any tape

They use the flex seal family of products

Because it even works underwater

[quartz torrent]

Gorilla glue

[marsh mantle]

They use flex seal, which holds on tight

And it even works underwater

[quartz torrent]

I dunno man, my cutlass has ventilation leaks

[marsh mantle]

Clearly, you didint buy the extra flex seal package for 4000 auec

[quartz torrent]

I got the Hurston special

Came with a free tool bag

And a complimentary beating

Not to me but one random worker

[marsh mantle]

Thats excellent

Theres a package above it which sends him and 3 generations of his family into forced servitude, handling quantanium by hand

[quartz torrent]

I wanted to get the Chairman Package but they closed the doors as a shootout in the spaceport was going on so I had to make do

[marsh mantle]

You can assured it was not be who started it

[quartz torrent]

I feel like it was

[marsh mantle]

How is it my fault that some guy from obituary thought i stole his limited edition crusader c2 plushie

Even though i did no such thing

[quartz torrent]

Wait that was his? I found it in a chair. Oopsies

I realized once the kraken is ingame, you can recreate the ship to ship scene in titanfall 2

Especially with the liberators

[woven basin]

It will look very similar to ironclad bridge

[quartz torrent]

The tiny bridge?

I hope not

[woven basin]

no modified to be bigger

but design is taken from same assets, just modified

[stone kiln]

The ironclad has a bridge and then the command module. So the kraken should be using the bridge of the iron clad which in pictures look to be the exact same size

But it is a big bridge

The 2 bridges looks very similar in shape but most likely they’ll look the same when both are released

I kinda hope the ironclad has more of the krakens bridge look

[woven basin]

kraken will be twice as tall in hight including the front glass

[stone kiln]

We won’t know til it’s actually released. Because we are getting ships that don’t fully look like their concept and Polaris is one of them. So when we get the ironclad, that’s most likely what the kraken is gonna look like

[woven basin]

based on the used kraken ship that was modelled for the cinematics

[stone kiln]

That model been the same since its announcements. Was quickly thrown together to look as close to the concept art from a distance. I have that model and there is floating pipes and pipes leading to nothing

[woven basin]

i know

but having something smaller would look terrible

so i doubt

[stone kiln]

They could make the ironclads bigger

[woven basin]

if they have space to put a whole ass station inside, they have space for a bridge

[woven basin]

dont think so, its mainly also meant for vehicles

cargo there is already misc ships more efficient

[stone kiln]

More efficient but very vulnerable. Ironclad is an armored cargo ship and the assault is the vehicle carrier. When they add armor with engineering, the ironclad will be very useful at hauling cargo in dangerous areas

[woven basin]

yes

but bigger also means no landing space

cater already struggles

[stone kiln]

Only problem I have with that cat is the interior design. I use it a lot for cargo as long as the missions ain’t bugged

[stone kiln]

I been staring at the kraken and I was looking at the numbers on the deck. Is it 061 and 051 or is it 150 and 190.

[marsh mantle]

I think its 150 and 190, 061 looks odd for some reason

[stone kiln]

Looking at 150 the 5 seems odd and with 061 the 6 seems off.

[amber ember]

Where did the 1 came from?

The side pads are 1, 2, 3, 4 and the 2 medium are 5 and 6

I think they mistook the orange line as a 1

[stone kiln]

I can’t wait for this monthly report and hope it went so smoothly that it’s in gray box already

[amber ember]

dont go huffing all the copium supply

[marsh mantle]

Of course not, on an unrelated topic where can one find more copium

[amber ember]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/713750250640244857/1360900091577241772/clad1.gif

[rose terrace]

yall are surpassing the perseus folks on the copium

kraken graybox wont happen for a few more months

iae 2026 release is unlikely

[marsh mantle]

Kraken is tomorrow, actually

It was promised to us 3000 years ago

[stone kiln]

yeah not sure who but they went back in time, got rid of the perseus entirely and kraken will be available

[marsh mantle]

It WAS ME, BARRY

[stone kiln]

need a black paint <o<