What to know
Anvil's Asgard is a rapid-loading combat lander designed around one decisive job: carrying a heavy ground vehicle through hostile airspace and putting it on the battlefield ready to move.
Asgard specifications
Meet the Asgard
The Asgard is built to get a heavy ground vehicle into battle quickly. Its wide vehicle bay, direct loading ramp, small flight crew, and onboard weapons help it land, unload, and leave without wasting time.
Development note: The Asgard is flight ready and entered the live game in Alpha 4.1.1. Because Star Citizen remains in active development, specifications, features, and imagery may change over time.
Everything serves a faster drop
A direct ramp, protective weapons, and a small flight crew reduce the time spent landing, unloading the vehicle, and picking it up again.
A redesigned approach to vehicle access shortens the vulnerable moments between touchdown, deployment, and extraction.
The broad central hull is shaped around moving a heavy ground vehicle, with useful capacity available when the mission calls for cargo instead.
Integrated guns and missiles let the crew answer threats while pushing toward a contested landing zone.
One or two operators can move a substantial battlefield asset without committing a larger transport and support team.
When the mission does not require a heavy vehicle, the central bay can carry a substantial cargo and equipment package instead.
The same direct ramp that speeds up unloading also gives the vehicle and its crew a clear path back aboard.
The Asgard's landing-zone loadout
Four pilot guns, manned and remote turrets, side-entry guns, and sixteen Size 3 missiles help the Asgard fight into a contested landing zone. Once down, the fast rear ramp gives a Nova-sized vehicle a direct route from the 180 SCU bay to the ground.
Bring the vehicle in under covering fire
Shorten the distance between orbit and objective
The Asgard is designed for the riskiest parts of moving a ground vehicle: loading it, flying through dangerous airspace, unloading it near the fight, and returning to collect it later.
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Secure the vehicle first
The mission begins by organizing the hold around the primary ground asset, its crew, and any supporting cargo.
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Reach the landing zone
The pilot and gunner work together to keep the Asgard moving toward a safe place to land.
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Open a direct route to the ground
A fast loading path reduces the time the ship, vehicle, and disembarking team remain concentrated in one vulnerable place.
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Leave before the window closes
The same loading route helps recover deployed vehicles and troops when they need relocation, repair, or evacuation.
From orbit to objective
Every stage of the Asgard's mission is about reducing the time between arrival and a heavy vehicle becoming useful on the ground.
A direct vehicle route lets the crew put tanks, transports, and troops into action without a complicated unloading sequence.
Weapons and a compact silhouette help the Asgard continue toward the landing zone when the route is contested.
The Asgard devotes most of its frame to moving one large ground vehicle while retaining useful capacity for cargo and mission equipment.
One or two operators can move a significant battlefield asset without the overhead of a larger dropship team.
Who the Asgard is for
The Asgard's crew coordinates flight, vehicle handling, defensive stations, and ground deployment so heavy armor leaves the ship ready to fight.
The ship crew and vehicle crew share one clock
The Asgard keeps the flight crew small, but a successful deployment still depends on precise coordination with the people and vehicle carried inside.
It serves groups that need to move an important ground vehicle without using a much larger transport ship.
The pilot, gunner, and vehicle crew need to agree on the landing point, unloading order, and pickup plan before the mission begins.
The Asgard can answer threats, but it is still a transport carrying valuable people and equipment. Route preparation remains essential.
See the Asgard in action
See the Asgard's exterior design, movement, and intended mission profile in official footage.
Find your Asgard
Explore in-stock Asgard ships, upgrades, and game packages available from The Impound.