What to know
The Clipper is a multi-functional ship developed by Drake Interplanetary. With the Clipper, range, sensors, navigation, and support equipment help the crew investigate beyond familiar traffic and return with something worth knowing.
Clipper specifications
Take the Clipper beyond mapped routes
An expedition aboard the Clipper begins with the fabricator, medical support, and expedition storage, while range, supplies, and surface equipment let the crew investigate and return safely. Sensors, navigation tools, supplies, and onboard support give the Clipper the equipment needed to investigate beyond familiar routes and still plan the return. The Clipper's rear grid holds up to 12 SCU, although the door limits the size of any single container that can be brought aboard.
Life and work beyond the Clipper's last easy stop
Aboard the Clipper, range, sensors, navigation, and support equipment help the crew investigate beyond familiar traffic and return with something worth knowing.
Development note: The Clipper is flight ready and entered the live game in Alpha 4.4.0. Because Star Citizen remains in active development, specifications, features, and imagery may change over time.
Clipper's expedition equipment
The Clipper uses the fabricator, medical support, and expedition storage to begin the investigation, then relies on range, supplies, and field equipment to continue it and return.
Sensors, navigation tools, supplies, and onboard support give the Clipper the equipment needed to investigate beyond familiar routes and still plan the return.
The Clipper's rear grid holds up to 12 SCU, although the door limits the size of any single container that can be brought aboard.
Two folding seats behind the Clipper's pilot provide room for additional passengers when the mission needs them.
A bed, kitchenette, table, and bathroom give the Clipper's crew practical living space between distant stops.
The Clipper can hit back hard, using its four Size 3 gun hardpoints.
Scan data is easier to use when the crew can compare results at a dedicated workstation.
An explorer that can support itself in the field
The Clipper combines exploration equipment with an onboard fabricator that can produce valuable items away from port. Medical capability and storage help the crew stay productive after a discovery turns into a longer surface or repair problem.
An onboard fabricator, medical support, and expedition storage
Use the fabricator, medical support, and expedition storage to decide which signal, location, or route deserves more of the Clipper's time and supplies.
Choose the Clipper's next step from the discovery: map it, visit it, or collect a sample.
Save the maps, samples, and scan records gathered through the fabricator, medical support, and expedition storage for the journey home.
A complete expedition
The Clipper connects route planning, the fabricator, medical support, and expedition storage, hands-on investigation, and enough fuel and support to bring the crew and its findings home.
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Choose the expedition goal before planning the distance
The crew plans the Clipper around what it wants to map, verify, recover, or study beyond familiar support.
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Survey with the Clipper
The Clipper's crew uses the fabricator, medical support, and expedition storage to investigate the site, then records maps, readings, and findings for the return journey.
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Follow the Clipper's first scan with a closer survey
The Clipper carries the equipment needed to turn a map marker into fieldwork.
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Keep enough range and supplies for the journey back
The Clipper leaves the site with enough fuel, supplies, and ship condition to protect the crew and findings on the way home.
The Clipper, from bridge to away team
The Clipper uses its fabricator, medical support, and expedition storage to start an investigation, then provides the range, field equipment, supplies, and living space needed to continue away from port.
Medical equipment aboard the Clipper supports treatment and rescue work away from a clinic.
The Clipper uses stowage to keep supplies and working equipment separate from crew access.
One of the most distinctive characteristics of the Clipper is its onboard fabricator.
In addition to its guns, it has eight Size 3 missile hardpoints.
Life aboard the Clipper on a long expedition
The crew plans the route, fieldwork, supplies, maintenance, and return journey together.
Plan the Clipper's expedition and return journey
The pilot uses the Clipper's fabricator, medical support, and expedition storage to investigate the destination while managing navigation, fieldwork, supplies, and the journey home.
The Clipper should leave port with a destination and a clear reason for visiting it.
The Clipper's crew connects every scan to a route, a field task, and a record that explains what was found.
The Clipper combines long-range supplies, maintenance access, and secure storage with the fabricator, medical support, and expedition storage for work far from port.
Mission spaces
The Clipper keeps the fabricator, medical support, and expedition storage close to field equipment, storage, and planning spaces. Living areas support the crew between missions.
See the Clipper in action
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