What to know
The MISC Reliant Mako is a two-seat mobile newsroom built to capture and broadcast a story from the scene. Compound-lens cameras, turret-mounted optics, and an image-enhancement suite give a pilot and camera operator the tools to record events and send the story while it is...
Reliant Mako specifications
A broadcast crew that can go where the story happens
The Mako adapts the flexible Reliant frame for reporting rather than freight. One crew member can fly while the other works the camera and broadcast equipment, letting the ship follow a developing event, frame clear footage, and transmit it without waiting to return to a studio.
A news van for live events across the system
Its value is immediacy. The Mako can reach an unfolding event, record it with purpose-built optics, improve the image aboard the ship, and send the report while the information still matters.
Development note: The Reliant Mako is flight ready and entered the live game in Alpha 3.5.0. Because Star Citizen remains in active development, specifications, features, and imagery may change over time.
The equipment behind the Mako's live report
Compound-lens cameras capture the scene, turret-mounted optics let the operator follow the action, and the onboard enhancement and broadcast equipment prepare the footage for transmission.
The camera operator can aim the optical array independently of the ship's nose, making it easier to follow a subject while the pilot holds a safe flight path.
Onboard image processing helps the crew prepare clearer footage before it is transmitted or carried back for editing.
The communications package is designed to relay recorded material from the scene instead of treating every mission as a return trip to a studio.
The Reliant Mako needs a clear sensor, camera, or interface path to the event or system the crew intends to record.
Access control protects the Reliant Mako's information while the ship remains in transit or exposed to other crews.
The camera and broadcast suite at the heart of the Mako
Purpose-built compound lenses give the Mako the optical reach to record events clearly from an effective operating distance.
Compound-lens camera suite
Use the camera turret, image processing, and broadcast equipment only after the Reliant Mako's crew knows which detail and context the customer needs.
Keep access controlled around the records created or carried through the camera turret, image processing, and broadcast equipment.
Choose transmission or physical delivery according to how quickly the information from the camera turret, image processing, and broadcast equipment loses value.
From developing event to transmitted report
The Reliant Mako follows a developing event from capture to transmission, using the camera turret, image processing, and broadcast equipment while a second crew member keeps the ship in the right place.
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Get close enough to understand the event
The crew gives the Reliant Mako's sensors or cameras a clear purpose instead of filling storage without context.
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Use the camera turret, image processing, and broadcast equipment
The Reliant Mako's operator uses the camera turret, image processing, and broadcast equipment to capture the detail and context the customer or audience actually needs.
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Separate a clear report from raw footage
The Reliant Mako keeps identity, time, location, and supporting records attached to the information it collects.
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Send the story while it is still current
A information job ends at the recipient, with the Reliant Mako's route and security chosen around the value of the information.
From first sight to a finished transmission
The Mako brings capture, image processing, and transmission into one compact ship. Its two-person crew can stay with a developing story instead of choosing between flying the ship and operating the camera.
A pilot and camera operator can divide flight and reporting duties, so each person can concentrate on the part of the mission that needs their attention.
The Reliant frame can change its wing orientation between flight and landing configurations, giving the Mako a compact footprint when it returns from an mission.
A quantum-capable spacecraft can follow a story between planets, stations, and remote locations that a fixed reporting team cannot reach in time.
Inside the Reliant Mako, sensors, cameras, or secure interfaces help the crew gather the specific information they came to collect.
Two people can report while the story is still moving
The pilot follows the event and keeps the ship safe, while the second crew member controls the cameras, image processing, and broadcast equipment without waiting for the ship to stop flying.
Flight and reporting remain separate jobs
The Mako works because one person can concentrate on the route and scene position while the other frames, checks, improves, and transmits the material.
The pilot follows a moving event, manages distance and safety, and keeps the Mako from becoming part of the incident it is covering.
The second station handles framing, focus, enhancement, and the context needed to turn raw footage into a report.
The crew can relay the finished story from the scene instead of carrying every recording back to a studio first.
See the Reliant Mako in action
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