How the Hawk disables a target
With the Hawk, tracking and control systems help stop the target, while secure containment lets the crew bring a captured bounty to the handover point.
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BOUNTY AND SECURITY
Anvil Hawk
Anvil's light bounty-hunting fighter with an EMP
The Anvil U9C Hawk is a light fighter designed for civilian use, with a primary focus on weaponry. With the Hawk, tracking and control systems help stop the target, while secure containment lets the crew bring a captured bounty to the handover point.
RoleCombat
CareerCombat
Crew1
CargoNo cargo grid
Length17 m
Beam22 m
Height6.5 m
Mass64,166 kg
StatusFlight ready
Interdiction And Control
The Hawk prevents the target from escaping
With the EMP generator, the Hawk helps stop a target and complete the handover instead of treating first target as the end of the contract. Capturing a bounty ship requires disabling it rather than destroying it, which is the purpose of the Hawk's electromagnetic pulse generator. A rear containment pod lets the Hawk carry a captured bounty securely to the handover point.
Built in an evolving universe
The Hawk is flight ready and entered the live game in Alpha 3.4.0. Because Star Citizen remains in active development, specifications, features, and imagery may change over time.
Interdiction package
Hawk's electronic warfare package
With the EMP generator, the Hawk can change what an opponent is able to do. Position and timing aboard the Hawk decide how much the pilot gains from the effect.
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EMP
Capturing a bounty ship requires disabling it rather than destroying it, which is the purpose of the Hawk's electromagnetic pulse generator.
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Containment pod
A rear containment pod lets the Hawk carry a captured bounty securely to the handover point.
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Target identification on the Hawk
The Hawk must confirm the target and range before using the EMP generator, especially near friendly or civilian ships.
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Power demand on the Hawk
Specialist equipment competes with propulsion, shields, and weapons, so the Hawk's operator has to watch power and heat during use.
Defining feature
The Hawk's disruption and live-capture package
The Hawk combines an EMP with two Size 1 cannons and four Size 2 guns to pursue and disable a small target. A rear prisoner pod gives the single pilot a secure way to complete a live bounty instead of ending the job when the chase stops.
Why it matters
EMP disruption, six pilot guns, and a secure prisoner pod
EMPSpecialist system
4Size 2 guns
2Size 1 cannons
1Prisoner capacity
The light fighter frame lets one pilot follow a small target and bring the capture equipment into effective range.
The goal is to remove the target's ability to continue the chase without destroying the person the contract requires alive.
The rear pod turns a successful interdiction into a complete bounty run with the captured target protected for delivery.
Find, stop, secure, deliver
From EMP disablement to prisoner handover in the Hawk
The Hawk is built to change the terms of an encounter through the EMP generator, then turn that advantage into a completed interception or capture.
Find
Confirm the target before the Hawk's interception
On the Hawk, sensors, identification, and route knowledge reduce the chance of controlling the wrong ship or entering a poor interception point.
Stop
Use the EMP generator to remove the easy escape
For the Hawk, timing matters because containment or disruption from the EMP generator lasts only for a limited window.
Secure
Use the Hawk to move from pursuit to custody
For the Hawk, disable only what the contract requires, protect the boarding or containment step, and keep the target under observation.
Deliver
Complete the capture aboard the Hawk
Aboard the Hawk, a bounty or security contract is complete when the prisoner, evidence, or controlled ship reaches the proper destination.
Control details
The Hawk's specialist systems in detail
The Hawk uses its EMP generator to disrupt or restrict a target, then uses its sensors and conventional weapons to take advantage of the opening.
01Hawk's conventional armament
The Hawk carries two Size 1 Suckerpunch distortion cannons for disabling work, backed by four Size 2 gun mounts when more direct firepower is needed.
02Hawk sensor data
Identification and range information help the Hawk use the EMP generator against the chosen target.
03Hawk's specialist controls
Aboard the Hawk, a separate control station lets the crew operate the EMP generator while still monitoring flight and defensive systems.
04Supporting weapons on the Hawk
The Hawk's conventional weapons let the pilot act while the target is disrupted by the EMP generator.
Crew and operation
The Hawk is built to capture targets alive
Pursuit, the EMP generator, restraint, and the return to custody are parts of the same contract.
People behind the systems
Identification Control Custody
Capture work continues after the chase ends
The Hawk's pilot needs enough force to stop resistance without destroying the person or evidence being recovered, then has to keep the target secure until handover.
Confirm the right target before committing
Aboard the Hawk, tracking and control systems help stop the target, while secure containment lets the crew bring a captured bounty to the handover point.
Use the EMP to stop the target from getting away
The Hawk should know whether it will attack, capture, or withdraw before bringing the EMP generator into range.
Know where the prisoner will be delivered
The Hawk completes the job only when the target and any required evidence reach the proper handover point.
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