Founded in 2845, Drake built its reputation on affordable, modular ships for private crews.
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Private-use attack carrier
Drake Kraken
Drake threw out the rulebook to build a private-use capital carrier: a mobile flight deck with protected hangars, mammoth cargo capacity, and enough firepower to hold the space around it.
A private capital carrier built for fleet logistics, flight-deck operations, and sustained power projection.
Compact for a capital vessel, large enough to carry serious support spaces.
Broad enough for carrier operations, cargo routes, and layered defensive coverage.
Capital carrier height with a broad working deck.
Built for organized multi-crew operation.
Cargo capacity supports ordnance, vehicles, supplies, and reload workflows.
Four small pads and two upper platforms support a varied carrier air wing.
Five manned and four remote turrets cover the carrier from strategic vantage points.
Carrier briefing
Release the Kraken
Marketed as an attack carrier and light carrier, the Kraken is Drake's most ambitious ship: a capital-scale home base for org defense, industrial logistics, fighter support, and the kind of freedom that arrives with armor plating.
Carrier profile
A base that moves
The Kraken combines command, logistics, protection, and fleet support in one privately operated capital ship.
- Capital carrier manufactured by Drake Interplanetary for private, corporate, and industrial power projection.
- A broad working deck handles fighters and medium support craft while internal hangars protect turnaround work.
- Internal hangars and a Dragonfly bay support ships, vehicles, supplies, refuel, repair, and rearm workflows.
- 3,792 SCU of cargo and comfortable habs turn the Kraken into a mobile warehouse and base of operations.
Operational profile
How the Kraken works
Command
A capital bridge, engineering spaces, landing control, cargo teams, turret crews, and deck operations make the Kraken feel like a working carrier.
Firepower
Five manned and four remote turrets cover the ship, giving a private carrier enough defensive and offensive bite.
Support
Flight operations teams coordinate arrivals, servicing, and redeployment while the carrier remains underway.
Endurance
A 3,792 SCU main hold, Dragonfly bay, crew habs, and medical support make it a self-contained base rather than a one-job carrier.
Features
Power in your hands
The Kraken rewards an organized deck crew: pilots, turret gunners, engineers, cargo handlers, medical support, and flight-deck coordination all matter when your carrier becomes the center of the fight.
FLEET COORDINATION
Command ship
Bridge, deck control, engineering, and logistics teams work together to keep the Kraken and its embarked fleet moving.
HANGAR ABOARD
Protected support
Internal hangars and service spaces keep maintenance, equipment, and support work protected from the open deck.
LONG-RANGE ENDURANCE
Long-haul endurance
Comfortable habs, medical support, a massive cargo bay, and engineering access keep a full crew operating away from port.
TURRET COVERAGE
Layered defense
Five manned and four remote turrets provide layered defensive and offensive coverage across the carrier.
CARGO AND RELOAD
Fleet-scale cargo
A 3,792 SCU cargo hold turns the Kraken into a mobile warehouse for fleets, industrial teams, and opportunists.
INDEPENDENT OPERATIONS
Operate on your terms
Built for private and corporate crews, the Kraken carries its own protection, logistics, and operating space into the field.
Carrier capability
Bring your own runway
Flight deck
Six pads, one working carrier
Four small pads handle fighters and light support craft. Two larger upper platforms receive medium ships, while internal hangars keep maintenance and turnaround work protected.
01Upper platform
02Small pad
03Small pad
04Small pad
05Small pad
06Upper platform
Landing pads
6
Main hold
3,792 SCU
Receive
Bring the fleet home
Support fighters, utility craft, and medium ships without returning to a station.
Turn
Service and redeploy
Move crew, equipment, parts, and supplies between the deck, hangars, and cargo spaces.
Sustain
Stay in the field
Keep carrier operations moving with protected hangars, engineering access, and deep logistics.
Perimeter defense
Hold the perimeter
Nine turrets create overlapping defensive coverage around the Kraken, protecting the ship, its crew, and the airspace needed for carrier operations.
1x
S8 Manned Turret
4x
S6 Manned Turrets
4x
S5 Remote Turrets
Interior scale
Built around the work
The Kraken is laid out around carrier realities: landing pads, hangars, cargo, engineering, crew habs, medical support, vehicle deployment, and turret coverage.
Hangar aboard
Internal hangars
Two multi-purpose internal hangars support ships, supplies, and whatever else fits.
Power to the people
Dragonfly bay
A rear bay supports Dragonflies and small vehicles for fast deployment.
Sustained patrol
Engineering access
Accessible engineering spaces keep the carrier running when the deck is busy and the job gets ugly.
Long-range support
Cargo and crew decks
Deep cargo capacity and working crew spaces give the Kraken the endurance to support long operations away from port.Private marketplace
Kraken Privateer conversion
The Privateer turns the Kraken's carrier platform into a mobile marketplace with public shops, private trading space, visiting-ship access, cargo handling, and Drake-grade security.
Marketplace carrier
Trade from your own runway
Built with Cousin Crow's conversion expertise, the Kraken Privateer replaces part of the standard carrier interior with a legal onboard marketplace: eight public shops, two private-market shops, dedicated storage, and direct deck access for buyers, sellers, and escorts.
Public shops
8
Private shops
2
Storage per shop
189 SCU
Internal schematic
A carrier organized for freedom
The Kraken layout serves mobile base operations: command bridge, deck support, turret stations, engineering, crew habitation, medical care, cargo hold, hangars, and vehicle deployment.
1
Docking Collar
2
Accommodations
3
Bridge
4
Captain's Quarters
5
Dragonfly Bays
6
Front Manned Turret Access
7
Lower Public Corridor
8
Internal Tram
9
Upper Public Corridor
10
Cargo Hold One
11
Cargo Hold Two
12
Engineering
Drake visual archive
Kraken carrier gallery
The Kraken reads as Drake at capital scale: industrial plating, visible purpose, carrier-deck mass, and a silhouette built for people who would rather own the runway than request permission.
Carrier in command
Unleash The Kraken
The Kraken is defined by ownership of space: a private carrier that can bring ships, cargo, repair, refuel, medical support, and serious turret coverage into one self-sustaining platform.
Carrier systems
Mobile base in the stars
Nine turrets, protected support spaces, medical support, Dragonfly deployment, and 3,792 SCU of cargo give the Kraken teeth and staying power.
Procurement
Kraken offers
The Drake Kraken is in active production and typically appears through time-limited pledge sales, with standalone and warbond offer history reflected in community and Drake ship references.
Kraken Accounts
Get A Kraken
Star Citizen Account
Legatus Navium Capital Fleet Account ( Rare Collectible Items and Ships )
$9,999.99
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Star Citizen Account
Star Citizen Grand Admiral Account – LTI Kraken Privateer, LTI Argo Mole, Rare Buybacks & Event Flair
$2,499.00
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Legatus Navium Original Backer Capital Fleet Account (Idris / Kraken )
$6,999.99
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Space Marshal Concierge Account — Kraken Privateer LTI, HoverQuad LTI, Star Citizen Access
$2,499.90
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April 2026 report
Kraken production update
The April 2026 Jump Point report adds new detail on the Kraken's ongoing production work, internal layout, and carrier systems.
Manufacturer history
Inside Drake Interplanetary
Drake Interplanetary is the manufacturer for crews who value utility, accessibility, and unapologetic private power over polish.
Drake built its name on ships that are cheaper to buy, easier to justify, and rugged enough to keep flying after prettier competitors have gone home.
The Kraken carries Drake's promise into capital territory: your fleet, your deck, your cargo, your rules.
Drake spans scrappy personal ships, heavy haulers, salvage platforms, and now a carrier built around private logistical control.
Founded
2845
Founder
Jan Dredge
Headquarters
Odyssa, Borea
Known for
Private power
Origin story
Built for the people who work
Drake Interplanetary built its name on rugged, affordable spacecraft that put capability into private hands. The Kraken takes that philosophy to capital scale: less ceremony, more deck space, cargo volume, and hard utility.
It is not a polished admiralty trophy. It is a mobile stronghold and working warehouse for crews who want control over their own logistics, protection, and fleet operations.
Utility before theater
Drake ships tend to look like tools because that is the point. The brand's strongest silhouettes are readable, modular, and built around work: cargo routes, crew stations, component access, and enough structure to make distant operations feel routine.
Back in the patrol line
The Kraken answers a very Drake question: what if a private org could bring its own runway, hangars, cargo depot, and defensive guns into hostile space?
Militia command, public hands
The Militia Mobilization Initiative made the Kraken legible to Citizens as more than a Navy asset. It is a flagship for organized groups that need patrol, interdiction, rescue capacity, and deterrence in one disciplined platform.
Why it matters for Kraken
Kraken is Drake practicality at capital scale.
The Kraken makes sense because Drake has always sold capability before permission. It lets private crews carry their own ships, supplies, repair support, and intimidation factor wherever the job takes them.
Modern footprint
From starter hulls to capital command
Modern Drake spans workhorse haulers, scrappy fighters, industrial ships, militia favorites, and the capital-scale Kraken.
The Kraken sits at the loudest end of that family: carrier deck first, cargo hold second, etiquette nowhere on the manifest.
Drake offers
Shop Drake Interplanetary
Explore the wider Drake family after the Kraken briefing: Cutlass workhorses, Caterpillar haulers, Corsair expedition ships, Dragonfly runabouts, Vulture salvage craft, and the rough-edged machines that made Drake worth following.
Manufacturer lineup
Drake ship lineup
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