One of Humanity's oldest names in spaceflight.
Sub-cap slayer
RSI Perseus
The RSI Perseus brings old military authority into the modern fight: a heavy patrol gunship built around massive bespoke cannons, torpedo bays, and enough onboard utility to make sub-capital threats think twice.
A capital combat ship built for patrol, militia command, and anti-capital strike work.
Compact for a capital vessel, large enough to carry serious support spaces.
Wide enough for a fighter bay, cargo paths, and defensive systems.
Large gunship profile with compact capital presence.
Built for organized multi-crew operation.
Cargo capacity supports ordnance, vehicles, supplies, and reload workflows.
Two manned turrets mount four bespoke Size 8 ballistic cannons.
Two internal torpedo bays carry autoloaders and rack space for sustained strikes.
Gunship briefing
Legacy of authority
Inspired by a historic military gunship, the modern Perseus is a civilian and paramilitary statement piece: a blockade-breaker and patrol vessel built to shred sub-capital targets before a situation becomes a fleet engagement.
Gunship profile
Sub-capital deterrent
The Perseus is the kind of ship that changes the tone of a blockade or patrol route the moment it arrives: compact enough to deploy often, armed heavily enough to demand respect.
- Large heavy gunship manufactured by Roberts Space Industries for patrol, blockade, and sub-capital combat duty.
- Two manned turrets mount four bespoke Size 8 ballistic cannons for maximum artillery pressure.
- Two torpedo bays carry up to forty Size 5 torpedoes with autoloaders and nearby racks.
- A 96 SCU cargo bay supports large containers and vehicles such as an Ursa or MTC.
Operational profile
How the Perseus applies pressure
Command
Bridge, captain, turret, torpedo, engineering, cargo, and crew spaces keep a small team focused on decisive engagements.
Firepower
Four bespoke Size 8 cannons define the ship as a sub-capital slayer, backed by remote turrets and point-defense coverage.
Support
Torpedo bays and cargo-adjacent replenishment let the Perseus carry heavy ordnance without becoming a full capital ship.
Endurance
A 96 SCU cargo bay, crew quarters, captain's quarters, mess, escape pods, and engineering spaces make it a complete patrol platform.
Features
Power in your hands
The Perseus rewards an organized crew: torpedo operators, turret gunners, pilots, engineers, medical staff, cargo handlers, and fighter support all matter once a capital patrol turns hot.
KING SLAYER
Sub-capital slayer
Two manned turrets with four bespoke Size 8 ballistic cannons make the Perseus a direct answer to sub-capital threats.
HANGAR ABOARD
Manual artillery
Remote turrets and six point-defense turrets help keep fighters and incoming ordnance from dictating the fight.
GO THE DISTANCE
Crewed patrol life
Crew quarters, captain's quarters, mess hall, cargo bay, and engineering keep a compact crew useful across patrols.
POINT DEFENSE
Point defense screen
Six point-defense turrets and remote guns protect the hull while the main cannons focus on larger targets.
CARGO AND RELOAD
96 SCU cargo bay
The 96 SCU cargo bay supports meaningful payloads and vehicles up to Ursa/MTC scale.
MILITIA FLAGSHIP
Blockade authority
Designed for patrol, blockade, and deterrence, the Perseus is built to make hostile captains reconsider the exchange rate.
Maximum artillery
Four Size 8 cannonsWeapons and launch systems
Exact battlefield loadout
The Perseus centers its identity on two manned artillery turrets, two remote anti-fighter turrets, six point-defense turrets, and two torpedo bays for up to forty Size 5 torpedoes.
4x
S8 Bespoke Ballistic Cannons
40x
S5 Torpedoes
2x
Manned Artillery Turrets
2x
Remote Anti-Fighter Turrets
6x
Point Defense Turrets
96
SCU Cargo Capacity
7
Max Crew
100m
Length
Heavy ordnance
Torpedo bays
Two internal torpedo bays carry autoloaders and nearby racks, with replenishment paths from the cargo bay to keep heavy ordnance in the fight.
Torpedo bays
2
Cargo grid
96 SCU
Detailed schematics
Ironclad gunship architecture
The Perseus is compact but deliberate: gun deck access, torpedo bays, cargo, crew quarters, captain's quarters, mess, bridge, escape pods, and engineering are arranged around patrol combat.
Hangar aboard
Torpedo magazines
Two torpedo bays carry autoloaders and rack space for sustained heavy strikes.
Maximum artillery
Vehicle-ready cargo
The 96 SCU cargo bay supports meaningful payloads and vehicles up to Ursa/MTC scale.
Sustained patrol
Compact crew support
Crew quarters, captain's quarters, mess, engineering, and escape pods keep a small crew functional on patrol.
Frontline defense
Point-defense screen
Remote turrets and point-defense coverage help keep fighters and incoming ordnance from controlling the engagement.Internal schematic
A gunship organized for pressure
The Perseus layout serves blockade and patrol work: bridge command, artillery access, torpedo control, remote turret support, cargo, crew quarters, captain's quarters, mess hall, and engineering.
1
Bridge
2
Captain Quarters
3
Crew Quarters
4
Mess Hall
5
Main Gun Access
6
Torpedo Bay
7
Remote Turret Support
8
Cargo Bay
9
Vehicle Space
10
Engineering
11
Component Access
12
Escape Pods
13
Point Defense
14
Airlocks
RSI visual archive
Perseus gunship gallery
The Perseus reads like an ironclad gunboat carried into the 30th century: severe, angular, efficient, and built around the promise that big guns solve big arguments.
Unveiling destruction
Capital Ship Killer
The Perseus is defined by direct pressure: a heavy patrol gunship whose bespoke ballistic cannons, torpedoes, and defensive screen are built to punish sub-capital ships.
Munitions
Packs a Punch
Four Size 8 bespoke cannons, forty Size 5 torpedoes, remote turrets, point defense, and 96 SCU of cargo make the Perseus a compact heavy gunship with old-war authority.
Procurement
Perseus offers
The RSI Perseus is flight ready and typically appears through time-limited pledge sales, with standalone and warbond offer history reflected in community and RSI ship references.
Get it with LTI
Perseus command allocation
Companion items
Perseus paints and extras
Extras
Outfit it your way
Manufacturer history
Inside Roberts Space Industries
Roberts Space Industries is one of Humanity's oldest names in spaceflight: founded on Earth, famous for quantum-drive breakthroughs, and still building practical ships that turn frontier ambition into operational reach.
Founded on Earth in 2038 by Chris Roberts, RSI became one of the companies that pushed Humanity from planetary aviation into interstellar civilization.
RSI's quantum-drive work helped make practical interstellar expansion possible, giving the brand a mythic place in Human industry.
RSI spans starter ships, exploration craft, constellation-scale workhorses, and capital vessels, giving the Perseus a direct lineage from practical civilian utility to military command.
Founded
2038
Founder
Chris Roberts
Headquarters
Earth, Sol
Known for
Quantum drive
Origin story
From Earth industry to the stars
Roberts Space Industries was founded on Earth in 2038 by Chris Roberts, long before the UEE frontier became the familiar map of modern pilots. Its early identity was built around practical aerospace ambition: solve the hard problem first, then make it repeatable.
That philosophy became legendary when RSI helped unlock practical interstellar expansion through quantum-drive development. The Perseus inherits that same plainspoken confidence: not ornamental, not precious, but engineered to put crews where the mission demands.
Utility before theater
RSI 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 Perseus was selected as a smaller first-response alternative to Idris-class frigates: a corvette with enough speed, torpedo power, and support capability to screen larger fleet movements or lead civilian defense groups.
Militia command, public hands
The Militia Mobilization Initiative made the Perseus 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 Perseus
Perseus is RSI practicality at capital scale.
The Perseus makes sense because RSI has always sold capability before ceremony. It compresses the jobs of a much larger fleet element into a corvette that can move quickly, host a fighter, care for its crew, reload ordnance, and decide when a patrol becomes a strike.
Modern footprint
From starter hulls to capital command
Modern RSI spans the Aurora, Constellation, Scorpius, Perseus, Polaris, and other ships that make the brand feel less like one niche and more like a spine running through Human spaceflight.
The Perseus sits at the severe end of that family: still practical, still crewed around function, but armed with the kind of torpedo package that changes how everyone else reads the battlefield.
RSI offers
Shop Roberts Space Industries
Explore the wider RSI family after the Perseus briefing: Aurora starters, Constellation workhorses, Scorpius fighters, Perseus gunships, and the long-range ships that made the manufacturer synonymous with getting Humanity across the stars.
Manufacturer lineup
RSI ship lineup
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