Holotape salvaged from the wreckage of a Vanduul Glaive made public, amid growing rumors of Vanduul attacks in the Stanton System.
Posted Mar 20, 2016, 9:03 PM UTC
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This is pretty sick
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Lovely
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Pretty impressive considering how bad the Vanduul ships are right now (they really need a buff)
Also how do you extend the blades?
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They should be mapped to button 4. It will toggle the blades but deactivate your guns. Sometimes there seems to be a bug were the toggle gets messed up and you can have the blade extended with the guns working at the same time
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The blades extend into combat position on takeoff and retract on landing, I have a video on my harddrive of me dogfighting a Vanguard and finally killing it with my wingblade. Im thinking about uploading it aswell!
Would be nice with a buff to the Vanduul weapons, but I felt like I was doing fine most of the time. I had a really hard time penetrating the shields on the Vanguard though. God damn is that bird fat and tanky.
I have a few other fights from the freefly weekend with the Glaive, I dont really win many of them, but I give my opponents a hell of a fight. One guy chased me across the entire system just to take me out in with his Vanguard, along with his friend flying a Sabre.
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It does not extend the blades on takeoff for me, just fold down to put the guns in position.
I am in the Scythe however (Blade loaner)
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What i am talking about is at 2:30. the blades go from standard position to extended ramming position.
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Holy shit the detail in this game is amazing, Ive just been loaning this ship during free weekend, I actually had not noticed that they extended at all during combat since I was too busy trying to bring my guns on target. I was under the impression that they were already extended when the wings folded down. That is a question I cannot answer, but i believe it has to do with proximity to another ship that you are targeting. Im probably wrong but thats my best guess.
Let me check a few of my other videos on my HDD and see if that is the case.
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I found 1 way to do it.
If you disable your weapons (default is 4) it extends the blade.
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Nice vid, horrible Connie pilot :p
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Amid reports of a growing Vanduul presence in the Stanton System, a team of salvagers has released a damaged holotape confirming that the Vanduul have indeed penetrated far deeper than previously reported into UEE territory. Rumors of Vanduul attacks this deep into UEE space have been reported on social media, but Crusader Industries representative Sherrill Clinton responded in a press conference denying such claims stating:
"There are absolutely no Vanduul in the Stanton System, Crusader Industries employs some of the most high tech detection and early warning systems currently in use, and we have full faith in Crusader Securities to be able to detect and neutralize any threats that enter the system."
The rumors of Vanduul attacks began with a post on social media by Cfree of his Constellation missing one of its 4 main engines along with a lengthy description of the event where his Constellation came under fire. Cfree along with his crew survived, but an encounter with a Vanduul Glaive this deep inside UEE space is alarming. As ominous as this report of Vanduul infiltrating UEE space is, what was more disturbing was what Cfree reported happened after the event.
Cfree gives details at the end of his post about how while on approach to the nearest Cry-Astro, his crew along with the crew of the Cutlass that flew with them were intercepted by Crusader Securities, detained, and had their ships Black Boxes wiped of data. If these rumors are true, then Crusader Securities could find itself in an enormous amount of legal trouble over not only denying the existance of the Vanduul in UEE space, but also using technology deemed illegal by the UEE to destroy evidence of the fact.
Crusader Industries has yet to comment on the Vanduul Holotape.
As a data runner, I've seen some attempted hoaxes in my day. You can clearly see the human touches on the interior of the cockpit. This is clearly the work of pirates.
Cool.