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Hello and welcome to some more Star
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Citizen. Today we are going to be
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talking about vehicles and ships. I
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wanted to talk about what ships CI are
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working on now and what they've still
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got left to get out of concept and into
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our hands. What we can expect over the
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next few months since Citizen Con last
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year, so October in 2024, CI have
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already released a load of stuff. the
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Argo CSV SM, the Starancer Max, the
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Polaris, that mighty Corvette there, the
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Super Hornet M2 and Heartseeker kit for
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it, the Anvil Terrapin Medic, the
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Misfortune, the Marai Guardian, the Zeus
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Mark 2 CL and ES. And with Alpha 4.1,
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they've also released the Drake Golem,
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and the ATLS Geo, a variant of the ATLS
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mech. They're both focused on mining,
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which makes sense because they released
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what was effectively a mining patch. And
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CI have said as part of their monthly
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driven patch content, they're going to
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be releasing more ships that don't
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require new features. So, it's going to
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be a lot of combat ships, cargo,
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salvage, mining, that sort of stuff of
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all sizes, but we may see some other new
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features turn up and they will release
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ships appropriately with those new
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features. That's what it appears to
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still be. some other bits and bobs to
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get some of this in context. Fleet week
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is coming. This is going to be mid to
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late May. This is a big military ship,
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combat ship event where they also, I
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suppose, add on or tack on logistic
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ships and vehicles as well. So, there'll
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be like a freefly, there'll be an expo
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where you can try loads of ships and
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vehicles, and there'll be a load of new
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ships and vehicles that are largely
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focused at combat. They also have things
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like the ability to tour a javelin or an
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Idris. You'll have the the UE fleet
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flying around showing off some of their
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military ships as well. And we've had
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Bengals before uh being shown off here
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as well as a load of the military ships.
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So, there could be some much cooler
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stuff this year as they've moved into
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this monthly patch cadence where they
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focus on content. And obviously, day on
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day, the game is getting more and more
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complete. Let's talk about some of the
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ships and vehicles that we know CI are
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working on and work out what might turn
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up. From the recent monthly report, CI
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said the MISK Starancer TAC has moved
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into its final development. This ship is
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likely going to be coming out at the end
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of April or May with Fleet Week in my
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opinion and it's the sort of combat
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variant of the Starancer Max. The
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Apollo, so that medical modular ship
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that a lot of people are highly
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anticipating, has passed its white box
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review gate and has moved into gray box.
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So, it's still going to be a while
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before it's actually released. And the
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RSI Perseus has passed its whitebox
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review as well. That was at the start of
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March, so it might be a bit further on.
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Now, the Perseus, that quite large
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brawler ship, it's been teased a bit by
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CIG, but I don't think that or the
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Apollo are going to be here until maybe
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like the Intergalactic Aerospace in
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November. Personally, that's the sort of
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expectation I have. Or like Citizen Con
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or something. Will the Apollo have its
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medical drones and tier one medical
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modular choices when it's available in
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game? Maybe. Depends when it's released.
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It doesn't need them immediately, but it
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would be good to have them, I suppose.
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The Pioneer. So, the consolidated
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outland pioneer, that mobile base base
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building base that can also build space
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stations and a load of other stuff
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that's progressed through white box.
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It's got to be a bit further out than
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everything else. It's sort of like
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something that might come out next year
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with base building. Mark, that's my
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current uh theory on that. There was a
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little vagueness in the monthly report
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about just how many ships and vehicles
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are being worked on at the moment. So,
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they said an unannounced vehicle
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successfully passed Graybox review. Two
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other vehicles received a bug fixing
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pass and final content work ahead of
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their release. Another new ship is
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currently being prepared for its Graybox
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Gate review. And then a little bit
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later, they go on to say, "Work
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continued on three unannounced vehicles.
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A variant of a popular ship passed
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graybox review. Another variant is
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approaching Graybox review, while an
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allnew model entered production in
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preparation for its white box review in
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early April. So that's four to seven
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ships that they're currently working on
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at varying stages of development. Some
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of which, yeah, you can expect to see at
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fleet week or end of April, end of May,
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that bracket. But also, we've got some
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indications of some other stuff that CI
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are working on from the recent Star
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Citizen live interview with the vehicle
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concept team. So, they talked about a
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heavy strike fighter based on the Mantis
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chassis and we might have seen a sneak
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peek of that in the newsletter. So,
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there was a newsletter and the caption
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for it was prepare for combat. We also
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know that CI are working on a really
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small salvage ship and a new Krueger
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single-seater light fighter, but those
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um last two we just mentioned are going
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to be much more likely in the concept
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phase still or maybe in some level of
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white box, but yeah, certainly not too
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far into their development. Citizen Con
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2954. Other than what we've already
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mentioned, we do know that Cloud
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Imperium have a few other things that
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they were working on and then showed off
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during October. This is stuff that is
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likely to also be be worked on now. So
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this is the Argo CSV FM model. So the
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sort of building drone building version.
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And we've also got the MISK Starancer
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BL. Again, a drone base building uh
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version of the Star Lancer.
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Interestingly, the Drake Ironclad and
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Ironclad Assault. So there's been rumors
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and maybe leaks as well suggesting that
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this might turn up during fleet week. I
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don't know. like it could turn up at
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Drake Defense Con at the end of Fleet
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Week. I really like that idea. I'm
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really really excited by the Ironclad.
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So, the standard Ironclad is a really
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really armored cargo transport vessel.
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Nice big armored freight transport, but
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you could also use it as a mobile hanger
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or like a a pocket carrier sort of
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thing. And then you've got the Ironclad
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Assault, which goes, I want to carry a
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load of vehicles and repair those
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vehicles. have this as sort of like a
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mobile assault platform. Really, really
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cool ships. Nice and big as well. Is it
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possible we could see one of these at
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Fleet Week actually in game? It is
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possible. It is possible. It could be
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one of the things they're talking about,
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but I don't know how far it is along in
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its development. Uh there's something
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else as well. There's rumors of the
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Graycat CAV, which is potentially one of
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the vehicles they showed during Citizen
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Con. Um, people were saying that this
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could be like a mobile missile combat
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assault vehicle. Suppose they're always
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going to be mobile. They've got wheels.
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Some people are thinking like it's an
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APC or a modular builder or something
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like that. There's also something that
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looks to be built on the Anvil Ballista
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or Centurion chassis, otherwise known as
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the Atlas chassis, but not to get
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confused with the ATLS. So, it's not not
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a mech. Uh, it is a ground vehicle
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variant. We think it's going to be like
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a armored medical or base building
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thing, something like that. Not 100%
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sure. I mean, they could be moving into
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ground salvage and larger scale mining.
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That's also a possibility. We have the
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again something that I'm not 100% sure
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what this is. A Drake mini Corsair or
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sort of stripped down Corsair variant,
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something like that. Not 100% sure, but
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again, these are things that might turn
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up in the next couple of months,
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potentially end of April or in fleet
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week. Yeah, super excited for stuff like
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that. I know a lot of people are like,
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where's the 600 ivory work? Where are
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the um updated Vandal ships? Um when's
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the Idris M/P and Javelin going to be in
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players hands? So with the Idris M and P
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and Javelin and potentially even
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Vandalor ship rework CI have suggested
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that's going to be when squadron 42 is
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in our hands in 2026 could come out
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before that some of that maybe and
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obviously we have the itris in game and
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the javelin in game to some degree like
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the NPCs fly them around. We know
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there's a 600i rework that's ongoing.
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I'm not sure where they are in that
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process. I'm not sure if that's
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something we're going to see actually
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finished this year or not. It does
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depend on priorities and CI have not
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hinted at that. But what other ships are
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left to actually be completed? There's
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not that many from 2012. You could
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technically say the Idris M and Idris P.
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Yeah, they're sort of kind of in game
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the Idris to a degree, but let's sort of
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ignore that or or not. It doesn't
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matter. I've already mentioned it. 2013
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ships from them that still need
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completing. Banu Merchantman and RSI
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Orion. That Orion is a ridiculously
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large strip miner. and the Banning
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Merchantmen got canned because they were
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working on a chain of RSI ships, which
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might mean that the Orion isn't too far
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away, but it's going to be like at least
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a couple of years for something like
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that, right? Potentially Banu Merchant
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will become the oldest ship to not be
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put into game at that stage. Obviously,
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they've got Wiccolo Abanu in game in
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4.1. Maybe that's an indicator that
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they're going to start working on the
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Banu Merchantman with an actual team
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until completion. 2014. We have the
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Crucible, which is that sort of top tier
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repair ship. The Endeavor, which is, I
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think, going to be the ship that is
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basically added to the game last because
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it's such an expansive science ship.
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It's so modular. It's got loads going
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on. You can have it as a farming ship.
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You can have it as a mobile hospital.
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You can have it as a literally research
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outpost. You've got the Genesis Star
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Liner. That's going to be very useful
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for transporting NPCs and players from
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place to place like a 747. And then
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you've got the Javelin, the destroyer.
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Super excited to see it whenever they
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add it into the game for players to use.
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And then 2015, we've got the remaining
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Hull series. 2017, the Pioneer.
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Obviously, that was um updated and CG
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are working on it now. 2018, we had the
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Apollo. Again, CI working on that now.
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The Kraken, the Privateier as well, was
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announced in 2019. But the Kraken 2018,
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I'm super excited to see that in the
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game because it's a mobile assault
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carrier/ space station that people can
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land at and rearm, repair, refuel.
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Talking about rearm, repair, refuel, the
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Vulcan, which looks like Master Chief
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from the front, but that's their sort of
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dronebased rearm, repair, and refuel
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ship that you can kind of change what it
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does based on what the drones have on
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them at the time. 2019, we've got the
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Expanse, which is that refining ship.
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We've got the Nautilus as well, which is
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that really big mine laying slashmine
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diffusing repurposing ship that uses
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drones. And then you've got the Tumblr
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Rangers, those series of bikes. 2020,
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we've got the G12s, the luxury buggies.
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2021 got the Liberator, which I'm very
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excited for. It's a big transport ship
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for transporting vehicles and ships and
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troops and looks a bit like a landing
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craft. I I absolutely love it. Got the
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Odyssey, which is an absolutely massive
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exploration ship that can get its own
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quantanium. Caused a bit of controversy
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when it was added to the game or added
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to concept, should I say. Uh because
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they went, is this just better than the
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Carrick? It's better than the Carrick,
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isn't it? And it's sort of different to
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the Carrick. And we've also sort of
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hinted at during some of the IAEs and
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with Jack McCclary and stuff. One day
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we'll see the Odyssey in game. You've
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got the Railen, which is sort of a
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medium
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Shien/human hybrid cargo ship. 2022, we
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had the Galaxy, which is the modular RSI
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ship. Pretty big and can do a load of
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different stuff. You've got the
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Legionnaire, which is the forcibly
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docking ship that latches on to the
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docking ports of another ship and then
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your marines assault them. Now,
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interestingly as well, that was a ship
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that C were working on and then went,
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"Oh, we got to pause because we haven't
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got the gameplay for it properly uh
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ready yet." So, it'll be interesting to
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see when they actually add that. Uh,
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you've got the UTV, which was a Bugly
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that they showed during Citizen Con
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2022. Got the Spirit E1. That version of
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the Spirit, the transport version for
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transporting people, um, has yet to be
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added. At 2023, we had the Arashtra and
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the Zeus M2 MR. They're still waiting
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for release dates, though I do think the
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Zeus Mark II, the the MR version,
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probably not too far away. Uh 2024, we
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had the Ironclad and Ironclad Assault.
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Super excited to see them in game at
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some point. We know that CG are
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obviously working on them. You got the
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Paladin, that gunship, you got the CSV
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FM, which we talked about, the building
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version, and then you've got the
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Stalancer builds and tack. And that's
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it. like they have so many ships in game
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and they have completed so many ships.
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Yes, there are still some effectively
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from 2013, the Bamer and the Orion that
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have yet to be put in game and they're
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going to be a while. They are genuinely
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going to be a while, but you are seeing
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more and more ships get into the game
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year on year than sort of ever before.
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And there's a load of new ones beyond uh
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those old concept ones. They are trying
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to move away from concepts where
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sensible, but obviously it is something
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that makes them a load of money. Any
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ships that are sort of like concepted
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now as it were will likely be worked on
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until completion or are going to be a
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lot quicker to complete than some of
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these older ships, but yeah, you're
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still going to see them in game. Uh it
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is, you know, disappointing to see some
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of them left by the wayside, but they
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will get there with them. I'm really
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interested to know what you think though
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and if we're going to see any of these
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in the next year or so and what would
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you expect to actually see in game in
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players hands. This has been your ship
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update. I'm interested to know yeah what
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do you think we're going to see during
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fleet week? Are you expecting something
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in particular? Are we going to see an
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ATLS combat suit? That's one of the
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other things, right? Cuz they've been
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teasing that in game at Wiko's. We know
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that they wanted a Titan combat suit, an
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ATLS combat suit for Squadron 42 as
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well, but it's something that could
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genuinely come out during Fleet Week
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this year. In fact, that seems very
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likely. But what we've seen of teasers
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is only sort of like quite derpy ones
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compared to the concept. Not that I'm
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complaining that much because I haven't
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seen one of these Titan suits activated
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yet. They're combat ones anyway. And I
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sort of like the idea of a shooty mech
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on paper. Let's see if it's any good.
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These might even just be like silly
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little teasers. The military ones might
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be a load caller. This one might be like
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a civilian one that's been outfitted for
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combat and not intended for combat
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originally. So, there's a lot going on
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there. But I'm really interested to know
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what you think and what you're excited
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