Star Citizen manufacturer: Crusader Industries (11 ships)

Crusader C2 Hercules, official image — Crusader C2 Hercules · official image © Cloud Imperium Games

🏭 Crusader Industries · Orison, Crusader (Stanton) · founded 2799 · 11 ships and vehicles in this space

📜 Its history

Crusader Industries was born in 2799, when anti-Messer activist August Dunlow bought the small shuttle maker Seraphim Systems to fund charitable causes; part of the profits is still donated. In 2863, starliner designer Kelly Caplan took over and bought the gas giant Crusader, in Stanton: ships are built in its upper atmosphere and employees live on Orison, a city of floating platforms. Crusader is one of four corporations to own a planet. It gave us the Genesis Starliner, the Hercules and the Mercury Star Runner.

🚀 The range

Ship	Role	Size	Crew	Cargo	Status
A1 Spirit	bomber	medium	2	—	flyable
A2 Hercules	heavy bomber	large	8	216 SCU	flyable
Ares Inferno	heavy fighter	medium	1	—	flyable
Ares Ion	heavy fighter	medium	1	—	flyable
C1 Spirit	light freight	medium	2	64 SCU	flyable
C2 Hercules	medium freight	large	2	696 SCU	flyable
E1 Spirit	passenger	medium	2	64 SCU	concept
Genesis	passenger	large	2–8	—	concept
Intrepid	starter / light freight	small	1	8 SCU	flyable
M2 Hercules	medium freight	large	3	522 SCU	flyable
Mercury	medium freight	large	3	114 SCU	flyable

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Sources: the official Roberts Space Industries Ship Matrix (checked 19 October 2026) and the Star Citizen Wiki for the manufacturers’ history. Text rewritten by Beacon Mag. Official images © Cloud Imperium Games. Star Citizen® is a registered trademark of Cloud Imperium Rights LLC.