Star Citizen ship: Aegis Vanguard Harbinger, heavy fighter / bomber

Aegis Vanguard Harbinger, official image — Official image © Cloud Imperium Games

The Vanguard Harbinger is Earth’s standard fighter-bomber: the Warden’s escape pod becomes a bomb bay. Its long range and small profile let it strike where larger bombers can’t, from the roughest forward bases.

📜 Its history

The Vanguard line is Aegis’s family of long-range heavy fighters, built to operate from rough frontier bases, far from carriers.

📐 Specifications

Manufacturer	Aegis Dynamics
Role	heavy fighter / bomber (combat)
Size	medium
Crew	2
Dimensions (L × W × H)	48 × 40 × 9.5 m
Mass	238,070 kg
Cargo	none
Combat speed (SCM)	212 m/s
Maximum speed	1,085 m/s
Rotation (pitch / yaw / roll)	41 / 35 / 120 °/s
Status	flight ready

🔫 Stock armament and equipment

Type	Size	Count	Equipment
weapon	S5	1	Deadbolt V Cannon (S5) VariPuck S5 Gimbal Mount
weapon	S2	4	CVSA Cannon (S2) VariPuck S2 Gimbal Mount
turret	S3	1	2× Jericho XL (S3) Manned Turret
missiles	S4	2	MSD-442 Missile Rack
missiles	S4	2	MSD-423 Missile Rack
missiles	S5	1	Aegis Vanguard Torpedo Rack

Components:

Shield: 2 × SecureShield (S2)
Power plant: TurboDrive (S2)
Cooler: 2 × Permafrost (S2)
Quantum drive: Yeager (S2)
Jump module: Excelsior (S2)
Radar: Chernykh (S2)
Life support: ComfortAir (S1)
Hydrogen tank: 2 × Internal Tank
Quantum fuel tank: Internal Tank

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Sources: the official Roberts Space Industries Ship Matrix (specs, stock loadout and description, checked 19 October 2026), the Star Citizen Wiki for the ship’s history. Text rewritten by Beacon Mag. Official values may differ slightly from the current game, which is rebalanced every patch. Official images © Cloud Imperium Games. Star Citizen® is a registered trademark of Cloud Imperium Rights LLC.