Star Citizen ship: Drake Buccaneer, light fighter

Drake Buccaneer, official image — Official image © Cloud Imperium Games

The Buccaneer is a frontier fighter with no leather or hyperpillows: an agile scrapper that fights above its weight class and can be maintained in the worst conditions.

📜 Its history

Drake wanted a fighter that would work alongside its whole lineup: take hits without bankrupting its owner in repairs, support a Cutlass or Caterpillar, and have the range to escort a Herald. Its engineers built a manoeuvrable single-seat combat ship whose loadout switches easily between close fire support and long-range escort.

📐 Specifications

Manufacturer	Drake Interplanetary
Role	light fighter (combat)
Size	small
Crew	1
Dimensions (L × W × H)	15.3 × 16.8 × 5.5 m
Mass	36,527 kg
Cargo	none
Combat speed (SCM)	240 m/s
Maximum speed	1,400 m/s
Rotation (pitch / yaw / roll)	49 / 42 / 155 °/s
Status	flight ready

🔫 Stock armament and equipment

Type	Size	Count	Equipment
weapon	S4	1	Revenant Gatling (S4) VariPuck S4 Gimbal Mount
weapon	S1	2	YellowJacket GT-210 Gatling (S1) VariPuck S1 Gimbal Mount
weapon	S3	2	CF-337 Panther Repeater (S3) VariPuck S3 Gimbal Mount
missiles	S3	2	MSD-322 Missile Rack

Components:

Shield: WEB (S1)
Power plant: JS-300 (S1)
Cooler: 2 × Polar (S1)
Quantum drive: Rush (S1)
Jump module: Explorer (S1)
Radar: Ecouter (S1)
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.