{"id":1252,"date":"2013-10-22T19:37:50","date_gmt":"2013-10-23T01:37:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bigdamnheroes.org\/?p=1252"},"modified":"2013-10-22T19:37:50","modified_gmt":"2013-10-23T01:37:50","slug":"hornet-swarm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.bigdamnheroes.org\/?p=1252","title":{"rendered":"Hornet Swarm!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The long wait is over! \u00c2\u00a0After numerous delays, CIG has today given us the Hornet <a href=\"https:\/\/robertsspaceindustries.com\/comm-link\/transmission\/13329-Introducing-The-Anvil-Hornet-Lineup\" target=\"_blank\">variants<\/a>, commercial, and brochure!<\/p>\n<p>If you want eyecandy, and have a 4K monitor&#8230;watch this after setting the YouTube clip to use the original source, if you don&#8217;t have a 4K monitor, watch it in the highest resolution you can&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/g0gZES2pTWk\" height=\"315\" width=\"420\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>I love that the Hornet pilot was so unconcerned with the Aurora, he didn&#8217;t bother shooting at it. \u00c2\u00a0Nice to see he was worried enough about the 300i that he had to shoot it down :P<\/p>\n<p>Don&#8217;t forget, everything in that video is in-game assets..that isn&#8217;t a CGI trailer like we see from other games&#8230; that&#8217;s the real deal, and what it will look like when we&#8217;re able to play (obviously, depending on system capabilities). \u00c2\u00a0It looks like all the high rez models, and insane poly counts, are not going to be wasted&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The variants introduced today are:<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1253\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1253\" style=\"width: 598px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bigdamnheroes.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Screen-Shot-2013-10-22-at-7.14.25-PM.png\"><img data-attachment-id=\"1253\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/www.bigdamnheroes.org\/?attachment_id=1253\" data-orig-file=\"http:\/\/www.bigdamnheroes.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Screen-Shot-2013-10-22-at-7.14.25-PM.png\" data-orig-size=\"1174,395\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Screen Shot 2013-10-22 at 7.14.25 PM\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Choose your flavor!&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"http:\/\/www.bigdamnheroes.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Screen-Shot-2013-10-22-at-7.14.25-PM-300x100.png\" data-large-file=\"http:\/\/www.bigdamnheroes.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Screen-Shot-2013-10-22-at-7.14.25-PM-1024x344.png\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-1253\" alt=\"Choose your flavor!\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bigdamnheroes.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Screen-Shot-2013-10-22-at-7.14.25-PM-1024x344.png\" width=\"598\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.bigdamnheroes.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Screen-Shot-2013-10-22-at-7.14.25-PM-1024x344.png 1024w, http:\/\/www.bigdamnheroes.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Screen-Shot-2013-10-22-at-7.14.25-PM-300x100.png 300w, http:\/\/www.bigdamnheroes.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Screen-Shot-2013-10-22-at-7.14.25-PM.png 1174w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 598px) 100vw, 598px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1253\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Choose your flavor!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Make your mind up soon though, the Super Hornet is only available till Monday the 28th of October, while the Ghost, and Tracker are permanent additions to the store.<\/p>\n<p>Everybody likes ship specs, and some of the lore behind the ship, especially a ship that is such an integral part of the universe (we&#8217;ll probably be spending a lot of time in the Hornet for the Squadron 42 campaign). \u00c2\u00a0CIG doesn&#8217;t disappoint for the Hornet, we also got the sales <a href=\"https:\/\/robertsspaceindustries.com\/media\/e89t7l6bef97hr\/source\/Brochure-Hornet-V8.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">brochure<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1254\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1254\" style=\"width: 598px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bigdamnheroes.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Screen-Shot-2013-10-22-at-7.17.25-PM.png\"><img data-attachment-id=\"1254\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/www.bigdamnheroes.org\/?attachment_id=1254\" data-orig-file=\"http:\/\/www.bigdamnheroes.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Screen-Shot-2013-10-22-at-7.17.25-PM.png\" data-orig-size=\"1066,818\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Screen Shot 2013-10-22 at 7.17.25 PM\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Blueprints..now you can build you own!&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"http:\/\/www.bigdamnheroes.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Screen-Shot-2013-10-22-at-7.17.25-PM-300x230.png\" data-large-file=\"http:\/\/www.bigdamnheroes.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Screen-Shot-2013-10-22-at-7.17.25-PM-1024x785.png\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-1254\" alt=\"Blueprints..now you can build you own!\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bigdamnheroes.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Screen-Shot-2013-10-22-at-7.17.25-PM-1024x785.png\" width=\"598\" height=\"458\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.bigdamnheroes.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Screen-Shot-2013-10-22-at-7.17.25-PM-1024x785.png 1024w, http:\/\/www.bigdamnheroes.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Screen-Shot-2013-10-22-at-7.17.25-PM-300x230.png 300w, http:\/\/www.bigdamnheroes.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Screen-Shot-2013-10-22-at-7.17.25-PM.png 1066w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 598px) 100vw, 598px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1254\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Blueprints..now you can build you own!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>One of the things CIG wanted to do with this variant release, is to showcase the kind of customization we&#8217;ll be able to do in-game on our ships. \u00c2\u00a0Want a that slimmer radar profile? \u00c2\u00a0Load those ECM upgrades up! \u00c2\u00a0Want to chase a few pirates? \u00c2\u00a0Throw some weapon upgrades on there, maybe an enhanced avionics package!<\/p>\n<p>As always, all ships, and variants, will be available in game, for credits&#8230;so you don&#8217;t have to spend any money to get these variants&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Unless, of course, you want to go sit in your Hornet variant tonight after the hangar patch&#8230; Which, yes.. will be adding the variants into the Hangars for us to sit in, and make &#8220;pew pew&#8221; noises while pretending to fly.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Glad to see the Hornets getting their long awaited release&#8230; in my opinion, they&#8217;re definitely worth the wait! \u00c2\u00a0Well done CIG!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The long wait is over! \u00c2\u00a0After numerous delays, CIG has today given us the Hornet variants, commercial, and brochure! If you want eyecandy, and have a 4K monitor&#8230;watch this after <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bigdamnheroes.org\/?p=1252\" class=\"more-link\">[&hellip;]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"Layout":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"Hornet Swarm!  #StarCitizen  #ShipSale #GoNow!","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[38],"tags":[39],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2BPLE-kc","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.bigdamnheroes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1252"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.bigdamnheroes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.bigdamnheroes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.bigdamnheroes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.bigdamnheroes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1252"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.bigdamnheroes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1252\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.bigdamnheroes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1252"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.bigdamnheroes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1252"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.bigdamnheroes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1252"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}