Vulture

The Vulture is a heavy space superiority fighter.

With its two large (class 3) hardpoints, the Vulture sports superb fire power for its relatively small frame. Although it lacks top speed compared to other ships, its lateral thrusters put the ship among the most agile and manoeuvrable fighters, thus allowing for more powerful lateral slides and vertical hops.

The Vulture's main drawback is its limited power capacity given the two large hardpoints and the excessive amounts of utility mounts and internal compartments on offer, which can be counteracted to a degree by smart module priority control and sacrifices in the loadout choice.

The two large hardpoints are located above and behind the cockpit, about halfway down the hull of the ship. They are well suited for any type of weapon mount — fixed, gimballed, or turreted — and capable of shooting at targets even slightly underneath the waterline of the hull. A loadout of two fixed weapons may have slight issues with converging on smaller targets like Sidewinders, Eagles, or Haulers.

The Vulture has two visible manned stations. The pilot's chair is on the centerline of the ship. The auxiliary station is offset to the port side (left side) and is above and behind the pilot's station.

The Vulture has an available 16 piece cosmetic ship kit that can be purchased from the Frontier store which allows you to "remodel your ship in your personal style". The ship kit does not affect gameplay.

Purchase Locations

For the full list of locations, click "Expand" in the "Notes" column.

System	Station	Date Seen	Notes
Kou Hua	Olahus Hub	August 16, 2015
V538 Aurigae	Wells Ring	December 15, 2016	15% discount
44 B Ophiuchi	Feustel Gateway	June 6, 2015
72 Ophiuchi	Vernadsky City	January 03, 2016
Autahenetsi	Artyukhin Ring	May 31, 2015
Aktzin	Feoktistov Station	August 12, 2016
Alioth	Melbourne Park	April 2, 2015
Alpha Fornacis	Clement Station	February 18, 2016
Arjung	Hiyya Orbital	March 10, 2015
BD+24 1451	Marshburn Terminal	April 23, 2015
Belobog	AL-Haytam City	May 16, 2015
Beta-1 Tucanae	Adams Orbital	March 1, 2015
Bolos	Vizcaino Horizons	May 16, 2015
Bugayaman System	Asprin Orbital	April 25, 2015
Cadupi	Grunsfeld Station	May 13, 2015
CD-34 9020	Back Enterprise	June 1, 2015
CD-72 190	Phillips Terminal	October 5, 2015
Cocijo	Harry Moore & Co	July 19, 2015
Cockaigne	Ottley's Landing	March 1, 2015
Diaguandri	Ray Gateway	February 24, 2016	15% discount
Dvorsi	Chernykh Ring	October 3, 2015
Faust 68	Slipher Hub	March 18, 2015
Freng	Bear City	April 03, 2016
Furbaide	Effinger Port	March 15, 2015
Fusang System	Cleve Vision	May 6, 2015
G 126-31	Dobrovolski Ring	March 1, 2015
G 122-60	Watts Enterprise	October 17, 2015
Gacrux	Ramanujan Terminal	May 10, 2015
Gacrux	Schrodinger Dock	May 10, 2015
Guy	Mondeh Terminal	October 25, 2015
Hai Chan	Sladek Dock	August 1, 2015. None Listed on 4/27/16 visit.
Hanggardi	Henricks Gateway	October 26, 2015
Heheng	Onufriyenko	April 23, 2015. None listed on 5/29/16 visit.
HIP 20277	Fabian City	August 31, 2015. None listed on 12/8/15 visit.
Ho Hsi	Hand Ring	April 12, 2015
Indra	Wakata Dock	May 29, 2015
Kakas	Kube-McDowell Enterprise	March 24, 2016
Kalasar	Hadley Terminal	September 9, 2016
Kaliki	Oren City	June 25, 2015
Kamaki	Shinjo Station	March 23, 2015
Komovoy	Silves Dock	March 20, 2015. (Not seen on June 3 2016).
Kurmodiae	Virchow Dock	July 23, 2015
Kurrae	Camm Market	January 20, 2016
Lambda-2 Phoenicis	First station	March 1, 2015
Lalande 6320	Stephen Young's Academy	September 2, 2016	15% discount
LAWD 80	Caverlari Station	March 1, 2015
LHS 235	Shatalov Gateway	April 17, 2015
LHS 531	Nelson Terminal	May 17, 2015
LHS 1212	Bramah Port	April 25, 2015
LHS 3447	Worldridg Terminal	December 6, 2015
LHS 3564	Froude Emterprise	May 24, 2015
Lombi	Xin Hub	June 13, 2015
Lorden	Roentgen Horizons	March 1, 2015
LP 861-12	Artyukhin Terminal	April 20, 2015
LTT 7421	Lukyanenko Vision	December 27, 2015
LTT 7548	Boltzmann Gateway	May 10, 2015
LTT 15278	Zholobov Enterprise	April 27, 2015
LTT 15574	Haxel Port	December 16, 2015
Lugh	Hartsfield Market	March 21, 2015
Lulus	Riazuddin Station	August 19, 2015
Malarhones	Kurtz Dock	March 29, 2015
Mildeptu	Buchli City	June 6, 2015
Mundjiga	Sagan Port	May 1, 2015
Nahua	Fuller Vision	April 17, 2015
Nanomam	Hahn Gateway	June 6, 2015
Nariansan	Burkin Hub	May 15, 2015
Nu Kuni	Piazzi Hub	Aug 16, 2016
Njikan	Smeaton Port	March 1, 2015
NLTT 19808	Ford Dock	July 19, 2015
Okinura	Fisher Terminal	February 23, 2016
Olcae	Jones Gateway	August 20, 2015
Oxossi	Shinjo Station	March 1, 2015
Q1 Eridani	Windt Terminal	March 18, 2015
Parjanya	Volterra Enterprise	October 13, 2015
Perkana	Dann Vision	July 21, 2015
ROSS 733	Strekalov Gateway	May 23, 2015 [None listed on 17th December 2015 visit]
Saktsak	Bursch Enterprise	June 29, 2015
Sanuma	Dunyach Orbital	March 1, 2015
Sherones	Whitford Port	September 17, 2015
Skadjalini	Matthaus Olbers Enterprise	March 19, 2015
Sol	Daedalus	May 12, 2016	10% discount
Sowiio	Shaw Port	April 6, 2015
STHA 181	Andreas Hub	June 3, 2015
Trongbanza	Orbik Vision	October 16, 2015
Tujia	Napier Hub	July 16, 2015
TZ Arietis	Snyder Enterprise	March 1, 2015
Vaka	Zenbei Oribital	October 5, 2015
Vequess	Agnews' Folly	April 6, 2015
Wolf 906	Herbert Dock	March 1, 2015
Wong Guin	Heiles Terminal	January 3, 2016
Wuli	Behnken Gateway	March 1, 2015
Xihe	Zhen dock	March 28, 2015
Yembo	Naddoddur Terminal	April 12, 2015
Yama	Akers Hub	May 6, 2015
Yenistani	Johri Terminal	September 14, 2015
Wolf 363		September 1, 2016
Zaragas	Jenner Hub	March 26, 2015

Default Loadout

Ship loadouts can be outfitted in various ways at certain stations. Listed below is the default loadout for the Vulture.

Category	Default System	Default Rating	Default Class	Max Class
Large Hardpoint	Pulse Laser	F	1	3
	Pulse Laser	F	1	3
Utility Mount	Empty	--	--	0
	Empty	--	--	0
	Empty	--	--	0
	Empty	--	--	0
Bulkheads	Lightweight Alloys	I	1	8
Reactor Bay	Power Plant	E	4	4
Thrusters Mounting	Thrusters	E	5	5
Frame Shift Drive Housing	Frame Shift Drive	E	4	4
Environment Control	Life Support	E	3	3
Power Coupling	Power Distributor	E	5	5
Sensor Suite	Sensors	E	4	4
Fuel Store	Fuel Tank [x8]	C	3	3
Internal Compartments	Shield Generator	E	5	5
	Cargo Rack [x8]	E	3	4
	BDS	E	1	2
	Empty	--	--	1
	Empty	--	--	1
Note: L = Loaned, [x#] = Capacity, BDS = Basic Discovery Scanner

Trivia

• The Vulture was originally priced at 21,925,615 CR. After an outcry from the community that it was overpriced, Frontier lowered the cost of the Vulture to 4,925,615 CR.

Gallery

• Vulture cockpit
  Vulture cockpit
• Vulture Hud, slight limited visibility in the front due to the fenders around the cockpit
  Vulture Hud, slight limited visibility in the front due to the fenders around the cockpit
• Vulture side shot
  Vulture side shot
• Vulture front
  Vulture front
• Vulture rear
  Vulture rear
• Vulture Docked
  Vulture Docked
• "Out of the sun" Vulture
  "Out of the sun" Vulture
• Vulture featuring the Black Friday paintjob and ship-kit accessories.
  Vulture featuring the Black Friday paintjob and ship-kit accessories.
• Vulture Top View, Vibrant Purple
  Vulture Top View, Vibrant Purple
• Vulture underside, Red Vibrant Paint applied.
  Vulture underside, Red Vibrant Paint applied.
• Vulture with Tactical Ice paint applied
  Vulture with Tactical Ice paint applied
• Vulture Top view
  Vulture Top view
• Cobra Mk. III meets the mighty Vulture
  Cobra Mk. III meets the mighty Vulture
• Vulture landed on planet 4 in HIP 22286
  Vulture landed on planet 4 in HIP 22286
• Vulture 17jpg
  Vulture 17jpg
• File:Vulture firing at horizon.png
• A Chrome Paintjob Vulture as seen under different star types light
  A Chrome Paintjob Vulture as seen under different star types light
• Red Vibrant Paintjob on Vulture
  Red Vibrant Paintjob on Vulture
• Cockpit view when heat is very low
  Cockpit view when heat is very low
• Core Dynamics Vulture Blueprint
  Core Dynamics Vulture Blueprint