Freelancer

The Freelancer is a medium-sized long range cargo hauler manufactured by Musashi Industrial and Starflight Concern. The Freelancer's modularity, versatility, and firepower have made it extremely popular among owner-operators and major corporations alike. The chassis also serves as the base for several specialized variants. The Freelancer was the first ship class to be developed as part of a unique technology-sharing agreement with the Xi'an government.^[1]

Features

Cargo

The Freelancer features a main rear cargo bay and a smaller midships cargo hold that hold a combined total of 66 SCU of cargo, as well as 66,000K μSCU of internal stowage. Thanks to its rear ramp, the ship is also capable of carrying ground vehicles such as the Dragonfly, PTV or the ROC.

Crew Accommodation

While the Freelancer can be flown solo, it can accommodate up to four people. Each crewmate enjoys their own bed in the crew area, along with a shared kitchenette and bathroom.

Weapons

With a pair of pilot-controlled turrets on the side of the ship, each capable of carrying a pair of Size 3 guns, a rear manned turret which can hold a pair of Size 2 guns, and racks that can carry four Size 3 and four Size 2 missiles, the Freelancer can hit back hard if attacked.

Flaws

Manned turret

The manned turret of the Freelancer series is subject to a restricted range of motion, particularly in elevation. Contributors to this issue are the large hump attachment common to Freelancers which is mounted forward of the turret and the manned turret's low vantage point over the aft cargo bay door.^[2]

Remote turrets

Despite the Freelancer series supporting a full four crew members with accompanying crew stations, the third and fourth crew members are not provided the ability to assume control of the pilot-slaved remote turrets. This issue contributes to lack of crew purpose and some difficulty in engaging faster targets.^[2]

Vestigial airlock

A residual trait from a period of ship design where vertical docking collars were common, all Freelancer series variants include a mid-section airlock with such a docking collar. In modern ship design these collars are considered wasteful due to the difficulty of using them in a gravity environment. As this airlock includes cargo capacity for 6 SCU, crews seeking to maximise their cargo grid use must also contend with pushing freight containers through the airlock's relatively small door.^[2]

VTOL

The Freelancer's main thruster nacelles are nominally capable of VTOL thrust by means of rotating the entire nacelle. However, the usage of this feature prevents the usage of the aft landing gear installed in each nacelle which means that while performing a landing the Freelancer's pilot must contradictorily cease usage of the ship's VTOL mode, and cannot take off in VTOL mode at all. While theoretically capable of supporting a hover for a longer duration than maneuvering thrusters alone, this feature was disabled shortly after the Freelancer's release.^[2]

Ports

S6Manned Turret

2×S3VariPuck S3 Gimbal Mounthardware-locked
- S3CF-337 Panther Repeater

2×S5PC2 Dual S3 Mount

2×S3M5A Cannon

2×S4MSD-423 Missile Rack

2×S3Arrester III Missile

2×S3MSD-322 Missile Rack

2×S2Ignite II Missile

3×S25MA 'Chimalli'

S1Freelancer Ship Armor

2×S2Frost-Star EX

2×S2DayBreak

S1Flight Blade

S2Odyssey

S2Excelsior

S1Aegis Gladius - Decoy Launcher

S1Joker Defcon - Noise Launcher

S2Chernykh

S2ComfortAir Plus

S1hardpoint_paint

Crew Stations

S1MISC_Freelancer_Base_SCItem_Seat_CoPilot

S1TRGT. STATUS

S1MISC_Freelancer_Base_SCItem_Seat_Passenger_Right

S1MISC_Freelancer_Base_SCItem_Seat_Passenger_Left

S1MISC_Freelancer_Base_SCItem_Dashboard_Pilot

S1MISC_Freelancer_Base_SCItem_Dashboard_CoPilot

S1MISC_Freelancer_Base_SCItem_Dashboard_Passenger_Left

S1MISC_Freelancer_Base_SCItem_Dashboard_Passenger_Right

4×S1–4hardpoint_dashboard_esc_pod_upp_left

S1MISC_Freelancer_SCItem_Seat_Bed_Upper_Left

S1MISC_Freelancer_SCItem_Seat_Bed_Upper_Right

S1MISC_Freelancer_SCItem_Seat_Bed_Lower_Left

S1MISC_Freelancer_SCItem_Seat_Bed_Lower_Right

4×S1Seat

2×S1Access

4×S1–4hardpoint_seat_access_esc_pod_upper_right

S1Screen

Other

3×S1animated_cockpit

S2hardpoint_cockpit_radar

2×S1UI_helper

S1hardpoint_cockpit_flair_hang

S1hardpoint_cockpit_flair

2×S1hardpoint_avionics_motherboard

S2hardpoint_ping

S1hardpoint_scanner

S1hardpoint_transponder

S1–3hardpoint_retro_right_b

Thrusters

8×S1MISC_Freelancer_Thruster_Mav_Joint_Bottom

4×S1MISC_Freelancer_Thruster_Mav_Joint

S1MISC_Freelancer_Thruster_Main

3×S1MISC_Freelancer_Thruster_Retro

S1MISC_Freelancer_Thruster_Main_Right

Systems

S1Self Destruct Unit

2×S1hardpoint_weapon_regen_pool

Controllers

S1COMMS

S1SECURITY

S1LIGHTS

S1POWER

S1WEAPONS

S1MISSILES

S1Controller_CapacitorAssignment

S1HEAT

S1SHIELDS

S1Controller_Fuel

S1hardpoint_air_traffic_controller

Doors & Hatches

2×S1Door

Cargo Grids

2×S1MISC_Freelancer_CargoGrid_Mid

S1MISC_Freelancer_CargoGrid_Rear

Fuel

2×S1INTK_MISC_Freelancer

2×S1Internal Tank

S2Internal Tank

Landing Systems

S1Default_LandingSystem

Docking

S1DockingTube_Fuel_Ports_MISC_Freelancer

Relays

S1Relay

Model

Ship profile

Isometric	Above	Port-side	Front	Rear	Bottom

Isometric	Above	Port-side	Front	Rear

Series variants

Freelancer

Freelancer

Light Freight

Freelancer DUR

Freelancer DUR

Expedition

Freelancer MAX

Freelancer MAX

Medium Freight

Freelancer MIS

Freelancer MIS

Missile carrier

Paints

"ArcCorp"	"Auspicious Red"	"Big Benny's"	"Black"	"Crusader"	"Deck The Hull"	"Ellroy's"	"Foundation Festival"	"Hurston"	"IceBreak"	"MicroTech"	"Star Kitten"	"Storm Surge"	"Whammer's"

Acquisition

Buy: Yes
Rent: Yes
Pledge: Yes

System	Location	Buy	Updated	Version
Stanton	New Deal - Teasa Spaceport - Lorville	2,962,580	2026-06-13	4.8.2

System	Location	Rent	Updated	Version
Stanton	Vantage Rentals - Lorville	59,252	2026-05-31	4.8.2

Lore

The Freelancer follows the MiSC-HI concept of extreme modularity on a smaller, more distinctive hull. Initially marketed as an efficient long-haul merchant ship for private enterprises, the Freelancer quickly became the ship of choice for dedicated explorers. With the range of a transport plus room to install advanced scanning and jump technology, Freelancers have enabled their captains to chart a number of new jump points in recent years. With a noted engine upgrade capacity and the ability to maneuver better than any other dedicated transport ship, it is no wonder the Freelancer's roles continue to expand.

It can also be said of the Freelancer that it has inspired more debate than any other spacecraft on the market. Detractors claim the hull is unattractive, that the cockpit's field of view is unnecessarily limiting and that on paper it is not suited to the roles it has expanded to fill. The Freelancer's supporters, however, are equally dedicated to the ship. They argue vehemently that the ship is the secret of their business success: that rare cost-effective ship that fulfills many of the same roles as the RSI Constellation, but requiring far fewer crew.

In some sense, the Freelancer image has begun to appear at odds with that of MISC itself: dashing space captains charting new frontiers on a wing and a prayer versus heavily organized corporate governance. The truth is, the Freelancer project would not exist without that governance. Every aspect that makes the design popular for independent pilots was carefully researched, analyzed, tested and produced. From the optimal radar package placement to the vacuum form cupholders, the components of the Freelancer went through hundreds of thousands of man-hours in an effort to produce a design that comes together seamlessly.^[3]

Gallery

Development

Trivia

The CEO and founder of Consolidated Outland, Silas Koerner, refers to the Freelancer as "unprintable".^[4]

References

↑ Galactapedia: Freelancer. Galactapedia
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 Long-term experience. Alpha 4.0.0 - Star Citizen. Retrieved 2025-12-07
↑ MISC Galactic Guide. Transmission - Comm-Link
↑ Portfolio: Consolidated Outland. Spectrum Dispatch - Comm-Link