Hurricane

The A4A Hurricane is a heavy fighter developed by Anvil Aerospace. The spacecraft offsets its absence of luxuries with formidable weaponry, featuring six ballistic guns that can penetrate almost any obstacle. Despite its compact design, it delivers a significant strike, and its pilots have not encountered a defensive shield they are unable to breach.^[1]

Features

Turret

The vehicle features a powerful manned turret in its center, which can carry up to four Size 3 guns. The gunner can support the pilot with accurate fire as well as other multi-crew features like radar and missile locks, leaving the pilot free to focus on maneuvering the ship.^[1]

Weapons

In addition to the manned turret, the ship also has a pair of Size 4 guns beside the cockpit as well as a pair of racks that can hold a pair of Size 2 missiles each.^[1]

Tactics

The Hurricane was designed as a "Zoom and Boom" fighter, unloading its full complement of guns at a target in an attack run before flying away at high speed to reload, recharge, and avoid return fire. It is a close- to mid-range ship, similar to the Gladius. It is designed to work with other fighters and support ships rather than for long-range patrols. In groups, the Hurricane favours using alternative waves of attack runs, with counterattacks facing the full crossfire of multiple Hurricanes.^[1]

Ports

S5Manned Turret

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

2×S4VariPuck S4 Gimbal Mount

S4CF-447 Rhino Repeater

4×S2MSD-212 Missile Rack

S2Ignite II Missile

S2FullStop

S1ARMR_ANVL_Hurricane

2×S1Bracer

S1Regulus

S1Flight Blade

S1Expedition

S1Explorer

S1Anvil Decoy Launcher

S1Anvil Noise Launcher

S1Ecouter

S1ComfortAir

S1hardpoint_paint

Landing Systems

S1Default_LandingSystem

Crew Stations

S1TRGT. STATUS

S1ANVL_Hurricane_Dashboard_Pilot

2×S1Access

Controllers

S1WEAPONS

S1SHIELDS

S1HEAT

S1POWER

S1COMMS

S1SECURITY

S1LIGHTS

S1Controller_CapacitorAssignment

S1MISSILES

S1Controller_Fuel

S1hardpoint_air_traffic_controller

Systems

S1Self Destruct Unit

2×S1hardpoint_weapon_regen_pool

Thrusters

2×S1ANVL_Hurricane_Thruster_Retro

4×S1ANVL_Hurricane_Thruster_Mav_Top

4×S1ANVL_Hurricane_Thruster_Mav_Bottom

2×S1ANVL_Hurricane_Thruster_Main

Other

2×S1hardpoint_int_cockpit

S1hardpoint_scanner

S1hardpoint_ping

S1hardpoint_cockpit_flair_hang

S1hardpoint_transponder

2×S1Personal Storage

Fuel

2×S1INTK_ANVL_Hurricane

2×S1Internal Tank

S1Internal Tank

Relays

S1Relay

Docking

S1DockingTube_Fuel_Ports_ANVL_Hurricane

Model

Ship profile

Isometric	Above	Port-side	Front	Rear	Bottom

Isometric	Above	Port-side	Front	Rear

Paints

"Flashfire"	"Polar"	"Stormbringer"	"Waylay"

Acquisition

Buy: Yes
Rent: Unknown
Pledge: Yes

System	Location	Buy	Updated	Version
Stanton	Astro Armada - Area 18	5,556,600	2026-06-14	4.8.2

Pledge price history

Date	Pledge cost (USD)	Insurance	Availability	Sale
2017-02-24	175 (Warbond - 160)	LTI	Time limited	Concept sale ^[2]

Lore

The Hurricane was originally developed in 2607, during the Second Tevarin War, by Casse Aerospace. It was specifically designed to destroy Tevarin ships as quickly as possible the moment their phalanx shields failed. The Casse Hurricane suffered some setbacks during the testing phase. Though pilots liked the power-to-weight ratio and the extra punch its quad-turret offered, the high degree of coordination needed between the pilot and gunner had a very steep learning curve. Because of this, the Hurricane didn't enter active combat until 2609. While they were used to devastating effect in a few instrumental actions, the war ended shortly after their deployment in 2610. Although it was effective during the war, it soon fell out of favor and was quickly decommissioned after 2615.^[3]^[4]

During the second major Vanduul incursion in 2871, a UEE report showed that the longer a human pilot was engaged in combat with the Vanduul, the less likely they were to survive. In response, the UEE Navy requested new concepts for an alpha strike fighter that had enough "focused firepower" to quickly destroy Vanduul fighters. Anvil Aerospace redeveloped the aging Hurricane design in order to quickly produce a fighter that the Navy needed. The updated design still bore all the hallmarks of Casse's original, but with the addition of Anvil's proven conflict expertise. The result was a game changer for the war effort, and in 2878 new wings of Hurricane were being deployed by the Navy on the front-lines.^[4] During the The Fall of Caliban, the Hurricane proved to be very effective in clearing out Vanduul fighter wings, allowing many civilian convoys to evacuate safely from the Caliban system. Its success against the Vanduul has made it a key component of both the UEE Navy and Marine fleets.^[5]

Although the Hurricane was only produced for the UEE Military until 2947, several pirate groups have stolen them since their Anvil redesign. Most prominently, the Argul Dawn and the Otoni Syndicate have used them very effectively to ambush and disabled cargo convoys. The Argul Dawn was so efficient with their Hurricane wings that the Advocacy launched several high-risk raids against the Argul Dawns headquarters at Echo Eleven.^[6]

Even though it is one of the oldest ship designs still flying, Anvil brought it to the civilian market in 2947.

Gallery

Development

2014-11-12	Originally the Hurricane was an option in the poll for the third starter ship^[7] but it lost to the Reliant. The concept was subsequently changed to a heavier fighter that offers dogfighting-focused pilots a ship that relies strongly on firepower at the expense of armor.
2017-02-25	It was officially revealed in 2017-02-25 in the Anvil Hurricane concept sale.
2017-03-02	The Hurricane's concept is designed by Justin Wentz (Conceptist), and Paul Jones (Art Director).^[8]^[9]
2018-06-30	The ship became Flight Ready with the release of Star Citizen Alpha 3.2.0.^[10]

Design brief

Aims	Heavy hitting support role — very vulnerable alone, very dangerous in groups.
Aesthetic	A taller, thinner Hornet — the Hurricane is a bullet delivery service Barely armored

Approximate statistics
Length	22 Meters
Width	14.5 Meters
Height	6 Meters (In Flight) 7.5 Meters (Landed)
Mass	15,500 kg
Crew	1-2	Pilot, Manned Turret
Engine	1 x Medium	The engine is actually pretty powerful for its size
Thrusters	8x Flex Thrusters 12 x Fixed Thrusters	2 main, 8 maneuvering
Power Plants	1 x Small	Enough power to fly and little else. This ship will have difficulty running laser weapons.
Weapon Hardpoints	1 x S7 Manned Turrets 2 x S4 Fixed Gun 4 x S2 Missiles	Manned Turret comes with quad link S3 ballistic repeaters. Fixed Gun are pilot weapons, comes with S3 ballistic cannon. Missiles are on two racks.
Shield	2 x Small	Front-Back shield emitter. The Hurricane comes with a pretty weak complement of shield options.
Armour	Small	Probably the nicest thing you can say about the Hurricane armor is that it does, in fact, exist.

Metric & Templates
A list of all components, templates and measurements that the concept artist needs to adhere to.
Animation Templates	Seat template: Main seat enter/exit Turret template: Standard turret enter/exit
Ship Components	Power Plants: 1 Small (0.5m x 0.75m x 0.5m) Shield Generator: 1 Small (0.25m x 0.75m x 0.25m) Avionics: 1 Small (0.5m x 0.75m x 0.25m) Coolers: 1 Medium (1.0m x 1.5m x 0.5m) Jump Drive: 1 Small (0.5m x 0.75m x 0.5m) Life Support: 1 Small (0.5m x 0.5m x 0.25m) Radar: 1 Small (0.5m x 0.5m x 0.5m) Fuel Tanks: 1 Medium (1.0m x 2.0m x 1.0m) Battery: 1 Small (0.5m x 1.0m x 0.5m) Ammo: 2 Medium (1.0m x 2.0m x 1.0m)
Cargo	No cargo requirements

Requirements
Glass Cannon	Point the business end where you want more broken things. More durable than you'd expect for a glass cannon — it can take a hit, but it's not quite nimble enough to do anything about it, so bring a friend or find yourself easily cornered.