The process of civilianizing a design like the Hornet is more complex than it seems: UEE military secrecy laws mean that, on average, 60% of the hardware in a given spacecraft simply cannot be offered to the public. A home defense militia squadron of slightly-less-than-milspec but still fearsome Hornets, it was reasoned, would make a better deterrent than a squad of Drake Cutlasses. This was ultimately all for naught, as the UEE government stepped into the debate with a surprising resolution: they actually favored the concept of supplying military-styled weaponry to civilians, especially on the distant frontiers. Debate over the issue became so protracted that it threatened to split the company into two separate groups, with the civilian wing formally licensing the military designs. The general feeling was that producing civilian grade versions of dedicated military spacecraft would dilute the brand: Anvil’s carefully maintained position as the tip of the spear would be in danger. In fact, Anvil designs have historically scored more space-to-space kills than any other military spacecraft.Hornets, in particular, have destroyed more enemy hardware (measured in star credits) than all other current Navy space fighter designed combined.Īnvil’s civilian line is relatively new, a decision that many at the company initially resisted. The company’s moniker comes from a quote in Robert Calvin’s famous early justification for UEE expansion, explaining that military spending “fuels the furnaces of expansion and strikes the anvils of innovation.” There’s little argument: fueling the furnaces of expansion is exactly what Anvil has been doing since Day One.The company has produced dozens of successful and iconic military spacecraft over the years, including the Hurricane, Osprey, Devastator, Hornet and Gladiator.No military campaign in the last two centuries has been launched without Anvil spacecraft in the forefront, and no carrier in UEE space today operates without at least a squadron of Anvil-designed fighters. Arnold, an eccentric spacecraft designer of the old school who insisted on signing off on every part of his designs’ subsystems, was a beloved figure in an otherwise cutthroat industry.Today, Anvil has factories on three dozen UEE core worlds … but continues to source all systems itself and requires that the standing CEO sign off on every spacecraft alteration. For the first seventy-odd years of Anvil’s existence, every design project was personally lead by company founder J.Harris Arnold. The initial Anvil skunkworks facility was located in Nova Kyiv, Terra, and the company’s headquarters are still there. Founded in 2772, Anvil has been reliably delivering military-grade equipment to the UEE Navy for almost two centuries. This month’s Jump Point, available Friday, will include profiles of Roberts Space Industries and Earth!Īnvil Aerospace is one of the earliest Terran success stories. Today we’re proud to share the article on Anvil Aerospace, designer of the Hornet fighter. Subscribers recieve these reports first, with a general release further down the line. Every month, the subscriber-only Jump Point publication includes profiles of locations and companies in the Star Citizen universe.
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