Star Citizen | Behind the Ships: Mirai Guardian MX

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1. 00:00:15

   The garden mech is the big brother of the garden. It is fully geared up to fight and is now equipped with four size four weapon instead of the two size five on the base garden. Mar manufacturers always try to push performance. In this case, this version of the Guardian is much more aligned with that key core goal of a heavy fighter. It's got like bigger wings. It's got missiles. It's got more power, no more armor. It's just like meaner looking. It's for people just wants to kill pretty much. [Music] Once you see the MX, you'll notice that the guns are now tucked in the

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   wings. It sits while landed more angular. The wings are much more bigger than the base guardian. The material breakup is also different. The paneling is like bigger. It's more industrial looking because it's more heavily armored. So there's 24 new missiles, 12 on H wings, and just the experience of launching those missiles at an angle. Pretty cool destroyed. So the cockpit view is one of the thing we've worked the most on on the MX. The look of the dashboard is also completely different and looks sleeker to tie it better with the new hut design. The UX team did a phenomenal job. We recognized that like the dashboard being at the top of the canopy was

3. 00:01:54

   blocking that valuable space that the player need and want while dog fighting. So, we decided to move the dashboard down to each side of the seat, freeing up the top. It gives that feeling of like operating this massive gun turret with all four guns sitting at the tip of the wings. So, the MX has a new blast shield, which looks like really cool. It got camera and screens on the inside, so the player can see the outside even when it's closed. It's going to give you a little bit more protectability. It's make you feel a little bit nicer when you're in that exposed glass cockpit. Compared to the base guardian, which has more luxuries, has more

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   creature comforts. This one kind of foregoes that. We completely removed the habitat to make room for a bunch more components. So, it now includes one size two power plant instead of the two size one and one additional size two shield generator. Like the other Marai ships, how it feels when you pilot it is really quite unique. I'm not that concerned about having a bed and having all the creature comforts and all those things on my ship, especially a ship like this. The fact that we sacrifice those elements to then reinforce the core capabilities of the vehicle, that's what I find the most exciting with it. So, even though it is a variant of the Guardian, so much has changed on it

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   that it feels like a completely new ship. I think people will love it. I think it's going to compete with the best heavy armor there is. Paired with the speed and agility, the ship feels like a menace. If the MX is telling you, then you're probably already dead.