The video compares the RSI Perseus and Hammerhead heavy gunships in Star Citizen, highlighting the Perseus’s superior hull health, cargo capacity, and more versatile armament that allows for smaller crew operation and greater solo play potential. It also emphasizes the Perseus’s powerful Medusa cannon, which significantly outperforms the Polaris’s Maris cannon in damage and range, making the Perseus a formidable choice for heavy combat.
The video provides a detailed comparison between the RSI Perseus and the Hammerhead, two heavy gunships in Star Citizen, using data from the SC ship performance viewer website. Both ships are size five, but the Hammerhead is larger in length (120m vs. 100m) and width (72m vs. 50m), while the Perseus is taller (25m vs. 16m). In terms of hull health, the Perseus has a significant advantage with approximately 389,240 hit points compared to the Hammerhead’s 295,600, including a stronger vital part health. The Perseus is slower in base speed but has a faster forward strafe and navigation speed, while the Hammerhead is more maneuverable with higher pitch, yaw, and roll rates.
Cargo capacity is another area where the Perseus excels, offering 96 SCU compared to the Hammerhead’s 40 SCU, making it more versatile for small to medium cargo hauling missions. Insurance claim and expedited times are slightly faster for the Perseus, though costs are similar. Fuel capacities are comparable between the two ships. The cross-section sizes suggest that the Perseus is less vulnerable from the side compared to the Hammerhead, though some data inconsistencies were noted in the video.
Both ships share similar core components, including power plants, coolers, shield generators, radar, life support, and quantum drives, though their stock components differ. The key difference lies in their armament. The Hammerhead is equipped with six size four quad turrets requiring a large crew of at least nine to ten people for full operation, plus 32 size three missiles. The pilot cannot control the guns but can manage the missiles.
The Perseus, on the other hand, features a more complex weapons setup with two manned turrets each housing two size three and two size eight guns, including the powerful Medusa cannons. It also has two remote turrets with size three ballistic guns, six PDCs (point defense cannons), and 20 size five torpedoes. The Perseus requires fewer crew members (five to seven) to operate fully, and the pilot has control over the torpedoes and some turret guns, allowing for more solo play potential.
Finally, the video highlights the RSI Medusa cannon on the Perseus, which significantly outperforms the Polaris’s Maris cannon. The Medusa cannon deals 8,500 alpha damage per shot with a total potential damage of 7.6 million, more than double that of the Maris cannon’s 3.1 million. Despite its slower rate of fire and ammo speed, the Medusa cannon offers a longer range and devastating firepower, making the Perseus a formidable heavy gunship in Star Citizen.