Ships

Drake Caterpillar

Drake Interplanetary · Medium Freight · Large

The Drake Caterpillar is a large ship by Drake Interplanetary. Its role is medium freight. It takes a crew of 4, and it carries 576 SCU of cargo. It is sold for 11,850,300 aUEC at New Deal Lorville in Stanton. On RSI's pledge store it is $330.

First introduced in 2871, Drake Interplanetary’s Caterpillar has long proven to be a reliable, cost-effective multi-role vessel, capable of being outfitted for everything from mercantile operations to combat support. Long hailed as a hard-fought alternative to the ubiquitous Hull series, the Caterpillar is a freighter that doesn’t skimp on weaponry or customization.

Where to buy it

Stanton

• New Deal Lorville (Hurston · Lorville) — 11,850,300 aUEC, reported 17 Oct 2026

Stats

• Length: 111.5 m
• Beam: 39.5 m
• Height: 13.4 m
• Mass: 1,679,725 kg
• Hull HP: 91,500 HP
• Shield HP: 144,000 HP
• Shield regeneration: 18,240 HP/s
• Shield type: Quadrant
• SCM speed: 130 m/s
• Top speed: 900 m/s
• Boost speed: 300 m/s
• Pitch: 16°/s
• Yaw: 16°/s
• Roll: 25°/s
• Quantum speed: 392,090.6 km/s
• Quantum range: 153.64 Gm
• Quantum spool time: 7.7 s
• Quantum fuel: 18.8 SCU
• Hydrogen fuel: 43.2 SCU
• Insurance claim: 18.6 min
• Expedited claim: 6.21 min
• Expedite cost: 7,730 aUEC

Default loadout

Weapons

• Remote Turret
• SureGrip S2 Tractor Beam (S2)
• 2 × Manned Turret
• 4 × VariPuck S4 Gimbal Mount (S4)
• 4 × CF-447 Rhino Repeater (S4)

Components

• 2 × ThermalCore (S3)
• Ginzel (S3)
• Pontes (S3)
• Exodus (S3)
• FullSpec (S2)
• 3 × Stronghold (S3)
• ComfortAir Max (S3)

Utility

• Joker Defcon - Noise Launcher
• Joker Defcon Flares Ammo
• Self Destruct Unit (S1)

Propulsion and fuel

• Flight Blade (S1)
• 2 × Internal Tank

Editions

• Drake Caterpillar Pirate

On RSI's pledge store

• Standalone: $330

Shop prices are reported by players to UEX Corp and may be out of date: each says when it was last reported. Ship and item data from the Star Citizen Wiki; concept ships from RSI's ship matrix.