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With the new Vanguard model, can we expect better handling in the event that one of the engine nacelles is lost or damaged, or does it maintain its maneuvering thruster and main engine placement behavior?
John Crewe · Vehicle Pipeline Director

So it's got better handling full stop now. A lot of the fixed thrusters have been adjusted into joint ones, so they've got a little bit of gimbal motion, which makes a huge difference. And when we redid the exterior, we redefined where the sections of it break up. So it's got those two booms with the engines on the back. The old one had the maneuvering thrusters very close to the end of the thrusters on the back, and then the break for where it fell off essentially took half your main engines away and the ability to turn in that direction. So now that cut isn't there anymore. The entire boom comes off. It's had its health boosted up to compensate for that. So even when that thing comes off, I've seen people on Spectrum and Reddit flying around in game, you can still fly it with one of those booms completely missing, which is fitting to the lore as well. It's much better. And it's got some new, slightly Redeemer-ish rear engines on it.

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