The Forgotten Xi'an Ship: What Happened to the Xi'an Volper Bomber?

This video explores the development history of the Xi'an Volper Bomber. All information correct and as complete as I can make it, at time of recording. See below for references.

I am aware that the whole thing is a little over-the-top! I'm a small creator who is still learning the craft, and this video was primarily an experiment in some new video techniques for me. You can tell, because I messed the end screen up a little!

SOURCES/REFERENCES (Chronological, DD/MM/YY): 31/10/12 - Meet the Xi'an - https://robertsspaceindustries.com/comm-link/spectrum-dispatch/12756-Meet-The-Xian 8/10/13 - $21 Million Letter from the Chairman, Xi'an Scout announced - https://robertsspaceindustries.com/comm-link/transmission/13305-Letter-From-The-Chairman-21-Million 17/10/13 - $23 Million Letter from the Chairman, Xi'an Scout unlocked - https://robertsspaceindustries.com/comm-link/transmission/13324-Letter-From-The-Chairman-23-Million 24/10/14 - Pipeline article that featured the Volper for the first time - https://robertsspaceindustries.com/comm-link/transmission/14244-How-Ideas-Take-Flight-The-Star-Citizen-Ship-Pipeline 24/10/14 (released later that week) - Citizen Ed interviews Travis Day: Details about the ships - http://www.citizenstarnews.com/news/interview-travis-day-csn-base-2014-10-24 (timestamped at link) 2/4/15 - RTV 41, Volper In Concept Now (41:30) - https://www.twitch.tv/videos/44440362 15/4/15 - RTV 43, Volper progressed to modelling, comments from Travis (21:00) - https://www.twitch.tv/videos/4434763 27/5/15 - Ben Lesnick Tweet - https://twitter.com/minionsoldier/status/603683821335216128 ??/07/15 - Some time this month a table was posted on official forums. This is no longer available, but someone copied it to this fan forum https://forums.starcitizenbase.com/topic/18885-xian-volper/?do=findComment&comment=328622 7/1/16 - ATV 2.13, Accidental shot of Xi'an Ships (40:25) - https://youtu.be/ZnQtZ_D1D7Q?t=2425 13/4/16 - Portfolio: Aopoa - https://robertsspaceindustries.com/comm-link/spectrum-dispatch/15292-Portfolio-Aopoa 3/5/17 - Loremaker's Guide to the Galaxy; Rihlah System, Dave Haddock identifies the Volper (9:50) - https://youtu.be/YiWa2yds98E?t=590 27/10/17 - Citizencon 2947: Xi'an History, Physiology and Language, which explicitly started the progression/retconning of Xi'an culture - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQLaMlg1ICY

CHAPTERS: 0:00-1:11 Introduction 1:11-2:30 How we learned about the Volper 2:30-3:22 What is the Volper? 3:22-4:46 The Volper in Development 4:46-6:02 The Volper in Lore 6:02-8:19 What we weren't meant to know 8:19-10:28 Will we ever see the Volper? 10:28-11:30 Conclusions

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