Star Citizen Origin 400i Honest Ship Review & Tour 

This was the first ship I bought in game, Love it. It has all you need to run almost all missions

I really like this ship, it's fast and looks good. And has on the best interiours. You forget to mention that it's one of the safest ships to travel around. Because it's max speed allows it to outrun most fighters (and the QT blocking mantis). And it's strong shields make sure that it will reach the speed. It would be nice if a ROC would fit inside. Or if it had more firepower. But it's all ok for this ship. The thing bothering me the most is the top turret. Not only blocking the view, the hull also blocking the fire ark. The top turret on top of the ship with a full 360 ark would be nice.

Love my 400i, I'm definitely an Origin boy

The main point for me with this ship, and the reason I keep using it for daily drive, is the fast speed, and how quickly it accelerates put of atmo. Keeps me safe from pvp, and most things. Yes not best for bounty hunting and trading, but I cant find another ship that can land quickly, escape atmo fast, very high top speed to escape and feel safe with beefy shield.

Love the format and always appreciate the reviews, even on ships I have zero interest in myself. Great job and I already look forward to the next o7

Best review of the ship I have seen. Variant wise I'd like to see a bounty hunter version. Maybe have the x1 bay be a live prisoner cell for hauling high end baddies around while keeping them isolated from the crew. Or alternately have an Erik Estrada approved CHiPs version of the x1 bike and some of the prisoner cells in the cargo area.

Love you vids! Keep up the good work!

The Fortuna paint looks great on the 400i

I just won one of these in a giveaway and came right to you to get a review. I think I am going to keep it at least for a while and try it out.

This is, in fact, one of the best ships to take to dangerous places. It's FAST! Most ships are not able to catch up with it and those who can, are not be able to make a dent on its shield before it quantums away.

First, great video. As usual, you lay it out objectively then give your subjective view. Second, disclaimer - the 400i is one of my top 3 favorites. The following info is tinted with that love. The 400i is a perfect ship for myself and the team. Utilized as an investigative explorer and courier, the three of us are very successful. 1) The ship has a slightly faster top speed than a Gladius. Combine that with focused defensive turrets and a large shield, this enables us to escape situations we do not want to be in. Unlike the Connie and Corsair, this gal is designed to flee trouble. 2) The cargo bay we use mostly for a Drake Mule (I know, ironic in an Origin vessel) to handle boxes (recovery or courier missions) plus loot. This so leaves room for a dozen SCU crates of our own or minor trades. Future - supplies and spare parts. 3) The redundant coolers and power plants, in addition to back up, can be utilized to modify the ship status. Place one cooler and one power plant with Stealth ones, then turn off the other ones while crusting to reduce signature. Not fully effective in current game but you get the idea. The strengths of this ship, compared to the competing Aquila and Corsair, is the speed and maneuvering plus the furthest quantum range. Really look forward to the Corsair arriving so we know where all 3 stand officially.

I agree it is gorgeous, except for the cabin. The cabin part looks like someone put a primitive shape like a can, cut sloppy rectangle holes into it and just glued it to the rest of the ship which is much more stylized and smooth. At the very least they should have slightly curved the deck at the lower part of the cabin windows to continue the flow and not let that square part smash you in the face like a doorstop when trying to follow those beautiful curves. But one reason I love the ship is its equipment/role. A defensive, sleek exploration ship that doubles as passenger transport is exactly what I want, even though most of the gameplay for it isn't in the game yet.

Have this the msr and a Corsair when it releases. I'll choose the msr over the 400 90% of the time. Thinking I'll either ccu or melt it if something interests me. Love the smell of new ships in the fall. Also, first time seeing your content. Very well done. I'm a new subscriber now.

Nice video. Informative without being too long (though you failed to mention the X1 garage) I have owned a 400i since it was released and I am still struggling to decide whether to melt it. The problem is that I already own an MSR which has more than twice as much cargo, very similar firepower (though it can use both turrets forward as well) and handles almost the same as well as being faster outside QT. All the 400i seems to have going for it is that exploring might turn out to be fun but then we will have the Corsair soon for exploring and that has much more firepower and 80% more cargo space. It wont be as pretty or luxurious but some people prefer the 'rugged & ugly' look.

As for worth.... it's a luxury ship by a luxury brand, so naturally you pay a premium. However, luxury in a game and luxury IRL can't be compared (maybe it can with this game in the future), but I hope it will increase in useful value once VIP passenger transport gets added to the game.

You might not be able to get them in-game at the moment, or any more, but there's also the Stella Fortuna (Stella Fortuna, green and black), Penumbra (Concierge, grey and gold), and Meridian (Concept sale, polished steel) paints. I have all 3. The Meridian is my absolute favourite. I feel it's the most beautiful paint on (one of) the most beautiful of ships. I wanted to love the Stella Fortuna since it's the skin I use on my Mercury and 600i, but it couldn't beat the Meridian. Same with the Penumbra. I was hoping it would match the 600i executive (which I am... a *long* way away from) or the Mercury's Advocacy paint (which I missed by 3 days), but it's just a muddy grey with some dull gold trim. I am really hoping that the X1(-Force) will be out soon, but until then I've been flying with a Nox. It's a pain to get the Nox in, but it works. And with a base model Cyclone, it's a great daily driver. I put the Invictus Blue and Gold paint on my Cyclone. The solid, dark blue paint with solid gold dash is so very extra in a very Origin way.

Great video CasaBlack! As mentioned below there are several additional paints that have been available in the past but maybe no longer easily accessible these days. With a decent CCU pathway I have been able to get the 400i for $140 which is quite acceptable rather than the fairly expensive $250 standard price. As I am a non PvP'er the speed of the 400i is a great advantage which I suspect will become quite valuable in more dangerous systems where high valuable commodities are likely to be found. Hopefully the 400i's speed edge will place it well with the planned future flight changes as well, however, we all have to wait and see how this plays out... A few players don't like the 400i as it currently stands and I can understand their viewpoint. In my opinion though, a lot of this ship's value has yet to be realised and thus we have to wait a while with future content being provided in the PU. Keep up the great work!

Good start on ship videos bro.. Combat speed is actually SCM. Max spd is 1250m/s.

Highly suggest the "Meridian" skin you can get off the Impound pretty reasonably. Best skin imo. Sort of star wars chrome ship esquie

All of CIGs large and medium ships have been criminally undergunned. The 400i needs to either handle WAY better or have better pilot guns. Even if it was as well armed as a connie, I still don't think that would be overpowered as the Connie has more utility. This ship is sluggish in every sense of the word, and even with its good top speed, it takes a long time to get there. My dream for this would be 4xs3s or 4s for the pilot or, hear me out, 2xs6 to make you rely on the turrets for fighters, move the turret on top of the cabin or have it fold out, and have it handle like a freelancer. Still less utility than a connie, but more fun to fly and a bit more dangerous in combat. Either that or strip all pilot guns and just make the thing handle even better and fly even faster, making it very hard to kill or catch like a VIP transport. IDC. With the chiller rooms below decks, the option of computers and whatever data running entails is there too. As is, it kinda does nothing for as expensive as it is. Add this to my hot-take list of duds like the Spirit, 100 series, and to a lesser extent, the MSR and 300 series.

If the corsair does not have the speed and shields I'm hoping for I will probably trade it for the 400i. Not a fan of its docking door on the port side but love everything else about it.

This ship would be my daily driver if it had a lift system like the 600i. The ramp is so inconvenient. I will probably still buy one in game though.

Just to add that when boosting your turns, it's incredibly responsive!

four guns like the Misc for the pilot

You didn’t seem to realize that stealth is a normal portion of pathfinding, and that this is the largest and best equipped stealth ship in game. It is in fact an excellent choice for dangerous areas like Pyro because of its stealth. It’s a much better choice than the Conny or MSR because it can go undetected. Fitout for stealth and leave the guns and shield off until needed.

well the origin hover bike and (jeep should) fit, wil make it much more usefull, in the mean time u can put a nox front and stv jeep in cargo... but the origin are tight to shove things inside... up till the 600... after that its free game xD

Since I mostly play the game to just fly around and enjoy the views (not much else it’s good for at this point anyways), 400i is my pick. Besides, it’s fast, so it doesn’t look like it’s designed to waste my time unlike most game mechanics SC has.

This ship needs at least two non swappable s5 turrets each with x2 s4's on front for the pilot similar to those on the Freelancer to be at least close to the other ships in the same price and category. Also, I really don't understand the reasoning for that top turret to be where it is now. It ruins the view and there's literally a perfect circular spot on top of the ship with the Origin Logo just a little bit further ahead. It would also give the turret better shooting angles making it a bit less useless because let's face it, this ship is already undergunned, if you add poor shooting angles you're doomed. The 400i should rival the Andromeda and Corsair but in all honesty, it's more on Cutlass Black territory, and the Cutty costs 150usd less on the website and a whopping 5.1 million more in game. I love the interior layout, I really do, but that's basically a scam xD

I want to see remote turrets become size 4 and retractable, S5 hardpoint (s4 gimballed)pilot weapons, make holo table retractable from the floor, bigger windows in general but definitely a skylight ceiling window over the holo table, the air fuel regen system like the 100 series has, change the rear cargo lift arms so they aren’t so big and blocking everything and make it into something sleek like 1 thin lifting arm on the front instead of the sides and make it more agile (roll rate is way too slow). Variants like the 300i having the 325a and 315p would be nice, with the current 400i being the base model. The 415p having a tractor beam on the nose with more cargo, fuel and maybe a scanner turret (could replace the top turret with a scanner) and maybe even comes with an X1. A 425a with S6 hardpoint (s5 gimballed)pilot weapons, S5 remote turret, slightly better speed/agility, a drop in cargo capacity but maybe another shield/better armour and maybe even comes with a X1 force.

Tbh I wish it had at least one more gun like a 4 or 5 on the nose like a Merlin. Ship kinda reminds me of pirate ship

Which is your favorite ship? Which is your daily driver?

I wish it could carry a 100 series as a snub fighter it would be gold then haha

Some friends and I have done ERTs and run Xenothreat with this ship. In the right hands, she's a beast. Will she solo-kill an Idris? Nope. But again, she can fight. I don't think the ship should be altered for 'here and now' requirements, but should keep what it has for when it's fully available. Otherwise CIG will have to go back in later on and reverse all the 'here and now' changes to re-incorporate all the intended capabilities of the ship. Not only that, but if players get used to the 'h&n' version, they won't have a chance to see the ship as it was originally intended. I do agree that the weapons could stand an upgrade, perhaps to size 4s in the front, with gimballing. Also, the top rear turret needs to be moved to the spot that looks like it was intended for it, on top of the ship, rather than where it is now, because that would improve its firing arcs, and get it out of the view of the ship's occupants. (This last one is a pet-peeve.) My 2 cents.

"tasty Wheat" what a comment

Switch the 2 size 4s for at least 2 size 5s. I would also like one of the turrets moved so it can point forward.

I’m completely in line with you on the downsides, I want more Pilot fire power and I want to be able to carry a roc. In game price is also too high even with origin tax, The phoenix is nearly 1,000,000 cheaper.

I still think the cockpit better fits a misc ship.

I wanted to like the 400, but when I flew one I couldn't see anything it did better than the Constellations, even the exterior looks didn't really do it for me. IMO, if you're thinking of swapping a Connie for one, don't.

Yeah, shes a beaut, but if its ever in my hanger itll be on a poster...

The 400i is what I'd imagine as a space yacht, and it is. It is clearly not made for offensive combat however it has a ton of shielding and rockets to gain some time against or even counter-attack any hostiles. 400i is very much daily-able for reasons such as quantum performance, shields, size, maneuverability and beds. Another reason its a great ship, at least for my personal needs, is that the ship feels like a home with the interior design and spacing. I tend to live away from stations and carry all my stuff physicallized however the early stage nature of the game means that I frequently loose everything to client side crashes. This ruins the entire point of running a 400i for me.

Most reviewers undervalue the speed, and a lot of them never mention the component cooling for stealthy runs. A certain amount of cargo can also be cooled - surely CIG already knows what that might be for. I love the quick elevator. But the space in the 400i is too small in equal measure as the 600i is too big. I'm sure, that the 600i will remain too big and therefore seem unrealistic. And my exploration ship of choice is never going to get done before the zombie apocalypse starts.

Honestly, if you want a large ship but can't abide the thought of spending 15 seconds reaching the cockpit, then you don't want a large ship.

Those guns all need to hide away when powered off. They fuck up the lines of the ship too much.

Never liked the yacht look of these ships

Man, it's just a s***** version of the caterpillar. :)

This ship is not beautiful its ungainly and unbalanced and its deck design makes no sense with arbitrary windowed rooms on the engineering deck.