Star Citizen: Should you buy the Polaris? 

Who needs a Redeemer or Vanguard Hoplite for marine transport? Just load up your marines into the torpedo tubes and fire away for instant boarding action!

If you're using it as a capital ship that's going to repair smaller fighters. Cargo space is a big deal. Where else are you going to put all those spare parts? Not to mention ammunition and fuel? So it totally makes sense this has the cargo space it has. Depending on how the economy in the game develops. Perhaps this ship could take on the more dangerous cargo runs that you could charge a higher fee for.

I "want" it but then again, once i have it, i'll have buyers remorse

This ship is going to be way too overkill for anything I am planning to do. And with the extreme crew requirement, I am definitely never going to get one of these (It simply will never fly lol). It looks great though, and I do hope to fly on one some day :-)

It looks like the stats page is correct on turrets. There is an additional rear turret on the bottom-rear, and there is a top and bottom missile battery. If the concept model retains all of the turrets, it'll have six manned turrets, an automated nose turret, and two automated missile turrets. Having 4x2 size 4 guns and 1x2 size 5 guns all with forward facing arcs is a lot of firepower. With the 4 torpedo tubes, it's off the chain. Add a Gladiator to the bay on top of all that? It is a pretty effective capship killer.

That's why i like your videos, @STLYoungblood. You always are wise, and have a good discernment about what would be good or not about the ships.

My org has several capitals already and the addition of the Polaris allows us a bit more flexibility with the lower crew counts. This thing will be awesome in packs.

This is the ship I've been waiting for. I see it as a mobile base for me, since it has a proper hangar (as opposed to the little one on the carrack) So I can take out say my avenger in it, park it up somewhere whilst I do my thing in the avenger and it's there if I need somewhere to run to or repair's/refuel. Would be cool if the vanguard does fit, but i'm happy as long as it can fit something with at least some versatility in it.

I see this as a dedicated escort. In most modern navy's a ship like this is meant to protect supply ships and patrol the edge of a fleet. If your organization is running D/E series Hulls; this ship is the perfect protection option. It's fast enough to engage threats before they can reach the freighters and powerful enough to deter small groups from even trying. That's were I would primarily deploy mine anyway.

Q - Star Citizen: Should you buy the Polaris? A - No

Observations of mine: Length will be 155mm looking at the hangar with the gladius in there and working from that. 6 turrets are there, you can see 3 on top, 2 on the sides and 1 on the bottom (rear). Torpedoes is 4 tubes 24 warheads total in stock. I assume the missile turret will be an anti fighter role mainly. Anyhow it is a warship as noted which makes it ideal for a PMC style org as you will be using it for the right purpose :)

13 minimum crew - 5 on bridge: pilot, co-pilot, captain, remote turret operator, communications officer, 1 station in engineering, 1 station in torpeedo bay = torp weapons station. That is 7. The rest are 5 stations to man the manual turrets tallying a total of 13. Additional 9 are hangar, troop support, ship support, marines for breaching defenes and utility operations, hangar ship pilot, etc depending on the mission.

This is a multi-purpose ship where it has the speed and firepower to chase down fast & agile ships like the 300i, but also has the weapons to keep something like an Idris at bay until the rest of the fleet arrives

For those that have already pledged enough to possibly melt ships to get into this small cap ship. If you think you're going to want a cap ship in game, then get it now. CR already stated in an interview that ships that cost 3x the price of a Connie now, will likely cost 10x more when the game launches. So if you've already made the investment, get the big ships now for value, and earn the small ships in game.

Agreed on all you note, and especially that the size of the turrets is unanswered and key. I also would not want to fly with with anything less than a pair of S3 guns in each turret. The shields and armor will be too little to have something that cannot knock down fighters quickly.

I love the insight on your channel! You got a new contributor.

STLYoungblood, can you imagine the polaris in the role of a long-range reconnaissance ship? I ask, because it is far more nimble than the other capital ships (light armour, heavy shields) and it can travel much longer distances than other recon ships like the sabre. In addition it can also carry a sabre for short range scouting.

I bought one as the base ship for my Intel Brokering Org. Big enough to be imposing but not large enough to where I need to expand my Org numbers to crew it. We will be in extremely dangerous areas in space mapping jump points and scanning for other valuable data, so this is perfect.

I counted 7 manned turrets. One on top and bottom at the rear, one on top and bottom behind the bridge, two on the sides, and one under the bridge at the nose (Or alternatively, two on top behind bridge, one under bridge, two on the sides, and one on top and bottom at the rear in a different model). And if Idris is anything to go by, there would be a couple of people operating the torpedo room as well..... Though I haven't seen what's been advertised on the brochure yet - so yeah I'm probably wrong :P

STL great video as always. one comment; If you click the nodes on the Holo viewer it tells you that the 3 pylon mounts are actually listed as 1(size 10, 4x torp launcher), and 2(size 10 Torp stockpiles). so three hardpoint, one for the launcher, and two hardpoints for ammo storage.

I want to have a ship that can allow my friend to dock into, so far this seems like the only ship that gives that option, its versatility is also really interesting; but it does seem like something that is beyond what I really need.

As long as I can pull out the torpedo bays and replace those with med bays. Take out maybe a turret or two and replace them with sensor arrays. And then pull the fighter out and replace it with a landing craft for scientists. And then increase the cargo bay somehow. This will be a great exploration/science vessel.

It's a 155m ship that does everything the 71m Retaliator does, but better. They even play the same way, except the pilot may actually be able to use some of the "automated" turrets if he/she wanted too.

I think that everyting past 7 crew men is pilots and marines

Awesome video STL. I too picked one of these puppies up and am really excited to see its development going forwards.

Thanks. I have been waiting for this badboy and picked one up when I was surprised with the discount. And my expectations and ideas about the role and use of it, was pretty much backed up by your guesstimate. Good vid. See ya in the verse.

six turrets confirmed 3 top(one back facing behind fighter bay) 2 sides, 1 bottom. Seems like 2 x size 1 manned turret, though switching them out for larger unmanned mounts might be a thing. The pylons give me hope for swap-able things for the torpedoes, they are currently listed as torpedo room as one and the other 2 are torpedo storage. you can zoom into the hanger in the holoviewer also.

One of the packs it comes in suggests that the vanguard will fit. Team this ship up with a vanguard and all the kits loaded on board you could have an extremely deadly combo

Agreed, I have one in my fleet as well but it CANNOT be the only ship a player owns. I will be waiting for the QandAs to see exactly how and where it can be best utilized, then I will take from there.

This ship is perfect for my plan of running a PMC. Load up a crew to manage this and have an Argo, redeemer or even a terrapin in the hangar and drop off a load off troops for shock an awe hired missions

The Polaris looks sleek as hell. The cargo capacity may be small for a ship of this size, but its not exactly a U-haul either, so you could use it for hauling very specific cargo, like small bulk but very high value commodities, something like gold bullion for example. The kind of thing you'd normally need a heavy escort to transport safely. The Polaris would give you a means of transporting those high value, high risk goods, in something that can fight anything it can't outrun and outrun anything it can't fight.

this ship is really only useful against larger capital ships. the hammerhead seems to be the most effective at all forms of low-mid level ship offense/defense

Yeah, my little posse of players is looking hungrily at this as an in-game purchase. We have our fighters and freighters, but we aren't willing to melt those to get something we can only use when most of us are around.

Can we play pool at the table in the mess hall?

I think this ship could split into two because there is a very significant line behind the cockpit, I don't know :/ but hey, it makes sense since it's a military class ship

The detail I'm most curious about is if the hangar bay is going to be a modular component that can be swapped out. I could see this, as a sub-capital ship, being similar to the Corellian CR-90, where it's kind of an escort ship, a cargo ship, a medical ship, or for smaller engagement, the heavy. That said, I could forsee alot of use for this among my group of friends depending on several details.

Since they're giving away the Polaris like candy have you got any more thoughts or opinions about it?

They seriously need to tell us if a vanguard hoplite or redeemer can fit in the hangar. This ship clearly has a contingent of marines on board with a crew capacity that size. Wasted without a drop ship inside it. Also where is the free Argo to go with all the capital ships?

It could be a good pirate ship for hunting down a Banu or so. Enough firepower to be a serious threat, fast enough to hunt down a Banu, a ship-bay to get to the captured Banu and/or haul the captured goods and enough storage to get away with them. :)

The size ten pylon mounts are the torpedo room and both torpedo stockpiles.

I got one because the Polaris is the closest thing to the SSV Normandy. Now all I need are some Thanix cannons. :P

great video man. top bag I don't have the cash to get this right now guess I'll be earning this in game which according to one guy below who thinks it should take a year to earn. I'll be using my Caterpillar to get to this ship

Fun fact this years IAE talked about it possibly being released in the next 12 months

I wanna buy it... i wanna use it for like a heavily armored cargo/transport/exploration, buying this will make me less worry about pirates or any enemy.

So what about just jam packing the hell outta the hanger bay with merlin P-52s. You can transport a swarm of small nimble attack crafts into battle this way. Im just eyeballing it and it seems like you can probably fit like 6-9 p-52s

I think this ship is really what I was hopping for when I got the Retaliator. Tho it's not nearly as sexy looking, the Polaris lay out and functionality fit what I was hopping for in the PU! I want to travel and take on odd jobs as I find them. I know I will need a crew for this ship and I have 2 additional game accounts that I plan to use for cheep labor.

I see it as a perfect match for a Orion and/or Hull D/E. If you run this as a escort not many people will really mess with you. And if you got the "illegal" route, run a full HULL C of contraband and have this thing defend you. Will probably make back the cost of running it easily!

I'm really looking for a ship around 100 meters, all around with a cargo area and a hangar for 4 medium ships and plenty of turrets. Don't need the missiles my organization should be concerned with how to handle enemies capital ships lol, and i'm in your organization stl!

What won me on it was exactly what was mentioned. A cap ship with a small cap crew. So you get that feel without near as much of the crew burn... And it is basically a tali on steroids haha. So I melted my tali, its modular bits, and my Orion (tali needs at least two s2/3 for the pilot to be fun to fly and I've learned that the orion is just not for me anyways). So that along with a sub cupon, I paid entierly store credit. Had I not already put so much in, I may not have gotten it. And definitely not as my only ship. I have a Lancer and Starfarer to generate some income when the Polaris is just impractical to use. And a Hornet to pop into the back of the Polaris too... This really should not be someone's only ship, not just because of the operating cost and irl cost (seriously, I've spent way too much the past 4 years and I know this lol, but it was all spread out too) but yeah, there is gameplay that you will miss if you can only do missions related to such a specific and largr ship. And you might easily run out of UEC... Personally I think the Starfarer is the best pairing for any ship needing upkeep, but even a small transport ship will dig you out of the hole when your "fancy flyer fund" runs dry. That's just my 2 cents as a Polaris holder ^^,

STL, your 6th gun you can see it under the ship at 3:33 time. It's towards the back in a slot coming up the middle of the under belly.. just under something white in that slot.. I don't know what that is.

Well i bought it. Was waiting for the idris to be on sale again. But are org is a compact one and the idris might be to heavy to maintain. So this might be a better choose after al. Hope they build op on its versatility. If not well there is alway the jump 890..

The 6th turret is on the underside of the back.

Will this thing be able to engage ships like the Javelin/Idris with fighter support? Or is it only for hit and run missions?

my thought is this ship would be great for both pirating and for blockade running! the cargo space would be great for medical or maybe some munitions for a planet under siege by vandul or pirats. this ship is BOTH big enough, and fast enough to break threw that blockade and bring much needed supplies to a planets inhabitants. I have one, and because of its price, its my only ship right now. but this is the ship of my dreams so I'm happy about that.

The Pictures make it look like the hangar could fit 3 or 4 Merlins.

you must have missed the sixth maned turret there are two on the front top one on each side of the ship and one on the front Belly

Great, was waiting on this. So I really liked this ship for its design and also for hangar( surely we can swap it for something else like Med-bay). I consider melting BMM, Orion and Coni for this ship. It's 100% clear that none of the listed ships could be dealt solo so why not have 1 instead of 3. Will always have my Gladius and mustang delta if I'm up to solo play.

lolz. getting a Porsche add. kinda fitting for the polaris

there's one upper and one lower tail gun. so six is correct.

If I ever earn enough in game to buy this ship, I'll use it as a pirate ship but not the way you mentioned as a base. More to "commandeer" ships that I could add to my collection or to sell. Going around hunting rare ships that are no longer available for sale sounds like a fun past time.

can't wait until we get more info.

+STLYoungblood I have been a huge fan of your channel for about a year and a half now. I went back to watch this video because I somehow missed it when looking to buy the Polaris Corvette. So I did buy the Polaris when it first became available with LTI, because I had been wanting this ship ever since it was announced it was being made. I wanted an Idris-M for the longest time, but did not want the crew size requirements. I have also been a member of the organization you are in for a very long time as well. This will help me be able to fill the larger ships crew requirements hopefully. Do you have any new opinions of this Polaris Corvette ship since you made this video? I have invested more money into Star Citizen's development than I would ever care to mention Ronny wife. Lol. Almost have spent "Space Marshall" pledge level at this point, but I am proud to donate to such an amazing game's development. It's clearly gone to something I believe in whole heartedly and plan to invest a lot of time in this game and feel it's no one else's business how I spend and donate my money. Thanks again and looking forward to hearing more from you!

Well.... Can't wait to see it ingame.... And awaiting is long when you see Kraken on advance stage, Hammerhead advanced too... Idris and javelin almost finished (but they are waiting collar and SQ42) and still no news on unloved polaris... I almost go get Kraken since i realllly love style, and concept (lot of SCU so u can haul & carry you m8 with small ship like prospector to be a mobile restock/refuel/repair base ) but it was too expensive... For 300$ i would have take it but price was shown without VAT and i tough it was with VAT... :'( Anyway... want my polaris and carack coming as well as way easier to add hercules and mercury :)

Hopefully blockades are a thing . I can see the Polaris being the main ship to hold them.

the thing looks badass it also looks like a idris and javelin destroyer

This is the goal

With how many rooms/stations and the amount of torpedoes there are, I would not be surprised if this grows to 175-200m length 40m height and 90 beam. Hardly a stealth ship

I hope it takes like one person 2 years to buy it in game with in game UEE and 1year for a team at the price it's going for.

Could you make an updated guide for the Polaris pleaseeeeeeeeeeeeeeee 🙂

I see two side turrets, one dorsal rear, one ventral front and two dorsal amidships.There should be one more. I'm hoping ventral read since that is uncovered. any ideas? Have you seen anything about can ability mine-laying, or top speed?

I WANT it but i know i dont NEED it ... but it would be sooo cool

I have to say, I'm attached to Corvettes. I want this ship.

I wonder if I can swap out the torpedoes for front facing capital size guns but with shorter range. ALSO STAR CITIZEN NORMANDY!

Good choice for a PMC.

I think when they say 6 turrets theyre including the unmanned nose turret on the bottom.

there's two turrets at the back, top AND bottom.

imma buy a lot of these once the ship is out and start the first Planetary Invasion

They still haven't answered whether or not we can spawn more than one of our ships at the time in-game upon release. If I have an Orion, a Carrack and a Polaris, can I call all of them and have myself and members of my org use these three for a mining and exploration run, using the Polaris for protection? Or will I be limited to spawning one only?

hey love your vids and please keep up the good work :)

Great vid as always, much appreciated! =D

See the issue I am already noticing is that unless it is a killing ship, it will be highly ineffective. Whenever you have the gaming community control anything, it turns to crap. Happened to many games. What I am seeing is that people are already bored and there is zero penalty for actions against those trying to play. Starting areas see many new players unable to get 5 feet away for PO just to start so they quit. By the time persistence launches fully, we will see more people loaded with single top tier fighters with top weapons who understand the controls of a sim. It’s like WoW and people in open PvP are fully decked out day 1. With solid FPS many will join from that community simply to troll and kill.

I disagree strongly with the notion that you couldn't own this ship only. In my eyes if you wanted to only own and captain something like this then why not? Sure you could probably use a single seater to get around with and perhaps go planet side with, but boom you've got a hanger for just that.

When I look at this ship, I think of modern day uses of smaller warships like Frigates and Corvettes. Primarily operating as a patrol craft to fend off pirates, interdiction of pirates/smugglers, and escorting high valued assets, like large transports, convoys and even large ships like a Bengal which are too valuable to really be deployed without cover. Its why US carriers deploy with multiple ships. I envision major mining operations, where large volumes of resources are paying out well enough to cover not just the operational cost of the mining operation, but also justifying keeping this ship close by to deter pirates. (Think off shore oil platforms off the coast of Somalia) And I see this ship being perfect for maximizing profits, while hitting that point of just enough force to make pirates think twice. On the flip side of that, I see organizations fighting for rich newly discovered mining points and this ship along with say Vanguards conducting hit and run tactics on those larger mining fleets. Either forcing them to retreat, or destroying them entirely. I see refueling craft/ maintenance craft needing fighter support. And I think this ship is probably going to be more viable and more versatile. To me this ship SCREAMS workhorse of any military operation. And when I envision this ship in larger fleet tactics, I see this ship doing quick jabs, while the Idris preps to deliver a fatal right hook.

I plan to use my polaris solo. Just park my polaris a jump point away behind an asteroid with all lights off. After a fight on my hornet I will get back to my polaris and get free repairs/fuel up. Rinse and repeat on a new system.

I know it’s not as good as a hull series for cargo. But. Couldn’t I use it for cargo? Would pirates try to mess with it? Is there a way of knowing how many people are on board when they scan me? I feel like it could be good with a few npc crew.

i am most likely going to buy one so myself and others can go vanduul hunting

ship have 8 turret 2 back 2 sides 2 top and 2 front(top/bottom)

+STLYoungblood It is listed on the website as viable for search and rescue, therefore giving the possibility of storing a cutlass red. Would this be worth the money for possibly a search and rescue craft or policing vehicle e.g. the cutlass saves the wounded people while the Polaris defends.

The cargo is probably for Ammo and parts to fix a fighter

No point it buying any of the ships they have for sale you can get them all in game so all you doing is throwing your real life money away and feel bad afterwards. Personally if i was going to throw real money at this game it would be to buy credits as they will be more effective in game and you will be able to buy stuff far cheaper once the market has settled down. Personally if this game is even playable before 2020 I'd be surprised.

i purchased a connie but i'm looking to get some solo ships, 1 for mining and 1 for solo bounties/piracy, any suggestions?

Dropped it because I didn't really like the look or it's position in the game. I am keeping my UEE Exploration pack, more ships and I have the carrack which I like lot's more!

I really want a A Firefly class starship 😍

hey stl, do you think there will be more concept sale for high profile ships before the beta ?

I totally disagree with your opinion about the earning potential of this ship within the SC universe. Even if you minimally crew it, my experience from past space sims(esp freelancer and privateer) means that this ship will be a money maker with the LTI in place. An Idris or Javelin..yeah maybe not so much but there is no clear answer about what the earning potential of cap ships from RSI. For all we know fleet actions could be "end game" content thats already planned and in place. The Cargo capacity is much less then even a Hull B, so we know its not going to be anything other then a pure warship, but the credit payout at this time is largely unknown for combat scenarios.

Awesome video man!! Very informative! I actually didn't know some of the things you talked about and I looked into this ship quite a bit. I'm looking for a group/ORG around the Midwest area of the US... Iowa, South Dakota, or Minnesota to do BarCitizens with. I currently have a Carrack, Terrapin, Gladiator, Prospector, Buccaneer, M50, Mustang Omega, 2 Dragonfly Yellowjackets, and 1 Dragonfly Black. HMU if you are close to me

This would be a great Escort for an Endeavor Hope if you are going medical Like I would want to do. Be good for Pirates as well.

Personally, I think this thing is the tits. It might become mandatory equipment for every 'highly-leveled' player in the mature game. Fighters, as flown by skilled pilots, appear set up to determine the ultimate outcome of battles between similarly matched opponents - but, these assets are small, and fragile and their ability to project power is highly limited by logistical factors. These ships are going to be the semi-trailers that carry an elite pilot into battle, and provide him with fuel, repairs, and various force multipliers (vis heavy torpedo bombardment vs heavier ships, c&c, possible e-war capabilities) that endgame tier-1 tactics will likely presuppose.

I mean... could you trade the hanger space for cargo space?

Will there be any underground way to sell stolen ships? How about a black market?