The Banu Merchantman 

Indeed, the hanger has it's own cargo area next to it so that one can have a tank of fuel to hand-refuel any escorts.

That is a great idea

A defender has only a size 1 quantum drive so it would be range limiting and impractical as a sub-capital escort. You can deploy the defender before the approach to a destination and quantum ahead, keeping your loot safe from pirates and ambushes. I’m not going to want to take 2700 SCU of precious cargo into a remote location without a forward scout. I’m also not going to screw about in Pyro, stopping to refuel escorts every 30mil km. Escorts will need to have size 2 quantum drives at minimum, in pyro size 3, to escort capital and sub-capital ships over their range. As scout, the defender can bug out back to the Merchantman if it’s an ambush and be a navigation aid if not.

@@cthree87 check the QF tank on the defender. Comping it to the J drive in the 890J with a max speed of 117 km/s; the FoxFire is 104 km/s with a max range on the defender of 467Mkm. That exceeds the 890Js 407Mkm range. Going down a size the hammer heads maximum range with any Q drive is 305Mkm at a speed of 61 km/s. The defender can dive in these depths.

@@cthree87 size of drive has no little bearing on range, range is affected MOSTLY by the amount of fuel the defender has a lot of qt fuel and the atlas is efficient, so idk wtf you were talking about a year ago?!? hopefully you're less ignorant about SC now

Hopefully there was at least one bit of new info, something to make you think or some beautiful renders you may have enjoyed. Thank you for watching x

Same here mate lol

Thank you, I want to be talking about interesting things and to give them time to consider them. Not just list off bullet points as fast as I can, or read off a Q&A

I don't want to do videos if I don't think I have something interesting to add to the conversation. While my live streams will take a while to reach this quality, I promise I have plans for more like this one. Your words mean a lot to me, thank you.

Yeh! Wanted to keep things going while also giving people the ability to think. I'm really glad you liked it. For those whom it was a bit slow for, I'm going to have some music lightly in the background for the next one which will help immensely.

Same reason I love the Endeavour, I feel like there is going to be gameplay there I really enjoy and can focus on.

Very good point that I had not considered!

I believe the Banu are slave traders in lore, and always assumed the 'brig' was included by the Banu as more of a specialized cargo area... In fairness, with the for-profit prison system we see in Stanton, it's arguable the Humans are slavers as well and 'Bounty Hunting' is just a polite moniker.

@@scottyrye Truth! The Banu are slave traders from lore. I agree that was the original intention of the Brig area. Since slavery is illegal by UAE standards is the reason I think it is being reinvented as a Brig/Bounty transfer module.

@@scottyrye I feel like it may become more 'traders of indentured servitude', having slavery be a thing that they have to animate to the detail that Star Citizen asks for could be a bit much.

@@frontiers_star_citizen Ya it's not a fun subject to touch. Lots of not fun meetings need to take place just so the game can have that particular dark theme and inspire conversation. I have a lot of respect for the way Art drives cultural conversations, I think it will be interesting to see if CIG stands by this early decision and if so, what comes of it.

Best ship

My pleasure, there is so much more I hope to do. Thank you.

Also, i hope the vulture can fit inside.

Slightly, but they both fit in the same size hanger. Longer doesn't mean more usable volume though. As for the vulture, me too. I don't think it will fit, but if it does I don't see another ship I want in my BMM :p

I can't wait for it, hopefully we get more details by the end of the year.

Got two in the works, a beginners ship guide and the Corsair. Can't wait to get them out!

Agreed

The Kraken 'can' carry ships that could act as point defence in this manner, but I imagine anti-torpedo missiles or similar being a thing eventually. Just some speculation.

100%, but I'd also note it's still a very formidable ship even without the PD

Even if they can only target missiles and not fighters, the PD will significantly reduce the threat posed by ships that base their offensive capability on torpedoes like the Eclipse, the Retaliator, and even the Polaris. That gives the BMM a huge defensive edge, as torpedoes are one of the biggest threats to large ships. When you neutralize the threat from torpedoes, there aren't going to be many sub-capital ships that can outgun the BMM 1-on-1. If they do manage to make them also target fighters consistently...

Thank you, making points people can think about is a goal of mine in my videos. I don't feel there is much point just reading off an RSI page or wiki.

Part of me hopes the same, but the ship has been referred to as a capital class ship, which by CIGs definition this comes with at least one capital class component.

Little thing not many people know, sometimes I get commissioned for my skills with hypnosis! I'm certain that has taken effect to the 'pattet' I use in the video :)

I remember that, I feel even CIG didn't know.

That's a huge compliment. Bare with me while I improve my live streams, the edited content of quality takes time and I am using livestreams to cover content that will not age as well. These will get better as I get used to presenting them.

wait was that announced by cig officially？？

While what you say is based on things CIG have said, lore and such can change over time too. I doubt CIG will have you need to learn the language, but I also expect there to be advantages of one does.

@@frontiers_star_citizen I do agree, whatever it requires is likely a process related to Banu reputation and possibly customs that mean some basic language usage. I don't think this about spending time learning a language either. LawlessBaron did a good video on this a while back too: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-107aX1j4vJA.html

I want a multirole alien daily driver too, I feel like if it comes from anyone it'll be the Banu as a defensible trader. Fingers crossed!

Very welcome, it is a beautiful thing indeed.

Thanks :)

I really like the Odyssey actually, I think it's going to be better than most give it credit for. Is certainly on my list.

Thank you so much. I have more ideas than time, but I'll make sure everything comes out with the same high quality as thing one.

@@frontiers_star_citizen Quality over quantity is always the way to go! I hit the bell as well so I can make sure to keep up with your work! Thanks again! Looking forward to more regardless of when!

I mean, if people just have an Araura they are certainly more sensible than us. But yeh, I wonder when people will consider it not worth the price. It's a hell of a ship!

The Banu want to trade with other races, hospitality comes with that naturally. I feel we would need a very different ship, one designed around internal diplomacy, to get the kind of thing you hope for. And even then, it might not ever be a thing as the Banu are always looking for opportunity.

Perhaps, but I feel like most of the cost will be the reclaim fee. CIG don't want to give much of an advantage to those with LTI. (On the other hand, all my ships have LTI as it doesn't cost anything to get if one is patient.)

It's a great ship, and the Crucible should end up as big as a Liberator. Just make sure you have friends to keep things going.

I love my swimmimg pool lol

Yeh, they pretty much filled the old role with the Railen

Thank you, more edited video to come when it's ready. Next live show should have much better production quality as well, learned a lot from it.

I'm thinking of covering some suggestions for beginners, and the video after... another deep dive into something big? If anyone has suggestions, Discord would be the best place to make a case, but I do have some cool ideas of ships I have things to say about.

You are very welcome, it's been great becoming a content creator

Well thank!

Wonderful point, I hope the lore team is considering this!

Lol, that's fair, background music will help a bunch next time. As long as you enjoyed it, I don't mind how you watched it. :)

We won't get all the gameplay loops, but I think we will see the ship Q1 or Q2 next year, judging by the progress tracker. Still, she pretty right?

@@frontiers_star_citizen Yes, seems a bit OP but I guess for the price that's understandable. But before that I'm looking forward to the Odyssey which I upgraded my Carrack to. Do you have any ETA guess for that one?

@@LordCritish only guesses, I think the Odyssey is coming with Pyro at the earliest, but that's optimistic.

Literally designed for it, I think it's gonna be very interesting to see what else lands there, but I might earn a Defender in-game to put in it anyway. Both are beautiful ships.

Join the Discord, talk ships with me, maybe I'll cover something you suggest. ;) Next will be my thoughts on good starting ships, then a big video on something like the Kraken? Will see.

Capital ships have capital components, this is CIGs definition. They have said the Merchantman is a capital ship. Also, the ship matrix is known in the community as the matrix of lies for a reason. Other sources are almost always more accurate unless a ship has just been released.

@@frontiers_star_citizen ^ This. The ship matrix hasn't been updated in years for many concept/wip ships so it is usually very inaccurate. I believe that the BMM will have capital components just like the 890 due to the sheer size of the ship and its need for protection (Especially being a cargo/trading ship)

I've taken that on board and will be improving the next. Thank you :)

Thank you so much, editor on holiday, so back with more content later in the month :)

Next week, there will be an inside star citizen that shows off loads of new info. I'll make sure to let people know as soon as it happens on the Discord :)

Great points, it's going to be very interesting to see how CIG decides to balance these money sinks. Side note: I'm not a fan of comparing ships with internal hulls to the giga-pinyatta that is the Hull E (also it's siblings). Not having to board to pirate from makes them an insanely good target for pirate groups. Less danger, more reward.

@@frontiers_star_citizen agreed: the reason why Hull E is important here is its ability to make money with an essential crew moving large quantities of good for maximum profit and limiting massively the mantainence expenses. As a space trucker, I'm projecting this, on a much smaller scale, comparing the current Caterpillar and the newer C2: the C2 can earn marginally more, but most of that is usually wasted on noticeably higher repair and refuel costs, as the Cat is less expensive to maintain. The Banu ship and the Kraken will certainly be able to earn money but would also be trickier to use then, say, the Hull E as you could end up not earning "enough" if you re not picky enough about what you chose to do. I hope CIG will develop a viable and sustainable economy for trade in the fiture, as, for what we see now, most dedicated cargo ship are useless: hull A, Raft are borderline "unusable" to make a meaningful profit and so is everything smaller then a Caterpillarb, unless you use them as hybrid combat ships. Even the Carrack, the Starfarer and the upcoming Railen will not be "Big Enough". What if the only goods purchasable in reasonable quantities will be Hydrogen or Chlorine, which, even in capital ship quantities, will barely earn you in the few tenth of thousands of aUEC? Will that be enough to make a profit after paying for the crew, supplies, fuel and repair on a massive ship like the merchantman or the Privateer? Here is why I feel slightly more confident in the Hull E, unless trade changes drastically.

bmm profits from it's ability to land with cargo. Hulls will be forced to trade at space stations which have cheaper commodities.

I'm a sucker for the way it looks, but multicrew gameplay is where the fun is for me and I think the BMM will be a nice ship to fly with others in.

Thank you, I won't let you down :)

I'm hoping for a ground vehicle that can help with unloading, it's not an exciting prospect but I feel such a thing will be necessary in the long term.

@@frontiers_star_citizen cargo refractor ships could do the work outside of hangars I guess? I think as a BMM owner you will make a big cut in paying NPCs to unload ur stuff

@@akeshake5230 I don't think it'll be that expensive of a fee to unload. But will have to wait and see.

@@puppet_master even if it's a bit more than we hope, bare in mind that you could actually even solo or duo your cargo. Together with the big cargo space and the all-overlooking turret on the top it should be all in all a way more profitable hauler, if you compare it to the C2 and Hull series. Nobody will fly a Hull without a small fleet roaming around, which will ask a bigger cut than an NPC I assume.

I'm very interested to see how they balance them

@@frontiers_star_citizen I think BMM will be mostly balanced economically. For example maybe they just give it limited ammo and you couldn't be able to change stock cannons to energy ones.

Same, it's mix of functionality and beauty just does it

@@frontiers_star_citizen 100%. I hope it'll have medical bay just like the 890 and with the same tier.

Well, you'll be happy to know it has that!

Thank you goblin!

Next wipe is always coming, but they want to avoid doing wipes where possible. Maybe there will be one with Pyro, maybe not.

On the other taught, lookng at my current behaviour, I will probably use it to fly it over small noob ships at space stations slowly, low and majestically to get them even more into the awesomeness. Maybe I even almost hit them with landing gear that goes up just before it would hit. I remember when I got my first Aurora. It was quite a large spaceship and I was very excited. The first time I went out to fly from Port Ollisar, a Starfarer flew over slow and low, then jumped away. I will never forget that.

The game is majestic in a real way, I love the spectacle of everything. As for pirates, having some goods you are ok to jettison in exchange for safe passage isn't a bad idea, excess ammo and medical supplies will go a long way to a safe trip. I do want to do an episode on pirating and anti-pirating, but my list of things I want to do is long. So let's stick around and see what comes out of my brain thing :)

Thank you :)

Truthfully, I do think we will see alien only verients for many ships e.g. pilot seats in Vandull and Xi'An ships need to be changed before we can use them (at least, that's what they said in the past). Great question!

@@frontiers_star_citizen We will probably get them through / after S42

Thank

It will certainly be a great time to join in. When that happens, I hope I bump into you in the verse on your BMM!

Thank you, Grim from STARJUMP provided the new images and got some renders from his work on their Fleetviewer project, so credit 100% goes to him there for the new stuff. If you want to talk ships, just ping me on the Discord, it's likely apparent in the video I love doing so ;)

As a Space Marshal I have a fleet similar to Phantom Ocelot's in that it is industrial based and the BMM is also my flagship. I agree with you that the concept for the BMM has grown as much as the size of the ship. While it was touted as a "family" vessel before, the Lore of the Banu changed so that families aren't really a thing as Humans see them. Children are raised in a creche by a specialized Souli that focuses on educating Banu children and seeing where their potential is so they can be apprenticed out to the appropriate souli for their career. So the origin of the BMM changed to that of a ship made by a ship building souli rather than by or for a family. Anyway, I'm not merely looking to be a "space trucker" as I'm into every line of work in SC except for pirating. If I wanted just to haul goods I'd have a Hull C or larger. The BMM is built for deal making, for finding niche markets that will pay handsomely for what I bring them even if the local laws may prohibit it. Think of it as a giant MSR in the smuggling trade. While I don't look to break UEE law I may operate in the gray areas and certainly will flout the laws of the unaligned planets and societies. As a player I strong distrust the Xi'ans as I think they are playing the long game with the UEE. (However, I didn't let that stop me from buying Xi'an ships and bikes.) I do trust the Banu as their motives are quite easily understood. They live for profit today, the next deal, and don't care about history or the future. I look forward to having a NPC Banu crewman or two on my BMM. Oh, the crew size you quoted is off by half. Four would be the minimum but eight is the proper crew size for a fully kitted out ship. That would be a Master/owner/chief trader, pilot, copilot, chief engineer, security officer, Defender pilot and gunner, and medical officer. Frankly, there should be more crew such as a purser and a cargo handler as well as an engineering assistant (mate). As Humans fly the Defender solo, that opens up one slot for one of these other people who may have all three jobs combined.

@@istvan5674 it seems we have either similar interests or conflicting business’ lol. I’m starting up an ORG who are essentially hands for hire who share their talents with those willing to hire them. Mostly the umbrella of industrial of course, but we wouldn’t shy from combat if we had those specialized people. If you don’t have an ORG I could at least ask you join up since I just recently made it with a few friends, but an alliance would be fun

@@PhantomOc3lot I currently belong to two orgs, one totally inactive waiting for SC to finally go to Beta and the second very casual. As you might surmise, my presence constitutes most of the fleet for my smaller, casual org while I'm one of three big space whales in my inactive org filling in the gaps where other whales' fleets lack. For the moment I solo a lot so look for Istvan_Kardos in game and we can talk more about an alliance.

@@istvan5674 Roger that, GI-Goblins will keep a swivel for ya

That is the Banu way *nods*

keep on keeping on

Got more edited content on the way, really excited to get it to everyone

My pleasure!

Yeh, a well manned Kraken will be a terror to fight. The angle I was going with here was profit share. I do want to also do a Deep Dive of the Kraken at some point as well. I feel there are a lot of ways the ship can be utilised to great effect (speculatively).

@@frontiers_star_citizen ok yea that make a lot of sense great video will definitely be waiting on that Kraken video I want that ship so bad!!!

Thanks much :)

Good man! Maximise them savings!

Thank you so much :)

Thank you very much, It's going to be interesting to see which components become capital class and which are below that.

@@frontiers_star_citizen I fully agree it will be interesting. The ship has grown to be much larger than original intent, as you mentioned is capital sized or close enough. Yet it should have plenty of room, should they choose to do it, to keep the original idea that is powered by large components in multiple. The flexibility that provides would be superior to the limiting factor of Capital components regardless of the greater power of them. My opinion, of course.

@@ericwollaston5654 CIG define capital ships as: Ships that have capital components. Given they have called the Merchantman a capital ship relatively recently (with no update on components), it goes to reason that some have been upgraded to such. On the other hand, capital components are meant to be able to take many many more sub components to take a percentage of their wear and damage, so it's not all bad on the longevity front, as long as you have an engineer on the team :p

@@puppet_master Although I get your well made point, CIG has been nothing but inconsistent in how it classifies ship size among other things. All things shift in alpha eternally. 😃

More than most turrets, it's certainly something I'd like to look at in a follow up video once the BMM comes out.

Well played

I've done audio before but this is my first time directing a video. I've been about ;)

@@frontiers_star_citizen then we are looking forward to seeing more from you!

It has a bridge behind the hanger, I'm not actually sure how far into the nose we will be able to go. It's $550 at the moment, but it's likely to go up this upcoming alien week. I don't really consider any of the ships that exist a reasonable price bar the Araura. However, CCUs do tend to be available for this.

@@frontiers_star_citizen thanks and yeah your right about the prices my first ship was the aurora but i randomly met some rich player who gifted me a misc freelancer which i ccud for a msr however i would be willing to pay a bit to upgrade to this dreamboat

It's difficult to compare the Merchantman and 890J in a meaningful way, but the 890J is the only ship of similar size players have to use as of now, so I did my best.

The fuel scoop still exists, which also functions as a public stairway-entrance to the market. I miss mentioning some things for sure, gotta focus on things I think are most interesting.

Thank you ❤️

Join the Discord server and I'll hook you up, but also yeh, Grim from Starjump.

That's actually the next video, almost at the recording stage, don't want to miss anything.

Thank you for doing all the things!

Strange, the link in the description works for me. On Discord I'm "Puppet Master#6467". Send me a friend request and I'll make sure to help.

I do not think they ever said it would be done in 2013

Exactly

I'm interested to see where I'm wrong in the future. There is a lot we don't know yet.

@@frontiers_star_citizen well you sound like your speculating so not sure it qualifies as wrong. you can think this way and maybe the devs would do something in line with your opinion but if your opinion clashes with what i said then you should get updated.....well you said something about a price that would force this ship to become limited hull.... 800 is limited hull ships. i would like to see it become limited hull but who knows i just doubt it with every bit of my educated and experience reasoning and economic skills. if you think this ship will be able to do much in combat you are not pay attention to lore. banu are a strong race because they try to friend all races so they are not murdered as they do have some of best tech they are not a militant race they dont have a mind for combat. if you have not been pay attention they are devising ways to make big guns mis little ships and little ships unable to overcome huge ship resistance to try and prevent insta 1 shot kill or tiny ships ever have a chance to kill huge ships without something that can hit hard. you have to be aware of loading timers unloading timers and how some ships will have the role of rapid loading. i cant tell what you mean to say in your reply i was just try to share info that may be gap or unknown by your presentation

I 'think' it has some point defence down there, but yes, the lower back is a bit of a blind spot.

How did I miss that! I'm so happy I'm right about this, I love the Banu culture even more now!

Future videos will be better paced for sure. Thank you.

@@frontiers_star_citizenI am a proud BMM owner

Heh, thank you so much!

Thanks much!

Thank!

Frivolities, silly items of not much meaning, but positive ones. It's a bit of a British colloquialism on the word frivolity.

@@frontiers_star_citizen oh cool, thanks :)

The end game for people like us won't be the big ships, it'll be equipping them with the best and rarest components to make our favourite ships the best possible.

The animations and pictures are to scale with the latest info we could find. They will also be designed to fit in the same size hanger.

@@frontiers_star_citizen ah okay :) either way great video!

I'm not convinced this is the right ship for you, consider a Cutlass Red ;)

While I semi-agree with you, I think in most angles it looks fine.

@@frontiers_star_citizen When is it set to arrive in the verse? I believe I heard elsewhere that the devs are going to be discussing the merchantman in detail? though I could be wrong, I was just quickly browsing other videos, though yours caught my full attention :)

It's likely to arrive this time next year, but others are more optimistic, I try to be realistic. As for more information, we are getting an Inside Star Citizen tomorrow on the Merchantman that'll show off lots more work on it. You should join the Discord, I'll be keeping everyone up to date with developments :)

@@frontiers_star_citizen ha, "try to be realistic" ... I like! honestly, concerning CIG, being optimistic is setting oneself up for disappointment, I'm still crashing to desk top on a 5k PC lol "Inside Star Citizen" that'll be it. re: "Join discord" ... I'll do just that thanks

Commenting on such videos is likely the issue, RU-vid takes any form of engagement as positive.

1000 subs and I have plans

@@frontiers_star_citizen Cool to see creators getting support from other creators like the Starjump crew, working on something like this seems awesome

@@arenomusic Starjump was amazing, but the Editor I was going to be working with has had life stuff happen to him, so if you know someone who would like to work on something like this, hit me up :p

You lost me?

@@frontiers_star_citizen Just wanted to see if you can take a look at how I bought it and if you would have done anything differently. Thanks

@@Rick_JAR only change I would have made would be to have more smaller jumps in CCU so that if something came up in the future that could save money I could put something in between what I already had

@@frontiers_star_citizen Thanks for checking it out