Deep Dive | Everything We Know About Star Citizen Ship Releases in 2024 | Polaris, Apollo, Zeus, etc

From the Polairs to the G12, unknown hovercrafts, and surprise Mirai ships. There are quite a few planned ships coming to Star Citizen in 2024 that we know of. This video will take you through everything Space Tomato knows about what's coming in 2024.
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00:00 New Ships
03:48 Merchantman
27:05 Squadron 42 Ships
31:47 Hawk (Bounty Hunting)
37:07 Apollo (Medical)
47:50 Multiple 2024 Ships
51:28 Legionnaire
01:03:36 Zeus
01:17:05 Retaliator (Modularity)
01:23:45 Polaris
01:41:38 Predictions
01:46:53 600i Rework
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[@cb_the_kirb]

Hoping for a Connie rework v2 while the year of RSI is going on

[@Vioblight]

Agreed! Love the Connie but my eye is on the Zeus until a Connie rework. Exciting things on the Horizon this upcoming year. Hope it all goes well and we get that Connie. Rework XD

[@azmaelurbankiz2576]

fix the visibility!

[@DABOYDJEM1]

No

[@Josh-dr3fj]

Im wondering it the unknown ship in the silhouettes is the Connie Mk II

[@dito4lyfe]

My pretty Phoenix needs its jacuzzi!

[@LucidStrike]

The 600i Explorer is my daily and eventually my only, so I'm very excited for the rework, especially the medbay and larger armory. But it seems 2024 is the year of RSI. Ah well. 🤷🏿‍♂️

[@SpaceTomatoToo]

The rework is beautiful.

[@AccidentalFriendlyFire]

I'm about to check my CCUs, because I also want the armory and medbay. My son likes running bunkers and we'll be making frequent use of them. My use of the latter more dragging him into it, based on current experiences.

[@AccidentalFriendlyFire]

*gasps* You take that BACK! The Tali is NOT ugly! More seriously, it was the first ship I saw in SC that I actually thought "man, that's a beautiful ship" and "I want that ship". Don't have it, of course...ah well.

[@BlackThanator]

I hope the Reclaimer gets another pass, add a cargo grid on the elevator, make the cargo grid in the salvage hold functional, and maybe give it a large door in the back so you can easily offload cargo and don't have to move everything outside through the elevator.

[@drbungo3306]

reworking the existing cargo grids with the 16scu boxes in mind would be nice too, as well as adding more verticality

[@DawnstealerGaming]

Oh man - that citcon bit about the BMM was so traumatizing XD "So, look at all this awesome work we did on it....anyways, you're not getting it any time soon and we're not working on it anymore..." I remember watching it and, when they were done, asking "WHY DID YOU TALK ABOUT IT THEN." One interesting thing was the slip about the Railen. Now I'm not sure if he meant Syulen, but it seemed to be a pretty significant leak. It would make sense they're using assets from the Syulen to build out the Railen, anyways.

[@chillylytical9410]

With the BMM I highly doubt they will work on it until most of the major manufacturers get their lineup of ships. Or at least major intensive work. Though if we go by ship loaner standards and modular lineup work style, I know the drake series is gonna get work I.e we can expect a kracken as a loaner since that’s the only other ship that functions as a trading bazaar and hauler.

[@TheTruthIsGonnaHurt]

Story of this game's life cycle. Chris Robert is not a good executioner. A lot of great idea and concepts, but finalizing it in a timely manner as always been his Achille's heel.

[@DawnstealerGaming]

@@TheTruthIsGonnaHurt fair.

[@stuarth317]

The C1 has 5 or 6 metres of rear facing horn poking off the back of the ship, without those it would be more like a 40 metre ship, whereas the CL uses all of its length. That's why it feels like the CL has so much more space.

[@SpaceTomatoToo]

Ahhhh, right I forget those are counted in the measurement.

[@charliemcawesome5012]

Real quick, the Zeus/Spirit equal size puzzle is because of 2 things. There is several meters of “wasted” space on the Spirit. The Spirit has a nose cone, so a meter or 2 of space is wasted in the nose while the Zeus has the classic RSI nose with no nose cone. And then at the back, there are 2 or 3 meters of wasted space on the Spirit with that split fin that sticks out the top of the ship toward the back. Together that could be 5 meters (15 feet) of length the Zeus has over the Spirit. As well, I think the wings of the Spirit take width from the ship, while the “wedge” shape of the Zeus delivers a wider usable interior space.

[@Glathgrundel]

All I want is a Zeus ES and a Wookiee co-pilot.

[@Funkm4ster96]

I cant wait for the Zeus. I was so excited for the C1 since its concept but after flying it and seeing the interior of the Zeus in comparison, I'm ready to move on lol. I have enough tunnel gameplay with my C2 and the Zeus seems like it actually uses its space

[@Glathgrundel]

Would be great to have a Zeus MR wearing the CL skin … ‘ooh, I’m a vulnerable freighter with lots of cargo … I hope there aren’t any PIRATES nearby’. … then BAM! they find out that it’s an armed to the teeth bounty hunter Wolf-in-Sheep’s-clothing and you Mongrel Squad assholes are suddenly THEIR prey. OK, maybe I’m a bit salty from my last encounter with the MS, but f*ck those assholes. “Say hello to my lil friend!” Assholes.

[@RatikusuCh]

Glad i was able to catch the VoD. Really puts things into perspective.

[@SpaceTomatoToo]

Thanks for watching :)

[@TheEVEInspiration]

1:52:00 That 600i area is also great because while taking up a log of space for all the luxury, it at the same time doubles as a eating area. And that is placed such that it will not distract, impede or clutter. Very clean design.

[@Maximus98351]

The unknown RSI is likely to be reworked connie, bringing it up to date with other RSI ships.

[@SpaceTomatoToo]

That'd be interesting. I hope they keep the Connie the same.

[@harabecswurveweathers]

I would say it's likely not. It seems way too small, especially comparing the player model to the one with the new Mirai ship.

[@snadge3467]

Second is where it's at. Watching now

[@BesteWare]

This is the best Video when it comes to 2024 predictions - you have summed 2023 so well and got all important points - well done! Greetings from Europe/Germany! :)

[@Uboo]

Wow great info, ready to see the big ships in game.

[@aennaenn7468]

I hope theres a way for the work to come to us with ships like this. If we're in one, we should get requests for assistance and docking even from npcs. "Thank god, a medevac. We have injured, industrial accident, requesting emergency assistance" And then a ship docks or pulls up alongside and (if granted) transfers a couple npcs with fitting injuries aboard that you can treat and receive payment. Same with repair ships. Flying a vulcan should net you distress calls from damaged/depleted/stranded ships in the area to go and repair/rearm/refuel. The zeus should have been modular, the mini-galaxy imo. The way its setup its perfect for it. The front section can be the base, and you swap the rear section based on task. I hope, pray, and make demonic pacts to realize the creation of the Vulcan, so thatd be a nice surprise.

[@GameSetPatch]

Sounds like what they need to do is have the new team build the Banu "Trip Taker" that was mentioned in a lore entry. A medium Banu Cargo Hauler would probably sell well, and give the development team time to acquaint themselves with the Banu design language. Who knows? They might even bring new insights that can be added to the Banu Merchant Man afterwards.

[@TheVkaschuba]

So nothing about the Railen? Or where they throw in the Arrastra? I do wonder though what that 5th ship might be...

[@barryhoggle2354]

Will we ever get the Liberator having a small little Fleet carrier would be awesome

[@Killingblaze]

love the way the Storm drives

[@alexandercartagena3416]

The retaliator is beautiful!!!!

[@bloodstoneoperator5372]

I’d love to see beacons on ships like the Apollo that can switch on to say “mobile clinic here”. This way they can hover over a remote area or off of an org battle and be known.

[@SpacedOwls]

You gotta figure, they just started work on the Railen upon San Tok Yai completion. Unlike the BMM, the Railen is already concept complete, it has art for every room so they just need to make the models. It could very well come at the end of the year

[@CitizenScott]

53:28 Not a coffee table book, a book big enough to be a coffee table.

[@azmaelurbankiz2576]

I'm wondering if the Zeus is going to block visibility as egregiously as the Connies, both being from RSI...

[@LucidStrike]

I assume the more recent RSI ships like the Mantis and Scorp and also the Apollo are the more likely direction.

[@SpaceTomatoToo]

Zeus looks more inline with the newer ships as Lucis said.

[@Glathgrundel]

With the Zeus CL cargo space and its lurid blue colour, it’s going to be a race to see who snags the name ‘TARDIS’ first. … when we can name our ships … which we should have been able to do ages ago.

[@ten.kenobi]

18:23 this reminds me a lot of the interior of jeannies bottle from the 70s TV Series "the lady in the bottle ". ❤

[@soliitudegaming7275]

Polaris definitely got a LOT bigger than original. I know the last update where they gave us the new layouts said "slightly bigger", but this latest clip shows that even areas like the bridge increased by 3-5 meters itself. And other places even more so. I'd be surprised if its less than 180m.

[@DISCO_o7]

i just caught this, time stamp 1:13:00, on your video shows another Zeus MKII model. "ST" Race variant or military?.. "Zeus Status" in the top left.. oh you just mentioned it.. lol

[@Bogie-AGB]

The "Backlogged" large or capital ships keep going up in price versus their launch like the Hull series. So yea, they say they want to get these the justice they deserve, but feel it is more towards pricing. I originally picked up a Merchantman for $220.

[@PantherKen]

To be fair and split hairs I'm looking forward to my E1 Spirit and fully understand that VIP transport is possibly quite a ways off. Spirit available? Technically yes, but not all variants.

[@SpaceTomatoToo]

Hey I hope they give it to us! I really do.

[@LucidStrike]

On the other hand, transport beacons have been a thing since forever, so those could do in a pinch. 🤔

[@TheGlassSword]

I really want the E1 as well

[@extremepsych]

Ships...ships...ships. They are all awesome. I am more excited for the engineering aspect that will be implemented into these awesome ships along with many other concepts we have heard of. Exciting times for S.C. 🥳

[@Beardfrey]

The ship at 50:00 is giving me some Consolidated Outland vibes. The angles on the top part of the hull are very similar to the Nomad.

[@sheev9852]

It's the zeus lol

[@gwebby87]

When I brought my merchantman it was 200usd-250. I think it was at no where near where it is now. Massive love for it I can't wait

[@mattsully5332]

We forgot the Carrack rework on the list. They talked about it at citizen Con... 2021?

[@ankizhou655]

i do want to know if there's going to be polaris ccu for sale this year

[@TheWendigoProjekt]

I feel like the zeus basically replaced the connie. Except for missle capacity

[@UnknownMoses]

I think large ships with turrets need a little zoom making targeting a little easier as their cross sections are so huge they are easy prey for fighters as the fighter can stay out of range

[@zir3ael811]

Turrets with zoom was shown at cit con

[@dkyzar]

I agree about the Merchantman. I have one in hanger, but until I can setup shops, don't release it.

[@kiwi4kian]

I’d be very surprised if the BMM was released this year. It’s undergone a massive rework and expansion and like they said it just makes more sense to work on the RSI trio. With that being said with how much it is talked about and focused on I’d be shocked if we didn’t see it in 2025.

[@ShadowOfMachines]

I've waited for a long time to see the BMM in game, I can keep waiting. Not like I'm all that hyped for much anymore anyway. But of the upcoming work being done, it will be cool to see the RSI parade that's inbound. I'll have fun seeing the various Zeus modeals flying around, might camp up outside a landing zone and scan them to see which one gets flown around the most. The 600i update will be something I'd like to see, but who knows when they'll get around to it. I don't really care for the Anvil ship, it's neat looking and I'm sure some people will get into it but it's not for me. I will have to think more about defending a ship from boarders. Instead of just pretending I might actually have to do something. The Retaliator is a ship I am looking forward to seeing fully functional. I remember looking at that old beast back in the hanger module and seeing it around more (I hope) will be very cool. I would love to see the old standards get fixed up again. The Freelancers, Constellations, etc.. I'd love my Freelancer to get fixed up to a more modern standard.

[@helloitsjay38]

Some pilot guns/slaved remote turrets for the retaliator would make it so much better. If the C2 get big ole size 5 guns i think the retaliator could fit somw size 4s at least.

[@malismo]

You would think if they have more Banu ships they can reuse that stuff for the BMM as well, just like with RSI and others, also means they can sell more ships ;). Original concept still looks amazing though :). Great video once again, ST! Thanks

[@Aurora_XRG]

They did say that wouldn't work because the style is so organic

[@Pappy_1775]

If the 600i can now hold a Tonk, it can hold a variety of ships and snubs including the Arrow, Pisces, Merlin, 85X, M50, Razor, MPUV, and two Furies (I just measured it out on Starjump Hangers)

[@noideas439]

Tonk? Is that the nova or the storm?

[@Rippedyanu1]

@@noideas439 Nova

[@KildalSC]

600i explorer is the ship I want to make my home. I really hope they eventually nail the exploration gameplay loops.

[@thief21_]

Hey Space Tomato, you mentioned about 700 devs are moving over from SQ42 to SC - where is that mentioned on official pages or is this something that's rumoured?

[@SpaceTomatoToo]

Just an assumption, certainly not official. It's also doubtful, just a theory based on the idea most Sq42 employees are moving over, but I can't be sure.

[@youwerealltooclever]

Could that be the RSI Apollo at 50 minutes?

[@laminatedsamurai]

I'm just sitting here patiently waiting on my Apollo and Endeavor.

[@cqc2238]

The first one was the zeus, the second one you thought was the zeus i’m betting is the galaxy. Also the two people I convinced to give Free Flight a try to get them into the game got 5-7 frames on their $4500 full tower setups…..I don’t know about this.

[@joshua41175]

I cant unsee the apollo as just the ship blood drives would be handled out of. Need a bloodsource branded one.

[@DamienRamirez]

Altered Carbon has the best idea for how medical in SC should work.

[@deltacx1059]

24:38 I don't feel like anyone is using or getting that ship unless they are in a organization. Even if you don't have the shop stuff it's still a monster for cargo.

[@ephalanx1]

49:44 is most likely the Nautilus.

[@neskbate936]

really hoping for the orion, mass org mining seems really cool

[@benmoi3390]

you know that considering that a sabre fit easy in the polaris... we gonna be able to fit 16 fury ...easy 3 or 4 aurora... prolly 2 gladius side way in yin yang like pattern etc...

[@dominusdelecti7561]

17:40 ship has deer architecture? gg

[@llillian4055]

Would love it if CIG made a medical variant of the new 600. Ship looks so good!

[@LucidStrike]

I feel that, but the Explorer version still makes a good medical / Search and Rescue ship.

[@ozramblue117]

You get the explorer will have a nice med bed, yeah?

[@chrisunderhill8853]

how about one of the oldest ships concept that made it to white box over 7 years ago the crucible??? ya i still dont have the ship i backed with...

[@Sarsour_]

GIB POLARIS, MERCHANTMAN and ENDEVOUR!

[@benmoi3390]

the below turret is size 5

[@Platinumsniper]

2 months later the Polaris is in LOD0 and it is very possible that we see Polaris during Invictus.... Not guaranteed but possible.

[@joshuanissen8803]

Cant wait for the Markie Mark!

[@TerkanTyr]

I want to say that the Banu Merchantman they showed looked really fucking good. It just didn't look like the art at all. Personally, I think they should split the concept into that Banu ship, and one "Esperia" ship or something, Tevarin style that uses the spiky details on the first artwork, don't abandon the look. Or Vanduul, I guess. Possibly as a gunship and not a merchant cargo ship. Maybe show the community a few sketches for version options and have them pick. Let anyone who purchased the original Merchantman pick either of them, can't be so many that doing it through support is a problem.

[@infinitie_beaz]

Hoping for polaris and maybe perseus

[@Pharesm]

I call this video the GRAVEYARD of ships we won't ever get, because CI grossly overestimates the amount of time they have left to finish in the ever increasing global chaos.

[@MysteicVoltronus]

The Storm handled like boo boo during the free fly. The payload, shooting 8 missiles at once, detection range, and lockon range are all great. Its just driving it to location is terrible right now.

[@doubledigital_]

on the BMM section, more so the vid.. I wonder if we ever get them HUGGGEE docking towers?? i mean that would be awesome even for lets say the mighty hull C .. still waiting for my BMM ;(((

[@WarBirdGhost]

Can't wait to steal Vanduul cap ships.

[@tyandy1424]

Crusader got slapped with the zeus, only has bombs going for it now...

[@zephyro76]

I really hope we get some Railen news this year

[@Max_Flashheart]

The Polaris is tight....

[@ghironsingh]

I feel like hacking/data gameplay is gunna be one of the last pieces put in. Too bad, because I love the Drake Herald. I wanna see what a dedicated hacker can do on the smallest/fastest platform available for hacking.

[@nickstinger4709]

Need NPC medical missions.

[@Gaspode257]

I hope it to be possible to be a weapons merchant Selling everything from firearms to ship weapons, missiles and bombs, maybe I get even rich enough to buy my own moon like my cousin Gaila

[@4Skyrim]

The BMM was $250 back then

[@latjolajban81]

What is the point of carrying a single fighter like a sabre in a hangar when you're in a such an offensive powerhouse like the Polaris? Seems to take up so much space for... what?

[@sheev9852]

50:00 is 100% the zeus, idk how people don't see it lol

[@MooneShadow]

Looks like it might be the Zues STATUS since they already announced the other three variants.

[@Cal-Mac]

Blasphemy! The Retaliator is beautiful!

[@Tainted-Soul]

wasnt there talk about bringing the Galaxy out before the Perseus the carrack is 126.5m in length ( on web site ) the 600i 91.5m so the 600i is smaller the Polaris say's 155m but they did say it is bigger and the Perseus only 100m that is if the web site is right LOL

[@Christine-shield]

love and appreciate the video - thank you. I dont want them to give us ships until we can USE them for the intended purpose. BMM without merchants and the ability to have NPCs man my shops and sell my stuff is useless. same for so many other ships

[@davewills6121]

STORKEEP, really, how exciting?. Christ i melted the BMM years ago, what a limp wristed ship.

[@honeyspringshomestead1411]

All I know is I love the game and there are definitely super-whales out there. My thinking is get a kraken, either version, and a good way to make money and you're set. For me, space farming with the endeavor maybe to support the cost to run big stuff. Maybe one day an orion to space mine, who knows. I just know I love the Perseus, Kraken Privateer, and Endeavor. So you can guess what I'll be doing.

[@xxxsu8z3r0xxx6]

First!!

[@theMedicatedCitizen]

The BMM looks like an 890 Jump and a C2 Hercules had a baby and it got infected by an alien techno-virus

[@dgd321]

I just want the MM to come out…. It was such an unnecessary tease to show all the progress, just to shelf it again

[@onenote6619]

Did any of this bring the game closer to an actual release after 10 years, over a half-billion dollars and continued sucking-up for more cash?

[@SpaceTomatoToo]

I'm usually feature focused, you've come across one of my more ship focused videos. Take a look around for more feature-driven content for the big hitters! That being said. Ship modularity DEFINITELY brings us closer. The Polaris introduces capital ship gameplay which is a very big part of the game as well. The Apollo would introduce both drones and an update to medical gameplay, bringing us closer to release, as well. Ships are not just cash, they include important features to the game, and since they've already been sold I would hope nobody advocates for the company to rip those buyers off and not deliver what was promised, that seems like the wrong take.

[@onenote6619]

@@SpaceTomatoToo Which of my questions did you answer? Is the game any closer to release after 10 years and half-Billion dollars? At this point, any cash requests are outrageous.

[@Stormyy6310]

No Polaris ?

[@xiuhtezcatl8161]

chaotic video but full with commercials, many times you cannot find the video you wanna show or just searching it or ahh mann

[@o0BaCaRDi0o]

Dammit, let them work on the best and oldest ? Ship that not even in game Misc Endevour!!

[@guitar60253]

Just watching this and I just want to call out one phrase used in the BMM talk. He said we had "good processes and good work." This is a lie. If you had a "good process" people can leave forever and it won't matter. The fact that you dont have processes and an entire project can be abandoned because 1 person left shows your companies complete lack of processes.

[@dizzylemongaming2175]

I think the ship at 50:15 is the RSI Spirit E1.

[@mrblobby6284]

okay so each large yellow rectangles that illuminates the blacked out ships at 49:00 have smaller rectangles inside them. The small rectangles are 1m wide by 2m high, therefore each large illuminating yellow rectangle is therefore 7m wide by 18m high. So the "uknown RSI? ship" at 50:04 is 3.5 large rectangles long ie 26m long and half a large rectangle high ie 9-10m high. so will be the RSI's answer to the Drake cutlass, the MISC freelancer and Crusader spirit

[@thedoctor5478]

They took the most star trek looking ship and made it a hospital...

[@joshuakeller7217]

Clickbait, why is the Polaris on the thumbnail but not in the video

[@ryanthescary]

it is

[@ESC_907]

I look forward to having an NPC AI that has beef with me because I capture it for bounties repetitively… Get a NPC Nemesis.

[@jedadiahtucker2132]

i dont think we will see any capitol ships in 24 unless they really step on the gas with tech and game play

[@XShadowAngel]

I'd put money we have the Polaris at Invictus.

[@SpaceTomatoToo]

We do have the 890 Jump already, I think turrets, engineering, permissions, and missiles being in a better place could justify it.

[@apr6337]

Yeah boy. That’s exactly what we need in SC. More ships. Don’t mind the other 100+ that don’t work we already have in game. Elevators that don’t work. Lifts that throw you out in to space. Cargo grids you can only stack 1 layer. Flight characteristics that are horrendous. Parts of the ships that have zero atmosphere inside and you die just by walking by it. But nothing to see here. Just buy more new ships we make that don’t work either. Might as well because we aren’t going to fix the other ones. You can buy up all of them. Maybe you’ll find one that works

[@SpaceTomatoToo]

I mean...I make other videos...

[@itsbadlols]

51:43 hahahaha must be a joke, ppl cry about snipers and are going to be happy with their ship being boarded and taken over ahahaha what a joke, NEEDS MORE GLINT!

[@Aethid]

It always irks me a little how nobody, even CIG staff, seem to know how to pronounce Xi'an ship names - or in fact "xi'an" itself. CIG went to the effort of creating an entire constructed language for Xi'an, which includes spelling and pronunciation rules. Unlike English, it is entirely unambiguous. There is a canonically correct way to pronounce all of them, but not even anyone at CIG seems to know this. Even one of the characters in the SQ42 trailer butchers it. Xi'an = Shi-ahn , not "ji-ahn" with the French "j" (the s in "vision"). Railen = Rai-Len, with an "ah" vowel, not an "eh" vowel, not "rail-en" Syulen = Syoo-Len Xi'an is based on Mandarin phonology. It sounds like Chinese and has a lot of phonetic similarities to other east Asian languages.

[@Pharesm]

Modularity is a waste of time. There is so little of it and so little benefit

[@CeesaX]

"Ships coming in 2024"...... spends the first part of the video on the BMM. lol

[@SpaceTomatoToo]

Lol yeah that got me distracted quickly. All to say it's probably NOT coming in 2024 -_-

[@Norman_Peterson]

Everyone keeps talking about ships, ships that in the game are 90% useless and have no specific function. While if you play the personal missions, they are all full of killer bugs, which don't allow you to finish even one, and FROM 10 years. This is all ABSURD. just as it's absurd that no one says "it's true that you're in development but that doesn't mean you don't care about what's online in game now, and that needs to be taken care of". Because it's not a matter of development to fix 10 year old missions, at least removing the bugs from there.

[@SpaceTomatoToo]

I actually rarely talk about ships. I mostly focus on features.

[@migueljessica1956]

Is this a post from 2019? 🤣. So much outdated rage info