An Architect Reviews the Banu Defender [Star Citizen]

[@Khunez]

On the time taken, you hit the nail on the head. We wanted an organic sculpted look so being that i have tons of sculpting experience I was asked to step in. The interior "bone" material is completely custom sculpted. This was by far the most challenging and technically difficult asset to create in the time frame given. ( I slept under my desk 3 nights :P ) Tons of R&D sooo much iteration, nail on the head.

[@trulsjohansson6617]

Well hello there! If it isn't the ships design daddy himself! :) Great work on this one also! Are you going for the BMM next I wonder... :D

[@Khunez]

@@trulsjohansson6617 why thank you! ha no, it takes a whole team of guys to do a ship that size. Im doing something else currently :D

[@Morphologis]

The man himself, hello again Josh. Keep up the amazing work. Will you be at citizencon this year? I’d love to meet up and talk design some time.

[@ricksaeta1975]

Appreciate all your work. When this ship was in concept I have ZERO interest in it.. But as 3.7 came closer and they gave us more screen shots of it, I suddenly found myself changing my tune on the ship now happily have one. I even enjoy the view from either pilot's seat.

[@ephalanx1]

Love the work man. Definitely takes a ton of time. But its paid off. Cant wait to see what you and the team pull off next. My only question is was there a reason to not close the gap between the wings and fuselage in flight mode like in the concept? I think that would really streamline the design and make the lines look a lot cleaner. Not sure if there were animation or technical reasons for this. Sort of like the issues with the Hull Series cargo dilemma.

[@Khunez]

Its actually an alien built ship that is then marketed and fitted for a human. Meaning the anything on the list that would not be to human spec (doors, beds, weapon rack, seats, controls) is gutted and retrofitted for human use. The Banu also like to mix tech from any species. If another species has better thrusters they will use them (like the Xian in this case) however they will go another step forward and perfect the tech.

[@selbie]

Major props to the lore team to bring the stories of these ships into fruition. I imagine it really helps your work in manifesting that story into a tangible object. Your intensive design process has produced an amazing piece of art and it certainly has enriched the SC universe :D

[@Khunez]

@@selbie thank you! with this ship and lore i actually had the least amount to pull from. I had to make up my own alien materials based on what was already available. Not to mention the mechanics and technology along with the aesthetic.

[@Butzitube]

But why does it manouver so slow if they use "the best tech"? I love its performance still but its seems weird to me when i think about it having the most advanced tech and then performing worse than described

[@Khunez]

@LEEBO it would be cool to do like a release Q&A panel when we release i think. would be fun.

[@TheeO115]

The Ship reminds me of the F-82 Mustang with the two pilot seats. Giving the defender a similar role to the F-82 which was a long range escort. I could see the pilots taking shifts in the defender one sleeping and the other flying while escorting a BMM in the future.

[@horuslux8441]

One day this will be a video about the Merchantman, and I will watch it many times, but this will hold me over for now...

[@outlawbf3]

Iam waaaaiting for my BMM :( but as i've heard they will start with BMM after carrack, so 2020 i guess :)

[@COMMANDERHAWK22]

december 2020

[@Baleur]

But dont you love how us Merchantman owners, the larger more expensive ship, DONT get to fly the Defender as a loaner? I love this ship, but as much as i love it im also a bit pissed at CIG. I'm SICK of the fat cow of a Starfarer. I didnt buy the Merchantman concept to fly a refuelling ship.

[@andrewberg9611]

@@Baleur Its not based of species, or people would flip their shit, getting a fighter. For now they can trade large amounts like intended. Though it wouldnt hurt to add the defender to the loaners

[@Schoolship.]

@@Baleur sick of his large trade ship. wishes to be flying a small fighter. BUT somehow thinks he'll become happy when his large trade ship is ready. lol

[@Khunez]

you are exactly right on pilot/ co-pilot. It made naming conventions confusing in the beginning of the design.

[@Quazgar_of_the_North]

So what did you call them?

[@Khunez]

@@Quazgar_of_the_North Cockpit Right and Cockpit Left :D

[@jiriq8853]

CIG is getting much better in design, I love the look of Banu Defender or the Origin 890 Jump.. Cant wait to see what they have for us in future!

[@thorticus8864]

took an awesome photo of the banu on the 890j and it looks amazing!!! with i think lyria or wala in the back ground.

[@bleu3361]

Im really excited for the 600i rework. Cant wait to see the changes.

[@b3nsu]

Don't forget the new particle effects for quantum travel. I absolutely love the whisps of green the animators did such a good job

[@scribblescrabble3185]

I only saw them in videos, but I think they detract from the impression of being in a warp bubble or traveling fast.

[@fillyharmonic3156]

​@@scribblescrabble3185 T'me, it feels as if I'm in an ocean or aerial current, being swept along.

[@BaneSIlvermoon]

@@scribblescrabble3185 I would imagine that is probably part of the intention.

[@paulvarn4712]

"... quantum travel. I absolutely love the whisps of green..." Many players agree the QT animation is too bright and for some reason they still keep the human QT animation also with a separate convergence point causing a lot of light competition out the HUD also making HUD text all but unreadable.

[@vicsid9606]

Impressive ship, impressive editing, impressive narration.

[@Star-Man]

I cannot wait for the BMM, I can’t get over the organic feel of the ship 🙃

[@COMMANDERHAWK22]

december of next year.

[@UNSCPILOT]

It's very Alien/Aliens esque design, And I love it

[@ToumiXful]

@@COMMANDERHAWK22 HAHAHHHAHAHHAHAHHAHAHHAHHHAHHAHHAHHAHHA

[@thatwelshman2713]

@@ToumiXful not December yet

[@MonteKristof]

@@COMMANDERHAWK22 I'm calling from December of next year. Not only do we not have the BMM, but it's been in re-concept. So we have even less than you have in 2019.

[@Avokado34]

I think the Banu simply takes more inspiration from nature when they' design things. Where the human brain prefers geometric shapes, the Banu maybe rather copies nature around them.

[@KZ-hu9uj]

Fredrik Åfeldt We don't necessarily "prefer" geometric shapes. In fact the most beautiful architecture you will see is organic in shape. Geometric is simply simpler to mass produce so we end up relying on it heavily in large projects such as buildings

[@onlyaraku]

It's quite reminiscent of the Kryptonian architecture. I very much like it.

[@bubumic2971]

The inside looks like a house from morrowind ...

[@SgtTeddybear66]

N'WAH

[@SuperAWaC]

wealth beyond measure, outlander

[@ikarishinjikum5282]

stop u violated the lau

[@erebus7205]

I also love how the Banu Defender breaks down. If you lose an arm it begins to leak green nasty QT fuel and pipes inside the ship begin to leak and ship fills up with smoke! The one small detail I feel the Banu Defender should have made better is its design on the MFD. It’s a big design disconnect from the exterior and or interior of the ship. I feel like the MFD should somewhat represent the ships design in someway because that is what Im looking at most of the time. Maybe I’m nitpicking Cannot wait for the Banu Merchant Man!

[@杨简-v5z]

EREBUS all alien ship MFDs are modified and converted to human language/text display, and that was made clear/lore-friendly a long time ago when supposedly “captured” vanduul Scythe introduced; in order to be able to fly this ship and test out the functionalities they swap out the MFDs and computer with human ones. The glitch on the HUD you see when you power up your alien ship is the computer translating alien texts to human text/English.

[@KuraIthys]

I would say the HUD stuff is still very much a work in progress, and I expect various ship HUD's to get more distinct as they actually implement the new UI stuff properly. I honestly wouldn't expect an Origin, MISC and Consolidated Outland ship to all have essentially the same HUD, but currently they do. In the real world, sure, there's standard features in vehicles - all cars have a speedometer, most have an RPM counter, and there's standardised things like a steering wheel, pedals, turn signals... But in the end each vehicle has slightly different indicators, control placement and so on. Same with aircraft. So the degree of standardisation in the SC universe right now is well beyond what you'd expect to see...

[@Omaricon]

It's clearly placeholder currently. The devs have specifically said they don't want a bunch of different HUD's because when testing and seeing what is needed and what isn't it's much easier to itterate on one rather than a dozen (or more). So once they get the functionality of what HUD's require they'll start to diversify them for each manufacturer, and by that extent, for aliens.

[@erebus7205]

杨简 The screens on the MFD is not what’s bothering me but the design language around the MFD (screen frame?). Captured or not, the design of the MFD frame feels very very simple compared to the organic and complicated aesthetic that runs through the entire ship. BTW I thought only AOPOA or Esperia ships were captured and converted ships? Isnt the Banu ship a literally untouched ship?

[@杨简-v5z]

EREBUS Or maybe human couldn’t read or operate on “organic” screens? And Banu ships by default still count as exotic ships; so maybe that gives them excuses to overlook some minor details like mfds, which hopefully they attend to later I guess.

[@DevasKnight]

Organic ships and the first thing that comes to mind in Moya the ship from Farscape.

[@Quazgar_of_the_North]

What about Alien / H.R. Giger?

[@DevasKnight]

@@Quazgar_of_the_North True. Giger had that organic flow to most of his artwork. I mean hes the inspiration to Alien lol. The interior of the ship is reminiscent of his work.

[@Myre]

Awesome video Morphologis! I think the ship having two cockpits may be another nod to its biological design as much of (at least in the case of Earth) mammalian biology does things in pairs; two eyes, two ears, nostrils, even brain lobes. I absolutely love the idea of the hull being 'grown' in some sort of Banu lab.

[@Bazzuk_]

i dont even play SC, but i love your videos mate. Keep up ;)

[@TheDAWinz]

Speaking of organic and mechanic, what do you think of the combine from Half Life?

[@presidentnotsure3273]

lol

[@Morphologis]

I almost put in striders for this episode for an example of another game that did this lol.

[@Husker5454]

Your cinematography here was insane

[@qownson4410]

We need, " An Engineer Reviews" collab.

[@creedofrok396]

I almost thought I was watching the National Geographic channel about some crab creature lol

[@BaneSIlvermoon]

Man you should be on payroll in Star Citizens marketing department. You sell this game to me far more than CIG does.

[@JimJamJaboo]

Carcinisation, given enough time in nature everything becomes crab.

[@Illyenyo]

Some notes on Banu lore: 1) The aliens supposedly have technological parity with humanity, but there are areas in which each species has an advantage (like X'ian thrusters), so the Banu aren't really more advanced than the UEE and biological engineering hasn't been mentioned as a specific stong point. 2) The Banu are extreme specialists, so the second cockpit is for the gunner as a Banu pilot will only concentrate on flying while leaving all gun control to the gunner. For the human export model, guns are controllable by the pilot, however.

[@OmegablueWolf]

when landed it looks kind of a bat or a wyvern.

[@kerboy5397]

no a crab

[@xtremetuberVII]

@@kerboy5397 It's okay, let them be wrong :). They'll learn ; ).

[@allthatishere]

I can understand what he's talking about tho. I kinda does look like a Wyverm perched on on the ground.

[@jwinsatt]

iirc in the lore of the bannu, if there's a job of pilot, and a job of weapon's officer, those would be their discreet, "ordained" and strictly enforced specific jobs for the two individuals. You would crew a ship with individuals ordained to perform those specific functions who cannot/are not allowed to do anything else by cultural norms. That kind of deal. Caste system like. Been a long time since I've looked into that though lol.

[@matthewgumabon7498]

I feel like even these exotic alien ships still look like something invented by a human. Our spaceships seem to be heavily inspired by the ships we used to sail the seas and soar through the skies. Our Earlthy craft had to fight gravity, rely on buoyancy, and manage friction from atmosphere and water. That design language subconsciously seems to have carried over to human spaceship design. But depending on their anatomy, I think alien ships would be even more weird looking than this ship. Think about it, we humans only have the concept of “front” and “back” because we only have eyes on one side of our body. So our vehicles are elongated and have a front and back. I imagine a creature that has 360 deg vision from having eyes all around its head. I think its spaceships would be spherical, and it would be able to move, observe and attack in any direction without having to turn. A human would literally not be able to pilot the ship because a human does not have the same kind of vision as this creature.

[@eckee]

I don’t like those two arms obstructing your view tbh. It looks like a fighter more when folded down. You need everything as close as possible to the center of gravity if you want an agile ship. And with hitscan weapons, you’d want them to have the greatest convergence possible for sniping. Making things look good is not wrong, but you have to make them practical if it’s life or death, like in a combat spaceship. With two pilots and guns placed that far apart, it’s not the best possible tool for module sniping. It’s a shame, this could’ve been a unique role in combat.

[@paulvarn4712]

Here we are with my comment 3 years later and right away CIG changed the look and feel of the Singe lasers. As useless as the first iteration. With the right equipment and fighting style the Defender is one of my favorite ships if not just for the look, speed and maneuverability, but that so many people flat out don't like it which means not every other player is flying it. My kind of speed.

[@Rubbish_]

Unrelated to the stunning ship but to your undergrad thesis. I typically hate super modern designs, they feel lifeless and corporate and do not take advantage of their simplicity. However your idea perfectly used the simple shapes for a complicated and actually beneficial idea.

[@wotterthose4511]

Definitely reminds me of the wraith ships in stargate atlantis (one of my favorite series), just a different color scheme, but super cool! I thought you were crazy at first with the interpretation until you showed the very first shot of the interior and then it all came together!

[@SirAroace]

one fun fact is that the Banu have no concept of a separate high/fine art, instead they express their artistry through their everyday objects, everything a Banu makes is expected to be a work of art in one form or another.

[@timvictor8926]

The Defender is outstanding work by CIG and great review!

[@wesslan74a]

Nice. i agree with your view on the ship.

[@RrRr-or5tw]

I feel like making alien ships look organic is a pretty overused design choice in sci-fi at this point

[@Skooma_Gnark]

6:30 maybe they have space suits like those things in Dune (Stillsuit): you can pee and poop into, and they recycle the waste :D (maybe not poop? idk, never rly looked into it xD) i RLY dont want to take off my heavy armor later on in the game, because i have to poop... its the future, gdam* it! ;X

[@Schoolship.]

i rly don't want to wear armor, ever.

[@potato-3970]

Uh huh all well and good untill your spaceship starts to rot

[@papakonzan5127]

First, thank you for these reviews. They're excellent. Second, I love my Defender. I'm a big fan of the original design and shape wise it comes very close to the concept. I wasn't so sure about the new texturing but it has grown on me and I think it better represents the style of the Banu race.

[@Charok1]

pretty much every living thing has waste that needs to be discarded. there would be a waste disposal to be realistic

[@green7449]

Not if they go to the bathroom far less often then us. Maybe the Banu only need to go once a week, as opposed to once a day. That way it'd be easy for them to just wait until they're at there destination then use the merchantman or some other facility.

[@KCBonnema]

Hi @morphologis - Love these videos! The detailing on the defender is just breathtaking really. Makes me wish they will take another look at the xi'an scout. Also love the widescreen. Could you share with us how you record these videos? For instance how do you capture the footage and on what kind of hardware because besides gorgeous it's also really smooth.

[@KuraIthys]

It's funny looking at the Star Citizen hardware stats page; www.robertsspaceindustries.com/telemetry You find that there's far les performance variation than you might at first expect... And also that the factors related to certain kinds of 'performance' are not what you'd expect... There's also some really weird outlying data where certain specific GPU's or CPU's perform a lot better or worse than the norm for something in that performance class. It gets even weirder when you include the data considered to be 'outliers' Such as the extremely bad performance of combining a GeForce RTX 2080 Ti with a Threadripper 2990WX Getting just 31 fps where pretty much anything else with a 2080 TI is getting 65+ FPS...

[@Schoolship.]

amd still sucks. deal with it

[@MrChevyv8]

Great, now the anticipation of my merchantman arriving got even worse. Thank you...

[@NovaXXX7]

I adore this series. I turning a professional eye upon cool fictional places/things.

[@LemonToGo]

3:54 That idea is nightmare fuel. Imagine their being rotten crab flesh inside the hull.

[@byron.jennings]

Such a beautiful ship. I have one for my Merchantman, and I spent WAY too much time just walking around it and looking at all the details. Can't wait to have the BMM in game, and they way CIG has been handling alien ships has me super excited for the future.

[@flo7844]

It looks like a mix of a Covenant ship + Flood style, i love it.

[@lazylime8046]

Honestly, this species heavily reminds me of Species 8472 from Star Trek. They're in Fluidic Space, and not regular space, so their ships and weaponry mirror that different evolution. Their ships are also a lot more organic (as in they're literally living creatures).

[@Psychol-Snooper]

The video ends with a slow pan to the crotch.

[@puffinking7420]

Hey, I really love your videos. Star Citizen is my most favorite game, and your videos are an excellent way to look at ships and make decisions. If you could, I would love to see you review the Freelancer base. I'm currently looking at it, but I can't decide if it would be worth the money (I have a 300i at the moment and I'm 13, so I don't have a source of significant income.) If you do decide to, then thanks in advance!

[@lol-wd5cw]

Finally, waiting for this one!

[@asbrand]

I am one of those who really doesn't care for "organic" style ships like this. However, even that said...CIG did an excellent job on this. It looks fantastic...

[@elijahhayes8615]

Wow, sadly this game is only for PC, I’d love to play it though, but right now I have to be a grown up. Do they have merchandise, because this ship I would love to collect?

[@TheDragonfly256]

They will never stop with this... making new fancy looking "dream self inserts ships" is most profitable, making a "review" of a ship that cant do almost any gameplay is just adding to this effect...

[@ulvemann43]

I don't really think the Banu grow their ship, or that there is something actually organic with this, but i'd rather believe it to be a fact that they prefer smoother more organic lines vs the human preference for more metallic and hard surfaces. The overal look resembling a crab does give a curious theory as well from my end: what if, where human jets have been modeled roughly after predatory birds, what if Banu jets, throughout history, were modeled after aquatic life, and the Defender is just an evolution of that basic design. We will never really know for sure, though, given that the Banu themselves neither know, nor care. But it does create a lot of curiosity for how the BMM will look.

[@tomato6460]

Defender skin reminds me of a North African pressed brass wall plate

[@TheZapan99]

It is clearly inspired by the papyrus patterns you find in ancient Egyptian tombs. i.pinimg.com/736x/50/dd/70/50dd700ded7356257e7148c5e369e172--owen-jones-egyptian-art.jpg

[@GamjaField]

Star Citizen dev team don’t seem to understand the concept of inertia. 🤷🏼‍♀️🤷🏼‍♀️

[@SimpleTricksNonsense]

meanwhile on Farscape 20 years ago... Living bio-mechanoid ships exist.

[@vdown_fall8582]

morrowind ship morrowind ship

[@fakshen1973]

For alien ships adapted to human use, there should be some obvious retrofitting placed into the design. I know that would spoil the design in a purist sense. But it would lend credibility to the design. A ship repurposed for human use would need adaptations, probably made by humans and not the original designers. There can always be cases where ship variants were made for humans by the original alien manufacturers in the interest of export. But they should feel that way as well. "Where will we put the excretion room and why do they insist on privacy?"

[@JaleXelJela]

Interesting perspective on the idea that they are 'grown'. In the absence of them stating that in lore (though we might find out soon...) the interpretation I am leaning towards it that the Banu invented generative design much earlier than we have, and didn't become so interested and invested in simple geometry and trigonometry as we did. If that were the case, they might not actually be grown, but rather just designed following similar rules to growth.

[@FlesHBoX]

Hit Scan makes perfect sense for a weapon that presumably, based on the name, utilizes particles that move faster than light. I hadn't actually taken a look at my defender yet, but now I'm itching to.

[@BradAhrens]

I love the ship as well. When they fix hitscan in the PU it should be great but right now it's just for looks, as fighting with it in the PU is almost impossible. In AC it's much better but still has issues with hitreg. Hope it gets the fixes it deserves!

[@cookiejarvis3856]

Honestly the Banu is really great. The sound is quite unique too, I don't want to shill, but I didn't see it mentioned in this video, but I have a video of the Banu flying past planetside. It's very unique.

[@jacyjohnson8636]

How many races are there in sc I only thought there were three

[@dominicgunderson]

6. Humans, Vanduul, Banu, Xian, Tevarin, and the Kr'Thak.

[@njsjessen]

I´m a little shocked that there was no mention of the obvious inspiration taken from H.R. Geiger and the Aliens movie. Other than that great review as always!

[@zirakeal6755]

Looks awesome!

[@Manamonke]

I just want to say, I usually don't like the whole organic look. I never have, that is up until now. I dare say that this ship is so well designed for it's purpose that it has changed my mind to the whole organic alien look. I can't wait to see what other Banu ships and technology they come up with.

[@Jacket-b9t]

One question i have is: If i pledge now will i still own a copy of the game when it is fully release? i am in poverty and i have to choose what i purchase with great care.

[@cmv4532]

If you purchase a game package (i.e. what you need to play the game now), then you will permanently own the game. From now until the game shuts down.

[@istvan5674]

Yes, if you buy a game package it gets you into both the alpha/beta and the release. Use someone's referral code so you get more than 1k UEC (game $$$) to start. Using a referral code gets you and the other player (e.g. Morphologis) 5k UEC as a bonus. His referral code is listed above. There are several starter packages, choose wisely (i.e. talk to folks and/or watch informative SC videos). You can also pledge for Squadron 42 but it is a separate standalone game so you need a combo package if you want both games.

[@presidentnotsure3273]

Buy a cheap ship with LTI, life time insurance

[@Tyayo]

Finally another Architect Reviews. You just made my day Morphologis :D

[@guarddog318]

Anybody else remember the starship "Moya", from Farscape? The show aired from 1999 to 2003. Moya was techno-organic... a living ship.

[@Bronwyn031]

Oh, I thought this was the Cylon Raider seminar. Can someone please point me in the right direction? 😝😝😝

[@johnboyd9713]

Defender is PROBABLY the most versatile runabout in the game. No dedicated cargo, but fastest quantum drive with a HUGE tank, big enough to fit a small ground vehicle (maybe we'll get the ranger someday), weapon racks, low signature, and accommodations and roles for two crew.

[@uncb9628]

Exactly! And how about a bioneuroelectronic AGI autopilot/copilot interface. Can you imagine the efficiency of a recon ship neurolinked to tiny pirate-hungry cockroach or cuddle fish. What about a laser or missile utilizing the transferred learning from a hunting hawk or attacking pit bull; or migrating blue whale space yacht. And while I'm on the bioneural topic; why do any of these ships have manual controls? One would think that there'd be a cap or helmet to wear in order to take command of the ship. Or better yet, why is there not an advanced ship wide "bluetooth" that recognizes its users/owners brain waves once the ship is boarded? What year is this sim set in, 2020? Very stimulating reviews, Morphologis!

[@SAINT-ANTONIO]

Hey what do you think in view of the AREA51 Space craft as seen in the 2015 movie Area 51? Called " a real UFO scene ", on YT to be found ...

[@battleangel5595]

The Banu Defender is quite the piece of art. Mind boggling beautiful to look at, and a pleasure to fly. While I've not taken mine into combat I'm sure this little beauty can hold it's own against a Hornet or two.Great for local cargo runs as well with the entry ramp. And the Quantum travel visuals... Alien to other ship manufacturers, but quite visually pleasant to see. IF CIG could toss in a bathroom somewhere this beauty could be the light exploration or early warning ship organizations would need. Or a fighter launched from any future carrier ship. Personally I like the ship. Frighteningly alien, yet welcoming.

[@project9701]

If there is a single thing I can think of, it is this-at a certain point, the laws of physics don't care about how you want things to look. Things are going to look the way the laws of physics allow. It's why the MIG-25 and the F-15 have roughly the same general body form and design. It's why the B-1B and the TU-22M look roughly the same. Yes, there are details that mark them out as different, and there are things that make it easy to tell them apart from each other. But...they have a major commonality of design and shape. Because to do what they have to do, you have to have about the same shape and form for the mission they were built for. Doesn't mean that there can't be a lot of visual design differences. I can think of the visual "language" of four different star-fairing factions easily and explain it to people...and still stay within the same general "laws of physics" concept.

[@Xcal131]

It actually looks very Tenno inside, like its out of warframe or heavily inspired.

[@MellonVegan]

I hate that it Looks this good. I don't need one for my intended career path but I still WANT it.

[@baronvonschnellenstein2811]

Thanks for this video and sharing your insights. Setting up a particular 'lens' from which to assess the ship at the start helps 'the rest of us' see nuances that we might otherwise take some time to notice :) To my human eyes, the interior is sligthly unnerving in places, but my, the beds look cozy, lol. That certainly is outstanding work by CIG (some 2.5 years, now)!

[@AlbandAquino]

I am missing those Singe cannons SO MUCH. They were tricky to use, but the feeling firing them ! (End of 2021 ATT)

[@ChristianSabado]

PBS Eons: Why Do Things Keep Evolving into Crabs? kzbin.info/www/bejne/rafJg2aOgb2DrNk

[@jeanwesleynew]

I really want some practical use for those two large armatures. For instance, grabbing cargo boxes, or specialized resistance to Vandul fighter blades. Or even docking clamps to the Merchantman. Anything specialized.

[@KyleFN]

I have not yet played Star Citizen, but have been casually watching its development from the shadows because there is so much potential in this "game". The ships have kinda been a real hit-or-miss prospect for me. I either dig them or I don't, no middle ground. However, I have to admit that this design is the first one that really connected for me. This thing is sexy as hell. I love the "Art Deconess" of it all, and thoughtful, successful organic design has always been a real favorite of mine.

[@MrGreenAKAguci00]

You will like Farscape's living ships, Moya and Talyn. Star Citizen could maybe get an inspiration from that too.

[@sc_diemonds219]

At the 4:01 mark when your talking about growing is actually crazy to think about. I’ve done some hardcore research on ufos an alien technology and that’s apparently how the ships work. Apparently they are organic and grow themselves. It sounds crazy but makes perfect sense if a civilization was 1-2 million years ahead of us in technology.

[@reco2186]

in flight it reminds me of a pod racer from Star Wars Episode One

[@LordTiberius52]

I love my space crab. But I hate the stock loadout. Had to change the QT, Shield, and weapons. But kow it's a most excellent ship for both box delivery and combat.

[@KuraIthys]

I love that this ship exists. I love the detailing. But I don't like the shape of it. Still, that's fine. There's nothing wrong with it, it's just a matter of personal taste. And not everybody likes everything. (case in point, all the Drake ships that are so popular, which I don't like much at all.)

[@GamerFromSpace]

Idk if you read the brochure but the defender was specific made for humans, since there is no copy rights etc in the banu worlds so anyone can remake the ships in their own eyes so they did for human purpose

[@ED-2.0.9.]

Organic. Like the Boats from Princess Kahm's race (Batia and Geobaldi... Reference anyone?)

[@mas0ny149]

Good video Morph! Just wondering but have they fixed the shields on the defender? I heard that they dont regenerate like other ship shields and its pretty disadvantagous during combat... Also the tachyons are actually quite strong, but thats only against other fighters since having hitscan against faster targets is greatly advantagous. It pops light fighters in like 3-5 shots assuming u hit them well. Reminds me of the old 'high-alpha' weapon meta of omnisky canons lol

[@amanbhardwaj8667]

The interiors remind me of the Kryptonian ships from MOS. The combination of dull greys with golds, the lack of straight lines in the design. The ribbing and coarse texture on the walls and panels. Even the way the doors open and close.

[@mart872uk]

Well its out there B D. I was impressed to invest in three. My view is my own Ai crew supporting my two Banu MM. NB . We are out in the bigger space as such , not micro fiddling on earth . Embracing (sorry) the bigger picture. I compliment other alien designs and my hearts and minds approach I think will outweigh the bish bash bosh sort of approach of friends here on earth. Anyway the B M is yet to appear.

[@augury2699]

In the event, no one wants to look it up or already knows. Tachyons are theoretical particles that move faster than light or arrive before light. So before a photon/light reaches anywhere a tachyon has already arrived. If I'm not mistaken tachyons reach light speed by losing energy rather than gaining. So as they 'die' they slow to lightspeed. To have a weapon working on that principle is ridiculously overpowered if it were 100% accurate. Still a weapon like that has already exceeded laser weapons from old sci-fi. I imagine with more entries from this race at least downgraded ones would start introducing laser weapons and the like. Pretty cool honestly

[@BTechUnited]

I utterly, utterly despise Organic design, it's a real turn off for me. That said, you can just see the effort and detail put into it, and I can detach how I feel about them personally to recognise how well they've pulled this off. That's a fairly hefty acheivement in my book. The future's looking pretty bright.

[@Shakeno]

About the tachyon cannons, I'm not sure what to tell you. I find them extremely powerful in Pirate Swarm at least. I'm able to solo it without dying once, although sometimes the hits don't register and it gets really annoying. Damage wise, they're crazy powerful, and this is supposed to be a light fighter.

[@C-M-E]

After having trifecta of ideas I'd been mulling over while designing a gas turbine exhaust housing, I caught a presentation on Biomimicry, which naturally sprang to mind upon watching your video. Disregarding the lore around this ship and speaking from purely a design principle, I love that people have begun to embrace the natural world as cues for human devices.

[@shaftoe195]

I don't like the gold on its sides. It's way too regal for Banu, and for a spaceship. Sure, it can't be gold - for a number of reasons, but I prefer ships to look more utilitarian. Also, I hate the fact that they installed landing gear and weapons into destructible side pylons (or "wings") - once you lose them, you won't be able to land normally.

[@Frodo_Shaggins]

The exterior is interesting. I don't exactly like the proportions or how those.. uh.. wings? connect to the main hull. However the organic look that you brought up is what makes me like it. Particularly the interior reminds me of the ship from Farscape which I believe is the same "living ship" idea. If I ever play this game I may not use this ship but I do think it is very interesting.

[@DavorPranjic]

How can you hate such a creation? I don't want to sound like a crazy fanboy, but to me, every ship in Star Citizen universe is a masterpiece on it's own. I have played a lot of space games and non of them went into such details when designing ships. Whenever I enter some new ship, it always has WOW effect on me. Just hope they could speed up the gamemakeing process. I can understand that this amount of details needs time. I'm just too eager to start playing full game...

[@washnunya]

This is another one of those "What is the purpose of..." "things". The arms, what is the purpose? The cabin is awesome, I think it should be slightly bigger for nitpicky things that need more space, but beautiful and functional, especially if it is made from a once living thing. If the arms were a naturally connected part of the creature then I could understand but they don't appear to have any purpose for the transformation other than to look cool. But that's just an opinion.

[@thehatred94]

This ship, is absolutely hot, a true beauty. I'm usually fan of some different style of ships...but this one really just feels sweet. It looks when it's not in flight mode, a tiny teeny bit like a Cylon's raider, the early ones, like the prototypes and stuff. Albeit realistically speaking i'm not sure i'd be able to get into and sleep into that ship....it feels...a bit scary...you know, being inside something that look so organic...it remind me Alien Isolation... *shudders at the thought * At least for the aliens ships out there in SC i prefer it over that red one wich certainly look cool...but meh

[@Exsulator2]

If most of the pieces aren’t modular, I assume the BMM will take a huge amount of effort, and being delayed over and over. It’ll look gorgeous, but it’ll take so long...

[@Rygir]

It reminds me a lot of Ancient Egypt actually; a lot of beetle-like elements with gold and leaf patterns and open communal spaces. It doesn't really strike me as extra-terrestrial, we could build a car like this. It wouldn't be very popular for everyday use because it's too ornate and expensive to make, but we could.