The Firefly of Star Citizen? Carrack Tour!

[@emberdrops3892]

*Other ships:* Dedicated space ships for one job *Carrack:* A small fricking station

[@pirateradio8420]

When I spawned the Carrack the first few minutes after it was made available, I opened her up and immediately was swarmed with players coming aboard. I was nervous at first with all of these strangers coming aboard, but we got on ship comms and quickly became an efficient crew. Took on several missions and had a blast! This is a great community.

[@spacep0d]

LOL, same issue here. ETFproblems. :D One player took my ship as soon as I called it up on the pad at PO, but for some reason he left it hovering over the pad. I EVA'd off the pad to the ship, waiting for him to leave ArmiZone, pumping him full of energy with the sidearm and got my ship back. PO was just crazy for a while.

[@OminousPinapple]

@@spacep0d Wait.. the ships aren't "locked" to you until you get nearby?? Current real world tech has this with proximity key fobs.. why the fuck wouldn't this space age game implement that??

[@spacep0d]

@@OminousPinapple You would think they would have better locking functionality.

[@monsieurboks]

@@OminousPinapple It’s a 2 year old comment about a game in Alpha mate…

[@flamebreaker7318]

@@OminousPinapple mate you can lock a lot of ships

[@Cheesy_Garlic_Bread]

I do hope they tone down that fuel consumption a little. I would like to be able to jump from PO to microtech and back without having to refuel. It seems a little counter intuitive to have an ship designed for exploration to be gimped by short legs

[@KuraIthys]

Does seem a little... Odd huh. Even if we assume large ships positively inhale fuel (And are thus expensive to operate), an explorer design would obviously compensate for this by having extremely large fuel tanks. I know they can understand this some of the time. Fly a 350r and a 315p and compare the two and you'll be amazed at how much more slowly the fuel gauge goes down on the 315p, even though they're variants of the same design... Exploration ships should have long range... Though to be fair I do think their current design gimps range more than intended because we only have a single star system, not a whole universe. They seem prone to implementing certain features with placeholder stats for testing purposes to make certain things happen more often than they will in the long run...

[@z-beeblebrox]

I suspect that they aren't going to balance fuel consumption until there are a healthy enough number of star systems that they can actually test what ranges feel right per ship

[@TrevTheMan00]

Well the Cat and Carrack have the same amount of Q-fuel and both use the Pontes so its ether a glitch with the carrack or its a re-balance to the Q-Drive.

[@IAmNumber4000]

I guess that’s a problem that the modular sections are designed to solve. Can fit it with extra fuel tanks for an extra long voyage, just gotta compromise by losing your modular slots. Also, since the ship is supposed to be self-sustaining I’m betting there will be a way to manufacture fuel on-board.

[@VonSpud]

Yes, major flaw in design concept. An exploration requires efficiency or fuel gathering capability. 50k to refuel...I'd expect to blast around the verse all week on a full tank.

[@PositiviteaTheFirst]

"But it ain't all buttons and charts, little albatross. You know what the first rule of flyin' is? Love. You can know all the math in the 'Verse, but take a boat in the air you don't love, she'll shake you off just as sure as the turning of worlds. Love keeps her in the air when she oughta fall down, tells ya she's hurtin' 'fore she keens. Makes her home." ―Malcolm Reynolds

[@gryphon0468]

Positivitea just absolutely fuck Fox forever.

[@VTX00128]

I'm a leaf to the wind.

[@OriginalBlackBeret]

@@VTX00128 watch how i soar makes me sad every time i hear or read that reference :'(

[@IAmNumber4000]

That ship seems WAY bigger on the inside than it is on the outside. Crazy. I want this ship so bad. Wallet, forgive me for what I’m about to do

[@Areanyusernamesleft]

"That ship seems WAY bigger on the inside than it is on the outside. Crazy." Like the Firefly... ;P

[@makimera]

it's a tardis!

[@ZiggityZeke]

spending money on a scam pepeLaugh

[@marcelalberti7948]

@@dvlx_a997 its not a scam but you have to be mentally ill to spend this much amount of money on a game that isn't going to be finished in like 5 years.

[@CouchCit]

Wow I feel the opposite, seems like the interior should be bigger. I constantly had crew members running into me and that was just the corridors.

[@jedi_drifter2988]

IMO it should burn fuel more efficiently or have a fuel gathering/refinery system, since it is the top tier exploration ship in the verse. If the DUR has one, why not the Carrack ?

[@Prich319]

You can actually check the fuel tanks in lower engineering, so the ship almost definitely has a refinery, Though it doesn't seem to be working atm.

[@RoballTV]

its needing a stat rebalance, atm in full burn it's faster than half the racing ships, definitely going to get tweaked XD

[@XkriskrossX]

@@RoballTV Erm, I think the Carrack ought to keep it's current top speed so long as it's still taxing on the engines and fuel reserves. What if the Carrack jumps into a new system for the first time only to be drawn too dangerously close to a gas giant? What if you encounter unwelcome aliens that outnumber you 8-1? The Carrack and other explorer ships need to be quick enough for that occasional GTFO moment, trading weapons here and there for superior speed and endurance.

[@brockoala2994]

@@XkriskrossX Good point. I think some sort of engine overclock for the purposes you mentioned would be nice. Short, intense burn at the cost of high fuel consumption and engine wearing.

[@SA80TAGE]

@@Prich319 that [refinery] won't help with Quantum fuel since you have to mine the mineral to make it from asteroids, which requires mining gear, that the carrack doesn't have.

[@WabbitCrouton]

Every time CIG releases the next multi-crew ship, I can see they have learned from previous projects. This is such a nice ship.

[@MrEsphoenix]

Yer agreed. The layout of the interior just seems a lot more thought out than last big ships, with similar facilities being grouped together. They've given the pilot a nice view without too many struts. Also they've clearly taken the idea of extending turrets from the hammerhead to give them a better range of fire. Looking forward to seeing what the future holds with big ships, as this is much more the standard I'd be happy with. Wasn't looking forward to walking around something like the javelin if it was as easy to get lost in as the reclaimer lol

[@tropicthndr]

The Polaris interior is going to be redone because of this ship, those corridor renderings are just stupid. Carrack raises the bar for everything after this.

[@prototype8137]

Yeah another 20 years and maybe you guys will have a functional game.

[@MrEsphoenix]

@@prototype8137 and no doubt the haters will still be hating on it

[@melvinthedeathless.melvint6727]

CiG did learn from past experiences. They could release a half-baked ship and the community would still praise them for it.. Blast shields for bridge? Not implemented. Retractable antenna? Not implemented. Working drones? Not implemented. Ship to ship docking? Not implemented. Separable Cargo pod? Not implemented. Exploration gameplay loop? ????? And folks would still part their money for a half baked release... GIB ships indeed.

[@LordTiberius52]

Those hexagonal corridors are practically straight out of the Death Star

[@prototype8137]

The whole game is a rip off of other franchises.

[@pierreo33]

@@prototype8137 Name one frachise in the last 40 years that isn't a rip off of something else.

[@The.Sky.Driver]

nothing wrong with a little "inspiration" ;) (especially when there's lots of space franchises that have no suitable game counter-part)

[@breathingrvlife1588]

As the Rock says.. It doesn't matter because you don't know what we're cooking

[@Devolgane4]

@@prototype8137 Some of the pople working on SC's ships are the actual people that worked on some of the Star Wars ships.

[@Beavereaver]

I love that you used “Jeffries tube”

[@JakTheWuffle]

thats what I call it on my Carrack too! xD

[@Beavereaver]

JakTheWuffle haha sick!

[@NegdoshaManido]

I heard Noobifier call it that too. So appropriate. I will make that the official reference on my Carrack and all other ships with such spaces. Matt Jeffries' influence lives on in 2020 in Star Citizen!

[@JakTheWuffle]

@@NegdoshaManido Saying "Emergency Maintenance Access Corridor/Ladder" takes too long! "Jeffries Tube" gets it across so much faster. :D

[@The-Cat]

should of been "Jeffries Lube"

[@LordTiberius52]

Had my Gibbeing today. Still doesn't feel real that I have a ship that big. Before this day, I was a star citizen. Now I'm a Star Aristocrat.

[@theshooter36]

Star Aristocrat is 890JUMP

[@csweezey18]

Me before watching the video: *What's a Carrack?* Me after watching the video: *SHUT UP AND TAKE MY MONEY!*

[@robertschumacher2707]

Should be maybe a week tops and you'll have your chance. If there's a new skin, I hope they give folks who got one way back when access like they did with the vest in show ships last November.

[@craZysteve547]

@Robert Schumacher I bought into the Carrack during its initial conception. I want my special skin! Lol

[@Baleur]

Satan approves of Star Citizen. A new controversy article just waiting to be written... xD xD

[@zap2960]

Wait - like actual money?

[@csweezey18]

@@zap2960 Star Citizen do be like that.

[@Alertacobra12]

Morphologis: "-The firefly of Star Citizen" Me: "-I MUST have it" Take my love, take my land, take me where I cannot stand. I don't care, I'm still free, you can't take the sky for me

[@omar1s1]

I love you

[@budthecyborg4575]

I think there's better ships. The Firefly was primarily a cargo ship. Caterpillar still looks like the most engaging ship to own and use (unless you have a 5-10 member Org).

[@ChristopherKayser88]

Also, she can kill you with her brain

[@dwolfe2907]

shiny

[@phoenixcgamer4068]

god i love that show. as soon i get a computer that can run this game i will get this game for me and my friends!!! for now though i will play my no mans sky on my ps4.

[@evflyguy]

Finally something for me to work towards in game. I hope they make it available to rent and buy.

[@Meister_Dwight]

It will, it's just a matter of when.

[@Trapinnewyork44]

@@Meister_Dwight real money or in game money? how much?

[@Meister_Dwight]

Trapinnewyork44 In game, not sure. It’ll be expensive, probably close to Hammerhead price?

[@MrEsphoenix]

For now, just ask to borrow one. People are generally friendly enough to spawn in a ship for you

[@joseanl]

@@MrEsphoenix a guy let me drive his caterpillar and all I asked for was a ride to Hurston, in alpha it shouldn't matter and for most of the people it doesn't, alpha is to break things and make ridiculous stuff happen to test the game

[@EladansClan]

I would love the main elevator to bring me all the way down to outside the ship so I don't have to depressurize the hangar everytime I enter or leave the ship :)

[@BizarreSmalls]

The engine bay makes me think of the Normandy from Mass Effect more than anything else.

[@tk65911]

Yesterday with four of my friends we played the Carack for 3.5 hours and it was awesome. Definitely my favorite ship

[@garyclan5308]

Reminds me a little bit of Darth Maul’s “Scimitar” from phantom menace 🧐

[@SerenityPrim3]

I got into gaming when I was 16, and Mass Effect 3 was still new at the time. My mother was so kind enough as to get me the trilogy set for Xbox 360 Christmas of that year, and it was the best introduction to gaming anyone could have. Bioware's last glorious success, a brilliant space opera that has become my favourite model for games looking to have a balance between gameplay and well written story. I've longed for another experience like that of the Normandy and her crew gave me, and this game may now successfully provide this. I can't wait to get one of my own, or hell even joining a crew for the fun adventures would be more than enough.

[@Baleur]

The first minute WHAT THE HECK!? Dude, you just surpassed Terada in cinematic Star Citizen footage. Wow.. I'm blown away. 2:35 correction, you can fit 2 ursas, or 5 cyclones, with some squeezing (one can park on the ramp, 4 behind it) :D

[@TheSharpeful]

Pretty sure you can stick 2 maybe 3 merlins in that garage bay.

[@MooneShadow]

Wow... holy crap!

[@lordbrocktree4812]

2 Ursas, 2 Cyclones, and a Ballista in the top hangar, though you can't get the latter out once it's in.

[@warmonger2500]

Watching that opening fight it's hard to believe this is actually a game.

[@drksideofthewal]

It would have passed as big budget Sci-fi footage in the 2000's.

[@DarkmatterRoper]

I love that you made a few references to the Normandy, Morph. Keep up the good videos. Psst, the Carrack isnmy favorite ship too. Now I need to get a PC and the money to buy one, since I already have a package and a 325A

[@ot0m0t0]

Hey I got a 315 (fighter, decked out) and TBH a could get this one but somehow I think It would spoil the fon of making money and earning it in game. if I get it now, what is there to strive for then?

[@Areanyusernamesleft]

The "airlock" between the medbay and the rest of the ship appears to have some sort of decontamination shower system on the walls as well.

[@RocktCityTim]

Stand by shore party ... decontamination in progress.

[@spacep0d]

It looks like it could be a wet or dry decontamination area, or a way to blast all the dust off of you to keep the medbay sterile. Could be a lot of things along those lines. Also, those air puffer things at airports kinda look like this, and those can sniff out various chemicals but in this case it could be a way to deal with contaminants, pathogens, etc.

[@lsufantc0409]

"This is my firefly, this is my Enterprise-D" those are the exact words I wanted to hear when talking about the Carrack. Been a long time since I've been this excited for this game. Can't wait till she's in live!

[@SergeantRAD]

Just wanted to point out that on your video the "lift" you mention is just a door that leads to a ladder. Also the "showers" is the toilets. The Showers are in the Crew Quarters area. ^_^ My thought for your Architect review: PROS: - The layout and design is ideal for a small crew of six and easy to traverse. Lots of elevators, floor/door signs and ways to get around are superb for not feeling lost (IMO) - Cargo ramp in the front - Hangar is the right size. Just enough clearance for the right size ships. - The med-bay is well centralized - Engine Room and Component room all in one area, ease of access - The cartography room has an exterior room that leads to the outside (top of ship) with windows on the outside of the room. This is great for both, checking out the stars! And to administer repairs on top if needed! - 3d printer in the repair room...Super...let's see if it works or will it be just for show... - Garage is a great size that fits a vic and some lose cargo or two small vics. - The turrets are very well placed! - dual pilot mode just in case the CDR needs to take control - The star-map/radar on top deck of bridge is just the right size! - Love the Engines on top. Tank you for reworking that, small change made a huge difference. Super fine job. Thank you! - Flies like it should! Better then expected actually... - GREAT amount of fuel - 2 EVA doors with a nice window on 4th deck. - An Arms room! ^_^ This alone made me forgive the Barracks room vs individual small rooms. - Toilets are away from the crew barracks, but easy access to the REC room. - The way in the ship when landed is thru the Garage. I don't really mind this! It is why I placed it in both; PROS/CONS. - Captain's Office has his quarters in it as well. Very cozy feel to it. The library is a very nice touch! - Love the view front he Bridge...top deck or lower deck...wither way. CONS: - No internal ducts. Every ship that size should have some crawling spaces to open up immersive game play. - No access to weapons. ANVIL AEROSPACE has demonstrated they have the technology (with the Super Hornet) for the pilot to control the top remote turret while also piloting the ship. It would only make sense that the Carrack's lower pilot would have access to the turret, on top, when the gunner is not at his/her station. Not doing so and stating that it is done with the intent to force co-op game-play is just laziness and poor design. - The cartography room is a wasted space. The star map is unnecessarily big IMO and the walls could benefit from standing computer stations. This whole room could have better purpose and benefit as a science station...Even a screen that can see and zoom on a screen that telescopes or digitally maps what is scans with it's large onboard scanners. Some working stations like the ones on the Reliant science ship. Maybe some stations to test out the geology of the planets recently discovered and visited. Something else that would be nice here is a digital library that the rest of the crew could access without having to be inside the bridge. - Would be perfect if the hangar floor would elevate to the top as an option (like that of the 890J)! - No tractor beam capabilities. O.o! - No catwalk around the hangar doors (on top). Maybe narrow down the doors to get leave some room for walking on top when the doors are open. - No Official meeting room (other then the REC/DAY Room and the DEFAC/MESS Hall). The billiards room could double as a Meeting room; where planning could take place by having a way of making the pool table (which is crazy cool) to fold away in the floor (or something). Leaving some room for chairs or stools and a screen (which in my opinion should always be around to be able to watch the game or the News, to be used for mission planning or Staff meetings about a new discovery and what to do with it (for lucrative purposes). - No Missiles...not even small ones...   Another great ANVIL ship comes short...cough cough Valkyrie...give it 4 at least... - Only one way in the ship when landed. Thru the Garage. I don't really mind this! It is why I placed it in both; CONS/PROS (there are others that would put this in the CONS instead of PROS). - Only one Med-bed works for re-spawning. The Scanning bed, that looks to be for Cat Scans or X-rays or Higher treatment is the only ICU for re-spawn...I wonder if this is just a quick fix or intentional as inpatient beds...I rather them be chairs if that is the case like in "The Expanse". - No quarantine room. As an exploration ship what if one visits a new planet and a crew member catches something unwanted... (or single prison cell, JIC a crew member gets out of control and needs a time out...) I personally think one of the parallel corridors around the medical bay could be repurposed to be just this...and being just there by the medical bay it only makes sense. If it's a virus quarantine what better place then close to medical area. If its a captured criminal, what better place then close to the medical bay; assuming that the short term guest suffered a few bumps and bruises on his/her way to the ship. - Wasted space on the bridge, the glass canopy has about 8 feet of wasted space in front of the pilot. It looks nice, but is it functional? I would not expect cute or pretty from Anvil. leave that for the Origin fans. I expect tough and functional from ANVIL     this could be found at robertsspaceindustries.com/spectrum/community/SC/forum/6/thread/carrack-feedback-thus-far/2830539

[@froggyrorz3989]

It would be cool if they made fictional spaceships like Serenity that you can own in game. I'm a huge fan of the Firefly show and would kill to own my own firefly class ship, especially with this level of detail.

[@durtyred86]

So that would more than likely be the Odyssey now.

[@joewow1229]

Definitely getting an Alien (1st Original movie) vibes, especially the eating area.

[@eXpG_Harlock]

You know the reclaimer??

[@mistyronin]

Harlock Yup... every time I climb aboard a reclaimer I fear finding a xenomorph.

[@sabatheus]

@@mistyronin Or that hobo ghost...*shiver*

[@Myrrath991]

@@eXpG_Harlock The Reclaimer has huge Nostromo vibes I love it. Very industrial and slightly creepy inside. Definitely get Alien vibes from the Carrack mess hall as well. Not so much the rest of the ship. Can't wait to get mine.

[@TheZazzMatazz]

@@Myrrath991 didn't CIG say somewhere that's where they took inspiration for the Reclaimer? Or am I just making things up in my head lol

[@jamesp7987]

Thanks for the walkthrough, Morphologis. I am looking forward to the Architect Reviews video for this! You are a very thoughtful person when it comes to your reviews, so keep up the great work! You're also a Star Trek fan, and I automatically like the individuals who fall under that category. I would definitely call this the equivalent of the Lunar-class Starship from Star Trek (Like the U.S.S. Titan). I'm not sure if I would call the ladder shaft a Jeffries Tube because they also go horizontally, but anyway, have a wonderful day ;)

[@spacep0d]

Top notch review as always. I love this ship too, also my favorite. I now use it as my primary trader too, since it's 456 SCU compared to the Caterpillar's 576 but better in a multi-role function. I have the Expedition variants like you, though I think the pink glass needs to be more saturated red on the Carrack (like the Pisces C8X). The physicalized components are fantastic. When you upgrade your components you actually see those in the ship, or the default ones are there before upgrades. Being able to set this as a preferred ICU is great, though I haven't been able to wake up in ship yet. The turrets have an amazing range of motion but turret tracking is really low-resolution, very wonky right now. It's a known issue that I hope CIG fixes soon for all affected turrets, as firing on AI can be frustrating, let alone skilled human pilots. Upgrading to a faster fire rate weapon like the Attrition apparently helps here. There's so much great about this ship and so much more to come (Cartography deck, drone flying, etc.). By the way if you upgrade your powerplant to the Durango, it seems to make the ship fly way better with less drift. It's a 430k item, so it better be doing something right? :D Looking forward to your architectural review.

[@shaftoe195]

In my opinion, Carrack is the best designed large ship in the game. This should be the new standard, upon which further improvements should be made. However, fuel efficiency needs to be better. A lot better. I think people on Spectrum were saying the same thing last time I checked. Also, IIRC, Carrack's drones are meant for safe wormhole exploration.

[@KuraIthys]

Yeah, I totally agree with you even though I'm in the minority and actually hate the Carrack. But, that's an aesthetic judgement. I just don't like how it looks. Neither inside or outside. But in terms of how the interior is laid out, and it's features? Yeah, this thing is absolutely the gold standard... More ships should be this well designed. XD

[@Gawddaym]

Ever since I first saw the concept art for this ship, I've known it is my ultimate dream ship.

[@Patrick73787]

The game looks gorgeous now without any film grain.

[@cdrocrossdiscovery]

Your footage was superb. Nicely done.

[@RoballTV]

just noticed.... during the whole stream, noone activated the Carracks VTOL thrusters. That's probably why it guzzled fuel

[@Ryan9316]

Is that just dropping the landing gear?

[@Tr2w]

It doesn't have VTOL thrusters. The landing gear rotates, there's no thrusters there.

[@RoballTV]

@@Tr2w It's got 4 huge thrusters on the bottom that never lit up, I assume they exist for a reason, isn't vtol on a separate button to landing gear now? Like on the Connie?

[@Tr2w]

@@RoballTV You can see the back two lit up at 0:58. They're just thrusters, not large enough to be full VTOL.

[@RoballTV]

@@Tr2w nah not those 2 small ones , those are just maneuvering thrusters, just to the sides of the bottom turret are 2 larger ones, as are the front 2 equally large ones either side of the ramps.

[@JoshSweetvale]

Between the cargo bay, loading ramp, crew beds, shuttle and medbay, it's the perfect support ship for any fleet. Crewmember dies? Need new parts? Need an APC for ground assault? Someone's logged off unexpectedly and you need backup crew? The carrack has ya covered.

[@stevet2037]

Came for the cinematography, Came again for the cinematography.

[@b00nz0r]

9:45 I think there should be places like this that are the only way for big ships to go into quantum. A single person shouldn't be able to pilot a big ship just based on 'not being stolen' principles.

[@劉柏駿-e5w]

The opening is EPIC! Can't wait to get on board this amazing beauty!

[@Technogeist1987]

"It's an exploration ship so it's a jack of all trades!" "It burns through fuel pretty fast and.." Into the trash it goes.

[@Morphologis]

Fuel consumption in my view is an issue on all big ships right now. It just doesn’t make sense to me that you can deplete fuel reserves in less than an hour in these supposed long haul ships. Hopefully they get it sorted by the time it will make a difference, like when we get more star systems.

[@SpeedyCM]

Just need to bring a Starfarer along for any long exploration cruises.

[@RoballTV]

@@Morphologis Most large ships should be able to collect their own flight fuel, some big and small ships already do, but they need to make the process way more efficient.

[@SpeedyCM]

@@RoballTV They can't do that though as they intend to make refueler a viable job option for players, so if they make all or most ships capable of sourcing their own fuel they render that player career unviable along with the refueller class ships of which they already have spent much time and money making the Starfarer flight ready.

[@LoftySkinner]

The Pisces is the actual exploration ship. The Carrack itself won't be plotting any unstable wormholes with its fat arse. So the fuel economy of it is not important.

[@plarkmoby]

My brother was on this ship while you were playing. I was at work when he texted me. Gutted.

[@JaumeSabater]

Hey, Morph, Khemsa from ARMCO here. Just wanted to say that was an excellent choice of music, with a very, very nice ending :-)

[@TheFriedIndustry]

The great Gibbening has occured while saying good night to my wife? ETA - 5 mins o7

[@Sciirof]

I really hope the drones will be able to chart hard to navigate areas like dense asteroid fields

[@jocax188723]

Wow...I can't imagine where they got the inspiration. *Hard look at Raider-Class Corvette* No idea.

[@TheMNWolf]

One correction. The showers are at the back of the crew quarters. Across the rec room are the toilets.

[@Cross_111]

I have one...and i am really loving this This is honestly the only ship worth getting with money to be honest

[@adrianmiller103]

I dropped everything when I saw this video! Morph you are the king of Star Citizen Visuals! That intro video looked so smooth I was beginning to question if it was cgi. I’m more excited to work my way up to a Carrack now than I’ve ever been.

[@alexwastaken]

LOL at the stuff talked about in this video that aren't implemented after 3 years.

[@drewhannay92]

hi @morphologis, has the architect reviews video come out as of yet? if it has i am having a lot of trouble finding it, really looking forward to that one

[@FPATEL-ot8ni]

This intro ruined my wallet ! Morphologis change jobs and start selling ships, im going to sue you. My wife is going to file for divorce. At least my carrack wont leave me /kiss /hug my new home.

[@prototype8137]

Really? Jeez the game isnt even functional.

[@hehitmeinthekneegur1551]

Nebula really buggy

[@fz-force6408]

well...loser

[@pierreo33]

@@prototype8137 neither is ur inbred brain lmao

[@spicketspaghet7773]

@Nebula Hardly functional. Ship interiors are less of interiors and more so just setpeices. Remember CIG wants to have almost every screen and thing do something in EVERY ship. They're nowhere close.

[@Faskimy3344]

Where are the lifting part on that ship? How does it stay stable in the sky like that with low speed combat maneuver? If it can fly in atmospheres, it should properly look like an atmospheric ship. Are those down oriented engines beneath the ship do all the job? Why aren't there any wings?

[@bunchofnuts2256]

Am i the only think the opening music sounds surprisingly similar to halo theme song?

[@pierreo33]

Yes! Maybe not the theme song but definitely something from the Halo soundtrack.

[@juicebowl]

I certainly thought so and so I fixed it. viewsync.net/watch?v=q_pAa9252Uo&t=0&v=d47YFi4JST4&t=0&mode=solo

[@steelsky78]

That big corridor in the middle is sooo Normandy-like I love it

[@wanderstudi]

Morph, just a sidenote. The ship in Firefly is the „Serenity“. ;)... Edit: I just learned that Firefly is a ship class. So Morph is not wrong.

[@boopjackrex7598]

wanderstudi finally! A man(or woman) of culture

[@wanderstudi]

boopjack rex haha , thanks

[@streetwind.]

Yes, the ship from the TV series is indeed named "Serenity". However, the ship *type* that the Serenity belongs to is a Firefly-class medium transport. So when Morphologis says "this ship is like a Firefly", then that's entirely correct. He compares the Carrack ship type to the Firefly ship type, irrespective of individual ship names.

[@wanderstudi]

@@streetwind. a ok

[@dajolaw]

Aesthetics/Interior design of the Normandy, turrets like the Millennium Falcon, engine room like the Firefly, mess hall looks kinda like the Nostromo, lots of nods to the Enterprise...it's like the perfect hero ship.

[@mkozachek]

When can we start the Polaris hype train?

[@sabatheus]

Or Kraken... :O Yisssss...

[@AlbertoMartinez765]

let start Now GIB GIB GIB POLARIS

[@dominicgunderson]

Star Runner comes first

[@RoballTV]

Well the Polaris is basically a Carrack carrying Bazookas, so first international terrorists have to steal your Carracks daughter, and then your Carrack has to find an olive green vest that shows off its biceps, then-

[@Zeis]

I wasn't able to find it on the RSI website, do you know when it'll be available for purchase and how much it'll be? I have a Constellation Aquila because it was the most Firefly-like at the time, but I am SO going to exchange that for a Carrack when it's available.

[@sgt_chouquette2414]

My favourite room is the engine room, I mean omg these freakin' engines look awesome, hanging between two decks ! You can feel the power ! It seems that the carrack's engine room is the most detailed of all star citizen ships yet

[@ronkrueger-capt_koron6112]

I have a Carrack and I flew it this evening. I love the ship. The only difficulty I had while playing was trying to spawn both the Carrack and a Piscies at the same time. When I tried spawning the second ship, the first would despawn. Tomorrow I'm going to try to have a second person on the Carrack to help me by keeping it available so I can bring in the shuttle. I watched a stream from a friend that has one and he had the Piscies and picked up both the Urea Rover and a Cyclone RN and was able to put both in the vehicle bay side by side. The ship will hold two Ursa's parked the same way, or maybe 3 Cyclones. It will be my home ship from now on.

[@ThelostPenguin0]

Yeah I had the same problem. I just went to another station and spawned the pisces there.

[@jplauy]

You need to move the Carrack from the pad/hangar before spawning the picis. With that you get your problem solved.

[@ronkrueger-capt_koron6112]

@@jplauy I had the Carrack close to a Kilometer away when I spawned the Piscies, and it still de-spawned. I even lost it to a thief that stole it and took it for a joy ride. He brought it back and self destructed it just as I came out of the station it was located. It was one frustrating session.

[@ronkrueger-capt_koron6112]

@@ThelostPenguin0 I tried that too, to no avail.

[@Zappen88]

When you entered the second deck, I immediately thought of Normandy!

[@AlwaysAstral]

I would love to have a ship in the design language of deck 3 exclusively. My favorite feature is easily the expansive medbay. Carrack was worth the wait.

[@asphere8]

Deck 2's design kind of reminds me of the interior of the titans from Battlefield 2142

[@wilemelliott]

The Carrack, Anvil's proof to the 'verse that given enough thrust [and burning enough re-mass] even a brick can fly

[@solusquinto3086]

I saw your stream ... it was great by the way ... and instantly installed the PTU Build to take a look asap! I was waiting for so long and my expectations got overachieved. I can't wait until every system works and we get to cartograph unknown systems.

[@Romaguera1]

Would carrying fighters be recommended for protection/engagements in lieu of having hardpoint support positions like engineering for now? Or is it not economically viable with their added mass?

[@Lusitani74]

The Carrack...my precioussss.... 6 years waiting and i love the result.

[@Glitch_Gaming]

This is by far the 1 ship I would love to own. I loved it on test server when we got to play with it

[@ChrisBrown-qg3ol]

Your production and editing is getting better mate. Love it. I’ll join you when they release my Polaris. Keep up the good work morph

[@MooneShadow]

Sont sit on drone chairs just yet until they fix it. Its bugged. Absolutely beautiful ship Repair is tied in with the salvage because of each part being physicallized. So each part can be salvaged after a dead hull is discovered by a salvage ship. Cant wait for that too. I wish the canopy was included. The sliding doors that slides over the front. Yes the hype is real. And the game is about to explode into something real. I forsee a great year for SC!!! Cant wait for my star runner!

[@wallacefrey6247]

Excellent quality video as always. Thanks for the tour,and looking forward to the Architect Review.

[@Dj3ndo]

I don't even have to watch the video to insta-like it! Looking forward to the Architect Reviews of the Carrack!

[@phimseto]

Hey there, of the six crew slots on the ship, what are the expected roles for them? Thinking about picking this up for my friends and I, but want to make sure everyone has something to do (and an idea of what there will be). I'm equally curious about things they can do now and what a full release would look like in terms of ship roles. Great video, thanks!

[@kingkrumbs2304]

Love the ship! Amazing! Here is what I don't get: Actual Crew Size 1 - Pilot 2 - Alternate/Co-Pilots 1 - Shield Engineer 1 - Turret Controller 1 - Captain 1 - First Mate 3 - Turret Gunners 2 - Engine Engineers 1 - Doctor 2 - Drone/Parts/Vehicle Engineers 1 - Star Mapper (4 - Hired Guns) TOTAL = 16-20 People Why are we considering max crew only 6 when i can think of 16???!!! 20 if i want some muscle!!!

[@KuraIthys]

At the end of the day this is still a game. The Hammerhead presents the same problem - if you take real world logistics into account a hammerhead should have something like 25 crew. Officially it tops out at roughly 8 or 9... The 890 jump also has only 7 crew cabins. (yes, rooms to accomodate from 5-10 guests as well. But that that just makes it worse) Among those 7 crew even if you assume there aren't multiple shifts you'd need something like 2 bridge crew, 4 gunners, a doctor and nurse, cook, kitchen hand, waiter, bartender, hangar attendant, 2-3 engineers, someone to manage cargo and supplies, and probably a few more assorted service staff... that's like 16-20 crew, with 7 cabins between them. (And really, you'd expect closer to 60 crew on a ship like that to account for the tasks involved and shifts.) Some ships are not quite so crazy. 600i is designed for a crew of 5. Configured as an explorer, that means 2 gunners and a pilot, leaving 2 crew for engineering/scanning/whatever duties. For a ship configured that way that one is, that's not so bad. Configured with guest cabins... That depends on whether you interpret that as a wholly private ship, or one carrying passengers. If the former, then 3-4 crew would be more than enough. If the latter, then you'd expect to have about 8 crew or so... But turning this around, you have to accept that this is still a game, and thus you expect some duplication of tasks. Thus you have a lot of overlap in crew members. Given the overlap I'd expect 1 - pilot/captain 3 - gunners/system operators 1 - doctor 2 - engineers/system operators which is about 7. Just remember in particular that in any practical sense you'll almost never be doing combat and non-combat tasks at the same time. So your gunners are not needed during combat, and you're probably not doing scanning, drone operations or stuff like that in the middle of a fight. So, if you keep in mind the overlap in tasks and the 'gamey' nature of what you're ultimately dealing with, 8 crew does work in this case... (the Hammerhead seems a bit dubious even with that logic though.)

[@IAmNumber4000]

Maybe people sleep in shifts? Or pull double shifts to work on side projects like cartography/repairs/drone operation? Like, what would the doctor be doing when there’s no medical emergency, or what would the gunners be doing when there isn’t an active engagement? Pretty sure everyone who’s working on those things is going to be able to drop what they’re doing and grab a turret when it’s crunch time. If you’ve got a crew that’s skilled in multiple areas then a crew of 6 (or 12 shift-sleeping if part of the crew is going to be taking the shuttle, doing ground exploration) could get it done. The ship crew is going to be working on the third level engineering/turret deck anyways so they’ll be able to jump in a turret fairly quickly if they need to. Consider a barebones crew of 6: 1 pilot 1 co-pilot / shield engineer (during combat) / assistant doctor 1 captain / top gunner (during intense combat, turret with best overall visibility) 1 side gunner / doctor / cartographer 1 side gunner / engineer / drone specialist 1 bottom gunner / engineer / drone specialist who can take breaks from bottom gun to repair things that break, or relieve doctor of side gunner duty if there’s a medical emergency If they want to take the shuttle planet-side they can put the Carrack in stealth mode and hide it somewhere on a large asteroid or moon, then take all 6 crew members (or 5, leaving the pilot who can come pick them up in a pinch) Obviously this is just head-canon but I think in practice the players will have plenty of beds, and the NPCs don’t “need” them. I think 6 beds will actually work out rather nicely.

[@jplauy]

The ting is that is not a military ship, so you don't need all the position filled at the same time. If you really need you can have a Max number of 15 crew's plus the captain. This people's work in 3 shifts and share the 5 crew bunk's.

[@Shakeno]

@@jplauy If you read up the lore of the ship, it IS actually an ex-military ship

[@kingkrumbs2304]

To your points of overlap in some areas, yes I can see and agree with that. However, I still see the need to have at least 12 beds (hard save points) for this ship. When you are exploring out in the void, you want the people you take with you to be able to stay with the ship when they log off...unless you can have multiple saves on one bed? Maybe I missed that? But then that still wouldn’t leave enough storage for each individuals inventory lockers. This is a DEEP SPACE exploration ship. We need long term saving

[@mcsnaffle5443]

That battle at the start was as exciting as watching a space marine arm-wrestle a toddler.

[@MrEsphoenix]

Looking forward to the full review. Personally I think this is the best layout in a bit ship so far, both with the way facilities are grouped and ease of finding your way to where you need to be.

[@infinus5]

loving those ball turrets, cant wait for the repair mechanics to be added in, it will make fights so much more interesting.

[@jdpc9391]

I found love! My only complain is it fuel consumption for a explorer ship, if you compare to the Aquila Connie.

[@garvi42]

Morph, this is probably more a question for the design video but do you think there's a reason the doors are all so different on the Carrack? The crew quarter doors are hexagonal, others are rectangles that slide open to the side, the door to the hangar slides up, elevator doors open from the center.. is this just ship building ADHD or is it meant to change the feel of the space or what?

[@brandonpage4653]

I'm really wanting to use this ship as a search and rescue ship, as well as possibly bounty hunting with a wingman or two. I love that it has all these features cuz I want to be fairly independent with a full crew without needing a ship to hold a medbay, or a holding cell, or any of that.

[@jui79]

Don't forget your spare catalyst. 👍🤘🖖 Firefly was my "waiting for the Carrack series" thanks for this vid. I love that ship. Played the hole weekend in different scenarios and it was awesome. Even the delivery missions are fun with the Pisces attached.

[@Mr._POV_]

Wat do u "Explorer" with this ship? Port Olisar?

[@Hiigaranwarrior159]

Three corrections. First, it's the Serenity, not the Firefly, though the Serenity is a Firefly-class transport. Second, insofar as I can tell, the ONLY way to exit the Carrack on foot is via the vehicle bay ramp, there are no personnel lifts that I have been able to find (one of the very few design flaws of the ship) and as a result, cramming two rovers into the vehicle bay is a quick way to prevent anyone from entering or exiting the ship via any means other than the rovers. Basically, the bay is able to only able to house a single rover. Third, the cargo pods would be able to MAYBE house a Ballista only if they did not have the center structural support for the lift. With that support, the best they could do is a Cyclone and/or some Rangers.

[@dimensions7834]

Just had to get it! Melted My Cat & Super Hornet to just trade straight across. With a 20% discount and credit I managed without any out of pocket cost. Had a bit leftover to buy something else in the future. Love the Carrack! It's magnificent and its really a fat ship too.

[@SternLX]

I think your right. Deck 3 totally has that Roci feel to it. I half expected you to bump into Amos down there tinkering with something.

[@goodgdm8321]

I'm confused, how do you buy this ship? Do you buy it with actual money or with in-game currency?

[@midnight2600]

I only have 2 complains about the ship so far. 1. Is there are no front mounted weapons or missiles for pilot to use, and 2 the bed in the captains quarters needs changing. Theres plenty of room for a double bed in there!

[@sanctred]

awesome ship! They are going to need to address multi-crew ship mechanics for the ship to really be fully usable. Things like allowing certain players to log back into the ship when the owner isn't online.

[@SithLandlord]

Captain's chair should have 2 chairs personally. Love this ship. Watched the stream too, you guys looked you had the best time playing.

[@GARfearfak]

i think the plan for the balista carrying was that there will be a swapable transport module, to install instead of the cargo modules

[@deepindia5281]

I can't tell you how many times my crew and I were quoting Firefly while flying this thing. One neat thing I found out was I was able to access the Carrack in the PTU after flying it in Arena Commander. I don't own a Carrack so I can only imagine that is why it worked out. Mine didn't come with the prices or Ursa Rover inside though. Food for thought, maybe you can confirm @morphologis ? Hell maybe I'll make a video about it and test it out.

[@juliashenandoah3965]

They should re-design the captain`s room a little bit. The captain wants a bigger bed with a window right over it to see the stars, a nice comfy LED couch and RGB recliner chair, and some glass shelves.

[@cassu6]

Holy shit I can't wait to actually some day get a bunch of friends together and crew one of those. Imagine using the Pisces to do away missions whilst keeping the Carrack in orbit and cool stuff like that! Can't wait!

[@Meuduso1]

One thing I love about my Carrack is the turrets. They really are SOOO GOOD

[@cubesmind]

Do you have a link to the full crewed Carrack video you mention in the beginning?

[@TheSoroLP]

Finally me 21:9 monitor is being put to good use by a KZbin video! Thanks for uploading in this format, appreciate it!

[@Eclecticsignal]

Looking forward to spending more time in the Carrack. She's an awesome looking ship.

[@moldoveanu8]

I love the "Halo" music in the beginning, it really gave me chills and took me way back. That was epic!

[@jonasblane1786]

Can you share that string piece you keep using? It sounds amazing. (Edit: I know it’s pulled from epidemicsound but that really doesn’t narrow it down ...)

[@bittersweethood]

and where are the antennas that you can deploy on both sides of the ship like the original concept art?? it is much cooler with those

[@phamnuwen9442]

The level of detail is top notch as usual, but they really took the "sci fi doors and corridors with weird angles" trope to a whole new level. It's almost to the point of being distracting. Apparently the only ground exit is through the garage door which is unusual on a ship of this side.

[@chrisjoachim7040]

They need to make the cartography room the Captain's Quarters with a much smaller map. Make the Captain's quarters two separate rooms for crewman with an adjoining bath. Split the crew quarters into two separate rooms with adjoining bath. Perfection.