STAR CITIZEN | The Best Daily Driver | Will You be Surprised ???

Quick video highlighting the Banu Defender. This is a re-upload due to missing footage. Upscaled for 4k. Alien week is soon approaching!! Thanks for the feedback❤

I hate to be one of those people, but if you are concerned about the Carrack's giant ramp being used for griefing you as a solo player, then I'd say you are using it wrong. As a solo player the Carrack should be your hub and spawn point, but you should be landing in a C8 and leaving the Carrack in orbit.

Nothing beats the Nomad as a solo daily driver.

Hey now... The Carrack is a decent solo ship. You don't use the ramp as a solo player... you use the Pisces or Fury in the hangar to exit the ship unless you are at a station. Main pro is: You can respawn there if you die. Main con is: It has no pilot controlled guns, so you have to run from a fight or go get in the hangar ship.

You are correct about the Crrack. I got jump several times even though you may look before opening the door.

There is some wierd audio cutting around where you talk about the polar paint and fly through the river. Might be on my end tho, hope you catch it!

it would cool if in the future you could replace some of the intertior like the beds and place an additional shield generator

Love it! Loving the cutters

carrack is not for solo play, but you can exit the carrack through the airlock on the side. And it in space the airlock on the top.

I often find my self in my Banu Defender. It's for sure one of my daily drivers. Two other ships I find myself in very often are the Eclipse for Solo ERTs and my F8C Lightning for Player bounties.

Banu Defender is no joke. Space crab ftw!

I really like this ship with a loadout of fixed S3 tachyon cannons, I just really like the cool effects of the tachyons if i'm being honest but I do like the alpha damage you can get coupled with the defenders good maneuverability for it's size

Honestly, while she's fast, maneuverable, and has great range and a great look, she's just not worth the price IMO. No cargo, no vehicle support, 2nd seat is only good a second player to take over flying if you need to use the bathroom and effectively can't do anything otherwise ... and hell, no toilet, no armor racks (could be a big problem in the future), and a single weapon mount per player. I wouldn't call her a daily driver at all. Fun to drive, absolutely, but far too many situations where you'd need anything else. For that price, you could get a far more useful ship. The alien tax is real.

I've been daily driving the Raft. Mainly just doing bunkers with it like a weirdo.

I agree with you! The Banu Defender is my main ship tied to my game. I use it all the time! Bounties, Service Beacons, Boundies, deliveries, exploring, Great all-around ship! I have done extensive dog fighting in this and other ships and it really isn't much more vulnerable than other similar fighters. The size 2 shield is twice what the Hornets or Sabre (my other favorite) has. I also handles better than the Hornet and almost as good as the Sabre. Thanks for the vid...nice job!

It looks really cool and I'd consider it but I hate to pilot with offset view, I need to be in the middle...

i solo the carrack fine. i am considering downsizing to the corsair or zeus MK

I can't w8 for the Banu Defender new UI and Interface in the upcoming future update, i would love to see an Alien looking Interface Aesthetics that would be vastly different and unfamiliar on a new whole level since the Banu are more Ancient than the Xi'an yet i recently saw a Xi'an ship interior and interface highlight which already bad-ass for an ancient race though younger than the Banu.

I've been saying for years that the Banu Defender is the best daily driver. Main reason is that the fastest quantum drive in the game is a size 1. The Banu Defender has the largest quantum fuel tank that can use the fastest quantum drive the "VK-00" There are several other perks that the Defender offers, like the shields and weapons, but the fuel tank is the best in its class

Banu Defender: Recent mass changes have resulted in extra hydrogen fuel burn time, which is welcome - but thrust changes have smashed 25 to 30% off the atmospheric flight speed. I'm melting mine as a result.