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An Architect Reviews the RSI Polaris Capital Ship [Star Citizen]

Morphologis

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The MASSIVE new capital ship in Star Citizen, the RSI Polaris, is finally in our hands and ready for review. I'll take you through it inside and out, and show you where it succeeds and where it falls short.

#starcitizen #gaming #scifi #spaceship

0:00 Intro
1:29 Exterior Design
6:45 Entry point
7:57 Circulation and Wayfinding
9:20 Crew Quarters
11:42 Mess Hall
12:45 Medbay
13:42 Rear ship
14:32 Brig
15:13 Hangar 01
16:22 Upper engineering
17:52 Engine Room
18:30 Cargo Bay
19:32 Torpedo Room
20:26 Torpedo Console Room
21:31 Armory
11:13 Bridge
5:49 Interior Design
23:57 Combat

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20 Comments

@CallousCyclone 1 year ago

Hit the nail on the head with the medical area being so far behind the Carracks, really hope they go back to that as it's a universal thing you just associate with medical/clinical areas. White. Bright. Clean.

@quuaaarrrk 1 year ago

The cinematic first seconds of the review definitely don't disappoint. Morphs videos are how we all imagine us playing SC one day, knowing that we'll probably end up flying all our ships alone all day anyways.

@mattgreen2082 1 year ago

As someone who serves aboard submarines, the interior design makes absolute sense to me. Military vehicles aren't typically designed to be easy on the eyes or pretty looking, focusing more on function over form.

@Xcross93X 1 year ago (edited)

I think the drab, monotone, and utilitarian design of the interior is absolutely perfect! It's very reminiscent of modern day submarines, and works well.

I served onboard a US submarine for several years and there was no signage for anything. The interior was very monotone and nondescript. The Polaris embodies this design language absolutely flawlessly, and I think it's a perfect representation of its modern day equivalent.

The Polaris is LITERALLY a spaceship version of a submarine, it embodies it perfectly, and I absolutely love every square inch of it.

@みず-i1u 1 year ago

I am not a native English speaker and do not understand the introduction correctly. However, I completely understood that this ship is the coolest thing ever.

@DrzewnyPrzyjaciel 1 year ago

Polaris medical bay looks like a morgue

@bootchoo96 1 year ago

15:30 It shouldn't say 'Hangar 01' when you are inside the hangar, it should say "Brig" or "Medical"

@omegaprime223 1 year ago

I'm willing to bet that the majority of the Polaris was done before the design team learned a lot of the lessons they have over the years, the habitation deck almost looks like it's one of the earlier in-game ships, but it's VERY obvious that the engineering decks have been completely reworked because of the incoming engineering systems.

The fact that the CQ isn't in yet tells me that they're probably retooling the habitation deck, but they wanted to get it out because it's been in development for so long they just wanted it out the door.

@techno6467 1 year ago

10:08 Id like to point that in the real navy something called "hotbunking" is very common, which is when like three sailors share a singular bunk, with only one sailor ever being off shift at once. This is probably amplified in a spaceship if they don't have a standard night/day cycle.

@slaik3088 1 year ago

I think a b+ is fair, if not generous. I'd have given it a B. The points you brought up are all accurate. If medical needs white/light gray walls, we need better signage to know where everything is, lighting and color in the corridors needs improvement. And for the love of God let us have at least one window 😂

@FireHawkGaming 1 year ago

It feels like a submarine or a proper military warship.
No windows except for bridge is good. It doesnt need to be all cosy, its a ship designed for a purpose.

@kolman3178 3 months ago

All of these high prices for these ships make sense the man hours on making these models must be insane

@bambooza1 1 year ago

The ships interior just reads that they ran out of time to get it released by iae. My hope is the come back to do some additional art passes

@Kaskaal 1 year ago

The Exterior landing lights are well positioned too, its amazing to walk under when landed in one of microTech's forests at night.

@andranik3949 1 year ago

I never cared for Polaris due to my play style, but I was blown away by it when I got a chance to try it out on PTU. It can do everything I might ever need and can be managed by a group of friends that doesn't necessarily need to be an org. Its gonna be a popular ship for sure and now I want one

@VitaMonara 1 year ago

6:38 Exactly what I thought the moment I saw they were unmarked.

@IAmNumber4000 1 year ago

The crew quarters makes sense for 1/2 or 1/3 of the total number of crew needed to run the ship, if they are sleeping and working in shifts.

@Stephen8454 1 year ago (edited)

The only ship review channel I watch. Been waiting for this!
Also RSI needs to hire you as a QA person cus you definitely deserve it

@DruncMonc 1 year ago

Feels like the interior got to a minimal viable product level and is just waiting for the final pass which is probably when the captains quarters come in.

@wilemelliott 1 year ago

simulated windows would be a good idea. After all, the tech exists for that, from the Tevarin fighters. Why not improve crew moral by having big wall screens in the crew quarters and rec room that simulate windows? Maybe one in the med bay as well. Don't need it in engineering, or the hangar. Maybe in the cargo bay as well so you can "look outside" to see if its safe to lower the ramp.
just a thought