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The Merchantman is an upcoming large multi-crew heavy freighter manufactured by Banu Souli's, its main focus is to serve as a mobile trading outpost.
It is currently in development and has no anticipated release date as of November 2021.
| “ | Banu traders are renowned for their merchant prowess, traveling the spacelanes and trading with everyone from humans to the Vanduul! Their sturdy, dedicated trading ships are prized beyond all other transports, sometimes passing from generation to generation of Banu. | ” |
–Pledge store | ||
Features[]
Armament
- Two size 8 gun hardpoints located at the front.
- One manned twin size 7 turret in the top rear.
- Four single size 3 point defense turrets.
- Two twin size 4 remote turrets under wings, controlled from the bridge.
Other
- Ship hangar that can fit a Defender.
Default ship loadout[]
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 Power plants
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 Coolers
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 Shield generators
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| Propulsion | Quantity | Size | Model | Grade | Class | Manufacturer |
 Fuel intakes
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 Fuel tanks
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 Quantum drive
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 Quantum fuel tanks
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| Thrusters | Quantity | Type | ||||
 Main thrusters
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2 2 |
Main Thruster Retro Thruster VTOL Thruster | ||||
 Maneuvering thrusters
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Fixed Maneuvering Thruster | |||||
| Weapons | Quantity | Weapon size | Hardpoint size | Model | Type | Manufacturer |
 Weapons
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 Turrets
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2x2 4x1 |
S 4 S 3 |
S 4 S 3 |
Point defense turret |
Remote Remote |
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In game availability[]
Dealership[]
| Store name | Location | Price / aUEC |
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Rental[]
See Renting for a full list.| Rental company | Location | 1-Day / aUEC | 3-Days / aUEC | 7-Days / aUEC | 30-Days / aUEC |
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Paints[]
Trivia[]
Gallery[]
Development[]
Exterior Whitebox Phase
.png "Merchantman - interior whitebox ISC 101 (1).png (583 KB)")
Interior Whitebox Phase
.png "Merchantman - interior whitebox ISC 101 (2).png (1.23 MB)")
Interior Whitebox Phase
.png "Merchantman - interior whitebox ISC 101 (3).png (921 KB)")
Interior Whitebox Phase
.png "Merchantman - interior whitebox ISC 101 (4).png (1.04 MB)")
Interior Whitebox Phase
.png "Merchantman - interior whitebox ISC 101 (5).png (1.04 MB)")
Interior Whitebox Phase
.png "Merchantman - interior whitebox ISC 101 (6).png (681 KB)")
Interior Whitebox Phase
.png "Merchantman - interior whitebox ISC 101 (7).png (427 KB)")
Interior Whitebox Phase
.png "Merchantman - interior whitebox ISC 101 (8).png (566 KB)")
Interior Whitebox Phase
.png "Merchantman - interior whitebox ISC 101 (9).png (862 KB)")
Interior Whitebox Phase
.png "Merchantman - interior whitebox ISC 101 (10).png (703 KB)")
Interior Whitebox Phase
.png "Merchantman - interior whitebox ISC 101 (11).png (1.22 MB)")
Interior Whitebox Phase
Concepts 2021[]
.png "Merchantman - concept exterior (1).png (379 KB)")
Extended fuel scoop
.png "Merchantman - concept exterior (2).png (451 KB)")
.png "Merchantman - concept exterior (3).png (438 KB)")
.png "Merchantman - concept exterior (4).png (1.11 MB)")
.png "Merchantman - concept exterior (5).png (751 KB)")
.png "Merchantman - concept exterior (6).png (1.44 MB)")
Exterior painting previs
.png "Merchantman - concept old and new (1).png (519 KB)")
Old and new concept
.png "Merchantman - concept old and new (2).png (194 KB)")
Old and new concept
.png "Merchantman - concept armament (1).png (534 KB)")
.png "Merchantman - concept armament (2).png (684 KB)")
.png "Merchantman - concept cross section (1).png (789 KB)")
Cross section
.png "Merchantman - concept cross section (2).png (775 KB)")
Cross section, guest areas highlighted
.png "Merchantman - concept previs entrance (1).png (1.44 MB)")
Entrance previs
.png "Merchantman - concept previs entrance (2).png (1.41 MB)")
Entrance previs
.png "Merchantman - concept rear turret (1).png (656 KB)")
Top rear turret
.png "Merchantman - concept rear turret (2).png (710 KB)")
Top rear turret
.png "Merchantman - concept ship hangar (1).png (747 KB)")
Ship hangar
.png "Merchantman - concept ship hangar (2).png (926 KB)")
Ship hangar
.png "Merchantman - concept interior lower market (1).png (2.29 MB)")
Interior lower market
.png "Merchantman - concept interior negotiation room hallway (1).png (2.33 MB)")
Negotiation rooms hallway
.png "Merchantman - concept interior negotiation room (1).png (2.58 MB)")
Negotiation room
.png "Merchantman - concept interior hab (1).png (2.08 MB)")
Hab
.png "Merchantman - concept interior docking port (1).png (2.06 MB)")
Docking port hallway
Mess hall
Engineering
.png "Merchantman - concept interior cargo hold (1).png (2.28 MB)")
Cargo hold
.png "Merchantman - concept interior cargo hold (2).png (2.5 MB)")
Cargo hold
.png "Merchantman - concept interior bridge (1).png (1.44 MB)")
Bridge
.png "Merchantman - concept interior bridge (2).png (2.35 MB)")
Bridge
.png "Merchantman - concept interior bridge (3).png (1.7 MB)")
Bridge
Concepts 2015[]
.jpg "Merchantman - concept art (1).jpg (1.61 MB)")
.jpg "Merchantman - concept art (2).jpg (1.12 MB)")
.jpg "Merchantman - concept art (3).jpg (6.76 MB)")
Banu Merchantman interior
Merchantman Rear
Merchantman Planetside Landing
RSI's most recent draft of the interior design of the Merchantman
Merchantman front gun
Front and Back Concept Art
Merchantman concept art
Banu Merchantman Concept Art- Cutaway Landed
Rejected concept art published in 2015
Rejected concept art published in 2015
Rejected concept art published in 2015
Videos[]
See also[]
Patch history[]
References[]
 Souli (SOUL) | |||
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