Official description
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. Banu technology offers players a completely different way of experiencing their universe.[3]
NOTE: The Merchantman has been described as being adaptable into a fast, armored smuggling ship capable of running blockades and escaping authorities.[4]
The Merchantman is a promised feature of the $27 million crowdfunding goal.[3]
Developer updates
| “ | One of the things that we want to do with the Banu trader is that there is a whole receiving room in it, and you could maybe collect items in different parts of the galaxy, and then maybe fly around and sell them in other parts [...] | ” |
–Chris Roberts on April 23, 2014[5] | ||
| “ | (devs, think somewhere around the lines of the polaris, as far as size). | ” |
| “ | During the 2016 CitizenCon Presentation, The Banu Merchantman has been confirmed to be flyable in Alpha update 3.3. [6] | ” |
See also
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References
Gallery
Banu Merchantman interior
Banu Merchantman in RSI pledge store
Merchantman Planetside Landing
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 Negotiation room 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