That is limited, we tried that with Spartans and it kept removing the extras, that was two patches ago so maybe that has changed. And that was all the Spartans being my Spartans.
* A ROC fits fine inside the cargo bed of the Nomad, which makes it great for ROC mining. * With its hovering type of landing gear, it has no problems with landing just about ANYWHERE. * Great ship interiors are the biggest draw for me to buy a ship, I LOVE space RVs (Think Spaceballs). 🤣 * If you keep forward motion with your wheels, ground vehicles will always right themselves. That is how FPS groups (orgs) do vehicle inserts. They drop the vehicle just inside the atmosphere and let them fall to the planet/moon. As long as you keep forward motion going, when you hit the ground, the vehicle will land upright.
About the space RV thing, yes, this 'space truck''s interior is a lot like an airstream trailer, with a real kitchen and a comfort bed and a toilet isn't so industrial-theme but rather residential theme. Great ship, nomad and hull-a are both great starter ship.
Nomad has a tractor beam mount (utility mount for whatever else goes in there) which can be important some day. After the 315p, it is the smallest ship with a tractor which is pretty important for maximizing utility on a Liberator. Moving bags from a prospector to an Expanse for refining or directly to the Lib cargo hold gives it a lot of utility for Liberator-focused mining fleets. Plus, it is ok for fighting when compared to the 315p. The 315 has better scanners though so it is a tradeoff It honestly is tied for me with the titan in terms of overall utility. It has improved quant fuel capacity too which is rare on small ships; this is limited to the Eclipse, Pisces, and Defender for s1 quantum drives. It handles well too at least out of atmo and handles adequately in atmo as well for the moment
I used to do a lot of roc mining with the nomad when I first started playing. Especially cool is if you pull up forward and go through the back compartment door, instead of reversing on every time!
Same. When I started in winter of 2019, it was just me, my Nomad, and endless boxes to be delivered in the middle of wonderful, mysterious snowstorms. Magical times.
I love my Nomad, and you are technically right regarding the shield of small ships with small shields. But my Terrapin has two medium shields 🛡 and is a small ship also. In addition to its heavy armor (whenever that arrives...), the Terrapin is a beefy small ship.
THANK YOU OLLI The Nomad is incredibly underrated as a ship. While the weapons capacitor is not the BEST at 3500 but its decent enough with 3s1 shields, 3s3 weapons, and all the emnities one would need. Some things you missed: the components are all on the ceiling of the ship, and there are two weapon racks at the ladder on the interior. Barely noticable. While I still think the Tana is vastly superior as a sub 100$ starting ship, the Nomad takes a very close second. The ease of use of the rear cargo bay is substantially useful, you can use this for delivery missions and collecting bodies with ZERO risk of someone stealing the ship. (Even the ladder down doesnt allow for stow aways) you also missed the chair in the dining space... Maybe You can also load the rear with something like the Cyclone MT and have a turretter in the rear lol. Also for fun, the landing gear has some unique properties. If you are coming in hot, you can put out the landing gear and bounce off the ground. I have successfully hit thr ground at 700m/s and not blown up when landing feet first.
he forgot to mention the two-gun racks at top of the ladder in the ship so you can store ur guns, also while in the living space you have three shield generators above ur head so you can repair them from the inside, also the nomad will come with a size one tractor beam located in the rear in the cargo area.
I've been singing the praises of the Nomad since day one. Saw the IAE spotlight on it and thought it was just such a unique little ship, I upgraded my Aurora starter pack to it the first day. It's been my daily driver since then, and once I have my Endeavor, there will be a permanent home in it's hangar for this, my little runabout. For it's size, it has decent cargo space, the ship tractor beam will make load and unload a breeze, and while not a military dogfighter, it certainly holds its own. And for the blatant 'Zero Fs Given' attitude it has, I call mine 'Badger'.
I upgraded my Mustang Alpha game package to the Nomad the day it was released and I've loved it ever since. It's by far my favorite solo ship and a great daily driver.
I used to have the nomad.. I remember it being quite useful and I believe that it is rather underrated. I believe that is due to its use in combat being near zero
It does alright with combat. I've wrecked tons of people in it. just takes the right pilot. it obviously wont keep up if you have similar pilots fighting each other but the other in a dedicated combat ship, but it holds its own for sure.
Your enthusiasm is infectious Olli, and I have to say, ashamed to admit I had the Nomad in my hangar for about 6mths as some sort of loaner - and never once pulled it just because I underrated it so much. It actually looks very cool, but now I know it holds the Mule too, that makes it very interesting, and gives it a distinct advantage over something like the Titan for the first time.
First time seeing nomad in game and shocked as this is amazing. This seems like best in slot for those that want a starter ship with bed for ferrying and need to haul a regular ROC for mining but don't want to invest in a cutty black.
Yeah it's the best ship cheaper than a cutlass which can hold a few different ground vehicles while also having walkaround room inside for carrying multiple people and has bed/food/storage boxes checked. It was my first ship, my pledge with LTI, and I upgraded it later for a Cutlass black with the Best In Show promotion to migrate the LTI etc to the Cutlass for long term play in the future. This will probably be my solo play ship I'll earn in-game many years from now when SC is a game. Cheap to fly, you can bring a few buddies with you in it, you can bring a ground vehicle in it, and you can log out in it. I love having the much bigger interior on the Cutlass because the only space you really "own" is the inside of your ship, but the Nomad is still really cool.
I just upgraded my 315P starter ship to a NOMAD and I will either use my hoverquad in the back or a ROC when mining. Will upgrade drives and weapons too. :) Cant wait.
fun fact, you can fit two mules in the bay if you slide them in sidewasy and you can quantum with them, also you can fit the roc or a cyclone (even the bigger ones) and you can even fit an ursa but its more of a puzzle fit but once in you can still quantum with it, also once we will be able to fit a 1 or 2 scu crate in the rear hole in the mule ill use it for bunkers even more then i allready do
I appreciate my Nomad. But when it first released, it was a pain lol. The ROC would not stay in the bed and would bounce all over the place. Some times you or the ROC would get launched into the air, etc. It took them a while to get that bed under control but now it works great.
Olli43 - look up in living quarters, there are places for modules - also remember it has a tractor beam in the back to load the cargo. thats a better combo than the original which is the hoverquad
@@Wulthrin they aren’t working yet, but many ships have it, e.g. the drake cutlass above the rear ramp and the caterpillars right wing is the tractor beam station.
The space Vanagon! I love how lived in it is with the books and kitchen and even a lil plant. Not only do the controls look like ED's cockpit, the whole ship looks like an AspX.
When i started playing the game the first ship I bought was the nomad and it has helped me out a l o t since then. Most of the time I use it to ROC mine. Very cool ship 10/10
12:00 Yea I think you sold me on this ship. I've glanced at this ship before and just said "nah, not my style. Too clean." But I can't deny how useful this thing looks. I do ROC mining in my cutlass and I find it a bit cumbersome so this seems like a better option.
hey olli! i finally joined start citizen because of you. i was finally able to play ok last night. i eventually left the planet i was on, flew to a station, got my first mission. 2 hours later got to the planet i needed to go to and as i got to the marker my computer / ship lagged and unceremoniously crashed to the surface. 😂😂😂 learning the keys is a ridiculous effort, but at least i can travel now. now you need to make an updated video on how to make money fast starting with an aurora only! lol the missions don't pay much and i want to get rid of the aurora as soon as possible. i'm dreaming to be able to afford all the ships you have 😅😅😅 thank you for your videos! love watching them
a few months late to the party, but the nomad is my favourite ship in my fleet. pair that with a ROC miner, and it works a charm. Thank you for this video, subscribed!
Have you thought about inspecting the ships, in the equipment screen first, to show the components each one have available? For example, the Nomad has 3 size 1 shields.
The Nomad is definitely underrated. It's a great starter ship, probably the best one at the moment, a really solid starter multi-ship. I wish Consolidated Outland (they made the Nomad, Mustang's and the Pioneer) would create more ships.
Indeed. It has quickly become one of my favorite ships for single player grinding. With A grade upgrades, it really is a mini-beast. So underrated. But the Greycat should win this year's ship showdown... because KARTING!
The Nomad us the best STARTER ship. I've heard people saying that "you can get a cutty black for a few dollars more", but a Cutty takes around 7 minutes to claim, versus the 40 seconds of a Nomad. Sometimes you need a ship ASAP and a starter ship is the way to go. Pro tip: the Mule has an internal inventory that you can access from a small hatch on the left of the vehicle. You can store weapons there!
It's not a pickup truck...it's a space El Camino! I actually upgraded from a Mustang to the Nomad. I couldn't be more pleased. I use it to go ROC mining. Space mullet and 80's rock required for max enjoyment lol!
Nomad looks suspiciusly similiar to ASP Explorer from Elite Dangerous, even a HUD color is the same, as Olli43 pointed out. It has absolutely the same profile, same hind wings/stabilizers and an identical cockpit. Maybe it is like a crossover between games, wich is a funny and weird concept to think of.
Nomad deserves a spot in the top 16 for ship showdown. Underrated underdog. 3 size 1 shields, best cargo capacity for a true 1man starter ship, and the best representative atm from consolidated outland. Hope to see more CNOU ships soon
Nomad is my starter ship. It is pretty versatile for making money early on. It can land anywhere, you can do delivery missions thanks to internal storage space, it's not too bulky to land with it near bunkers for those missions, once some cargo hauling missions are added, you'll have some capacity for that, it can fit ROC in the back and it can do quite decently in lower-risk bounty missions, although this depends on pilot's skills a lot. There's a bug where you cannot rearm fired missiles, though. It is annoying as hell.
Very cool ship, agree with that. Just need some bigger guns that can shoot a little longer than 2 seconds and the speed of the ship is okay even though I thought it would have been a little faster. Other than that the agility is good and really neat looking. Love it! thank you. 😤🙏
@12:00 Ive been a big fan of the Nomad a long time. I think ive spent 2 rebuy tokens getting a limited edition red one back becuase i melt and chsnge my mind. The Reliant Tana, while it cant transport a big vehicle is a good DD for the FPS combat type pofessions. I really really hope for a Consolidated Outland ship in the Connie/ Corsair/ Star Runner size range, multi-role, heavy on shields and guns, tricked out interior in the Nomad style.
00:01:55 that's a depth perception problem arising from limitations of 3D representations on a 2D screen. The ship is higher than it looks and, by extension, further back. The frame at that time shows the ship landing in what appears to be a hangar of about the right sized for the ship when the hangar in question is a few times larger than that. The eye locks in to the "just right" thing and that's how the altitude is underestimated and, with it, the actual distance from the Hangar centre point. I'm not sure how to fix the breakdown in communication between the screen and the eye but this is where I think that navigation lights would be a useful in-game tool.
Nomad is one of my favorites especially when using the ROC miner. Granted it can't fit the bigger one but if I'm just using the small one it is so much more nimble than using a Connie or MSR to fly around the Aberdeen or whatever planet/moon you choose. Only issue I've found is on higher gravity planets it likes to pull down so I usually stick to moons.
I've done lots of PVE bounties in the Nomad, upgraded it rocks them. It is great for loading up at JT or multi box missions without leaving your whole ship open to everyone. Flies nice. Good visibility from the cockpit. I need to melt my MSR or something and rebuy it now......
1:56 Ah yes, my signature landing move - glad to see its catching on! This happens to me so often in those top-down style hangars even after years of SC. For some reason I always undershoot it. I think it's the perspective really throws me off, looks like you're a lot closer than you actually are until you're almost touching the opening. I have the same issue in E:D lol Nice save though, the number of times I've clipped the back end of my ship, or just straight up slammed down in front of the hangar nowhere near the actual door. If I end up upside-down inside the hangar like that, there's a good 80% chance that mine and my ship's demise is rapidly approaching 😅
I love this ship. I still have it and use it often. Loading and unloading a ROC or Mule doesn't take much time. The living area is also cozy will be very usefull in the future, but you missed a few things in the ship. There is a folding chair that you can sit on in the living area, under the counter. In the ceiling are other ship component hatches that you can open.
So basically to put another ship into another ship. Will be a function of your mobiglass or hangar. They currently have the tech to do it, but they need to calculate the metrics of all ships to fit into a cargo grid. They also have to create a way to tell the system which ships can carry other ships, so that you don't put ships into grids of ships without proper facilities. With so many ships already in the game, that may take some time to come to fruition. Chris Roberts himself helped to code the physics grids so vehicles can park on it. Microtech as frequent storms due to the terraforming accident.
A few years ago, I suggested CIG make a ship that just hovers over the surface, instead of actually landing. I got lambasted for my suggestion by the community. Now we have the Nomad, which hovers over the surface when in landing mode. To paraphrase Steve Jobs: people don't know what they want or like until you show it to them.
Cool video thanks for that ^^ 1) the Nomad is inspired by a ship from elite dangerous crossed with the Tesla pick up truck (it even has the cracked side window in a Star Citizen commercial as an Hommage to Elon musk crashing the side window of the Tesla truck in the official announcement event). 2) the guy in the hangar was holding a multi tool ;) The NPCs sometimes repair stuff inside the hangars. He was just misplaced and was searching the panel he’s supposed to repair.
My Starter Package is the Nomad. It got introduced during the IAE 2950 and I got it directly with LTI. I love this ship. However, the Avenger can carry a vehicle. It has room for the Greycat PTV, as well as for the CNOU Hoverquad. It might even be able to carry the DRAKE Dragonfly, though I'd need someone who has the Avenger to actually confirm if this is true. The Nomad has a shield generator more than the Avenger though, as well as a bigger fuel tank. It's not quite as manouverable, but you could still mount 3 S3 weapons instead of the gimballed versions and be able to engage most enemies quite easily. I do believe that it should have bigger capacitors than it currently has though. I've done BH missions up to MRTs with it without any issue, particularly since the 3 shield generators make it quite defensible. Basically, you won't do as well applying your shots to the enemy, but you'll likely be able to survive most encounters. And it has a lot of more room of course. It can carry up to a Greycat ROC or a Tumbril Cyclone. And if you carry a Cyclone, you can also use it as a mini-dropship dropping 3 people teams including the vehicle into a landing zone, and due to the 3 shields, you'll likely even survive this drop action.
Nomads are fun, upgrade the shields and it gets really tanky, and really a solo craft. I was a early adopter, when I put the ROC in the back it would get go into an exorcist style fit till it exploded. Things are better now.
first thing to do when getting nomad is change to fixed guns and lookat powerplant/shields (dont forget the gun storage on each side of the door too, alot of ppl miss them)
I think now you get why it's called the space truck... lol. The front 'window' feels more like a 18 wheeler truck seat, and the back is like a truck, you can only put stuff in and can't access it. You should try out the Constellation Taurus, it has a small cargo area in the back you can hide 'illegal' goods and they can't be scanned. I own one and didn't know that under after, I just wanted the constellation.... It can also fit way more stuff. Very underrated.
In lore, it is because of a tractor beam that nothing fly away from the cargo bay, and it will be officially added to the ship in the update 3.18, which will make that tractor beam available to quickly put cargo down.
Just remember to always turn the engine off with "i" when parking vehicles on the ramp of the nomad. Or the vehicle will roll when moving the ramp up or down.
I use the Nomad as my daily driver and my ROC mining vehicle. I started using it in 3.17.1 before the wipe just to try it out and I prefer it over the cutty black when playing by myself (which is 95% of my time in SC)
The Nomad was specifically designed for ROC mining. It will not fit the ROC-DS but the regular ROC fits fine. You can also switch out the 3 badgers on gimbals for 3 Panthers without gimbals. Not an exceptional fighter craft but it can definitely hold it's own with a decent pilot.
The HUD layout is nearly identical to Elite and the ship is nearly identical to the ASP. This ship is the Elite Dangerous experience and I love it, the HUD here is so much better than most of the other ships in the game.
Do you have any problem with it suddenly nose diving during cruise in atmo? I have dual sticks and it should just stay on the attitude I give it, but after a minute or two it just heads for the dirt.
@@trackerkan i onley have that with some changed components. stock form it fly's great. different guns and or qd drive and i have the same problem like you
I think the nomad looks really nice but i dont like the bright orange lights insider the ship. I have the Hull A now and i love the ship. You can just adjust the light insider the cockpit and it has no lights inside. So nice
Fun fact: the Nomad is Star Citizen's interpretation of the Asp from Elite Dangerous, hence the colour scheme. Was a thing that Chris did in recognition to David Braben's contribution to the space game genre, as they are quite friendly with each other.
The Nomad has 3 shield generators. I use 2 FR-66's and a Palisade, as the FR's are the go-to military grade shield and the Palisade has significantly better ballistic damage negation. In future patches when we are able to properly position our shields and re-route power to different shield generators, I plan to utilize the Palisade a bit more. Currently, I believe it just averages your stats across the whole ship's shields. I just want to protect my cargo in the back, whether it's a vehicle or otherwise
Nomad is my daily, I have quite a few other ships and just end up using the Nomad 80% of the time. Its just such a convenient ship, its not brilliant by any means but it just works. Sucks up Hydrogen like its going out of fashion though...Holds its own in combat too. Its has great shields especially if upgraded to the s7a concord. Not exactly nimble but its not terrible either.
Nomad was my starter pack! Love that ship. I had to upgrade when I got into mining though since it only holds 24SCU and the prospector goes up to 32SCU. Great for ROC mining though! Cheapest ship that can go ROC mining. One of the best all around ships to start with if you are interested in mining and cargo imo
Had no interest in the Nomad. Thought it looked dumb in the pictures. Just watched your video, looked up what it cost in-game. Now I'm going to buy one. 😃
10:33 actually the Avenger can perfectly fit a Greycat space golf cart perfectly, if you park it far to the right wall you can even walk around it no problem
i want to see a montage of all your hanger landing as i expect them all to be like this esp the cat, you are not alone and love that you show your epic landings
Finally my Nomad :D It's best ship for ROC mining - seriously. Some player now will be mad and put their own "best", but please first go for week test run, master Nomad ROC mining, and then we can argue. Pro is small size, better atmo handling (for me - personal) and best scanning ground capabilities: Cutty haven't ground view, Frellancer too, and other ships are too big for aberdeen "forrest". One thing: upgrade power plant and cooler when U want mining on aberdeen ;) Nomad very like overheating.
C.O.Nomad is a good ROC carrier, (only just) which kinda gives it a bit of 'extra' functionality. But essentially, the Nomad is a little trader/haulier, and not much else. And while it ain't my Starter Pledge (that was the Aurora MR) the C.O.Nomad was gifted to me, and is a ship I use more than most.
Am I the only one who saw the dead guy's legs on the left behind wall at 20:40 and his top half a few seconds later you look around, do i deserve a prize for solving the lost ship mystery? 🤣 And oh yes the ship is definitely underrated it's the terrible image of it on its store page, it looks like a hockey puck 🤦
I have it as my everyday. It spawns in 40seconds. Has three shield gens. I use it for bunkers, roc mining, dropping teammates off at spk or comms array.. extremely useful. Not so good for jumptown given the fact ppl can just take the packages out the back. But you can put them in the cab so...
I always preferred parking outside the Pavilion at New Babbage and using the ground vehicle pad there, and really enjoyed riding my Hoverbike for the commute between the Pavillion and the Spaceport
I got a loaner Nomad with my Kore. Love the Kore, not a huge fan of Nomad. Don't land the Nomad in wind. I chased it for 2km till it fell over a bluff and out of the wind. Hover gear and wind don't mix. I could see it being useful for starter mining or for transport between close locations where speed counts, because of easy access to cargo. Might make a great cargo ferry for a larger vessel.
The Nomad was the first ship I bought in game. I fell in love with it when I first saw a video of it on TH-cam. I ROC mined with that thing until I made enough to buy my Prospector. Nowadays I prefer the Freelancers though.
The interior walls are very plasticy. Having metal walls would fit the theme of the ship better. Also, there are two gun racks by the door. They're very easy to miss when empty.
9 months later. I got the Nomad in the free fly with 18.2 Loved it. Grew on me like a bad rash. Flash forward to Invictus. $55 for a Fury with a LTI token. Upgrade to a Nomad with LTI. Now it's my daily and I'll have it after every wipe. #SpaceUteLife
I don't think that it being called a "pickup truck" is doing it a disservice. It's that handy jack of all trades vehicle you can just throw things in the back. Very handy.
How do you stop your ship from being taken away by the storm? Happened to me twice during a mission and it's so frustrating! My engines was off and my landing gear was down.
I have a Nomad as a loaner ship in a hanger of 27 ships. I hardly ever use it except as a taxi ship. I much prefer my Cutlass Black or Freelancer DUR as slightly bigger much more capable ships. Most important thing for my cargo needs is a fully enclosed, pressurized cargo compartment. Somehow, an open cargo bed with no way of tying down big cargo = lost cargo.
I've got a loaner nomad for having a reliant tana (because of the spinning hull stopping you getting out of bed area) and I love the nomad. Only thing I wonder is if the cargo on nomad can be stolen as its outside the hull? Never had it done and always forget to check when using it.
I have the Nomad as my Starter Ship, It is a great ship, all rounder, once upgraded, great distance and speed and can carry 24 cargo so I can make about 150k per hour in cargo runs
The mule stays in place because gravity can be made in star citizen. That's why you aren't floating in the space stations. If you can create gravity, you can also control inertia. Thus, the Mule stays put.
I owned this ship for about three months and loved it...except for the internal doors. The lag of the doors opening drove me nuts; plust the fact that there are two doors; one for the cockpit and one for the exit from the hab area. For some reason on this particular ship, the doors don't trigger well.
I hope in the future the Nomad (and any other small to medium ship implemented with hover landing gear) can be utilized as a ground hovering vehicle as well.
Nomad was my starter ship, It's a solid ship for daily driving. It's cheap to operate, has 3x s3 hardpoints, 3x small shield gens, you can put a ROC, Cyclone, or Mule in the back... Dragonfly fits and stays... but awkwardly... you can pick-up unknown players and just tell them to go prone in the cargo bed so you don't have to worry about getting shot in the head by dickwads... you can access the ship inventory from the external bed... The utility that the Nomad offfers at it's size is second to none IMHO. It lands like crap.. usually smacks the panther on the ground but other than that... i have no complaints. It is a permanent part of my fleet... OH.. 40 second claim time too
Magnetic cargo holds ... very strong. Hint, do not fall asleep in it .. you wake up in space at the center of the system .. with no QD or even thruster at the very least
Cool tip: if you put a vehicle in a ship then store that ship; the next time you retrieve that ship it should have the vehicle in it :)
That is limited, we tried that with Spartans and it kept removing the extras, that was two patches ago so maybe that has changed. And that was all the Spartans being my Spartans.
I store my ROC in my cutlass black forever. However if you blow up, you'll need to reclaim both separately
With the landing gear up, so the ship will be sitting on its hull.
Also works with bed logging
Yep, have my cutlass roc combo always spawn together. Even had a 30k and they were still together.
* A ROC fits fine inside the cargo bed of the Nomad, which makes it great for ROC mining.
* With its hovering type of landing gear, it has no problems with landing just about ANYWHERE.
* Great ship interiors are the biggest draw for me to buy a ship, I LOVE space RVs (Think Spaceballs). 🤣
* If you keep forward motion with your wheels, ground vehicles will always right themselves. That is how FPS groups (orgs) do vehicle inserts. They drop the vehicle just inside the atmosphere and let them fall to the planet/moon. As long as you keep forward motion going, when you hit the ground, the vehicle will land upright.
About the space RV thing, yes, this 'space truck''s interior is a lot like an airstream trailer, with a real kitchen and a comfort bed and a toilet isn't so industrial-theme but rather residential theme. Great ship, nomad and hull-a are both great starter ship.
I usually used my Nomad with the ROC. It fits nicely and I can leave the ramps down without worrying someone might hijacked my ship.
Nomad has a tractor beam mount (utility mount for whatever else goes in there) which can be important some day. After the 315p, it is the smallest ship with a tractor which is pretty important for maximizing utility on a Liberator. Moving bags from a prospector to an Expanse for refining or directly to the Lib cargo hold gives it a lot of utility for Liberator-focused mining fleets. Plus, it is ok for fighting when compared to the 315p. The 315 has better scanners though so it is a tradeoff
It honestly is tied for me with the titan in terms of overall utility. It has improved quant fuel capacity too which is rare on small ships; this is limited to the Eclipse, Pisces, and Defender for s1 quantum drives. It handles well too at least out of atmo and handles adequately in atmo as well for the moment
the nomad was my startership, i realy liked it.
rarely known fact: the nomad has the strongest shield of all "small" ships, 3 sice S
I used to do a lot of roc mining with the nomad when I first started playing. Especially cool is if you pull up forward and go through the back compartment door, instead of reversing on every time!
Same. When I started in winter of 2019, it was just me, my Nomad, and endless boxes to be delivered in the middle of wonderful, mysterious snowstorms. Magical times.
I love my Nomad, and you are technically right regarding the shield of small ships with small shields. But my Terrapin has two medium shields 🛡 and is a small ship also. In addition to its heavy armor (whenever that arrives...), the Terrapin is a beefy small ship.
THANK YOU OLLI
The Nomad is incredibly underrated as a ship. While the weapons capacitor is not the BEST at 3500 but its decent enough with 3s1 shields, 3s3 weapons, and all the emnities one would need. Some things you missed: the components are all on the ceiling of the ship, and there are two weapon racks at the ladder on the interior. Barely noticable.
While I still think the Tana is vastly superior as a sub 100$ starting ship, the Nomad takes a very close second. The ease of use of the rear cargo bay is substantially useful, you can use this for delivery missions and collecting bodies with ZERO risk of someone stealing the ship. (Even the ladder down doesnt allow for stow aways) you also missed the chair in the dining space... Maybe
You can also load the rear with something like the Cyclone MT and have a turretter in the rear lol.
Also for fun, the landing gear has some unique properties. If you are coming in hot, you can put out the landing gear and bounce off the ground. I have successfully hit thr ground at 700m/s and not blown up when landing feet first.
he forgot to mention the two-gun racks at top of the ladder in the ship so you can store ur guns, also while in the living space you have three shield generators above ur head so you can repair them from the inside, also the nomad will come with a size one tractor beam located in the rear in the cargo area.
I think if I remember correctly CIG actually paid homage to the ASP Scout/Explorer from Elite Dangerous when they designed this ship
Paid homage/copied 😂
@@TheSpoonDeLauro It's reminiscent, but it certainly doesn't look anywhere close to identical. It's certainly not a copy.
@@rainman6090 well yeah it's not identical or anything but I think it's the same where it counts!
Try designing a spaceship that doesn't look like something already created, because that's how Sci fi has always been
Chris Roberts is friends with the CEO of Frontier Games. The similarities are an intentional homage to the ASP and Elite Dangerous.
Thank you for giving the Nomad some love.
I've been singing the praises of the Nomad since day one. Saw the IAE spotlight on it and thought it was just such a unique little ship, I upgraded my Aurora starter pack to it the first day. It's been my daily driver since then, and once I have my Endeavor, there will be a permanent home in it's hangar for this, my little runabout. For it's size, it has decent cargo space, the ship tractor beam will make load and unload a breeze, and while not a military dogfighter, it certainly holds its own. And for the blatant 'Zero Fs Given' attitude it has, I call mine 'Badger'.
I upgraded my Mustang Alpha game package to the Nomad the day it was released and I've loved it ever since. It's by far my favorite solo ship and a great daily driver.
Mine are Angle Daddy, Jackal Lantern, and Miner Indiscretions.
So I thought in lore the "pick up truck" rear section uses mag/grav technology to keep things in place.
I used to have the nomad.. I remember it being quite useful and I believe that it is rather underrated. I believe that is due to its use in combat being near zero
same firepower as a gladius, but woefully less maneuverable.
But has 3 s1 sheilds. Not a dog fighter, but not a slouch.
It's direct competitor is the Black Cutlass; which has similar size, tank, and capabilities except for combat.
@@Vandreal_Wolf cutty is a lot bigger so wouldn't say direct.
It does alright with combat. I've wrecked tons of people in it. just takes the right pilot. it obviously wont keep up if you have similar pilots fighting each other but the other in a dedicated combat ship, but it holds its own for sure.
Your enthusiasm is infectious Olli, and I have to say, ashamed to admit I had the Nomad in my hangar for about 6mths as some sort of loaner - and never once pulled it just because I underrated it so much. It actually looks very cool, but now I know it holds the Mule too, that makes it very interesting, and gives it a distinct advantage over something like the Titan for the first time.
First time seeing nomad in game and shocked as this is amazing. This seems like best in slot for those that want a starter ship with bed for ferrying and need to haul a regular ROC for mining but don't want to invest in a cutty black.
Yeah it's the best ship cheaper than a cutlass which can hold a few different ground vehicles while also having walkaround room inside for carrying multiple people and has bed/food/storage boxes checked. It was my first ship, my pledge with LTI, and I upgraded it later for a Cutlass black with the Best In Show promotion to migrate the LTI etc to the Cutlass for long term play in the future.
This will probably be my solo play ship I'll earn in-game many years from now when SC is a game. Cheap to fly, you can bring a few buddies with you in it, you can bring a ground vehicle in it, and you can log out in it.
I love having the much bigger interior on the Cutlass because the only space you really "own" is the inside of your ship, but the Nomad is still really cool.
Exactly. If a Cutlass is a little too much for you and an Avenger isn't quite enough, the Nomad is perfect.
So the mining 🚗 fits thx. Now I think I gone take this starting pak, not the 100 Which is prettier.
I just upgraded my 315P starter ship to a NOMAD and I will either use my hoverquad in the back or a ROC when mining. Will upgrade drives and weapons too. :) Cant wait.
fun fact, you can fit two mules in the bay if you slide them in sidewasy and you can quantum with them, also you can fit the roc or a cyclone (even the bigger ones) and you can even fit an ursa but its more of a puzzle fit but once in you can still quantum with it, also once we will be able to fit a 1 or 2 scu crate in the rear hole in the mule ill use it for bunkers even more then i allready do
I appreciate my Nomad. But when it first released, it was a pain lol. The ROC would not stay in the bed and would bounce all over the place. Some times you or the ROC would get launched into the air, etc. It took them a while to get that bed under control but now it works great.
Olli43 - look up in living quarters, there are places for modules - also remember it has a tractor beam in the back to load the cargo. thats a better combo than the original which is the hoverquad
wait where do you contol the tractor beam at? i havent seen that
@@Wulthrin it's not functioning yet . Hopefully 3.18 with cargo r factor. . You can see it underneath the bat at the back of the Nomad
@@Wulthrin they aren’t working yet, but many ships have it, e.g. the drake cutlass above the rear ramp and the caterpillars right wing is the tractor beam station.
The space Vanagon! I love how lived in it is with the books and kitchen and even a lil plant. Not only do the controls look like ED's cockpit, the whole ship looks like an AspX.
When i started playing the game the first ship I bought was the nomad and it has helped me out a l o t since then. Most of the time I use it to ROC mine. Very cool ship 10/10
I heard it runs out of hydrogen fuel quickly. Does that limit you when roc mining?
@@FreedomFox1 I rarely got to the point where I had to worry when it comes to hydrogen.
12:00 Yea I think you sold me on this ship. I've glanced at this ship before and just said "nah, not my style. Too clean." But I can't deny how useful this thing looks. I do ROC mining in my cutlass and I find it a bit cumbersome so this seems like a better option.
Nomad is my daily driver, box truck, ROC hauler, loot goblin, explorer. And S3 fixed 3 shields take on HRTs no cap.
That's 3 S1 shields, not S3.
hey olli! i finally joined start citizen because of you. i was finally able to play ok last night. i eventually left the planet i was on, flew to a station, got my first mission. 2 hours later got to the planet i needed to go to and as i got to the marker my computer / ship lagged and unceremoniously crashed to the surface. 😂😂😂
learning the keys is a ridiculous effort, but at least i can travel now.
now you need to make an updated video on how to make money fast starting with an aurora only! lol the missions don't pay much and i want to get rid of the aurora as soon as possible.
i'm dreaming to be able to afford all the ships you have 😅😅😅
thank you for your videos! love watching them
a few months late to the party, but the nomad is my favourite ship in my fleet. pair that with a ROC miner, and it works a charm. Thank you for this video, subscribed!
Have you thought about inspecting the ships, in the equipment screen first, to show the components each one have available? For example, the Nomad has 3 size 1 shields.
The Nomad is the El Camino of Star Citizen
The interior is far nicer than I thought it would be. I hope there's a medium sized ship like a Connie or Corsair made by the same company
The Nomad is definitely underrated. It's a great starter ship, probably the best one at the moment, a really solid starter multi-ship. I wish Consolidated Outland (they made the Nomad, Mustang's and the Pioneer) would create more ships.
This ship really is underrated. It's a great little bunker bus.
Indeed. It has quickly become one of my favorite ships for single player grinding. With A grade upgrades, it really is a mini-beast. So underrated.
But the Greycat should win this year's ship showdown... because KARTING!
Little bunker bus... Yes that is exactly the right way to call it, I strongly agree with this label :D
The Nomad us the best STARTER ship. I've heard people saying that "you can get a cutty black for a few dollars more", but a Cutty takes around 7 minutes to claim, versus the 40 seconds of a Nomad. Sometimes you need a ship ASAP and a starter ship is the way to go.
Pro tip: the Mule has an internal inventory that you can access from a small hatch on the left of the vehicle. You can store weapons there!
It's not a pickup truck...it's a space El Camino! I actually upgraded from a Mustang to the Nomad. I couldn't be more pleased. I use it to go ROC mining. Space mullet and 80's rock required for max enjoyment lol!
Nomad looks suspiciusly similiar to ASP Explorer from Elite Dangerous, even a HUD color is the same, as Olli43 pointed out. It has absolutely the same profile, same hind wings/stabilizers and an identical cockpit. Maybe it is like a crossover between games, wich is a funny and weird concept to think of.
did you discover the little seat that pops out by the sink so you can sit at the counter?
It does work with notmal ships too but nomad maybe safer?
Nomad deserves a spot in the top 16 for ship showdown. Underrated underdog.
3 size 1 shields, best cargo capacity for a true 1man starter ship, and the best representative atm from consolidated outland. Hope to see more CNOU ships soon
Any landing after which the plane/spaceship is reusable is a good one... :)
Nomad is my starter ship. It is pretty versatile for making money early on. It can land anywhere, you can do delivery missions thanks to internal storage space, it's not too bulky to land with it near bunkers for those missions, once some cargo hauling missions are added, you'll have some capacity for that, it can fit ROC in the back and it can do quite decently in lower-risk bounty missions, although this depends on pilot's skills a lot.
There's a bug where you cannot rearm fired missiles, though. It is annoying as hell.
Very cool ship, agree with that. Just need some bigger guns that can shoot a little longer than 2 seconds and the speed of the ship is okay even though I thought it would have been a little faster. Other than that the agility is good and really neat looking. Love it! thank you. 😤🙏
@12:00 Ive been a big fan of the Nomad a long time. I think ive spent 2 rebuy tokens getting a limited edition red one back becuase i melt and chsnge my mind. The Reliant Tana, while it cant transport a big vehicle is a good DD for the FPS combat type pofessions. I really really hope for a Consolidated Outland ship in the Connie/ Corsair/ Star Runner size range, multi-role, heavy on shields and guns, tricked out interior in the Nomad style.
00:01:55 that's a depth perception problem arising from limitations of 3D representations on a 2D screen. The ship is higher than it looks and, by extension, further back. The frame at that time shows the ship landing in what appears to be a hangar of about the right sized for the ship when the hangar in question is a few times larger than that. The eye locks in to the "just right" thing and that's how the altitude is underestimated and, with it, the actual distance from the Hangar centre point. I'm not sure how to fix the breakdown in communication between the screen and the eye but this is where I think that navigation lights would be a useful in-game tool.
Nomad is one of my favorites especially when using the ROC miner. Granted it can't fit the bigger one but if I'm just using the small one it is so much more nimble than using a Connie or MSR to fly around the Aberdeen or whatever planet/moon you choose. Only issue I've found is on higher gravity planets it likes to pull down so I usually stick to moons.
I've done lots of PVE bounties in the Nomad, upgraded it rocks them. It is great for loading up at JT or multi box missions without leaving your whole ship open to everyone. Flies nice. Good visibility from the cockpit. I need to melt my MSR or something and rebuy it now......
1:56 Ah yes, my signature landing move - glad to see its catching on! This happens to me so often in those top-down style hangars even after years of SC. For some reason I always undershoot it. I think it's the perspective really throws me off, looks like you're a lot closer than you actually are until you're almost touching the opening. I have the same issue in E:D lol
Nice save though, the number of times I've clipped the back end of my ship, or just straight up slammed down in front of the hangar nowhere near the actual door. If I end up upside-down inside the hangar like that, there's a good 80% chance that mine and my ship's demise is rapidly approaching 😅
I love this ship. I still have it and use it often. Loading and unloading a ROC or Mule doesn't take much time. The living area is also cozy will be very usefull in the future, but you missed a few things in the ship. There is a folding chair that you can sit on in the living area, under the counter. In the ceiling are other ship component hatches that you can open.
So basically to put another ship into another ship. Will be a function of your mobiglass or hangar. They currently have the tech to do it, but they need to calculate the metrics of all ships to fit into a cargo grid. They also have to create a way to tell the system which ships can carry other ships, so that you don't put ships into grids of ships without proper facilities. With so many ships already in the game, that may take some time to come to fruition. Chris Roberts himself helped to code the physics grids so vehicles can park on it. Microtech as frequent storms due to the terraforming accident.
I like how the Nomad looks, it's like a hybrid of a pickup truck, a flying saucer and a gaming laptop
A few years ago, I suggested CIG make a ship that just hovers over the surface, instead of actually landing. I got lambasted for my suggestion by the community. Now we have the Nomad, which hovers over the surface when in landing mode. To paraphrase Steve Jobs: people don't know what they want or like until you show it to them.
I just love my Nomad with the hover-quad. This vid now shows me that my Mule will work on it, so will test the ROC next! Cool video, Olli43!
Cool video thanks for that ^^
1) the Nomad is inspired by a ship from elite dangerous crossed with the Tesla pick up truck (it even has the cracked side window in a Star Citizen commercial as an Hommage to Elon musk crashing the side window of the Tesla truck in the official announcement event).
2) the guy in the hangar was holding a multi tool ;)
The NPCs sometimes repair stuff inside the hangars. He was just misplaced and was searching the panel he’s supposed to repair.
My Starter Package is the Nomad. It got introduced during the IAE 2950 and I got it directly with LTI.
I love this ship.
However, the Avenger can carry a vehicle. It has room for the Greycat PTV, as well as for the CNOU Hoverquad. It might even be able to carry the DRAKE Dragonfly, though I'd need someone who has the Avenger to actually confirm if this is true.
The Nomad has a shield generator more than the Avenger though, as well as a bigger fuel tank. It's not quite as manouverable, but you could still mount 3 S3 weapons instead of the gimballed versions and be able to engage most enemies quite easily. I do believe that it should have bigger capacitors than it currently has though. I've done BH missions up to MRTs with it without any issue, particularly since the 3 shield generators make it quite defensible. Basically, you won't do as well applying your shots to the enemy, but you'll likely be able to survive most encounters.
And it has a lot of more room of course. It can carry up to a Greycat ROC or a Tumbril Cyclone. And if you carry a Cyclone, you can also use it as a mini-dropship dropping 3 people teams including the vehicle into a landing zone, and due to the 3 shields, you'll likely even survive this drop action.
Nomads are fun, upgrade the shields and it gets really tanky, and really a solo craft. I was a early adopter, when I put the ROC in the back it would get go into an exorcist style fit till it exploded. Things are better now.
first thing to do when getting nomad is change to fixed guns and lookat powerplant/shields (dont forget the gun storage on each side of the door too, alot of ppl miss them)
I think now you get why it's called the space truck... lol. The front 'window' feels more like a 18 wheeler truck seat, and the back is like a truck, you can only put stuff in and can't access it.
You should try out the Constellation Taurus, it has a small cargo area in the back you can hide 'illegal' goods and they can't be scanned. I own one and didn't know that under after, I just wanted the constellation.... It can also fit way more stuff. Very underrated.
In lore, it is because of a tractor beam that nothing fly away from the cargo bay, and it will be officially added to the ship in the update 3.18, which will make that tractor beam available to quickly put cargo down.
Anyone else also feeling the Starcom vibe? 6 wheeled vehicle, transported by a starship. Brings back memories (yes, I'm old :-p)
I've daily driving that combo since the Mule came out, it's criminally underrated!
What do you use the mule for?
@@FreedomFox1 Box missions, getting to bunkers without being shredded by turrets, joyriding over sand dunes. Standard stuff.
Just remember to always turn the engine off with "i" when parking vehicles on the ramp of the nomad. Or the vehicle will roll when moving the ramp up or down.
I use the Nomad as my daily driver and my ROC mining vehicle. I started using it in 3.17.1 before the wipe just to try it out and I prefer it over the cutty black when playing by myself (which is 95% of my time in SC)
The Nomad was specifically designed for ROC mining. It will not fit the ROC-DS but the regular ROC fits fine. You can also switch out the 3 badgers on gimbals for 3 Panthers without gimbals. Not an exceptional fighter craft but it can definitely hold it's own with a decent pilot.
The HUD layout is nearly identical to Elite and the ship is nearly identical to the ASP. This ship is the Elite Dangerous experience and I love it, the HUD here is so much better than most of the other ships in the game.
the nomad's my daily flyer, and im so glad that you've found out about it! Love you and your content keep it up
Do you have any problem with it suddenly nose diving during cruise in atmo? I have dual sticks and it should just stay on the attitude I give it, but after a minute or two it just heads for the dirt.
@@trackerkan i onley have that with some changed components. stock form it fly's great. different guns and or qd drive and i have the same problem like you
@@Dragon69FlyTeam I did upgrade the QT drive.
This is true. The Nomad was my starter ship and it took me very long to upgrade to another ship because I could do almost everything with it
I think the nomad looks really nice but i dont like the bright orange lights insider the ship. I have the Hull A now and i love the ship. You can just adjust the light insider the cockpit and it has no lights inside. So nice
Nomad has a real niche as cheap all-around ship which can carry a mule. It's a great looking and feeling ship you can walk around in and has a bed.
Fun fact: the Nomad is Star Citizen's interpretation of the Asp from Elite Dangerous, hence the colour scheme. Was a thing that Chris did in recognition to David Braben's contribution to the space game genre, as they are quite friendly with each other.
The Nomad has 3 shield generators. I use 2 FR-66's and a Palisade, as the FR's are the go-to military grade shield and the Palisade has significantly better ballistic damage negation.
In future patches when we are able to properly position our shields and re-route power to different shield generators, I plan to utilize the Palisade a bit more. Currently, I believe it just averages your stats across the whole ship's shields.
I just want to protect my cargo in the back, whether it's a vehicle or otherwise
Yes I think the Nomad could be a good starter ship , nice to see you giving the little ships some love LOL
The nomad is my fav everyday flyer it’s just the perfect solo dolo ship to fly around the verse
Nomad is my daily, I have quite a few other ships and just end up using the Nomad 80% of the time. Its just such a convenient ship, its not brilliant by any means but it just works. Sucks up Hydrogen like its going out of fashion though...Holds its own in combat too. Its has great shields especially if upgraded to the s7a concord. Not exactly nimble but its not terrible either.
Nomad was my starter pack! Love that ship. I had to upgrade when I got into mining though since it only holds 24SCU and the prospector goes up to 32SCU. Great for ROC mining though! Cheapest ship that can go ROC mining. One of the best all around ships to start with if you are interested in mining and cargo imo
Nomad was my starter and I loved it
Had no interest in the Nomad. Thought it looked dumb in the pictures. Just watched your video, looked up what it cost in-game. Now I'm going to buy one. 😃
10:33 actually the Avenger can perfectly fit a Greycat space golf cart perfectly, if you park it far to the right wall you can even walk around it no problem
i want to see a montage of all your hanger landing as i expect them all to be like this esp the cat, you are not alone and love that you show your epic landings
Finally my Nomad :D It's best ship for ROC mining - seriously. Some player now will be mad and put their own "best", but please first go for week test run, master Nomad ROC mining, and then we can argue. Pro is small size, better atmo handling (for me - personal) and best scanning ground capabilities: Cutty haven't ground view, Frellancer too, and other ships are too big for aberdeen "forrest". One thing: upgrade power plant and cooler when U want mining on aberdeen ;) Nomad very like overheating.
Nomad been my daily driver for long time now. Best thing is the 40 sec claim time and 3 shields.
I have the Nomad starter pack, it was my first experience with the game and it's still my favorite ship
C.O.Nomad is a good ROC carrier, (only just) which kinda gives it a bit of 'extra' functionality. But essentially, the Nomad is a little trader/haulier, and not much else. And while it ain't my Starter Pledge (that was the Aurora MR) the C.O.Nomad was gifted to me, and is a ship I use more than most.
Am I the only one who saw the dead guy's legs on the left behind wall at 20:40 and his top half a few seconds later you look around, do i deserve a prize for solving the lost ship mystery? 🤣
And oh yes the ship is definitely underrated it's the terrible image of it on its store page, it looks like a hockey puck 🤦
I have it as my everyday. It spawns in 40seconds. Has three shield gens. I use it for bunkers, roc mining, dropping teammates off at spk or comms array.. extremely useful. Not so good for jumptown given the fact ppl can just take the packages out the back. But you can put them in the cab so...
I always preferred parking outside the Pavilion at New Babbage and using the ground vehicle pad there, and really enjoyed riding my Hoverbike for the commute between the Pavillion and the Spaceport
I got a loaner Nomad with my Kore. Love the Kore, not a huge fan of Nomad. Don't land the Nomad in wind. I chased it for 2km till it fell over a bluff and out of the wind. Hover gear and wind don't mix. I could see it being useful for starter mining or for transport between close locations where speed counts, because of easy access to cargo. Might make a great cargo ferry for a larger vessel.
The Nomad was the first ship I bought in game. I fell in love with it when I first saw a video of it on TH-cam. I ROC mined with that thing until I made enough to buy my Prospector. Nowadays I prefer the Freelancers though.
The interior walls are very plasticy. Having metal walls would fit the theme of the ship better. Also, there are two gun racks by the door. They're very easy to miss when empty.
9 months later. I got the Nomad in the free fly with 18.2
Loved it. Grew on me like a bad rash. Flash forward to Invictus. $55 for a Fury with a LTI token. Upgrade to a Nomad with LTI.
Now it's my daily and I'll have it after every wipe. #SpaceUteLife
I don't think that it being called a "pickup truck" is doing it a disservice.
It's that handy jack of all trades vehicle you can just throw things in the back. Very handy.
You can even access ship inventory while standing in the cargo bed.
How do you stop your ship from being taken away by the storm? Happened to me twice during a mission and it's so frustrating! My engines was off and my landing gear was down.
I have a Nomad as a loaner ship in a hanger of 27 ships. I hardly ever use it except as a taxi ship. I much prefer my Cutlass Black or Freelancer DUR as slightly bigger much more capable ships. Most important thing for my cargo needs is a fully enclosed, pressurized cargo compartment. Somehow, an open cargo bed with no way of tying down big cargo = lost cargo.
I've got a loaner nomad for having a reliant tana (because of the spinning hull stopping you getting out of bed area) and I love the nomad. Only thing I wonder is if the cargo on nomad can be stolen as its outside the hull? Never had it done and always forget to check when using it.
2:05 - That will, in fact, buff right out :D
I have the Nomad as my Starter Ship, It is a great ship, all rounder, once upgraded, great distance and speed and can carry 24 cargo so I can make about 150k per hour in cargo runs
Nomad is a good little ship. The open cargo grid and design are unique.
The first ship that you were using looked like a damn SR-71 Blackbird!
The mule stays in place because gravity can be made in star citizen. That's why you aren't floating in the space stations. If you can create gravity, you can also control inertia. Thus, the Mule stays put.
There's also enough room for a ROC. I just hate backing up into it...
When I first flew it, I was thinking, oh, it's like the Ford F-350 in space...
I owned this ship for about three months and loved it...except for the internal doors. The lag of the doors opening drove me nuts; plust the fact that there are two doors; one for the cockpit and one for the exit from the hab area. For some reason on this particular ship, the doors don't trigger well.
I hope in the future the Nomad (and any other small to medium ship implemented with hover landing gear) can be utilized as a ground hovering vehicle as well.
The nomad is my daily driver... I love this ship.
oooh i've been using the nomad lately and all i can say is it's peak starter ship and also cool AF
Nomad was my starter ship, It's a solid ship for daily driving. It's cheap to operate, has 3x s3 hardpoints, 3x small shield gens, you can put a ROC, Cyclone, or Mule in the back... Dragonfly fits and stays... but awkwardly... you can pick-up unknown players and just tell them to go prone in the cargo bed so you don't have to worry about getting shot in the head by dickwads... you can access the ship inventory from the external bed... The utility that the Nomad offfers at it's size is second to none IMHO. It lands like crap.. usually smacks the panther on the ground but other than that... i have no complaints. It is a permanent part of my fleet... OH.. 40 second claim time too
The nomad is one of my favorite ships, easily a great choice for early game to make money, roc mining especially, and at 950k it's so cheap.
Magnetic cargo holds ... very strong.
Hint, do not fall asleep in it .. you wake up in space at the center of the system .. with no QD or even thruster at the very least