I've lurked Star Citizen development for many many years, but never pledged. After seeing some recent tech demos, I got really excited about playing. The other day I saw this ship featured on a youtube video, and after watching for a little bit, I paused the video went to the website and bought this ship's package. Everything about the Gatac Syulen spoke to me, and I'm happy to have it as my starter ship. Lol, I don't even have a PC to play, but my body is ready.
Welcome to the Verse! I’ve been here 10 years and I’ve never been more excited. It finally had something for you and I believe it will have something for everyone eventually.
@@saosaoldian6742 thx! this moment must feel amazing for you, after enjoying SC for so long. I love space games. Many of the ideas and concepts that are now being fleshed out, I've dreamt about putting into a space game long before SC was a public concept, so it's been quite awesome to nerd out and appreciate from an outside perspective a company that's actually doing the dream. We'll, technically, I'm not outside anymore 😎 Gotta save up for a nice pc now..
Honestly love that the Syulen sits like the first attempts at VTOL craft humans made, where we tried to have jets land vertically to allow for more to fit on aircraft carriers before scrapping the entire idea.
On my way to NB spaceport to fly the Syulen for the first time, the train went off the tracks and when it snapped back I got left behind on the tracks. Luckily I saw the next train coming at me at full speed so I casually jumped back in clipping through the windshield, just another day in the ’verse 😂
I melted my starter Cutter and bought the gatac syulen package with the intention of upgrading and continuing with LTI, but after a few flights I'm not able to part with this ship hahaha
Love this thing so far, it's so much fun to fly, and has an incredibly comforting interior. The atmosphere itself projects nature, with an otherworldly twist. And it can use the VK-00 without running out of Quantum Fuel quickly. Excellent content! Keep up the good work, & stay amazing! 🖤
Right! I saw some concerns that its not an easy ship to fly so will turn people off, glad to see that I'm not alone in finding it a steep but short learning curve! The atmosphere of the interiors nails it in every sense of the word. It feels special to live in for sure. I'm so glad you enjoyed the video and your comment means a ton!
@@Space-Tech Absofuckinglutely! The only real issue I had was taking off, or landing. & That was only the first 2 or 3, after adapting to the button swap, it was easy breezy. I'm happy with it being an addition to my Hangar. Glad I saved for IAE at the beginning of the year haha. Snagged this, & the C1 Next purchase is the big, & final. It'll either be the 400i, Corsair, or 600i Touring. And of course dude! You have earned the kudos. I'ma big fan of chill content, none of the flashy unnecessary nonsense. Just watching a Homie enjoy a game I also enjoy, while soaking up the new content. Side note, if you ever want some Homies to jam with, I've got a spot, it's not an Org, that sort of stuff isn't really my jazz. It's a Community, with dozens of Organizations within it, that we allow to recruit. That being said, you can most certainly promote your channel, or channels there. But those who share my sentiment, reside in the community channel. If that sounds like a pleasant experience for you, toss me a DM on Discord sometime! My name on there is Mister_Grim If not, no bad feelings, whatever's clever 🖤
In first person, when you land look up. Watch your horizontal guide lines with the degrees of pitch in the front of your cockpit. As you adjust from facing the front, to pitching up when landing vertically, when the guidelines rotate once you are now vertical. Now you can backwards thrust and land. Works every time. Also, Size 3 Ballistic cannons, with limiters off and decoupled will make it a challenge for people trying to take you down.
I'm not sure if it's the best starter, but it's def my favorite, the interior and exterior is so awesome, plus its fun to fly, the cockpit is amazing, and it's a pretty ok fighter, my buddy and I did an ert in a pair of them, and they did surprisingly well, this will be my new daily driver, I got one with store credit just to check it out, and I like it so much I decided to keep it
For anyone looking to better park the Syulen, go into options>keybinds>advanced>vehicles -seats and operator>look behind. It's good to have in many situations but in the case of the Syulen, it's literally a backup camera..
Something to add with the astonishing acceleration of this ship, is you WILL blackout when accelerating with afterburners when flying horizontally, especially in gravity wells and or atomospheres.
Also worthy of mention, and what pushed me over the edge, is the excellent internal elevator of the Syulen. It can skip the living quarters and go straight from top floor to exit, making it reasonably fast to get in and out.
I got one, and I already have lots of ships, but it's inexpensive, exotic, and offers a unique experience, so it was an insta-buy. What a great start to IAE! 🚀😝
love the ship, the cargo grid system is a bit of a let down as it only will hold a 1 scu box and nothing smaller, but maybe someday CIG will give us a gatac hover bike that folds up and fits into one of the cargo racks XD
One of the problems the Syulen has is that planetside hangars (the horizontal ones) aren't made for the Syulen while its landing gear is retracted. Space Station hangars are slightly more forgiving.
The Syulen does rely strongly on its cool factor. Imo you do get a good bit more utility out of the Nomad, with a greater price of course. This does trade blows with the Titan though imo. Thank you for the comment :)
i traded my medical pisces for this since i also have a corsair and honestly having a ton of fun with it the landing does take some getting used to though and i imagine given more time ill be able to comfortably land it without needing to go into third person all the time
The key to landing it for me was to go to the landing spot, then use the pitch indicator to look directly at 90, then go backwards to land. I'm glad you e enjoying it! It's such a cool ship
Tested and confirmed, landing configuration does affect performance boss. Not by massive margins and it's most noticable in the transition, with gear out you seem to get less forward and retro thruster resolution in exchange for a bit more lateral resolution.
I am VERY happy I just won one, I received 3rd place for the Alien Week Recipe Contest, I was hoping for 3rd just because of this ship, (the other prizes were Alien Fighters which I definitely are NOT into). The Contest results are on my YT!
I think the other starters are more practical (C8X, Cutter, Avenger, etc.) and probably "better" in that sense; however, this has a real uniqueness and cool-factor that cannot be ignored! That counts for something, it gives the ship longevity to keep it in the hangar long-term. I'm not an alien ship kind of guy, but I really like this and I'll probably buy one in-game in the future. I had a lot of fun with the rental.
Ngl, this thing is way easier than it seems to slide into tight and uneneven landing positions. At first glance I thought the same thing in relation to landing next to wrecks, I was real surprised with the types of places I was able to put this down at.
is the description correct on the video? "We break down the brand new Crusader Industries Spirit A1, to see how it stands as a competitor to the A2, solo bomber, and daily driver."
I got one as well and I think this will be my new daily driver whenever I want to fly a small ship. Love the design and the unique vertical layout of the interior. It's almost like a small alien house when landed. I think the size is not that much of a problem for bunker missions. If you want to bring a ground vehicle, you will either fly a Nomad or a medium ship. But if you want to use the terrain as cover, a few metres in height don't make that much of a difference imo. Another interesting fact is that the VK-00 is the faster drive for jumps over 38 Mkm. If you mostly jump lower distances than that, then the Spectre is actually faster, because it accelerates faster. Overall, I really liked your presentation and the calm way of talking about the ship, great video!
9:39 I can't help but think they've allocated all resources into designing ships, and then .. well.. look at that landscape. it falls behind soooo bad Ships: 10/10 Natural enviroments: 4/10
"This is CiG at the very best" .... HAHAAAA Yeah rright! They have to do a lot better, especially it would be great if they'd start to use sense when designing ships as there are so many issues with ships that are due to design flaws.
Really not sold on this ship. The SCM speed is just low-average, underperforming heavy fighters. The fact that in the Q&A they admitted it fits in no existing ship's landing bay was also pretty disappointing. Also not sure you want to be a hulking monolith with 2 small shields strapped to you. These things are gonna get instantly wrecked in any sort of PvP.
Definitely get your perspective, I suppose i treat starter ships very differently than most. I look at this as a new players road to fall in love with the experience of the sandbox, which I think the Syulen does in spades. You're totally right thay this would get destroyed in any PvP, but I suppose a lot of the starters would as well
Heavy disagree that it is the "Best" premium starter. Nomad has much better systems for a premium starter. The Syulen only has better scm speed by 20 m/s, more missiles, and sluggish light-fighter manuverability. What does it give up for this slightly better fighting stance? The Nomad has 1 more shield gen and cooler than the syulen, has fuel intakes (which will be important in larger systems like Pyro), and has 24 SCU + a tractor beam. IMO, this ship is cool to look at, but once the luster wears off it'll just be a taxi
Totally fair. I'm usually right there with you about these kind of tradeoffs, but I do think the feel of a starter ship specifically makes a huge difference to a new players experience. Not that they can't get anything from a Nomad, but this ship does speak to me especially :) maybe it's just because I started with a 100i haha
@@RobinHartJones no it doesn't, that entry on the technical overview is left blank, if you look at other ships, if they have scoops, it lists the size and type.
This ship is terrible. If you park it on a slight angle you can't use the stairs or get in the opening. Its as big as a house, so ass for dog fighting. It is ugly as crap. Has no utility. Is super cramped and does nothing special that other ships around the same price don't do better. On top of all that it takes 10 times longer to land so if you are ever in a hard fight like at jump town or in pyro you are 100% dead meat before you even get landed.
its not a fighter ship, I agree. But is fun for exploration, some deliveroo and combat initiation as you have to pay attention to manouverability, and not trusting too much on shields and fire power..:). Furthermore, i don't think its really a "starter", its more of a "whim" for players already in the game. :)
I've lurked Star Citizen development for many many years, but never pledged. After seeing some recent tech demos, I got really excited about playing. The other day I saw this ship featured on a youtube video, and after watching for a little bit, I paused the video went to the website and bought this ship's package. Everything about the Gatac Syulen spoke to me, and I'm happy to have it as my starter ship. Lol, I don't even have a PC to play, but my body is ready.
Can't wait to see you in the verse!
Welcome to the Verse! I’ve been here 10 years and I’ve never been more excited. It finally had something for you and I believe it will have something for everyone eventually.
@@Space-Tech thank you!
@@saosaoldian6742 thx! this moment must feel amazing for you, after enjoying SC for so long. I love space games. Many of the ideas and concepts that are now being fleshed out, I've dreamt about putting into a space game long before SC was a public concept, so it's been quite awesome to nerd out and appreciate from an outside perspective a company that's actually doing the dream. We'll, technically, I'm not outside anymore 😎 Gotta save up for a nice pc now..
I finally got a PC from a friend, just need the ethernet and BOOM ill be ready
Honestly love that the Syulen sits like the first attempts at VTOL craft humans made, where we tried to have jets land vertically to allow for more to fit on aircraft carriers before scrapping the entire idea.
I rented this yesterday, i couldn't try it cuz the elevator to the hangar kept throwing me out of the map. 10/10 IAE experience.
Damn. They applied a hotfix today so hopefully that fixes that issue!
On my way to NB spaceport to fly the Syulen for the first time, the train went off the tracks and when it snapped back I got left behind on the tracks. Luckily I saw the next train coming at me at full speed so I casually jumped back in clipping through the windshield, just another day in the ’verse 😂
Haven't had that despite multiple elevator rides, for a free fly then servers are actually doing well
"Human skill issue" -Xi'an
Another great video from fantastic channel, gj!
Your support means a lot, thank you!
I like the Syulen because of the style, i hope the Railen comes out soon. I really want more alien ships that arent just combat oriented.
I melted my starter Cutter and bought the gatac syulen package with the intention of upgrading and continuing with LTI, but after a few flights I'm not able to part with this ship hahaha
There really isn't another ship in the verse that feels like this one!
I rented it. Loved it so much I got it for myself as an early Christmas present
Glad you're enjoying it! Fly safe :D
Love this thing so far, it's so much fun to fly, and has an incredibly comforting interior.
The atmosphere itself projects nature, with an otherworldly twist.
And it can use the VK-00 without running out of Quantum Fuel quickly.
Excellent content! Keep up the good work, & stay amazing! 🖤
Right! I saw some concerns that its not an easy ship to fly so will turn people off, glad to see that I'm not alone in finding it a steep but short learning curve!
The atmosphere of the interiors nails it in every sense of the word. It feels special to live in for sure.
I'm so glad you enjoyed the video and your comment means a ton!
@@Space-Tech Absofuckinglutely! The only real issue I had was taking off, or landing.
& That was only the first 2 or 3, after adapting to the button swap, it was easy breezy.
I'm happy with it being an addition to my Hangar.
Glad I saved for IAE at the beginning of the year haha.
Snagged this, & the C1
Next purchase is the big, & final.
It'll either be the 400i, Corsair, or 600i Touring.
And of course dude! You have earned the kudos.
I'ma big fan of chill content, none of the flashy unnecessary nonsense.
Just watching a Homie enjoy a game I also enjoy, while soaking up the new content.
Side note, if you ever want some Homies to jam with, I've got a spot, it's not an Org, that sort of stuff isn't really my jazz. It's a Community, with dozens of Organizations within it, that we allow to recruit.
That being said, you can most certainly promote your channel, or channels there.
But those who share my sentiment, reside in the community channel.
If that sounds like a pleasant experience for you, toss me a DM on Discord sometime! My name on there is Mister_Grim
If not, no bad feelings, whatever's clever 🖤
amazing video, keep it up !! Very pleasant voice to listen to :)
(small mistake I found, you said the SCM speed is 175, but its actually 200)
Bah you're right! Thank you so much for the kind words and the quick catch!
In first person, when you land look up. Watch your horizontal guide lines with the degrees of pitch in the front of your cockpit. As you adjust from facing the front, to pitching up when landing vertically, when the guidelines rotate once you are now vertical. Now you can backwards thrust and land. Works every time. Also, Size 3 Ballistic cannons, with limiters off and decoupled will make it a challenge for people trying to take you down.
I'm not sure if it's the best starter, but it's def my favorite, the interior and exterior is so awesome, plus its fun to fly, the cockpit is amazing, and it's a pretty ok fighter, my buddy and I did an ert in a pair of them, and they did surprisingly well, this will be my new daily driver, I got one with store credit just to check it out, and I like it so much I decided to keep it
For anyone looking to better park the Syulen, go into options>keybinds>advanced>vehicles -seats and operator>look behind.
It's good to have in many situations but in the case of the Syulen, it's literally a backup camera..
It really is a testament to CIGs expanded ship design team. Makes me excited for the future. These guys are amazing artists!
100% that interior really is something special
@@Space-Tech for sure. Also tho, you know that QT fuel amt is going to get nerfed. Remember the Cutter? 😆
Shhhh if we don't say anything we'll get to keep it!
@@Space-Tech if only lol 😝
Something to add with the astonishing acceleration of this ship, is you WILL blackout when accelerating with afterburners when flying horizontally, especially in gravity wells and or atomospheres.
yes acceleration is brutal...even with decelarions you begin to blackout...XD
Also worthy of mention, and what pushed me over the edge, is the excellent internal elevator of the Syulen. It can skip the living quarters and go straight from top floor to exit, making it reasonably fast to get in and out.
And the elevator is actually fast, don't have to wait forever to go between floors!
I got one, and I already have lots of ships, but it's inexpensive, exotic, and offers a unique experience, so it was an insta-buy. What a great start to IAE! 🚀😝
Hell yeah! Hope you're enjoying it!
love the ship, the cargo grid system is a bit of a let down as it only will hold a 1 scu box and nothing smaller, but maybe someday CIG will give us a gatac hover bike that folds up and fits into one of the cargo racks XD
Never say never! Glad you're enjoying the ship :)
One of the problems the Syulen has is that planetside hangars (the horizontal ones) aren't made for the Syulen while its landing gear is retracted. Space Station hangars are slightly more forgiving.
Looks like a great cargo hauler/ bandit hunter
Especially once we have super high value cargo
Nice well balanced review. Am still considering the utility of the Syulen apart from the ultra cool factor. 🤔
The Syulen does rely strongly on its cool factor. Imo you do get a good bit more utility out of the Nomad, with a greater price of course. This does trade blows with the Titan though imo. Thank you for the comment :)
scape psycos when you are simply doing deliveroo's peacefully, for instance...XD
The weapon rack makes me think of Covenant from Halo. So it's a Halo Slave 1 ship now.
Close to my nature would be wood paneling everywhere. haha
Especially if you have the purple paint, it's literally a covenant ship!
Keep making videos. Nice balanced content!
Appreciate it man!
Congrats on a very informative and balanced review.
One correction. The scm speed is 200. The stats state this and I saw it myself on Microtech.
My sincerest apologies for that miss, I noticed it a short while after this went live. Thank you for the support though, I really do appreciate it!
i traded my medical pisces for this since i also have a corsair and honestly having a ton of fun with it the landing does take some getting used to though and i imagine given more time ill be able to comfortably land it without needing to go into third person all the time
The key to landing it for me was to go to the landing spot, then use the pitch indicator to look directly at 90, then go backwards to land. I'm glad you e enjoying it! It's such a cool ship
Excellent review! Curious to know if there's any difference in performance between the arms deployed or left in their landing configuration?
Thank you! You'd likely change the maneuverability since the position of the thrusters would be different, I'll put it on the list to test
Tested and confirmed, landing configuration does affect performance boss. Not by massive margins and it's most noticable in the transition, with gear out you seem to get less forward and retro thruster resolution in exchange for a bit more lateral resolution.
I appreciate you!
Thanks! I also noticed that weapons become unavailable in landing mode, so there's likely no reason to use it other than when landing. :)@@papascronch
I am VERY happy I just won one, I received 3rd place for the Alien Week Recipe Contest, I was hoping for 3rd just because of this ship,
(the other prizes were Alien Fighters which I definitely are NOT into). The Contest results are on my YT!
Congratulations! I'll definitely check it out!
Syulen is great, but the Nomad will forever have my heart (until we get a premium RSI starter)
I think the other starters are more practical (C8X, Cutter, Avenger, etc.) and probably "better" in that sense; however, this has a real uniqueness and cool-factor that cannot be ignored! That counts for something, it gives the ship longevity to keep it in the hangar long-term. I'm not an alien ship kind of guy, but I really like this and I'll probably buy one in-game in the future. I had a lot of fun with the rental.
Ngl, this thing is way easier than it seems to slide into tight and uneneven landing positions. At first glance I thought the same thing in relation to landing next to wrecks, I was real surprised with the types of places I was able to put this down at.
Right! The learning curve is steep but short. You can learn to fly this thing after a quick half hour for sure :)
is the description correct on the video? "We break down the brand new Crusader Industries Spirit A1, to see how it stands as a competitor to the A2, solo bomber, and daily driver."
Oops, not sure how that got there 😅 fixing now! Thanks for the catch
when is the Zues Mk 2 coming out?
Within the next 12 months :) who knows might even see one of them at Invictus!
syulen vs avenger titan?
I'll make a full breakdown but Syulen for style, titan for stats ( combat and cargo)
@@Space-Tech thx!
Can't wait for the breakdown
Anytime :)
I expected a ship that size to have at least 1 medium shield.
I got one as well and I think this will be my new daily driver whenever I want to fly a small ship.
Love the design and the unique vertical layout of the interior.
It's almost like a small alien house when landed.
I think the size is not that much of a problem for bunker missions. If you want to bring a ground vehicle, you will either fly a Nomad or a medium ship. But if you want to use the terrain as cover, a few metres in height don't make that much of a difference imo.
Another interesting fact is that the VK-00 is the faster drive for jumps over 38 Mkm. If you mostly jump lower distances than that, then the Spectre is actually faster, because it accelerates faster.
Overall, I really liked your presentation and the calm way of talking about the ship, great video!
I would take Cutter and Avenger any day over Syulen, but we do need npc ships too.
9:39 I can't help but think they've allocated all resources into designing ships, and then .. well.. look at that landscape. it falls behind soooo bad
Ships: 10/10
Natural enviroments: 4/10
"This is CiG at the very best" .... HAHAAAA Yeah rright! They have to do a lot better, especially it would be great if they'd start to use sense when designing ships as there are so many issues with ships that are due to design flaws.
In a month i'll have a new stronger Pc, then i can finaly play the game.
Welcome to the verse in advance! If you ever need help getting started let me know :)
Ship interior makes my head hurt
Really not sold on this ship. The SCM speed is just low-average, underperforming heavy fighters. The fact that in the Q&A they admitted it fits in no existing ship's landing bay was also pretty disappointing.
Also not sure you want to be a hulking monolith with 2 small shields strapped to you. These things are gonna get instantly wrecked in any sort of PvP.
Definitely get your perspective, I suppose i treat starter ships very differently than most. I look at this as a new players road to fall in love with the experience of the sandbox, which I think the Syulen does in spades. You're totally right thay this would get destroyed in any PvP, but I suppose a lot of the starters would as well
Heavy disagree that it is the "Best" premium starter. Nomad has much better systems for a premium starter.
The Syulen only has better scm speed by 20 m/s, more missiles, and sluggish light-fighter manuverability. What does it give up for this slightly better fighting stance?
The Nomad has 1 more shield gen and cooler than the syulen, has fuel intakes (which will be important in larger systems like Pyro), and has 24 SCU + a tractor beam.
IMO, this ship is cool to look at, but once the luster wears off it'll just be a taxi
Totally fair. I'm usually right there with you about these kind of tradeoffs, but I do think the feel of a starter ship specifically makes a huge difference to a new players experience. Not that they can't get anything from a Nomad, but this ship does speak to me especially :) maybe it's just because I started with a 100i haha
According to the official stats, the Syulen has fuel scoops.
@@RobinHartJones no it doesn't, that entry on the technical overview is left blank, if you look at other ships, if they have scoops, it lists the size and type.
This ship is terrible. If you park it on a slight angle you can't use the stairs or get in the opening. Its as big as a house, so ass for dog fighting. It is ugly as crap. Has no utility. Is super cramped and does nothing special that other ships around the same price don't do better. On top of all that it takes 10 times longer to land so if you are ever in a hard fight like at jump town or in pyro you are 100% dead meat before you even get landed.
its not a fighter ship, I agree. But is fun for exploration, some deliveroo and combat initiation as you have to pay attention to manouverability, and not trusting too much on shields and fire power..:). Furthermore, i don't think its really a "starter", its more of a "whim" for players already in the game. :)
Nice ship. Terrible STARTER ship.