The RSI Apollo Triage is a visually impressive medical ship in Star Citizen 4.3 with strong offensive capabilities and a spacious, well-designed interior, but it currently suffers from limited operational effectiveness due to incomplete medical features, fragile shields, and restricted cargo access. While promising for future group medical gameplay, its high price and current limitations suggest players should wait for further updates before investing.
The RSI Apollo Triage is currently the flagship medical ship in Star Citizen, offering extensive onboard medical facilities and promising a lot for future group gameplay as medical and engineering features evolve. The video review by Farister is structured into five parts: a ship tour, combat performance assessment, handling and visibility review, operating costs and profitability analysis, and a final summary. The review is based on the ship’s performance in Star Citizen Alpha 4.3 and begins with an external tour highlighting the ship’s design, access points, and medical bay layout, emphasizing its spacious interior and medical functionality.
The Apollo Triage is equipped with two size four front weapons, a remote turret with two size three weapons, and size two missile launchers, making it surprisingly offensive for a medical ship. However, its defensive capabilities are limited by relatively small size two shield generators, resulting in fragile shields that deplete quickly. The ship’s visibility is good for its size, especially for landing, but it handles as a heavy vessel with sluggish turning and moderate speeds, including a stock quantum drive that is somewhat slow for emergency response roles. Upgrading the quantum drive is recommended to improve travel times.
In terms of operational use and profitability, the Apollo Triage faces challenges. Its cargo capacity is limited to 32 SCU with narrow access that restricts the size of crates and vehicles it can carry, limiting hauling opportunities. While it can undertake medium-threat combat contracts and respond to medical beacons, the payouts are low and restocking medical supplies is expensive. Additionally, medical beacon responses are risky due to potential ambushes. The ship fares better as a bunker runner, offering respawn backup and healing with internal storage for loot, though improvements like vehicle access and stronger shields would enhance this role.
The ship’s interior design is praised for its clean, spacious layout and aesthetic appeal, featuring tiered medical bays with up to three beds, crew quarters, and engineering terminals. The tier one medical bed option is unique and valuable for groups engaged in FPS combat away from standard hospital beds. However, many anticipated features like drone functionality are not yet implemented in the current patch, limiting the ship’s medical gameplay potential. The rear ramp’s narrowness also prevents vehicle loading despite available space, which is seen as a missed opportunity.
Overall, the Apollo Triage is a visually striking and well-equipped medical ship that currently underdelivers on its full potential due to incomplete gameplay features and operational limitations. Priced between $250 to $280 USD, it is considered expensive relative to what it offers in its current state. The reviewer suggests waiting for future updates that expand medical gameplay and ship capabilities before investing. The ship may become a valuable fleet addition as features mature, but for now, it is mainly suited for players deeply interested in medical gameplay and group support roles.