Reliant Variants Explained: Kore, Tana, Sen and Mako

A Reliant looks wonderfully out of place beside a row of conventional starters. Its broad wing rotates into a vertical flight configuration, leaving that distinctive cockpit hanging beneath it. MISC could have built another small box with engines; instead, it gave two pilots a ship with a little Xi’an character and four very different reasons to leave the hangar.

The Kore carries freight, the Tana carries the fight, the Sen pursues science and the Mako follows a story. Choosing between them means more than comparing a paint scheme. Their specialist equipment takes up space and changes what you are buying the ship to do. For everyday cargo or combat, the Kore and Tana are the straightforward starting points. The Sen and Mako need a more deliberate interest in their specialist roles.

Kore: a small freighter with room for company

The Kore has a 6 SCU cargo grid and a listed crew of two. That makes it a modest local hauler, suited to smaller loads rather than the large contracts that justify a Hull or Freelancer. Its appeal is the combination: you get a compact working ship, a second seat and a striking cockpit view without moving into a larger freighter.

Six SCU is still six SCU. A partner cannot make an oversized contract fit, and a broad external silhouette should not be mistaken for a cavernous hold. If most of your evenings involve picking up freight and visiting a handful of destinations, that limitation is easy to understand before you commit to the ship.

The current equipment list includes a tractor beam alongside the Kore’s guns. It reinforces the ship’s practical identity: this is the Reliant for someone who would rather bring a useful load home than dedicate the rear compartment to specialist machinery. Browse our Reliant Kore offers if that is the sort of work you have in mind.

Tana: the frontier fighter

The Tana takes the same unusual airframe in a more aggressive direction. Its listed gun fit combines two Size 2 weapons with two Size 3 weapons, supported by dedicated missile launchers. Cargo falls to 1 SCU. That small allowance is handy, but it does not turn the Tana into a Kore with a few extra guns bolted on.

There is a pleasing bit of frontier logic to this ship. A settlement needs something that can answer trouble without the staffing and infrastructure of a major military base. The Tana’s rugged fighter identity fits that setting, while its two-person crew separates it from single-seat light fighters such as the Arrow and Gladius.

That distinction should guide the choice. If you specifically want a solo dogfighter, compare those dedicated alternatives too. If the Reliant’s shared cockpit and unconventional design are part of the attraction, the Tana gives them a clear combat purpose. Its weapons do not erase the broad airframe or make every engagement a sensible one.

Sen: curiosity gets its own equipment

The Sen is the science member of the family, with a Samos sensor suite and a research-focused interior. It is an appealing idea for players who want their ship to be a place of discovery: a small crew travelling together, investigating something rather than simply shooting it or moving it between warehouses.

The important buying distinction is between a flyable ship and a fully realised career. The Sen is flight ready, but that status alone does not establish a complete science profession with a dependable set of research contracts and rewards. Choose it because you want the specialist ship itself; do not build an earnings plan around assumptions about future science systems.

It is also a poor substitute for the Kore if cargo is your priority. The Sen’s defining feature is its science fit, not a freight advantage.

Mako: a seat at the scene

The Mako is one of Star Citizen’s more unusual civilian ships: a Reliant built around reporting, with turret-mounted optics and an image-enhancement package. It imagines a ’verse where the people following a race, documenting a conflict or chasing a developing story need their own specialist craft.

That is a different ambition from buying a fighter with a good view. The Mako dedicates equipment to observing events, and its current specification lists no cargo capacity. It makes the most sense for an owner drawn to its reporting identity and visual character, rather than someone trying to cover as many ordinary jobs as possible.

As with the Sen, the ship’s existence should not be read as proof of a complete paid reporting career. The Mako can be a compelling specialist choice without promising a mission system that has not been established here.

Which Reliant would we choose?

• For small cargo runs: the Kore. Its 6 SCU hold gives the family’s unusual shape an immediately useful job.
• For a combat-focused Reliant: the Tana. Accept the smaller cargo allowance in exchange for the fighter fit.
• For the science fantasy: the Sen, provided you want the ship without relying on an assumed future income loop.
• For reporting and filming ambitions: the Mako, with the same distinction between specialist equipment and a complete career.

All four share listed dimensions of 14.75 metres long, 28.5 metres wide and 4.5 metres high, and all list two crew. Those dimensions belong to the published specification; the rotating wing means the ship’s orientation matters when thinking about clearance. The family resemblance is strong, but the rear compartment and equipment are where the choice becomes personal.

For a first Reliant, we would start with the Kore or Tana and let your preferred jobs settle it. The Sen and Mako are more individual purchases. They are for the player who sees a research expedition or a news crew in that cockpit and wants to own that particular corner of the ’verse.