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* The Voth and the Varro from ''Franchise/{{Star Trek}}''. The USS Voyager doesn't count though, since the crew of Voyager isn't a race of beings, and the rest of the humans/Federation are based on planets etc back home in the Alpha Quadrant just a single lost ship.

* The Bentusi and the Vagyr from the ''VideoGame/{{Homeworld}}'' series, as well as the Hiigarans (the protagonists) during the first game.

* The Voth and the Varro from ''Franchise/{{Star Trek}}''.
* The Vasari from ''VideoGame/{{Sins of a Solar Empire}}''.

In science fiction, when a space-faring race has no planet/asteroid etc to call home, and lives solely in space craft, they may be space nomads. Note that to be a true example of this trope the people in question have to actually move around once in a while (ie: be nomadic). If they're just living on a space station that is, well, stationary, then it's not a true example of this trope. The craft where these people live may form part of a {{Space Navy}} or {{Standard SciFi Fleet}}, and/or may be huge {{Planet Spaceship}}s which may in turn cause moments of {{Thats No Moon}} for characters in the story. In real life, there are whole groups of "Sea Gypsies" such as the Bajau people, and so this trope can fit well if {{Space is an Ocean}}. The Space Nomads may be all that's left of the {{Precursors}}, in which case it's likely they suffered some sort of {{Gotterdammerung}} but obviously weren't fully wiped out. Space Nomads commonly appear in {{Space Opera}}s. The Space Nomads may be running away from something, trying to reach their homeland or even a new home, - so they need not intend to be nomadic forever, but they are still a whole group of people on a very long journey.

In science fiction, when a space-faring race has no planet/asteroid etc to call home, and lives solely in space craft, they may be space nomads. Note that to be a true example of this trope the people in question have to actually move around once in a while (ie: be nomadic). If they're just living on a space station that is, well, stationary, then it's not a true example of this trope. The craft where these people live may form part of a {{Space Navy}} or {{Standard SciFi Fleet}}, and/or may be huge {{Planet Spaceship}}s which may in turn cause moments of {{Thats No Moon}} for characters in the story. In real life, there are whole groups of "Sea Gypsies" such as the Bajau people, and so this trope can fit well if {{Space is an Ocean}}. The Space Nomads may be all that's left of the {{Precursors}}, in which case it's likely they suffered some sort of {{Gotterdammerung}} but obviously weren't fully wiped out. Space Nomads commonly appear in {{Space Opera}}s.

* The Vasari from ''VideoGame/{{SinsofaSolarEmpire}}''.

* The remnants of the humans from the 12 colonies in BattleStarGalacticaReimagined.
* The Voth and the Varro from ''Franchise/{{Star Trek}}''

In science fiction, when a space-faring race has no planet/asteroid etc to call home, and lives solely in space craft, they may be space nomads. Note that to be a true example of this trope the people in question have to actually move around once in a while (ie: be nomadic). If they're just living on a space station that is, well, stationary, then it's not a true example of this trope. The craft where these people live may form part of a {{Standard SciFi Fleet}} and/or may be huge {{Planet Spaceship}}s which may in turn cause moments of {{Thats No Moon}} for characters in the story. In real life, there are whole groups of "Sea Gypsies" such as the Bajau people, and so this trope can fit well if {{Space is an Ocean}}. The Space Nomads may be all that's left of the {{Precursors}}, in which case it's likely they suffered some sort of {{Gotterdammerung}} but obviously weren't fully wiped out. Space Nomads commonly appear in {{Space Opera}}s.

* The Bentusi and the Vagyr from ''VideoGame/{{Homeworld}}''

* The Culture from ''{{The Culture}}'' series.

In science fiction, when a space-faring race has no planet/asteroid etc to call home, and lives solely in space craft, they may be space nomads. Note that to be a true example of this trope the people in question have to actually move around once in a while (ie: be nomadic). If they're just living on a space station that is, well, stationary, then it's not a true example of this trope. The craft where these people live may form part of a {{Standard SciFi Fleet}} and/or may be huge {{Planet Spaceship}}s which may in turn cause moments of {{Thats No Moon}} for characters in the story. In real life, there are whole groups of "Sea Gypsies" such as the Bajau people, and so this trope can fit well if {{Space is an Ocean}}. The Space Nomads may be all that's left of the {{Precursors}}, in which case it's likely they suffered some sort of {{Gotterdamerung}} but obviously weren't fully wiped out. Space Nomads commonly appear in {{Space Opera}}s.

* The Quarians from ''Franchise/MassEffect'' are a perfect example of this trope. They're even based on the real-life Roma people (gypsies), who were historically a nomadic folk that migrated from India to Europe.

* The Culture from {{The Culture}} series.

* The Culture from {The Culture}} series.

* To a lesser extent, the Reavers from ''Series/{{Firefly}}''.

* Some humans become this in ''WesternAnimation/TitanAE'' after Earth is destroyed.

In science fiction, when a space-faring race has no planet/asteroid etc to call home, and lives solely in space craft, they may be space nomads. Note that to be a true example of this trope the people in question have to actually move around once in a while (ie: be nomadic). If they're just living on a space station that is, well, stationary, then it's not a true example of this trope. The craft where these people live may form part of a {{Standard SciFi Fleet}} and/or may be huge {{Planet Spaceship}}s which may in turn cause moments of {{Thats No Moon}} for characters in the story. In real life, there are whole groups of "Sea Gypsies" such as the Bajau people, and so this trope can fit well if {{Space is an Ocean}}.

** The Demiurg also, beings [[{{Expy}} expies]] of the Bentusi.
* The Quarians from ''Franchise/MassEffect'' are a perfect example of this trope. They're even based on the real-life Roma people (gypsies), who were historically a nomadic people that migrated from India to Europe.

* The Quarians from ''Franchise/MassEffect''.

* Some humans become this in ''Film/TitanAE'' after Earth is destroyed.

In science fiction space operas, when a space-faring race has no planet/asteroid etc to call home, and lives solely in space craft, they may be space nomads. Note that to be a true example of this trope the people in question have to actually move around once in a while (ie: be nomadic). If they're just living on a space station that is, well, stationary, then it's not a true example of this trope. The craft where these people live may form part of a {{Standard SciFi Fleet}} and/or may be huge {{Planet Spaceship}}s which may in turn cause moments of {{Thats No Moon}} for characters in the story. In real life, there are whole groups of "Sea Gypsies" such as the Bajau and Moken peoples, and so this trope can fit well with the {{Space is an Ocean}} trope.

* The Bentusi from ''VideoGame/{{Homeworld}}''
* The Vagyr from ''VideoGame/{{Homeworld}}''

* The quarians from ''Franchise/MassEffect''.

In science fiction space operas, when a space-faring race has no planet/asteroid etc to call home, and lives solely in space craft, they may be space nomads. Note that to be a true example of this trope the people in question have to actually move around once in a while (ie: be nomadic). If they're just living on a space station that is, well, stationary, then it's not a true example of this trope. The craft where these people live may form part of a {{Standard Sci-Fi Fleet}} and/or may be huge {{Planet Spaceship}}s which may in turn cause moments of {{That's No Moon}} for characters in the story. In real life, there are whole groups of "Sea Gypsies" such as the Bajau and Moken peoples, and so this trope can fit well with the {{Space is an Ocean}} trope.

* The Voth from ''Franchise/{{Star Trek}}''

* To a lesser degree, the Reapers from ''Series/{{Firefly}}''

* Craftworld Eldar from ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40,000}}'' became this after the core worlds of their empire were destroyed by a huge cataclysm (the hedonism of the Eldar gave birth to a new Chaos God called Slaanesh who likes to eat Eldar souls), but not the Dark Eldar who live in a city called Commoragh in a dimension called the webway, or the Eldar Exodites who have re-colonised new planets.
* To a lesser degree, the ''LiveActionTV/{{Firefly}}''

* The Bentusi from {{Homeworld}}
* The Voth from {{Star Trek: Voyager]]
* Craftworld Eldar from {{Warhammer 40,000}}.

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In science fiction space operas, when a space-faring race has no plant/asteroid etc to call home, and lives solely in space craft, they may be space nomads. Note that to be a true example of this trope the people in question have to actually move around once in a while (ie: be nomadic). If they're just living on a space station that is, well, stationary, then it's not a true example of this trope. The craft where these people live may form part of a {{Standard Sci-Fi Fleet}} and/or may be huge {{Planet Spaceship}}s which may in turn cause moments of {{That's No Moon}} for characters in the story. In real life, there are whole groups of "Sea Gypsies" such as the Bajau and Moken peoples, and so this trope can fit well with the {{Space is an Ocean}} trope.