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* ''VideoGame/{{Meteos}}'' has a couple of examples:
** Darthvega is a massive octahedral spaceship that travels more or less aimlessly through space. They built the spaceship, and the entire planet's population went on board for unknown reasons. Though it resembles [[Franchise/StarWars the Death Star]] and the inhabitants look like devils, they're a peaceful people.
** Suburbion is a fleet of [[DomedHometown cities in floating domes]], though in this case, the Suburbions destroyed their own planet by warfare and live in this fleet due to having nowhere else to live.



* ''VideoGame/OuterWilds'': Though Nomai ruins and artifacts can be found throughout your species' solar system, researching these {{Precursors}} reveals that most of them live like this, warping around the universe in enormous Vessels. Unfortunately for the local Nomai, their Vessel suffered catastrophic damage after warping into your star system, forcing them to AbandonShip and build permanent settlements that were eventually able to link up with each other. The Nomai have a very good reason for their nomadic existence - [[spoiler:it's [[JustBeforeTheEnd Just Before the]] NaturalEndOfTime. There's not many resources left, and [[TheStarsAreGoingOut what stars remain are old and going nova.]] The other Nomai are constantly moving from refuge to refuge, trying to figure out how to survive the heat death of the universe.]]



* ''VideoGame/{{Meteos}}'' has a couple of examples:
** Darthvega is a massive octahedral spaceship that travels more or less aimlessly through space. They built the spaceship, and the entire planet's population went on board for unknown reasons. Though it resembles [[Franchise/StarWars the Death Star]] and the inhabitants look like devils, they're a peaceful people.
** Suburbion is a fleet of [[DomedHometown cities in floating domes]], though in this case, the Suburbions destroyed their own planet by warfare and live in this fleet due to having nowhere else to live.
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Subtrope of SpacePeople and WanderingCulture. May overlap with RoguishRomani and/or MagicalRomani, or a [[RecycledInSpace fictional equivalent]].

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Subtrope of SpacePeople and WanderingCulture. May overlap with RoguishRomani and/or MagicalRomani, or a [[RecycledInSpace fictional equivalent]]. If they were forced to leave their homeworld the nomads might also be SpaceCossacks.


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* ''Literature/AllianceUnion'': The Merchanter culture developed on the relativistic ships that plied the spacelanes between Earth and the exosolar stations the Earth Company built. After the development of jump drive they converted their clanships to FTL and retained their hold on interstellar commerce. During the final days of the [[TheWarOfEarthlyAggression Earth/Union war]] they formed the Merchanter Alliance with Pell Station and a rogue Earth carrier and forced an end to the hot war, turning it into a three-way SpaceColdWar while the defunded Earth Company fleet turned to [[SpaceCossacks piracy.]]

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* ''Franchise/StarTrek'': The Voth and the Varro. The ''USS Voyager'' spends most of its time traveling through the Delta Quadrant with no fixed base, as its primary mission is to find a way back to the Alpha and the Federation's worlds.

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* ''Franchise/StarTrek'': The Voth and the Varro.''Series/StarTrekVoyager''. The ''USS Voyager'' spends most of its time traveling through the Delta Quadrant with no fixed base, as its primary mission is to find a way back to the Alpha and the Federation's worlds. Also used with several species thematically linked to the issues of the episode they appear in.


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** The Voth in "Distant Origin" populate huge cityships with no homeworld, but when the suggestion is raised that they are this trope (having evolved from dinosaurs on an InsignificantBluePlanet on the other side of the galaxy) the Voth authorities have the scientist who raised this theory ReassignedToAntarctica. They don't like the idea of being 'refugees' with no right to the region of space where they dominate.
** In "The Killing Game", the Hirogen Alpha fears that their SpeciesOfHats will become this; becoming so spread out while HuntingTheMostDangerousGame that they will lose their sense of identity.


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** In "Darkling", Mikhal Travelers are a race of [[LibertariansInSpace loosely governed]] explorers. When one of them catches the eye of Kes, she contemplates leaving Voyager's crew and taking off with him instead.
** The Varro from "The Disease" populate a single GenerationShip that's been roaming the galaxy for centuries. Captain Janeway [[NotSoDifferentRemark plays up their similarities]] as they're also on a long journey across the galaxy, albeit with a [[TheHomewardJourney specific destination]]. However, a faction of the Varro rebels because they want to settle down in a specific system, a crisis [[StatusQuoIsGod that Janeway never had to confront]].
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** Unlike the other Leagues, who hold stable territories centered around settled planets or space stations, the Trans-Hyperian Alliance lives in a number of nomadic space fleets -- even its three Votann are carried around inside highly fortified vessels.
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The Space Nomads' potential reasons for wandering are many. Some are nomads for purely cultural reasons, while others may be traveling traders and merchants. Another variant is to have them as pirates, raiders and warriors who wander nomadically in search of targets; relatedly, it's common for PlanetLooters to be this -- once you've stripped a planet bare of resources, there's not much to do beyond looking a new one. Some may be running away from something, or trying to reach their homeland or even a new home, so they need not intend to be nomadic forever, but are still a whole group of people on a very long journey.

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The Space Nomads' potential reasons for wandering are many. Some are nomads for purely cultural reasons, while others may be traveling traders and merchants. Another variant is to have them as pirates, raiders and warriors who wander nomadically in search of targets; relatedly, it's common for PlanetLooters to be this -- once you've stripped a planet bare of resources, there's not much to do beyond looking for a new one. Some may be running away from something, or trying to reach their homeland or even a new home, so they need not intend to be nomadic forever, but are still a whole group of people on a very long journey.
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* ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13357907 Abraxas]]'': King Ghidorah is revealed to be a Space Nomad of the PlanetKiller variety -- it's been moving from world to world, conquering each one and [[HostileTerraforming covering its surface]] in neverending tempests before moving on. Then it got stuck on conquering Earth.

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* ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13357907 Abraxas]]'': Fanfic/AbraxasHrodvitnon: King Ghidorah is revealed to be a Space Nomad of the PlanetKiller variety -- it's been moving from world to world, conquering each one and [[HostileTerraforming covering its surface]] in neverending tempests before moving on. Then it got stuck on conquering Earth.
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* ''Series/RedDwarf'':
** The [[CatFolk Felis Sapiens]]. They first evolved on the mining spaceship Red Dwarf before leaving it, and are revealed in "The Promised Land" to be currently roaming the universe in a fleet of spaceships.
** The current crew of Red Dwarf count too, since they're travelling through the universe in a bid to return back to the their home system.
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** The Vagaari from ''Literature/SurvivorsQuest'' and ''Literature/OutboundFlight'' are an interesting example of this since the Unknown Regions sourcebook establishes that they do have a homeworld and their nomadic lifestyle is purely by choice. This is because their culture views having any sort of attachment (including home) as a weakness. Instead, their entire civilization is housed aboard a vast fleet of starships that maintains itself through constant planetary raids. This aspect of their society makes it difficult for Thrawn to decisively defeat them, as the Vagaari fleet can easily disperse and regroup elsewhere anytime they're attacked.

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** The Vagaari from ''Literature/SurvivorsQuest'' and ''Literature/OutboundFlight'' are an interesting example of this since the Unknown Regions sourcebook establishes that they do have a homeworld and their nomadic lifestyle is purely by choice. This is because their culture views having any sort of attachment (including home) as a weakness. Instead, their entire civilization is housed aboard a vast fleet of starships that maintains itself through constant which the Vagaari maintain using slaves taken from planetary raids. This aspect of their society makes it difficult for Thrawn to decisively defeat them, as the Vagaari fleet can easily disperse and regroup elsewhere anytime they're attacked.
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** The Vagaari from ''Literature/SurvivorsQuest'' and ''Literature/OutboundFlight'' are an interesting example of this, since the Unknown Regions sourcebook establishes that they do have a home world and their nomadic lifestyle is purely by choice. This aspect of their society makes it difficult for Thrawn to decisively defeat them, as the Vagaari fleet can simply disperse and regroup elsewhere anytime they're attacked. They rule over a sizable portion of the Unknown Regions where they roam around pillaging and enslaving nearly every alien race they encounter.

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** The Vagaari from ''Literature/SurvivorsQuest'' and ''Literature/OutboundFlight'' are an interesting example of this, this since the Unknown Regions sourcebook establishes that they do have a home world homeworld and their nomadic lifestyle is purely by choice. This is because their culture views having any sort of attachment (including home) as a weakness. Instead, their entire civilization is housed aboard a vast fleet of starships that maintains itself through constant planetary raids. This aspect of their society makes it difficult for Thrawn to decisively defeat them, as the Vagaari fleet can simply easily disperse and regroup elsewhere anytime they're attacked. They rule over a sizable portion of the Unknown Regions where they roam around pillaging and enslaving nearly every alien race they encounter.attacked.
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** The Vagaari from ''Literature/SurvivorsQuest'' and ''Literature/OutboundFlight'' are an interesting example of this, since the Unknown Regions sourcebook establishes that they do have a home world, their nomadic lifestyle is purely by choice. This aspect of their society makes it difficult for Thrawn to decisively defeat them, as the Vagaari fleet can simply disperse and regroup elsewhere. They live as wandering raiders, pirates and slavers, and rule over a sizable portion of the Unknown Regions where they roam unopposed.

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** The Vagaari from ''Literature/SurvivorsQuest'' and ''Literature/OutboundFlight'' are an interesting example of this, since the Unknown Regions sourcebook establishes that they do have a home world, world and their nomadic lifestyle is purely by choice. This aspect of their society makes it difficult for Thrawn to decisively defeat them, as the Vagaari fleet can simply disperse and regroup elsewhere. elsewhere anytime they're attacked. They live as wandering raiders, pirates and slavers, and rule over a sizable portion of the Unknown Regions where they roam unopposed.around pillaging and enslaving nearly every alien race they encounter.
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Subtrope of SpacePeople and WanderingCulture. May overlap with RoguishRomani and/or MagicalRomani.

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Subtrope of SpacePeople and WanderingCulture. May overlap with RoguishRomani and/or MagicalRomani.MagicalRomani, or a [[RecycledInSpace fictional equivalent]].
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Subtrope of SpacePeople. May overlap with RoguishRomani and/or MagicalRomani.

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Subtrope of SpacePeople.SpacePeople and WanderingCulture. May overlap with RoguishRomani and/or MagicalRomani.
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* ''Literature/TheThreeMinuteUniverse'' features a race of [[BrownNoteBeing brown note beings]] called Sackers who wander the galaxy ever since [[NoodleIncident an unspecified incident]] happened to their home system. They'll only land on a planet when they need to [[UterineReplicator grow new Sackers]] and head right back to their ship once the new Sacker or Sackers are mature enough to handle space travel.

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