Just getting started, and I’m noticing that the first two systems I’ve visited have been abandoned. Is this like Adrift? I just visited the Anomaly, and it is also eerily silent, no other players visible.

Spooky, just in time for Halloween I suppose.

Question though, is there anyway to sell surplus technology modules? Without the normal merchants in space stations, I can’t think of anyway of using sentinels to farm nanites. Can’t remember from Adrift.

Good luck Travellers, I’m going to go back to drift in the void…

  • Jeff Rose@lemmy.world
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    19 days ago

    I just finished the expedition last night. Aside from distracting myself with corvette building, there were a couple things I ran into that delayed me getting done sooner.

    Expedition Tips
    • Finding an Infested Planet - While the Vile Brood can be found on several planets along the way, Infested planets are a lot less obvious. In fact, there may only be one in the expedition and it’s Giumf VII in the Rendezvous 3 system. “Infested” isn’t even in the description. I believe it says something like “Boiling Doom.”
    • Spacewalking for Lost in Time - There is a spacewalk in each Phase of the expedition. 1) If you don’t turn off Multiplayer there is a good chance you will be flung away from location the moment you step out of your ship and have to fly back, likely to be flung away again. 2) After you scavenge the corvette parts from the wreckage, grab the log that is floating nearby. That is what ends the mission.
    • Underwater Exploration - Later in the expedition there will be a handful of underwater tasks including deploying a Nautilon, reaching a certain depth, etc. Constructing the Nautilon Chamber requires Magnitised Ferrite, which can be tedious to refine all the way from Ferrite Dust. Early in the expedition there are planets with Magntised Ferrite deposits. Unfortunately you will also need other underwater resources like Salt, Crystal Sulphide, and Living Pearls for the various underwater upgrades and there’s no easy way to get those outside of grinding.
    • Adopting an Anomalous Floating Companion - These can only be found in Purple systems and not every planet has flying animals that count. There are a couple in the Rendezvous 5 system on Gashi 69/B4 and Umazuno-Sosy, but I know other people found some in earlier Purple systems.
    • Prerequisites - While you can do some missions out of order, like collecting Storm Crystals, others have prerequisites that are rewarded from earlier missions. Some of those can be easy to bypass, like exploring a derelict freighter without an Emergency Scanner. There are some systems which seem to have derelict freighter scattered around on which you can just land without needing a scanner first.

    Hope that helps!