Shooting stars

[a chill ghost]

A few times now, after opening the portal and calling the storm, I've seen yellow shooting stars fly across the sky and land somewhere on the map. They create a little purple triangle logo on the ARC device screen, but I haven't been able to find anything on the ground corresponding to it. I think I might have gotten corrupted energy from one? Anyone know what these are or how they work?

[Ket]

It's called a payload, it contains a peculiar part (unrepairable but higher stats) and various rarer items or tools. Access the items through a slot on either side of it.

Starts showing up when most of the map is marked yellow from the incoming storm.

[Dix Dark]

Originally posted by Ket:

Starts showing up when most of the map is marked yellow from the incoming storm.

In my experience it shows at around 40% map coverage.
So it is reasonable to stay in the middle of a map just in front of the edge so you can grab those fast and easy. And they are really worth it.

[Donovan Zanz]

I've gotten one of these without the storms. Just crashed in front of me at random while I was casually driving. Could be just more likely as the junction is collapsing, but it can happen otherwise too.