Best Ship Upgrades

[CHASE6]

Hi,

Curious which shipyard or technician location has the highest tier upgrades in the game. Thanks.

[chris23162]

Technically they all have access to the best stuff, with a each main manufacturer having access to some unique parts. The best parts are actually locked behind ship design level 4, piloting level 4 AND your character level with the best parts only available once you have ship design level 4, piloting level 4 and a character level of 60.

Unit you have both skills at level 4 and have a character at level 60 you wont be able to get the best parts as they will be locked out.

[Uthur]

I remember Akila city having a reactor that has 40 power, but you also need to be really high level for that. I also recommend the Den for weapons as I found some of the best in the game there (and for some reason they weren't anywhere else). Another good place to look is Neon as it technically has 3 different ship service vendors with different stocks (the ship service tech at the docks, the kiosk at the Stroud-Ekland showroom, and the Taiyo one in Ryuji Industries).

Also, the Crimson Fleet has some unique equipment that you cannot find anywhere else that improves smuggling chances and combat abilities (with more unlocking as you progress down their quest line).

TBH, as someone who has upgraded every facet of my ship I got to say that you don't really need to have the very best as most ship battles can be resolved with mid-tier stuff even on the higher difficulties. The only difficult ship fight I've ever had (outside the flight sim) was in the last mission of the UC SysDef/Crimson Fleet quest chain where you have to fight like 20 ships with 5~10 allies (which was its own mess to deal with) .

Edit: also check the outpost landing pad with ship builder as it tends to have a wider variety of everything, just nothing super brand specific.

[ULTRA]

It's just level based. You need to be level 60 and have maxed out piloting and starship design.

[CHASE6]

Ok, I have both skills at 4 and am level 81. I think I have all the best components then. I thought there might be a specific vendor who would have the best parts. Thanks.

[Jaggid Edje]

No one location has "all the best" parts. They are spread around, because each type of module has a different manufacturer for the "best" and no location has "all manufacturers" unless you build an outpost with a Large Landing Pad. Then everything except a handful of specialty parts are available in one place (and there's not that many of those specialty parts).

[Old Man Gamer (OMG)]

Taiyo has some specific best in Neon, Stroud has some best in their space station, Titan has some best for Nova and such, and so forth. It is spread out.

[japp_02]

Originally posted by Uthur:

Edit: also check the outpost landing pad with ship builder as it tends to have a wider variety of everything, just nothing super brand specific.

What's with this landing pad? I have added it to my first outpost but it's an empty platform, do you have to hire a crew member to be a technician?

[emreyigit1967]

Originally posted by japp_02:

What's with this landing pad? I have added it to my first outpost but it's an empty platform, do you have to hire a crew member to be a technician?

There's a terminal by the stairs.

[Uthur]

Originally posted by emreyigit1967:

Originally posted by japp_02:

What's with this landing pad? I have added it to my first outpost but it's an empty platform, do you have to hire a crew member to be a technician?

There's a terminal by the stairs.

Also make sure that it is the big circle one, not the small square one.

[ImHelping]

I guess you could make a case for company specific landing gear, the taiyo landing gear is weak garbage overall and even has some structurally similar gear that is just outright weaker than other company versions.

Meanwhile, Nova tech unlocks some very practical yet compact 4 thrust landing gear that looks good on any ship build.

Nova also has the only landing bay with weapon mounts by default, which don't get in the way of anything else on the ship. Though it is a ladder access type landing bay, so that can be an issue if you prefer the door access type like Stroud and Taiyo.

[The Nameless]

Well, the margin is pretty slim. Cheyenne has like exactly one more tier of particle weapons than New Atlantis, but other than that there's not much difference.

The main difference between ports is which brand of ship hull modules they carry; in the UC you'll find Deimos and Nova, while in the FC you'll find Stroud-Ecklund, Taiyo and HopeTech. Ports and staryards dedicated to a specific ship manufacturer will only have that manufacturer's modules.

Equipment manufacturers don't have their own staryards; their gear is available in the faction they're based in. I haven't really looked in depth at which one is where, but one example is that you'll find Slayton Aerospace engines only in Freestar ports, as they--like Stroud-Ecklund and Taiyo--are based in Neon.

[Alpha_Zeon]

Well the best engines for ships could mean anything. Theres thrust/mass ratio, but theres also power/thrust, but the one that i stuck to is the one engine that gives you a base speed of 180 the White Dwarf 3015. Then theres weapons which I go with power/dps. No point slapping 2 weapons in a group that do 100dps when you can put 4 that do 75 (just an example).

[The Nameless]

Originally posted by Alpha_Zeon:

Well the best engines for ships could mean anything. Theres thrust/mass ratio, but theres also power/thrust, but the one that i stuck to is the one engine that gives you a base speed of 180 the White Dwarf 3015. Then theres weapons which I go with power/dps. No point slapping 2 weapons in a group that do 100dps when you can put 4 that do 75 (just an example).

180? I thought the highest base speed was 150. SAE series class A engines use only 2 bars of power though, meaning I can run 6 of them, so I may keep those. After all, while I'm no freighter, I do have some need to haul cargo occasionally, and that's the best cargo cap with A-class engines.

[ImHelping]

Originally posted by The Nameless:

Originally posted by Alpha_Zeon:

Well the best engines for ships could mean anything. Theres thrust/mass ratio, but theres also power/thrust, but the one that i stuck to is the one engine that gives you a base speed of 180 the White Dwarf 3015. Then theres weapons which I go with power/dps. No point slapping 2 weapons in a group that do 100dps when you can put 4 that do 75 (just an example).

180? I thought the highest base speed was 150. SAE series class A engines use only 2 bars of power though, meaning I can run 6 of them, so I may keep those. After all, while I'm no freighter, I do have some need to haul cargo occasionally, and that's the best cargo cap with A-class engines.

I think the UI likes to prank us. I keep thinking "180, right?" then wondering why I am 150 top speed on my A class ship and can never get any faster without boosting, whether it is the frontier or my edited star eagle.

So I would not be surprised if it claims 180 at some point during editing, we get excited, and then it takes it away to go "oops we meant 150" to cause all the people claiming 180.

[Alpha_Zeon]

The only thing you may for sure want as C class is the reactor for maximum power generated. The quantum drive you can use pretty much any one that gives you 30ly range which i think is based on ship mass so you don't need to go with the one with the most jump thrust. The shield I just chose the one that gave the most shield HP which is 1600 (C class), but its only got a 5% recharge rate. The A class Deflector SG-60 is the best shield with 10% recharge rate and it has 860 shield health.