Stuck early on Starlance/Fallen Empire (faq didn't help)

[cjhangen]

I have eleven active quests. I've been flying around for hours and I can't advance any of them, I've explored all of the visible distant stars. Am I supposed to just fly around randomly in the void of black space?

The quests I have with stars:

The Starlance: first officers notes, cdre Yu has made finding out how to unlock the Starlances capabilities our top priority. Yes, yes, ok great, and what should I be pursuing?

Fallen Empire: We've discovered a planet with traces of the "Fallen Empire" that apparently once dominated this region. Ummm OK, so now what? I

IThe lack of even vague clues (unless I missed something) is really trying my patience. Help, please!

[shiantar]

Hi @cjhangen
You can explore the void, as it were, but it's not necessary to do so, in order to complete any key missions.

I've found that the game can be advanced by:
- Talking with allies
- Talking with neutral races
- Rigorously surveying every world you come across
- Taking advantage of warp gateways and flingers to follow common paths out from your home station.

The game's plot and game hints should prod you in the right direction.



When the above fails, try focusing on research in the tech tree which will improve your detection distance (ships and other stuff).

You can also research sensor fog to gauge what you've visited / what you haven't.

You'll find your detection distances in the game menu -> Ship Systems -> Scanners

e.g. if you can detect stars at 10,000 AU (two squares) then it may be worth exploring any part of the galaxy that's more than two squares across and is therefore just big enough to hide something

On the other hand, if you detect a star which is far, far out in the middle of nowhere, I've found there are two ways to interpret that:

1. There might be something around that star (just circle in a general pattern up to ~ 2 squares out & see if you detect more stars ; or
2. If you head back from that star toward Celaeno, it's possible you'l bump into other stuff along the way.

There's a pinned thread regarding "Stuck, don't know what to do next" in the main Discussion forum -- try flipping through that if you're out of ideas :)

[justkevin]

Originally posted by cjhangen:

I have eleven active quests. I've been flying around for hours and I can't advance any of them, I've explored all of the visible distant stars. Am I supposed to just fly around randomly in the void of black space?

The quests I have with stars:

The Starlance: first officers notes, cdre Yu has made finding out how to unlock the Starlances capabilities our top priority. Yes, yes, ok great, and what should I be pursuing?

Fallen Empire: We've discovered a planet with traces of the "Fallen Empire" that apparently once dominated this region. Ummm OK, so now what? I

IThe lack of even vague clues (unless I missed something) is really trying my patience. Help, please!

If you can submit your save via F8, I'll take a look.

[cjhangen]

Thanks Dev :-) I'll send it over when I'm able to log in next time. For now I'm just flying around the system looking for any any every star/planet that I can find. Been stuck for hours, talked to everyone at the base, every passing ship and meticulously scanned every planet,

[sknight2k]

I have this exact same issue. Really hoping for some insight.

[justkevin]

Originally posted by sknight2k:

I have this exact same issue. Really hoping for some insight.

If you submit your save in game with F8 I'll take a look (include a link to your post so I know who to respond to).

[NewYears1978]

I'm stuck on the second step of that, it tells me to speak to Captain Dolson..but I don't know where Captain Dlolson is...

[Scrogdog]

Dolson commands the Aletheia; the other Starcom ship in the game. That's the ship you were sent to find by travelling void space in the early game.

[NewYears1978]

Originally posted by Scrogdog:

Dolson commands the Aletheia; the other Starcom ship in the game. That's the ship you were sent to find by travelling void space in the early game.

I remember that but I don't know how to find it again lol

[Scrogdog]

After that part she can always be found wandering around in the same sector as the station.

[Lily]

I believe I am "stuck" at roughly the same point as OP, but for a slightly different reason. I still have a few planets to inspect and anomalies to resolve, but for the last hour or so of play, almost every new-ish system I go to I instantly get swarmed by what are called "Elite-"somethings, who just mop the floor with my little ship.
I'm wondering if they appear now because I researched the second hull size (I dont have the resources yet to upgrade to it though). Do I just need to farm asteroid fields until I have enough materials to get a bigger ship?

[Gouda]

i was stuck till i followed the emissary. opened up a portal after a short pursuit and dumped me next to some really helpful sites a few times in a row. follow the emissary

[Scrogdog]

Great advice!

[Lily]

Originally posted by Gouda:

i was stuck till i followed the emissary. opened up a portal after a short pursuit and dumped me next to some really helpful sites a few times in a row. follow the emissary

Ooh thanks. Will give that a shot!

[Vorshin]

ive been stuck here too. Fallen Empire - Based on what we've seen, the empire had control of powerful technology they used to manipulate their envirenment TCKED OFF.
In one of teh fallen empire arcologies, we found recent evidence of an artifact being removed??????? erm now what i have been round, most planets are surveyed and have nothing, others are urhh what but not many. spoken to as many races as i can who dont give a blind bit of help. so i am at a loss.

The Starlance - Yu has made finding out how to unlock starlancescapabilities a priority????? so i take it i have to wait for somethign here for an unprecendented amount of time???

hidden tomb part 3 - a scepter was recovered from an unusual tomb. a hologram mentioned the second legion (half i am fighting half i am not.. bloody heretics but nothing advances this either.

new shipments - part 3 - the guild have some new artifacts, but one of their ships is behind schedule???? am i ment to buy all the artifacts they have to progress? they dont say anythign about the missing ship?

Locoan Vassals (2 tasks neither done) planet being exploited and floating creatures in atmosphere of gas giant???

imperial flora - rhea wants more information about imperial flora???

then i have Evacuations 3 tasks all done but still not complete, The CXTA 2 tasks both done not complete, legend of wiskamug 2 tasks both done not complete and none of these have any other info to do.


About the only thing left for me to do is to go to teh brogidar from teh dicument co-ords but these whack you from here to timbucktoo in like 3 seconds and there always waiting right where you port in at so u have no chance. Only guy that whips their buts is whiskmug, but he never aroudn when you need him.

[Scrogdog]

Have you followed the advice above to repeatedly follow the emissary and travel through the wormholes it produces?