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Kill the mantis that flees?
You know that Mantis Bomber that will try and flee at the first encounter, but you can follow it and kill it or spare it later? And how it always gives you a weapon if you spare him? Well what what happens if you kill him at either stage? Do you still get a weapon, or do you get something else? Or do you get nothing?

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DarkTwinge Jun 21, 2013 @ 3:48am 
Killing the first ship is a standard mediocre reward - definitely better to let it flee.
Originally posted by Ryuu-kun:
This one? http://ftl.wikia.com/wiki/Mantis_Ship-Collectors
Thanks for linking this. I'll know what to do next time.
BorisNotRussian Feb 19, 2015 @ 5:31am 
damn found this one too late. killed them for the 2nd time before they could leave once.
and as i understand the wiki (from the link above) as long as he doesn't ftl-away at the quest, you get a weapon sssir :ftlslug:
Last edited by BorisNotRussian; Feb 19, 2015 @ 5:31am
Pstephanie Feb 19, 2015 @ 8:46pm 
Originally posted by BorisNotRussian:
d weapon sssir :ftlslug:

Ha this makes me laugh.

I also love how nuts the Mantis
ILoveSnax May 5, 2020 @ 5:48pm 
This event is so retarded, only because the ftl comes out of nowhere, I lost 2 lanius fully leveled in combat because the ftl happened even without a pilot and 1 mantis remaining with 15-20% health....

Now if just that mechanic happened else where then fine, but it is only this once...
Ray Robertson May 5, 2020 @ 8:15pm 
Nah, they won't jump if they don't have someone in the piloting room.
ILoveSnax May 5, 2020 @ 9:37pm 
They did, if not I wouldn't have lost my 2 Lanius :(

It's why I didn't fear leaving them there even though I was told they had powered up the FTL system, as noone was piloting the damn ship.
Skinny Pete May 5, 2020 @ 10:47pm 
Originally posted by Haha pretty much lol:
You know that Mantis Bomber that will try and flee at the first encounter, but you can follow it and kill it or spare it later? And how it always gives you a weapon if you spare him? Well what what happens if you kill him at either stage? Do you still get a weapon, or do you get something else? Or do you get nothing?

Kill it at the first stage, and you get normal rewards. At the second stage, you get the reward whether you kill it or not and whether it's by boarding or by destroying the ship, but you also get a surrender option first. If you get a weapon you want from the surrender (or one that sells for a lot) take it, and if you would rather re-roll, then destroy it and you'll get a different weapon.

To trigger this deliberately, just damage the ship enough, because the surrender reward is triggered by damage to the hull. If you do pure boarding, you won't get the surrender option. So effectively, if you play this right you can get two rolls at a random weapon.
Last edited by Skinny Pete; May 5, 2020 @ 10:49pm
Ray Robertson May 6, 2020 @ 5:13am 
Originally posted by Lance / Himmen:
They did, if not I wouldn't have lost my 2 Lanius :(

It's why I didn't fear leaving them there even though I was told they had powered up the FTL system, as noone was piloting the damn ship.

In which room was the remaining mantis?
ILoveSnax May 10, 2020 @ 5:01pm 
Originally posted by Ray Robertson:
Originally posted by Lance / Himmen:
They did, if not I wouldn't have lost my 2 Lanius :(

It's why I didn't fear leaving them there even though I was told they had powered up the FTL system, as noone was piloting the damn ship.

In which room was the remaining mantis?

There was only 1 mantis remaining, in the room just before the pilot's room. he was about to move in there but returned out because My Lanius had removed all oxygen from there, I had fully intended to win combat here, as I didn't know about the 2nd part of the event.
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Date Posted: Jun 20, 2013 @ 11:57pm
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