10 Atlas stones and new star

[waltermeimes2010]

I got my 10th Atlas stone, arrived in a Atlas interface, but it didn't give me the option to create a new star and send me back to the galaxy. What went wrong? What's gonna happen now regarding the Atlas?

[bcatrek]

You must actually carry the 10 stones with you as you interact with the Atlas. Hence, when the option to give up the 10 stones appear it will not be greyed out anymore. Notice that this happens at the eleventh meeting with the Atlas interface.

[waltermeimes2010]

I know, it was in the eleventh meeting, and the stones were in the ship inventary. Maybe was that the mistake? Should I tray another meeting now? Can it happen anyway?

[waltermeimes2010]

So bad. I have no more the option to fallow the Atlas path. I have only free, the path to the center and the path to a black hole...

[bcatrek]

Yes you need it with you to the interface. I also did the same mistake first, so I re-loaded the previous save and re-did it..

[waltermeimes2010]

Unfortunately I don't have this option anymore. Don't have a save from one and a half hour ago. So unless there is some magic, I lost the Atlas path, new star, etc... maybe I'll need to reinstall the game again, but i'm not sure it worth

[bcatrek]

If you actively chose not to birth a new star then that's the running option that the game assumes you're playing. No turning back.

Starting all over would be your call, but according to the wiki you'll still reap the main benefit regardless of your active choice at the eleventh interface: you'll still be able to see all black holes in the galactic map.

Could you verify this? Going to the map and zoom in/out, do you see grey triangular markers around some systems?

[waltermeimes2010]

Yes, I can see the path to black holes, and the option to them is active. BTW, what happens after I go trough one of them? I'll be in another galaxy? Do I have to start all over again and loose my base and units? Do the teleport work after a black hole?

[bcatrek]

Originally posted by waltermeimes2010:

Yes, I can see the path to black holes, and the option to them is active. BTW, what happens after I go trough one of them? I'll be in another galaxy? Do I have to start all over again and loose my base and units? Do the teleport work after a black hole?

Black holes are like long-distance warping machines in this game. Think worm holes in sci-fi literature. You'll jump approximately 1500LY closer to the centre, but a very large distance left/right from your current position.

You'll still be in the same galaxy, and yea you'll still be able to teleport back to your base.

You'll not lose any of your saved progress: your base is the same, mission status with specialists at the base, polo/nada etc, so you shouldn't be afraid of jumping!

One random tech will be damaged by the violent nature of black hole jumping however, and if you care about that tech you'll need to repair it at some point after havin jumped.

[waltermeimes2010]

Thanks bcatrek, very kind of yours

[p0pt@rt]

Originally posted by waltermeimes2010:

I got my 10th Atlas stone, arrived in a Atlas interface, but it didn't give me the option to create a new star and send me back to the galaxy. What went wrong? What's gonna happen now regarding the Atlas?

Originally posted by waltermeimes2010:

Unfortunately I don't have this option anymore. Don't have a save from one and a half hour ago. So unless there is some magic, I lost the Atlas path, new star, etc... maybe I'll need to reinstall the game again, but i'm not sure it worth

So did it give you the option to Birth a New Star or Walk Away and return to the galaxy? But Birth a New Star was greyed out, so you chose Walk Away? Or did you not get the option entirely?

My first time playing thru, I had 15 atlas stones before I got the 11th interface.. For other reasons, I deleted and restarted my game and by the time I get to the 11th interface, I should have 20 atlas stones.. Apparently, you can reenter the interfaces after jumping/teleporting back into the system.. setting my home base in an atlas interface system set me up with a bunch of stones and warp cells... Now I have enough to birth two stars, an option I could not complete my first time thru because I was 5 stones short (although the interface let me interact a second time, I did not have the full ten, so my option to Birth a New Star was greyed out the second time around.. I just right clicked instead of returning to galaxy..

[waltermeimes2010]

I'll let the Atlas path tto the next galaxy since I have to start from scratch anyway. I walked away and now i will fallow to the center trough black holes etc... no problem, the game is fun anyway, with or without Atlas... whatever he is...

[bcatrek]

Originally posted by waltermeimes2010:

Thanks bcatrek, very kind of yours

No worries 😉