Exocraft Missions?

[TyrantLyzardKyng]

How do I start the exocraft missions? I have been playing around in Visions for a few hours now and just placed a exocraft station, but it says I need a technician. I googled this and people are saying the mission shows you where to get this guy, but I have no such mission in my missions list. Any help?

[XenoZeduX]

Complete the quests for your other base specialists especially the Overseer.

At some point he will ask you to build one terminal for the exocraft specialist.

Then you can hire one from a Vykeen system or if you find a Vykeen on a space station of other races.

[TyrantLyzardKyng]

But I dont see any base-specific missions in the log. I did the main one up to building the blueprint terminal, then it sent me off doing other things in space.

Is the missions 'base computer archives' part of this?

[XenoZeduX]

Originally posted by Mr. PAPAGIORGIO:

But I dont see any base-specific missions in the log. I did the main one up to building the blueprint terminal, then it sent me off doing other things in space.

Is the missions 'base computer archives' part of this?

The base computer archives is a separate questline however I recommend you to attempt it too.

I recommend you actually talk to all your base specialists again but first select their respective mission from the mission log or the correct dialogue prompt wont appear. It is annoying to keep doint it I know.

Thing is that with NEXT update there have been multiple ways of acquiring blueprints which otherwise were before either mission specific or had to be obtained from Manufacturing Facilities however some of them were or probably still are not intentional.

It is confusing I know but anyway can you actually build the Exocraft terminal from the menu? Or if you built it already you just need to find the right Vykeen candidate. Not all of them can be hired.

[TyrantLyzardKyng]

I build it already. I am just trying to find where the hell the technician might be. I searched one or two space stations and nadda.

EDIT: OR... can anybody tell me how to start the exocraft mission sequence? Just to be clear, I did the 'build a blueprint analyser' mission for base building, then later, bought an 'exocraft terminal' without being told to do so in the missions, figuring it would help me get exocraft sooner. It didn't start any form of an exocraft mission, it just told me 'find a technician' once I interacted with it. So simply.... how do I begin the missions for exocraft? I have already put down the nomad and no new mission began.

[Spooky Ninja]

Originally posted by Mr. PAPAGIORGIO:

I build it already. I am just trying to find where the hell the technician might be. I searched one or two space stations and nadda.

EDIT: OR... can anybody tell me how to start the exocraft mission sequence? Just to be clear, I did the 'build a blueprint analyser' mission for base building, then later, bought an 'exocraft terminal' without being told to do so in the missions, figuring it would help me get exocraft sooner. It didn't start any form of an exocraft mission, it just told me 'find a technician' once I interacted with it. So simply.... how do I begin the missions for exocraft? I have already put down the nomad and no new mission began.

This doesn't make sense, you say you built the nomad geobay? but the nomad geobay blueprint comes from the exocraft technician, are you sure it's not the pilgrim bay you built as it's not tied to the technician.

[^^o^^ BatCat]

Originally posted by Mr. PAPAGIORGIO:

I build it already. I am just trying to find where the hell the technician might be. I searched one or two space stations and nadda.

EDIT: OR... can anybody tell me how to start the exocraft mission sequence? Just to be clear, I did the 'build a blueprint analyser' mission for base building, then later, bought an 'exocraft terminal' without being told to do so in the missions, figuring it would help me get exocraft sooner. It didn't start any form of an exocraft mission, it just told me 'find a technician' once I interacted with it. So simply.... how do I begin the missions for exocraft? I have already put down the nomad and no new mission began.

" bought an 'exocraft terminal' " . . eh? you can't buy this.. Its only comes from Overseer, after the other Specialist Terminals.

[TyrantLyzardKyng]

Originally posted by ^^o^^ BatCat:

Originally posted by Mr. PAPAGIORGIO:

I build it already. I am just trying to find where the hell the technician might be. I searched one or two space stations and nadda.

EDIT: OR... can anybody tell me how to start the exocraft mission sequence? Just to be clear, I did the 'build a blueprint analyser' mission for base building, then later, bought an 'exocraft terminal' without being told to do so in the missions, figuring it would help me get exocraft sooner. It didn't start any form of an exocraft mission, it just told me 'find a technician' once I interacted with it. So simply.... how do I begin the missions for exocraft? I have already put down the nomad and no new mission began.

" bought an 'exocraft terminal' " . . eh? you can't buy this.. Its only comes from Overseer, after the other Specialist Terminals.

You know what I mean, dude... c'mon. I 'built' it, there.

I'm using the mod 'Better Blueprint Shops' - maybe that put the nomad(and colossus) in my blueprint analyser? Either way... this is all irrelevant . Can someone just tell me how to start the exocraft missions? Sorry if I seem rude, this is just frustrating as hell lol. I remember a few updates ago getting this mission or the weapons one just by starting a base and after putting a few things down.

But again... right now i'm just trying to figure out how to trigger the start of the 'questline'.

[Spooky Ninja]

Why bother doing the questline?, you allready have the exocraft, just use savegame editor and add the exocraft upgrades that way.
It seems you don't mind cutting corners so why not cut some more, i'm not having a go i've done it myself just sayin.

[^^o^^ BatCat]

Originally posted by Mr. PAPAGIORGIO:

Originally posted by ^^o^^ BatCat:

" bought an 'exocraft terminal' " . . eh? you can't buy this.. Its only comes from Overseer, after the other Specialist Terminals.

You know what I mean, dude... c'mon. I 'built' it, there.

I'm using the mod 'Better Blueprint Shops' - maybe that put the nomad(and colossus) in my blueprint analyser? Either way... this is all irrelevant . Can someone just tell me how to start the exocraft missions? Sorry if I seem rude, this is just frustrating as hell lol. I remember a few updates ago getting this mission or the weapons one just by starting a base and after putting a few things down.

But again... right now i'm just trying to figure out how to trigger the start of the 'questline'.

pffft. I'm done here. Too many mods are just flat out cheats.
Yer game is messed. Have fun.

[GFSA]

I'm not sure what're the exact requirements for the technician quest to pop up, but I did the weapons terminal up to the part where you need to kill sentinels (after vykeen daggers), and the agricultural npc up to the coprite stuff. I went back to my scientist to finish up his quest for the Circuit Board recipe.

After that, the overseer guy gave me the quest to build an exo terminal. I don't remember having a marker for the technician though when it prompted me to look for one after constructing the terminal. I more or less just talked to every Vykeen in their space station untl one of them joined up.

[TyrantLyzardKyng]

Because I enjoy doing the quests, but also because the quests for this, weapons, construction, etc will show me where to find the technicians as well as show me how all the systems work. I went to a vykeen station, but none offered the option to recruit them. This is why i'd prefer the mission, so it will just tell me exactly where to find one for each of the weapon/exo's/construction.

[Spooky Ninja]

Have you tried deleting the exocraft terminal? deleting it may trigger the overseer mission to build a terminal, and then you should have a quest in your log to hire a technician after placing it again, fly into space and there should be a marker on your galaxy map to a technician for hire.
Other than that the only other thing i can suggest is to uninstall the mod.

[TyrantLyzardKyng]

I did remove the mod - just now. I'll try deleting/re-building the terminal, if that doesn't work i'll try reverting to an older save - before I built it - then, without mod installed, try to build it. I'll report back soon. Thx so far!

[Nettle]

Are you sure you're both talking about the same things? The Geobay may have a terminal sticking out of it but that doesn't make it a Terminal in its own right.

• If you want an Exocraft Technician, you need a Farmer
  
• If you want a Farmer, you need an Armorer
  
• If you want an Armorer, you need a Scientist
  
• If you want a Scientist, you need an Overseer
  
• ...and if you want an Overseer you need to build a Cylindrical Room.

The blueprint for said room can be acquired in one of two ways: you can dig it out of the Blueprint Analyser yourself, or follow the story* until someone hands it to you on a plate.

*Awakenings >> Ghosts in the Machine

[TyrantLyzardKyng]

Originally posted by Unarmed Bandit:

Are you sure you're both talking about the same things? The Geobay may have a terminal sticking out of it but that doesn't make it a Terminal in its own right.

• If you want an Exocraft Technician, you need a Farmer
  
• If you want a Farmer, you need an Armorer
  
• If you want an Armorer, you need a Scientist
  
• If you want a Scientist, you need an Overseer
  
• ...and if you want an Overseer you need to build a Cylindrical Room.

The blueprint for said room can be acquired in one of two ways: you can dig it out of the Blueprint Analyser yourself, or follow the story* until someone hands it to you on a plate.

*Awakenings >> Ghosts in the Machine

This is exactly what I needed to know. THANK YOU! lol.... it gave me the marker for the overseer once I put down the 'core' cylindrical room. I'll follow the list down to the exocraft tech.