Pirate dreadnought rewards not dropping

[Mudbug Sammich]

I've destroyed probably ten dreadnoughts by now and not a single one has given me any kind of reward. I've tried speaking to the captain of the rescued freighter, I've tried destroying the dreadnoughts without ever landing inside them, and I've tried both disabling only the dreadnought's cannons and keeping its cannons intact. Nothing seems to make cargo bulkheads or mods drop. Does anyone know what's going on?

[Spocks Toupee]

???

You get a ton of Units for taking out the Pirate Dreadnought

Why are you expecting Cargo Bulkheads or Mods?

[Massacher]

Originally posted by Spocks Toupee:

Why are you expecting Cargo Bulkheads or Mods?

Because he's a Jawa and wants to scavenge parts

[tiefblau]

For me, mods only drop when I defeat the dreadnought after the civilian fleet has been destroyed. I don't get mods if I save the fleet.

Civilian friends are best friends when they sacrifice their lives for my profit.

[Shadow Strider]

Originally posted by Spocks Toupee:

???

You get a ton of Units for taking out the Pirate Dreadnought

Why are you expecting Cargo Bulkheads or Mods?

Because that's what you are supposed to get for destroying the dreadnought... 3x bulkheads or 1 S class frigate module

You get units and the option to claim for yourself if you make it surrender...
If you take out the engines, then the game assumes you are trying to force a surrender...

But I haven't received any bulkheads from dreadnought since the Adrift update, (and I've killed a lot of them as I have 3 permanent spawn locations in close proximity in my current save, so I can just warp in an endless circle of destruction). I always get an S class freighter module though...

In my experience only current way to get bulkheads is from crashed or derelict freighters... or as rewards from envoys

[Massacher]

Originally posted by tiefblau:

Civilian friends are best friends when they sacrifice their lives for my profit.

hahahaha this is based!

[cattivision]

For me I only get the technology upgrade (always an S class) if I leave the warp engines intact but instead just take out the shield generators and control rods then shoot the freighter and destroy it before the warp countdown timer finishes. I completely ignore the pirates in space ship, turrets and cannons. If I take out the wrap engines then I only get units and a chance to take over the pirate freighter.

ETA the capital freighter saved will not also have the option to ask for another reward, but you can still board and purchase it.

[Massacher]

Originally posted by cattivision:

For me I only get the technology upgrade (always an S class) if I leave the warp engines intact but instead just take out the shield generators and control rods then shoot the freighter and destroy it before the warp countdown timer finishes. I completely ignore the pirates in space ship, turrets and cannons. If I take out the wrap engines then I only get units and a chance to take over the pirate freighter.

ETA the capital freighter saved will not also have the option to ask for another reward, but you can still board and purchase it.

So how do you get to board the pirate freighter with the warp engines still active? It always warps away before I can achieve that. I've only fought two so I'm still not sure on the details exactly.

[Spocks Toupee]

Take out the Engines, then the Big Turrets.
It can be done in about 60 seconds, and it will save the Civilian Fleet, AND the Pirates will surrender.
Then you can either take the Freighter, or Demand Tribute, and you;'ll get around 6 million credits, then you can go back outside, take out the shields and blow it up for more credits

[ZorTheCruel]

With the envoy rewards in every space station, bulkheads are super easy now. The rewards are not random. Just get max rep with the 3 envoys types by using donate tab in their interface. Then warp around from station to station and if it has something you really want (like multitool slot, bulkhead, frigate module, starship slot, etc) start noting in notepad on your computer the names of the systems that have the items you want. Then you can warp directly from station to station and the redeems reset with every warp.

For instance if you really wanna crank bulkheads, find two stations with bulkheads as envoy rewards then just warp back and forth for fast easy profit.

The S class freighter modules arent part of the envoy rewards though.

[Massacher]

Originally posted by Spocks Toupee:

Take out the Engines, then the Big Turrets.
It can be done in about 60 seconds, and it will save the Civilian Fleet, AND the Pirates will surrender.
Then you can either take the Freighter, or Demand Tribute, and you;'ll get around 6 million credits, then you can go back outside, take out the shields and blow it up for more credits

I'm just interested in taking it over. I can make credits easily.

I haven't got used to maneuvering through the trenches that well yet. I've never saved the civilian yet. I need more practice.

edit: I just tried to google for a pic of what the warp drives look like. I'm not having much luck. I'm at work right now and trying to do a bit of research so I can be better equipped when I go to take down a dreadnought.

[Shadow Strider]

Originally posted by Massacher:

Originally posted by cattivision:

For me I only get the technology upgrade (always an S class) if I leave the warp engines intact but instead just take out the shield generators and control rods then shoot the freighter and destroy it before the warp countdown timer finishes. I completely ignore the pirates in space ship, turrets and cannons. If I take out the wrap engines then I only get units and a chance to take over the pirate freighter.

ETA the capital freighter saved will not also have the option to ask for another reward, but you can still board and purchase it.

So how do you get to board the pirate freighter with the warp engines still active? It always warps away before I can achieve that. I've only fought two so I'm still not sure on the details exactly.

If you don't take out the engines, you wont board it. You will have to take down the shields then kill it before it warps away (with maxed infra knife it takes like 5 seconds to finish it off).

Originally posted by Spocks Toupee:

Take out the Engines, then the Big Turrets.
It can be done in about 60 seconds, and it will save the Civilian Fleet, AND the Pirates will surrender.
Then you can either take the Freighter, or Demand Tribute, and you;'ll get around 6 million credits, then you can go back outside, take out the shields and blow it up for more credits

You wont get any freighter modules this way (or bulkheads if that is still possible as a reward... I haven't seen one since the Adrift update)

[GenSec39]

Originally posted by Massacher:

So how do you get to board the pirate freighter with the warp engines still active? It always warps away before I can achieve that. I've only fought two so I'm still not sure on the details exactly.

You don't need to. These are 2 different scenarios. You either blow up the ship by destroying it's shields/fuel tanks/hull without destroying it's engines (important!) and get immediate reward OR you force pirate to surrender by destroying engines/ shields, turrets and get a reward directly from the captain of defeated ship.

Keep in mind, if you'll try to mix these 2 situations (ship surrendered and then you destroyed it) - there is a good chance not to get any rewards at all.

[Shadow Strider]

Just to clarify,

You have two main options when facing a dreadnought:

1. Destroy it (take out the shields and kill it before it warps away)
This will provide you with either 1 S class freighter module or 3 bulkheads (but I haven't got any bulkheads since Adrift update), and depending on if you keep the civilian ship alive some units nanites, and ~5-8 standing with that system's dominant race.

2. Force it to surrender (kill the engines, destroy the cannons)
This will give you some units as well as the option to either take control of the freighter or claim 5-10 million more units

Originally posted by GenSec39:

Keep in mind, if you'll try to mix these 2 situations (ship surrendered and then you destroyed it) - there is a good chance not to get any rewards at all.

Yeah, this is also true, make sure you decide which option you want and don't stray from whats needed to accomplish that goal.

[Mudbug Sammich]

Finally got a mod after I ignored the warp engines and went straight to destroying the dreadnought. Didn't get any bulkheads but you guys' advice really helped. Thanks

[Scaramouche]

it is either S mod or 3 bulkheads but you have to destroy it.