My Atlandid Drive got destroyed

[JAX]

Starting the new expedition from my previous save the atlandid drive got destroyed and to get the indium to repair it seems to need a lot of steps that are impossible to do here.

Any idea how to fix it on the current save?

[Sentient_Pickle]

i don't know the circumstances but are repair kits not purchasable or obtainable?

[JAX]

Am fairly new to the game in general, but I checked the anomaly and station, I saw repair kits somewhere but didn't have the currency to buy it, I don't think it was a normal currency too

[Heliosa]

I'm on the expedition and I have some indium (I don't remember how I got it). I can give you some if you want.

[JAX]

That's very kind but I think you should keep them just in case yours got damaged and you need to repair. I'd like to know if there's a way to repair mine normally. Like by expedition design they shouldn't gatekeep me from things I will need to finish it I dunno. The repair needed 3 mats but indium was the one I have 0 access to

[Sentient_Pickle]

yeah, the scrap dealer on stations that's tucked behind one of the sets of stairs sells them for tainted metal, a currency mostly found on derelict freighters, but that's not a realistic option in an expedition. They can be bought by the vendor that stands to the left of the mission guy in the scrap Hauler on the right side of any Outlaw station in any Outlaw system. You can find Outlaw systems in the galaxy map by the skull symbol on the system's "card" as pirates control that system rather than one of the 3 main races.

Aside from that, you can go around planets and nab whatever materials are in "Buried Cache" that you can spot through your visor. They're little boxes just under the ground. But Cadmium, Emeril and Indium are some of the materials in the pool of stuff that can be found in Buried Cache. I've often been able to build a Cadmium Drive, Emeril Drive, and Indium Drive without even leaving the first planet in a normal playthrough of NMS, but the Atlantid Drive is relatively new as is this expedition, so I didn't think to check if Buried Cache were prominent on say, the Gas Giant we start the expedition on.

[Mozzy]

You can buy repair kits fairly cheap from an Outlaw station (from the NPC that sells black market goods).

Far as I recall, not every single Outlaw station sells same things on the black market (e.g. not all NPC will have counterfeit circuits). Forgot if repair kits are one of the random ones or guaranteed, but either way, visiting couple Outlaw systems should get repair kits very easily.

[Heliosa]

Publicado originalmente por JAX:

That's very kind but I think you should keep them just in case yours got damaged and you need to repair. I'd like to know if there's a way to repair mine normally. Like by expedition design they shouldn't gatekeep me from things I will need to finish it I dunno. The repair needed 3 mats but indium was the one I have 0 access to

How much indium do you need? I have 133 and if that's enough, I can give you everything.
I started the expedition on an existing part and if it's necessary, I can get my ship back and have access to the blue systems. So, that's no problem for me.

[JAX]

So I do have the blueprint for the atlandid drive because I dismantled it and I can re create it. So I need to check buried caches and see if am lucky

[Mozzy]

Publicado originalmente por JAX:

So I do have the blueprint for the atlandid drive because I dismantled it and I can re create it. So I need to check buried caches and see if am lucky

You can also get indium buying a cheap ship that has any tech installed that gives indium as part of deconstructing it.

e.g. look at compare ships view, and if they have indium hyperdrive, it should deconstruct to decent amount of indium.

[JAX]

I dunno about the outlaw station can look it up and see if that's something I can grind for. concerning how much I need, I think I need 125 indium and some atlantideum something which I had in my inventory some of them but dunno how I got them but since they're there so I have access to that. I got the living glass from dismantling

[JAX]

Alright will check the new options, thanx

[Heliosa]

Publicado originalmente por JAX:

Alright will check the new options, thanx

My suggestion still stands if you can't find indium (it's possible that I found the one I have in a buried cache).

[JAX]

No worries thank you, I'll just see what to do. Worst case I leave the expedition and play normal all good

[IceBurner]

You don't need Indium.

I suggest using a Repair Kit to take its place. No matter what material or amount is needed, a single Repair Kit can replace 100% of it.

Repair KIts are available in all systems, commonly purchasable, uncommonly found as loot from certain containers, and often given out as Mission rewards from the Mission Broker on space stations.

To use a Repair Kit, hover your cursor over the material you don't have or don't want to use for repairs, then press the hotkey shown on the floating info box specifically for using a Repair Kit instead of the material.

[ItaAndy]

Get yourself a repair kit,(fairly cheap) trust me, don't leave the expedition. The game will reward you massively!