Counterfeit circuits

[HeTiCu7]

So I bought a BP for a Cargo Scan Deflector at the Anomaly, and one of the ingredients is Counterfeit Circuits. I looked this up on the wiki and it says:

Purchase is illegal at nearly all galactic trade terminals. Regular supply is only available within outlaw systems.

Purchaseable in outlaw systems
From freighter fleets in outlaw systems
Can be found in Storage Containers aboard Crashed Freighters
Missions from the Bounty Master aboard outlaw space stations

Fine. So I hopped over to an outlaw system I've been to before, and found there is no trade terminal on the Space Station. So I ran around to every merchant and NPC (twice) and no one offered it. Then I waited for over a dozen ships to fly in and checked with them; still not selling CC's.

Then I used a map and went to a trade terminal on one of the planets; turned out to be a super trade terminal. The trade terminal itself did not sell them. So I ran around to over a dozen NPC's as they flew in, and none of them were selling it.

The wiki says "regular supply", but it appears I am limited to searching crashed freighters. Is that the best way to find some? I only need 2. Thanks!

[Mr. Bufferlow]

Did you have any luck with the pirate missions? That seemed to be a reliable source last time I went. There is usually at least one mission that offers it as a reward.

[Bwaar]

Go to an outlaw system and attack Freighters easy money to

[smurfy]

I've never seen it either... but I've never needed it. I have Cargo Scan Deflectors installed though. I get the modules from salvaged A or S class Sentinel Interceptors. Package them up and install into the ship I'm using.

[Zigamus Wizard]

I'm going to the Anomaly, if I see you there I'll give you a couple, ok?

[GenSec39]

Everything you read at wiki is correct. Either from trader at space station (instead of trading terminal, on the left from local chief), as a quest reward from local chief, from planetary trading post, from freighters and cargo pods in outlaws systems or from randomly crashed freighters.

Non of these methods guarantees you 100% chance to get counterfeit circuits but all of them can eventually give you some. IMHO, the best to get few circuits (as any other illegal goods) - piracy in outlaw systems.

[smurfy]

I just back-tracked to the last 10 Pirate Stations in my Teleporter list. Small sample size, I know...

3/10 Contraband Agents (the merch to the right of the Exosuit upgrade terminal) had them for sale (3-5 at a time each).
1/10 Bounty Master had them as a reward for a pirate hunt mission. None of them had it as a commodity to obtain/deliver.

I didn't hang around to talk to any landed pirates to see if any of them would offer them.

Of course, if I repeated the exercise in a couple of days, I'd probably get a different set of results.

[HeTiCu7]

Thanks everyone. I appreciate the response and info. For me, this game is not about fighting, theft and conflict. I'm into exploration and commerce. Since this one BP demands that I get involved in the former to build it, then I guess that's part of the game I won't get involved in. You all gave me the answer I was looking for. :)

[HeTiCu7]

Originally posted by smurfy:

3/10 Contraband Agents (the merch to the right of the Exosuit upgrade terminal) had them for sale (3-5 at a time each).

Thanks, smurfy. This might be worth a try. :)

[Redwolf]

It's not available on EVERY Outlaw station. Just visit the station on a few Outlaw systems and you will find it on one of them. Usually you can buy up to 3 pieces at one place.

[Sentient_Pickle]

what Redwolf said. It's one of several "contraband" items that can spawn in the pool of items the guy that's to the left of the mission guy. He's at the table in front of the tail end of the broken hauler. If you go to an outlaw system and that guy doesn't have it, you can either check the pilots' inventories as they land, or just go to a different outlaw system. But what that one guy and the pilots have will be set, so if you don't see it in any of their inventory, it won't ever show up, no matter how many times you reload or check.

[dreamrider]

I've gotten enough for two Scan Deflectors, plus 3-4 over during this game. (Due diligence: A game which is quite long.)

I believe ALL of them came from crashed freighters, on a variety of worlds, mostly NOT in Outlaw systems.

And of course, there are always Repair Kits, which have always been available in the Outlaw systems that I have visited.

[umop-apisdn]

Originally posted by dreamrider:

And of course, there are always Repair Kits, which have always been available in the Outlaw systems that I have visited.

Repair Kits cannot be used to craft new tech, only to repair the broken stuff.

[HeTiCu7]

Thanks, all, but I got my 2 that I needed. Found them both at a crashed freighter in the outlaw system. :)