AI persona core

[Talesin]

I was wondering where people have gotten this from in B18, as after 5,5 years i am still without one.

I know psychic ships no longer drops it, and apparently exotic goods vendors don't have it anymore either.
Which leaves quests but i haven't gotten it there either, so dunno if it is just an extremly low chance to get one now, or if there is something else that gives it.

[grapplehoeker]

You will get quests where the valuable item to be found is an AI persona core. When you get them, prepare a caravan and go get it. Be prepared to defeat the defenders, which usually amounts to a few pirates and a handful of uranium turrets.

[lilwhitemouse]

Wait, is that the only way now??? That sounds unfortunate...

[Astasia]

I looked at the files a week or so ago and it looked like caravans could still sell them, but I have a couple hundred hours in B18 and have never seen one for sale. They are either exceptionally rare, or the game is disabling them from being sold some other way that I didn't find, or I read the file wrong. My money is on the last one. I don't think they can ever be sold though, questing is the only way. Or mods that allow you to craft one.

[lilwhitemouse]

Well. That explains why my spaceship is STILL stuck on the planet :p

[grapplehoeker]

You only need one and the quest to get it isn't hard.
What you may find challenging is acquiring enough advanced components to build the vessel.
I need a total of 80 advanced components, but that's like 30 more than necessary because I'm building two engines and two sensors ;)
Even so, advanced components take ages to manufacture, so it's a long slow haul, but I'll get there eventually.
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1231599706

[lilwhitemouse]

I need 3 engines? But I still haven't gotten a quest, and so I'm stuck :/

[grapplehoeker]

Originally posted by lilwhitemouse:

I need 3 engines? But I still haven't gotten a quest, and so I'm stuck :/

Ah, 3 engines is it? So just another 15 advanced components then and a little remodelling of my construction... ho hum...
http://rimworldwiki.com/wiki/Ship

[grapplehoeker]

Aargh!
So... I scrapped my first ship and started to build the mark II. I went for this design with 4 engines.
I now face a couple of problems.
I hadn't anticipated how gruelling the chore is to produce the required amount of advanced components. It is very slow and tedious, requiring two good craftsmen working around the clock and snapping up as many base components as I can from every bulk trader. Even the relative scarcity of uranium isn't as bad as trying to amass 90 advanced components this ship requires.
The first problem will be resolved in time, a very long and arduous time, but it will be done eventually.
The second problem however, is turning out to be a nightmare lol. That bloody AI Persona Core!
I lost mine when I scrapped the Core you see I had already built in the image above. It has been 11 more years since I first obtained it and I haven't had any more quests for another to replace it.
If I can't get hold of another by the time I've crafted 90 advanced components, I am going to be very pissed off, because it will mean starting over... sigh.
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1233974974

[anarcher]

Have any of you tried to go trading with faction bases?

[grapplehoeker]

Originally posted by anarcher:

Have any of you tried to go trading with faction bases?

No, I haven't. I do summon in regular trade envoys from the friendly faction tribes though, for the purposes of obtaining more components. I also regularly summon in exotic envoys from time to time. These supplement the passing trade ship visits nicely. None of them ever have a core for trade though.
I don't caravan much at all to be honest and the nearest faction base would require a massive investment of time and resources. I'd be willing to consider that option, but only if you could assure me that that there was a strong likelihood that a tribal faction base might have an AI Persona Core for trade.

[lilwhitemouse]

I found uranium by trading with facion bases, but not AI Persona Cores. I think I'm going to use the "Dev Tools" "mod" to put at least one core back in a psychic ship :p

[lilwhitemouse]

Also, why don't trade ships have Advanced Componenets? I would think hardened electrnonics would be a spaceage staple?

[grapplehoeker]

Originally posted by lilwhitemouse:

Also, why don't trade ships have Advanced Componenets? I would think hardened electrnonics would be a spaceage staple?

I'm expecting this oversight and the persona core scarcity isssue will be addressed in the next update.

[corisai]

Originally posted by lilwhitemouse:

Also, why don't trade ships have Advanced Componenets? I would think hardened electrnonics would be a spaceage staple?

Balance issue. It will be extremly easy to collect them via trade as long as drugs still sale well :)

[anarcher]

Devs need to nerf the market value of pekoe and joints.