Can you get a mechanitor if you didn't start with one?

[EmuWarlord]

I started my first game of the dlc with the sanguinophage start which has been fun, but I wanted to try the mechs without starting a new game, can I make one of my guys a mechanitor? or can I find one and capture him?

[Filipasian]

I got a quest that never expires that lets you get a part to make one of your colonists a mechanitor

[EmuWarlord]

Originally posted by Filipasian:

I got a quest that never expires that lets you get a part to make one of your colonists a mechanitor

hmm, I don't seem to have that quest, maybe its a random thing

[Enorats]

There should be a ruined mech somewhere on your map, and you should get a quest to go poke it to death. It'll drop an item, and using that item will cause a ship to crash. The ship will have a corpse on board, along with a few mechs. Take a chip out of the corpse's brain, then install it in your chosen colonist's brain. Maybe wash it first.

That's all you've gotta do. That gives the pawn bandwidth and allows you to begin using the initial mech stuff (might need to research the basic mech tech though). From there you just call in mech bosses, kill them, take their hardware, then use that to unlock new tech research.

[AldouzTek]

Originally posted by EmuWarlord:

Originally posted by Filipasian:

I got a quest that never expires that lets you get a part to make one of your colonists a mechanitor

hmm, I don't seem to have that quest, maybe its a random thing

Yeah never have that too, only a quest "to make one of your colonists a sanguophage" Lol

[EmuWarlord]

Originally posted by Enorats:

There should be a ruined mech somewhere on your map, and you should get a quest to go poke it to death. It'll drop an item, and using that item will cause a ship to crash. The ship will have a corpse on board, along with a few mechs. Take a chip out of the corpse's brain, then install it in your chosen colonist's brain. Maybe wash it first.

That's all you've gotta do. That gives the pawn bandwidth and allows you to begin using the initial mech stuff (might need to research the basic mech tech though). From there you just call in mech bosses, kill them, take their hardware, then use that to unlock new tech research.

cheers for the explanation, I think I have the mech on the map, just not the quest, will go punch it and hope for the best C:

[EmuWarlord]

Update; the quest triggers when you walk near the mech body C:

[these people]

Originally posted by EmuWarlord:

Update; the quest triggers when you walk near the mech body C:

That is really good to know, I saw it on a previous start but didn't go near it. I figured I'd get around to figuring it out but then got bored and did a mechanitor start. I think that the mech doesn't spawn in that one, so you might be limited to one mechanitor unless the link appears in trader inventories.

[EmuWarlord]

Originally posted by these people:

Originally posted by EmuWarlord:

Update; the quest triggers when you walk near the mech body C:

That is really good to know, I saw it on a previous start but didn't go near it. I figured I'd get around to figuring it out but then got bored and did a mechanitor start. I think that the mech doesn't spawn in that one, so you might be limited to one mechanitor unless the link appears in trader inventories.

yeah that might be the case, I think the mechanitor also gets a mood buff for being solo or in a small group, also I don't think having more than one would give much benefit
PS: I made my sanguinophage into a mechanitor, so my vampire is now a nerd
PPS: I wader if you can extract the chip again if your mechanitor dies(more research is required)

[AldouzTek]

Originally posted by EmuWarlord:

Originally posted by these people:

That is really good to know, I saw it on a previous start but didn't go near it. I figured I'd get around to figuring it out but then got bored and did a mechanitor start. I think that the mech doesn't spawn in that one, so you might be limited to one mechanitor unless the link appears in trader inventories.

PPS: I wader if you can extract the chip again if your mechanitor dies(more research is required)

If it work, give your pawn a title Cannibalitor Lol

[DatBoiTim]

So I did all the quest stuff. Not sure how to extract the implant.

Anyone got ideas?

[EmuWarlord]

Originally posted by DatBoiTim:

So I did all the quest stuff. Not sure how to extract the implant.

Anyone got ideas?

select a colonist, right click the body, click extract

[Drazhya]

You can also get "Mechanitor Complex" quests, which each have an additional mechlink, though I've only seen one in... maybe 4 rim-years. So probably really rare. The complexes themselves seem a bit barren; the one I did had no loot besides the mechlink, and no enemies (excluding one enemy-summoning console that brought in a single militor).