Orphiel Foundries

[Brian]

I'm taking over the galaxy one sector at a time, and I have no idea how to flip orphiel foundries (or the prisons, for that matter). I know the first one is a quest feature, but then I took a different sector and it just flipped on its own after a while. Another sector I own has one and it isn't flipping. What's the ryhme or reason here?

[Geek]

I am not sure what you mean since ther is only one orphiel foundry.
Most structures will switch to you when your side when you conquer the sector except independent stations, prisons and artifacts.

[Brian]

https://twitter.com/objectivistgamr/status/992559917553868801

[Geek]

Is that a campaig game ? becauste that structure is tied to campaign progression then.

[Brian]

Oh okay. Well yeah, it's campaign. Good to know. Thanks.

[ReaperV]

For prisons, you have to get near them and send troopers to them. Once you successfully board and capture the station, it will blow-up, and the prisoners are free in the form of some smaller fleets that you can then control. You can't actually "own" the prisons, though.

The 'independent stations', which Geek mentioned, have to be conquered like you would a Garrison/Outpost, regardless of who owns the region. You can technically even own those in enemy regions. Those specfic structures give additional bonuses if you click on them on the Starchart.

Orphiel Foundry should be friendly to you/show your ownership after a main mission, and the region can be conquered independently at a later point.

[Brian]

Yeah I conqured the region before that quest I guess.

[Asmosis]

Another oddity about the campaign, there is a faction that is hostile to you but you can negotiate peace (and get the tributes) however they remain hostile. It's part of the story (the main antagonist in early game) but i think its a bug that they accept peace and give you the tributes.