where are the Parallel Processing unit fragments?

[PCF Agent Jim]

I've gotten two already but I haven't found the third one. where is it?

[Andreas]

There are at least five locations located in two of the wrecks. I don't have coordinates. If you need a guide, search YouTube?

[PCF Agent Jim]

I'm in the stern of the big shipwreck, near the delta point port. I've gotten one that's locked behind a sealed power box, and another one that I can't remember the position of, but it's in the same wreck. I don't want coords, cuz I don't want anything spoiled, just tell me visual landmarks if I need to go somewhere else.

[Kanthric]

Originally posted by importantstuffandstuff:

I'm in the stern of the big shipwreck, near the delta point port. I've gotten one that's locked behind a sealed power box, and another one that I can't remember the position of, but it's in the same wreck. I don't want coords, cuz I don't want anything spoiled, just tell me visual landmarks if I need to go somewhere else.

There are three parts to the Mercury II wreck, all (roughly) in line with each other NW to SE. These are the thruster section (which only has 2 rooms), and the bow and stern sections, both of which your PDA will flag up when you find.

The bow and stern sections both have 2 parallel processing unit fragments, either in sealed power boxes or in broken-open equivalents that don't require lasering open. There is also 1 fragment in the thruster section.

Basically, you've got the two for the wreck you're in - you now need to track down the other wrecks. IIRC, the stern is the middle wreck section, so either strike north/north-east ish to find the thruster section, or south east to find the bow (which is much easier, because it's much larger).

[PCF Agent Jim]

I think I'm in the Bow right now, cuz it has the big thrusters on the back.

[catwhowalksbyhimself]

Originally posted by Kanthric:

Originally posted by importantstuffandstuff:

I'm in the stern of the big shipwreck, near the delta point port. I've gotten one that's locked behind a sealed power box, and another one that I can't remember the position of, but it's in the same wreck. I don't want coords, cuz I don't want anything spoiled, just tell me visual landmarks if I need to go somewhere else.

There are three parts to the Mercury II wreck, all (roughly) in line with each other NW to SE. These are the thruster section (which only has 2 rooms), and the bow and stern sections, both of which your PDA will flag up when you find.

The bow and stern sections both have 2 parallel processing unit fragments, either in sealed power boxes or in broken-open equivalents that don't require lasering open. There is also 1 fragment in the thruster section.

Basically, you've got the two for the wreck you're in - you now need to track down the other wrecks. IIRC, the stern is the middle wreck section, so either strike north/north-east ish to find the thruster section, or south east to find the bow (which is much easier, because it's much larger).

I thought there was just one in each part. I guess I missed one in each of the larger pieces then. Haven't found the thruster yet, but I have the two larger ones marked with beacons. I'm not the OP, but thanks for the tips anyway!

[tprx]

FYI You DO need the laser cutter to get them.

[Kanthric]

Originally posted by importantstuffandstuff:

I think I'm in the Bow right now, cuz it has the big thrusters on the back.

Yeah, that's me getting them the wrong way round. The bow (the one you're at, with the engines, in the picture from Delta Base) is the middle wreck, not the stern.

Originally posted by catwhowalksbyhimself:

I thought there was just one in each part. I guess I missed one in each of the larger pieces then. Haven't found the thruster yet, but I have the two larger ones marked with beacons. I'm not the OP, but thanks for the tips anyway!

One of the pieces in the stern is only accessible through the vents, or using a propulsion cannon to clear a blocked doorway.

The second bow one is definitely on the wrong side of a laser-sealed door; I can't recall if you also have to use a vent, or if it's just a not-immediately-obvious gap in the wall/ceiling/floor that gets you to it.

[Andreas]

Originally posted by tprx:

FYI You DO need the laser cutter to get them.

There are at least two where you don't.

But since you need three ...

[PCF Agent Jim]

I got all three but my game crashed. I hope that I saved when I got all three

[catwhowalksbyhimself]

Originally posted by Kanthric:

One of the pieces in the stern is only accessible through the vents, or using a propulsion cannon to clear a blocked doorway.

Ah, I saw that area of the wreck, but still haven't found the propulsion cannon, so can't do anything about that.

Sounds like I should just find the detatched thruster then.

[Andreas]

Originally posted by catwhowalksbyhimself:

Originally posted by Kanthric:

One of the pieces in the stern is only accessible through the vents, or using a propulsion cannon to clear a blocked doorway.

Ah, I saw that area of the wreck, but still haven't found the propulsion cannon, so can't do anything about that.

Sounds like I should just find the detatched thruster then.

You should be able to find five without a propulsion cannon. I know I did. :P

[Kanthric]

Originally posted by catwhowalksbyhimself:

Originally posted by Kanthric:

One of the pieces in the stern is only accessible through the vents, or using a propulsion cannon to clear a blocked doorway.

Ah, I saw that area of the wreck, but still haven't found the propulsion cannon, so can't do anything about that.

Sounds like I should just find the detatched thruster then.

You don't need the propulsion cannon to get it, if you can find the other end of the vent.

It's a long vent with a couple of twists in it, so where the other end might be isn't immediately obvious.

[Helios]

That part is nasty, i spent quite some time in one wreck, and i was able to find it only after i found other two. Problem is that without seeing first two you won´t expect it to be sealed in some kind of side panel, looking absolutely same like anything else in that ship. Or even after seeing first two, the sealed one is kinda unexpected.

[Andreas]

Originally posted by Helios:

Problem is that without seeing first two you won´t expect it to be sealed in some kind of side panel, looking absolutely same like anything else in that ship. Or even after seeing first two, the sealed one is kinda unexpected.

Why? It's in the same kind of box, just with no hole in it.

[catwhowalksbyhimself]

Originally posted by Kanthric:

Originally posted by catwhowalksbyhimself:

Ah, I saw that area of the wreck, but still haven't found the propulsion cannon, so can't do anything about that.

Sounds like I should just find the detatched thruster then.

You don't need the propulsion cannon to get it, if you can find the other end of the vent.

It's a long vent with a couple of twists in it, so where the other end might be isn't immediately obvious.

I know the vent system you refer to, and I'd rather not drown myself getting lost in there. Finding the thruster is easier than that mess.