How do i get ship weapons in hybrid path

[XornTheMediocre]

i looked at the wiki and it said you can turn the tech weapons into hybrid weapons at the magic forge but in needs an alter gem and 5 blood gems, there are only five slots to put stuff in not six. i read you can also craft them in the mole lab but im not at that point yet, do i need to abandon the hybrid ship until then?

[Blaine]

I'll let you know when I figure it out myself. The hybrid path seems to be implemented somewhat awkwardly, and despite how great of a game this is, the community is very quiet and the Wiki/online info isn't very complete (not that I usually use spoilers, but I feel like I could easily miss the "right" hybrid path; and I've played the game a couple of times before in years past.)

I'd gotten the Escort Fighter all set up, the Alchemist/Mirrows had told me to essentially go east and finish the magic path, and I was about to fight the ice cloud and evolve an elder dragon into a ship when the first bombardment happened. Fortunately, I zipped right up into space and destroyed the bomber before anything was harmed.

Well, better an awkward hybrid path than none, I suppose.

[XornTheMediocre]

i sorta figured it out, you can buy them from the mirrows, ut i dint know what unlocks them, i talked to the profesor on earth and i got it, so mabey that?

[squirleybob]

Yeah, the wiki is rather lacking. Very few people have done much with it.

There are a few ways to get the weapons. One NPC gives them for free (don't remember - from your comment it looks like Professor), the Mirrows sell them, and there is a way to get them added to the talon copse and somewhere else (researchable in the mobile lab - exo factory I'd say).

It is possible to follow the hybrid path without triggering the bombardment before you have the shield in place, but you do need to follow both paths to basically the end. It starts by using an alter gem on a mecca wyrm, after which you can have Alchemist and the Mirrows join up. Then, you need to follow both the magic path up to evolution gem creation, which unlocks the mecca dragon transform a mecca wyrm with an evo gem. Follow both paths to their respective ships, allowing you to create a mecca dragon ship. Then, follow science through breaching the HQ, and Professor unlocks a quest along the magic line to persuade the HQ structures to join you. At this point, you have found another NPC who offers to help end the war peacefully. Finish the war that way to reach the combo path ending.

[Blaine]

Yeah, I figured it out. The Mecha Dragon Ship is twice as good as the Escort Fighter in every way but pure attack power, and you also don't even have to fuel it with cows and chickens. Expensive as heck, though.

[squirleybob]

It is expensive! It also has the "shieldbreaker" which takes down enemy ship shields. Very useful against a cruiser/bomber.

[42.schlegel]

To get the crafting recipes, you have to go into your inventory and cast the book of translation. It will then say the recipe was added to the forge.

[kajidiablo]

yeah hybrid is super criptic basic make a ship from both paths then talk to mirrows and alchemest and then make the mecha dragon ship then talk to mirrows and buy the guns at 3k each unlike dragon ship you can change them up homing for land based and cannon for ships ;) also hybrid can equip 3 cores like escort i would recomend getting those asap so you can shield forever even while "drained" also if you like easy food steal the mini synth off the dragon ship and stick it on the hybrid lol

[kajidiablo]

another fun tip you can walk into hybrid core area to fully charge your own batterys

[kajidiablo]

sorry just noticed this was from september mb for the necro

[Arkhne]

The Hybrid ship is pretty worthless.
It's a great idea in theory, but by the time you unlock it, you're already at the point that you wil (probably)l have beaten the first space boss, and be looking for preparing for the end-game.
Getting weapons for the ship is so late that it might as well just be unarmed.

Everything in the hybrid path is delayed enough to make it utterly pointless. Everything needs to be bumped one event sooner, otherwise it is completely irrelevent. The quality of the hybrid path compared to the rest of the game is extremely lacking, especially in the progression department.