PBG, IBL factory?

boringborons · Post by **boringborons** » Tue, 12. May 09, 19:40

Are Plasma Burst gens and Incendinary Bomb launcher factories not purchasable in-game?

I know pirates have them, but so do a lot of Argon / Paranid ships. Surely these races cannot be relying on pirates just to get these guns?

Post by **Nanook** » Tue, 12. May 09, 19:44

Those factories are not for sale. And why all the races have those weapons in their ships is an ongoing mystery.

delray · Post by **delray** » Tue, 12. May 09, 19:47

If you are REALLY lucky you can cap a TL with IBL or PBG factory on board.

So when you see a TL traversing Pirate sectors, scan it. It's possible it has something cool on board.

It's a longshot but it's the only way to own one.

boringborons · Post by **boringborons** » Tue, 12. May 09, 19:50

Such a shame.

*I guess they're just as rare as repair lasers*

SIMON POPPLEWELL · Post by **SIMON POPPLEWELL** » Tue, 12. May 09, 19:51

delray wrote:If you are REALLY lucky you can cap a TL with IBL or PBG factory on board.

So when you see a TL traversing Pirate sectors, scan it. It's possible it has something cool on board.

It's a longshot but it's the only way to own one.

You can get TLs carrying these factories!

I'm going to keep an eye for one of those.

Post by **Nanook** » Tue, 12. May 09, 19:51

Not quite.

boringborons · Post by **boringborons** » Tue, 12. May 09, 19:53

do pirates have TL's?

Post by **Nanook** » Tue, 12. May 09, 19:57

Pirate factories are replaced using regular TL's from one of the races. The Yaki do have TL's but have no access to stations to carry in them. Their only shipyard just sells ships. So check out the 'normal' TL's flying through pirate sectors. Chances are, they're simply replacing lost race factories, but who knows?

delray · Post by **delray** » Tue, 12. May 09, 19:59

No. They don't. But when you blow a fab of IBL or PBG, GOD eventually spawns one via one of his TLs. If you get this TL, you can get the fab he's carrying as well.

There's a very TINY chance he will have a PBG or IBL fab on board so don't have too much hope. You probably won't ever find such a ship in your life.

Actually I was just passing by this Hercules in Hatikhva's heading west into Pirate sectors... I have to go back!!!

boringborons · Post by **boringborons** » Tue, 12. May 09, 20:06

Are these facts just not available in the game purely becuase they're a "Pirate" class weapon?

Thelic · Post by **Thelic** » Tue, 12. May 09, 20:42

boringborons wrote:Are these facts just not available in the game purely becuase they're a "Pirate" class weapon?

It's more of a just because, given that many ships in the game spawn with IBL.

Dem0n_Dude · Post by **Dem0n_Dude** » Tue, 12. May 09, 22:13

well i'm sure getting a particular factory would be hard but i recently destroyed dukes domain and i'm seing TLs with factories all the time. But i don' bother capping cos of the bug.

delray · Post by **delray** » Tue, 12. May 09, 22:19

Pirates and Yaki are on their way to become mini-races. I think in one of the coming patches they will get their own mini-campaigns and maybe even start selling you more ships and fabs.

boringborons · Post by **boringborons** » Wed, 13. May 09, 00:01

nice I like the sound of it.

Any indication of when 2.1 will be released?

delray · Post by **delray** » Wed, 13. May 09, 00:31

Summer is my best guess. There aren't any pressing bugs right now so they won't need to rush it. At least that's what I think.

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PBG, IBL factory?

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