Also, you can get rid of that contraband by selling it to the Trade Authority. You just need to go find one in a system that won't scan you when you approach. The best place for this in the early game is a station in the Wolf system.
And even if you do go into a system that runs scans, with a little preparation beforehand, you can avoid the scan making smuggling perks completely useless. Bethesda at its finest.
@@Mirsky256 yes. Because that is literally what smuggling is. Finding ways past the authorities. We'll see if they patch that landing on the same planet loophole or if it was intentional.
Some stations you need to wait to do a quest in order to dock there. The Eklund station in the video is tied to the Rangers quest IIRC, you can't dock at The Key without doing another faction quest and there's a few others.
I genuinely recommend you read the smuggling section of the help menu. Otherwise, you will never figure out how to smuggle anything. As far as the ship's go registering a shift means that you can then sell or customize it, you can still use the shift perfectly. Fine. Otherwise, no one has any problems with you going to port or anything. It's just until it's registered. You can't sell or customize it in any way.
@@athena1491 Not from anything im aware of no. basically as i understand it there is a point where the ship is considered a part of your fleet. and that moment is either when you undock from your old ship in your new ship or when you touch planet side or travel to a new zone. Now i lost everything in the cargo bay trying to test this from a bug so i just recommend touching down at a nearby city when you get a new ship. from there the ship should always be available until you sell it. Theres a couple things i havent done or tried yet. i hear some people say you can customize an unregistered ship if you are at either the crimson fleet yard or at your own personal outpost with the huge landing pad. I also believe there are people who will buy unregistered ships from again the crimson fleet yard. i just vaguely remember reading a loading screen hint about it though so i could be wrong.
@@athena1491 I mean...it can disappear if it IS registered, too. I've lost probably a good 100k to registering C class pirate ships I've taken and not gone to sell right away just being removed from my inventory. Mind you, I have had captured ships stick around too...I have no idea what triggers the bug, I've just gotten in the habit of immediately selling any ship I've captured until they have a fix for this one.
@@athena1491 I'm glad you haven't, genuinely. It's a really frustrating bug when it comes up, made all the worse by having paid Class C registration fees for the things Fortunately, money is really easy to earn in this game so it didn't take long to recover from the loss
LOL, yes Jon's obviously going into this game completely blind despite all the content already out there. His misuse of credits so far is wild. I'm just not sure if it's adorable or annoying to watch this haphazard approach to everything as it's all so... inefficient. Like OMG pickup better weapons!! (that Modified Equinox is complete garbage!) If not just to keep the best ones for yourself but to sell everything else, and ammo weights nothing so loot it all! And why Jon are you just hauling all those resources around with you? Just run it all back to the Lodge every time its full, all the workbenches are there and you can keep your ship lean and mean for combat. Aargh... I guess it is annoying not adorable after all.
@@CynicalPlatapus you shouldn't change it. It is entirely too easy to steal a ship and sell it. If there was a process to forge ownership docs then that could be fun, but as is ship theft is incredibly easy. But even without mods, boarding ships and raiding it for loot and contraband is still profitable to make it worth it.
for future reference: the auto persuade builds up by passing checks, not a full persuade but individual "turns", and when you use it it will pick whatever option you have currently available that gives the most points and force it to pass
I definitely need to be using that more then. I swear, since actually taking Persuasion as a skill, I've not passed a single persuasion challenge, which makes improving it way harder.
@@ChrisRLowery i have since done some some more testing and turns out the bar fills up even if you fail, the more points the option is worth the more it fills
Not to mention his perks are definitely handy to have onboard the ship. The community is still figuring out how all the NPC perks work (seriously Bethesda, they're called tooltips; please use them), but Vasco has been reported as giving +1 reactor pip and +20% shields.
@@ClockworkBard Vasco gives the following: +1 reactor pip (Aneutronic Fusion skill level 1), +40% shields (Shield Systems skill level 2), and +10% EM ship weapon damage and cost 15% less to use in targeting mode (EM Weapon Systems skill level 1). Crew member ship skill names have the same names as your ship skills and stack with yours. Example: your shield system level 3 skill and Vasco's level 2 shield system skill gives 1.6*1.4=2.24 to shields. This will make the Vanguard Bulwark shield give 1450*1.6*1.4=3248 points roughly.
I love that moment. With Noel trying to tell her "Well you really shouldn't just be here" and Dad's like "I make cookies" which completely flips her. Too bad Jon cut that. I love the little interactions with your family. Or just HAVING a family in a Western RPG that doesn't die or Sir Not Appearing in this Film.
Also love that moment with Jon theorizing about Walter's partner betraying Constellation. Walter and their Partner might be my favorite pair of NPCs in the game. Absolutely lovely.
@@irecordwithaphone1856I agree although I kinda like that she's not, she's the full on nerd that does NOT wanna play the "let's explore the crazy far flung toxic moons together!" And is more like "Uhhh I'm gonna chill at home thx" haha
49:26 One of my favorite parts of boarding ships like these is that if you do it just after ending a firefight, the ship will sometimes take off and load into space while you're boarded inside
This happened to be, but the ship was Class B and I didn't have the skill to pilot it. Tried fast-travelling to the planet's surface and the game crashed LOL. Fortunately upon reloading, I *was* able to fast-travel to the surface, but it was back at my ship instead.
Head to the Wolf system and to the Den spaceport to sell your contraband, avoid jumping to uc or freestar systems till you get rid of it, as its on your person and if you get scanned it's a guaranteed fail. Also if you haven't sussed it out, holding aim on the cutter increases the power and let's you do more damage/ mine faster
And welcome back to Space Crime with your host MATN. In today's episode, our contestants try and obtain enough money to fix their given spaceship, by any means necessary
Upgrade your reactor because it allows you to allocate more points into the systems. More points in each individual system means they function better. If you put more points into shields it will max out at 100%.
More importantly at low level, there are exactly 2 crew that you can assign to your ship that give 1 free reactor point each. The fusion skill. Always worth getting Sarah and that other one imo 😅
Considering you found a Calibrated weapon, there is something the game never explains: Every piece of weapon and armor has different tiers, denoted by different prefixes: It goes from no prefix, to Calibrated, Refined, Advanced and Superior (spacesuits only). A higher tier basically means higher base stats. This means a Refined weapon is always better than a Calibrated one of the same kind. And most of the time, even a legendary weapon of a lower tier will be inferior to a higher tier one without any legendary effects. And unfortunately there is no way to upgrade tiers. Also, every unique weapon sold in shops is always of basic tier, meaning as soon as calibrated weapons start spawning, they become utterly useless. Weapon drops depend on which level the killed enemy was, so most level 10 or 20+ enemies will start dropping calibrated weapons and higher levels higher tiers. Shops start selling higher tier weapons as well as you level up. Chests I think depend on the planet level. TL;DR If you find Calibrated/Refined/Advanced weapons, use them. Chances are they are better than anything you have right now. Same with Spacesuits, though sometimes lower tier suits might actually have better defenses depending on the kind of suit it is.
There is a way to upgrade item tiers it just depends how you feel about using console commands, but in game by default yes. Reasonably certain they did that because items drop so frequently even legendaries on Hard/Very Hard difficulty it's easier to swap to a new shiny weapon you just found than having an upgrade system where you make your "perfect weapon" then just ignore all new items except as sellable loot.
One of the best ways I've found to make credits is to sign up for the Freestar Rangers, and just spam out the mission board with the radiant quests. After you do a certain number a special quests pops up for a big bounty, that plus the kill quests have you racking up a large number of weapons to sell as well. To the point where I have to take breaks from doing that, or sleep, just to sell off all the items you end up stacking up. I've stacked up millions of credits in a single game. Edit: I do love the Kid's Stuff trait, as them showing up where you work, and the dad giving you a weapon he sighted in himself to keep you safe, it reminded me of my own father who passed away, and it hit really close to home. I was not emotionally prepared for it, but I'm glad it happened.
A couple tips: that crimson fleet ship you just picked up has some shielded cargo, which can help you smuggle that contraband. Just make sure it's in your cargo hold and not your inventory. You might also want to check out the Wolf system. UC security is a little lacking in that area.
Nice going John! Ships are like Pokemon, they are always in your pocket (just switch over your active or 'Home' ship at the Technician) your newest ship will auto drag your cargo and crew from your old ship (even if the cargo is smaller in your new ship it will allow unlimited overflow, im not sure if this makes it less maneuverable in space?) ... my only gripe here is that you cannot modify or sell a new ship unless you register it, and registering is pricey!
One day Jon will visit his home. I honestly cant wait to see how he decorates his house. I imagine all the plushies will be going there. I use it as my contraband drop off point. Sure i can go to sell them now, but Im saving them until i get some levels into bartering to get the most value out of them.
Very few games hold my attention till the end anymore but I have been loving the side a faction quests in this game. Stumble upon oblivion murder party quality of quests every few hours it seems.
The ship you nicked has some shielded storage, meaning you can use it to try and smuggle contraband as shielded storage has a chance to evade a scan. Illegal contraband can be sold (among others) to NPCs belonging to the Trade Authority faction (however, it can not be sold to Trade Authority vendor kiosks). Also, a quick hint for ship design: Enemy AI is programmed to always aim for a ships center of mass, so ships with a slender middle section are actually a bit less likely to get hit.
unfortunately the contraband is not in the cargo hold and since it's now over capacity, he can't put it in there anymore, which means it won't evade the scans, which brings up my tip of the day: find the contraband and put it in the cargo hold *before* making your new ship your home ship
@@wheresmymuffinshe could empty his ship's cargo and keep it on his body or drop it on the ship floor in the meantime. There's little penalty to either option.
@@wheresmymuffins fun fact encumbrance doesn't slow you down if you don't want it to. Not good for where enemies can spawn but encumbrance damage can't kill you; it stops around 10% health and a quick hour nap in space will heal you right up. Very useful for moving around on low gravity outposts
You can get very lucky with pirate ships, I got a gorgeous, sleek ecliptic stiletto about 10 hours in, which I modified a bit and used for at least 40 hours before major revamp was needed. If you get the option, take the ship - you can always just sell it. Just check it for contraband, I got immediately shot at when I returned to Atlantis bcos I missed a small box on a counter. 😂
contraband must be in the ship (not in your inventory) and the ship must have "shielded cargo" in order to have a chance to successfully evade a scan. there are also places where you can sell things without being scanned. stealing a crimson fleet ship is one of the only early game ways of getting shielded cargo. if you want to travel to a planet, but all the city icons are grey, it means you have unsecured contraband and would fail the scan.
Jon, you really need to visit your home. It's one of the places you can register the ships & change your "home" ship, plus you can build storage containers there to hold stuff you don't want to sell yet! (Or store stuff like contraband)
Just a note, John, if you want universe backstory I highly recommend at least STARTING the UC Vanguard questline because there's a museum of recent history. Also the questline is GREAT, but you don't have to join up with the military to see the museum.
Jon, really recommend you do The Mantis quest, it will solve your ship issues and you will absolutely love it, it's a gem of a quest that's right up your alley.
Jon’s going to go to all these lengths to steal a ship, get it registered, and then spend a bunch of money on it to customise it because he likes the cockpit when he could just go to neon and spend like 2k and put the cockpit on the Frontier.
Jon, check the Wolf system Trade Authority at the Den 1st system North of Alpha Centauri starter system. You must deal with the human not the terminal but they will buy anything. Looking forward to more episodes of "Jon Lost in Space searching for the perfect coffee mug" lol
Jon is really cutting out a lot of stuff, isn't he? As I previously said, what worries me is the series ends before it gets good. This is a massive, massive game. Jon, don't be afraid to make longer episodes. After all, Skyrim took 110+ episodes.
he decided some time ago for unknown reasons that episodes should not be longer than an hour anymore. If it's shorter, it's shorter, but cutting out stuff to get below an arbitrary limit is a shame.
This game is, in many ways, bigger than Skyrim. With Jon's ability to comment and make procedurally generated content entertaining, the sheer amount of content possible is staggering.
@Thisandthat8908 it was stated at the time it was for viewer retention, channel growth, and improving workload+flow. I think you forget EVERY video used to be a feature length film at an average of between 60-90 minutes
@@Thisandthat8908 Not for unknown reasons. Videos longer than an hour in a series REALLY reduce viewer retention for the series as a whole, according to \RUclips analytics.
Since you want a cowboy hat, maybe the main quest on Akila (The Empty Nest) would be a good choice? That's space cowboy central, you might be able to find the hat in the general store, or just loot one.
Good news for you is the ship you... gained access to has shielded cargo holds so you have a chance (i think its 59%) to get into a system without the contraband being detected. It does however HAVE to be in the cargo bay not in your inventory or loose on the ship
John, at Galbank to the right of the building is a red kiosk that is offering employment with Ryujin Industries. You might find it a fitting faction quest line for your play-through.
He found it, his quest log had the first mission on it. But, I agree it might align with his normal play-style. Except this time, he doesn't have the skills that are really helpful so it's going to be a slog.
Dont want to back seat too much, I'm sure Jon is already overwhelmed by quests. But, the vanguard quest starts with a nice little lore dump that will give some context and history.
"Well this has been a delightful, stupid outing and I've decided I'm not murdering anybody." The party boat hosts had no idea just how wrong things could have gone!
with shielded cargo you can hide the contraband but it has to be in the cargo bay and not in your inventory or a random container in the ship, you can sell contraband to the trade authority but only to an actual person not the kiosk, the wolf system doesn't check for contraband when you jump to it and there's a station there with a trade authority clerk, also if you get caught with contraband they'll confiscate it and you need to pay a fine but you can steal the contraband right out of the jails' evidence chest and probably still make some profit.
Jon hopefully ou noticed the shielded cargo your new ship has. Putting the contraband in the ship gives it a chance to evade detection from scans, if you keep it on your person, you will be detected by any scan. There are locations to unload contraband without a scan, but if you don't want spoilers, using your shielded cargo bay to get it to merchants to sell is your best bet
Jon: (steals the target practice Wilby toy) Sarah: You trying to get us thrown into prison? Me: Actually, I'm with Jon for once. This isn't stealing, it's a daring rescue mission.
Easiest place to sell contraban is the in the Wolf system. The Den dosent have a scanning patrol. Whatever you do, dont change switch ships while there. It causes a bug that screws up New Atlantis permanently.
The easiest and quickest place to get rid of illegal contraband is at The Den in the Wolf system. The starstation has a trade authority representative where you can sell contraband without getting scanned. Note: contraband can be sold at the trade authority representatives but NOT at the trade authority self-service computers.
There are four ways to deal with contraband. One: throw it on the ground and leave it behind. (Worse choice.) Two: embrace your inner Ole English smuggler. Much like a smuggler who would sail his ship into harbor while having a rowboat hide the illegal goods, you can bypass the scan by landing outside the city before the scan finishes. Then once the scan is over, land again at the same place and pick it back up. (Slowest choice). Three: The ship you stole from the Crimson has "shielded cargo". If you empty out enough weight to stuff the artwork into the hold, there is a % chance to not be scanned. Save-scum as needed. (Weight issues choice). Four: Look for a star near Sol called Wolf. The starstation there has a Trade Authority shop, but there is no fleet scanning anyone that comes in, making it the de-facto smugglers port. (Best Choice) Ironically, the whole "drop onto the planet and pick it up after scan" was seen on launch day to be a "bug" or poorly designed feature, when it is actually WORKING AS INTENDED. There is a quest on Mars where the ship technician literally states "the guy was acting like he was smuggling, but smugglers don't normally land at the starport, the land just outside of it."
Always fun to see Jon learn a new game 😂 ive been re playing this game since youve started on everything maxed setting, didnt know you get 4% extra xp for every setting you make it more difficult for yourself ended up killing one Spacer at lvl 3 who was lvl 8 and went up about 2 levels 😅
Getting rid of contraband can be tricky, if you want to sell it without a bounty I would recommend you to got to the trade authority on the star station in the wolf system.
I don't want to scream too much advice at you in the comments but i think you'd really enjoy the introduction to the UC Vangaurd application at MAST in New Atlantis. I avoided it for a long time because I didn't want to get faction-aligned but I now regret not doing it sooner.
That stolen ship has shielded cargo. Store the contraband in the cargo to automatically help reduce its detection. Also its amusing seeing Jon make all the beginner mistakes we all did lol
You can buy resources at lots of shops in the major cities (Akila, NA, Neon), so make sure to stock up on as much Polymer and Titanium as possible. Also, use the drugs that reduce needed mats for research when you can.
You don't need to get right up to stuff to interact with it in space. You can target and interact with anything from a distance, and can open containers (ship contents, minerals, etc) as soon as you're within 500m.
I'm just hoping that at some point, Jon realises that you can lock onto things in space to se what they are, scan unknown locations, on planets to identify them, etc. It's painful to watch.
Hi John, I started playing about 2 hours ago and my oh my you were right about caves, I went to kreet and having a wonder at level 2 I went to the cave marker and I found the terramporph, luckily it didn’t find me 😂
Your new ship has shielded cargo so you could empty your cargo out and put the contraband in there. You'll have a chance to pass the Contraband check so you can smuggle the Contraband into a city. Don't worry about overencumbrance , it will eventually hurt you if you don't take a breather, but cannot kill you. OR you can fly your ship to the Wolf System near Sol and Alpha Centari. From there you can fly to the Den without a Contraband check and then go to the Trade Authority and sell the Contraband there. (It has to be a Trade Authority person, not the kiosks at every port).
Stolen ships are currently bugged, sometimes they do weird things, it's safest to buy a ship then change it. A cheap ship can be bought at Titan in Sol. Also, make sure to visit your parents a few times. Someone at the Lodge will mention they have a note from them for you when it's time to visit them.
How exactly are stolen ships bugged? Only issue I've had is Pirate/Va'Ruun/ Ecliptic ships will change their name randomly 1x after registering, but that doesn't affect anything else and you can change name in ship builder after if rng gave you a weird name.
@@ViralMag_Ravager There's also a bug where certain perks challenges associated with ships (like ship command or piloting) may not progress if you use ships you stole and registered.
Jon, a hot tip: Assign an alternate jump button in the settings and use that to boost while running. You'll see...I use left Alt, it's in a convenient spot.
Jon, you can dock with stations/ships that aren't answering your hails, you just need to be within 500m for the prompt to pop up.
Also, you can get rid of that contraband by selling it to the Trade Authority. You just need to go find one in a system that won't scan you when you approach. The best place for this in the early game is a station in the Wolf system.
And even if you do go into a system that runs scans, with a little preparation beforehand, you can avoid the scan making smuggling perks completely useless. Bethesda at its finest.
@@Mirsky256 yes. Because that is literally what smuggling is. Finding ways past the authorities.
We'll see if they patch that landing on the same planet loophole or if it was intentional.
He'd have to learn how to target in space first
Some stations you need to wait to do a quest in order to dock there. The Eklund station in the video is tied to the Rangers quest IIRC, you can't dock at The Key without doing another faction quest and there's a few others.
Jon: "Maelstroms have a good weight to value ratio."
Jon 2 second later: **leaves modified maelstrom on corpse**
It's ok, because their weight to value ratio is terrible. I pretty much don't bother with anything less than $500/kg.
@@jeffjwatts I usually shoot for 1000:1 mass-to-credits ratio or better personally...even that leaves me hauling way more than I'd like
Ship combat is going to make a YOLO run a nightmare. Good luck future Jon!
I genuinely recommend you read the smuggling section of the help menu. Otherwise, you will never figure out how to smuggle anything. As far as the ship's go registering a shift means that you can then sell or customize it, you can still use the shift perfectly. Fine. Otherwise, no one has any problems with you going to port or anything. It's just until it's registered. You can't sell or customize it in any way.
and im pretty sure it can disapear if its unregistered?
@@athena1491 Not from anything im aware of no. basically as i understand it there is a point where the ship is considered a part of your fleet. and that moment is either when you undock from your old ship in your new ship or when you touch planet side or travel to a new zone. Now i lost everything in the cargo bay trying to test this from a bug so i just recommend touching down at a nearby city when you get a new ship. from there the ship should always be available until you sell it.
Theres a couple things i havent done or tried yet. i hear some people say you can customize an unregistered ship if you are at either the crimson fleet yard or at your own personal outpost with the huge landing pad.
I also believe there are people who will buy unregistered ships from again the crimson fleet yard. i just vaguely remember reading a loading screen hint about it though so i could be wrong.
@@athena1491 I mean...it can disappear if it IS registered, too. I've lost probably a good 100k to registering C class pirate ships I've taken and not gone to sell right away just being removed from my inventory.
Mind you, I have had captured ships stick around too...I have no idea what triggers the bug, I've just gotten in the habit of immediately selling any ship I've captured until they have a fix for this one.
huh, ive never had that
@@ChrisRLowery
@@athena1491 I'm glad you haven't, genuinely. It's a really frustrating bug when it comes up, made all the worse by having paid Class C registration fees for the things
Fortunately, money is really easy to earn in this game so it didn't take long to recover from the loss
"Surely taking someone's ship will make me a lot of money" oh, Jon. I don't want to break it to you.
LOL, yes Jon's obviously going into this game completely blind despite all the content already out there. His misuse of credits so far is wild. I'm just not sure if it's adorable or annoying to watch this haphazard approach to everything as it's all so... inefficient. Like OMG pickup better weapons!! (that Modified Equinox is complete garbage!) If not just to keep the best ones for yourself but to sell everything else, and ammo weights nothing so loot it all! And why Jon are you just hauling all those resources around with you? Just run it all back to the Lodge every time its full, all the workbenches are there and you can keep your ship lean and mean for combat. Aargh... I guess it is annoying not adorable after all.
There's a good mod for that
@@CynicalPlatapus you shouldn't change it. It is entirely too easy to steal a ship and sell it. If there was a process to forge ownership docs then that could be fun, but as is ship theft is incredibly easy. But even without mods, boarding ships and raiding it for loot and contraband is still profitable to make it worth it.
@@Citizen5101 i ended up changing it and not bothering with it more than once, there's easier ways to make money, my go-to is looting guns to sell
@@richbuckingham is there storage space for resources at the lodge?
Hands up who thinks Jon will forget about the contraband he has onboard and goes straight to jail next episode?
for future reference: the auto persuade builds up by passing checks, not a full persuade but individual "turns", and when you use it it will pick whatever option you have currently available that gives the most points and force it to pass
I definitely need to be using that more then. I swear, since actually taking Persuasion as a skill, I've not passed a single persuasion challenge, which makes improving it way harder.
@@ChrisRLowery i have since done some some more testing and turns out the bar fills up even if you fail, the more points the option is worth the more it fills
"Thanks for the gun Dad. The next person I shoot, I'll think of you." 😅😅😅😂Classic!
Just for a second, you'd think Jon was American😂
You should add Vasco to your ship crew. He'll protect it when you land.
Never hurts to have an armed robot on your side
Not to mention his perks are definitely handy to have onboard the ship. The community is still figuring out how all the NPC perks work (seriously Bethesda, they're called tooltips; please use them), but Vasco has been reported as giving +1 reactor pip and +20% shields.
@@ClockworkBard Vasco gives the following: +1 reactor pip (Aneutronic Fusion skill level 1), +40% shields (Shield Systems skill level 2), and +10% EM ship weapon damage and cost 15% less to use in targeting mode (EM Weapon Systems skill level 1).
Crew member ship skill names have the same names as your ship skills and stack with yours. Example: your shield system level 3 skill and Vasco's level 2 shield system skill gives 1.6*1.4=2.24 to shields. This will make the Vanguard Bulwark shield give 1450*1.6*1.4=3248 points roughly.
He also adds an extra point of energy
I love that moment. With Noel trying to tell her "Well you really shouldn't just be here" and Dad's like "I make cookies" which completely flips her. Too bad Jon cut that. I love the little interactions with your family. Or just HAVING a family in a Western RPG that doesn't die or Sir Not Appearing in this Film.
Noel is great I kinda wish she was a companion
Also love that moment with Jon theorizing about Walter's partner betraying Constellation. Walter and their Partner might be my favorite pair of NPCs in the game. Absolutely lovely.
Two NPCs I wish I could have as companions are her and Jasper Kryx.
@@irecordwithaphone1856I agree although I kinda like that she's not, she's the full on nerd that does NOT wanna play the "let's explore the crazy far flung toxic moons together!" And is more like "Uhhh I'm gonna chill at home thx" haha
@@JB-xl2jc In other words, she's literally me
Jon's going to be the sole reason why, ten years from now, there are an obscene amount of coffee mug mods on the nexus
Ten years?? I give it six months tops.
I think someone might have already done this
@@ianmiller6040 I have too much faith in the modding community to show any restraint.
Sounds like something Elianora would do @@RebeccaBrunner
49:26 One of my favorite parts of boarding ships like these is that if you do it just after ending a firefight, the ship will sometimes take off and load into space while you're boarded inside
And then sometimes it gets shot and and you get exploded
This happened to be, but the ship was Class B and I didn't have the skill to pilot it. Tried fast-travelling to the planet's surface and the game crashed LOL.
Fortunately upon reloading, I *was* able to fast-travel to the surface, but it was back at my ship instead.
"One giant somewhat angry looking star" alludes to a red dwarf. Never change Jon.
probably ate up the rest of the system aside from the outer planets
By it's name, a dwarf star is usually not that large. This can also be evidenced by the size of the gas giant next to it.
@@Rush2201 the planets scaling in the map is purely decorative, the distance between the moon and the earth on the map is basically like, 3000km
Head to the Wolf system and to the Den spaceport to sell your contraband, avoid jumping to uc or freestar systems till you get rid of it, as its on your person and if you get scanned it's a guaranteed fail. Also if you haven't sussed it out, holding aim on the cutter increases the power and let's you do more damage/ mine faster
And welcome back to Space Crime with your host MATN.
In today's episode, our contestants try and obtain enough money to fix their given spaceship, by any means necessary
I'm still waiting for Jon to find a Slightly Exicited Laser Pistol😂
I love that getting a space cowboy hat has become an unofficial side quest at this point 😂
Greatly enjoying the running theme of Space Jon planning to murder and rob people but then befriending them instead
Upgrade your reactor because it allows you to allocate more points into the systems. More points in each individual system means they function better. If you put more points into shields it will max out at 100%.
He's in for an unpleasant surprise when he learns you can only have one reactor.
More importantly at low level, there are exactly 2 crew that you can assign to your ship that give 1 free reactor point each. The fusion skill. Always worth getting Sarah and that other one imo 😅
Considering you found a Calibrated weapon, there is something the game never explains:
Every piece of weapon and armor has different tiers, denoted by different prefixes: It goes from no prefix, to Calibrated, Refined, Advanced and Superior (spacesuits only). A higher tier basically means higher base stats. This means a Refined weapon is always better than a Calibrated one of the same kind.
And most of the time, even a legendary weapon of a lower tier will be inferior to a higher tier one without any legendary effects. And unfortunately there is no way to upgrade tiers.
Also, every unique weapon sold in shops is always of basic tier, meaning as soon as calibrated weapons start spawning, they become utterly useless.
Weapon drops depend on which level the killed enemy was, so most level 10 or 20+ enemies will start dropping calibrated weapons and higher levels higher tiers.
Shops start selling higher tier weapons as well as you level up.
Chests I think depend on the planet level.
TL;DR If you find Calibrated/Refined/Advanced weapons, use them. Chances are they are better than anything you have right now.
Same with Spacesuits, though sometimes lower tier suits might actually have better defenses depending on the kind of suit it is.
There is a way to upgrade item tiers it just depends how you feel about using console commands, but in game by default yes. Reasonably certain they did that because items drop so frequently even legendaries on Hard/Very Hard difficulty it's easier to swap to a new shiny weapon you just found than having an upgrade system where you make your "perfect weapon" then just ignore all new items except as sellable loot.
he missed a Calibrated Grendel right? He should be looting everything, keeping the best and selling the rest.
One of the best ways I've found to make credits is to sign up for the Freestar Rangers, and just spam out the mission board with the radiant quests. After you do a certain number a special quests pops up for a big bounty, that plus the kill quests have you racking up a large number of weapons to sell as well. To the point where I have to take breaks from doing that, or sleep, just to sell off all the items you end up stacking up. I've stacked up millions of credits in a single game.
Edit: I do love the Kid's Stuff trait, as them showing up where you work, and the dad giving you a weapon he sighted in himself to keep you safe, it reminded me of my own father who passed away, and it hit really close to home. I was not emotionally prepared for it, but I'm glad it happened.
Exactly this, faction quests that involve hunting down someone earn the most credits from the loot you get from all the other kills on the way.
A couple tips: that crimson fleet ship you just picked up has some shielded cargo, which can help you smuggle that contraband. Just make sure it's in your cargo hold and not your inventory. You might also want to check out the Wolf system. UC security is a little lacking in that area.
Nice going John! Ships are like Pokemon, they are always in your pocket (just switch over your active or 'Home' ship at the Technician) your newest ship will auto drag your cargo and crew from your old ship (even if the cargo is smaller in your new ship it will allow unlimited overflow, im not sure if this makes it less maneuverable in space?) ... my only gripe here is that you cannot modify or sell a new ship unless you register it, and registering is pricey!
Build a junker cargo hauler, then swap to hotrod. Got it.
One day Jon will visit his home. I honestly cant wait to see how he decorates his house. I imagine all the plushies will be going there. I use it as my contraband drop off point. Sure i can go to sell them now, but Im saving them until i get some levels into bartering to get the most value out of them.
Very few games hold my attention till the end anymore but I have been loving the side a faction quests in this game. Stumble upon oblivion murder party quality of quests every few hours it seems.
10:20 Jon is happy his parents visit; I'm happy that Halloween is still celebrated
The ship you nicked has some shielded storage, meaning you can use it to try and smuggle contraband as shielded storage has a chance to evade a scan.
Illegal contraband can be sold (among others) to NPCs belonging to the Trade Authority faction (however, it can not be sold to Trade Authority vendor kiosks).
Also, a quick hint for ship design: Enemy AI is programmed to always aim for a ships center of mass, so ships with a slender middle section are actually a bit less likely to get hit.
unfortunately the contraband is not in the cargo hold and since it's now over capacity, he can't put it in there anymore, which means it won't evade the scans, which brings up my tip of the day:
find the contraband and put it in the cargo hold *before* making your new ship your home ship
@@wheresmymuffinshe could empty his ship's cargo and keep it on his body or drop it on the ship floor in the meantime. There's little penalty to either option.
@@Citizen5101 true, but years of playing these games means I instinctively avoid going over encumbered bc I'm used to the slow walk
@@wheresmymuffins fun fact encumbrance doesn't slow you down if you don't want it to. Not good for where enemies can spawn but encumbrance damage can't kill you; it stops around 10% health and a quick hour nap in space will heal you right up. Very useful for moving around on low gravity outposts
You can get very lucky with pirate ships, I got a gorgeous, sleek ecliptic stiletto about 10 hours in, which I modified a bit and used for at least 40 hours before major revamp was needed. If you get the option, take the ship - you can always just sell it. Just check it for contraband, I got immediately shot at when I returned to Atlantis bcos I missed a small box on a counter. 😂
I can’t wait till Jon actually gets to the UC Xenobiology missions lol, will be fun to watch him being hunted down by the Terramorph
7:53 "You can have a compensator, it'll help you, you know, compensate, for whatever it is shotguns compensate for."
Recoil, Jon.
contraband must be in the ship (not in your inventory) and the ship must have "shielded cargo" in order to have a chance to successfully evade a scan. there are also places where you can sell things without being scanned. stealing a crimson fleet ship is one of the only early game ways of getting shielded cargo.
if you want to travel to a planet, but all the city icons are grey, it means you have unsecured contraband and would fail the scan.
Jon, the wolf system will be your friend for all that contraband you "accidentally" keep picking up. Gotta liquidate those assets mighty fast 😅
Jon, you really need to visit your home. It's one of the places you can register the ships & change your "home" ship, plus you can build storage containers there to hold stuff you don't want to sell yet! (Or store stuff like contraband)
I bet that secret outpost the spacers quest was leading to has plenty of resources to sell to refit a ship.
Hed turn around the second he saw the level 30 enemies xD
Jon does not like massive risk if he doesn't know the reward.
@@Excelsius_Cerell Well, he doesn't like massive risk if he can't wildly speculate about the reward he definitely will not get.
@@Excelsius_Cerell but there is nice loot there ;)
@@BraveSirPaul he wouldn't know immediately.
Just a note, John, if you want universe backstory I highly recommend at least STARTING the UC Vanguard questline because there's a museum of recent history. Also the questline is GREAT, but you don't have to join up with the military to see the museum.
Jon, really recommend you do The Mantis quest, it will solve your ship issues and you will absolutely love it, it's a gem of a quest that's right up your alley.
I've done this quest at lvl 40, for my level the ship is dirty trash but the mantis set of armor is scalled with my level.
Jon’s going to go to all these lengths to steal a ship, get it registered, and then spend a bunch of money on it to customise it because he likes the cockpit when he could just go to neon and spend like 2k and put the cockpit on the Frontier.
Jon, check the Wolf system Trade Authority at the Den 1st system North of Alpha Centauri starter system. You must deal with the human not the terminal but they will buy anything.
Looking forward to more episodes of "Jon Lost in Space searching for the perfect coffee mug" lol
LIST seems to be Preston Garvey, incompetent 😂 I’m enjoying this, ignoring all other Starfield content by all other channels.
Jon is really cutting out a lot of stuff, isn't he? As I previously said, what worries me is the series ends before it gets good. This is a massive, massive game. Jon, don't be afraid to make longer episodes. After all, Skyrim took 110+ episodes.
he decided some time ago for unknown reasons that episodes should not be longer than an hour anymore. If it's shorter, it's shorter, but cutting out stuff to get below an arbitrary limit is a shame.
This game is, in many ways, bigger than Skyrim. With Jon's ability to comment and make procedurally generated content entertaining, the sheer amount of content possible is staggering.
@@Thisandthat8908Most likely because shorter episodes are easier for people to digest, as well as new viewers to the channel
@Thisandthat8908 it was stated at the time it was for viewer retention, channel growth, and improving workload+flow.
I think you forget EVERY video used to be a feature length film at an average of between 60-90 minutes
@@Thisandthat8908 Not for unknown reasons. Videos longer than an hour in a series REALLY reduce viewer retention for the series as a whole, according to \RUclips analytics.
Since you want a cowboy hat, maybe the main quest on Akila (The Empty Nest) would be a good choice? That's space cowboy central, you might be able to find the hat in the general store, or just loot one.
Good news for you is the ship you... gained access to has shielded cargo holds so you have a chance (i think its 59%) to get into a system without the contraband being detected. It does however HAVE to be in the cargo bay not in your inventory or loose on the ship
John, at Galbank to the right of the building is a red kiosk that is offering employment with Ryujin Industries. You might find it a fitting faction quest line for your play-through.
He found it, his quest log had the first mission on it. But, I agree it might align with his normal play-style. Except this time, he doesn't have the skills that are really helpful so it's going to be a slog.
Maybe, but so long as he side-quests and explores all the shops well on Neon the game will supplement his build's shortfalls.@@Mirsky256
Dont want to back seat too much, I'm sure Jon is already overwhelmed by quests. But, the vanguard quest starts with a nice little lore dump that will give some context and history.
"Well this has been a delightful, stupid outing and I've decided I'm not murdering anybody." The party boat hosts had no idea just how wrong things could have gone!
I've played this game for 150 hours and I've never seen this first event Jon stumbled into
Im closing in on 100, iv doine EVERY mayor and middle-sized quest and seen most systems...iv not seen the party boat :(
with shielded cargo you can hide the contraband but it has to be in the cargo bay and not in your inventory or a random container in the ship, you can sell contraband to the trade authority but only to an actual person not the kiosk, the wolf system doesn't check for contraband when you jump to it and there's a station there with a trade authority clerk, also if you get caught with contraband they'll confiscate it and you need to pay a fine but you can steal the contraband right out of the jails' evidence chest and probably still make some profit.
Woo! John found the Focus button for the Laser!
Also Jon, that ship has shielded cargo space, that may help you get past the scanning checks with contraband...
The amount of times this episode and last that Jon has openly pondered just turning into a murderous raider himself is quite alarming.
Great video! You can fire both laser and balistic at the same time, even when they have sheilds up. It helps a lot
Jon hopefully ou noticed the shielded cargo your new ship has. Putting the contraband in the ship gives it a chance to evade detection from scans, if you keep it on your person, you will be detected by any scan. There are locations to unload contraband without a scan, but if you don't want spoilers, using your shielded cargo bay to get it to merchants to sell is your best bet
Jon: (steals the target practice Wilby toy)
Sarah: You trying to get us thrown into prison?
Me: Actually, I'm with Jon for once. This isn't stealing, it's a daring rescue mission.
Easiest place to sell contraban is the in the Wolf system. The Den dosent have a scanning patrol. Whatever you do, dont change switch ships while there. It causes a bug that screws up New Atlantis permanently.
The Den Station in the Wolf System near Alpha Centauri buys contraband!
Cannot wait til you get to Titan. Whole bunch of quick little missions there too
The way he's worried about the box of bulk generic coffee mugs while there's a woman screaming for help in the background...
The Wolf is your friend. Lots of bitter people there but also opportunity.
The easiest and quickest place to get rid of illegal contraband is at The Den in the Wolf system. The starstation has a trade authority representative where you can sell contraband without getting scanned. Note: contraband can be sold at the trade authority representatives but NOT at the trade authority self-service computers.
There are four ways to deal with contraband.
One: throw it on the ground and leave it behind. (Worse choice.)
Two: embrace your inner Ole English smuggler. Much like a smuggler who would sail his ship into harbor while having a rowboat hide the illegal goods, you can bypass the scan by landing outside the city before the scan finishes. Then once the scan is over, land again at the same place and pick it back up. (Slowest choice).
Three: The ship you stole from the Crimson has "shielded cargo". If you empty out enough weight to stuff the artwork into the hold, there is a % chance to not be scanned. Save-scum as needed. (Weight issues choice).
Four: Look for a star near Sol called Wolf. The starstation there has a Trade Authority shop, but there is no fleet scanning anyone that comes in, making it the de-facto smugglers port. (Best Choice)
Ironically, the whole "drop onto the planet and pick it up after scan" was seen on launch day to be a "bug" or poorly designed feature, when it is actually WORKING AS INTENDED. There is a quest on Mars where the ship technician literally states "the guy was acting like he was smuggling, but smugglers don't normally land at the starport, the land just outside of it."
Always fun to see Jon learn a new game 😂 ive been re playing this game since youve started on everything maxed setting, didnt know you get 4% extra xp for every setting you make it more difficult for yourself ended up killing one Spacer at lvl 3 who was lvl 8 and went up about 2 levels 😅
Getting rid of contraband can be tricky, if you want to sell it without a bounty I would recommend you to got to the trade authority on the star station in the wolf system.
I learned enemies aim at the middle of your ship. So when you bild something like a Star Wars B-Wing the center of your ship would be harder to hit
It would be cool if they randomly selected different systems to fire at and enemies could disable your engines then board you
Or a hollow cube
"We may have made a slight tactical error"
Ah, classic Jon.
I don't want to scream too much advice at you in the comments but i think you'd really enjoy the introduction to the UC Vangaurd application at MAST in New Atlantis. I avoided it for a long time because I didn't want to get faction-aligned but I now regret not doing it sooner.
More spoiler-ish:
Going for a deputy position in Akila eventually results in a very nice ship.
the game kinda implies you have to chose. But you don't, you can just do both. Which is a bit mean not to tell you.
And I thought I picked up the game mechanics slow, oh Jon how you boost my ego!
Do the Mantis quest you have. You'll like it. Not gonna spoil it for you.
To be fair, Jon took a while to do the Shroud line in FO4 then 'did it wrong' first time out, so I wouldn't hold my breath.
So nice seeing Jon already gathering pet asteroids. Keep rocking on!
That stolen ship has shielded cargo. Store the contraband in the cargo to automatically help reduce its detection. Also its amusing seeing Jon make all the beginner mistakes we all did lol
You can buy resources at lots of shops in the major cities (Akila, NA, Neon), so make sure to stock up on as much Polymer and Titanium as possible. Also, use the drugs that reduce needed mats for research when you can.
Excellent usage of the word umpteen mr galbank man
Plato becoming Socrates in his old age “all I know is that I know nothing”
22:22 Jon sees a synopsis of the planetary conditions, goes down to the surface, and acts surprised as he lists off the planetary conditions... :-p
Good idea to read the smuggling section of the help menu...
You don't need to get right up to stuff to interact with it in space. You can target and interact with anything from a distance, and can open containers (ship contents, minerals, etc) as soon as you're within 500m.
Thank you for the video.
All I'll say Jon is visit the Wolf system before you go anywhere else ... it'll help with your current predicament
I'm just hoping that at some point, Jon realises that you can lock onto things in space to se what they are, scan unknown locations, on planets to identify them, etc. It's painful to watch.
I'm thinking about all the credits Jon has given up because he never scans planets that he can't land on.
Hi John, I started playing about 2 hours ago and my oh my you were right about caves, I went to kreet and having a wonder at level 2 I went to the cave marker and I found the terramporph, luckily it didn’t find me 😂
Man, I cannot wait for Jon to meet Eklund.
Your new ship has shielded cargo so you could empty your cargo out and put the contraband in there. You'll have a chance to pass the Contraband check so you can smuggle the Contraband into a city. Don't worry about overencumbrance , it will eventually hurt you if you don't take a breather, but cannot kill you.
OR you can fly your ship to the Wolf System near Sol and Alpha Centari. From there you can fly to the Den without a Contraband check and then go to the Trade Authority and sell the Contraband there. (It has to be a Trade Authority person, not the kiosks at every port).
Never poo-poo iron. Iron helps us play!
"Another LIST colony needs your help"
I would definitely suggest doing the mantis mission in the quest log! Beginner ship is terrible!
Stolen ships are currently bugged, sometimes they do weird things, it's safest to buy a ship then change it. A cheap ship can be bought at Titan in Sol. Also, make sure to visit your parents a few times. Someone at the Lodge will mention they have a note from them for you when it's time to visit them.
How exactly are stolen ships bugged?
Only issue I've had is Pirate/Va'Ruun/ Ecliptic ships will change their name randomly 1x after registering, but that doesn't affect anything else and you can change name in ship builder after if rng gave you a weird name.
@@ViralMag_Ravager There's also a bug where certain perks challenges associated with ships (like ship command or piloting) may not progress if you use ships you stole and registered.
@tortoiseoflegends4466 haven't experienced that on any of my 19 ships, most of which are stolen, but that doesn't mean it doesn't happen
@@ViralMag_Ravager Ah yes the Bethesda non-repeatable-but-happens-every-time-when-it-would-be-the-worst-possible-time-without-fail bug system.
@jollybodger
Better than the guerilla games "game-literally-won't-play-on-the-dedicated-system-for-it" bug
There's a nice surprise (or two) waiting for you with Stroud-Eckland down the road.
Me, when I realise Bethesda did a better job of my parents than reality. 🤦♂️
Ah, I was hoping he'd make it onto the ramp of the spacer dropship. First time I tried that, I was in for a while ride when it took off.
The hat you’re looking for is called the Settler adventure hat. I’ve been rocking mine most of my playthrough along with the space rogue gear
Jon, you should look into triggering the Mantis side mission to get a really good spacesuit and a second ship that's free.
"Let's go find ourselves an idiot who wants to attack me"
*Bunch of level 12 pirates showed up*
I believe, idiot who wants to die is you, Jon.
Jon, a hot tip: Assign an alternate jump button in the settings and use that to boost while running. You'll see...I use left Alt, it's in a convenient spot.
That ship is very nice
Jon, if you go to the Jemison Mercantile in New Atlantis next to The Viewport, you can by the Freestar Adventure cowboy hat for 36 credits. 👍🏻
Jon this would be anathema but at this point if you sold off your mug collection you probably could afford all the ship upgrades
Also, use your boost pack to swap levels in ships, because it's faster to jump and grab the ledge to climb up than use the ladder.
The capital system of the Freestar Colective has a planet with titanium.
Jon, if you want to activate one of the best quest lines you need to get caught committing a crime on a UC world.
Well an episode behind, but the Haunt is a good starter ship.