jbox1 The Station hails you - it must be the overseer, Constable-Unknown speaking.
/Transmission Start/
"Greetings, friend Scav-an-gers! We have expressed a particular interest in quite a few of your items for sale!"
"Ah.. but these... 'Credits...' we haven't exactly gotten a good estimate of what their value in this universe is. We can try to use this alien currency, though we much prefer a trade of items. Here are some things we feel you might be interested in..."
/Transmission End/
The Overseer sends a few packets of data regarding... trade offers of their own? They seem pretty expensive, but some of them are really interesting:
Non-functional Slipspace prototype (Unknown Credit Equivalent)
It seems this prototype is the only one that has managed to successfully cross the slipspace barrier and back, but on the return trip, the Collective observed that it had broken down, and every attempt to restore functionality has - for the most part - failed. The Collective are good at manufacturing and repair, but even then some things are just too broken down, even for them.
It is entirely possible this could help with the development of very basic Slipspace technology, making it cheaper to develop it!
Hollowed-out Explorer-Class Beacons [5] (81,000 Credit Equivalent Per)
The Collective seems to have an assortment of Beacons, which are armored transmitters in a dimensional level. However, these beacons (on sale, no less!) are stripped of most of the technology the DC have - plasma repeaters, Integrity fields, Bubble shields... but Drone Cores, a Drone Controller and a modified (using Microtech) Sensor array are built-in!
Original cost is estimated 108,000 Credits - the Collective must be off by 25%.
Plasma Cannons [4 S, 1 M] (5,000 CE Per Small, 15,000 CE Per Med)
Plasma cannons used by the Explorer-Class of DC Ships. What makes them pretty effective is that they only use energy, and do not require manned crew! This makes them pretty expensive, however.
You are going to need at least two of the smallest size to be able to reverse engineer and ultimately create the smallest available plasma cannon, which will unlock the ability to develop the larger sizes. Or you can just buy them here, cheap!
Trader-Class Defender Droneships [8] (49,850 CE Per 2)
...those are on sale? Really? Well, they have low technology for the Dimensional Collective, but these basic drones do a good job defending freighters with their array of electrobolts. They also seem to be retrofitted for civilian use - they are not attached to the network of drones that the Collective controls.
It's on a Buy-one-get-one-free basis.
The Overseer suggests the following trade:
- 4 10-week Ration packs
- 3 Small Drone Cores
- Explosive Charge
- Electro Bolt
- Scavanger Grade Poking Stick
for
- 2 Defender Droneships
- 1000 Credits
You can take that deal, or you can try for another trade, though there's no telling what the Overseer thinks as a good or bad deal - he's not a Trader-class AI.
