As a note, it seems to be a lot more common to get strange eyedroppers up here than it has been anywhere else they've existed. This might make them become practical for real use, since it'll be possible to build up a supply.
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Not sure how exactly to organize this but I've gotten old fairy tales, uplifting fable, arzac and strange eyedroppers (nesting dolls) from Alliance up here.
Crashed the whole system with 3 Offense + 14 Code Finesse + a bunch of Command, so CF probably doesn't help with that particular pitfall.
I suspect electronics are in two parts, so here's data in exact order:
- biomonitor circuit, capacitor array, signal analysis circuit, memory stick
- 2 capacitor arrays, signal analysis circuit, memory stick
In the beginning, men were mortal.
Having difficulties wiping the coordinate system without destroying the whole drone.
You queue up a batch for Guidance System containing Forge Blade, Brute Strike, Adjustable Command, Wideband Command, and Direct Command.
You reforge part of your system's Hardening into a blade.
You manage to conceal part of your Wideband Command among the system's background noise.
You crash out the guidance system, then find the entire system going down a moment later. It's almost as though the drone needed that for something.
You've earned 1 XP in PerceptionYou've earned 1 XP in Will
You queue up a batch for Guidance System containing Forge Blade, Wideband Command, another Wideband Command, and a third Wideband Command.
You slip your batch quietly past the hardware breaker.
You reforge part of your system's Hardening into a blade.
You manage to conceal part of your Wideband Command among the system's background noise.
You crash out the guidance system, then find the entire system going down a moment later. It's almost as though the drone needed that for something.
You've earned 2 XP in Will
You queue up a batch for Guidance System containing Manual Search, another Manual Search, Adjustable Command, Secured Command, Direct Command, and another Direct Command.
You slip your batch quietly past the hardware breaker.
The drone seems to be barred from heading anywhere near your current location, so you do the next best thing: tracking down the underlying coordinate system and substituting one where its destination matches where you're standing. You… think you got the math right, although it's kind of cryptic now that you look at it more closely.
Luckily, the drone shows up a minute later, a box in tow.
Looks like there is a non-combat option for it. Still 5 command, though. Doesn't always seem to work with 1 view. Or with 1 attack, so…
Interesting note, it looks like Halloween shipments don't just go away when Halloween is over. Not sure how much is left in the system, but I stumbled across a few foam skulls and a foam tube today.
I imagine we pulled most of the big ticket stuff out last year, though.
Small sample size here, but I have had 100% success with Wideband attack + 4-5 command, but never works with crash script or staring eye blade. EDIT: Not true.
EDIT: Switched to View+Command and it works much better. In sixty energy, succeeded 13 times, lost 11 times. Getting better at this.
6 Code Finesse
Hat: twitch visor
Weapon: antique control gloves
Offhand: expanded handheld
Shirt: coat of defensive circuitry
Pants: mimetic pants
Gadget: Fang PDA
Cyberware: Midgard neural expander
spectrum command script
spectrum crash script
spectrum downloader
staring blade program
59 SUCCESS - You queue up a batch for Guidance System containing Wideband Assault, Adjustable Command, Offboard Command, and Tactile Command.
54 FAIL - Hardware Breaker
53 SUCCESS - You queue up a batch for Guidance System containing Wideband Search, Wideband Command, another Wideband Command, and Direct Command. The drone seems to be barred from heading anywhere near your current location, so you do the next best thing: tracking down the underlying coordinate system and substituting one where its destination matches where you're standing. You... think you got the math right, although it's kind of cryptic now that you look at it more closely.
47 FAIL - 3 tries failed to kill Signal Filter
46 FAIL - too long
43 SUCCESS - You queue up a batch for Guidance System containing Wideband Search, Manual Search, Adjustable Command, and Offboard Command. (2 V, 4 C)
39 FAIL - too long. Signal filter
37 FAIL - You queue up a batch for Guidance System containing Simple Filter, Wideband Search, and Direct Command. It's best not to ascribe emotions to computer routines, but the system seems reluctant to head to your position. There are errors and warnings popping up whenever you get close to redirecting the shipment.
34 FAIL - too long/Midgard Shield
33 SUCCESS - You queue up a batch for Guidance System containing Wideband Search, Wideband Command, another Wideband Command, Direct Command, and Tactile Command. (2V, 7C)
32 FAIL - too long/Midgard
29 SUCCESS - You queue up a batch for Guidance System containing Wideband Search, Offboard Scan, Adjustable Command, and Tactile Command. (4V, 4C)
26 SUCCESS - You queue up a batch for Guidance System containing Wideband Search, another Wideband Search, Direct Command, and Offboard Command. (4V, 3C)
23 SUCCESS - You queue up a batch for Guidance System containing Wideband Search, Offboard Scan, another Offboard Scan, Manual Search, and Adjustable Command. (7V, 2C)
22 SUCCESS - You queue up a batch for Guidance System containing Disk Browser, Wideband Search, Offboard Scan, Wideband Command, Direct Command, and Tactile Command. (6V, 5C)
20 SUCCESS - You queue up a batch for Guidance System containing Wideband Search, Wideband Command, Offboard Command, and another Wideband Command. (2V, 6C)
17 SUCCESS - You queue up a batch for Guidance System containing Wideband Search and Wideband Command.
15 SUCCESS - You queue up a batch for Guidance System containing Wideband Search, Manual Search, another Manual Search, a third Manual Search, Wideband Command, and another Wideband Command. (5V, 4C)
12 FAIL - You queue up a batch for Guidance System containing Wideband Search, Offboard Scan, Manual Search, and Wideband Command. (5V, 2C) - /reluctant/
11 SUCCESS - You queue up a batch for Guidance System containing Offboard Scan, another Offboard Scan, Adjustable Command, Wideband Command, and another Wideband Command.
9 FAIL - too long/Midgard
5 FAIL - I accidentally targeted the wrong target
4 FAIL - broke seal
2 SUCCESS - You queue up a batch for Guidance System containing Manual Search, Adjustable Command, Wideband Command, another Wideband Command, Offboard Command, and Tactile Command. (1V, 9C)EDIT: this works quite well:
spectrum command script
spectrum crash script
spectrum downloader
inhuman defender (or daily tester if using oldos stuff)
EDIT: to test: try NovOS HUD Manager?
Data from 7 days worth of shipments with Silver Courier Filtering:
| AAW | ADP | ANE | CAV | FAI | FRA | HEA | LCC | LCS | PDA | SPE | STR | VSC | VSP | WAX | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| Day 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 |
| Day 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Day 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Day 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| Day 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| Day 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 10 |
| Total | 12 3.85% |
8 2.56% |
2 0.64% |
0 0.00% |
51 16.35% |
8 2.56% |
34 10.90% |
49 15.71% |
4 1.28% |
15 4.81% |
29 9.29% |
38 12.18% |
19 6.09% |
10 3.21% |
33 10.58% |
- AAW: actual antique watch
- ADP: antique dueling pistol
- ANE: antique needler
- CAV: cavalry saber
- FAI: fair trade grounds
- FRA: fragile antique blade
- HEA: healthy soda
- LCC: locked courier chip (single)
- LCS: locked courier chip (multiple)
- PDA: old PDA
- SPE: specialty beer
- STR: strawberry
- VSC: vintage suit coat
- VSP: vintage suit pants
- WAX: waxed apple
Interesting data GoldS. Looks like there are 5 groupings of drop results, 1/5th of a chance each: coffee grounds, drinks, foods, courier chips, and antiques:
| FAI: fair trade grounds | 51 | 16.35% |
| HEA: healthy soda | 34 | 10.90% |
| SPE: specialty beer | 29 | 9.29% |
| DRINKS | 63 | 20.19% |
| WAX: waxed apple | 33 | 10.58% |
| STR: strawberry | 38 | 12.18% |
| FOOD | 71 | 22.76% |
| LCC: locked courier chip (single) | 49 | 15.71% |
| LCS: locked courier chip (multiple) | 4 | 1.28% |
| COURIER CHIPS | 53 | 16.99% |
| AAW: actual antique watch | 12 | 3.85% |
| PDA: old PDA | 15 | 4.81% |
| VSC: vintage suit coat | 19 | 6.09% |
| VSP: vintage suit pants | 10 | 3.21% |
| FRA: fragile antique blade | 8 | 2.56% |
| ADP: antique dueling pistol | 8 | 2.56% |
| ANE: antique needler | 2 | 0.64% |
| CAV: cavalry saber | 0 | 0.00% |
| ANTIQUE COUNCIL | 74 | 23.72% |
Data from 10 days worth of shipments with Midgard Shipping Filtering:
| AMO | COD | CY5 | DRO | ECL | EYE | SLA | YLW | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 53 | 41 | 41 | 34 | 36 | 39 | 51 | 22 | 317 |
| 16.72% | 12.93% | 12.93% | 10.73% | 11.36% | 12.30% | 16.09% | 6.94% | 100.00% |
- AMO: Ammunition
- COD: coder's watch
- CY5: corporate Y5
- DRO: drone testing report
- ECL: Eclipse
- EYE: strange eyedropper
- SLA: slags antidote
- YLW: Yellow paper
| assault rifle fittings | Midgard MK8 | Midgard MK9 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 27 | 12 | 14 | 53 |
| 50.94% | 22.64% | 26.42% | 100.00% |
Looks like a 50% chance of assault rifle fittings and an equal 25% of either the MK8 or MK9.
Yellow paper distribution:
ancient notes: 10
yellowing map: 12.
Both seem to be equally likely.
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