Posted - 2006.12.04 14:42:00 - [1]

 

Edited by: Radix Salvilines on 07/12/2006 13:59:12
This guide covers some basic facts about salvaging and rigs. I have splitted it into 4 sections: Basics, Rigs description and what kind of stuff they need to be built, Salvaging - what ships and which faction drops specific parts and Hints.

Basics:
So what are those rigs... Well they are in simpliest words - implants for ships. They can be fitted into a specific rig slot but cannot be removed - you will have to repackage your ship in order to free rig slots, hoever you will loose all the rigs u had.

How does rigs work? For the most part they increase one stat of your ship while decreasing another - that way u can create an uber tank sacrificing for an example some speed or powergrid if u dont need it that much. This way u can create more specialized ships, good only in their intended by you field.

Each rig needs one rig slot and a certain amount of calibration points. U can find how much calibration points have your ship in its info screen under fitting tab just below CPU and POWERGRID bar. Like all normal modules u cannot fit for an example 3 rigs requiring 200 calibration points each on a ship that have only 400 calibration points to spare.
T1 ships always have more rig slots and calibration points than t2 ships.

To make a rig u need a blueprint - they can be easily bought on the market for a small amount of money (Manufacturing and research section, then ship modifiations). BPO's are cheap, but that does not mean rigs are easy to obtain - it can take a load of mission running/pvping to gather enough parts in order to build a rig.

How to put a hand on some of those parts then? The answer is salvaging. Once you will make it to mechanics lvl3 and survey lvl3 u can train the salvaging skill. Just when you will reach lvl1 in it u can buy yourself a Salvager I module and start searching for parts in the wrecks :) Easy isn't it? Well i wish it was...
Certain types of rats drops different parts - it depends on what faction they belong to. This will be covered later :) Now for the rigs.


Rigs:
Rigs are divided into sections. Each section need certain parts for all the rigs it contains to build. Each rig need three types of parts, in some sections there are rigs that use more types (always three but the rig requirements in the specific section dont match) Here is a small list of what rigs do and what kind of parts they need to be assembled:

Armor rigs.
Requirements in parts:
Charred Micro Circuit
Contaminated Nanite Compound
Fried Interface Circuit
Role: Armor improvements, salvaging improvements.
Drawback: Reduced speed.

Astronautic rigs:
Requirements in parts:
Burned Logic Circuit
Charred Micro Circuit
Thruster Console
Alloyed Tritanium Bar
Fried Interface Circuit
Tripped Power Circuit
Role: Improved speed and agilty (also AB and MWD). Some hull upgrades.
Drawback: Less armor.

Drone rigs:
Requirements in parts:
Broken Drone Transceiver
Burned Logic Circuit
Charred Micro Circuit
Tripped Power Circuit
Role: Upgrades for all drones.
Drawback: Reduces ship's CPU.

Electronic rigs:
Requirements in parts:
Conductive Polymer
Damaged Artificial Neural Network
Tripped Power Circuit
Fried Interface Circuit
Charred Micro Circuit
Role: Improvements to hacking, archaeology and scanning. Also reduces the requirements of CPU and Capacitor for Electronic modules and ECM.
Drawback: NONE

Electronic Superiority rigs:
Requirements in parts:
Damaged Artificial Neural Network
Fried Interface Circuit
Tripped Power Circuit
Charred Micro Circuit
Burned Logic Circuit
Role: Upgrades to ship's sensors, ECM modules, targetting, tracking etc.
Drawback: Less Shields