A thread for little questions

[Jot]

Sooo... Hello
I got addicted to Xpiratez Also, i have a stupid question...or two:

Is it possible to manufacture "Force Circuitry" ? Till now (~25th month of the game) i can get it only from Church of Syrius Priests/Cardinals/Beastmasters, and last few months i got almost none of them. And i need 4/each Cybermage armor or Gray Spellbook :/

And the other one - is there any way to get "Glamour" faster ? For now, i know that i get few points with each won mission, few points from enslaving prisoners, and few from "Entertainment" projects. But i am targetting BH Silver Badge (750) and White Dragon second reward (1500 WD tokens = another 750 Glamour). As i have ~220 right now and i can gain probably ~100-150 /month, it seems my aims will take another game year :/ Do You know any faster way (except adding them by save editing) ? Maybe make a big and hiperexpensive party for govt members XD?

[Delian]

Yes, you can manufacture Force Circuitry directly provided you have the required materials. Check your production.

Glamour can be produced in several ways:
- Only Runts, if you have Golden Codex
- Blackmail, accessible to most captain personalities
- Monster Pitfighting, which requires you to capture monsters
- Slavery, which requires you to capture enemies
- Finishing missions fast (before the 3rd turn)
- Going on missions with glamourous crafts (LITTLE BIRD, WARBIRD, THUNDERBIRD = 12 glamour per battle, BIKES = 8; still decays if you're slow)
- Doing missions with glamourous outfits (Bikini, Winter Queen, Bikini /CAT, etc, still decays if you're slow)

[Vakrug]

Is it possible to manufacture "Force Circuitry" ?

Check bootypedia. https://xpedia.netlify.app/##STR_CHURCH_CORPSE Check research tree: middle click on research topic. Or "Q" on geoscape and "Q" to search.
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Now my question. Can anyone, please, write down a path to reach "Aurora's ending"? I can't with certainty figure it out just by looking at bootypedia (not online one, local one). There probably are some hidden stones and I would like to know about them in advance.
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I can share my knowledge with "Zander's ending".
It is very possible to screw this ending very early on. You need to prank Gudrun and then turn her into a Knight. And in order to do this you need STR_HONOR research which is only available if you choose the correct captain personality.
After you clear Gudrun's Residence you get Blacksun Bases and Blacksun HQ. Blacksun HQ is probably the hardest mission in this mod. 5 stages of Cydonia is a walk in the park in comparison to this. Or I am doing something wrong. Or you are supposed to use CONQUEROR. High Temple mission is fairly simple.
Then you got Labyrinthus Noctis. Another mission where you are supposed to know what you are doing (I don't).
And now the most craziest part. You get series of Shadowrealm missions. Or you don't! Why? Because you need to have Gudrun LV60 in your base. NOT INSIDE CRAFT!!! She has to be alive and outside of craft during the end of month or missions will not spawn!
OK, I think I covered most stuff.
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BTW, how many other special items (aside Gudrun LV60) exists out there (and can be mistakenly sold) that are required to unlock special missions? I know only about "Padlock to Fear Gate". Do you know about other such items?

[Falsche]

Now my question. Can anyone, please, write down a path to reach "Aurora's ending"? I can't with certainty figure it out just by looking at bootypedia (not online one, local one). There probably are some hidden stones and I would like to know about them in advance.

As far as I can tell:
No sharing the fountain with Red Mage, Dr. X is required but no making choices regarding her. (Prank/Hire/etc.) No *Recalibrate Shadowtech*. (not that missile strikes should even happen while on this path) Beyond that, I don't think there are any other stones, just annoyances. (some extra -500 score events monthly, *Family Ties* now does nothing, no Tome of Life)

Spoiler:

- First, clear the Disruptive Transmissions. That will trigger the event next month that unlocks the choice.
- Research ?Red-Eyes: Cooperate? and Aurora's Plot (order doesn't matter)
- There are three new free researches from !Socializing! (Perfect Specimen, T'Leth Secrets, Zombie Ascension). Do that until you pick them up.
--Perfect Ascension is the Dr. X requirement for the storyline. Take the ?Kidnap Gudrun for Aurora? choice, then do the Dr. X storyline until you win the duel, then research ?Dr. X? Gift her to Aurora, which unlocks Experiment-X.
--T'Leth Secrets is the Deep Ones requirement. It plus Undersea Operations will unlock !T'leth Dream Relays!, from which you can loot T'Leth Biocomputers as well as Aquatoids. Researching that will unlock Dreamlink and, following that, Soulbots.
--Zombie Ascension is the Red Mage (kinda) requirement. Effectively, you just need to research Cyberzombie Database.
(Wizard Infamy -> Red Mage's Research - Red Mage's Quest -> Mage's Villa mission, grab Black Mask there and research - Black Mask's Origins -> beat Crypt of the Technomancer)
- After getting any of those three researches from !Socializing!, Aurora's Nature event will happen next month. That will unlock PRISS research - research it.
- After getting all those three researches from !Socializing!, Aurora's Dream event will happen next month. That will give you another choice - pick ?Aurora Needs Your Help? if you want to finish the storyline.
- Making the choice will unlock the Freeing Aurora research, which is supposed to unlock a mission but is just a placeholder.
(If you have Soulbots, you can unlock the ability to buy Dolls at this point)
- Now research *Family Ties*. If you did everything right, it'll give you an alternative text and do nothing.
- Finally, if all requirements are met (Experiment-X, Soulbots, Cyberzombie Database, ?Aurora Needs Your Help?, Freeing Aurora, *Family Ties*), you can research *Destination Mars*.
--That will unlock an "alternative" easier Cydonia mission, To Mars!, that spawns every month at one of your hideouts and requires a Cydonia-worthy craft. Beating that will result in Aurora's ending.

[Vakrug]

Thanks for such detailed guide. So, apparently, I don't need to take Hybrid Path... For some reason I thought I need, but I will take it anyway.
Path looks kinda easy... Maybe main pain in the butt will be the currently mission?

[Jot]

- Doing missions with glamourous outfits (Bikini, Winter Queen, Bikini /CAT, etc, still decays if you're slow)

Thanks, this little trick really makes wonders Now all my Pirate Crew rides easy missions wearing Party Dresses  (or Bikini for Catgirls)