Airship Guide

[BonzaiFerroni]

You all are doing awesome work, keep it up!

Thanks so much! I'm having a blast checking the post every day for new replies, it feels like we are figuring it all out together \o/ I'm going to modify my credit request to be "Swiftsong FC and the Lodestone forum community."

I hadn't totally ruled out in my mind the "flyover" theory, that the path from one sector to another that would get you near the sector is what would unlock it. We had reports that it wasn't necessary for some sectors, that even 1-stop trips to some sectors would do the trick. It might be that surveillance extends your "sight radius", and sometimes it isn't necessary to take a specific path because imply visiting that sector falls within the radius. As a theory it isn't a good one because its so hard to test. Even if it unlocks on a "flyover" trip, we can't be sure if it was that or some RNG. And it fails occam's razor pretty bad XD

[Calypso]

Maybe this has been mentioned already, but it may be an addition to the theory on unlocking additional airships.

Sector 8 seems to be the last of the "bronze" sectors. To unlock the next airship slot, maybe it is something as simple as visiting all of the bronze sectors. Referring to the OP's wonderful flow-map, due to the bottle-neck at Sector 5, I think most would discover (and visit) Sector 6 and it appears Sector 7 is the location to discover Sector 8.

One way to test this would be for someone to refrain from visiting either Sector 3 or Sector 4 until they have discovered and visited Sector 8.

Naturally if this holds true, the 3rd airship may unlock upon completion of the silver tier sectors.

[Yarem]

Ship returned and discovered Sector 6

Route: 5->2 (Discovery of Sector 6 during transit) -> 4

Lvl12 at start, Lvl14 after returning from mission.

[Arcticharm]

Ship returned and discovered Sector 6

Route: 5->2 (Discovery of Sector 6 during transit) -> 4

Lvl12 at start, Lvl14 after returning from mission.

So for clarity, sector 6 was discovered while it was AT sector 2 and before going to sector 4? This seems to blow proximity out of the water if it's true.

[Yarem]

So for clarity, sector 6 was discovered while it was AT sector 2 and before going to sector 4? This seems to blow proximity out of the water if it's true.

https://imgur.com/PAqwXBX,b8bZWAE#1
https://imgur.com/PAqwXBX,b8bZWAE

Here are screens, hope this answers your question.

[Arcticharm]

https://imgur.com/PAqwXBX,b8bZWAE#1
https://imgur.com/PAqwXBX,b8bZWAE

Here are screens, hope this answers your question.

I'm not sure I can understand german but comparing it to some screen shots from my FC mate it seems like it was discovered when it changed course to Sector 2 after finishing in Sector 5 so proximity may still play a role. By chance, can you translate how it did in sector 5 (abysmal, substandard or satisfactory)? I'm beginning to think that the rating of the sector might also play a part in discovering new things; which may be tied to condition of ship components? The report specifically says "condition"...thoughts?

For righteous comparisons: http://imgur.com/a/86t9u

Sorry to ask more of you but can you confirm on your airship map? I think it's been a known bug that the log is outputting the wrong sector found

[Yarem]

This was satisfactory (you can see it at the 100% bonus xp)

And it supports the proxy theorie, but important is the sector the ship has left and not which sector it has reached,

Digged through my screenshots and found older unlocks:

http://imgur.com/a/9W64t

Everytime a found a new sector i got a good result with 50% or 100% bonus XP, maybe this is important too.

Edit: Sorry cant cancel yet because that would shift the return time into deep nighthours, but i will on saturday.

And first report is correct (thats when i took my screens), but reports after your ship has departed are screwed sometimes

[super_aardvark]

What is up with this ridiculous 1000 character limit on posts? I'm going to have to make 3 different ones.

Might I ask, what ranks are you generally getting with your bronco aftcastle?

I think B is the most common rating I'm seeing. I haven't been keeping track. I do know I got at least one "high extraction rate", earning a Satisfactory for the sector and an A rating for the single-sector voyage. I've seen one S rating in the past (no idea what parts or sectors); it must require a Satisfactory on more than one sector, I guess. Mostly I'm seeing normal extraction rates, though.

[Lazrex]

Sea of Clouds - Sector 09
Rank ?? - 162,062

• Unlocks: ???
• Items: Balsa Wood Lumber; Raw Celestine

Sea of Clouds - Sector 11
Rank 30 -

• Unlocks: ???
• Items: ???

Sector 9 Unlocks at Rank 24
Sector 10 Unlocks at Rank 27

Sector 9 unlocked by traveling to 7 & 8 by taking the route with the shortest amount of time elapsing.

Sector 10 unlocked by traveling to 8 & 9 by taking the route with the shortest amount of time elapsing.