Engineers Chemical Manipulators Available at....

Ravens · Jun 3, 2017

Hey all

Just chanced upon anarchy system PICULTA which has (well it did 3 hours ago) a broken navigation beacon.

Managed to get 12 chemical manipulator's in 30 minutes from the 'free kill' T9's that passed through.

It's been a mare finding these, so I thought I'd share.

Good hunting commanders.

Lightspeed · Jun 3, 2017

+1 to you ... they have been a pain to find at times, a bit like arsenic

biohazard15 · Jun 3, 2017

1) Dav's Hope
2) Naphta-class tanker in Okinura

amcb10 · Jun 3, 2017

Any Anarchy system in Famine has them. Just drop into the distribution Center and kill T-9's to your hearts content.

Lightspeed · Jun 4, 2017

Very low generation rate at Dav's Hope for me

, but picked up three units yielding 9 in the end.

I've tried the Naphtha Tanker and only found Chemical Processors, no Manipulators [mad]

HeavyGroovez · Jun 4, 2017

Yeah spawn rates on these are super low at the moment.

Good tip repped.

VR Jay Le Chardon · Jun 4, 2017

+1 rep to the OP for sharing

What are you guys doing to the naptha class tanker? Can we destroy megaships now? Seems an awful waste to blow up a megaship for a chemical manipulator...

amcb10 · Jun 4, 2017

amcb10 said:
Any Anarchy system in Famine has them. Just drop into the distribution Center and kill T-9's to your hearts content.

I cant understand why people dont just do this, it is the easiest and quickest way to get them (by the boatload) I may add.

Jaiotu · Jun 4, 2017

Lightspeed said:
Very low generation rate at Dav's Hope for me , but picked up three units yielding 9 in the end.

I've tried the Naphtha Tanker and only found Chemical Processors, no Manipulators [mad]

Do you have the blueprint pinned? There's been some speculation that pinning the blueprint increases the likelihood of finding the desired materials.

Mr T · Jun 4, 2017

amcb10 said:
Any Anarchy system in Famine has them. Just drop into the distribution Center and kill T-9's to your hearts content.

amcb10 said:
I cant understand why people dont just do this, it is the easiest and quickest way to get them (by the boatload) I may add.

Perhaps because not everyone is combat savvy and T9s can be quite tough to kill if you don't have the right ship and loadout.

Para Handy · Jun 4, 2017

amcb10 said:
I cant understand why people dont just do this, it is the easiest and quickest way to get them (by the boatload) I may add.

Some of us are not bloodthirsty murderers.

amcb10 · Jun 4, 2017

miketuppen said:
Perhaps because not everyone is combat savvy and T9s can be quite tough to kill if you don't have the right ship and loadout.

There shields drop quite easy and if you have the PowerPlant targetted they are dead within seconds. You can do it in a cobra for example, doesn't need to be anything fancy.

biohazard15 · Jun 4, 2017

Jayridium said:
What are you guys doing to the naptha class tanker? Can we destroy megaships now? Seems an awful waste to blow up a megaship for a chemical manipulator...

Relog, relog, relog some more...

Lightspeed · Jun 4, 2017

Jayridium said:
+1 rep to the OP for sharing

What are you guys doing to the naptha class tanker? Can we destroy megaships now? Seems an awful waste to blow up a megaship for a chemical manipulator...

No, it's similar to a NAV beacon site, where ships spawn, fight and dump materials

amcb10 said:
I cant understand why people dont just do this, it is the easiest and quickest way to get them (by the boatload) I may add.

Murderer !

Jaiotu said:
Do you have the blueprint pinned? There's been some speculation that pinning the blueprint increases the likelihood of finding the desired materials.

I did not have the blueprint pinned. I will test this theory

rrobes · Jun 5, 2017

Got a bunch at Dav's Hope, then when I had them, I started tripping over them during regular game play.

I have 40+ now from 0 just a few days ago.

Go figure.

Ryan256 · Aug 11, 2017

amcb10 said:
I cant understand why people dont just do this, it is the easiest and quickest way to get them (by the boatload) I may add.

Because it doesn't always work. I have flown all around 3 Anarchy systems in a famine state. NO Distribution centers have spawned. Not a single damned one.

I have been searching Anarchy systems for over 8 hours in game. Best transport ships I have been able to find were three T7s in SC. They failed to drop any chemical manipulators.

CMDR Ellegon · Aug 12, 2017

amcb10 said:
I cant understand why people dont just do this, it is the easiest and quickest way to get them (by the boatload) I may add.

MalcYorks said:
Some of us are not bloodthirsty murderers.

^ This. It feels somehow wrong to kill innocent freighter crews for some materials. And good luck finding wanted T-9s...

Herbrand · Aug 12, 2017

MalcYorks said:
Some of us are not bloodthirsty murderers.

If it can be of any consolation, by the 1000th T9 full of orphans you blow up your sense of immersion is so dulled out you stop feeling any emotion.

OverStingray · Aug 14, 2017

I am in the same boat too, looking for chemical manipulators. I generally play as a law-abiding commander, so I'm not keen on destroying endless Type-9s just to get a few pieces of salvage - it breaks the immersion (I know if it's anarchy it's technically not illegal, but still...). I guess I am stuck looking for them in certain USSs...

Smykes · Aug 14, 2017

I gave up on USS's for CM's..

Go here..

Dav's Hope

System: Hyades Sector DR-V C2-23
Planet: A5
Cord: 44.818; -31.389

use this if its your first time...

https://edbearingcalc.neocities.org/

enter your current location co-ords (can be done in orbit before Glide, throttle to 0%)
enter Davs Hope location..press button..follow heading..its at the base of a mountain.
Maybe need to re-calculate heading once or twice..

2nd visit has it marked on the planet surface as a PoI

Just quit to menu and restart to force respawn.. its quicker than flying futily around for and hour or so..

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