Guardian modules are like a sort of grade 4 engineered modules, with more heat and weight. So, when you can choose, a grade 5 engineered module is better than the Guardian counterpart.
Anyway, it is true that combining a Guardian Power Plant with a Guardian Power Distributor also gives 4% more output. Also there are unique Guardian modules that are nice to have: the FSD Booster, the Shield Reinforcement, the Module Reinforcement (better than the human counterpart, but requires power).
It would be nice at some point to be able to engineer the Guardian modules. It was tried at some point, but the results were so spectacular, so Frontier reversed that after a short time (or it was a bug allowing the modules to be engineered in the first place, I don't remember exactly).
Anyway, it is true that combining a Guardian Power Plant with a Guardian Power Distributor also gives 4% more output. Also there are unique Guardian modules that are nice to have: the FSD Booster, the Shield Reinforcement, the Module Reinforcement (better than the human counterpart, but requires power).
It would be nice at some point to be able to engineer the Guardian modules. It was tried at some point, but the results were so spectacular, so Frontier reversed that after a short time (or it was a bug allowing the modules to be engineered in the first place, I don't remember exactly).
It was a bug my friend
Too bad... a monstrous Power Plant and Power Distributor would have been nice to play with.
FSD booster and SRP don't have human analogues. Unlock these as soon as you can, they're basically must have, especially FSD booster.
Guardian PP and PD are bad pre-3.0 rolls of overcharged PP and charge-enhanced PD. You can use them if you can't get the proper stuff right away, but as soon as you can, dump them and never come back.
Guardian HRP is somewhat useful if you actively fight Thargoids. Install the smallest one for a bit of caustic resistance.
Guardian MRP is slightly better than human's in terms of integrity, but it comes at price of energy consumption. If you have spare energy, go for it. If you haven't, don't.
Guardian weapons are must have for fighting against Thargoid Interceptors. If you're not interested, don't bother.
Guardian fighters are nice, but kinda useless against human ships. Also, they look really cool. You can unlock the Trident - it is slightly less useless than others, however proper fighters like plasma-wielding GU-97 or MC-Condor would mop the floor with it.
Guardian PP and PD are bad pre-3.0 rolls of overcharged PP and charge-enhanced PD. You can use them if you can't get the proper stuff right away, but as soon as you can, dump them and never come back.
Guardian HRP is somewhat useful if you actively fight Thargoids. Install the smallest one for a bit of caustic resistance.
Guardian MRP is slightly better than human's in terms of integrity, but it comes at price of energy consumption. If you have spare energy, go for it. If you haven't, don't.
Guardian weapons are must have for fighting against Thargoid Interceptors. If you're not interested, don't bother.
Guardian fighters are nice, but kinda useless against human ships. Also, they look really cool. You can unlock the Trident - it is slightly less useless than others, however proper fighters like plasma-wielding GU-97 or MC-Condor would mop the floor with it.
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Not always. Engineering the FSD for extended range and combining a GFSDB in the outfitting yields significant jump-range increases.