Is there a way to gather materials for the Artemis Suit upgrades without combat?
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Not really. But I found that a lot of the lower paying space electrician jobs "Turn on power at..." actually are quite peacefully. I have a 1 in 3 chance encountering any living being while doing this so I just call them "disgruntled customers" and get the heck out of there.
Because there are no "raw" materials for Odyssey stuff and no on-foot material collection besides Odyssey settlements or POIs, I don't think so.
Non-combat missions may give you most of the materials, but there's no way around getting stuff that can only be downloaded from a settlement - so it boils down to either fighting it, doing it covertly, or finding a mission template that gives you an abandoned settlement to power up.
Non-combat missions may give you most of the materials, but there's no way around getting stuff that can only be downloaded from a settlement - so it boils down to either fighting it, doing it covertly, or finding a mission template that gives you an abandoned settlement to power up.
I discovered a way to spawn support missions that provide you with a power regulator. I made this video of how I did it.
Power Regulators
Power Regulators
Yes.
Suit Schematics, Health Monitors, Power Regulators and Manufacturing Instructions can all be obtained as mission rewards, including from mission types which don't require combat. They can all also be salvaged from surface POIs (usually without combat if you're quick, and you can always try a different one). Power Regulators can also be obtained by taking restore/reactivate missions and then abandoning the mission ... but it's often worth doing these missions as it's a good opportunity to salvage the rest of the bits.
Aerogel and Graphene can be picked up from bases - you just need to either pick an inactive base or a time no-one is watching. You can also trade other materials at the bartender for them, though again you'll need to get those materials by quietly robbing bases.
All Odyssey materials can also be traded player-to-player.
If you're not actually playing a strict pacifist, you can extend your range of allowed surface missions to a wider range of restore missions, and also a few others involving abandoned/damaged bases, by carpet-bombing enemy scavengers with dumbfire missiles from your ship - technically combat, but no actual risk to you. If you are playing a strict pacifist ... then you probably don't need an upgraded Artemis suit in the first place, at least not beyond what you can find in the shops - those plants don't bite.
.....yet!