Settlement Defenses query.

[hems303]

I'll admit to being not the most experienced 'on foot' commander and probably have not yet come accross all the different settlement types. Today I have taken a mission to restore power on a military garrison settlement. The type where there is just a small Command CMD building fully attached to the PWR and HAB, and not having the usual huge radar/comms dish on it's roof.

My query is: I could not find a panel/switch to take out the Settlement Defence 'anti-ship guns', only the Settlement Alarms and Authorisation Scans. (I took out each of the smaller anti-personnel guns by hacking the access plates and overloading the mech. Note: The anti-ship guns..the biggies, didn't have access panels to fry their mech). Is this normal i.e. having these anti-ship guns and the player being unable to shut them down? o7

 

[Frop]

To be honest, I haven't paid much attention to any correlation on that part, I usually just switch off the alarms and that's it. That said, if you have level 3 security access, you should be able to ascertain the existence of a control panel for the ship turrets. If there isn't one, you've run into a bug.

 

[HRDiagram]

In my experience, I've never seen a settlement without the alarms panel, and if turrets are there, their control panel is also somewhere
I cannot remember the layout of the settlement you have described, but unless there was a bug, the panels should be somewhere.
Sometimes they are not where one expects them, though.
Have you looked for them on the settlement terminals?

 

[hems303]

To be honest, I haven't paid much attention to any correlation on that part, I usually just switch off the alarms and that's it. That said, if you have level 3 security access, you should be able to ascertain the existence of a control panel for the ship turrets. If there isn't one, you've run into a bug.

After one of my expensive ship's had an 'unfortunate' encounter with a settlement defence (anti-ship gun), whilst parked up during a foot mission, I now tend to shut everything off. I had complete access to the entire settlement having switched the power back on and looted the place. In this one case (Ogmar System, out Colonia way), on planet Ogmar A 4 B; Guerrero Military Base had a small CMD which was single story and attached to both the HAB and PWR (all in one low-level building). In that CMD section there was no 'Settlement Defence' control panel (nor anywhere else on the base); I thoroughly checked the base's Info Terminal Screens under 'Facilities'.
On a careful search outside I found 4 Ground Guns (Anti-personnel) each with a maintenance cut-out access panel. I found only 1 Anti-Ship Gun which did not have the maintenance cut-out access panel, so no manual way to shut it down by overloading.

For me this isn't a big deal but with my lack of in-depth knowledge I wanted some insight which you have kindly provided... so a bug I guess .... perhaps the 'missing' control shut-down switch panel was not procedurally or hand 'placed' and same with the big gun's maintenance cut-out access panel (If they have the latter?... I've never noticed but will check the next ground settlement I visit). o7

Spoiler: Guerrero Military Base layout

Spoiler: Anti Personnel Gun with maintenance panel

Spoiler: Anti ship gun from all side ? Missing maintenance panel ?

This last picture shows a blank panel low down in front with marking corner chevrons.. the missing panel?

 

[HRDiagram]

Another thing to keep in mind (whether it applies to the settlement you have visited or some other one you will visit in future): when the settlement is divided in two different areas, where you have to walk a bit between them (I can think of at least one research, one mining and one agri layout), the terminals on one side of the settlement do not include facilities at the other end of the settlement.
I have found myself a few times in the situation where I could not find the panels in any buildings, nor them being shown on the terminals, only to discover that they were at the other end, where the terminals were showing them.

 

[Ian Doncaster]

I have seen a couple of the tiny extraction settlements with no settlement defence controls. On closer inspection, they didn't have any guns to be controlled, though.

If there's an anti-ship gun somewhere then the settlement should have a panel for it, though.

 

[SteveWW57]

With L3 security there should be no issues accessing a terminal and checking out each of the buildings for the panel in question, selecting the panel and your HUD will guide you to it.

Steve 07.

 

[hems303]

With L3 security there should be no issues accessing a terminal and checking out each of the buildings for the panel in question, selecting the panel and your HUD will guide you to it.

Steve 07.

I had TOTAL access to the settlement/base. On a thorough trawl through the terminal/s there was absolutely NO sign of Ship Defense Turrets control panel, just the Authorisation Scan etc. etc i.e. the only control panel missing was Ship Defense Turrets. On my close search of the base there were 4 Ground Turrets and only 1 Anti-Ship Turret (The latter being the one I was 'concerned' with; it did NOT have a Maintenance Panel to access with the cutting tool to disable it (see pics under spoilers in my above post). o7

 

[Frop]

I had TOTAL access to the settlement/base. On a thorough trawl through the terminal/s there was absolutely NO sign of Ship Defense Turrets control panel, just the Authorisation Scan etc. etc i.e. the only control panel missing was Ship Defense Turrets. On my close search of the base there were 4 Ground Turrets and only 1 Anti-Ship Turret (The latter being the one I was 'concerned' with; it did NOT have a Maintenance Panel to access with the cutting tool to disable it (see pics under spoilers in my above post). o7

I think you might've hit a bug or design flaw going on the missing access panel. I'm familiar with that layout, but just to be sure, how is it listed in the Target Panel (no +, + or ++)? I'm on my way back to the bubble, I'll check it out in the next few days.

 

[hems303]

I think you might've hit a bug or design flaw going on the missing access panel. I'm familiar with that layout, but just to be sure, how is it listed in the Target Panel (no +, + or ++)? I'm on my way back to the bubble, I'll check it out in the next few days.

Hi Frop thanks for offering to go look see, but Guerrero Military Base is way out in the sticks.....(Ogmar System, out Colonia way), on planet Ogmar A 4 B

Didn't clock the Target Panel +/++ listing...I was at the base/settlement purely to do a Restore Power mission (after dealing with the obligatory scavs!). On the way in I clocked the ground and air turrets, and after powering the place up, I first shut down the alarms in the CMD end of the building, where the other control panel/switches are located... but NO Anti-ship turret switch. No sign on any Terminal either....... o7

I got to thinking...it being a military base.... perhaps the design didn't allow for the air defense to be either switched off remotely nor physically hacked into and disabled at the gun emplacement...