Veteran FAQ - add questions, add answers, save captains.

[j4j]

The purpose: post your questions. answer other peoples questions. unless its a day1 question, ill probably put it here in the main post body. many can probably be answered from the wiki! and other outstanding questions could be great candidates to add to the wiki!

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FAQ:

* Can't lose permit3, only permit 4. The threshold where losing >2 rep no longer demotes level: Permit3, Edict 4, Rank 12.

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Contact Talents: 1) Faction preference? 2) Distance preference?

* New Contact Card [Exploration] - (1) In-faction contact gained (probably)    | Bariel
* Unseen Traces [Talent] - (1) not in-faction (2) not local (probably)

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Spice Hall Rumors


"it def hurts the dice on the next recruit if you hire-fire" - Shalun's Prophet

[j4j]

ill go first:

1. it takes >2 rep loss to lose permit4. is it the exact same to lose permit3? i feel like this should be in a patch note somewhere?

2. this is a big one: Contract Introduction talents - 1) does it have a preference for IN-FACTION, 2) does it have a preference for near/far?
- Market Confidant: i have a feeling that market confidant is faction-of-exchange you deal in. and it has a high chance of being local (if not preferred local as possible).
- Listening Post: dont have a feeling for whether its in-faction or not (of the place you orbit), but i do think it doesnt prefer local contancts. distance could be random. (does anyone see <2 jumps when using this?)
- Exploration Card Game - anyone have a feel whether this is in-faction of zone? or a feel for distance?
- Spy/Patrol - i feel like these are in-faction of planet you orbit, and are generally local if not on that planet itself.


edit: 1 got an answer:


Shaluns Prophet says:

ZONE_CONTACT_MAX_FUN_RANK 12

ZONE_CONTACT_MAX_FUN_EDICT 4

ZONE_CONTACT_MAX_FUN_PERMIT 3

no you can NOT lose 3

you CAN lose 4

you can lose Edict 5, Rank 13 and Permit 4

and its >=3 rep loss, as says patch notes i think.

[j4j]

Contacts info:
from Bariel on Discord: "Just weighing in the contacts thing - I loaded up my explorer captain - started with 4 contacts - 7 years in I now have 16 - all 12 of the new contacts from exploring are from my home faction - the planets I was exploring on were all in the home quad"