Narrative Event: Resource Drive

[icycalm]

Inside Star Citizen | Alpha 4.2.1: Resource Drive
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5CUy6Mm ... XVyolQO3wj

Who will you support in the Race for Stanton?

Tune in for early intel on the headlining event, get a first look at the exclusive rewards, and gain an informed edge.

Hurston having a "strong work ethic" is golden lmao.

AutoBobs..... Roll out

This is a dig at "PVE Bobs" who keep complaining about how much PVP there is in the game. And since this is mostly a PVE event, they love it. You can pirate the fuck out of them though if you take the time. Maybe we'll do this later once we have completed all our goals.

Are those laser swords I see at 8:57? Are we getting "legally distinct lightsabers"?

It's a cool event. You can support any of the four factions, or you can do all of them. There are 60+ rewards to unlock. The winning corp will be determined by players, and there will be both mechanical and lore repercussions over the outcome. Yeah, the plot isn't super-exciting, but last month's was, and from what I am hearing so will be next month's, so they're letting the plot take a breather in-between. And it's just hard to make industrial PVE super-exciting.

We'll have fun with this, especially since we rarely do industrial work, so it'll be a nice change of pace.

[icycalm]

Official Page: https://robertsspaceindustries.com/en/c ... or-Stanton

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTsnHjT ... XVyolQO3wj

Hurston. Crusader. ArcCorp. microTech. Show your loyalty to one or all of Stanton’s big four by joining their efforts to tackle the regen crisis. Mine, defend, and haul for the win and change Stanton forever.

OMG ROFL!!!!!
Why did Crusader have to get the stupid valley-girl ditzy clutz????

It's the luxury location.

A while back during the Siege of Orison they had that same character running over Nine Tails with a buggy.

Resource Drive FAQ: https://robertsspaceindustries.com/spec ... urce-drive



Release Notes: https://robertsspaceindustries.com/en/c ... -Alpha-421



Spectrum Thread: https://robertsspaceindustries.com/spec ... or-stanton

[icycalm]

The rewards for this event are insane. Over 60 rewards including a couple dozen VOLT guns, armor and clothes sets including backpacks and multi-tools, and enough ship paints to start a paint shop.



These are just two of the 60+ rewards. Click below for all of them.

ArcCorp: https://robertsspaceindustries.com/en/c ... on-ArcCorp

Crusader: https://robertsspaceindustries.com/en/c ... Industries

Hurston Dynamics: https://robertsspaceindustries.com/en/c ... n-Dynamics

microTech: https://robertsspaceindustries.com/en/c ... -MicroTech



If you max out one corp's rewards and it wins the event, you get a special black armor. To ensure you get it no matter who wins, you must max out all four corps. Another tactic would be to wait until near the end and see who's winning, and then max out that corp. Personally I'll get everything.

[shubn]

So here's the plan: we will be using a Starlancer TAC and a Starlancer MAX, and if we manage to fully crew them, we will add a Zeus CL and a RAFT. The TAC will be loaded with an STV, one or two ATLSes, and two Furys. The MAX will be loaded with a CSV-SM and one or two ATLSes. We will see eventually whether it might make sense to split up, but the TAC and MAX will be working in tandem initially. The TAC and MAX will allow us to tackle all mission types except for mining, and the ground vehicles will allow Master Chiefs to get close to hostile bunkers and disable AA defenses using their railguns if need be.



The vehicle lineup is as follows:

• ysignal's Starlancer TAC with shubn as Captain
  
  • STV (Cobalt Grey)
    
  • ATLS (Ironside)
    
  • Fury (Cloudburst)
    
  • Fury
    
• shubn's Starlancer MAX with recoil as Master Chief
  
  • CSV-SM (Granite)
    
  • ATLS (Ironside)
    
• Adjudicator's RAFT (Anchor) with Adjudicator as Inquisitor
• icycalm's Zeus CL (Solstice) with icycalm as Master Chief

Initially, icycalm will be in the TAC, and Adjudicator in the MAX, until we decide to deploy the Zeus CL and RAFT. ysignal will be in the TAC as Inquisitor.

Everyone should gear up as Contractor and bring a MaxLift.

[icycalm]

One aspect of our setup that I love and shubn left out is that one of the Furys in the TAC hangar will be the white paint on the left to match his white Captain's uniform and will be his personal craft. He can use it as an escape means, or to zoom around our operations and check things out. And if he needs a bodyguard, an Inquisitor can jump in the other Fury and accompany him.

Note that use of this craft doesn't necessarily have to have tactical purpose. It's a perk of the rank and he can use it to stretch his legs if he wants to.

[recoil]

I completed Resource Drive for all corporations.

[ExiledOne]

I completed Resource Drive for all corporations.

[shubn]

I completed Resource Drive for all corporations with my main account and with icy's account.

I also reached tier 2 for all corporations with CULTCLONE-4 because I thought it would be good for the clones to at least get the armor sets, and tier 2 is easy to do. I might try to get additional tiers before the event ends.

[icycalm]

https://robertsspaceindustries.com/comm ... Wje1UsOVCg



Could have posted this earlier as it's not too spoilery, but still, there is a lot of complexity in it that's best to discover oneself. We're approaching the end of the event now though, so it's time to post this here. Maybe only one week or max two left.


P.S. Keep in mind that CIG might have updated numbers and even mechanics since the last time the guide was updated.

[icycalm]

https://www.reddit.com/r/starcitizen/co ... ve_cig_now

For those who gave up on Resource Drive CIG now making it easy

I have been doing the large recovery missions and now there are no fighters, and the last ship I found had 54 crates in it - over 400 SCU. If you haven’t finished it now’s the time!

That the 127k mission?

Yea, it isn't event cargo but it still counts.

If you look at the contract, it’s just boxes, not a certain type of cargo. So “event cargo” isn’t even a thing.

Is there a trick to getting the mission to accept the cargo? It's just been sending all of it straight to storage with no turn in option—even the boxes that actually are the correct resources.

When you take the ship hang around until the mission info lists reinforcements incoming or it won't update to recognize you have the ship apparently. I only did it once and didn't pay attention but that's what I've seen others mention.

[Discord BOT]

CULT|shubn
Yeah it's real. xTitch mentioned it so I tested it. I was going to post about it later. The Caterpillar is a pain to unload with this new bug/update so you probably only want to do the M2. The M2 should get you 470 SCU or so. The commodities are not the ones needed for the event so you can't stash them for someone else, but they do count for this particular contract.
When you first get in the ship, you need to wait for the "enemy reinforcements" message to appear in the mission objectives before leaving, else the cargo can't be turned in. Also, after landing in a hangar, test the freight elevator terminal to make sure it's working so you don't spend 15 minutes loading a broken freight elevator. If both are broken, ALT+F4 might fix it.
I'll try to get clone 4 to tier 5. Should be easy.

[Adjudicator]

My main account has completed Resource Drive for all Stanton corporations.

[icycalm]

The Cult is stepping up to the Regen Crysis (see what I did there) to a degree no one thought possible. Hundreds of pieces of unique paints and gear secured. Fudders in disbelief. The future looms brighter and brighter.