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by Imperial Good » Tue, 26. Nov 19, 01:14
They spawn infinitely around Kahak cluster structures. There are 3 such structures, located in Matrix #451, Silent Witness XII and Pious Mists IV.
The stock count of Kahak ships will respawn immediately upon loading a save. One can abuse this mechanic to quickly farm them by loading, killing them all, saving, and repeating.
The best sectors to farm them are Matrix #451 and Silent Witness XII as these clusters seem to house a larger ship stock than Pious Mists IV. Unless Matrix #451 is controlled by TEL, there is the possibility of XEN fleets camping the cluster structure which may complicate farming and this cluster also seems to house the largest KAK ship stock so could potentially overwhelm the player. Silent Witness XII has the odd SCA ship poking it which leave the player alone. Pious Mists IV is usually heavily surrounded by PAR warships so is extremely safe for the player to farm but due to lower ship stock size less worth while. All clusters start off with destructible defence platforms protecting them, which pose minimal risk to the player (easy to kill) and will never respawn.
The most efficient way to farm KHK parts is low attention/out of sector using a wing. L ships are pretty much immune to near infinite number of KHK so a fleet of 5 Behemoth Vanguards (free boarded from SCA) can easily dispatch all the spawned KHK ships in record time. An M ship can then be remote ordered to collect all drops, and then after 30-60 minutes either ordered to drop them at the player HQ or the player can request the inventory of the captain directly. Using this method one can earn a few million in inventory wares per hour, without risk for the player. This effort is not fully autonomous, since the L destroyers will automatically kill all KHK but there is no default order to collect all drops and so 2-3 must be issued every 10-15 minutes. I have asked that such a default order be added but my request might have gone unnoticed sadly.
If you want to play the hero/hunter and get the wares personally then I recommend using an Odysseus Vanguard (one is free in Faulty Logic). Equip it will full M and L PAR Pulse Turret loadout. These have the best combination between accuracy, damage and range to make short work of KHK. Flak Turrets can kill S KHK efficiently but have issues in that their operational range is much shorter than the KHK guns so the KHK seldom allow themselves to remain in range of them for long and certainly M KHK will not be dying to Flak. L beam turrets can also work instead of L pulse. Being an L ship which has 0 shield recharge delay it is likely impossible for the KHK to ever pose a risk to you, and at worst might damage some of your surface elements. Set turrets to attack enemies, stay still to kill KHK and occasionally move around to tractor in the drops.
If one wants to dog fight KHK for items then as usual Nemesis Vanguard is the best choice. Pulse Lasers work wonders due to their great range, accuracy and heat management. PAR Mk2 shields are recommended as otherwise the constant KHK beams may wear your shield down. Always disengage when around 50% shield to allow reserve for boosting to safety.
