Farming Promethei

[LameFox]

Curious whether anyone does this. I am not a heavy user of ship mods myself, so I've tended to just kill them manually as needed. However, it strikes me that the process can conceivably be automated, even without taking over the system, because they operate in some places (neutral or Teladi sectors) where they don't use disguises and thus don't need police scanning.

What would be a good setup for this? Laser towers at a gate might be a cheap option I guess. Or a carrier and fighters, assuming quick response time from the fighters. Maybe Takobas or Moreyas with Terran engines under the new system, to get them up to chase-speed quickly.

Or just a defence platform minus admin module?

[stooper88]

I have roving bands of captured destroyers with fire authorization overrides set to ruthless for BUC. The destroyers are set to patrol PAR sectors where BUC are present, so it's very hit or miss. Regardless, with enough patrols, it's inevitable that they encounter and destroy BUC ships on a regular basis. I then have S ships with repeat orders to collect drops along a set path and then deposit inventory. Currently, I only have two ships set to do this (one each in two separate sectors), and my sector coverage for the collect drop orders is spotty. I'm fairly sure my ships are missing a lot of drops, but nonetheless they've still managed to bring in substantial hauls (100+ exceptional ship nanoweave along with countless other components).

I've also picked up a handful of advanced shield generator coils and a single exceptional weapon chamber, but I have no idea where these were from (i.e. BUC, KHK, XEN, or other drops).

[LameFox]

I think most of BUCs ships only have the nanoweave, at least that I've seen, but Promethei have other mods too so maybe your ships killed one/some? Unless you're specifically in a sector they don't disguise though, they mostly elude fire overrides.

[stooper88]

I agree that it's strange. I've been farming Pious Mists IV and XI. The non-Promethei ships (Corsair, Eclipse, Minotaur, Pulsar, etc) are always revealed in plain view. In contrast, whenever I am personally hunting them, the Promethei are always disguised. However, although I have not personally monitored it, I can only conclude that my AI pilots are somehow uncovering and attacking Promethei on their own. I've seen several occasions where an uncloaked Prometheus was "withdrawing from battle" fleeing from one of my patrols. But I don't know how the patrols "broke through" the cloak.

There was a post by another forum member complaining about the same phenomenon with SCA ships.

[LameFox]

I guess it's possible that every so often the PAR sector police will scan one. Then your ships if nearby would engage it.

I *think* I've also seen some committing piracy, rather than smuggling, but those might be limited to different sectors (pirate alley).