The Swarm Expedition 22

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Expedition Overview: The Swarm

Phases & Rewards

Phase 1 - Milestones & Rewards

Fragmented - Locate your starship

  • Pre-Packaged Haz-Mat Gauntlet Unit
  • Pre-Packaged Advanced Mining Laser Unit
  • Supreme Mining Beam Upgrade

To Live - Create the soul fragments

  • Ion Battery x 5
  • Life Support Gel x 5
  • Powerful Life Support Upgrade x 2
  • Powerful Movement System Upgrade x 2

To Be Haunted - Seek aid from the other side

  • Pre-Packaged Boltcaster Unit
  • Projectile Ammunition x 1000
  • Creature Pellets x 50

Forged Signature - Manifest the Traveller Echo’s signature

  • Base Computer
  • Construction Research Unit
  • Salvaged Data x 20

Contact - Reclaim your starship

  • Starship Launch Fuel x 5
  • Pre-Packaged Infra-Knife Accelerator Unit
  • Powerful Starship Shield Upgrade x 2

A Shadow Above - Investigate the object in the sky

  • Repair Kit x 5
  • Supreme Defensive Systems Upgrade x 2
  • Supreme Boltcaster Upgrade x 2

Stratagem - Consult with Specialist Polo

  • Pre-Packaged Hyperdrive Unit
  • Warp Cell x 5
  • Royals Poster plans
  • Sages Poster plans
  • Weavers Poster plans
  • Royals/Sages/Weavers Flag Pack
Phase 2 - Milestones & Rewards

Crash Site - Investigate the crashed swarmer

  • Pre-Packaged Gravitino Coil Unit
  • Projectile Ammunition x 1000
  • Pre-Packaged Personal Forcefield Unit

Disassembly - Disassemble swarm remnants

  • Repair Kit x 5
  • Inventory Slot x 5

Divine Intelligence - Seek the Atlas

  • Supreme Starship Weapon Upgrade
  • Pre-Packaged Q-Resonator Unit
  • Supreme Starship Shield Upgrade

Emperor of Glass - Confront the Hive of Glass

  • Storage Augmentation x 10

Devoured - Be reiterated

  • 10,000 Nanites

Headquarters - Recount your experience to Polo

  • Banned Launch Thrusters Upgrade
  • Banned Pulse Engine Upgrade
  • Banned Hyperdrive Upgrade
  • Direwasp Disintegrator multi-tool
  • Direwasp Flightpack customisation
Phase 3 - Milestones & Rewards

Purge - Engage the swarm directly

  • Pre-Packaged Scatter Blaster Unit
  • Pre-Packaged Shell Greaser Unit
  • Pre-Packaged Flight Assist Override Unit

Restore - Cleanse planets of the swarm

  • Inventory Slot x 5
  • Hazard Protection Kit

Sabotage - Disrupt the swarm

  • Pre-Packaged Cargo Scan Deflector Unit
  • Counterfeit Circuits

Countermeasures - Construct the Prismatic Core

  • Green Firework x 40

Interface - Ward against the Hive of Glass

  • 500,000 Units

Glass to Glass - Destroy the Hive of Glass

  • Living Glass x 10

Chromatic Distortion - Demand answers

  • 1,600 Quicksilver
  • Title: 'The Fragmented'
  • Swarm Decal plans
  • Swarm Banner customisation

Expedition Completion Rewards

  • Swarm customisation set
    (Direwasp Helm, Plating, Chestpiece, Gloves, Cuisses, Boots)
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Expedition hasnt activated yet, so plenty of time to catch up for other platforms not yet updated.

There are hexagons around the anomaly/nexus mission giver. Were they always hexagons?

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On the floor?

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Yup. Not sure if always exactly that way or Bee Hype just has me brainwashed into thinking its new.

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the gold coloured hexagons were on the floor near nexus before and the graphic with the hexagons above the door to right of Oceanus was there before too.

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Thanks. I’m just a doopid head and getting buzzed by all the bee excitement.

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As Sean knew we all would

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Expedition rewards from QS Syntheses Companion

3 hours until I have more hearts to give out :face_exhaling:

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Sage poster is so starwarsy… i’m in!

Edit : “More will follow”

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Warning spoiler

Choices will have to be made in NMS The Swarm

Are you sure?

  • Royal
  • Sage
  • Weaver
  • I won’t play this expedition
0 voters
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You can undo, tkt

Edit : tkt is french for ‘don’t worry’ “t’inquiète”

It rhimes with baguette too

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Not sure what to vote. None of those are my favourite colour but maaaaybe weaver

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Hoping we can do all three on different saves, similar to the autoahge heads one

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Seems not, choice is presented like our colored theme here during Waking Titan to be permanent in the anomaly

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Moved you guys over. Carry on

Has anyone found anything else new outside of the Expedition?

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I found breakfast at the shop. And coffee. Nothing at the anomaly I can see that stands out yet.

I think we can do the expedition again on a new save so I imagine we can do it three times, and since expedition rewards are account wide, I dont see why we cant do the phases for each team.

This RGB stuff definitely hasnt made me think the ARG is any less connected to being possibly official now. Stupid @M1Silencer and their stupid RGB analyses immediately came to my stupid mind. :joy: (note: none of what they’ve done is stupid, thats just me kicking myself)

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Interesting expedition; I wonder if there are any actual differences between the teams besides the names.

Also, it looks like I just got one of the last things from my wishlist: enemies with multitools (which was step one in finishing my original wishlist). We shall see…after I trudge through the workday as usual. :slight_smile:

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Hey path finders!

It should be noted that:

  • Vy’keen speak in red
  • Gek speak in green
  • Autophage speak in blue
  • Korvax speak in purple

The factions don’t seem to have Korvax representation.

My non-compliant ass is going to go full Autophage on this one. Weaver all the way!

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Well now I will be confused. The Autophage have been related to the purple color til now…:sweat_smile:

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I was leaning towards Weavers just because I like stories, love to spin a good yarn.

Been with you on that, lore wise ive been hoping to be hunted by corrupted travellers sent by null to gather the last of the creators echoes so it could fulfill the “prophecy” of being a content complete traveller and finally gain the love of the atlas/finish the story in the final vision of the Atlas.

I was saying in Voyagers Haven last night what I want most from the update is more lore or another lore based expedition, we got so many in a row in 2024, looks like my wishes were granted.

My next wish. Activate the expedition, Sean! :joy:

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