New guy with a question

[Ace]

Howdy. I'm pretty new to BC3K and I've pretty much figured out everything I need to know about the game, except for the artifacts. I can't get the Celestial Orb to work. Any thoughts?

[aramike]

Need some info, primarily, the AI levels of your crew.

[Ace]

There all at 100%

[Tyrn]

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Originally posted by Ace:

Howdy. I'm pretty new to BC3K and I've pretty much figured out everything I need to know about the game, except for the artifacts. I can't get the Celestial Orb to work. Any thoughts?

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There are two documents that you need to read: Artifacts (Appendix C) which says this about the CO:

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3. CELESTIAL ORB

Use:

This artifact has very powerful healing properties. It cures the injuries and ailments of anyone who is exposed to it. It increases the life factor (LF) of personnel on the ship and their fatigue factor (FF) will never increase.

Required to operate:

Nothing. As long as it is on the ship, it just works.

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This makes you believe that it will work no matter what, but you have forgotten to review data in the main manual under Personnel Ops. There will will discover key information regarding your crew like this on Jo Lanix:

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Research Engineer Jo Lanix

The Research Engineer, RE, has the following tasks which she performs automatically during the normal operation of the ship. The primary task is for her to be able to analyze

alien artifacts brought on-board the ship. If she cannot analyze these artifacts, they

cannot be used.

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When an artifact is first brought on-board, you will not be able to use it if the Research Engineer is not on-station or is unable to analyze it. Each time an artifact is brought on-board, it takes a random time between 30 and 60 minutes for the Research Engineer to analyze it based on her AI level. When this analysis is complete, the item becomes available for use and must be installed if applicable. The higher the Research Engineer's AI, the shorter the time taken to complete the analysis. This time also depends on the fatigue and life factors. The required AI factor for the analysis of all artifacts is listed

below. If the Research Engineer does not have this AI level, she will not be able to

analyze the artifact and you will be unable to use it.

Upgrade artifacts such as TACYON ANAGRAM SHIELD and the KARANIAN MARK IV REACTOR are

only available as upgrades in LOGISTIX after they have been analyzed. The installed flag

for all others is set only when they have been analyzed. This means that the HYPERSION

SUBSPACE DEVICE, for instance, cannot be used until analyzed even though it's on the ship.

Monitoring of dangerous mineral levels on ship 25

Hyperion SubSpace Device 75

Tacyon Anagram Shield 65

Trans-Matrix Cloaking Device 75

Karanian Mark IV Reactor 65

R.A.N.D.O.M weapon 100

R.A.N.D.O.M decoder 100

Enhanced Nav Module 50

Celestial Orb 50

Just Another Cyborg, J.A.C 85

Phased Array IOD 85

Auto-repair of JAC if damaged (artifact) 100

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In short, if Jo cannot correctly analyze the artifact, it will not work properly if at all.

[Tyrn]

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Originally posted by Ace:

There all at 100%

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Is that their AI level or their FF or LF level. If AI level, did you get there via a cheat, if so then you must be aware that using cheats can have undesirable side effects.

[Ace]

Makes sense. Thanks for the help.