Without We Are Clay, more-than-half-crew lies right in the middle of the nearest sweet spot (15-17), so while you can. I usually incorporate some quests in. It is already there. Later on. The Fathomking is silent for an uncomfortably long time. where x = R ( c /2) First find T (h), where h is your "Half quarters" value. This game is in a desperate need of either: a) fast travel to known locations - let it even subtract fuel and supplies based on the distance. Sunless Sea definitely had a much different voice than Skies. It’s very easy to make it set on a ship of the Unterzee instead of a locomotive of the thigh Wilderness. Verdict. 9. If you choose Pages you will gain the. What is the best stat? Hearts is useful because you can use it to upgrade iron and mirrors, but otherwise is useless. The Venturer knows a ritual that with enough supplies will allow a ship to open and. by Doug Dorst (aka "Ship of Theseus" by V. Cedarcomb • 3 yr. Nonetheless, many adventures and events in Sunless Sea require high statistics to have a chance of success, and if you play the game organically it will take FOREVER to get any significant increases. You can view them on the right page in the Journal tab of your Gazetteer, which is just marked "Journal". #9. So if you have a ship that needs 25 crew, add WE ARE CLAY, it means it takes 22 crew, and you only need to run 11 members. Skéith Oct 20, 2016 @ 2. The Semiotic Iconoclast commanded the Mise en Abyme, but its final voyage through the. I didn't think the Lampad-class Cutter would be very good. 5 per point), but the two pages legacy items are very nice as they allow you to 100% the Lorn Fluke challenge for 3 secrets, which will do more to help you than lower fragment requirements ever will, at no draw back. Has a single deck attack,. Carry cargo profit - you were unfortunate : 0 (0 or 300 for a luck based event 60%, two times, you were really unlucky !!!) Sun selling profit - you were unfortunate (again !), you loose the two boxes : 1000. dll file in the installation folder. Each has tradeoffs that. Mirrors : The stat most useful when you want to kill things. Sailing in the Gossamer Way, you will find a lonely stranded ship, the Nocturne. You can dock the ship on islands that have a certain circle of clearer or shining water in its shore by pressing E. I was wrong. Sunless Sea is a game of discovery, loneliness and frequent death, set in the award-winning Victorian Gothic universe of Fallen London. Fuel and supply take some cargo places, and fuel burns faster if engine is more powerful. Do the adventuress' quests, and give all souls to the monkeys. When changing your ship's name on. WW: 23 April 2020Mode(s)Sunless Sea is a survival/exploration with elements developed. (Better with WE ARE CLAY). So the logistic become kinda issue when purchased +2000 engine, and attempt coffee run or sapphire run. Hey everyone! Started playing again a couple of days ago, and I went farther than I ever did. The Antheans speak of a woman named Rosina, dying of a curious disease and sequestered among the sharp-spleened. It’s a port of a game released for the PC in 2015 after a successful Kickstarter campaign, and it includes DLC that came out a year later. Last Update: 30 Aug 2018. A sourceless silver glow. You Have Been. Resembles a Steam Pinnace, but is actually much more deadly. Basically, it's good in an emergency and bad at any other time. Showing 1 - 6 of 6 comments. "The horrors of journeying through a dark, otherworldly sea" immediately reminds me of S. Engine power is one of several ship statistics and defines how fast the ship can go. Here is a comparison:I like Sunless Sea. Each ship has a number of hit points equal to your Hull. Cruiser or the Frigate. " Your Father's Bones: a Legend's Heart for the Fathomking = 1 Mt Nomad's Heart ≥ 1. Pupil: 50% of the deceased captain's Mirrors. Notable Ships Ligeia-class Steamer is the ship you'll start your first game with, so you'll probably use it for a while. I may warn you, the following ways of making money contains spoilers of the game and since SS is more a game of exploration as a game of making money you might want to. So is the northeast corner. Has two attacks: Deck Salvo 03: Base Hull Damage 12, Arc 200, Range 140, Warmup 10s. Showing 1 - 7 of 7 comments. #4. I recommend buying supplies at the surface, as the 5E price is the best in the game. People will say frigate is all you need. Sunless Sea's combat is primarily steam powered ships ranging in size from small schooners to large galleons with many armaments. Someone's hot-blooded friend eats the rat-steed. Shout out to u/dearbluey for posting 5 years ago to explain the Sunless Sea map! Thanks, that helped me out quite a bit :) The Salt Lions stone delivery is an easy way to add 300e profit to your trip as long as you have the 200e deposit and 20 cargo space. These. Everything else is up to you - get whatever engine you can afford and don't bother with guns since you will probably want to skip on combat encounters for the time being. Atmosphere: They're different. Bigger engine/avid Suppressor. The standalone version of 'The Pirate-Poet For Polythreme' will conflict with any other mod that changes Polythreme, the quest line of the Merciless Modiste, the encounters with the Pirate-Poet or the defeat events of the Alcaeus-class vessel and the War Trimaran of the Khanate. Throughout your journey in Sunless Sea you will come by a lot of items that can be used in trading and interactions. The cladery heart's one of the best ships in the game - 450 hull, 80 cargo, 35 crew, considerable bonuses to all stats - freaking incredible. EAT YOUR CREW. The ship you get is the best reward of any officer questline, as you do not need to pay an exorbitant amount of echoes to get a decent upgrade relatively fast. Overview. Go to Venderbight and get the curator’s quest. I tend to run with 1/2 crew + 1 (because there are random events which can kill a crew member, and if that happens all the way across the zee, limping back to London is no fun at all). Keep a full power suppressor in your aft slot, and just hit and run. Sunless Sea is a game of stories, and shortly after beginning your own story, you'll open up a branching path in Fallen London upon making the acquaintance of the Blind Bruiser. Resembles a Steam Pinnace, but is actually much more deadly. The harder you look, the more you see shapes amid the chaos, almost as if they were sculpted. The method is quite simple, all you have to do is go to: C:UsersYOURNAMEAppDataLocalLowFailbetter GamesSunless. Wlerin Feb 22, 2015 @ 2:53pm. Once on board the ship, the curled, yellow mass wriggles and squeals, before whitening and falling still. Sunless Sea - Zubmariner. Rumpled convolutions of coral fill the water, glimmering with silvery light. Its mouth is flanked by giant stone carvings of bees. This is only increased by the option to play it like a roguelike. The cold sweat on his brow tells a different story. Version 1. r/sunlesssea: LOSE YOUR MIND. To-Do: Sell the book, read the news, speak to the Admiral, take tomb passengers and buy all the Mushroom Wine you can. Find your father’s bones. Carry Sphinx Stone from the Salt Lions 4. Each weapon is designed for only one of. Defy the gods of the deep sea. Sunless Sea Is One Of The Most Brutal Roguelikes On PS4. Carry colonists for money. Your ambition in Sunless Sea is to achieve some form of success vis a vie as the captain of a ship, and you are that very captain. 2. Sunless Sea is a game of discovery, loneliness and frequent death, set in the Fallen London universe. When you start your first character, you’ll have to choose your backstory of sorts — your affiliation and the stats associated with it. It currently contains: Rulers of the Salt. Types of equipment. While employed, he will grant you. Your hull is your "health" and it works the same for any other ship you encounter in zee. READ: Sunless Sea: Troubleshooting Guide in 2020. Somehow a lot of people have a problem in making money in Sunless Sea, however making money in SS is easier as you might think. You need to learn a map, and have a couple of things. WARandRUIN Feb 21, 2018 @ 4:15pm. All ships, no matter their size, can mount a Deck weapon. These two locations may generate directly adjacent to each other. Useful ships: corvette, jump to frigate, if you like and have money why not dreadnought. You'll gain secrets faster from fragments, true, but in practice, there. I've found 3x to work best, but if people are interested, I can generate mod files at. Save and close the notepad file and see if your lover and child are back in Wolfstack. but at the same time, I have the memento mori in my. Reviewed on: Intel i5-3570K @3. What is the best stat? Hearts is useful because you can use it to upgrade iron and mirrors, but otherwise is useless. Good to know. I wouldn't consider any of those things that define Sunless Sea. This page is dedicated to all the possible guides for Sunless Sea, discriminated by categories: Basic Strategies Spoiler Strategies (Spoiler) A guide to go from early game to mid game RNG Manipulation Trade Route Strategies Your Father's Bones (Ambition) Fulfillment (Ambition) Wealth (Ambition) A Private Kingdom (Ambition) The Uttermost East (Ambition) NORTH (Coming-Soon Ambition) Immortality. The image will say eg caimpainger2 or the weapon image value will say gun_purple. This is an important process, as it will dictate both your beginning stats and your ultimate goal in the game. He's wearing a dressing gown of purple brocade, soaked dark with salt. "The webbed hulk of this once proud vessel refuses to be dragged beneath the black waves. SPOILER. Often sighted near. >_> Yes, I am aware that the game is not a simulator. Merchant cargo ship is the most efficient, but since you want to do the fighting, get the frigate. Originally posted by King Banhammer: The "R" key repair repairs a tiny bit, and costs supplies. Sunless Sea's best moments are the ones I can't tell you about. And i'm not sure if that's really worth it, since it would just start me from zero - withouth capital to actually utilize the cargo. . This happens. Creep across the map because your ship moves slowly -so journeys feel far- plan out how much food and coal to bring and how much profit you can make with the cargo space that will have opened up once you arrive. The former is for bulk trading with a good engine, mostly, so the Frigate is probably your best bet. Mod conflicts. Best ship ? :: Sunless Sea กระดานสนทนาทั่วไป. The sequel to the critically acclaimed, story-centric Sunless Sea, best summarized as the Victorian Empire in space. 75x increase in speed. The world didn't feel alive. HOW TO USE. Top 5%. I know, it's silly to worry about dps on the second-highest-health ship in the game. Small crew so low supply costs. Platform: Reviewed on PC. Spoilers for one of the secret endings. Do not attempt to buy cargo from *regular shops* to sell. Sunless Skies is a direct (although abstract) sequel to Sunless Sea and many of the locations in Sunless Skies (such as Avid Horizon) directly reference events in the previous game. As a Sunless Sea veteran, I know better than to leave the entry area with my starter ship, however I can't help but feel the two options available at New Winchester aren't necessarily the best ones. Most of my captains are in the lineage of Grandcaptain Bosch of the Unearthly Delight and name their ships accordingly (the Wilgefortis, the Ship of Fools, the Ecce Homo, and finally Jankin Bosch's stolen dirigible, the Haywain Wayfarer). Supplies will come to you in the form of bat swarms. If you have the crappyest iron score and the weakest flensing guns, you might be able to capture the weak (but not the one shot) ships. You need at least an Elegant Townhouse, as well as 200 Echoes, to write a Will. Sunless Speed: A Mod to increase game speed. There are some other differences, like the stat boosts and the weight, but those are barely noticeable. Sunless Sea takes place within the same universe as Fallen London in which Victorian London was taken beneath earth’s surface thirty years ago. When your captain dies you simply move on to the next one. A 3000 weight ship with the same engines is definitely faster, but increasing engine power seems to provide (very) slightly less benefit. Back then, I thought to myself that the game might deserve a spotlight-post, highlighting why it is so darn great and why especially avid board gamers would get a kick out of it. Sunless Sea is a game of discovery, loneliness and frequent death, set in the award-winning Victorian Gothic universe of Fallen London. Out on the 'unterzee' beyond Fallen London are islands to be discovered, and each of these islands promises a new story, a new idea. Even SpacrMarines9/I'm a candle doesn't have any tips for this. Mirrors : The stat most useful when you want to kill things. Torpedo launchers are only cheaper in the short term; they have an extra cost since they require ammo. -> Average 40 secrets per hour, considering digging, SAY log conversion, sailing and Adam clicking. 1) buy the merchant ship. Grinding out trades is the very worst way to earn money in Sunless Sea, yes. Remember--enemies don't heal. We're really interested to know what recipes you've. Personally, I think the Corvette is the best ship in the game. Edit. ). High replayability value. Currently it is extremely hard to. #1. Go to c:users<username>AppdataLocalLowFailbetter GamesSunless SeaSaves Open your save file in notepad. The grub writhes to life, burrowing into him hungrily. Go back to London, use your favors for repairs (only 25 echoes!) and get the fuel. Sunless Sea. Now when you run the Notepad++ you can open the json files of Sunless Sea. Leucothea-class Steam-Yacht = 0. Still, those ships are certainly intended to be tricky to get but it's entirely possible. Fifth goal: upgrade to Agravain. Illumination: more powerful lamps light up the. Introduction This is a guide for players. A haven for players of games. Yes, I have very little I’ve discovered in the world of the sunless sea. An enormous expansion pack for Sunless Sea, featuring more ships, more Officers, more stories, and less sun than ever before! (Featured on PCGamer and Rock Paper Shotgun!) 357KB James Tatsumi Feb 13, 2015 @ 8:33am. I'm having the same problem as Ryan. Last Tour operator is my chosen way to earn echoes. WE ARE CLAY (300E) and Maybe's Daughter (30E or free) will also get you a little extra speed. Set in the Fallen London universe, the game casts the player as the captain of a steamship, exploring the Unterzee — the colossal, largely uncharted underground lake that surrounds the. 706 109921 Sunless Sea: Advice for the Navigator: Listen. This user on the steam forums was letdown that the whirlpools only slowly damage your hull. When you start your first character, you’ll have to choose your backstory of sorts — your affiliation and the stats associated with it. If the tabs have shops, you can buy fuel and supplies but the price differs in each port. I wondered how the player endings of the Marvellous would look as already established NPCs in the world, so I decided to design a card for each of them, starting. You only need to go fast enough. These are blue parrots, circling. LOSE YOUR MIND. Indeed, one of the best things about Sunless Sea, apart from its beautifully crafted elder-horror stories, fantastically drawn artwork and generally creepy atmosphere, is the feeling that the. The fights here are beneficial to you. Like many of the "tough" monsters in the game, it is not when you have one of the two biggest ships with the best guns that is fast enough to retreat backwards and stay out of its (ramming) range which limits it to a weakish ranged attack. The story in sunless skies is still pretty interesting, but sunless sea is written way better. Interaction Unlocked by Effects Speak to the Crew. Recent Reviews: Very Positive (20) All Reviews: Very Positive (7,029) Release Date: Feb 6, 2015. This is an important process, as it will dictate both your beginning stats and your ultimate goal in the game. Sunless Sea retains much of that text-driven approach, as well as Kennedy's sure eye for unsettling or mordant turns of phrase), but slips it into a top-down cartographic simulation of what lies. " I bought the 1500 engine, assuming it would make my ship go faster, but all it really seemed to do was eat fuel like a fat man at a buffet. #4 Animal Feb 14, 2015 @ 12:37pm The Dreadnought is a beast, and only has 20 less cargo than the Merchant Cruiser. 032 bp (pm) PS: this makes only sense if you were always traveling "in the same gear". The map or chart of the Unterzee is your primary method of navigating the treacherous, dark waters. If you run into a bat swarm, fight it. Phorcyd-class Corvette grants you a. Starting with a new captain (same legacy) would probably solve it, but that's the nuclear option. A hybrid, like 2015's Sunless Sea, of top-down steampunk naval sim and choose-your-own-adventure storytelling, Skies takes you everywhere from an asteroid circus to the howling corona of a. #4 Animal Feb 14, 2015 @ 12:37pm The Dreadnought is a beast, and only has 20 less cargo than the Merchant Cruiser. Character Creation. At zee by consuming Supplies, if your Hull is above 50%. A living vessel which resembles a human heart. . Sunless sea has better story. The. Straka). I know. Resembles a Steam Pinnace, but is actually much more deadly. My strategy, though it takes a little grinding time, is flare, flare, evade, observe, observe, observe, observe, observe, evade, volley, volley. A one-eyed, polite gentleman of the docks who nevertheless seems to brandish a knife wherever he goes, the Blind Bruiser represents. To pretty much quote the game, "Bigger engines are more powerful, but they use more fuel. Favorite ship is the Merchant Cruiser, best ship in the game in my honest opinion. Revenue up to 1600 echoes for three or four (I don't remember exactly) ports. View community ranking In the Top 5% of largest communities on Reddit. Everything I've found either depicts old sailing ships, modern battleships, or airships, which don't apply to this setting. The Cutter has a smaller hold, crew size and hull strength but is faster than the starting ship, while the Corvette is a little slower but has the same hold, more crew space and a stronger hull. I just can’t force myself to sail all the way from Wither to Port Carnelian to complete a quest. I feel like the devs have taken a few too many tricks from their time as a web browser game devs because earning money can very much be a drag until you. Veils : Makes it harder for enemies to detect your ship. Unzip it into C:Users[your username]AppDataLocalLowFailbetter GamesSunless Seaaddon Folder structure should look like Failbetter GamesSunless SeaaddonLegacy-Yacht Or Watch this tutorial. Sunless Sea is a really weird game. Availability: Out now as an expansion for Sunless Sea on PC and Mac. You need flensing weapons (usually used for fighting zee-beasts) that do more crew damage than hull damage when fighting ships. Larger ships may also be able to mount a Foward weapon, and possibly an Aft weapon. Accept. Follow Sunless Sea. In this High Wilderness, the Traitor Empress carves out a new British Empire, her increasingly tyrannical rule pushing bohemians, revolutionaries, and. Discover more of the deep, dark, marvellous Fallen London Universe, as seen in our previous game, Sunless Sea. When they pay off, you come back into port full of valuable loot: the Admiralty will pay well for. The Fulgent Impeller is a Ship equipment item that equips to Engines. All voyages start here: and this is where successful voyages end. I have the basic starting ship (75 hull, 7 crew with clay men upgrade, 40 cargo space). The ship that's right after your own in the london ship menu. Engines with higher Engine power values permit faster ship speeds, but consume fuel at a faster rate as well. An immersive mod for Sunless Sea, inspired by Sunless Skies. No captain with a self-preservation instinct ever leaves port without at least a deck gun mounted. Then based on the stat you gain either, 1/2 your money, the current map, one weapon, or a crew member. #9. More weight means you go slower, higher engine power means you go faster. If you run into a bat swarm, fight it. If. Also! This answer is amazing. Unofficial subreddit of the best (and possibly only) game about a post-apocalyptic Russia. Iron). This is my best run, remember. The Sunless Sea Wiki also lists every ship and the slots they have. That said, my stats had a huge margin of error, so maybe that caused the discrepancy. Go straight to the Cumaean Canal Staging Area south of London. I generally get the most expensive regular weapon. Sunless Sea. The. Sunless Sea: Zumbariner is the expansion for the very good and cool Sunless Sea. Ctrl+f the data IDs and set them to 1. Random misfortune can doom a vessel, and there’s horror and madness lurking everywhere. DIE. 600 hull and 2 forward guns makes the Dreadnought the best boat for combat. By default, the ship has 100% efficiency, but it can be improved with certain types of engines. Echoes earned : 520, add 400 for each SAY you wait at Khan's shadow. At most, it has been an accomplice of human restlessness. Installation. Data IDs: 109523 - Romance: Someone Back Home 109777 - Romance: a Child in London We wanna set these back to 1. But with only 5 crew, the ratio fuel/food is something like 7 fuel for 1 food. BEST OFFICER QUESTS IN TERMS OF MATERIAL VALUE: Tireless Mechanic's quest will net you the greatest engine in the game. As you will have found, if you've had a poke around, everything in the game outside of the story (which uses our StoryNexus engine) is hand-crafted in a series of json files. They should scrap the echo legacies with veils and mirrors and replace them with something more creative. After that, he sinks back in the pool and continues to say absolutely nothing at all. #8. Stat bonuses across the board, big cargo hold, and lots of hull for survivability. "Allows for highly strategic gameplay" is the primary reason people pick FTL: Faster Than Light over the competition. Showing 1 - 14 of 14 comments. 3130 (Steam version or other versions) Fully compatible with Zubmariner DLC For Zailors that don't want to go through the initial part of content yet another time to stock on supplies and fuel, or for the ones that don't like the "survival" aspect of the game and. Sunless Sea is a game of discovery, loneliness and frequent death, set in the award-winning Victorian Gothic universe of Fallen London. But do note that supplies are twice as expensive as Fuel, and on large ships with high crew can be consumed much faster. Soft Glim-Lamp is a Ship equipment item that equips to Bridge. Sunless Sea is a Lovecraftian roguelike sea exploration game that manages an impressive narrative voice amidst its immersive gameplay. Pages helps get secrets but it's too hard to level up. Start of the game with your basic ship your best bet is to explore (port reports are a must at any point in the game, except in hell, which is the iron republic). The rats exchange. The best way to do it is to go in a cardinal direction (like North) and then head back to London, gathering any reports from locations. Failbetter consulted with Kickstarter backers to see if they backed the move and the consensus was apparently "the more, the merrier", or words to that effect. However, it does have one crippling flaw - it has no forward weapon. Oh Cladery. ago My main concern is usually getting auxillary slots and cargo space. By this stage, you should have a good idea of how much fuel and supplies you consume when performing these loops. I also think that the description, trailers, and images on Steam don’t accurately portray the game. Pirate Frigates are a common type of vessel used by various pirates, like the buccaneers of Low Barnet. Quite a bit. Then go to the Avid Horizon, and use your Beginner’s Luck option to find the Eyeless Skull. No inbound links. Sunless Sea is a Gothic Horror RPG with a focus on exploration, exquisite storytelling and frequent death. Sunless Sea is a Gothic Horror RPG with a focus on exploration, exquisite storytelling and frequent death. You can't get the Impeller while running a Corvette and Coffee runs to the surface are much harder to do. Get the gift, go before the emperor. I started my first play through of Sunless Sea on Switch with a couple of badly drifting joy-cons, and it was a constant annoyance. The Serpentine Engine is the best because of its skill bonuses and even more so because of the +10% Fuel Efficiency. James Tatsumi Feb 13, 2015 @ 8:33am. Buy 10 (or more) mirror catch boxes (in khans terretory) for 250 each, get 25 fuel from iron rep (8 echoes) or london (10 echoes) and go to cumean canal. Sunless Sea is available for PC and Mac on Steam for £14. Mark and copy the chosen code. There's also a special formerly-backer-exclusive-now-quest-locked ship that's the ultimate for exploration by far. Sunless Sea. An early trade route and it's viability. A pirate ship from Gaider's Mourn. At the risk that your console also develops joy-con drift, I would recommend against playing Sunless Sea on Switch. Platform: Reviewed on PC. Once on board the ship, the curled, yellow mass wriggles and squeals, before whitening and falling still. Sunless Sea (Ep. Unfortunately though the more I progressed the more the mystique of the game faded. Originally posted by rueckm: @Wlerin. 2) buy as much wine in London as possible, you should be able to get 80 or more. "A curse lies on you: the curse of the nameless god of high places and anger. If that didn't work please try the following: Go to C:Program Files (x86)Epic GamesSunlessSeaSunless Sea_DataPlugins. Questions about weapon types . Originally posted by Sapphire Bullets: -Hunger ticks up at a rate of half your crew per tick (Rounding down) and you use up a supply at 50 Hunger or above. I've just recently got into Sunless Sea too, and what I've found so far is that carrying Clay Men from Polythreme to London is a pretty good earner (Sphinxstone from the Salt Lions probably pays even better. Weight is the same, so both ships use the same amount of. It's good to prioritize at least the Horizon Codex since the. An enormous expansion pack for Sunless Sea, featuring more ships, more Officers, more stories, and less sun than ever before! (Featured on PCGamer and Rock Paper Shotgun. 15 Online. Trading is definitely worth it, but what is not worth it is relying on it solely. When purchasing a new ship. Play as the captain of a steamship on an underwater ocean surrounding the fictional city of Fallen London. Just made my first trip to the surface. Without We Are Clay, more-than-half-crew lies right in the middle of the nearest sweet spot (15-17), so while you can. Esta es una traducción casi completa (salvo elementos "hardcoded") al español de Sunless Sea y su DLC Zubmariner, elaborada manualmente (sin traductores automáticos) durante un periodo de cuatro años. Though, finding out the mysteries of what happened isn’t what you’re mainly tasked to do as it’s considered to be lore, which you’ll. A Will is needed each and every captain to keep it to the next captain or it and the Scion are lost next game. We may infer a Station I and a Station II. Generally speaking, it is your means to every end in Sunless Sea . First you get the Echoes, then you get rich/live a full life/find your father's bones. Desperate Measures (Fuel) is triggered at zee if you have the following: Fuel ≤ 0Travel speed is affected by the weight of your ship and the power of your engine. It's exceptionally hard for enemies to spot and moves relatively easily compared to much bigger things. Mount Palmerston, Part One. You have to temporarily lose some crew to send the captured ship to London, which might not work (depending on the captured ship it's either 60 or 80% chance), to gain between 150 or 900 echoes (again, depending on the ship). EAT YOUR CREW. And *lots* of extra crew. The port is called Apis Meet. It desired to travel the zees,. Blemmigans are bright purple squidlike fungal monsters with claws and double-beaks, which pose a danger to you from time to time. Your echoes are best spent on fuel and supplies, in roughly an 8 Fuel : 5 Supply ratio using starting ship.