At higher difficulties, it can become harder to survive to the point where not even Stratagems are guarenteed to save players. However, Stratagems can be improved through upgrades of the Ship Module. These upgrades affect various traits of Stratagems, such as reducing Stratagem cooldown time, increasing damage, maximizing ammo, and more. These upgrades can only be purchased via the samples players collect in missions, so players are advised to collect and extract with as many samples as possible.
Here you'll find the upgrades provided when fully upgrading a Ship Module
Ship Module Upgrades | |
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Category | Upgrades |
Patriotic Administration Center | Reduces cooldown of Support Weapon and Backpack Stratagems by 10%; Support Weapons deployed with max ammo |
Orbital Cannons | Orbital Stratagems have increased damage past center explosion and cooldowns are reduced by 10%; Orbital Barrage Stratagems fire one additional time |
Hangar | Eagle Stratagems: Cooldown reduced by 10%, provides a rearm with a cooldown of 10%, and can be used one additional time per rearm |
Bridge | Mini-map vision range is increased by 50 meters; Eagle Stratagems rearm cooldown reduced by 10%; better control of Hellpod (device used when entering mission or respawning) |
Engineering Bay | Sentry, Emplacement, and Resupply Stratagems' cooldowns are reduced by 10 percent; Sentry Stratagems' health counts are increased by 50 percent; Emplacement stratagems are deployed instantly |
Robotics Workshop | Sentry Stratagems: Deployment time reduced, ammo increased by 50%, and rotate speed increased |
There are tons of Ship Module upgrades to purchase, so there are a few players recommend to prioritze right away to help have a better experience. Players recommend uprgading the Patriotic Administration Center, Orbital Cannons, and Hangar categories to the first level. This ensures Support Weapons are deployed wth max ammo, Orbital Stratagems do extra damage, and Eagle Stratagems have a reduced cooldown time respectively.
This video covers what Ship Modules players should prioritize to avoid wasting samples
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