u/UnusualRelic

So in the new expedition infinity update 10.01, you can go attack companion directly with the manipulator after trying to restore the universe.

>!Although I didn't record the fight, it was kinda intense? I just had to survive for accouple minutes and beam the Echo until the invulnerability field wears off and then I deal damage. which that Echo probably has a billion HP. But I had survived with using Heavy Vampiric Nukes(this weapon is underrated asf, this can help you dunk on golden ring union if your build has -110% energy cost).!<

>!Even the most powerful ship there is, that being the capital ship version of the Pomeha from Pomeho's quest. can still instantly die to the manipulator weapon on the Echo. Draining 162k HP in a instant, or maybe even instakill everything.!<

>!You also aren't allowed to use other ships in the fight. once your first ship is dead, the fight ends there. I don't know about clones and doppelgangers, as I didn't use them in the fight.!<

To note, I did this before getting the manipulator, It took me 1 hour straight of surviving and and that was my first attempt at 1200l

Basically what i did in the fight was use vampiric nukes to both heal myself and disable GRU ship's shield and themselves for a temporary amount of time before i get close and firing the oblivion cannon and concentrator weapons.
I usually do this at close range since the amount of energy my pomeha has allows me to tank 6 vampiric nukes and anything else cannot.
However sometimes it works as their capital ship just so happen to have a point defense which extended the fight much longer.
I use my infinity stone sparingly for risky moments and generally did a mix of safe play and aggression.
The warp drive is used to restore energy then cloak to get near a GRU capital ship to do damage.

In battle i can rarely see what the hell is going on as there is just a thousand lasers all over my screen which lagged out my laptop.

I only had 2 of their weapons being the small concentrator cannon and laser which both are fortunately 20%+ energy cost and I got them by just taking over GRU stars, which i did quite easily before i got them.
but it was much more needed than i expected for the base capture since there was so much clones.

I know the build can be improved to fight more GRU's since i didn't find any other good modules, however i already have blueprints for Heavy M2 concentrator laser and cannon so i'd be pretty op afterwards.

>!also i think i progressed the story abit wrong that i destroyed companion before getting the manipulator which i triggered by visiting fluo at a chameleon darkness base after her final quest which she thought i had the manipulator and those other factions started to appear on nodes.!<

Is this a good ship and what would be a good build for it since i need more different ships to fight other than my pomeha

And is the heavy turbo plasma emitter good since i got it from a smuggler, it fires like that weapon on the federation flagship

I was going over to fight some alien bastions and i got these parts

I currently have HoverTank Drive Platform 1#, 2#, 3# and a HoverTank body

I also have the Heavy HoverTank drive platform 2#, 3#, 4#, 5#, 6#, 7# and 8# along with Heavy Hover Tank turret platform 1# and 2#

While I was destroying the alien bastions, I was suddenly faced against some guy that looked like doomguy and he was pissed at me destroying his tanks. All tanks on that encounter were level 500 and i stood no chance

I'm still early into the game, I don't explore that far out and I'm still concentrated into exploring a larger region around my home base gathering alot of resource and fighting insect colonies. I got this from a smuggler, mounted on my Scout MK2 which is my main ship as of now and it absolutely shreds everything including some triple veterans, I don't know if its gonna be effective against other factions since it annihilates base game factions.

Dont mind the laggy footage

text guide:

Go to the river between Golf and Foxtrot, then after you go through the bridge, you will see the repair dock. With a Jetski ram into the empty shore between the rocks and the dock, The jetski will noclip through the shore since its fast then swim downwards and there will be the sun cross for you to obtain.

These screen shots are inconsistent because i forgot to take screen shots due to the amount i have to do and the first 3 images are way back using the final payload that didnt have a heatshield attachment, so i rewind and replaced the payload on assembly with one having everything i need.
This is on hard mode and i dont think i can send another launch to rescue the guy, since this is my first mars mission

i was also playing on hard mode for some reason, and this is one of my first rocket that isnt a 1 way trip