Some corrections: Shield Systems rank 1 also give 20% shields (not 10%), both Payloads rank 1 and 2 give 10% cargo capacity (not 20%). Until now there is no confirmation that Barrets Starship Engineering and Particle Beam Weapon Systems actually do anything - there is no damage increase noticeable. So it's better to give his spot as 3rd crew member to Vasco or Andromeda Kepler as their Aneutronic Fusion skill adds +1 reactor power. To be more specific Sam increases top speed by 30% (in addition to his +1 engine power) and Sarah reduces fuel cost by 30%. The shield bonus (if its not bugged) is calculated additively with your own skills and cargo / fuel cost bonus is calculated multiplicatively with your own skills. Btw. I'm the one who created the topic on Reddit covering crew skills a week ago.
@@runnergo1398 nope, unfortunately, remember, he is not sentient, just sim-ing like it, he will even talk about that with you. That said, we are human and can anthro whatever, so there really SHOULD be a quest for him, especially after we find a certain thing that may or may not have to do with a sentient computer thing.
@@runnergo1398 Unfortunately Vasco is a minor character like Omar and the other named recruitables you can find (almost all of them are terrible except for Omar).
Sarah morgans leadership ability effectively cancels out the crew spot she would otherwise take up. Whatever your crew cap, you can always add sarah. If you have 3 crew cap and only 3 crew stations on your ship, you can still add sarah to make 4
I’ve thought the same thing. Except that’s not what leadership says it does… So… Bethesda right? Their descriptions of what something does, like a perk, often don’t match in game reality.
This game really needs a CODEX, where anything you discover will be added dynamically with a description/explanation/location text. This includes crew skills.
Just a tidbit, when you do tue crimson fleet, during the questline you get an item called a comlink which adds additional crew capacity if you're struggling to hit the numbers with reactor, shield and weps to get a big crew
5:55 - I think Sarah doesnt count as crew member coz she has a leadership perk. It doesnt affect ship system, so it's not highlighted, but it seems to work somehow allowing you to take 1 more crew member. 9:23 - green bar is NOT a boost, it's 1 more energy to that system for free. You have Reactor with 28 power. And you have 12 in weapons, 12 in shield and 6 in engine - 30 in total. 28 from reactor and 2 green bars.
It's crazy you need to sink 9 points into social to even get to crew sizes larger than 3 (4 with Sarah Morgan). The Leadership rank should've just affected efficiency of crew members, just like how a good manager runs a tighter ship than someone who failed upward.
For people still using early game ships, there is a lady in Cidonia with the anuetronic fusion skill. Extra system points are always welcome and she wont bug out with Amari like Voscoe
same. i had andreja as companion as she can cloak, but the AI is stupid and just annoying 90% of th time. the game is pretty easy anyway in terms of ground combat
Thanks Dude, this was helpful! Another good add is - Erick Von Price (1 payload/3 astrodynamics )- you get him from mars/cydonia barkeep who's in the residential district. You rescue him off a ship. Tip - be nice, give them the ship, then before you free Erick from his cuffs, kill them all and THEN release him. That way you get the ship and Erick when you turn in the quest back in Cydonia.
Can you assign any of the companion members to your base operations...?? If yes...which ones are the best for your base ?? All the Companions seem to be focused on Ship Operations. I know in Mars, there are Hire crew members that will run your bases..but they cost 9,000 credits or more.
The green bar isn't an extra bar; it's a free bar. That's why you don't see any increase in shield strength, but you do have an extra bar of energy to spend elsewhere. You can confirm this quickly simply by counting the power have available before and after assigning a crew member who gives you a green bar in any ship system
The difference explains a lot. I was changing crew members around and lost several factors I. E speed dropped and shields. I didn't know why until I redid the changes to my crew and it still did not make a great deal of sense why that happened, but it does now. Thanks for your video. It's the community that's making Starfield work better. Keep up the good work. 👍
As always Angry Turtle, you're doing an amazing job. Loved your content for Fallout 76 and now love what you're doing for Starfield. Thank you good sir! 😄
I found Amielia Earheart during a quest on another character, but he is on NG+ now. You passed the doctor going Medicine (Rank 1) Wellness (Rank 3) into the bar. Eurogamer has this page "Where to find all Starfield Companions and Crew Members" 25 listed.
I just found another one. Theres a ship that says distress call. You meet a woman named Betty Howser I think. She's a bounty hunter who has dead spacers on the floor of her ship. Give her ship parts and she will work for you. Demolitions expert. The ship name is Lucky Lu.
Vasco's good at shields and gives you more reactor power as well. You only need to invest 1 pt in either. I found this normal npc with hull repair at the start of the game, but lost him somehow. Awesome start to the game.
Find an outpost on any planet you like. Just keep landing and scan to find one, might take awhile but make sure it sells the vanguard ship parts. All the money you spend goes to vendor. Build your own outpost nearby and enjoy.
I am stoked that you are doing videos on Starfield. I always found your information very useful. And, being a single player game, it feels like you’ve got my back. Keep up the good work my friend.
This was an interesting video. I can't point to a system reason for Sarah not counting towards a crew limit, but an in-game reason could be that she's the only major NPC used to commanding starships and maybe Bethesda decided this makes it easier for your character.
This makes so much sense why my first play through with my crappy ship was better than my current playthrough with a decent ship with no crew members. i guess we'll have to wait for a mod to come out and better explain this game... again...
they should add an info pop up when you hover over the crew skills telling you what it does , im new to the game i taught i was messing something but bot having crew skills explained is a massive under sight, the dev glossed over very important features , cant believe they were going to release this game 1 year ago
Thank you! Been looking for an explanation on the skills a crew provides. I was disappointed I wasn't able to hover over the specific skills and get a description.
Someone might have already mentioned this but the reason the crew capacity for habs and modules are different is because the habs give the crew a place to sit, the engines, weapons, equipment, etc anything that adds crew capacity of .25 or .50 gives the crew something to do. You can’t have crew without something for the crew to do. At that point they would be a passenger, and passengers’ skills don’t apply to your ship’s stats. You have crew members helping you aim and use the weapons, helping you monitor the engines, helping you use the scan jammer, comspikes, etc.
Marika in the Viewport is super handy with a an non-basic boost pack and a shotgun/big bang. By the end of my first run I had her with a legendary Breacher with slug shot and she was acting like a sniper, splattering mooks in a single shot.
5:48 Sarah Morgan counts as well. It says 3/5. So your Player takes one spot, one takes Sarah. that’s why you left with 3 more random players. When you increase your Skill to be able to have more players, you will be able to add more. But still you will have -2 places automatically taken cause of Sarah and yourself.
Betty is my favorite crew member, but she doesn't offer any help with your ship. She gets 3 stars in Demolition, so I gave her a grenade, a launcher and 1 round and she goes HAM on enemies. You can find her in Heinlein.
The biggest problem with having assigned crew, is that all my power settings are changed during every jump. Instead of being helpful, they're just a major headache, so now I just don't have any crew at all, and the power levels stay put (except for the occasional grav drive dump to zero).
Bethesda: we've improved our descriptions in fallout 76 to have detailed increases and decreases in your stats! Also Bethesda: here's your Starfield companion skills and we won't tell you what they do lol
I don't know why but you can get up to ten crew members on the ship card unless Bethesda planned for more then eight. I just noticed it when I was building my battleship to have eight .
Great vid. I don’t think you mentioned it but I think the crew perks only apply if you have at least 1 rank in that perk. That’s why some of your crew member perks are not active.
I’m only at level 12. I cancelled the mission I was in and went straight to this bar. Now I had already completed the missions here in this city. I actually couldn’t land here. It wouldn’t let me. So I assume it’s because I completed everything here. So I landed outside the city a ways. Came to the bar, the guy was sitting there, however no matter how much I tried I couldn’t talk to him?
Also, the crews stats stack with yours. In case he didnt say that when talking about how it not just them getting your stuff or etc. (I had 4/4 for the increased cargo thing, but having Sam pumped it up even more).
I think that the reason you can only have 3 crew instead of 4 because you take Sam Coe as your crew. Where Sam go Cora (his daughter) will follow so Sam Ceo will take 2 slots.
not sure if youve mentioned it but the two items you get from doing kyxs treasure mission quest on your ship (comspike an somthng else) help shield regen and lock system speed.
Isn't the reason Sarah is "free" is because she has the leadership skill? Is she still able to be added as an extra free crew member over the normal maximum if you have leadership maxed out?
@@GTexperience_Channel I'm pretty sure not any active companion will allow you to do this, but I haven't tested it. But crew assignment SHOULD be separate from active companion.
@@CarBENbased just. Assign 3 crew to your ship (no sarah). And get a companion (not sarah). And u will see that when assigning the active companion to the ship crew, that it will ignore crew cap. The ui doesn't properly show it, but that is how I thought it worked. U could try using (vasko, annoying fan, sam, barrett) etc. Just don't have sarah in your crew or as active companion.
@@GTexperience_Channel I had Sam as my active companion but was still able to assign 4 crew without having Ship Command. So either Sarah or Vasco counts as free. I've not tested which one yet.
I picked up the crew member, at that same place. That you got the guy that does the shield buff. She adds 3 to hip points and 1 to Healing. But I can't figure out what she does. Or how she works. She's the one walking around the bar with a pink shirt.
Great video! I have seen pretty much nothing in game about crew members other than the little pop up two sentences when you first start. I was wondering what that little green bar was in my power pips under eng. I couldn't explain where it came from. Now I realize it appeared after I brought Sam on the ship.
Excellent video. I suck a bit at space combat, and have to drop from very hard to hard or even normal so I dont get ganked when exploring. This will give me some breathing room. Thanks.
Go for particle turrets. EZ mode. Also, going slow is sometimes much better than going fast. Get in behind their firing arc and stay there. Boost only when they do to stay on their six
Emilia Earhart has two star pilot ing plus she has two star rifles and is really good in combat. I blindly found her exploring the universe. And she is from a clone colony. I believe the system is charybdis and the planet is charybdis III pretty sure, also it's a cool mini quest with it.
Good advice on saving before changing crew. Or before going to Wolf's Den. Or before changing anything at an outpost. Etc. Bathes-doh! Great video. Thank you.
About stealing ships - is a thin line between having the target ship destroyed and having her crippled enough to not hurt you much before you get under 500m and board. I solved this by using 8 (!!!) turrets - this will free my hands ! - 4 with particle, 4 with lasers against shields - and, because of the crazy dam the particle is doing from long range ( almost 3 x more range than lasers ! ) I balanced that ( to not have the target ship destroyed so fast ) by keeping the particle turrets at minimal power (2-3 bars) and the lasers at 8-9 bars. My favorite weapon is the 4 EMP who receive max power - one shot of those will disable any part of the target ship ! Start with engines, then move to laser/particle/guns etc so the pirates are dead in the water - they cannot move nor shoot at you. I found this mix the most efficient, 8-9 times in 10 I manage to board the target ship with no problems. Sad those muppets of security ships many times get mixed up in my fights and they kill the ship I try to board.... Usually only 1 on 3 fights I get pirates alone, other 2 times security ships are involved, and that ruin your chances to get an extra ship...
The ship I built says I have crew capacity of 10 but can only assign 8, technically 9 but I’m not counting Sarah since she’s free Does anyone know how to get 10 crew assigned if my ship says I can?
For me, vasco does not appear to take up crew slots - he does not appear in the ship either. Core characters such as Sarah do count however. I will admit, I wish they elaborated better with what the crew perks actually do. Some (especially outpost perks) appear to do literally nothing
Start the game over again and pay attention when you first talk to Vasco. Then you will understand why he doesn't appear on the ship. Sometimes he does bug out and appear in the ship or in some ship builds he will appear. But I encourage you to pay attention at the beggining when you talk to Vasco.
Can confirm... he mentions an external storage unit that he uses during flight. Hmmm... I need to test if that external storage is only available for the "Frontier" hab or not...
@@khallrik I have come across him a few times inside my ship, but he was all bunched up like he had shut himself down and was just lying on the ground of my captain's quarters.
I lost the ability to even interact with Omari after the Difficult choice mission. Has anyone else lost crew members after progressing the main quest?. I had him assigned to my ship when that mission started. I went to the eye. And after the sadness so to speak. He is no longer in my crew or available to rehire.
Wait... people are saying Barrett is bugged and his skills don't work? If that true? I use way too many particle beams to want to hear that... If it is true though, then I suppose my ship will get that much stronger when his skills are fixed.
For me, the value of the shields kept changing even though I didn't change anything about the crew. I think when you land and Vasko gets out of the ship, there is an occasional change. This is completely buggy for me. When Vasko gets out the value goes down, but when he gets back in it doesn't always go up. So the value goes down continuously. On one ship I only had 629 out of 2500+ in the end. I sold my last ship because it annoyed me and then I flew on the next ship without a crew. After this video, I'll try to hire the guy in Cheyenne and leave Vasko out. The video is great and helped a lot, even though I only understood 75% because my English is only mediocre.
I really want to be able to fully design my own crew based on my crew from a table top rpg I played 40 years ago. STAR FRONTIERS. After all my character and ship are the same.
The constelation guys are extremly touchy about attacking uc/freestar authorities, traders and the like. Do the hired crew members have a more flexible sense of moral? also what do the members provide that for example have the skill outpost construction, how am i able to build better stuff when i have them?
Some corrections: Shield Systems rank 1 also give 20% shields (not 10%), both Payloads rank 1 and 2 give 10% cargo capacity (not 20%). Until now there is no confirmation that Barrets Starship Engineering and Particle Beam Weapon Systems actually do anything - there is no damage increase noticeable. So it's better to give his spot as 3rd crew member to Vasco or Andromeda Kepler as their Aneutronic Fusion skill adds +1 reactor power. To be more specific Sam increases top speed by 30% (in addition to his +1 engine power) and Sarah reduces fuel cost by 30%. The shield bonus (if its not bugged) is calculated additively with your own skills and cargo / fuel cost bonus is calculated multiplicatively with your own skills. Btw. I'm the one who created the topic on Reddit covering crew skills a week ago.
do you have a link to your post? or the title so I can find it?
@@angryturtlegaming title is "[Guide] Crew skills explained and optimal crew setups"
got it thanks, will try to find more answers later :), thanks for your work
I'm curious about the non ship related companion skills such as pickpocket 🙉🙉🙉
So ... Barret feeling useless as a crewmember and then deciding to "let him die" was in fact the correct play? XD
One additional benefit to Vasco is that when on land or docked, he steps out to defend the ship, which sometimes comes in handy.
Does Vasco have a personal quest like the others at the lodge?
@@runnergo1398you can give him a mini gun and he will quest for vengance
@@runnergo1398 nope, unfortunately, remember, he is not sentient, just sim-ing like it, he will even talk about that with you. That said, we are human and can anthro whatever, so there really SHOULD be a quest for him, especially after we find a certain thing that may or may not have to do with a sentient computer thing.
@@runnergo1398 Unfortunately Vasco is a minor character like Omar and the other named recruitables you can find (almost all of them are terrible except for Omar).
@@asmosisyup2557 Barret's special power is kind of neat, too.
Sarah morgans leadership ability effectively cancels out the crew spot she would otherwise take up. Whatever your crew cap, you can always add sarah. If you have 3 crew cap and only 3 crew stations on your ship, you can still add sarah to make 4
Oooohhh that's why. Was wondering about that. Figured it some sort of bethesda glitch
I thought it just didn't count who ever is your companion at the time
@@SAITO2 nope, sarah is just the one exception to ship crew limits
Yeah until…
I’ve thought the same thing. Except that’s not what leadership says it does…
So… Bethesda right? Their descriptions of what something does, like a perk, often don’t match in game reality.
This game really needs a CODEX, where anything you discover will be added dynamically with a description/explanation/location text. This includes crew skills.
The fact they have the same skill badges but have obviously different effects, Yet the game give you no way to see what they do is insane.
"Huge design flaw"
You can say it about .... well almost anything in that game.
@@onik7000🙄
@@onik7000 lol does it every get old man? I can only imagine how many comments you’ve left 😂
no, the skills do the same. the statements said in the video are just incorrect.
@@onik7000I do think there should've been more in game tutorials but I'm also loving the community bring built through these videos
Just a tidbit, when you do tue crimson fleet, during the questline you get an item called a comlink which adds additional crew capacity if you're struggling to hit the numbers with reactor, shield and weps to get a big crew
I got the comspike and I don't see that it added to my crew capacity
@@raymondamoroso2049 you need to have the corresponding number of crew stations for it to increase
5:55 - I think Sarah doesnt count as crew member coz she has a leadership perk. It doesnt affect ship system, so it's not highlighted, but it seems to work somehow allowing you to take 1 more crew member.
9:23 - green bar is NOT a boost, it's 1 more energy to that system for free. You have Reactor with 28 power. And you have 12 in weapons, 12 in shield and 6 in engine - 30 in total. 28 from reactor and 2 green bars.
Yes, it is exactly how it works
It's crazy you need to sink 9 points into social to even get to crew sizes larger than 3 (4 with Sarah Morgan). The Leadership rank should've just affected efficiency of crew members, just like how a good manager runs a tighter ship than someone who failed upward.
For people still using early game ships, there is a lady in Cidonia with the anuetronic fusion skill. Extra system points are always welcome and she wont bug out with Amari like Voscoe
“bug out like Amari with Voscoe”?? O.o
I hate companions but, I love crew...
same. i had andreja as companion as she can cloak, but the AI is stupid and just annoying 90% of th time. the game is pretty easy anyway in terms of ground combat
I only take companions to use as a mule lol
Good thing isolation is OP
I Take adoring Fan with me cuz He is a cool guy
@@fleisch4809Yes, he loves everything you do no matter how fucked up and he's always saying something out of pocket that makes me laugh 😂
Thanks Dude, this was helpful!
Another good add is - Erick Von Price (1 payload/3 astrodynamics )- you get him from mars/cydonia barkeep who's in the residential district. You rescue him off a ship. Tip - be nice, give them the ship, then before you free Erick from his cuffs, kill them all and THEN release him. That way you get the ship and Erick when you turn in the quest back in Cydonia.
Can you assign any of the companion members to your base operations...??
If yes...which ones are the best for your base ??
All the Companions seem to be focused on Ship Operations.
I know in Mars, there are Hire crew members that will run your bases..but they cost 9,000 credits or more.
The green bar isn't an extra bar; it's a free bar. That's why you don't see any increase in shield strength, but you do have an extra bar of energy to spend elsewhere. You can confirm this quickly simply by counting the power have available before and after assigning a crew member who gives you a green bar in any ship system
it's free bar and boost your speed greatly increase when you have crew with rank 4 piloting even tho it's not reflected on ship stat page
Sarah is free because of the leadership skill. For reference of this rpgsite has a decent guide on crew skills discovered so far.
what site?
@@angryturtlegaming he wrote it "rpgsite" is the site.
@@-AytaL- 😅🤯
The difference explains a lot. I was changing crew members around and lost several factors I. E speed dropped and shields.
I didn't know why until I redid the changes to my crew and it still did not make a great deal of sense why that happened, but it does now. Thanks for your video. It's the community that's making Starfield work better. Keep up the good work. 👍
As always Angry Turtle, you're doing an amazing job. Loved your content for Fallout 76 and now love what you're doing for Starfield. Thank you good sir! 😄
Thanks a ton!
Been following you since 76 as well. You help me so much.
Ok, the companions ship and outpost skills is working. But what about the physical and combat skills, anyone know how to get them active?
I found Amielia Earheart during a quest on another character, but he is on NG+ now. You passed the doctor going Medicine (Rank 1)
Wellness (Rank 3) into the bar.
Eurogamer has this page "Where to find all Starfield Companions and Crew Members" 25 listed.
I just found another one. Theres a ship that says distress call. You meet a woman named Betty Howser I think. She's a bounty hunter who has dead spacers on the floor of her ship. Give her ship parts and she will work for you. Demolitions expert. The ship name is Lucky Lu.
@@jatilqI just got this quest marker last night, thanks for the heads up before I go check it out 👍
From what I can tell Vasko goes with each ship . Interesting , Thank You
Vasco's good at shields and gives you more reactor power as well. You only need to invest 1 pt in either. I found this normal npc with hull repair at the start of the game, but lost him somehow. Awesome start to the game.
Find an outpost on any planet you like. Just keep landing and scan to find one, might take awhile but make sure it sells the vanguard ship parts. All the money you spend goes to vendor. Build your own outpost nearby and enjoy.
I am stoked that you are doing videos on Starfield. I always found your information very useful. And, being a single player game, it feels like you’ve got my back. Keep up the good work my friend.
Thanks for the video. I have a question, do I need a "ship command" perk to increase crew members?
Yes you do
This is the most information I’ve gotten about crew effect so far
This was an interesting video. I can't point to a system reason for Sarah not counting towards a crew limit, but an in-game reason could be that she's the only major NPC used to commanding starships and maybe Bethesda decided this makes it easier for your character.
This makes so much sense why my first play through with my crappy ship was better than my current playthrough with a decent ship with no crew members. i guess we'll have to wait for a mod to come out and better explain this game... again...
they should add an info pop up when you hover over the crew skills telling you what it does , im new to the game i taught i was messing something but bot having crew skills explained is a massive under sight, the dev glossed over very important features , cant believe they were going to release this game 1 year ago
Thank you! Been looking for an explanation on the skills a crew provides. I was disappointed I wasn't able to hover over the specific skills and get a description.
Someone might have already mentioned this but the reason the crew capacity for habs and modules are different is because the habs give the crew a place to sit, the engines, weapons, equipment, etc anything that adds crew capacity of .25 or .50 gives the crew something to do.
You can’t have crew without something for the crew to do. At that point they would be a passenger, and passengers’ skills don’t apply to your ship’s stats.
You have crew members helping you aim and use the weapons, helping you monitor the engines, helping you use the scan jammer, comspikes, etc.
Very informative video as always.
I loled at YT subtitles at 2:31 :
Turtle: "... crew stations ..."
YT Subtitles: "... crustaceans..."
XD
Good job. Not surprised to see your subscriber count going up. You deserve it.
Thank you for this guide. Your guides are so great.
My pleasure!
Starview in Atlantis has quite a few 'random' crew to hire, for guns and stuff.
Msn, Turtle. I've been relying on your guides for 76 for a while now and now I'm relying on your Starfield guides.
Marika in the Viewport is super handy with a an non-basic boost pack and a shotgun/big bang. By the end of my first run I had her with a legendary Breacher with slug shot and she was acting like a sniper, splattering mooks in a single shot.
5:48
Sarah Morgan counts as well. It says 3/5. So your Player takes one spot, one takes Sarah. that’s why you left with 3 more random players. When you increase your Skill to be able to have more players, you will be able to add more. But still you will have -2 places automatically taken cause of Sarah and yourself.
Betty is my favorite crew member, but she doesn't offer any help with your ship. She gets 3 stars in Demolition, so I gave her a grenade, a launcher and 1 round and she goes HAM on enemies. You can find her in Heinlein.
How is there no tool tip for crew skills. So annoying.
I hate that nothing is explained without extensive testing and googling for answers
Angry turtle!!! I missed you. I quit 76 about 2 years ago and haven’t seen a video of yours since. Hearing your intro made me so happy 😂
The biggest problem with having assigned crew, is that all my power settings are changed during every jump. Instead of being helpful, they're just a major headache, so now I just don't have any crew at all, and the power levels stay put (except for the occasional grav drive dump to zero).
0:21 where you can find him / where he can be found
"Space Explorers" definitely seems to compliment "Vault Dwellers" pretty well. 😊
thanks mate. useful info!
Bethesda: we've improved our descriptions in fallout 76 to have detailed increases and decreases in your stats!
Also Bethesda: here's your Starfield companion skills and we won't tell you what they do lol
yep you have pictures, what else is needed 😅🤣
I don't know why but you can get up to ten crew members on the ship card unless Bethesda planned for more then eight. I just noticed it when I was building my battleship to have eight .
It is admittedly strange to hear Borat providing helpful Starfield info. But welcomed nonetheless.
Great vid. I don’t think you mentioned it but I think the crew perks only apply if you have at least 1 rank in that perk. That’s why some of your crew member perks are not active.
omar shields always work regardless if I have a point in shields or not
I’m only at level 12. I cancelled the mission I was in and went straight to this bar. Now I had already completed the missions here in this city. I actually couldn’t land here. It wouldn’t let me. So I assume it’s because I completed everything here. So I landed outside the city a ways. Came to the bar, the guy was sitting there, however no matter how much I tried I couldn’t talk to him?
Also, the crews stats stack with yours. In case he didnt say that when talking about how it not just them getting your stuff or etc. (I had 4/4 for the increased cargo thing, but having Sam pumped it up even more).
I think that the reason you can only have 3 crew instead of 4 because you take Sam Coe as your crew. Where Sam go Cora (his daughter) will follow so Sam Ceo will take 2 slots.
No, because Cora takes a Passenger slot, which is different than a Crew slot.
Cora doesn’t take passenger slot, I have 0 slot and she is onboard
not sure if youve mentioned it but the two items you get from doing kyxs treasure mission quest on your ship (comspike an somthng else) help shield regen and lock system speed.
it was intentional, was trying to avoid hard spoilers
@@angryturtlegaming oops my b
Finally, been curious about this. Subbed & saved the moment i saw the topic
I thought it was just that your companion takes up a free spot on your ship, whoever it is
My ship can take 13 crew apparently, I wonder if there will be any mods to let us have more than 8
Crew is bugged, can disappear in any time and there is no way to get them back plus progress with them is deleted
Amazing how you're figuring all of this out. And thanks for communicating it in such an efficient compact format. Great job!
Isn't the reason Sarah is "free" is because she has the leadership skill? Is she still able to be added as an extra free crew member over the normal maximum if you have leadership maxed out?
isn't it because sarah is his active companion?
@@GTexperience_Channel I'm pretty sure not any active companion will allow you to do this, but I haven't tested it. But crew assignment SHOULD be separate from active companion.
@@CarBENbased just. Assign 3 crew to your ship (no sarah). And get a companion (not sarah). And u will see that when assigning the active companion to the ship crew, that it will ignore crew cap. The ui doesn't properly show it, but that is how I thought it worked. U could try using (vasko, annoying fan, sam, barrett) etc. Just don't have sarah in your crew or as active companion.
@@GTexperience_Channel I had Sam as my active companion but was still able to assign 4 crew without having Ship Command. So either Sarah or Vasco counts as free. I've not tested which one yet.
@@jeffhartsell but u didn't assign Sam?
0:39 just started watching and I hope he's talking about Omar I frigging dig this bro
1:17 yeahhhh buddy he's always got a seat in my ship 🤙
The Crew is all on the Ship: So you count as well!
I picked up the crew member, at that same place. That you got the guy that does the shield buff. She adds 3 to hip points and 1 to Healing. But I can't figure out what she does. Or how she works. She's the one walking around the bar with a pink shirt.
Great video! I have seen pretty much nothing in game about crew members other than the little pop up two sentences when you first start. I was wondering what that little green bar was in my power pips under eng. I couldn't explain where it came from. Now I realize it appeared after I brought Sam on the ship.
I wonder if you can add Sarah Morgan because of her “Leadership” skill
Thanks for your hard informative work, more power to you ✊
I have this one assigned to my ship, there is no extra shield bar
I just found out that clearing ryujin quest will generate a quest marquer on all story companions XD now i know who can be recruted in advance XD
Excellent video. I suck a bit at space combat, and have to drop from very hard to hard or even normal so I dont get ganked when exploring. This will give me some breathing room. Thanks.
Go for particle turrets. EZ mode.
Also, going slow is sometimes much better than going fast. Get in behind their firing arc and stay there. Boost only when they do to stay on their six
There is a bug if you have max shields perk and have crew with shield skill it bugs out and you'll get almost half of the shield you should have
When I got a green bar from someone, I honestly just though.. free power,nice. Cool that it does more than that too
Emilia Earhart has two star pilot ing plus she has two star rifles and is really good in combat. I blindly found her exploring the universe. And she is from a clone colony. I believe the system is charybdis and the planet is charybdis III pretty sure, also it's a cool mini quest with it.
Listening and learning... Thank you Mr. Turtle.
Im naming my next ship Cowabunga because this guide changes my game! Thanks so much, amazing data.
Good advice on saving before changing crew. Or before going to Wolf's Den. Or before changing anything at an outpost. Etc.
Bathes-doh!
Great video. Thank you.
Bethesda spent 8 years developing and 10 minutes on tutorials. Thanks Turtle.
About stealing ships - is a thin line between having the target ship destroyed and having her crippled enough to not hurt you much before you get under 500m and board.
I solved this by using 8 (!!!) turrets - this will free my hands ! - 4 with particle, 4 with lasers against shields - and, because of the crazy dam the particle is doing from long range ( almost 3 x more range than lasers ! ) I balanced that ( to not have the target ship destroyed so fast ) by keeping the particle turrets at minimal power (2-3 bars) and the lasers at 8-9 bars.
My favorite weapon is the 4 EMP who receive max power - one shot of those will disable any part of the target ship ! Start with engines, then move to laser/particle/guns etc so the pirates are dead in the water - they cannot move nor shoot at you.
I found this mix the most efficient, 8-9 times in 10 I manage to board the target ship with no problems. Sad those muppets of security ships many times get mixed up in my fights and they kill the ship I try to board.... Usually only 1 on 3 fights I get pirates alone, other 2 times security ships are involved, and that ruin your chances to get an extra ship...
The ship I built says I have crew capacity of 10 but can only assign 8, technically 9 but I’m not counting Sarah since she’s free
Does anyone know how to get 10 crew assigned if my ship says I can?
unfortunately perk only goes to 8 and I don't know if there's anything in game to push it higher
For me, vasco does not appear to take up crew slots - he does not appear in the ship either. Core characters such as Sarah do count however. I will admit, I wish they elaborated better with what the crew perks actually do. Some (especially outpost perks) appear to do literally nothing
Start the game over again and pay attention when you first talk to Vasco. Then you will understand why he doesn't appear on the ship. Sometimes he does bug out and appear in the ship or in some ship builds he will appear. But I encourage you to pay attention at the beggining when you talk to Vasco.
@@arieltorres3594? He basically says that he upkeeps the ship, and helps you with whatever tasks you require of him. So I'm not getting it.
@@LynxStarAutothe robot says it stores it's self during flight
Can confirm... he mentions an external storage unit that he uses during flight. Hmmm... I need to test if that external storage is only available for the "Frontier" hab or not...
@@khallrik I have come across him a few times inside my ship, but he was all bunched up like he had shut himself down and was just lying on the ground of my captain's quarters.
Hahahah that’s really helpful info! And your accent makes these videos enjoyable to watch
I am using the shieldbreaker and my companions disappear occasionally. You know why this is ? They are shown to be at the ship, but they are not there
I don't know, there's quite a bit of bugs related to ships
1:00 Pro Tip :You must be front of npc, if you can´t talk. Around 160-170 angle degrees is enough
Where can you learn what the companion skills actually do and what bonuses they apply?
I lost the ability to even interact with Omari after the Difficult choice mission. Has anyone else lost crew members after progressing the main quest?. I had him assigned to my ship when that mission started. I went to the eye. And after the sadness so to speak. He is no longer in my crew or available to rehire.
what would be an alternate choice for sam for those a little farther in the main story
my Sam did just fine in the main story ;)
@@angryturtlegaming i meant for those who no longer have him
Wait... people are saying Barrett is bugged and his skills don't work? If that true? I use way too many particle beams to want to hear that... If it is true though, then I suppose my ship will get that much stronger when his skills are fixed.
For me, the value of the shields kept changing even though I didn't change anything about the crew. I think when you land and Vasko gets out of the ship, there is an occasional change. This is completely buggy for me. When Vasko gets out the value goes down, but when he gets back in it doesn't always go up. So the value goes down continuously. On one ship I only had 629 out of 2500+ in the end. I sold my last ship because it annoyed me and then I flew on the next ship without a crew. After this video, I'll try to hire the guy in Cheyenne and leave Vasko out. The video is great and helped a lot, even though I only understood 75% because my English is only mediocre.
I really want to be able to fully design my own crew based on my crew from a table top rpg I played 40 years ago. STAR FRONTIERS. After all my character and ship are the same.
Gideon Aker has rank 2 ballistic system and rank 2 missile system I think I found him in cydonia
Sounds like Borat is narrating this, love it 😂
I have Vasco on my ship and don’t see a green bar when in space
you need omar
I also have 4 including Sarah. I assumed it was because she was also my companion but if that isn't the case it could be her Leadership skill?
Amelia Earhart is a potential crew member you can recruit, she funnily enough has the Pilot skill, the chance to recruit her comes from a side quest.
If crew capacity is 6, is it 5 plus player character... That makes sense I think
42 is always the anwser. Nee!! 😂❤
The constelation guys are extremly touchy about attacking uc/freestar authorities, traders and the like. Do the hired crew members have a more flexible sense of moral?
also what do the members provide that for example have the skill outpost construction, how am i able to build better stuff when i have them?
The Sarah thing is a bug, something must not get removed from her after she stops being your first "you must bring me along" companion/crew.
Barrett is probably the most important companion for crew, Hassan is probably the second most important, Coe would be third.
personally I put speed first, saved my ass countless times 😅
Excellent video, very explanatory and straight to the point
I wonder if it's an affect of Sarah's leadership skill? Perhaps raising the max crew by one?
Yes, I believe it is the leadership skill effect.
It's ANGRY TURTLE!
This is good, I'm planning a "pirate lord" build when i get this game later this month and I'll need a goid crew.
they will complain a lot 😅
@@angryturtlegaming that will be something to consider, indeed.
So these are the best? That's it? Constellation companions excluding Andreja&Vasco plus Omari?
it's a bit disappointing but I didn't found any better yet...