Each blueprint grade has a different cost, with higher grades requiring more and rarer materials, but only ever one of a given material. To advance an engineers unlock level, you can use their blueprints, or in some cases perform other actions such as selling exploration data.Įach module that an engineer can work on will have various blueprints for it, with differing upsides and downsides, as well as experimental effects that can be added if the module supports it. Each grade offers better upsides and worse downsides compared to the previous grade, and you can only go as high as your current unlock level with the engineer and the maximum grade of the engineer for that blueprint.
Once unlocked they remain usable forever, even if the demands are no longer satisfied, unless something else prevents accessing their planetary base (such as a bounty).Įngineers can work on different modules of a ship, with per-module capabilities ranging from grade 1 to grade 5.
Engineering Mechanics Unlocking an EngineerĮach engineer has 3 prerequisites before they can be used:
