The Trouble with Tiddlets, Part 3: Difference between revisions
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! max. Reward from Black Hole Sun, Part 3 | |||
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| Immediate Rescue | | Immediate Rescue | ||
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Right after the ship is purchased, Dr. Swanson contacts the player, amazed by the success. He rewards the player with a $100,000 bonus and expects them to return to the Institute. | Right after the ship is purchased, Dr. Swanson contacts the player, amazed by the success. He rewards the player with a $100,000 bonus and expects them to return to the Institute. | ||
| $100,000 | | $100,000 | ||
| $660,000 | |||
| $760,000 | |||
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| Partial Data | | Partial Data | ||
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Right after the ship is purchased, Dr. Swanson contacts the player to congratulate them on the good work. He rewards the player with a $40,000 bonus and expects them to return to the Institute. | Right after the ship is purchased, Dr. Swanson contacts the player to congratulate them on the good work. He rewards the player with a $40,000 bonus and expects them to return to the Institute. | ||
| $40,000 | | $40,000 | ||
| $940,000 | |||
| $980,000 | |||
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| Full Data | | Full Data | ||
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After this, the player may attempt to hail him again, but each unsuccessful hail increases the ship’s price by $100,000, up to a maximum of $1,500,000. Once the price reaches this limit, the player can no longer hail Dr. Martinez. | After this, the player may attempt to hail him again, but each unsuccessful hail increases the ship’s price by $100,000, up to a maximum of $1,500,000. Once the price reaches this limit, the player can no longer hail Dr. Martinez. | ||
Right after the ship is purchased — regardless of whether it costs $1,000,000 or $1,500,000 — Dr. Swanson contacts the player, expressing his disappointment. He offers no bonus and expects the player to return to the Institute. | Right after the ship is purchased — regardless of whether it costs $1,000,000 or $1,500,000 — Dr. Swanson contacts the player, expressing his disappointment. He offers no bonus and expects the player to return to the Institute. | ||
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| $500,000 | |||
| $500,000 | |||
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Recovering 68–69% of the data in [[Black Hole Sun, Part 3]] remains the most financially advantageous path. | |||
After acquiring the ship, the player is tasked with pairing it with the Institute’s Tiddlet farm and performing several hops. The player must continue jumping until there are 500 Tiddlets on the farm. At this point, the modified FTL drive is fried, but Dr. Swanson is confident his engineers can repair it. He wants the repaired drive installed directly on the farm ship. The FTL drive on the Short Hopper is then replaced with a conventional FTL drive. | After acquiring the ship, the player is tasked with pairing it with the Institute’s Tiddlet farm and performing several hops. The player must continue jumping until there are 500 Tiddlets on the farm. At this point, the modified FTL drive is fried, but Dr. Swanson is confident his engineers can repair it. He wants the repaired drive installed directly on the farm ship. The FTL drive on the Short Hopper is then replaced with a conventional FTL drive. | ||
Dr. Swanson then discusses how many crystals can now be produced from a single jump and requests a series of very long-range jumps. The Tiddlet bodies are to be returned to him. | Dr. Swanson then discusses how many crystals can now be produced from a single jump and requests a series of very long-range jumps. The Tiddlet bodies are to be returned to him. | ||
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== Reward Table == | == Reward Table == | ||
The following table summarizes the rewards from Dr. Julian Martinez | The following table summarizes the rewards from the Institute and Dr. Julian Martinez based on the choice made during Black Hole Sun, Part 3. | ||
{| class="wikitable" | {| class="wikitable" | ||