Not sure whether you have acquired Nimhe yet (the Hacker). Look at Iltari Entertainment district at 21-22:00.
Nimhe + Botlab unlock access to the Pirate base, your Chief Engineer and all the rest.
I designed the first Star system to be a bit of a Tutorial for the early game mechanics, so I am always interested to hear where players get hung up in the early stages. Can you let me know whether the quest hints on the quests page are not helpful enough in this early stage?
lol, didn't know there was even a 'quest page' I've seen quests come up but sort of remembered or fallen over what was needed.
I have nobody yet except for T'Ris and 'V' lurking somewhere (and no idea how to finalise her addition to the crew).
'Botlab'...is that the lab on MC's ship? I have that and I've opened up the crates that I've picked up so far, but it does say that I need a specialist to use the lab, same for a lot of things.
I'll check in the Entertainment lounge at the times you said...I vaguely remember something being said about going somewhere late, but as I said I am not even sure where the quest page is or even if that would turn up there.
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well I found Nimhe but she told me to get lost...so not clear what to do as the first mention of her in the WT is 'With Nimhe onboard,...' No indication where to find her (though I got that now) or how to get her to join up...all in all, as a 'walkthrough' it just doesn't work