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Starfieldgives players an incredible amount of freedom when it comes to designing and upgrading their ships. Players can take an existing ship and upgrade its parts to their liking or start from scratch and build a completely unique ship of their own design.
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While there is innately a large amount of ship parts to choose from in theShip Builder menu,players can unlock new ship parts to use. While new ship parts can be expensive, they can be very worthwhile upgrades for ships that don’t have the best parts already equipped.
Updated On October 16th 2023 By Joshua Leeds:The United Colonies are the first major faction players find and can join. The Vanguard Obliterator Autoprojector is just one of the many reasons to join this faction, and this article has been updated to include links to the other reasons.
How To Unlock The Vanguard Obliterator Autoprojector
To unlock The Vanguard Obliterator Autoprojector, players will need tojoin the UC Vanguard.This can be done by heading to theMAST district inNew Atlantisand heading to the UC capital building above the tram station.Once inside the building, look along theleft side of the room to see the Vanguard desk,where you can talk to the recruiter and get signed up.
This will begin thefirst mission in theUC Vanguard questline, Supra Et Ultra.This is a mostly straightforward quest that gets you initiated into the Vanguard, and the quest will complete with you being sworn in. At this point, you’llgain access to buying Vanguard gear, such as the Vanguard Obliterator Autoprojector.
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Where To Buy The Vanguard Obliterator Autoprojector
After unlocking this weapon, you’ll still need tobuy it before equipping it onto your ship.This weapon can bepurchased at a Ship Services Technician in anymajor city.When speaking to a technician, select"I’d Like To View and Modify My Ships.“In the ships menu,select “Ship Builder” along the bottom left of the screen, then “Add.“This menu shows you all the available parts you can buy and place on your ship, sectioned by part.
Scroll over to the"weapons” tab and down until you find the Vanguard Obliterator Autoprojector.While it may be expensive, this weapon is worthwhile and worth replacing mostClass Aweapons on a ship. From here, thepart can be purchased, and a place for it will need to be found on your ship to install it.
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How Strong Is The Vanguard Obliterator Autoprojector
The Vanguard Obliterator Autoprojector is aClass A weapon and can be equipped on even the weakest of ships.While it’s not one of themost powerful ship weaponoptions out there, this weapon isincredibly powerful and versatile despite its rank.It’s aparticle weapon with a range of 3000,dealingequal damage to both a ship’s shields and hull.Along with itsdecent fire rate and two energy slots per gun,this weapon will shred most enemy ships. Due to the overall stats of this weapon, it’sbest to make it your main weaponalong with an additional missile weapon to round out the possible damage of your ship.
