FAQ: Nomad Weapons (Or, the End to All Nomad Weapons Posts!)

Tue Mar 04, 2003 6:25 pm by Skaleus

This is desperately needed, so please sticky this so the Nomad Weapons threads can stop.

Q. Where can I find the Nomad weapons?
A. Omicron Alpha, near the jumphole to the Unknown System. That's F4 on the grid.

Q. I've killed a few Nomads in the right place, but didn't get any weapons!
A. Not every ship drops a weapon. I'd say one in four, maybe five, drops one.

Q. How many different Nomad weapons are there?
A. There are two that they drop, the Nomad Cannon and Nomad Blaster.

Q. How do I get to Omicron Alpha?
A. There are jump holes from Omicron Beta and Tau-29. Go to your navmap and check the patrol routes to find the jump holes.

Q. I'm in Omicron Alpha, but I don't see any Nomads!
A. Go to the grid location F4. They show up every few minutes in waves of four fighters.

Q. What else is in Omicron Alpha?
A. Omicron Alpha is the home of the Outcasts, and they're packing Sabres and some insanely good equipment. Make sure you're friendly with them before you go in so you don't have to fight them off, and so you can have a place to repair and equip the Nomad weapons. You should also have a ship with a strong hull due to the radiation in that sector.

Q. What are the stats on these weapons?
A. Here's the stats on the weapons. Note that both weapons need NO energy to fire, so they won't drain your reserves like other weapons.

Nomad Blaster
Hull Damage: 635
Shield Damage: 317
Range: 699
Speed: 600
Rate of Fire: 4.0
Energy: 0

Nomad Cannon
Hull Damage: 847
Shield Damage: 423
Range: 699
Speed: 600
Rate of Fire: 3.03
Energy: 0

There we go, hopefully this will stop all the "Where can I get Nomad weapons?" threads.

Tue Mar 04, 2003 6:28 pm by FurryAngel

Just a little side note - I found all my Nomad weapons in Omicron Gamma near that unknown system jump hole, so it's possible to find these weapons in that place as well (multiplayer, that is).

Tue Mar 04, 2003 6:30 pm by Skaleus

Are you sure? I killed wave after wave of them there in Single Player thinking that was the place (the only "Unknown System" I knew at the time), and didn't find anything. Not that I don't trust you, I just want to be sure so I don't get angry emails saying that I'm lying in my FAQ.

Tue Mar 04, 2003 6:41 pm by ExoCraft

Yes, there is another Unknown System in Omicron Gamma, F2

And there they drop more weapons there than in Omicron Alpha.

Tue Mar 04, 2003 6:42 pm by FurryAngel

Heh if you can think of a way I can prove it to you, I will

All I can say is that I am really, really sure I found that stuff in the radioactive cloud in Omicron Gamma where all the shipwrecks are and where truckloads of Corsair Titans are flying around and where there is that unknown system jumphole. I found that stuff just yesterday. I went there to get my Nomad stuff because someone else on the forums posted he found his stuff there. Apocalypse, I think.

Tue Mar 04, 2003 7:20 pm by Captain Needa

Omicron Gamma was it for me too, even if the drop rates seem to be the same: 20% to 25%, btw you can buy the Salamanca Mk II (Class 9) on Crete if you are extremely friendly to the Crosairs.

Edited by - Captain Needa on 04-03-2003 19:22:33

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