Scientist

The subject of this article is from the NEXT update.
The information from this article is up-to-date as of 28 October, 2018.

This article is about the NEXT version of the Scientist. For the Atlas Rises version, see Scientist (Atlas).

The Scientist is a hireable Korvax NPC character and is the mission-giver of the Scientific Research mission.

Example of a Scientist at their terminal.

Summary

The Scientist is a hireable Korvax NPC, required for essential tech but also base building progression. They can be found in Korvax systems, but can also randomly be found in systems controlled by other species. The Scientist is notable for requiring the player to wait an hour and a half in real time twice during their mission, for a total of three hours in real time.

After completing their mission, the player may give planetary data they've previously gathered to the Scientist for a reward of Nanite Clusters.

Requirements

Before hiring a Scientist, there are the following requirements:

• A Habitable Base must be claimed
• An Overseer hired and having needed to progress enough to unlock the Science Terminal blueprint
• A Science Terminal needs to be constructed and placed in a cubical/square room

Blueprints

The Scientist gives the following blueprints in order:

• Lubricant
• Acid
• Microprocessor
• Large Refiner
• Living Glass
• Beacon
• Autonomous Mining Unit
• Atmosphere Harvester
• Unstable Gel
• Poly Fibre
• Circuit Board
• Heat Capacitor
• Liquid Explosive

Release history

• Pathfinder - Added as a hirable NPC.
• Atlas Rises - Certain requirements and tasks changed.
• NEXT - Certain requirements and tasks changed.
• NEXT 1.64 - Fixed an issue where players could fail to learn the Circuit Board blueprint at the correct time.