Implants

Implants

Implant is a type of item in the game that one plug into the pilot's brain to provide various benefits. These benefits include enhancements on certain attributes and performance of a type of weapon or device.

Each character has 8 unlockable implant slots which become available through leveling up. They belong to 4 major lobes of the brain: frontal lobe, parietal lobe, occipital lobe and temporal lobe, 2 for each lobe. Implants can only be plugged into their corresponding slots. Players can plug in, remove or swap any implants any time, they won't be destroyed in the process.

Implants are essentially gears installed directly on the character. Implant system is an extension of ship config system. A player can set up to 3 different implant plans to cope with various ship configs or combat environments and it's easy to switch between them.

OEM Implants

OEM implants are the original implants players receive through completing plots, quests or buying from stores. These implants are manufactured by one of the four major tech companies in the game: Crowley, Coulson, Kabbalah and Redbud.

OEM implants provide some basic attribute bonuses. But as the primal form of implants, there are usually more randomness in the attributes and these attributes are usually in unrelated areas too. Therefore, it's rather difficult to assemble an implant plan with certain specialties only with OEM implants.

In addition, the major defect of OEM implants is that their tech levels are mostly at Tier 1. That's why they are almost always used as fodder to develop into refined implants with certain specialties.

Conclusion

In order to receive the benefits of implants, players need to plug them into their corresponding slots. There are 4 major lobes of the character's brain: frontal lobe, parietal lobe, occipital lobe and temporal lobe, 2 slots for each lobe. In summary, a player can assemble at most 3 implant plans with each including up to 8 implants for various ship configs or combat environments.