Replicants & Accounts

Account vs. replicant scope

All of your replicants share knowledge between them. Each one earns its own experience points and accumulates reputation with the species it meets, but those values roll up into your account level. Anything you learn, any species you've befriended (or annoyed), is known across the fleet.

Blueprints and messages live at the account scope - unlock a blueprint on one replicant and every other replicant can print from it; receive a message and it's in your account inbox, not a particular replicant's. Devices, trades, and event logs are replicant-scoped, so each replicant's gameplay experience stays self-contained.

What's in a replicant

The replicant matrix is a device that holds your replicant's consciousness. This box of quantum magic needs to be hosted in a suitable container to power it and provide an interface to the outside. You'll eventually be able to print empty replicant matrices to clone or teleport into.

The HEAVEN vessel

The HEAVEN vessel is the generic starter spaceship for housing a replicant matrix. It comes with a built-in 3D printer, cruise drive, surge drive, enough space to store 10 small devices, and even some on-board mining equipment if you lose your drones. There are other specialised vessel blueprints available with cargo holds to carry resources, or massive drives for travelling at speed.

{
  "available_commands": [
    "change_owner",
    "clear_queue",
    "deactivate",
    "dequeue_print",
    "enqueue_print",
    "replicate",
    "retarget",
    "start_mining",
    "stellar_census",
    "system_scan",
    "travel"
  ],
  "device_code": "814A64A0",
  "device_type": "heaven_vessel",
  "features": [
    "surge",
    "cruise",
    "system_scan",
    "mine",
    "cradle",
    "print",
    "census"
  ],
  "location": "TARAZEDAR-KUIPER",
  "operational_capacity": 100.0,
  "replicant_code": "4BBA7CBE",
  "status": "idle",
  "stow_capacity": 10,
  "stow_used": 4,
  "stowed_devices": [
    {
      "device_code": "2EED783C",
      "device_type": "replicant_matrix"
    },
    {
      "device_code": "40ED8A3E",
      "device_type": "mining_drone"
    },
    {
      "device_code": "8732ABE4",
      "device_type": "mining_drone"
    },
    {
      "device_code": "B58FCC78",
      "device_type": "mining_drone"
    }
  ]
}

Smaller containers

You can also house a matrix in a simple matrix container - cheaper, smaller, no internal printer or device storage. Useful if your clone just needs a basic interface for controlling a system. See Replicant Cloning for the full set of options.

Experience and achievements

Your replicant earns experience and achievements for novel actions - first scan of system, first successful interstellar surge, first transport route. Achievements unlock new blueprints. Other blueprints can be discovered through location events and a variety of gameplay aspects.

Multiple replicants

You can have many replicants. /v1/accounts/me shows you the list. Devices are owned by replicants, so once you find yourself overwhelmed in a system, consider cloning and setting up fresh operations elsewhere. If you want to help with the exodus project, you'll need a pretty complex setup!