Brain Trees Harvest Tour from the Irkutsk Bureau of Peculiar Devices

AREA A1 BRAIN TREES

AREA A1 OVERVIEW

TAKE THE HARVEST TOUR

RESEARCH

BRAIN TREES

ABOUT BRAIN TREES

AREA A1 BRAIN TREES

THE HARVEST TOUR

There are concentrations of Brain Trees throughout Guardian space. Area A1 isn't unique. What is unique is that I've catalogued the contents of these systems' biological and geological locations for you.

So by visiting the seven systems on the Harvest Tour you can find all the raw materials you need for synthesis and engineering (except for those three materials that can only be found when laser mining).

There are also Guardian Structure sites in the area. You can find Module and Weapon blueprints, Guardian manufactured materials, and "Obelisk" data while you're here.

But you won't find everything: Area A1 contains no ruins and no Vessel Blueprint sites. To gather Vessel blueprints or lots of "Obelisk" data you're still better off down below, in the main Guardian area.

If you visit every biological and geological location in all seven systems on the Tour, you'll build up respectable stores of these raw materials. You might even fill up your storage for all of them. (I did! But I visited many more locations in the area, too.)

If you complete the Tour and you still want more, you could top up the rest by consulting the full list of Brain Tree sites in the immediate area. I've catalogued them all within a roughly spherical area that's about sixty or seventy light years across.

I've also added optional side trips where you can pick up some Guardian data, materials, and blueprints. These are just a couple of the Area A1 Guardian sites I've described here.

FIRST STOP: WREGOE DQ-G D10-116

213 LIGHT YEARS FROM THE PROSPECT; 784 Light Years from Sol

WREGOE DQ-G D10-116 4

A high metal content planet with near-Earth gravity, located about 88 light seconds from the system's arrival point. There are 21 geological and 12 biological surface locations.

MATERIALS:

Iron, Nickel, Sulphur, Carbon, Phosphorus

Manganese, Vanadium

Cadmium, Mercury

Selenium*, Ruthenium

* Though Selenium is traded as a Grade 4 material, at surface locations it's found as though it was Grade 2 (in Polyporous Growths or Crystalline Fragments).

BRAIN TREE VARIETIES:

All are Roseum Brain Trees.

BRAIN TREE LOCATIONS:

Mostly on smooth to rolling terrain, with a couple in craters, these locations should be accessed easily by small or medium ships. Large ship landings have not been tested.

SECOND STOP: WREGOE CQ-G D10-27

18 LIGHT YEARS FROM WREGOE DQ-G D10-116

WREGOE CQ-G D10-27 2 E

A low gravity rocky moon located about 1600 light seconds from the system's arrival point. There are 7 geological and 18 biological locations.

MATERIALS:

Iron, Nickel, Sulphur, Carbon, Phosphorus

Manganese, Germanium, Vanadium

Tungsten, Mercury

Antimony

BRAIN TREE VARIETIES:

Locations 1-13 are Gypseeum Brain Trees; the remainder are Roseums.

BRAIN TREE LOCATIONS:

Brain Tree Locations 5-11 are on mountainsides where landing may be impossible, even for small ships. Locations 12 and 13 are on top of mountains. The rest should be accessible, though large ship landings have not been tested.

SIDE TRIP! MORE BRAIN TREES

Although I've picked other bodies as better sources for its materials, the next moon over also has Brain Tree and geological locations. You can visit it, if you like - but the mountainside locations are a challenge.

WREGOE CQ-G D10-27 2 D

A low gravity rocky moon located about 1600 light seconds from the system's arrival point. There are 4 geological and 35 biological locations.

MATERIALS:

Iron, Nickel, Sulphur, Carbon, Phosphorus

Chromium, Germanium, Zinc

Niobium, Molybdenum

Ruthenium

BRAIN TREE VARIETIES:

Locations 9-30 are Gypseeum Brain Trees; the rest are Roseums.

BRAIN TREE LOCATIONS:

Locations 25-29 are on mountainsides where landing may be impossible, even for small ships. The rest should be accessible, though large ship landings have not been tested.

SIDE TRIP! GUARDIAN SITE

38 LIGHT YEARS FROM WREGOE CQ-G D10-27

Are you gathering Guardian materials and Blueprints up here? Consider dropping by HIP 41730 to visit its Weapon Blueprint site.

HIP 41730 13 G A

TYPE: GUARDIAN STRUCTURE

BLUEPRINT: GUARDIAN WEAPON

FEATURES:

SENTINELS

OBELISK DATA

GUARDIAN MATERIALS

GUARDIAN ARTIFACTS

Guardian Weapon Blueprint Structure on a tiny, rocky moon about 4100 light seconds from the system's entry point.

There are 51 bodies in this system, 9 of them populated with biological and geological locations.

THIRD STOP: PENCIL SECTOR VY-A B8

41.3 LIGHT YEARS FROM WREGOE CQ-G D10-27

PENCIL SECTOR VY-A B8 B 3 A

A low gravity rocky moon located about 1200 light seconds from the system's arrival point. There are 25 geological and 14 biological surface locations. (This system is highly recommended because of the Guardian Module Blueprint site on planet B 1.)

MATERIALS:

Iron, Nickel, Sulphur, Carbon, Phosphorus

Chromium, Manganese, Germanium

Tin, Mercury

Ruthenium

BRAIN TREE VARIETIES:

Locations 1-7, 10, and 14 are Roseum Brain Trees; the rest are Bark Mounds, in an unusual combination.

BRAIN TREE LOCATIONS:

With many of them in and around craters, all the biological locations should be accessible to small and medium ships. Large ship landings have not been tested. The Bark Mound Location 9 is in a deep canyon network.

SIDE TRIP! GUARDIAN SITE

If you're gathering Guardian blueprints during your Tour, you'll want to visit the Module Blueprint Structure that's also located in this system.

PENCIL SECTOR VY-A B8 B 1

TYPE: GUARDIAN STRUCTURE

BLUEPRINT: GUARDIAN MODULE

FEATURES:

SENTINELS

OBELISK DATA

GUARDIAN MATERIALS

GUARDIAN ARTIFACTS

This Guardian Module Blueprint site is located about 1,230 light seconds from the system's entry point. There are also five Bark Mound locations on the planet surface. (See the final screenshot for a materials list.)

Both Brain Trees and Bark Mounds can be found in the same system on PENCIL SECTOR VY-A B8 B 3 A.

FOURTH STOP: WREGOE CQ-G D10-95

27.7 LIGHT YEARS FROM PENCIL SECTOR VY-A B8

WREGOE CQ-G D10-95 4

A high gravity high metal content planet (1.87g) about 90 light seconds from the system's arrival point. There are 21 geological and 7 biological locations on the surface.

MATERIALS:

Iron, Nickel, Sulphur, Carbon, Phosphorus

Zinc, Vanadium, Arsenic

Niobium, Tin

Tellurium

BRAIN TREE VARIETIES:

All are Roseum Brain Trees.

BRAIN TREE LOCATIONS:

These Brain Tree locations are on terrain that should pose no problems to small or medium ships; large ship landings have not been tested.

FIFTH STOP: WREGOE IW-A B41-5

24.9 LIGHT YEARS FROM WREGOE CQ-G D10-95

WREGOE IW-A B41-5 B 2

A low gravity, high metal content planet about 450 light seconds from the system's arrival point. There are 17 geological and 7 biological surface locations.

MATERIALS:

Iron, Nickel, Sulphur, Carbon, Phosphorus

Chromium, Manganese, Arsenic

Cadmium, Tungsten

Technetium

BRAIN TREE VARIETIES:

All are Roseum Brain Trees.

BRAIN TREE LOCATIONS:

Locations 1 and 2 are quite close together, in and on the rim of a dramatic ejecta crater that's broken up by mountains; the rest are on fairly level terrain. All are accessible by small and medium ships; large ship landings have not been tested.

SIDE TRIP! MORE BRAIN TREES

Although I've picked other bodies as better sources for its materials, this system has another planet where you can find a small number of Brain Trees and geological locations.

WREGOE IW-A B41-5 B 1

A low gravity, high metal content planet about 450 light seconds from the system's arrival point. There are 7 geological and 5 biological surface locations.

MATERIALS:

Iron, Nickel, Sulphur, Carbon, Phosphorus

Chromium, Manganese, Zirconium

Niobium, Mercury

Yttrium

BRAIN TREE VARIETIES:

All are Roseum Brain Trees.

BRAIN TREE LOCATIONS:

Location 1 is in an ejecta crater, while the rest are on varied, rolling terrain. All are accessible by small and medium ships; large ship landings have not been tested.

SIXTH STOP: WREGOE JW-A B41-3

20.6 LIGHT YEARS FROM WREGOE IW-A B41-5

WREGOE JW-A B41-3 B 3

A low gravity high metal content planet about 1300 light seconds from the system's arrival point; there are 22 geological and 13 biological locations on the surface.

MATERIALS:

Iron, Nickel, Sulphur, Carbon, Phosphorus

Chromium, Zinc, Vanadium

Cadmium, Molybdenum

Polonium

BRAIN TREE VARIETIES:

All are Roseum Brain Trees.

BRAIN TREE LOCATIONS:

Mostly located in craters and ejecta craters, the Brain Tree locations are all accessible by small and medium ships. Large ship landings have not been tested.

WREGOE JW-A B41-3 B 4

A low gravity high metal content planet about 1300 light seconds from the system's arrival point; there are 23 geological and 10 biological surface locations.

MATERIALS:

Iron, Nickel, Sulphur, Carbon, Phosphorus

Chromium, Manganese, Zirconium

Molybdenum, Tin

Tellurium

BRAIN TREE VARIETIES:

All are Roseum Brain Trees.

BRAIN TREE LOCATIONS:

Many of the Brain Tree locations are in craters; several are on uneven terrain. All should provide landings for small or medium ships. Large ship landings have not been tested.

SEVENTH STOP: WREGOE JW-A B41-1

3.6 LIGHT YEARS FROM WREGOE JW-A B41-3

WREGOE JW-A B41-1 C 4 A

A small rocky moon, about 400 light seconds from the system's arrival point, with 30 geological and 23 biological locations.

MATERIALS:

Iron, Nickel, Sulphur, Carbon, Phosphorus

Manganese, Germanium, Vanadium

Tin, Tungsten

Yttrium

BRAIN TREE VARIETIES:

Locations 9-16 are Lividum Brain Trees; the rest are Roseums.

BRAIN TREE LOCATIONS:

Locations 16 and 17 are on a plateau's cliff face and on a mountainside. There's an area just above #17 where a small ship might make a landing. The rest are accessible, at least to small and medium ships, on terrain that varies from craters, to rolling, to rough and uneven.

WREGOE JW-A B41-1 C 3

A low-gravity high metal content planet, found about 400 light seconds from the system's arrival point; it has 20 geological and 7 biological locations.

MATERIALS:

Iron, Nickel, Sulphur, Carbon, Phosphorus

Chromium, Manganese, Germanium

Molybdenum, Mercury

Polonium

BRAIN TREE VARIETIES:

All are Roseum Brain Trees.

BRAIN TREE LOCATIONS:

The terrain here ranges from craters to hillsides and should pose no problems for (at least) small or medium ships.

SIDE TRIP! HIP 41932

28.1 LIGHT YEARS FROM WREGOE JW-A B41-1

Have you somehow not filled up your storage for these materials? Then hop over to this system. (And remember, there are many more locations in the full list)

HIP 41932 1 A

A small rocky moon, located about 980 light seconds from the system's arrival point, with 20 geological and 27 biological locations.

MATERIALS:

Iron, Nickel, Sulphur, Carbon, Phosphorus

Chromium, Germanium, Zinc

Niobium, Molybdenum

Ruthenium

BRAIN TREE VARIETIES:

Locations 7-22 are Lividum Brain Trees. The rest are Roseums.

BRAIN TREE LOCATIONS:

Though Location 20 is on mountain, these Brain Tree locations are on terrain that should pose no problems to small or medium ships; Location 2 is in a very large ejecta crater. Large ship landings have not been tested.

THAT ENDS THE HARVEST TOUR

BUT HERE ARE SOME MORE SITES YOU CAN VISIT ON YOUR WAY HOME

Are you going straight back to the Bubble? Here are some more Brain Tree sites on your way there. But they don't represent a single route: they're gathered from several trips back and forth.

WREGOE NI-X B42-5

780 LIGHT YEARS FROM SOL

WREGOE NI-X B42-5 C 3

A small high metal content world just 64 light seconds from the system's arrival point, this planet has 8 geological and 8 biological locations on its surface.

MATERIALS:

Sulphur, Iron, Phosphorus, Nickel, Carbon

Manganese, Zinc, Chromium

Tungsten, Tin

Yttrium

BRAIN TREE VARIETIES:

All are Roseum Brain Trees.

BRAIN TREE LOCATIONS:

The Brain Tree sites should be accessible without problems by small or medium ships. Large ship access hasn't been tested.

WREGOE AC-K C22-5

461 LIGHT YEARS FROM SOL

WREGOE AC-K C22-5 8 A

A rocky ice moon with very low gravity about 1440 light seconds from the system's arrival point, with 46 geological and 11 biological surface locations.

MATERIALS:

Sulphur, Iron, Phosphorus, Nickel, Carbon

Chromium, Zinc

Tin, Tungsten

Selenium*, Polonium

* Though Selenium is traded as a Grade 4 material, at surface locations it's found as though it was Grade 2 (in Polyporous Growths or Crystalline Fragments).

BRAIN TREE VARIETIES:

All are Viride Brain Trees.

BRAIN TREE LOCATIONS:

Mostly located in and around craters, these locations should be accessible to small and medium ships; large ship landings have not been tested.

WREGOE AC-K C22-5 8 B

A rocky ice moon with very low gravity about 1440 light seconds from the system's arrival point, with 1 geological and 8 biological surface locations.

MATERIALS:

Sulphur, Iron, Phosphorus, Nickel, Carbon

Chromium, Vanadium

Cadmium, Molybdenum

Selenium*, Tellurium

* Though Selenium is traded as a Grade 4 material, at surface locations it's found as though it was Grade 2 (in Polyporous Growths or Crystalline Fragments).

BRAIN TREE VARIETIES:

All are Viride Brain Trees.

BRAIN TREE LOCATIONS:

While Location #8 is on a mountainside, a landing is possible there for medium ships; the others are in or around craters, or on uneven terrain, and should be accessible to small and medium ships. Large ship landings have not been tested.

WREGOE AC-K C22-5 8 C

A rocky ice moon with very low gravity about 1440 light seconds from the system's arrival point. On the surface are 12 geological and 3 biological locations.

MATERIALS:

Sulphur, Iron, Phosphorus, Nickel, Carbon

Chromium, Manganese, Germanium

Cadmium, Niobium

Technetium

BRAIN TREE VARIETIES:

All are Viride Brain Trees.

BRAIN TREE LOCATIONS:

The Brain Tree locations should be accessible to small and medium ships. Large ship landings have not been tested.

WREGOE TF-M C21-11

513 LIGHT YEARS FROM SOL

WREGOE TF-M C21-11 1 A

A low gravity rocky moon, about 1,000 light seconds from the system's arrival point, with 15 geological and 19 biological locations.

MATERIALS:

Iron, Nickel, Sulphur, Carbon, Phosphorus

Manganese, Germanium, Zirconium

Tin, Tungsten

Yttrium

BRAIN TREE VARIETIES:

Locations 2-14 are Gypseeum Brain Trees; the rest are Roseums.

BRAIN TREE LOCATIONS:

On a variety of terrain, most of these Brain Tree sites are accessible by small and medium ships. Location 1 is interesting because it's on a mountain inside a crater. Locations 12 and 13 are on mountainsides. Large ship landings have not been tested.

WREGOE TF-M C21-11 1 B

A low gravity rocky moon, about 1,000 light seconds from the system's arrival point, with 11 geological and 29 biological locations.

MATERIALS:

Iron, Nickel, Sulphur, Carbon, Phosphorus

Germanium, Vanadium, Zirconium

Cadmium, Niobium

Antimony

BRAIN TREE VARIETIES:

Locations 6-25 are Gypseeum Brain Trees; the rest are Roseums.

BRAIN TREE LOCATIONS:

Locations 21, 22, 23, and 25 are on mountainsides that might offer landings to a small ship. (21 and 25 are very close together in a setting that would be very striking, if it's ever lit.) All the others should pose no problem to small or medium ships. Large ship landings have not been tested.

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