Can I Unlock The Crystal Cruiser With Type C Of The Rock Cruiser?
Answer : I can confirm that the Rock Cruiser Type C can bypass the first two steps of this quest chain, finally having done it in game. You must find the beacon event in the Rock Homeworlds sector without the aid of a quest marker, but the event can still be generated irrelevant of the stasis pod quests, and your beginning crystal crew member will give you the blue choice option once the event is found. Long-ranged scanners help a lot with this, as the event should only be present at a beacon with no ship detected, as well as no store, no distress call, and no hazard. Once you enter the hidden sector, you do get a quest marker for the crystal ship location, which is quite nice. I guess I should have read the updated wiki page that I linked in my question before posting. Alternatively, the Rock Cruiser type C in the Advanced Edition starts with a single Crystal aboard the ship, allowing you to skip the first two events normally required in order to allow access to the blue opti...