I also normally just go to the center of the planet for the fragments to get more fragments than what I need since you need volatile powder to upgrade the furnace and to get the bars to unlock all 3 tech which all 3 tech are great in different ways. I have also been trying to find ways to speed run the obstacle courses for the tech
Yeah, I forgot about the tech. I have tried running a little without the tech but it is very rope heavy. I just wish that the tech cards were not so hard to find and that each tech did not cost 8 tech cards. The sonic ball looks handy and I know rocket jump and sprint can be handy. Nice runs by the way.
At least they didn't make you get 8 tech cards to just unlock a tech. That would be crazy
A couple of days ago I tried to do a full game speed run but I couldn't beat Nox because I ran out of healing items and she killed me too quickly with the distortion sphere attack but I also found out that you can use the pulse jump (double jump) to dodge her distortion sphere attack (which is the only way I could dodge that attack).
I have found that mechs are really nice as are crew man but I fear those would be undesirable detours in a speedrun.
You can have a couple house deeds and a couple rooms to put them in on your ship and as you go through the game, you can get quest from them and after a few quests you could hire them but the same problem is that the quests are still time consuming. The deeds also cost a lot of pixels that I use to buy fuel
