STFC Knowledge Base

Franklin and Franklin-A

The Franklin tends to be a workhorse for you. It does one thing, and one thing only, but it does it quite well. It kills Swarm. The higher its level, the higher the swarm you can kill.

Sourcing Franklin Blueprints

To source blueprints, you will need to complete the Saturday events during the battle pass, which will allow you to source 10% of them each time. Or, of course, you can always pull out your credit card.

To upgrade it, you need parts that are farmed off swarm vessels. Swarm vessels can be found in the following systems:

Once you get to higher levels, the Franklin no longer will be enough for you. You will need a Franklin-A, which at tier 1 is stronger than a max tier Franklin.

Sourcing the Franklin-A

To get the Franklin-A, you must have Shipyard Level 35. To get the blueprints for it, you must either scrap a Franklin, or pay for it. When you scrap a Franklin (requires Scrapyard 35), the amount of Blueprints you get for Franklin-A is based on ship level, not on the tier. So you must spend XP or kill hostiles with it to get it to the correct level. Do not waste any modulators on components for the last tier you're planning on scrapping it at, as they are not necessary for the scrap.

Conversely, because it takes about 5 million modulators to upgrade from Tier 1 to Tier 8, and then another 10 million to go from Tier 8-Tier 9, many people only upgrade their Franklin to Tier 8 and then pay 20 real money for the last 50 blueprints needed.

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Swarm Biomineral Refinery

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Swarm Biotic Refinery

Once you've got a Franklin-A, you no longer need the original modulators. In your refiniery, you will have this option now. You can however farm them and use them to get more Mark II parts for the Franklin-A.

Frequency Modulators to Frequency Modulators Mark II Converter

Swarm Dailies

As your level increases, you need to kill progressively more and bigger swarm hostiles. This is the list by level as far as I have it.