Crystal Altar Missions

The Crystal Altar Missions (CRAM), which pivot around Menorb sector, yield a small selection of otherwise unobtainable items of ship equipment which are built from unusual raw materials which are only found in Menorb.

Menorb sector has two gravity wells and one gravity shear (not only stops you warping, but also causes hull damage while you remain inside it). Having a TS with the Nullfactor Field skill maximised, or a JE with Level 7 Navigate in your group will enable you to warp through these areas. A JE with the Environment Shield skill trained to at least Level 3 will be able to provide protection from the gravity shear.

The Five Menorb Crystal Altar Missions & their Rewards

Mission	Ship Equipment Item	Description
Crystal Altar 1 —	L5 Gray Dragonfly Missile Launcher	ML (Progen Restricted)
Crystal Altar 2 —	L5 Gray Dragonfly Plasma Missile	ML Ammo
Crystal Altar 3 —	L5 Gray Dragon Laser	Energy Beam
Crystal Altar 4 —	L5 Reactor Siphon	Device
Crystal Altar 5 —	L5 Vitreous Navigator	Engine

Prerequisites & Mission Chain

The five Crystal Altar Missions are simple to complete, but have race, skill, and task-based prerequisites.

Race & Skill Requirements

For Missions 1,2, and 3: you must be a non-Progen Weapon-builder (i.e. JD, JS, TE, or TT). Note: for Mission 2, even though the mission reward is an ammunition blueprint, the Build Ammunition skill is insufficient - you must have the Build Weapons skill or the mission won't be offered to you.
For Mission 4: you must be a Device-builder (any race)
For Mission 5: you must be an Engine-builder (any race)
For all of the above, you must have the relevant building-skill trained to Level 5 or higher.

Task-based Requirements

The Mission Chain is as follows:

Go to Menorb sector and obtain a Crystalline Schematic.
The nearest weft is in Kailaasa; from there the route is Yokan > Ishuan > Menorb. This drop-item is non-tradable, so make sure the alt that you want to be able to build the item you are after, is the alt who picks up the Crystalline Schematic item.
With the Crystalline Schematic item in your cargo hold, go to the Crystal Temple navpoint in the Arduinne Gas Cloud (aka "Arduinne Planet") to initiate the prerequisite mission called Crystalline Schematics. Completing this mission will award you with the blueprints to build the special, unbuyable components (listed below) which are needed to build the ship equipment. Completion will also unlock the Crystal Altar Missions for you.
Return to Menorb sector.
Interact with any or all of the numbered Crystal Altar navpoints in Menorb, depending on which item you want.
To find the five Crystal Altar navpoints, hit "X" on your keyboard, and cycle forward or back through sector objects using the "C" and "D" keys. The "Q" key will warp you to your target.
Note: if your build-skills are insufficient or if you don't have the relevant skill, the navpoint will not display a speech-button for you to interact with it.
Go and speak to Cobus the Clown in the nearby Androzari Station in Menorb. Once you speak with Cobus, you'll obtain the relevant ship-equipment blueprint.

Building the Ship Equipment

Building materials follow the construction path: DUST, to make→ SHARDS, to make→ FRAGMENTS, to make→ the ship equipment.

You will have the blueprints for Shards and Fragments already, being a reward from the prerequisite mission, Crystalline Schematics.
You will need to loot Dust from various crystalline MOBs in Menorb sector, the only place these dust-containing MOBs are known to be found.

Raw Resources

Resource	Stack Size	Drop Location	MOB Name	Combat Level	Needed to make
L4 Blue Dust2	200	unknown nav	unknown mob	unk CL	L4 Blue Shard2 (ammo slug)
L5 Gray Dust2	200	unknown nav	unknown mob	unk CL	L5 Gray Shard (ammo slug), and L5 Gray Dragonfly Plasma Missile
L4 Red Dust2	200	Crystal Altar 1	Crystalline Delta	22	L4 Red Shard (ammo slug)
L4 Yellow Dust2	200	unknown nav	unknown mob	unk CL	L4 Yellow Shard (ammo slug)

Build recipies

CrAM Item 1 — L5 Gray Dragonfly Missile Launcher

- L5 Gray Fragment x 3
  - L5 Gray Shard x15
    - L5 Gray Dust2 x 75
- L5 Evolver Alloy Launch Tube x 1

CrAM Item 2 — L5 Gray Dragonfly Plasma Missile (ammo)

- L5 Gray Dust2 x 2
- L1 K3 Plasma Pack
- L5 Vortex BastiniumBlast

CrAM Item 3 — L5 Gray Dragon Laser (beam)

- L5 Gray Fragment x 2
  - L5 Gray Shard x 10
    - L5 Gray Dust2 x 50
- L5 Orange Fragment x 1
  - L4 Red Shard x 3
    - L4 Red Dust2 x 15
  - L4 Yellow Shard x 2
    - L4 Yellow Dust2 x 10

CrAM Item 4 — L5 Reactor Siphon (device)

- L5 Orange Fragment x 2
  - L4 Red Shard x 6
    - L4 Red Dust2 x 30
  - L4 Yellow Shard x 4
    - L4 Yellow Dust2 x 20
- L5 Green Fragment x 1
  - L4 Blue Shard2 x 3
    Note: As well as the L4 Blue Shard2 component, there also, confusingly, exists a L1 Blue Shard1 component.
    The NET-7 Database does not indicate that Blue Shard1s are used for anything.
    - L4 Blue Dust2 x 15
  - L4 Yellow Shard x 2
    - L4 Yellow Dust2 x 10

CrAM Item 5 — L5 Vitreous Navigator (engine)

- L4 Purple Fragment x 2
  - L4 Blue Shard2 x 3
    Note: As well as the L4 Blue Shard2 component, there also, confusingly, exists a L1 Blue Shard1 component.
    The NET-7 Database does not indicate that Blue Shard1s are used for anything.
    - L4 Blue Dust2 x 15
  - L4 Red Shard x 2
    - L4 Red Dust2 x 10
- L5 Green Fragment x 1
  - L4 Blue Shard2 x 3
    Note: As well as the L4 Blue Shard2 component, there also, confusingly, exists a L1 Blue Shard1 component.
    The NET-7 Database does not indicate that Blue Shard1s are used for anything.
    - L4 Blue Dust2 x 15
  - L4 Yellow Shard x 2
    - L4 Yellow Dust2 x 10