I have over 10 level 50 character among all 3 factions and I have never seen them appear at all. I don't know why they are not appearing for me.
Are you checking your Department Head for Engineering? I believe they're department-head exclusive, and won't just pop in sector space, though Borticus is the one who made them.
Jeff "Adjudicator Hawk" Hamilton
Systems Designer - Cryptic Studios
Twitter: @JeffAHamilton
no need to visit the bridge, just check your engineering section in the Department Heads,
those change from sector to sector, but you have to be in a Space map (sector space) to see any of the Experimental crafting thingies for your ship (on ground you see ground stuff instead)... randomizes between pretty much everything you can put on your ship, engines, deflectors, weapons, warp cores...
2 or 3 of them are always be there.
These do show up just as everyone has stated in your dept heads under eng, however you may need to jump around sector space (or clusters and nebulas) a bit to find them as they will show up in a different sector for each toon you have as I have discovered. An easier solution is if a friend or fleet mate had been lucky enough to find it, they can invite you to their bridge and 98% of the time you can get it from the eng section there. That is normally how me and my fleet do it when it come up, the person finding it will ask if any other need it then offer invites to anyone who wants it. I hope this helps and good luck.
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Might be a character level specific though...
Are you checking your Department Head for Engineering? I believe they're department-head exclusive, and won't just pop in sector space, though Borticus is the one who made them.
Systems Designer - Cryptic Studios
Twitter: @JeffAHamilton
Just so you know, you don't actually have to go on board, there is a department heads tab in your Doff window.
I know I have just tried everything nothing works for getting the mission I am looking for to pop up.
those change from sector to sector, but you have to be in a Space map (sector space) to see any of the Experimental crafting thingies for your ship (on ground you see ground stuff instead)... randomizes between pretty much everything you can put on your ship, engines, deflectors, weapons, warp cores...
2 or 3 of them are always be there.