On the artifact quests:
If I scan stuff before I get the quest, will it count or will I have to come back and re-scan it later?
When I come across a settlement for a race that I don't have the quest for, should I scan things or just drop a flag to bookmark it for later?
I just had that same issue. Far as I can tell, you have to rescan everything. If you have a pixel printer, you may want to scan things now. Otherwise dropping a flag is a good idea.
Actually nope! (Well at least in my case .-.; )
I've scanned a few villages worth (especially those floran bone carvings and statues \o/ It's ALWAYS statues and carvings/art for most, other than a few Hylotl art) and they've registered. Esther will remark that she's found some stuff already scanned and it'll be added to the bar once the quest becomes active.
But ALWAYS drop a flag just in case, anyway. Thanks to people in this thread mentioning flags, I've saved a ton of time.
Also having an engineer crew member does wonders. Spending just 10 fuel or such to travel long distances does
wonders. It's lowered in the nice links to the mod (which I can't download on the workshop because Steam is strange right now
), so that's my next goal.
How does one increase their crew member cap, by the way, other than increasing the ship level? Higher tier personal armor and that's all? I've (FINALLY) gotten to T6 armor and...I can only get around 10 on the Condor (human T6 ship). The wiki mentions 12?
Edit: oops ._. Sorry Shadowlord.
I was referencing details on the Starbound Wiki (Crew) page Sometimes my statements seem aligned when I write them down, but then I notice the gaps when I reread them. Thanks for the comment! >_<