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Rule of Acquisition NX-01 Part 5

Rescue the Enterprise and her crew.

Overview

Warp required1
Operations level56
Warp for completion25
Warp via superhighway1
Completion via superhighway25

Costs & rewards

Mission rewards

Latinum
Objective ID1,829,718,344
Amount32,000
1M Dilithium Token
Objective ID1,829,718,344
Amount2
1B Tritanium Token
Objective ID679,016,920
Amount1
5★ Common Explorer Parts
Objective ID679,016,920
Amount300

Objectives

Objective 1

ObjectiveFind Borta.
DestinationFerenginar

Objective 2

ObjectiveHow should we proceed?

Objective 3

ObjectiveInterrupt Borta's auction.
DestinationFerenginar

Objective 4

ObjectiveHide behind Ferenginar's moon.
DestinationFerenginar

Objective 5

ObjectiveDefeat the auction guard.
EncounterAuction Guard
Opponent strength36,740,681
DestinationFerenginar

Objective 6

ObjectiveDonate 42M Dilithium to power Phlox's device.
ResourceDilithium
Amount42,000,000

Objective 7

ObjectiveDisable the Enterprise.
EncounterEnterprise NX-01
Opponent strength38,273,024
DestinationFerenginar

Objective 8

ObjectiveRelease Phlox's "critters".
DestinationFerenginar

Objective 9

ObjectiveReturn the Enterprise crew to your Station.

Objective 10

ObjectiveDisable the Enterprise.
EncounterEnterprise NX-01
Opponent strength38,273,024
DestinationFerenginar

Objective 11

ObjectiveReturn the Enterprise crew to your Station.

Dialogue

Mission dialogue

Objective ID
1,326,233,069
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Dr. Phlox
Dialogue
I believe I have an idea, Commander. One that, I believe, mister Tucker would approve of! If you can get us into position behind Ferenginar’s moon, I can fill you in…
Objective ID
1,487,417,712
Phase
dialogue_dilemma
Character
Maia
Dialogue
How should we proceed?
Objective ID
165,474,141
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Borta
Dialogue
We’ve got seventy, do we have seventy five? Seventy five to the large Orion at the back! Keep the bids coming, folks! Who doesn’t want their own living piece of history!?
Objective ID
165,474,141
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Dr. Phlox
Dialogue
That will be enough of that!
Objective ID
165,474,141
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Tucker
Dialogue
Doc!? How the hell did he get here!?
Objective ID
165,474,141
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Dr. Phlox
Dialogue
As the chief medical officer of the USS Enterprise, I must protest this barbaric display of modern day slavery! I will not stand for it!
Objective ID
165,474,141
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Borta
Dialogue
Eh… Just a minor disturbance, folks, don’t worry… Psst! Security! Take ‘em out!
Objective ID
1,829,718,344
Phase
dialogue_end
Character
Archer
Dialogue
God, look at her. I hate to see the Enterprise in such rough shape.
Objective ID
1,829,718,344
Phase
dialogue_end
Character
Dr. Phlox
Dialogue
Well, look at it like this, Captain! You have had the rare opportunity to not only engage in First Contact with a new species, you may very well be the first Starfleet officer to be auctioned off twice!
Objective ID
1,829,718,344
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Archer
Dialogue
You couldn’t have pulled your punches, Commander? You know how long it’s gonna take to repair the Enterprise after this?
Objective ID
1,829,718,344
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Tucker
Dialogue
Nothing we can’t buff out, Captain. Personally, I think it’s better than being sold into slavery.
Objective ID
1,829,718,344
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Archer
Dialogue
Then you can be the one pulling double shifts, Trip. Commander, Doctor, all joking aside, we owe you a huge debt of gratitude. If you hadn’t shown up… I don’t want to think about what could’ve happened.
Objective ID
1,829,718,344
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Dr. Phlox
Dialogue
Make no mention of it, Captain! I must insist that we return to the Commander’s station, however. I believe you will require a full medical examination.
Objective ID
1,962,592,246
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Maia
Dialogue
The disturbance appears to have done its job, Commander. The auction guests are fleeing the scene rapidly.
Objective ID
1,962,592,246
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Dr. Phlox
Dialogue
Classic criminals. As soon as the phasers start flying, they lose their courage.
Objective ID
1,962,592,246
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Borta
Dialogue
No, wait! Come back! The auction is still going! Last bid was seventy bars! Sixty bars?
Objective ID
1,962,592,246
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Borta
Dialogue
Grrrr… You! You ruined everything!
Objective ID
1,962,592,246
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Dr. Phlox
Dialogue
I’m getting some rather concerning readings here, Commander… It looks like Borta is bringing a vessel online!
Objective ID
1,962,592,246
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Dr. Phlox
Dialogue
No… Surely, he wouldn’t…
Objective ID
1,962,592,246
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Borta
Dialogue
Heheheh. I’ve always wanted to fly a classic!
Objective ID
339,740,704
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Dr. Phlox
Dialogue
Yes, I believe the time for subtlety has passed. We must stop Borta from exploiting my crewmates!
Objective ID
491,542,496
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Dr. Phlox
Dialogue
Et voilà! Do you like that phrase? Mister Reed taught me it, I believe it’s human for “look at this!”
Objective ID
491,542,496
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Dr. Phlox
Dialogue
I may not be a marvelous engineer like mister Tucker, or a formidable fighter Captain Archer, but I am very, very good at one thing. Xeno-anthropology!
Objective ID
491,542,496
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Dr. Phlox
Dialogue
Tucker once told me a rather charming story of a wedding he attended whereupon a host of Earth rats swarmed into the crowd! It rather ruined the proceedings, as you would imagine.
Objective ID
491,542,496
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Dr. Phlox
Dialogue
I believe that we could achieve something similar with the host of creatures I have in my possession for research, hmm?
Objective ID
491,542,496
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Dr. Phlox
Dialogue
What do you say, Commander? Shall we cause some chaos?
Objective ID
507,541,637
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Dr. Phlox
Dialogue
Away you go, little friends!
Objective ID
507,541,637
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Borta
Dialogue
We’ve got eighty bars! Can we get ninety? Alright, keep it… What’s that noise? By the divine treasury, what are those!?
Objective ID
507,541,637
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Dr. Phlox
Dialogue
It appears our little associates are doing their job admirably! My, look at those Orions scurry!
Objective ID
507,541,637
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Borta
Dialogue
No, wait! Come back! The auction is still going! Last bid was seventy bars! Sixty bars?
Objective ID
507,541,637
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Borta
Dialogue
Grrrr… You! You ruined everything!
Objective ID
507,541,637
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Dr. Phlox
Dialogue
I’m getting some rather concerning readings here, Commander… It looks like Borta is bringing a vessel online!
Objective ID
507,541,637
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Dr. Phlox
Dialogue
No… Surely, he wouldn’t…
Objective ID
507,541,637
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Borta
Dialogue
Heheheh. I’ve always wanted to fly a classic!
Objective ID
679,016,920
Phase
dialogue_end
Character
Archer
Dialogue
God, look at her. I hate to see the Enterprise in such rough shape.
Objective ID
679,016,920
Phase
dialogue_end
Character
Dr. Phlox
Dialogue
Well, look at it like this, Captain! You have had the rare opportunity to not only engage in First Contact with a new species, you may very well be the first Starfleet officer to be auctioned off… twice!
Objective ID
679,016,920
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Archer
Dialogue
You couldn’t have pulled your punches, Commander? You know how long it’s gonna take to repair the Enterprise after this?
Objective ID
679,016,920
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Tucker
Dialogue
Nothing we can’t buff out, Captain. Personally, I think it’s better than being sold into slavery.
Objective ID
679,016,920
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Archer
Dialogue
Then you can be the one pulling double shifts, Trip. Commander, Doctor, all joking aside, we owe you a huge debt of gratitude. If you hadn’t shown up… I don’t want to think about what could’ve happened.
Objective ID
679,016,920
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Dr. Phlox
Dialogue
Make no mention of it, Captain! I must insist that we return to the Commander’s station, however. I believe you will require a full medical examination.
Objective ID
870,900,640
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Dr. Phlox
Dialogue
If I know one thing about parties, it’s that they don’t mix well with an influx of… uninvited guests. I think I have a plan that will make great use of this principle.
Objective ID
870,900,640
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Dr. Phlox
Dialogue
I simply need 42M Dilithium to get started…
Objective ID
873,678,585
Phase
dialogue_end
Character
Borta
Dialogue
Now, next on the lot, we’ve got an exquisite set of ancestral Klingon robes! Now, it is said that the patriarch of House Kloth died in these very robes, clutching the still beating heart of his greatest rival!
Objective ID
873,678,585
Phase
dialogue_end
Character
Borta
Dialogue
For this priceless piece of Klingon history… We’ll start the bidding at twelve bars of latinum!
Objective ID
873,678,585
Phase
dialogue_end
Character
Dr. Phlox
Dialogue
He is quite the salesman, I will give him that. Wait, Commander, do you see those cages? That Ferengi has the crew imprisoned!
Objective ID
873,678,585
Phase
dialogue_end
Character
Borta
Dialogue
Sold to Grumsh Open-Hand for twenty-two bars of latinum! Now, for the final item of today’s auction… This one's for you “special collectors” in the audience…
Objective ID
873,678,585
Phase
dialogue_end
Character
Archer
Dialogue
Get your damn hands off me!
Objective ID
873,678,585
Phase
dialogue_end
Character
Borta
Dialogue
The legendary crew of the original USS Enterprise! We will start the bidding at a sweetheart rate of… Sixty bars of latinum!
Objective ID
873,678,585
Phase
dialogue_end
Character
Dr. Phlox
Dialogue
I see Orions in that crowd, Commander! The last time we found ourselves entangled with the Syndicate, it did not go well for us.
Objective ID
873,678,585
Phase
dialogue_end
Character
Dr. Phlox
Dialogue
We cannot allow this auction to continue. How should we stop it?
Objective ID
873,678,585
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Lonis
Dialogue
See, Borta and me, we had a nice little operation running. We’d scout out some historical sites, then Borta would steal their most valuable artifacts while I ran interference.
Objective ID
873,678,585
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Lonis
Dialogue
You’d be surprised how badly some of those dust-collectors are protected. Everybody’s so focused on defending their latinum vaults or their weapons, nobody pays much attention to the priceless heirlooms anymore.
Objective ID
873,678,585
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Lonis
Dialogue
Anyways, we’d grab whatever we could and ship ‘em off to the edge of the quadrant. Borta’s been working on finding buyers for the best pieces.
Objective ID
873,678,585
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Dr. Phlox
Dialogue
Buyers? He’s planning on selling them? He had mentioned something about a museum…
Objective ID
873,678,585
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Lonis
Dialogue
Heh. Yeah, that was our cover to throw off the Orions. The real plan was to hold an auction for the richest collectors on Ferenginar, real low-hanging lobe types.
Objective ID
873,678,585
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Dr. Phlox
Dialogue
Then that is likely where we’ll find him! We appreciate the information, Lonis. Do try to avoid getting re-captured.
Objective ID
873,678,585
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Lonis
Dialogue
Trust me, I’m done with the heist game. I’m going on the straight and narrow, only forgery from here on out!