Missions
Tainted Knowledge
Settle matters with the colonists and return Ensign Tilly safely to the decks of the Discovery.
Overview
Warp required1
Operations level14
Warp for completion7
Warp via superhighway1
Completion via superhighway7
Costs & rewards
Mission rewards
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1★ Battleship PartsObjective ID759,962,625
Amount15
2★ Interceptor PartsObjective ID759,962,625
Amount10
TritaniumObjective ID759,962,625
Amount1,700
Objectives
Objective 1
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ObjectiveBring the colonists home.
DestinationClytomenes
Objective 2
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ObjectiveDefeat the first Romulan Enforcer.
EncounterRomulan Enforcer
Opponent strength6,613
DestinationClytomenes
Objective 3
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ObjectiveDefeat the next Romulan Enforcer.
EncounterRomulan Enforcer
Opponent strength6,745
DestinationClytomenes
Objective 4
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ObjectiveDefeat Subcommander Torok.
EncounterSubcommander Torok
Opponent strength6,548
DestinationClytomenes
Objective 5
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ObjectiveReturn to your Station.
Dialogue
Mission dialogue
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- Objective ID
- 1,211,533,974
- Phase
- dialogue_start
- Character
- Maia
- Dialogue
- Commander, I am detecting several Romulan signatures in orbit over Apcor. We should attempt to hail them before they regard our approach as a hostile action.
- Objective ID
- 1,211,533,974
- Phase
- dialogue_start
- Character
- Katherine
- Dialogue
- Damnit… Subcommander Torok. He’s the one that commissioned this installation. He must have heard that we were taken by the Klingons.
- Objective ID
- 1,211,533,974
- Phase
- dialogue_start
- Character
- Torok
- Dialogue
- Independent! Our scans have detected the presence of significant lifesigns aboard your ship. Lifesigns that should be present on the surface of Apcor.
- Objective ID
- 1,211,533,974
- Phase
- dialogue_start
- Character
- Torok
- Dialogue
- Am I to deduce that they are in your custody?
- Objective ID
- 1,211,533,974
- Phase
- dialogue_start
- Character
- Maia
- Dialogue
- Indeed. We have just rescued these colonists from Klingon captivity, an inevitability given their purpose here on Apcor.
- Objective ID
- 1,211,533,974
- Phase
- dialogue_start
- Character
- Maia
- Dialogue
- The research they have undertaken under your orders will cease today.
- Objective ID
- 1,211,533,974
- Phase
- dialogue_start
- Character
- Torok
- Dialogue
- Speaking to me in such a manner is to choose death, Independent. I hope you’re ready to understand the gravitas of your decision.
- Objective ID
- 1,211,533,974
- Phase
- dialogue_start
- Character
- Maia
- Dialogue
- Commander, several Romulan vessels are emerging from cloak nearby. We must prepare to defend ourselves.
- Objective ID
- 1,686,856,209
- Phase
- dialogue_start
- Character
- Maia
- Dialogue
- Romulan vessel destroyed. However, we are not in the clear. We must fend off this attack or risk losing the colonists.
- Objective ID
- 2,103,739,373
- Phase
- dialogue_start
- Character
- Sylvia Tilly
- Dialogue
- Commander, the colonists are all present and accounted for. We’re ready to depart.
- Objective ID
- 2,103,739,373
- Phase
- dialogue_start
- Character
- Sylvia Tilly
- Dialogue
- Did you find out what the Klingons had against them? I can’t imagine why they’d be so hostile towards a civilian colony.
- Objective ID
- 2,103,739,373
- Phase
- dialogue_start
- Character
- Maia
- Dialogue
- We will explain on the way back to Apcor, Ensign Tilly. I fear the answer to your question may not be to your liking.
- Objective ID
- 2,103,739,373
- Phase
- dialogue_start
- Character
- Sylvia Tilly
- Dialogue
- Oh boy, I don’t like the sound of this…
- Objective ID
- 253,220,783
- Phase
- dialogue_start
- Character
- Torok
- Dialogue
- Well then, it looks like I’m going to have to finish this myself.
- Objective ID
- 253,220,783
- Phase
- dialogue_start
- Character
- Torok
- Dialogue
- Nobody interferes with me or my research and lives to speak about it, Independent. Nobody!!
- Objective ID
- 759,962,625
- Phase
- dialogue_end
- Character
- Sylvia Tilly
- Dialogue
- Uhm, Commander? Before I head back to the Discovery, I was just wondering if I could ask a favor of you?
- Objective ID
- 759,962,625
- Phase
- dialogue_end
- Character
- Maia
- Dialogue
- Of course, Ensign Tilly. What is your request?
- Objective ID
- 759,962,625
- Phase
- dialogue_end
- Character
- Sylvia Tilly
- Dialogue
- Please don’t tell the rest of my crew what happened. As far as they’re concerned, everything went fine. I hope that’s not too much to ask?
- Objective ID
- 759,962,625
- Phase
- dialogue_end
- Character
- Maia
- Dialogue
- May we ask why you wish to do so?
- Objective ID
- 759,962,625
- Phase
- dialogue_end
- Character
- Sylvia Tilly
- Dialogue
- If Commander Saru heard what happened out there, I might never get a chance to get off the decks of the Discovery again.
- Objective ID
- 759,962,625
- Phase
- dialogue_end
- Character
- Sylvia Tilly
- Dialogue
- And if Michael heard what happened, I’d never hear the end of how much I need to improve and focus my intuition for potential danger.
- Objective ID
- 759,962,625
- Phase
- dialogue_end
- Character
- Sylvia Tilly
- Dialogue
- I want to prove myself as a competent officer and member of Starfleet. But I can’t do that if my colleagues become overprotective. Can we keep this between us?
- Objective ID
- 759,962,625
- Phase
- dialogue_end
- Character
- Maia
- Dialogue
- You can be assured of our discretion in this matter. Just be aware, Ensign Tilly, that you have already proven yourself to be a competent and compassionate envoy of Starfleet.
- Objective ID
- 759,962,625
- Phase
- dialogue_end
- Character
- Maia
- Dialogue
- Your direct involvement in this operation led to the dismantling of the colony’s bioweapon research. Without you, that may not have come to pass.
- Objective ID
- 759,962,625
- Phase
- dialogue_end
- Character
- Sylvia Tilly
- Dialogue
- Thank you. Your counsel is both reassuring and inspiring! It would do me a lot of good to take your advice on board.
- Objective ID
- 759,962,625
- Phase
- dialogue_end
- Character
- Sylvia Tilly
- Dialogue
- In the meantime, I think I’d better go find my uniform and take an antihistamine. The pillows in the cots on that colony weren’t hypoallergenic, and you see, I have these allergies…
- Objective ID
- 759,962,625
- Phase
- dialogue_start
- Character
- Katherine
- Dialogue
- Independent, thank you. I don’t know what to say…
- Objective ID
- 759,962,625
- Phase
- dialogue_start
- Character
- Maia
- Dialogue
- Allow us to direct you. You will assure us here and now that you will cease all bioweapon research on Apcor.
- Objective ID
- 759,962,625
- Phase
- dialogue_start
- Character
- Maia
- Dialogue
- Failure to comply will force us to hand you in to Federation custody, where you will face trial for the development of outlawed biological weaponry.
- Objective ID
- 759,962,625
- Phase
- dialogue_start
- Character
- Katherine
- Dialogue
- Yes, of course. If it hadn’t been for your continued intervention, the Romulans would have destroyed everything and everyone in order to cover up this research.
- Objective ID
- 759,962,625
- Phase
- dialogue_start
- Character
- Katherine
- Dialogue
- I am done serving the Romulan Star Empire. I can only thank you for helping us see the error of our ways.
- Objective ID
- 759,962,625
- Phase
- dialogue_start
- Character
- Katherine
- Dialogue
- As for Ensign Tilly, please pass along my humblest apologies. She has been treated rather unfairly throughout this ordeal. I can see that all she wanted to do was help us.
- Objective ID
- 759,962,625
- Phase
- dialogue_start
- Character
- Katherine
- Dialogue
- Farewell, Independent.