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Excursion

Find Howards.

Overview

Warp required1
Operations level65
Warp for completion1,250
Warp via superhighway1
Completion via superhighway1,250

Costs & rewards

Mission rewards

6★ Common Refined Gas
Objective ID1,820,532,793
Amount250
Raw Σ-Parsteel
Objective ID1,820,532,793
Amount383,000

Locations

Objectives

Objective 1

ObjectiveFind Howards.
DestinationSomovka

Objective 2

ObjectiveDefeat the cultist.
EncounterCultist
Opponent strength4,516,578,656
DestinationSomovka

Objective 3

ObjectiveClear a path.
EncounterCultist
Opponent strength7,462,091,886
DestinationSomovka

Objective 4

ObjectiveRescue Howards!
DestinationSomovka

Objective 5

ObjectiveBring Howards to your Station.

Dialogue

Mission dialogue

Objective ID
1,018,612,971
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Toryn
Dialogue
Ah! I think I have something, finally. A civilian mining vessel sent out a distress call in the Somovka system. The signal was cut off almost immediately.
Objective ID
1,018,612,971
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Maia
Dialogue
The Cultists have been seen operating in that sector. They may have captured the miners before their distress call could be answered.
Objective ID
1,018,612,971
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Toryn
Dialogue
That sounds like their M.O. They secure their position and capture a few new “recruits” at the same time. Savages.
Objective ID
1,018,612,971
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Toryn
Dialogue
It’s a blind throw in a blizzard, but I don’t believe we have any other leads. Let’s go.
Objective ID
1,619,641,916
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Toryn
Dialogue
Commander, we’re being hailed. Putting it on-screen.
Objective ID
1,619,641,916
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Cultist
Dialogue
You hear the warning cry. You have heeded the call of the Nameless, and it has brought you to me. Rejoice, for your worldly suffering has come to an end. Prepare to–
Objective ID
1,619,641,916
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Toryn
Dialogue
And mute. I’ve heard enough of that nonsense to last a lifetime. Let’s get through them!
Objective ID
1,820,532,793
Phase
dialogue_end
Character
Toryn
Dialogue
Prepping for detonation… One to beam back, now!
Objective ID
1,820,532,793
Phase
dialogue_end
Character
Maia
Dialogue
Locking onto Toryn’s signal… Beaming him aboard! Commander, the tractor beam has been disabled. It is time to escape.
Objective ID
1,820,532,793
Phase
dialogue_end
Character
Speaker
Dialogue
Fear the light, for it is fleeting. Fear not the dark, for it is companion eternal. We will speak again, Child of History…
Objective ID
1,820,532,793
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Toryn
Dialogue
I’ve got him, but he’s in a bad way! Beaming him to sick bay now. We need to– Agh!
Objective ID
1,820,532,793
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Maia
Dialogue
We have lost power to impulse engines. Something is draining our power reserves.
Objective ID
1,820,532,793
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Toryn
Dialogue
Diverting power from non-essential systems. Damn! We’re caught in some kind of tractor beam! What in Andoria is doing this!?
Objective ID
1,820,532,793
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Speaker
Dialogue
And lo, for he beheld naught. His vision receded, and his world was bathed in blessed dark. He rejoiced, for he had found Oblivion.
Objective ID
1,820,532,793
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Speaker
Dialogue
You may rest, child. Your vain attempts at resistance have done little but cause you distress. Allow the cool dark of the void to embrace you.
Objective ID
1,820,532,793
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Toryn
Dialogue
Biting winds, that ship… It’s huge. Who are you!?
Objective ID
1,820,532,793
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Speaker
Dialogue
I am nothing. Merely a collection of cosmic dust and atoms bound together by the grace of the void. I am like you.
Objective ID
1,820,532,793
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Speaker
Dialogue
Join me now, and become a part of something bigger.
Objective ID
1,820,532,793
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Maia
Dialogue
The odds of survival in combat against that ship are catastrophically low, Commander. However, we cannot escape so long as we are trapped in the tractor beam.
Objective ID
1,820,532,793
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Toryn
Dialogue
I have an idea. The tractor beam is constantly compensating for the shift in our impulse engines. There’s a nano-second per cycle where it’s open.
Objective ID
1,820,532,793
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Toryn
Dialogue
If I take a shuttle, I can detonate its warp engine at just the right time and get us out. I’m going to need you to beam me back on my mark. Let’s hope this works!
Objective ID
403,387,257
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Maia
Dialogue
Short-range sensors are picking up several vessels approaching. Toryn, do you have anything?
Objective ID
403,387,257
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Toryn
Dialogue
Hold on, hold on… Blooded snow, who would have thought a few cultists would know how to isolate a signal?
Objective ID
403,387,257
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Toryn
Dialogue
Ha! Aha! I have him! I have Howards on sensors!
Objective ID
403,387,257
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Maia
Dialogue
We will have to clear a path through the Cultist ships. You may wish to brace yourself.
Objective ID
76,846,802
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Watcher
Dialogue
Once again, our paths cross. You are making a habit out of earning my fury.
Objective ID
76,846,802
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Maia
Dialogue
You will return Howards to us.
Objective ID
76,846,802
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Watcher
Dialogue
Hm. You will never see your friend again.