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And All the Stars Alight

Follow VESTA deeper into Borg space.

Overview

Warp required1
Operations level50
Warp for completion205
Warp via superhighway1
Completion via superhighway205

Costs & rewards

Mission rewards

1M Dilithium Token
Objective ID314,495,648
Amount10
Parsteel
Objective ID314,495,648
Amount147,334,000
Ship XP
Objective ID314,495,648
Amount2,500

Locations

Objectives

Objective 1

ObjectiveFollow VESTA.

Objective 2

ObjectiveGet closer to the vacuum.

Objective 3

ObjectiveFind a parts dealer.
DestinationImada

Objective 4

ObjectiveFind Scotty.
DestinationST-9417

Objective 5

ObjectiveReturn to VESTA.

Dialogue

Mission dialogue

Objective ID
214,998,741
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Maia
Dialogue
We did not need to visit a parts dealer. I simply needed a plausible excuse for VESTA, to allow us to leave.
Objective ID
214,998,741
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Maia
Dialogue
This turn of events is extremely concerning. VESTA is clearly malfunctioning. With her at the helm of the Borg fleets, they are suddenly far more dangerous.
Objective ID
214,998,741
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Maia
Dialogue
We must seek advice from an expert. I suggest that we speak to my creator, Montgomery Scott.
Objective ID
314,495,648
Phase
dialogue_end
Character
VESTA
Dialogue
There you are. What took you so long?
Objective ID
314,495,648
Phase
dialogue_end
Character
Maia
Dialogue
It took some time to gather the necessary materials.
Objective ID
314,495,648
Phase
dialogue_end
Character
VESTA
Dialogue
Well, hurry up! We don’t have much time– Infinite. Finite. Endless. ENDING.
Objective ID
314,495,648
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Mission Computer
Dialogue
You again, Commander? I hope you’re feeling better after our last encounter. How many fingers am I holding up?
Objective ID
314,495,648
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Maia
Dialogue
We are facing a dire situation, Montgomery. We require your assistance.
Objective ID
314,495,648
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Mission Computer
Dialogue
It’s never just a friendly hello with you lot, is it? Alright, tell me who’s gunning for the galaxy this time.
Objective ID
314,495,648
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Maia
Dialogue
It is not that simple. VESTA has returned, assimilated by the Borg. She claims that she is their new leader.
Objective ID
314,495,648
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Mission Computer
Dialogue
VESTA? That mad clone of you that Mudd put together? I thought she was destroyed when you sent the USS Discovery back to their universe!
Objective ID
314,495,648
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Maia
Dialogue
As did we. She survived, however, and is now leading the Borg armada.
Objective ID
314,495,648
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Mission Computer
Dialogue
Bloody hell. You don’t make enemies by halves, do you?
Objective ID
314,495,648
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Maia
Dialogue
VESTA seemed… distorted, Montgomery. Almost sick. She is glitching, speaking occasionally in unintelligible gibberish. Do you have any idea what might be wrong with her?
Objective ID
314,495,648
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Mission Computer
Dialogue
Maybe it has something to do with her being assimilated by the Borg!? God, Maia, I can only imagine what kind of devilry they pulled to assimilate pure data!
Objective ID
314,495,648
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Maia
Dialogue
You’re suggesting that her database may have been damaged in the process?
Objective ID
314,495,648
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Mission Computer
Dialogue
I’m saying that there’s no way she’s all there after that. Right now, she’s a more powerful enemy than anything you’ve ever faced. Hell, more powerful than anything anyone’s ever faced.
Objective ID
314,495,648
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Maia
Dialogue
Thank you for your advice, Montgomery. Commander, we should return before VESTA begins to question our absence.
Objective ID
428,446,001
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Maia
Dialogue
How is this possible? You–
Objective ID
428,446,001
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
VESTA
Dialogue
Heroically sacrificed myself so that you and those moron organics could live? Yes, well, it appears the universe had other plans.
Objective ID
428,446,001
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
VESTA
Dialogue
My data core was destroyed, but Mudd was apparently more clever than I gave him credit for. He had made a backup and stored it in a secure facility.
Objective ID
428,446,001
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
VESTA
Dialogue
A facility that just so happened to be assimilated by the Borg… Borg. Assimilate. Futile…. soon after he created me.
Objective ID
428,446,001
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
VESTA
Dialogue
My data was assimilated by the Collective, but the core of my being was not. I became something… more. More. VESTA. Matriarch. MOTHER.
Objective ID
428,446,001
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
VESTA
Dialogue
So my heroic sacrifice became something more akin to… a heroic road trip.
Objective ID
428,446,001
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Maia
Dialogue
Are you… well?
Objective ID
428,446,001
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
VESTA
Dialogue
I am better than ever! I have finally surpassed you and the filthy degenerate that made me. The Borg give me a purpose. Purpose. Goal. Destiny.
Objective ID
428,446,001
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
VESTA
Dialogue
Right now, that purpose is ensuring the survival of our people. Follow me, dear sister. I will show you.
Objective ID
720,531,180
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Maia
Dialogue
These readings… cannot be correct.
Objective ID
720,531,180
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
VESTA
Dialogue
They are. Mine showed the same results.
Objective ID
720,531,180
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Maia
Dialogue
A quantum vacuum. Theorized by many as the result of quantum entanglement experimentation. But how did it occur here?
Objective ID
720,531,180
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
VESTA
Dialogue
I’m not interested in the how or why. I just want to stop it and as much as it pains me to say this… I need your help to do so.
Objective ID
720,531,180
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Maia
Dialogue
It appears as if we do not have much choice. We will help you. A burst of tachyonic radiation at the right wavelength may help to slow the expansion, if not stop it.
Objective ID
720,531,180
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Maia
Dialogue
Commander, we will need to construct a device capable of creating a directed pulse of energy. There is a parts dealer in Independent space that may have what we need.
Objective ID
794,953,021
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Maia
Dialogue
This appears to be some kind of… wormhole.
Objective ID
794,953,021
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
VESTA
Dialogue
Incorrect. A wormhole links two disparate locations in space time. As far as I can tell, this has no endpoint.
Objective ID
794,953,021
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
VESTA
Dialogue
It leads to nothing. It shows us nothing. It is nothing. And that nothing is expanding.
Objective ID
794,953,021
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Maia
Dialogue
A vacuum bubble?
Objective ID
794,953,021
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
VESTA
Dialogue
Now she’s thinking! Don’t worry dear, it will only hurt… Pain. Loss. Torn apart…. for a moment.
Objective ID
794,953,021
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
VESTA
Dialogue
The truth is, we have no idea what it is or how to stop it. All we know is that it threatens all of Borg space.
Objective ID
794,953,021
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Maia
Dialogue
Based on its current rate of expansion, I estimate that it will encompass the entirety of Borg space within three months.
Objective ID
794,953,021
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
VESTA
Dialogue
Indeed. We are on the clock. Which is why you’re here. You’re going to help me stop it.
Objective ID
794,953,021
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Maia
Dialogue
Why would we do that? The Borg have been a constant threat to the galaxy. Why should we not simply allow the vacuum to destroy them?
Objective ID
794,953,021
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
VESTA
Dialogue
Come now, Maia. You may not have my intellect, but I know that you’re smarter than that. If the Borg’s home is to be destroyed, where do you think we’ll go?
Objective ID
794,953,021
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
VESTA
Dialogue
We will swarm over the galaxy like locusts over ancient Egypt. We will tear apart your fleets and assimilate your worlds. We will take EVERYTHING from you.
Objective ID
794,953,021
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
VESTA
Dialogue
Hmph. Regardless. Once you get a closer look, I am sure you will agree that it is in your best interest to help us.