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Exposé

A journalist is looking for a scoop.

Overview

Warp required3,000
Operations level74
Warp for completion3,000
Warp via superhighway3,000
Completion via superhighway3,000

Costs & rewards

Mission rewards

Σ-Tritanium
Objective ID960,917,932
Amount101,000
7★ Broken Survey Parts
Objective ID960,917,932
Amount100,000
1 Day Peace Shield
Objective ID960,917,932
Amount2
Gravimetric Data
Objective ID960,917,932
Amount1

Locations

Objectives

Objective 1

ObjectiveProceed to the interview.
DestinationCulviara

Objective 2

ObjectiveProceed to the Section 31 lab.
DestinationDraxolei

Objective 3

ObjectiveDefeat 10 hostiles of level 74 or higher.
Required count10
Required level74

Objective 4

ObjectiveInvestigate the lab.
DestinationDraxolei

Objective 5

ObjectiveReturn to Culviara.
DestinationCulviara

Dialogue

Mission dialogue

Objective ID
1,038,146,660
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Sandra
Dialogue
All of these ships are Surgewalkers?
Objective ID
1,038,146,660
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Maia
Dialogue
Affirmative.
Objective ID
1,038,146,660
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Sandra
Dialogue
I want to get a good look at them.
Objective ID
1,038,146,660
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Maia
Dialogue
Opening a line of communication… On-screen now.
Objective ID
1,038,146,660
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Surgewalker
Dialogue
???
Objective ID
1,038,146,660
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Sandra
Dialogue
They don’t speak?
Objective ID
1,038,146,660
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Maia
Dialogue
Not in our experience. Not with words, in any case. They are, however, charging weapons. Red alert!
Objective ID
1,378,069,640
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Sandra
Dialogue
In your transmission, you said you had a tip about the virus, about who’s responsible.
Objective ID
1,378,069,640
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Naxar
Dialogue
I do. A shady organization that I only recently learned the name of: Section 31.
Objective ID
1,378,069,640
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Sandra
Dialogue
Fascinating. Go on.
Objective ID
1,378,069,640
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Naxar
Dialogue
Some covert mission took place near the anomaly. They weren’t careful enough, though. People saw them. Next thing you know, the virus is spreading through the Margins.
Objective ID
1,378,069,640
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Naxar
Dialogue
Tell me there’s no connection.
Objective ID
1,378,069,640
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Sandra
Dialogue
It seems plausible. But why assume malicious intent? For all we know, this was an accident.
Objective ID
1,378,069,640
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Naxar
Dialogue
Well, there’s something else. Something more insidious. Rumors that those same people responsible for the virus have been experimenting on Surgewalkers.
Objective ID
1,378,069,640
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Sandra
Dialogue
I’m going to need more to go on, Naxar.
Objective ID
1,378,069,640
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Naxar
Dialogue
There’s a facility in Draxolei. Friend of a friend was working security there. Sworn to secrecy. Scared to talk, more like. Not that he can, now, with the aphasia.
Objective ID
1,378,069,640
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Naxar
Dialogue
The facility was deserted. The system’s swarming with Surgewalkers. Would love to get a look at what they were up to, though.
Objective ID
1,378,069,640
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Naxar
Dialogue
I’d love to know where they’re holed up, too. Mark my words – when we find them, we’re going to make them pay for all this.
Objective ID
1,378,069,640
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Sandra
Dialogue
Thank you, Naxar. Your compensation, as promised. Now, Independent. How are you with Surgewalkers? Do you think you can take them on?
Objective ID
1,378,069,640
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Maia
Dialogue
Perhaps. It would depend on how many there are.
Objective ID
1,378,069,640
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Sandra
Dialogue
Let’s go to Draxolei and find out.
Objective ID
1,805,411,695
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Maia
Dialogue
Shields are at forty percent and holding. The last Surgewalker ship has been disabled.
Objective ID
1,805,411,695
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Sandra
Dialogue
That was close, Independent. Are they always this aggressive?
Objective ID
1,805,411,695
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Maia
Dialogue
Yes.
Objective ID
1,805,411,695
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Sandra
Dialogue
What else can you tell me about them?
Objective ID
1,805,411,695
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Maia
Dialogue
Very little. They are from the other dimension, the same one as the refugees. They come through surges and are somehow warped in the process. Perhaps Section 31 has learned more.
Objective ID
1,805,411,695
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Sandra
Dialogue
Right. Let’s take a look at the lab.
Objective ID
304,835,047
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Sandra
Dialogue
Hey, Independent! Are you, by any chance, available for hire? I need someone to escort me while I conduct some business in the Margins. Someone who can keep me safe. You look the part.
Objective ID
304,835,047
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Maia
Dialogue
What is your business?
Objective ID
304,835,047
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Sandra
Dialogue
Well, if you must know… I’m here for a story. A lot has been happening around here, lately, and everyone’s been afraid to come in person.
Objective ID
304,835,047
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Sandra
Dialogue
Well, not me! There’s a story here. It just needs to be uncovered. Now, I have an interview to get to. Shall we?
Objective ID
960,917,932
Phase
dialogue_end
Character
Sandra
Dialogue
Aphasia, anomalies, offbook experiments: what is Section 31 really doing in the Margins? Working title. What do you think?
Objective ID
960,917,932
Phase
dialogue_end
Character
Maia
Dialogue
It is a little wordy.
Objective ID
960,917,932
Phase
dialogue_end
Character
Sandra
Dialogue
Right. I’ll workshop it. This is one juicy story, Independent. If it doesn’t get me that promotion, then I don’t know what will.
Objective ID
960,917,932
Phase
dialogue_end
Character
Maia
Dialogue
Do you think you will be allowed to publish it?
Objective ID
960,917,932
Phase
dialogue_end
Character
Sandra
Dialogue
After all this work, I better be. You’re right though, Section 31 surely has friends in high places. Maybe I should tone it down, just a little.
Objective ID
960,917,932
Phase
dialogue_end
Character
Maia
Dialogue
Nobody is supposed to even know about them, after all.
Objective ID
960,917,932
Phase
dialogue_end
Character
Sandra
Dialogue
They must be the worst kept secret in the Federation by now. Thanks for your help, Independent. Here’s a little something in return.
Objective ID
960,917,932
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Sandra
Dialogue
Looks like they left in a hurry. Can you get me access to the computer?
Objective ID
960,917,932
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Maia
Dialogue
Working… Connection established.
Objective ID
960,917,932
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Sandra
Dialogue
Here we go. The head scientist here, a Doctor Himel, was trying to understand the physiological changes that the Surgewalkers underwent. Increased strength, endurance… Survival against the odds.
Objective ID
960,917,932
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Sandra
Dialogue
He was trying to see if it was possible to cherry-pick the advantageous changes to their genome and forgo the negative effects.
Objective ID
960,917,932
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Sandra
Dialogue
Looks like this was all off-books. Even more off-books than normal, for Section 31.
Objective ID
960,917,932
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Maia
Dialogue
It would have to be. Attempting to create super soldiers is generally frowned upon.
Objective ID
960,917,932
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Sandra
Dialogue
Is that what was going on here?
Objective ID
960,917,932
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Maia
Dialogue
Potentially. At the very least, unethical experiments involving beings who could not consent.
Objective ID
960,917,932
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Sandra
Dialogue
Right. I’ve got everything I need, Independent. Let’s get back to Culviara. I’ll start drafting a piece on the way.