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Slay It Again, Sam Part 4

Uncover the provenance of an ancient alien artifact.

Overview

Warp required1
Operations level34
Warp for completion24
Warp via superhighway1
Completion via superhighway24

Costs & rewards

Mission rewards

Tritanium
Objective ID272,184,596
Amount980,000

Locations

Slay It Again, Sam Part 5

Objectives

Objective 1

ObjectiveTravel to the Exchange Gamma system.
DestinationExchange Gamma

Objective 2

ObjectiveReview the Professor’s research.
DestinationExchange Gamma

Objective 3

ObjectiveSolve the riddle of the artifact.
DestinationExchange Gamma

Objective 4

ObjectiveFight the Treasure Hunter.
EncounterTreasure Hunter's ship
Opponent strength418,676
DestinationExchange Gamma

Objective 5

ObjectiveReturn to the station.

Dialogue

Mission dialogue

Objective ID
1,246,307,209
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Sam Kirk
Dialogue
So, Professor,you could do with an extra pair of eyes?
Objective ID
1,246,307,209
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Professor
Dialogue
That’s right. It’s this carving. Look at the markings on it.
Objective ID
1,246,307,209
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Sam Kirk
Dialogue
Hmm, yeah, they seem kinda familiar.
Objective ID
1,246,307,209
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Professor
Dialogue
That’s what I thought, too. Yet I cannot seem to find anything similar in the records. It is most peculiar. I feel that I know them.
Objective ID
1,246,307,209
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Sam Kirk
Dialogue
Yeah, I feel the same. It’s a pretty weird sensation. Where did you find this thing?
Objective ID
1,246,307,209
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Professor
Dialogue
The Commander dug it up for me on Arle, but it is not from there.
Objective ID
1,246,307,209
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Sam Kirk
Dialogue
And there’s absolutely nothing in the records that connects this to any other race we know, current or long-gone?
Objective ID
1,246,307,209
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Professor
Dialogue
Nothing.
Objective ID
1,246,307,209
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Sam Kirk
Dialogue
That’s really strange; there’s usually something. Do you mind if I go over your research?
Objective ID
1,246,307,209
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Professor
Dialogue
Not at all. Please, accompany me to my rooms.
Objective ID
1,751,255,316
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Maia
Dialogue
I hope I am not disturbing you, Sam?
Objective ID
1,751,255,316
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Sam Kirk
Dialogue
Maia, no. of course not. What’s up?
Objective ID
1,751,255,316
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Maia
Dialogue
The Commander has an interesting proposition for you that will allow you to put your particular set of skills to use.
Objective ID
1,751,255,316
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Sam Kirk
Dialogue
Okay, that sounds intriguing. Go on.
Objective ID
1,751,255,316
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Maia
Dialogue
A while ago, the crew did a job for a historian that involved retrieving an ancient alien artifact. However, the historian has hit a roadblock with his studies.
Objective ID
1,751,255,316
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Sam Kirk
Dialogue
Roadblocks and studies are two of my favorite things.
Objective ID
1,751,255,316
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Maia
Dialogue
That is excellent news. The Commander told him about you and suggested we bring you along to Xenasa in Exchange Gamma, to help him with the artifact.
Objective ID
1,751,255,316
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Sam Kirk
Dialogue
That sounds fantastic.
Objective ID
1,751,255,316
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Maia
Dialogue
Then you are amenable to the job?
Objective ID
1,751,255,316
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Sam Kirk
Dialogue
Absolutely.
Objective ID
1,751,255,316
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Maia
Dialogue
Very good. Then we leave for Exchange Gamma immediately.
Objective ID
1,792,469,033
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Sam Kirk
Dialogue
Your work is excellent, Professor. Really thorough.
Objective ID
1,792,469,033
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Professor
Dialogue
Thank you, Mr. Kirk. Has it given you any insight into our artifact.
Objective ID
1,792,469,033
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Sam Kirk
Dialogue
I have a hunch, yeah, but it’s more to do with the weird feeling of recognition we’re both getting from it. That made me think of a story about these creatures that fed on perception.
Objective ID
1,792,469,033
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Professor
Dialogue
A strange premise. Where did that story originate?
Objective ID
1,792,469,033
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Sam Kirk
Dialogue
A few cultures, but all of them around the Farana and Santuz systems.
Objective ID
1,792,469,033
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Professor
Dialogue
Those are extremely distant. A long way from the Januu system, where the artifact was uncovered.
Objective ID
1,792,469,033
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Sam Kirk
Dialogue
Yeah, they’re more Klingon adjacent than anything else. Anyway, I think this artifact is connected to these stories.
Objective ID
1,792,469,033
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Professor
Dialogue
Really?
Objective ID
1,792,469,033
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Sam Kirk
Dialogue
Yeah. I don’t think this is a real language at all. And if I remember correctly, there was a paper once on an ancient telepathic culture in the Farana system who practiced a kind of empathetic art.
Objective ID
1,792,469,033
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Professor
Dialogue
Which means?
Objective ID
1,792,469,033
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Sam Kirk
Dialogue
Which means, to understand what this is, we have to try and work out how we feel about it.
Objective ID
1,792,469,033
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Professor
Dialogue
But how do we empathize with something we cannot understand?
Objective ID
1,792,469,033
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Sam Kirk
Dialogue
I’m not… Wait!
Objective ID
1,792,469,033
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Professor
Dialogue
What?
Objective ID
1,792,469,033
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Sam Kirk
Dialogue
Is there a Vulcan anywhere in this place?
Objective ID
1,792,469,033
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Professor
Dialogue
Yes. My colleague Nadok. He will be about somewhere.
Objective ID
1,792,469,033
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Sam Kirk
Dialogue
Take me to him. Now.
Objective ID
272,184,596
Phase
dialogue_end
Character
Maia
Dialogue
Sam, I have taken the liberty of informing Captain Pike of your situation.
Objective ID
272,184,596
Phase
dialogue_end
Character
Sam Kirk
Dialogue
Oh. What did he say?
Objective ID
272,184,596
Phase
dialogue_end
Character
Maia
Dialogue
He says you are an idiot for not coming to him in the first place.
Objective ID
272,184,596
Phase
dialogue_end
Character
Sam Kirk
Dialogue
Oh.
Objective ID
272,184,596
Phase
dialogue_end
Character
Maia
Dialogue
But also that he appreciates why you did not and the place that decision came from. The Enterprise will be here in three days. You are returning after all.
Objective ID
272,184,596
Phase
dialogue_end
Character
Sam Kirk
Dialogue
Thank you, Maia. For everything.
Objective ID
272,184,596
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Maia
Dialogue
The treasure hunter’s vessel has been disabled and the pilot in custody. Are you ready to return to the station, Sam?
Objective ID
272,184,596
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Sam Kirk
Dialogue
Yeah, I am. This has been great, though, getting to flex the xenoarcheology muscle. I appreciate it.
Objective ID
272,184,596
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Maia
Dialogue
Not at all.
Objective ID
272,184,596
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Sam Kirk
Dialogue
And best of all, not a single Gorn. Maybe they’ve given up.
Objective ID
272,184,596
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Maia
Dialogue
It is unlikely.
Objective ID
272,184,596
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Sam Kirk
Dialogue
Wow. Your comforting technique needs some work.
Objective ID
272,184,596
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Maia
Dialogue
I will upgrade my algorithms. For now, however, it is time to go back to the Commander’s station.
Objective ID
272,184,596
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Sam Kirk
Dialogue
Alright. Let’s go.
Objective ID
627,945,948
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Sam Kirk
Dialogue
I knew it. A low level mind meld with a Vulcan while looking at the artifact was enough to make the symbols carved into coalesce into something comprehensible.
Objective ID
627,945,948
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Professor
Dialogue
And?
Objective ID
627,945,948
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Sam Kirk
Dialogue
It’s an old Farana story stick. These carvings are a folk tale about changelings. Unnerving stuff. You should ask Nadok to mind meld with you, so you can experience it for yourself. It’s qui…
Objective ID
627,945,948
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Maia
Dialogue
Come in, Sam.
Objective ID
627,945,948
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Sam Kirk
Dialogue
Hey, Maia. What’s up?
Objective ID
627,945,948
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Maia
Dialogue
A ship has appeared in the system and is heading for you and the Professor.
Objective ID
627,945,948
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Sam Kirk
Dialogue
The Gorn?
Objective ID
627,945,948
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Maia
Dialogue
Not this time. A treasure hunter apparently. He’s after that artifact you’re looking at.
Objective ID
627,945,948
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Sam Kirk
Dialogue
I take it he’s not in the mood for no as an answer?
Objective ID
627,945,948
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Maia
Dialogue
It appears not. I will contact you again once we have dealt with him.