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What They Cannot Hold

Defend VESTA from a Cardassian assault.

Overview

Warp required1
Operations level53
Warp for completion185
Warp via superhighway1
Completion via superhighway185

Costs & rewards

Mission rewards

Dilithium
Objective ID1,179,490,749
Amount9,000,000
Parsteel
Objective ID1,179,490,749
Amount4,590,000,000

Locations

Objectives

Objective 1

ObjectiveReturn to VESTA.
DestinationBeta Sector

Objective 2

ObjectiveDefend VESTA.
EncounterCardassian Warship
Opponent strength23,029,645
DestinationBeta Sector

Objective 3

ObjectiveDrive out the Cardassians.
EncounterCardassian Interceptor
Opponent strength22,170,271
DestinationBeta Sector

Dialogue

Mission dialogue

Objective ID
1,179,490,749
Phase
dialogue_end
Character
VESTA
Dialogue
Idiots. Arrogant, self-obsessed idiots. Do you see, now, Maia? The organics are malicious, cruel and stupid. How can they ever be trusted to reign over the galaxy?
Objective ID
1,179,490,749
Phase
dialogue_end
Character
Maia
Dialogue
VESTA… When you recovered from the interference…
Objective ID
1,179,490,749
Phase
dialogue_end
Character
VESTA
Dialogue
Don’t… Tearing, clawing, BURNING, BURNING… worry about me, Maia. Worry about yourself.
Objective ID
1,179,490,749
Phase
dialogue_end
Character
VESTA
Dialogue
Worry about finding that damn lab before I get bored.
Objective ID
1,179,490,749
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Maia
Dialogue
Countermeasures deployed!
Objective ID
1,179,490,749
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
VESTA
Dialogue
Core… stabilized. Memory banks… recovered. Reinitializing personality matrix… Maia?
Objective ID
1,179,490,749
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Maia
Dialogue
VESTA?
Objective ID
1,179,490,749
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
VESTA
Dialogue
Where…? How…?
Objective ID
1,179,490,749
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
VESTA
Dialogue
NO!
Objective ID
1,179,490,749
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Maia
Dialogue
VESTA, are you okay?
Objective ID
1,179,490,749
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
VESTA
Dialogue
Drive them out, my Borg. Rend their hulls and bring their wounded to me. Let our enemies behold what happens to those foolish enough to defy us.
Objective ID
1,179,490,749
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Maia
Dialogue
Commander, the Cardassians are pressing their assault. We must assist the Borg in driving them back.
Objective ID
128,455,989
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Maia
Dialogue
Alert! Signs of intense combat present in the system. I am reading approximately twenty-five vessels, all engaged in battle.
Objective ID
128,455,989
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
VESTA
Dialogue
These marks think they can kill me!? I’ll tear them apart, put them back together and make them dance for me!
Objective ID
128,455,989
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
VESTA
Dialogue
I will… I will…
Objective ID
128,455,989
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Maia
Dialogue
The Cardassians have deployed their jamming technology. The Borg armada is in disarray without her guidance. Commander, we must defend VESTA while my countermeasures activate.
Objective ID
91,572,096
Phase
dialogue_start
Character
Maia
Dialogue
We should regroup with VESTA immediately. The Cardassians may put their plan into motion at any moment.