PvE mission «In search of the lost shuttle»

Intro

Min. clearance level: 1
Ship ranks: 1-17

Task

“Ancestral legacy” turns to you with a non-trivial task. A shuttle carrying an artifact of interest to them has been lost at the imperial landfill. All we know is that it’s a small transport shuttle. Your objective is to find the artifact and scan it in order to transfer the data to “Legacy” and receive a fair payment. But stay alert — the landfill is guarded by imperial mercenaries, and it’s in your best interest to avoid them. The fewer witnesses, the better.

Stages

To complete the mission, you must complete a sequence of goals. Mission supervisor is Employer.

Goal №1 - Discreetly find a transport with an artifact.
It is necessary to scan the transports (6 pcs.), one of them will have an artifact. It is not recommended to get caught by a patrol.

Goal №2 - Discreetly transmit data via the beacon.
It is necessary to fly up to the communication station and transmit data. It is not recommended to get caught by the patrol.

Goal №3 - To repulse the attack of the guards.
It is necessary to destroy landfill guards (12 pcs.).

Goal №4 - Capture generator.
It is necessary to capture the generator. During capturing you will be hampered by enemies.

Goal №5 - Destroy boss.
It is necessary to destroy the ship of the landfill master and the two engineers accompanying him.

Special enemies

There are patrolling scavengers running around the landfill that are best avoided. Different classes of ships are detected at different distances, if patrols are attacked, the detection radius will increase.

In the case of detection by a patrol, several hunters appear and begin to pursue you, including interfering with the scanning of transports and data transfer. It is possible to get away from pursuit.

If you attack hunters, your detection radius is increased, and eventually more powerful reinforcements will arrive. Reinforcements will only stop arriving once data is transmitted through the beacon.

The boss has a Gas Plasma weapon with slow deadly spheres, and also occasionally fires separating homing missiles. When losing the shield the boss turns on a huge disc that deals damage, and when the hull is critically strong it turns on a pulsar for several kilometers and attracts all enemies on the map.

Tactical map

Mission panorama