The Xathe Vortex

Revision as of 09:21, 11 May 2013

Description:

A massive vortex has appeared in the Xathe nebula. As quickly as it appears, it begins to close. Analyze as much of the vortex as possible, extract material samples, and stay on alert.

Mission Rewards: 4 Relic Badges (awarded to all ships with completed, non-failed tasks)

These are Awarded when the mission time expires, as long as at least 15 legion members complete One task of the mission.

Mission Length: 72 hours
Cost to add an hour: 8 GP
Cost to remove an hour: 8 GP

Tasks:

(At least 15 members must complete one of these tasks)

Capture Vortex Entities

Image: Vortex Entity Task
Description: Pulsing energy formations frequently arrive from the vortex. These entities are attracted to the energy fields of our ships, and must be captured and removed in order to keep the extraction area safe.
Per Round Requirements: Use 10 Vortex Entity Enclosures on 10 Xathe Vortex Entities
Rewards: 1 Xathe Containment Hold (on completion)

Artifact: Xathe Containment Hold
[Ship Module - Size: 25, Energy: 60, Shield: 200, Hull: 200]
If this module is already installed on your ship, this will instead upgrade its starts by 50%, up to 200%.
Scrap Value: 6 - 13 Complex Tech Parts each

Extract Xathe Gas

Image: Extract Xathe Gas Image
Description: An energized stream of exotic material will allow the vortex to remain open while gas is extracted.
Rounds: 15
Completions: 1
Per Round Requirements: 250 Energy, 8,000 Exotic Matter
Per Completion Requirements: 3750 Energy, 120,000 Exotic Matter
Per Completion Rewards: 400 Experience, 3x Xathe Gas (Artifact, on use, Provides temporary Ship Effect: +20% Defense for 72 hours -- Immune to removal)

Perform Scan Overlay Analysis

Image: Scan Overlay Analysis Image Description: The Xathe Vortex has unusual flux emissions. Assign the team to scan nearby gas planets to determine what effects these emissions have.
Requires: Use a Xathe Scan Overlay on a Blue (Type 1 or Type 3) gas planet, scanned in the last 5 minutes.
-- You will automatically receive 20 of these artifacts in your cargo hold if you accept this task.
-- Players selecting this task will need to scan for new planets, as normal, and then use the artifact on any blue gas planets they find.
-- The artifact can NOT be used on planets alerted to you as they do not count as 'recently scanned'.
Rewards: 1 Xathe Inhibitor (on completion) (Planet Structure: Size: 1, Artifact: 1, Research: 2, Cloak: +15%, Limit: 1 per planet[?])