The Price of Water
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| Quest Type | Landsraad Mission |
| Mission Specialization | Combat |
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| Added in Version | 1.4.0.0 |
Assist a Great House in Wind Pass by crashing the Yafeng family's spice lighter.
Briefing
The Spacing Guild suspects the Yafeng family, an ancient Water Shipper dynasty, of targeting and harvesting water-rich asteroids in Wind Pass without their approval. Our House has seized the opportunity to grow its influence by interceding in its favor.
Our research indicates that a retrofitted spice lighter is currently on its way to intercept a fresh crop of asteroids. It would be in our best interest if it regrettably came to crash into its target...
Travel to Wind Pass. According to an inside source, the security terminal in the central guard post has data on the whereabouts of all key personnel. Find the Chief Engineer. Get those asteroid coordinates. Fudge them. Redirect the ship.
Objectives
Locate the Water Shipper operation
- Travel to Wind Pass
Track down the Chief Engineer
- Reach the central guard post
- Access the security terminal
- Query the locations of key personnel
Prepare the spice lighter's sabotage
- Reach the Mill
- Kill Chief Engineer Ren Qaoli
- Find a list of asteroid coordinates
Sabotage the spice lighter
- Reach the launch pad above the Mill
- Kill Deputy Operations Lead Kade Rin
- Reach the Control Center
- Sabotage the asteroid capture console
Escape from Wind Pass
- Return to the ornithopter
Findings
"Asteroid Target Brief" from objective: Prepare the spice lighter's sabotage
Classification: Internal Compiled by: Deputy Operations Lead Kade Rin
Target: H-173 "Glass Needle": High-ice, low dust. Clean extraction profile. Target: K-041 "Pilgrim's Debt": Stable orbit within Wind Pass corridor. Mixed ice with trace organics. Target: L-228 "Split Chalice": Binary fragment pair. Requires precise capture run.
Accessing Control Terminal during objective: Sabotage the spice lighter
No one bothered to lock the session. The screen flashes:
Lighter Command Link: AVAILABLE. Ground interface: ONLINE. Mission status: GREEN.
Player: Access Lighter Navigation Console.
Establishing ground link... Link established.
Player: Select "Asteroid capture parameters manual override."
After inputting the falsified coordinates, the screen flashes:
New navigational parameters received. Evaluating capture run safely... Warning: Parameters exceed safety thresholds. High probability of collision on projected capture runs. Proceed?
Player: Confirm.
Unsafe capture parameters confirmed. Spice lighter will proceed under ground control authority.
Completion Message
With the lighter's navigation sabotaged and key personnel dead, the Yafeng can no longer target or harvest water-rich asteroids. With the Guild satisfied, the House will no doubt secure valuable favor at the Yafeng's expense.
