You arrive to find a number of ships convening around a station. You tune into their unencrypted communication channel and overhear half of their conversation. It seems that they need to take possession of an enemy ship intact.
- Offer your services.
- They briefly scan your ship and inform you that you are not "properly equipped" for this type of mission.
- Leave them alone.
- If they wanted your help they would surely ask for it. You prepare to leave.
- Gets angry and attempts to kill your crew to take over. (10% chance)
- (Teleporter) Offer to board their ship.
- They quickly scan your ship and say, "It appears you could help. A bandit has made off with some very important cargo, though I doubt they have any understanding of what it is they stole. We need you to capture the ship intact.
- Agree to capture the ship.
- "Great, we'll relay their coordinates. Remember, do NOT destroy that ship! Remember, we'll be right behind you."
- Adds a new quest marker.
- Decline.
- Agree to capture the ship.
- They quickly scan your ship and say, "It appears you could help. A bandit has made off with some very important cargo, though I doubt they have any understanding of what it is they stole. We need you to capture the ship intact.
- (Fire Bomb) Offer to burn the crew out.
- You are given a choice to capture the ship or not.
- (Anti-Bio Beam) Offer to kill the crew on board
- You are given a choice to capture the ship or not.
Quest Marker
- You find the ship that you were asked to capture intact. You're not sure why, but they stressed that it's of great importance that you kill the crew WITHOUT destroying the ship.
- Kill the crew without destroying the ship
- You secure the ship and wait for the merchants to arrive. Upon arrival they message you, saying "Good job. We would prefer if you did not speak of this to anyone."
- Receive scrap and a weapon. (Random High Level Weapon)
- Destroy the ship
- The explosion rocks the pirate ship and a brilliant light begins to shine from the wreckage. Before you can react the ship is consumed in a massive chain of explosions that send you careening toward a nearby planet. You struggle to put out the fires and your pilot desperately tries to get the controls online before you're dragged down to the surface. Apparently when they said the ship should not be destroyed they had good reason...