I've heard some recent complaining on the boards that there aren't any storyline based missions out there, or that none of them are faction specific. Well, that simply isn't true... aside from the ones the devs have produced, here are some mission trees I've worked on over the past year and a half that include faction specific plots.

If players want to try some of them, well, here's a map:

WARNING: some missions may result in faction loss, not recommended for players with PoS standing


If you're wondering how I did this then you need to go check out the PCC. There's a lot of creative talent there and I wouldn't have been able to get these missions finished without their help. Anyone can join, so if you want to take a hand in progressing VO's storyline, try it out!

The map is general and the list of missions is incomprehensive, but I hope it leads players looking for an in-game story in the right direction. Feel free to ask questions or to leave feedback on any of these. If you're interested in building on to something hit me up over on the PCC forums.

Here are the mission titles from the map with their short descriptions:

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Party Errand - Experienced Courier needed to collect luxury items for upcoming party

Party Security - Competent pilot needed to usher arriving party guests to station

Spice Run - Gather some rare spices for us to entertain our guests

Axia Must Die - Destroy 5 Axia Technology Corp vessels

LAR Project: Uplink Surgery - Gather some items we need for a surgical procedure

LAR Project: Robot Manufacture - Deliver ore and items to manufacture the Valent A-3 Assault Robot

LAR Project: Valent Assault - Launch one Valent A-3 Assault using your Uplink

Developing Assets - Incoming message from Szu-Tiang Ralel

Gaining Trust - Incoming message from Szu-Tiang Ralel

The Fast Knife - Incoming message from Szu-Tiang Ralel

Cooking Heliocene - Mine rare ore and bake eggs!

Heliocene Harvest - Mine heliocene ore for Amahapta Crazy-Eggs

A Shipment of Heliocene - Reliable transport needed to deliver ore shipment to Sedina

Delivery of Sensitive Goods - Kia Wo-Nek of the mighty Serco nation is looking for a few good couriers

Gun Running - Deliver GMCs to Vanitus Stronghold

Search and Rescue - We have lost contact with one of our traders and need to organize a search

Search and Identify - Artanis Aqu needs your help resolving a situation with two interloping Raptors

Search and Destroy - Another pair of hostile Raptors have been detected

The Shadow Puppeteer - Artanis Aqu is requesting a personal conference regarding your work in Divinia

Water Distiller Needed - Learn the basics of refining and deliver water to a nearby station

Steel Forge - A research station near you is requesting high grade steel

Manufacturing Simple Plastics - We are looking for a contractor to craft and deliver simple plastics

Hydrocarbon Synthesis - A local station needs some cheap synfuel for advertising

Growing Nanites - Produce NanoFeed for a nanite growth project

Transparent Metal - Manufacture Vismetal for delivery to a nearby station

Xithricite Refinery Introduction - Click here to begin interview of special interest

Xithricite Apothecarium - Mine and refine premium Xithricite ore for delivery to a nearby station

Gift of Divinia Spice - Journey to the Odia system for the Smuggler's spice drop

Slay the Hydra! - Destroy a Hive phenomenon deep within the Odia system

Awesome, Phaserlight.

I think most ppl were unaware of the extent of these mission tree's due to a lack of info about them.

Yeah, I was unaware. But - Phaserlight always puts out good stuff.

Sadly, I can't do most of his missions since I need the major nations to NOT shoot at me whilst I am doing them. Oh plus TPG hates me too, so I'm seriously limited in my mission-taking ability.

Aye, excellent summary Phaserlight. These missions really are good fun .

Now I remembered why upped my UIT faction... thanks Phaserlight!!

Didn't the purified Xith refining get pulled from production? Or is it back in?

I went looking for it several weeks ago and couldn't find it....

The mission is back in, but it no longer yields purified Xith.

I'll have it a go then, I think I have done most of your mission trees, very entertaining!

Great summary. In my opinion, mission would be more attractive to take if the reward were shown. Could you list the reward for successfully completing these missions?

Each mission has a reward, and there are larger rewards at the end of trees. I tried to make each reward proportionate to the task and situation (sometimes failing a critical mission will yield negative faction), and I tried to make each reward worthwhile. I can't say too much else without giving away the plot.

If someone wants to power-level xp or faction there are more efficient ways to do that. Play these for the story and unique items.

Bravo!

I have been playing this game for a while and I had no idea that the mission trees were that well developed or numerous. Phaserlight deserves a medal for this work and it needs to be given much more publicity. Perhaps it should be posted on the Wiki page.

I have often wondered if we loose as many new players as we do because they are not aware of all the things there are to do.

Well now I have my work cut out for me. I have a bunch of missions I need to do!

I'm a newb and I screwed up.

I was working this story line and didn't hit the "Complete Mission" button after reading through the "Developing Assets" mission. I would really like to run through it but now it just shows the Developing Assets mission as failed and I can't "re-open" it.

Is there anything I can do or am I just screwed?

olycam all is not lost.

Even if you didn't click that last button you should still be able to go now to the three 'Triangle Trade' locations (Helios B-14, Sedina D-14, Rhamus G-12) and begin work for new contacts. Check back in Ukari M-5 from time to time to see if Szu-Tiang Ralel has an update for you.

Thanks, Phaserlight, but when I go to those other systems the additional "contact" missions don't show. That's why I thought I had screwed up the whole thing.

Hmm, well that definitely sounds like a problem. I'll look into this and see what I can find.

Thanks!!!!

All right, I've done some testing and was unsuccessful at reproducing the problem. The tree appears to be healthy on my end. That's the good news.

Just one question, what is your current Serco standing?

I'm bumping this as several of my new missions are in production, currently not on the map. Feel free to leave feedback on them.

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Dentek Processor Cores needed - Collect parts from specific drones for research

More Dentek Processors needed - Additional Dentek Processor Cores are required to generate an unbiased estimate

Research Vessel Defense - We require your assistance with a dangerous experiment

Alternate Avenue of Inquiry - Further studies of the rogue drone phenomenon require an upgraded facility

Artemis Core Sweep - We need a large pool of Artemis Processor Cores and scrap to run our experiment

Aurum Potestas Est - We need someone to physically transport our experimental findings to an archive for verification

The Hive Hunters - Track down and dispatch the Overseer menace with a team of hunters

It's not possible alone? I have lose level faction with this hell mission grrrrrrrrr

(Research Vessel Defense )
Banzaiiiiiiii hmmmm I hesitate