Star Trades Help Manual

Special Missions

Besides trading commodities between Depots, your cargo ships can also accept Special Missions offered by independent contractors. These types of missions usually deal with urgently needed commodities, special items, or important personnel and pay high rewards for completion. In your position as shipper, you are told only what you need to know, namely what is to be transported, where, and how quickly.

Special mission transport needs are small and do not require cargo pods, so they can be accepted by any cargo ship, even if it has full cargo pods, but special missions are never allowed to any pirate ships.

Special missions travel on special navigation routes allowed only to ships carrying special mission items. The travel time on these special navigation routes is NOT dependent on the number of Engines that a ship has, but on the hours of Navigation training. It is important to remember this when accepting a special mission, lest the ship arrive too late to collect the reward.

Any given mission offering will be awarded to the first available ship, so it is imperative that you arrive quickly to get one of them. The mission must be completed in the specified time or the reward is forfeited. New special missions are always being offered and can be viewed by clicking Galactic News at the top of your screen.

To accept a special mission, send a ship to the depot that is offering the mission, go to the Conduct Business screen for that ship, and click Accept Mission at the top of the page. Your ship will depart immediately with special clearance to get to the mission destination Star System as quickly as possible.

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