Another idea for a mission

[Cardinal]

This is kinda similar to the previous mission I proposed, and this one is definitly aimed at being an outlaw mission and is pretty basic really.

Those guys need more missions.

Operation: Trojan

The Black Market gives you a crate labled Hamburgerkött weighing 10tons and orders you to drop it near a certain nomad which they say has been passing booster between settlements. They explain that the crate will certainly be picked up but it really contains contains 2 dozen heavily armed mercenaries who will seize control of the nomad and pilot it back to the Black Market base. After you drop the crate and the nomad picks it up, the nomad becomes a friendly, and the mission then becomes a fairly simple escort job, watch the nomad be piloted home, and defend if from marauding scum.

[Cardinal]

Any comments?

Or are the escort missions getting a bit old?

[Fossaman]

Yes, escort missions are getting old. Escort missions have never been fun in my opinion. I'd be perfectly happy if all the escort missions were replaced with "go here and kill this" missions. Of course, that's just me.

[evilbob]

wee need more funky insane missions, like... hmm. Assassinations "Destroy X ship, but don't damage any ships of the same sovereign"

[Yugi]

I want a BM mission where you have to kill the top-most guy/leader/whatever of the Commonwealth. That would be awesome 8)

[Betelgeuse]

the problem with kill x missions is that you can have the same type of ship loadout that you have for the rest of the game. I would rather have missions that encourage different types of loadouts.

An example of this is capture a ship for study. You go out and stun a ship with emp and drag it back to a shipyard.

The problem with escort missions is that they are always too slow. These ships can be flown around like they are not moving and that makes it seem slow and boring. A fast escort mission might work better.

[Cardinal]

I think escort missions have their place, but there is just too many of them, and they repeat. The Korolov escort and massage service have a bunch, and then you escort some more with a commonwealth fortress, and then some more further down the track too...

They fill a good part of the game at the moment, but I'd like to see a few of the escort missions phased and replaced with more unique missions.

The Operation: Trojan could be altered in such a way that you have several crates labled Hamburgerkött as the black market doesn't know which Nomad is the drug-pushing one. You have to capture them all, and the escort part of the mission is either phased out, or becomes escort 3 or 4 nomads instead (more interesting?)

[(name here)]

I HATE ESCORT MISSIONS! They are meant to be annoying and hard. no matter the game escort missions grate. You must watch yourself and protect a nearly helpless ally who is moving in an unpredictable path while random enemies focus on them and use them as a shield.

[F50]

I like escort missions with a few exceptions.

1. 5000 Korolov. This mission is ridiculous. The enemies aren't dangerous to a mid-game ship, but the freighter is pitiful.

2. Superfrieghter. Not dangerous. At first I thought they were immune to death because their damage would be 100 and they still wouldn't die (a nasty thing that if a ship has multiple armor segments only the first layer's damage is reported (arg!)). Needs to be more dangerous or more involved. Possibly with a "watch out for a certain nasty prototype marauder missileship and destroy it" kind of thing.

[Cardinal]

I had a fun game recently where in the first system, I found two Korolov escort and massage services close together. I was able to visit both of them, and escort two craft to (as luck would have it) the same destination, and then back again.

That was really enjoyable, and tricky too as the crafts were only barely on the same screen at the same time.

Maybe guard a convoy missions could be added to Korolov?

[Betelgeuse]

guard a convoy does sound like alot of fun

[goat not sheep]

I seriously dont like escort missions, as most freighters are too slow, and waiting for that slow thing to get from point A to point B isn't so fun. I think theres enough escort missions as there is. I do want some kinda mission where you have to destroy the station offering you the mission... that would be fun.

[Yugi]

I do want some kinda mission where you have to destroy the station offering you the mission... that would be fun.

"As you enter the station, a hooded man in dark clothing comes up to, saying "I have a mission for you. Meet me in the café on the 7th level of this station". He quickly leaves.

You ponder the situation, and decide:
1. You will meet him.
2. You will continue about your duties.
3. You will report him to the station's garrison."

1 - you meet him, he gives you 5k to blow up this station (he gives you half before you blow it up, and half afterwards)
2 - not much happens.
3 - You get a 5k reward for helping catch this criminal yourself, who is actually the well-known [insert stereotypical criminal name here].

Of course, accepting the money in 1. and then telling the police will net you 7.5k

[F50]

Of course in case three you have to try to blow up his ship before it reaches the gate. The ship is wimpy but fast (hornet with class I or II shields and a propulsion drive?).