Passage to Volturn
| "These aren't the passengers I'm looking for," the Diktat officer repeats. A hint of disbelief slips out at the final word. | ||
–Unused dialog during the patrol interaction | ||
"Passage to Volturn" is a minor hidden mission introduced in Starsector 0.96. It is named "A New Hope" in the game code, after the Star Wars film which the mission is a parody and homage of.
Acquisition
The bar event to start the quest has a 50% chance of appearing in the bar on Asharu in the Corvus Star System, but the player must not have a Sindrian Diktat commission or a capital ship.[1] The encounter can still appear, but the old man will reject the player over these issues.
Walkthrough
The player encounters an 'old man', a 'kid' and a robot in the bar. The man offers 10,000¢ for passage to Volturn in the Askonia Star System; the player can ask for an increase to 17,000¢.
On arriving in Askonia, the player will be chased by a Diktat patrol, whose commander demands the surrender of a 'terrorist' matching the old man's description. If caught, the player can:
- Hand over the old man for 8,000¢, or all three passengers for 15,000¢
- Provide a fake passenger manifest for 1 SP 100% XP
- Submit to a search, causing percentage-based combat readiness loss to one or more ships
- Violently resist
Handing over at least one person will give a reputation increase with the Diktat; other options will lower it.
If the kid has not been handed over, dock with Volturn to complete the mission.
References
- ↑ Row
anhCantinaStartInBarinrules.csv, Starsector.
