Missions

Missions are special battles against computer-controlled enemy fleets you can do at any time to help gather resources for your empire. They're very similar to combat. They are a certain distance away from you, just like an enemy planet. They require you to send a fleet, just like a raid. And you get half of the enemy's resources if you win, just like in combat. You cannot lose ships that are on a mission, and therefore missions have a 100% success rate.

The only difference is that they are always available and they are owned by mercenaries rather than another enemy empire. In addition, there are no ship destroyed points earned.

Using Missions

To run a mission, simply decide which mission you want to run and click Start button for that mission.

Requirements

Unlike battles, which require only that you have a ship capable of reaching the target planet, missions often have certain requirements before you will be able to attempt them. Some require you to have certain ships or technologies, others might require your empire to have an overall crew size.

Payouts

The payout for each mission is listed in its description. The exact amount is somewhat random, so you will receive different resources when repeating the same missions.

Expedition Missions

Expedition missions are special missions that can only be run once each per day and are made available at ≈10:20:00, server time. Expedition missions have a much higher payout than regular missions, but generally take much longer to run. You will need to research Expedition Tech to unlock these missions. The payout received is somewhat random, so you will receive slightly different resources when repeating the same missions.

Mission List

The "Resource Gain per Second" column allows you to judge which mission to choose when you are trying to obtain a particular resource.

Of course the number displayed is the ideal where the mission starts immediately after the previous mission ends. Since this ideal state can only be obtained with a illegal bot of some kind, you must judge how often you can, or are willing to, click the mission start button. If you are not constantly monitoring the mission screen to immediately start a mission again, then a mission with a longer duration and a lower resource per second payout may be more advantageous than a shorter mission with a higher resource per second payout with long intervals between missions.

Name	Min Time	Enemies	Reqs (& Default Fleet)	Average Payouts	Resource Gain per Second	Crew Points
Raid Unguarded Ore Mine	00:02:00	none	1x Atlas Class	Ore: 100	Ore: 0.8333 Crystal: 0.0000 Hydrogen:0.0000	0
Raid Unguarded Crystal Mine	00:02:30	none	1x Atlas Class	Crystal: 70	Ore: 0.0000 Crystal: 0.4667 Hydrogen:0.0000	0
Raid Abandoned Hydrogen Tank	00:02:50	none	1x Atlas Class	Hydrogen: 65	Ore: 0.0000 Crystal: 0.0000 Hydrogen:0.3824	1
Raid An Ore Mine	00:03:20	1x Atlas Class	1x Atlas Class 1x Artemis Class	Ore: 200	Ore: 1.0000 Crystal: 0.0000 Hydrogen:0.0000	2
Raid A Crystal Mine	00:04:10	1x Atlas Class	1x Atlas Class 1x Artemis Class	Crystal: 135	Ore: 0.0000 Crystal: 0.5400 Hydrogen:0.0000	3
Raid A Passing Atlas Class	00:06:00	1x Atlas Class 1x Artemis Class	1x Atlas Class 1x Artemis Class 1x Apollo Class	Ore: 200 Crystal: 75 Hydrogen:25	Ore: 0.5556 Crystal: 0.2083 Hydrogen: 0.0694	4
Destroy Artemis Classes	00:07:00	1x Atlas Class 2x Artemis Class	1x Atlas Class 5x Artemis Class	Ore: 250 Crystal: 125	Ore: 0.5952 Crystal: 0.2976 Hydrogen: 0.0000	6
Harvest Debris Field	00:30:00	none	1x Dionysus Class	Ore: 650 Crystal: 800	Ore: 0.3611 Crystal: 0.4444 Hydrogen: 0.0000	9
Raid A Guarded Mining Asteroid	00:10:00	2x Artemis Class 1x Apollo Class	1x Poseidon Class	Ore: 335 Crystal: 155 Hydrogen: 50	Ore: 0.5583 Crystal: 0.2583 Hydrogen: 0.0833	12
Raid an Enemy Base	00:15:00	2x Poseidon Class 4x Laser Turret 1x Pulse Cannon	2x Athena Class	Ore: 640 Crystal: 270 Hydrogen: 25	Ore: 0.7111 Crystal: 0.3000 Hydrogen: 0.02778	18
Destroy Enemy Defenses	00:25:00	10x Laser Turret 10x Missile Turret 6x Pulse Cannon 2x Particle Cannon	2x Athena Class 2x Ares Class	Ore: 700 Crystal: 400 Hydrogen: 330	Ore: 0.4667 Crystal: 0.2667 Hydrogen: 0.2200	24
Defend Against Enemy Invaders	00:30:00	1x Hades Class 1x Athena Class 1x Poseidon Class	3x Hades Class	Ore: 1000 Crystal: 650 Hydrogen: 400	Ore: 0.5556 Crystal: 0.3611 Hydrogen: 0.2222	33
Stop Hades Fleet	00:33:00	6x Hades Class	3x Prometheus Class	Ore: 1500 Crystal: 775 Hydrogen: 250	Ore: 0.7575 Crystal: 0.3914 Hydrogen: 0.1263	42

Name	Min Time	Enemies	Requirements	Average Payouts	Resource Gain Per Second	Expedition Tech Level
Haul Cargo	01:40:00	none	1x Atlas Class	Ore: 2000 Crystal: 2000 Hydrogen: 600	Ore: .3333 Crystal: .3333 Hydrogen: .1	0
Recon Enemy Territory	00:50:00	none	Expedition Tech 1 2x Artemis Class 1x Hermes Class 1x Atlas Class	Ore: 2500 Crystal: 500 Hydrogen: 250	Ore: .8333 Crystal: .1667 Hydrogen: .0833	1
Escort Ship	02:30:00	1x Artemis Class	Expedition Tech 2 1x Apollo Class 2x Atlas Class	Ore: 2500 Crystal: 2500 Hydrogen: 2500	Ore: .2778 Crystal: .2778 Hydrogen: .2778	2
Slip Through Enemy Dragnet	02:40:00	none	Expedition Tech 3 1x Poseidon Class 1x Hercules Class	Ore: 8,000 Crystal: 3,000 Hydrogen: 800	Ore: .8333 Crystal: .3125 Hydrogen: .0833	3
Answer Distress Call	03:20:00	1x Apollo Class 1x Poseidon Class	Expedition Tech 4 3x Athena Class 1x Hercules Class	Ore: 3,000 Crystal: 5,000 Hydrogen: 3,750	Ore: .25 Crystal: .4167 Hydrogen: .3125	4
Escort Diplomats	04:00:00	2 x Athena Class	Expedition Tech 5 1x Charon Class 2x Hades Class 1x Hercules Class	Ore: 8,000 Crystal: 6,000 Hydrogen: 4,000	Ore: .5556 Crystal: .4167 Hydrogen: .2778	5
Plunder Distant Enemy Base	05:00:00	4x Athena Class 20x Laser Cannon 20x Missile Battery 4x Pulse Cannon 4x Particle Cannon 4x Gauss Cannon	Expedition Tech 6 6x Ares Class 6x Hades Class 6x Prometheus Class 6x Athena Class	Ore: 12,000 Crystal: 7,500 Hydrogen: 6,500	Ore: .6667 Crystal: .4167 Hydrogen: .3611	6

Mission Resource Equivalent Earned Per Second

Resources	Seconds to Complete	RE/S	Mission	Limit
26000	18000	1.44	Plunder Distant Enemy Base	Daily
18000	14400	1.25	Escort Diplomats	Daily
11750	12000	0.96	Answer Distress Call	Daily
11800	9600	1.23	Slip Through Enemy Dragnet	Daily
7500	9000	0.83	Escort Ship	Daily
3250	3000	1.08	Recon Enemy Territory	Daily
4600	6000	0.76	Haul Cargo	Daily
2525	1980	1.28	Stop Hades Fleet
2050	1800	1.14	Defend Against Enemy Invaders
1430	1500	0.95	Destroy Enemy Defenses
935	900	1.04	Raid an Enemy Base
540	600	0.90	Raid a Guarded Mining Asteroid
375	420	0.89	Destory Artemis Classes
300	360	0.83	Raid a Passing Atlas Class
1450	1800	0.81	Harvest Debris Field
200	200	1.00	Raid an Ore Mine
65	170	0.38	Raid an Abandoned Hydrogen Tank
100	120	0.83	Raid an Unguarded Ore Mine
135	250	0.54	Raid a Crystal Mine
70	150	0.47	Raid an Unguarded Crystal Mine

(The chart above uses the raw number of Resources for the ratio of Resources/Seconds.)

Weighted Mission Resource Value Earned Per Second

This chart converts all resource values to that of crystal at standard trader ratios. Ore is multiplied by .6 and hydrogen by 1.5.

Value	Sec to Complete	RE/sec	Mission	Limit
24450	18000	1.36	Plunder Distant Enemy Base	Daily
16800	14400	1.17	Escort Diplomats	Daily
2050	1980	1.04	Stop Hades Fleet
12425	12000	1.04	Answer Distress Call	Daily
1850	1800	1.03	Defend Against Enemy Invaders
9000	9600	0.94	Slip Through Enemy Dragnet	Daily
1315	1500	0.88	Destroy Enemy Defenses
7750	9000	0.86	Escort Ship	Daily
2375	3000	0.79	Recon Enemy Territory	Daily
691.5	900	0.77	Raid an Enemy Base
431	600	0.72	Raid a Guarded Mining Asteroid
4100	6000	0.68	Haul Cargo	Daily
1190	1800	0.66	Harvest Debris Field
275	420	0.65	Destroy Artemis Classes
232.5	360	0.65	Raid a Passing Atlas Class
120	200	0.60	Raid an Ore Mine
97.5	170	0.57	Raid an Abandoned Hydrogen Tank
135	250	0.54	Raid a Crystal Mine
60	120	0.50	Raid an Unguarded Ore Mine
70	150	0.47	Raid an Unguarded Crystal Mine

Mission Ore Earned Per Second

Ore	Seconds to Complete	Ore/S	Mission	Limit
8000	9600	0.83	Slip Through Enemy Dragnet	Daily
2500	3000	0.83	Recon Enemy Territory	Daily
12000	18000	0.67	Plunder Distant Enemy Base	Daily
8000	14400	0.56	Escort Diplomats	Daily
2000	6000	0.33	Haul Cargo	Daily
2500	9000	0.28	Escort Ship	Daily
3000	12000	0.25	Answer Distress Call	Daily
200	200	1.00	Raid an Ore Mine
100	120	0.83	Raid an Unguarded Ore Mine
1500	1980	0.76	Stop Hades Fleet
640	900	0.71	Raid an Enemy Base
250	420	0.60	Destroy Artemis Classes
1000	1800	0.56	Defend Against Enemy Invaders
200	360	0.56	Raid a Passing Atlas Class
335	600	0.56	Raid a Guarded Mining Asteroid
700	1500	0.47	Destroy Enemy Defenses
650	1800	0.36	Harvest Debris Field
0	250	0.00	Raid a Crystal Mine
0	150	0.00	Raid an Unguarded Crystal Mine
0	170	0.00	Raid An Abandoned Hydrogen Tank

Mission Crystal Earned Per Second

Crystal	Seconds to Complete	Crystal/S	Mission	Limit
7500	18000	0.42	Plunder Distant Enemy Base	Daily
6000	14400	0.42	Escort Diplomats	Daily
5000	12000	0.42	Answer Distress Call	Daily
2000	6000	0.33	Haul Cargo	Daily
3000	9600	0.31	Slip Through Enemy Dragnet	Daily
2500	9000	0.28	Escort Ship	Daily
500	3000	0.17	Recon Enemy Territory	Daily
135	250	0.54	Raid a Crystal Mine
70	150	0.47	Raid an Unguarded Crystal Mine
800	1800	0.44	Harvest Debris Field
775	1980	0.39	Stop Hades Fleet
650	1800	0.36	Defend Against Enemy Invaders
270	900	0.30	Raid an Enemy Base
125	420	0.30	Destroy Artemis Classes
400	1500	0.27	Destroy Enemy Defenses
155	600	0.26	Raid a Guarded Mining Asteroid
75	360	0.21	Raid a Passing Atlas Class
0	200	0.00	Raid an Ore Mine
0	120	0.00	Raid an Unguarded Ore Mine
0	170	0.00	Raid An Abandoned Hydrogen Tank

Mission Hydrogen Earned Per Second

Hydrogen	Seconds to Complete	Hydrogen/S	Mission	Limit
6500	18000	0.36	Plunder Distant Enemy Base	Daily
3750	12000	0.31	Answer Distress Call	Daily
4000	14400	0.28	Escort Diplomats	Daily
2500	9000	0.28	Escort Ship	Daily
600	6000	0.10	Haul Cargo	Daily
800	9600	0.08	Slip Through Enemy Dragnet	Daily
250	3000	0.08	Recon Enemy Territory	Daily
65	170	0.38	Raid An Abandoned Hydrogen Tank
400	1800	0.22	Defend Against Enemy Invaders
330	1500	0.22	Destroy Enemy Defenses
250	1980	0.13	Stop Hades Fleet
50	600	0.08	Raid a Guarded Mining Asteroid
25	360	0.07	Raid a Passing Atlas Class
25	900	0.03	Raid an Enemy Base
0	200	0	Raid an Ore Mine
0	420	0	Destroy Artemis Classes
0	120	0	Raid an Unguarded Ore Mine
0	1800	0	Harvest Debris Field
0	250	0	Raid a Crystal Mine
0	150	0	Raid an Unguarded Crystal Mine

See Also

• Combat
• Ships
• Expedition Tech