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- Ware Shortage (deliver a ware to a station: see tip below)
- Resource Needed (mine and deliver ore or gas to station)
- Purchase location for a discount fighter
- Purchase location for valuable goods
- S/M ship for sale (see below)
- Sale of the Century! (purchase approximate coordinates to loot found with Long Range Scanner)
FIGHT
- Assassinations Assassination (kill an escorted target)
- Corporate espionage (destroy a non-hostile ship)
- Station Protection (defend against incoming hostiles)
- Patrol zones (defeat forces attacking several zones)
- Escort Ship (protect it as it travels between stations)
- Explosive Clearance (clear away mines)
- Booby-trapped asteroid (clearance as above)
- Seeking Protection/Protection Needed (multi-stage; 3 stages)
- Destroy Pirate <hostile> Raiders (emergent assassination mission)
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- Supply Reassurance/Station Needed (build a station in a sector for yourself, with reward after stage one1 complete)
- Campaign's NPC CV support (not a real mission but can supply wares for station construction)
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- Transport Person
- Deliver Item
- Corporate espionage (destroy a friendly faction's signs)
- Corporate espionage (scan a friendly faction's station)
- Anti-Smuggler Operations (seek and destroy smugglers) - requires Police Licence from the offering faction
- Diplomatic Aid (multi-stage; see Egosoft guide here). 3 parts, each generally incorporating fight, escort, station protection & transport pasengers
PIRACY
- Attack a friendly station
- Steal wares from a friendly station
- Random Acts of Distraction / Prison Break (create a distraction by killing civilians)
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- FIGHT: Ship in Distress (HoL DLC only; emergent mission)
- THINK: Scan Anomaly (HoL DLC only; random mission)
- THINK: Fragile Salvage/Explosive Extraction (found in regular systems; random mission)
- THINK: Another Gate Open (HoL DLC only once Plot is complete; available at any time from certain OL sectors if freeplay start)
- BATTLE: Xenon Incursion (HoL DLC only; major unique mission leading following on from Ship in Distress missions above)
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Hostile S+M ships tend to arrive via highways or super highways, whilst L and XL targets boost in. All hostiles are hell-bent on attacking the station so best arrive ASAP or you risk missing the action. In Rebirth v3.61, you don't need to participate in the fight (...) as stations are capable of defending themselves and you will receive the reward regardless. This is addressed in v4.00 through the separation of the reward into a payment plus a participation bonus.
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