MISSION BRIEFING – A GROWING BUSINESS

Prospectors are flocking to seek their fortune in a newly discovered First Born ruin. Daric doesn’t
want to miss an opportunity to relieve them of their new wealth, so he’s sent Yeti and Qiog to
establish a new Trading Post nearby.
Work on Trading Post 6 was going well until a rockfall revealed that what appeared to be an
abandoned ruin was actually very much occupied. The First Born there were not pleased to have
new neighbours and the building site is now under assault. To make matters worse, in the
confusion, Qiog has gone missing…
Expansions needed: Trading Post 5 Crews: 1

PRIMARY OBJECTIVE SECONDARY OBJECTIVE

Reward: 6UA for each turret activated
After a fierce fight Daric’s team repelled the
First Born scouting party, but two automatic
turrets were left behind before they could be set
up. They are now desperately needed to
defend the Trading Post so Daric has sent you
to recover the guns.
Two objective tokens should be placed onto the
map as shown. Traders must Interact with
these tokens to pick them up, and then take
them back to the Trading Post. Traders must
then Interact with a building to place the
objective token into it, installing
the turret. Each
building can only
hold one token.
The guns take time
to set up, so they
won’t become active
during this mission.
Reward: 10UA
Daric is not known for his sentimentality, but he
knows the value of skilled staff. He is willing to
reward a crew that returns Qiog to their ship
safely.
Qiog will not activate until it has LoS to a
Trader. The enigmatic alien has been blending
in with the overgrowth of the catacombs, so it
will also not be targeted by the First Born until it
is activated. Once active it will be targeted as
normal.
It turns out that Qiog was not lost, but on a
mission of its own. It will not follow the normal
NPC activation rules; instead, it will scatter
once per action. At the end of each activation,
place a Command Console rune on Qiog’s
board, representing a beautiful, faintly glowing
seed. Once four seeds have been collected, or
Qiog suffers an attack, Qiog will stop following
these rules and use all future actions to return
to your airlock.
If Qiog is defeated there will be no reward from
Daric and all Reminder counters are lost.
The unique seeds Qiog is collecting are a
treasure trove of new science for
xenobotanists. Any seeds on Qiog’s board at
the end of the game can be sold for 4UA each.
Alternatively, they can be carried into future
missions. A Trader carrying one may Interact
with an Exhaust or an Entry Point to discard the
token and plant the seed. It will quickly sprout
and cover the area, deactivating the
Exhaust/Entry Point for the rest of that game.

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