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|Test Pilot Mission: TPG Test Pilot|Qualifies player to fly ships that TPG places into its test-pilot program. There are three missions of increasing difficulty, the first two involve destroying waves of progressively more difficult collector bots. The third mission sends you to two sectors, in the first sector you are given three allies and must destroy ~8 artemis collectors. In the second sector a large number of dentek collectors, artemis collectors, and dentek assaults are sent after you which must be completely annihilated, however you are allowed to leave the sector to re-arm.

=== |-| Test Pilot Missions ======= TPG Mission: Itani Test Pilot ====* Qualifies player to fly ships that TPG places into its test-pilot program. There are three missions | Completion of increasing difficulty, this mission unlocks the first two involve destroying waves of progressively more difficult collector bots[[Valkyrie|Valkyrie X-1]]. The third mission sends you You will have to two sectors, in the first sector you are given three allies and must destroy ~8 artemis collectors. In the second sector a large number of dentek collectors, artemis collectors, and dentek assaults are sent after you which must be completely annihilated, however you are allowed to leave the sector to re-arm.** Currentlywithout assistance, there are no ten ships that will come in the TPG Test Pilot programtwo waves. Previous ships include the [[TPG Raptor]] It can be taken from Itani research stations.

==== Itani Test Pilot ====* Completion of this mission unlocks the [[Valkyrie|Valkyrie X-1]]. You will have to destroy, without assistance, ten ships that will come in two waves. It can be taken from Itani research stations. ''An update a while ago rendered this mission "rewardless" to non-Itani pilots. You can no longer cannot get the [[Valkyrie|Valkyrie X-1]] through this mission if you are not an Itani pilot due to the max standing limits imposed on other nations being set to +600 while the valkryie X-1 requires +800.''|-=== | Medium Risk Mining Escort === | After the player receives one gift in [http://www.vo-wiki.com/wiki/Missions#Xithricite_Apothecarium Xithricite Apothecarium], a new branch of missions become available in which the player may join Axia's Mining Escort wing, eventually earning the [[Equipment#Powercells|Extreme Drain Power Cell.]] Similar to "Xithricite Apothecarium", there is a repeatable mission in which the player must defend a number of mining "excursions". By successfully defending an excursion the player is allowed to continue, otherwise there is a brief period in which the mission cannot be re-taken (max 18 minutes). Depending on the player's performance in this branch (if they have received at least one extreme drain powercell and at any time completed three excursions in a row), a galaxy-wide mission called "Survey Escort" may be unlocked with similar gameplay that can be taken at any mining station. During Survey Escort there is an Easter egg where by typing "/mission status" into chat, the player receives a HUD message telling him or her how many Survey Escorts s/he has successfully completed.

|-=== | Special Delivery ===| You are asked to delivery a datapad to Gray space when you are intercepted by a mysterious NPC who requests you detour your delivery. Available at nation stations at Combat 4.

|-=== | Difficult Choices ===| You took the first step towards the darker side of space and these missions are your tests to see if you got the guts to be a rat. Will you stay the course or will your conscience get the better of you in the end and turn you against your new brothers. Available at Corvus stations after taking a detour in Special Delivery.

|-=== | The Other side of the Universe ===| After joining the Jallik defense force to make a few extra creds you discover that a Serco force is building in Edras and it is upto you to help hold them off.

|-=== | Hive Research ===| You are asked to deliver a series of difficult-to-acquire hive items, and then participate in several reconnaissance and clandestine missions in order to gain access to the [http://www.vo-wiki.com/wiki/Centurion Centurion Superlight]. Available at Corvus stations from Combat 4 and on.|-=== | A Looming Threat ===| You are asked to address a new threat from your 'ancient enemy' in a series of reconnaissance missions. Available from Combat 5 and on for Itani and Serco players only.

|-! colspan== 2 | Trade Missions ==|-=== | Trade Guild ===| These missions ask you to trade on behalf of a faction. It is not as profitable as trading for yourself but it is a much quicker way to acquire trade xp. Faction standing will also be increased with trade missions. Generally the higher the completion payment for a mission the higher the faction standing and xp increase you will get.

! Mission| Trade Guild: Delivery! Cargo! Credit Reward! | A Subset of the Trade Experience! TierGuild mission where you run some items to another station

| Courier NeededTrade Guild: Special Delivery| Datapad| 25,000| 1010| 1A subset of the Trade Guild mission where you deliver data on a classified datapad to its destination

| Courier for Mining PartsTrade Guild: Procurement| 20x Coolant| 100A subset of the Trade Guild mission where you must buy items for the station you take the mission at. usually a route to a station with the goods you need is given to you. This mission is one of the most rewarding of all Trade Guild mission subsets,000| 125| 2especially for those labeled as 'bulk'

| Classified Courier NeededTrade Guild: Retrieval| Datapad| 50A subset of the Trade Guild mission where you must obtain items from another station. unlike procurement,000| 125| 2the items are pre-purchased for you.

| Courier needed for Research dataTrade Guild: Minerals| Datapad| 50,000| 175A subset of the Trade Guild mission where you must [[Mining| 2Mine]] or obtain some premium ore and deliver it to the station.

| Courier needed for a Commerce deliveryScrap Yard| Datapad| 50,000| 175| 2Collect scrap metal and return it to the station so they can begin a construction project.

| Medium Risk Courier neededMissions| Smart Datapad| 150A number of courier missions exist in game,000the first of which grants enough xp to reach Trade License 1. Further courier missions give very good credit rewards, but much less experience. Courier missions involve running special items, sometimes classified, to unique clients. Completing these missions will improve your standing with the local faction. Some courier missions must be completed before others become available.| 250| 3Information about individual COurier missions are listed below

| Clandestine Courier| Datapad| 75,000| 150| 3|}Party Errand

=== Party Errand ===''needs cleanup work; split sub-missions into a table below, or separate missions in this table''| Discreetly gather a short list of specialty items for a celebrity party being held at a Valent station. This is the beginning to a mission tree with several branches, one of which requires Serco docking rights. Aborting this mission will create a side mission which gives you one more chance. Pursuing the Valent side of this tree eventually leads to having a "pet" Valent A-3 Assault [[Furie]] robot. In Grayspace this tree involves four persistent characters ("Szu-Tiang Ralel", "Amahapta 'Crazy-Eggs' Pavlov", "Kia Wo-Nek" and "Oden Hasto") caught up in a web of interaction surrounding the trade of Heliocene Ore and Guided Missile Casings.

! Mission Name! First Ore! Second Ore! Product! Destination! Credit Wagecolspan=2 | Mining Missions

! Water Distiller Needed| 26x Premium Aquean| -| 26x Purified Water| CommercialMining Tutorial| 4000This mission is available at mining stations. It explains the [[Mining]] system in Vendetta Online, and gives mining xp sufficient to gain mining level 1.

! Steel Forge| 13x Premium CarbonicProspecting| 13x Premium Ferric| 18x Steel| ResearchThere are 120 Prospecting missions scattered around the universe, with an average of four missions per system. For each mission, you need to identify (with a mineral scanner) 30 asteroids containing a mineral the station chooses. Doing all 120 missions unlocks the best mining [[Mining#Equipment| 5000equipment]].

! Hydrocarbon Synthesis | 18x Premium Carbonic| 18x Premium Aquean| 12x Synthetic Hydrocarbons| CommercialThe Refinery Missions| 6000Gather combinations of ore to manufacture basic trade goods at mining stations, which are then delivered to either research or commercial stations. Each mission grants 400 Trade and Mining xp. After four of these missions have been completed a sixth mission, "Transparent Metal", becomes available (so long as you have not yet completed "Xithricite Refinery Introduction"). A Table containing the sub-missions and other relevant info can be found below

! Manufacturing Simple Plastics | 22x Premium Carbonic| 22x Premium Silicate| 22x Simple Plastics| Commercial| 7000Xithricite Apothecarium|Available at Verasi I-! Growing Nanites | 26x Premium Aquean| 26x Premium Silicate| 26x NanoFeed| Research| 8000|5. The player must first complete an interview in which they mine a small quantity of Xithricite ore and return it to Verasi I-! Transparent Metal | 24x Premium Ferric| 24x Ishik| 24x Vismetal| Research| 12000|-|}5 to be refined into XiRite Alloy. The XiRite Alloy is then to be delivered to a nearby station in Verasi. The mission then becomes repeatable with a number of "jobs" to be completed before the player is given a "gift" (Divinia Spice). The player can finish additional jobs in one mission if s/he refines and delivers the Alloy within 10 minutes.

Once The player may continue playing "Transparent MetalXithricite Apothecarium" is completed , eventually earning additional gifts. After receiving three gifts, the player is pointed toward told that s/he will no longer be given Divinia Spice unless s/he defeats a further series of missions available in monster deep within the Verasi star Odia system that eventually grant access to known as the Hydra. The Hydra is composed of a large number of interconnected collector bots. This final mission "Slay the Hydra!" is complete-able ten times per player. After the first completion only, the player is given 1cu of [[Equipment#Powercells|Extreme Drain Power Cell.Samoflange]].

Requirements are level 1 Combat(''Made by Phaserlight'')|-| Manufacturing Missions| For a list of items that can be manufactured via the mission system, Light Weapons, and Mining licensesplease see the [http://www.vo-wiki.com/wiki/Manufacturing Manufacturing] page on this wiki.

* http://vo-wiki.com/wiki/Newsletters* Update planet , sector, and station images* Need to [[Category:Stations|Fix stations]]; template is [[Aputik_Mining]] **(And why is that breaking? its url to CategroyCategory:Stations). considering using [[Armand%27s_Dilligence]] for station trade table though* Add pages for specific (active) events

== Actual Discussion Year in review == Just needed a place I could type this stuff at; its basically a review of stuff created in VO throughout the year and put in a video format, based on the stuff presented in the [[Newsletters]].   - "Unrats," a Dynamically expanding pirate threat in greyspace - New behemoth model - Plugin Integration - More testing of server and client engine changes, as seen in Latos D14 - Vulcan driver beta for Windows - Discord server opening