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I just picked up the port of EV Override to Nova. I played EVO way back and bought Nova later because I had liked the shareware version of EVO so much.
So due to the lack of in-depth walkthroughs for EVO as compared to Nova, I'm a little stuck on the Zachit mission string for the Miranu.
I'm trying to get the "Defend New Mira" mission, and according to an Excel mission listing I downloaded, I'm supposed to be an Upstanding Citizen and have a Deadly combat rating. I have both (which took some time), but now I can't seem to get the mission on Outpost Zachit. Is there something I'm doing wrong, is the excel file wrong, or am I just extremely unlucky?
Thanks for any help.
My mistake, here's my pilot log to accompany my situation:
EV Nova pilot data dump
Output on 11/2/2007 at 9:10 AM
Game version: 1.0.A
Plugins loaded: none
Pilot name: Trip Hawk Pilot nickname: Scar Pilot gender: male Strict play: no Seen intro screen: yes Ship name: Warhawk Mk VI Ship type: Crescent Warship (151) Current system: Zachit (284) Legal status: 836 (in system 284) Game date: 9/13/2158 Fuel: 700.00 Cash: 12082357 Kills: 12999
Current cargo: none
Active missions: none
Mission bits currently set: b8 b16 b18 b99 b100 b101 b126 b135 b144 b145 b146 b147 b165 b166 b167 b168 b169 b171 b214 b1005 b1008 b1009
Contribute bits: 0x00000000 0x00000000
Escorts: none
Items currently owned: 2 External Fuel Tank (153) 1 Density Scanner (155) 1 IFF Decoder (156) 1 Afterburner (157) 1 Sensor Upgrade (160) 4 Phase Turret (164) 2 Fuel Scoop (168) 1 Auto-Refueller (169) 1 Crescent Fighter Bay (173) 3 Crescent Fighter (174) 1 Thrust Upgrade (179) 4 Shield Enhancer (180) 1 Engine Upgrade (183) 1 ECM System (190) 1 RCS Upgrade (191)
Stellars currently dominated: none
Stellars currently destroyed: none
Active ranks: none
Active disasters: A recession (140) on Tibidat (377) - 13 days left A serious drought (141) on Motif (376) - 0 days left A large quantity of skulls (142) on Kayia (350) - 9 days left A successful raider (143) on Dirach (344) - 0 days left A Zidagar offensive (144) on Pimre Station (358) - 0 days left An Igadzra offensive (145) on Outpost Terapin (324) - 0 days left An enormous food surplus (146) on Ragni (359) - 14 days left An incredible harvest (147) on Saffera III (322) - 18 days left A manufacturing surplus (148) on Fluor (306) - 0 days left Industrial expansion (149) on Filider (304) - 12 days left A massive brawl (150) on Hizdriar (276) - 2 days left A new invention (151) on Station Pybin (264) - 7 days left A bizarre training accident (152) on Outpost Zachit (238) - 0 days left Decreased demand (153) on Mira (235) - 0 days left Increased demand (154) on Blaga (234) - 0 days left The jubilant workforce (155) on Liadon (229) - 0 days left Constant celebration (156) on Krotun (226) - 0 days left A Voinian attack (157) on Emalghia (194) - 0 days left A supply shortfall (158) on Huron (170) - 5 days left Extreme boredom (159) on Gorky (189) - 0 days left Renegade extortion (160) on Iothe Prime (184) - 0 days left An excessive renegade incursion (161) on Gribn (181) - 0 days left An excessive renegade incursion (162) on Thehir (180) - 0 days left The tourist season (163) on New Rome (158) - 0 days left A new influx of colonists (164) on Molos (157) - 0 days left A new outbreak of plague (165) on New Calcutta (154) - 0 days left An efficiency drive (166) on New Tokyo (153) - 0 days left A logistical problem (167) on Knox (148) - 0 days left A major pollution scare (168) on Earth (128) - 0 days left A good harvest (169) on Poch (258) - 0 days left A strike by monks (170) on Omm (183) - 6 days left A shortage of Munb leaves (171) on Himgro (240) - 0 days left Toxic rainfall (172) on Giniz (364) - 0 days left A mining accident (173) on Telnan (152) - 0 days left A volcanic eruption (174) on Bakoom (355) - 0 days left The discovery of a new vein of ore (175) on New Riga (134) - 0 days left A bumper harvest (176) on First Centauri (129) - 5 days left A Voinian offensive (177) on Outpost Alpha (136) - 0 days left A Voinian offensive (178) on Outpost Gamma (138) - 0 days left A Voinian offensive (179) on Outpost Theta (143) - 0 days left
Active cron events: none
- end of log -
Welcome to the boards, starmetal It looks like you're perfectly capable of receiving the mission, I expect the problem is just that you're extremely unlucky. The mission has only a 15% availability so it could take many tries before you get it.
@guy, on Nov 2 2007, 10:22 PM, said in Zachit Mission String:
Yeah, that would be my guess too. I definitely remember similar problems myself, whenever you want that mission it tends to elude you, hehe.
Haha alright thank you guys.
It's just frustrating because I've done all the other Miranu stuff except the nebula exploration.
Mission strings definitely take longer in EVO than Nova. I could bang out a full string in Nova in about four or five hours tops.
I assume the answer is yes, but it's possible to do the three main EVO objectives in one pilot? Wouldn't taking the Voinian side of the UE/Voinian conflict dramatically affect your ability to accomplish the Miranu string?
In Override, it is possible to do all three objectives on one pilot. The outcomes of each one should not have any problems with one another.
@starmetal, on Nov 3 2007, 03:44 AM, said in Zachit Mission String:
It is indeed possible to do all 3 objectives, however, those objectives are:
Unbalance the Strand War (either in favor of the Zidagar/Azdgari/Igadzra, you're can only supposed to do one per pilot) Explore the nebulae Push back the Voinian frontier
So if you do the Voinian missions, you don't actually complete an objective. Sadly, the Voinian missions in the base EVO scenario don't go that far, really, you blow up one or two minor UE planets but that's about it - your pilot remains a human and the Voinians just don't trust you.
@starmetal, on Nov 2 2007, 06:44 PM, said in Zachit Mission String:
As said before, yes. But you can't do more than one Strand string with the same pilot, either, without a cheat like Double Agent or whatever it's called, I can't remember. But I doubt that's been ported to Nova.
@mazca, on Nov 3 2007, 09:23 AM, said in Zachit Mission String:
Technically you can but aren't supposed to do the Voinian string and still push back the frontier. In any event, the Voinian string doesn't go very far because, according to Peter Cartwright, all events in all storylines happen in the EVO timeline, and the Voinians end up losing the war but not being totally eradicated.