--[[ -- Collective Distraction. -- -- Fifth mission in the collective mini campaign. -- -- You must go rescue a team of commandos after being attacked by collective -- forces on a surveillence mission. --]] lang = lephisto.lang() if lang == "es" then -- Not translated atm. else -- Default english. misn_title = "Collective Distraction" misn_reward = "None" misn_desc = {} misn_desc[1] = "Check for survivors on %s in %s." misn_desc[2] = "Travel back to %s in %s." title = {} title[1] = "Collective Espionage" title[2] = "Eiroik" title[3] = "Mission Accomplished" text = {} text[1] = [[As soon as you exit the landing pad you see Sergeant Dimitri waiting for you. He seems a bit more nervouse than usual. "We haven't heard from the commando team, we have to assume the worst. It seems like Collective presence has also been incremented around %s. We need you to go check for survivors. Would you be willing to embark on another dangerous mission?"]] text[2] = [["We'll send extra forces to %s to try to weaken the blockade. You'll have to fly through and land on %s and see if there are any survivors. The increased drone patrols will pose an issue, be very careful, this is going to be no walk in the park."]] text[3] = [[The atmosphere once again starts giving your shields a workout as you land. You spend a while flying low until you see sensors pick up a reading of possible life forms. The silhouette of the transport ships is barely visible. It seems like they were detected and massacred. You try to see if you can salvage the readings from their equipment, but it seems like it's completely toasted. You spend a while searching until you find a datapad on one of the corpses, ignoring the stench of burnt flesh, you grab it, you've got one right?]] text[4] = [[Sergeant Dimitri's face cannot hide his sadness as he sees you approachwith no commando members. "No survivors eh? I had that gut feeling. At least you were able to salvage something? Good, at least it'll make these deaths not be completely futile. Meet me in the bar in a while. We're going to try to process this datapad. It'll hopefully have the final results."]] end function create() misn_target, misn_target_sys = sapce.getPlanet("Eiroik") -- Intro text. if tk.yesno(title[1], string.format(text[1], misn_target:name())) then misn.accept() misn_stage = 0 blockade_sys = space.getSystem("NGC-7132") misn_base, misn_base_sys = space.getPlanet("Omega Station") misn.setMarker(misn_target_sys) -- Mission details. misn.setTitle(misn_title) misn.setReward(misn_reward) misn.setDesc(string.format(misn_desc[1], misn_target:name(), misn_target_sys:name())) tk.msg(title[1], string.format(text[2], blockade_sys:name(), misn_target:name())) hook.enter("jump") hook.land("land") end end -- Handle jumping to target system. function jump() local sys = space.getSystem() local factions = sys:faction() -- Create some havoc. if factions["Collective"] then pilot.add("Collective Sml Swarm") pilot.add("Collective Sml Swarm") elseif sys == blockade_sys then pilot.add("Collective Sml Swarm") pilot.add("Collective Sml Swarm") pilot.add("Empire Sml Defense") end end -- Handle arrival back to base. function land() local planet = space.getPlanet() -- Just landing. if misn_stage == 0 and planet == misn_target then -- Sinister music landing. music.load("landing_sinister") music.play() -- Some flavour text. tk.msg(title[2], text[3]) misn_stage = 1 misn.setDesc(string.format(misn_desc[2], misn_base:name(), misn_base_sys:name())) misn.setMarker(misn_base_sys) misn_cargo = player.addCargo("Datapad", 0) elseif misn_stage == 1 and planet == misn_base then tk.msg(title[3], text[4]) player.rmCargo(misn_cargo) -- Rewards. player.modFaction("Empire", 5) misn.finish(true) end end