Mission: Desperate Measures

The Romulan Empire is experimenting with Borg technology in an attempt to regain their former power. They must be stopped before they attract the attention of the Collective.

Synopsis[ | ]

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Outline[ | ]

Mission Text[ | ]

The leaders of the Romulan Empire have been blinded by their ambition to regain power to the point of madness. We believe they have begun to incorporate Borg technology into their ships.

The Tal Shiar were studying Borg technology in a sphere delivered to them by the Hirogen. It is currently in the Pilatus system. Travel there and destroy it, then determine a method to track down any Borg technology the Romulans may have salvaged. Even a small piece of it could prove devastating.

Go to the Pilatus system, which is in the Beta Quadrant and find the Borg sphere that the Romulans are studying. Scuttle the sphere and attempt to track down any salvaged Borg technology.

Goal[ | ]

Go to the Pilatus System, which is in the Beta Quadrant, and find the Borg sphere that the Romulans are studying. Scuttle the sphere and then attempt to track down any salvaged Borg technology.

Objectives[ | ]

Spare Parts
- Go To Pilatus Solar System
- Mission Briefing
- Stop Tal Shiar Researchers
- Scan Borg Sphere
- Destroy Borg Sphere
- Activate Satellite
- Hide Behind Nearby Asteroid
- Power Down Systems
- Wait for Romulan Ship
- Observe Romulan Ship
  - Warp to Gasko System
Research Recovery
- Go To Gasko System
- Mission Briefing
- Defeat Station Defenses
  - Defeat Ships
  - Destroy Turrets
- Beam to Station
Assault on Gasko Station
- Go To Gasko Station
- Mission Briefing
- Investigate Temporal Probe (Temporal Agent)
- Main Level
  - Talk to Transporter Officer
  - Talk to Lead Scientist
  - Defeat Guards (0/2)
- Take Turbolift to Engineering
- Engineering Level
  - Defeat Security Forces (0/3)
  - Access Research Logs
  - Destroy Borg Research (0/3)
  - Take the Turbolift to the Medical Bay
- Medical Bay
  - Defeat Romulans
  - Unlock Cells
  - Rescue Experimentation Subjects
  - Contact Lead Scientist
  - Purge Computer Core
- Beam to Ship
Romulan Secrets
- Go To Gasko System
- Mission Briefing
- Defeat Assimilated Vessels
- Talk to T'Kela
- Exit System
Report to Starfleet

NPCs[ | ]

Romulan Star Empire[ | ]

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Walkthrough

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Mission Replay[ | ]

This mission is repeatable through Mission Replay, although the Rewards for completing may be reduced. Items scale to a player appropriate level (Scaling Rewards).

You choose 1 of the following:
- [Combat Hyper-Impulse Engines Mk <>]
- [Prototype Gravitic Modulation Impulse Engines Mk <>]

Level	Rank	SP	Exp	Ore	Mark <>
60	Fleet Admiral	2580	2865	192	XI

Notes[ | ]

This mission is part of the revamped Federation episode Romulan Mystery; it was released as part of the 5 Year Anniversary Event on January 29, 2015.
It combines elements of the former missions “By Any Means” and “S'harien's Swords”.

Storyline Missions

Starfleet-only
Tutorial	“Graduation Day” • “Routine Maneuvers” • “Trial by Fire” • “The Shadow Knows” • “Children of War” • “Reporting In”
	“I Sing of Arms” • “Search and Rescue” • “Bull by the Horns” • “Dislodging Klingons” • “The Taurean Affair” • “Earthward Bound”
	“Graduation Day” • “Training Cruise” • “Field Promotions” • “Communication Breakdown” • “Assimilation of the Innocent”
Agents of Yesterday	“Explore Earth Spacedock” • “In the Shadow of Cestus” • “Painful Omens” • “Return to Babel” • “Tangled Webs” • “The Battle of Caleb IV”
Klingon War	“Welcome to Earth Spacedock” • “Diplomatic Orders” • “Stranded In Space” • “Researcher Rescue” • “Secret Orders” • “The Doomsday Device” • “The Galaxy at Large”
Romulan Mystery	“Heading Out” • “Empress Sela” • “Desperate Measures” • “Shadow Play” • “Taris”

Klingon Defense Force-only
Tutorial	“End of Watch” • “Red Alert!” • “Intruder Alert” • “Challenge for Command” • “Your New Command” • “Journey to Qo'noS”
Empire	“Duties of Command” • “The Hunt is On” • “Space Chase” • “Manhunt” • “Friend or Foe”
Warzone	“Bringing Down the House” • “The House Always Wins”
Vigilance	“Mars, the Bringer of War” • “Alpha”
Fek'Ihri Return	“Blood of the Empire” • “Destiny” • “Afterlife”

Romulan Republic-only
Tutorial	“A Day on the Farm” • “A Day in the Sun” • “Virinat, Invaded” • “Flight from Virinat”
From the Ashes	“Explore the Flotilla” • “The Helix” • “Crossroads at Crateris” • “Gasko Blues” • “The Search for New Romulus” • “Turning Point” • “Neutral No More”
Allies	“The Price of Neutrality” • “Memory Lane” • “Bigger Picture” • “Smash and Grab” • “Tradecraft”
In Shadows	“An Inside Job” • “Enemy Action” • “Sleepers” • “Cloak and Dagger” • “Revelation” • “Mind Game”
Wasteland	“Secrets of Nimbus” • “The Lost City of Paradise” • “Blind Men Tell All Tales” • “The Undying” • “A Fistful of Gorn” • “Installation 18”
Vengeance	“Voice of the Voiceless” • “Abducted” • “Small Packages” • “Last Stand” • “The Best Defense” • “Turnabout” • “Devil's Choice”
Freedom	“Toward Freedom”

Dominion-only
Engineered for War	“Hunt” • “Ceremony” • “Turn the Tide”

Cross-faction
Cloaked Intentions	“The Vault” • “Mine Enemy” • “Frozen” • “Coliseum” • “Cutting the Cord” • “Darkness Before the Dawn”
Cardassian Struggle	“Lost and Found” • “Spoils of War” • “Jabberwocky” • “The Factory” • “The New Link”
Borg Advance	“Task Force Operations” • “Report on Borg Activities” • “Where Angels Fear to Tread” • “A Gathering Darkness” • “Assimilation” • “Fluid Dynamics”
New Romulus	“New Romulus Aid” • “Staging Area” • “Hidden Camera” • “Warehouse” • “Mountain Base” • “Secret Shuttle Codes” • “Overgrown Caves” • “Web Access” • “Latest Findings” • “The Power Source” • “Secrets of the Ancients”
Solanae Dyson Sphere	“Sphere of Influence” • “Circles within Circles” • “Supply Woes” • “The Contested Zone” • “The Omega Standoff” • “Tower Control” • “A Step Between Stars” • “Fluidic Destruction” • “Surface Tension”
Delta Quadrant	“Escalation” • “Mindscape” • “Reunion” • “Friends in Unlikely Places” • “Revelations” • “Enemies in All the Usual Places” • “All That Glitters” • “The Kobali Front” • “Capture the Flag” • “The Dragon's Deceit” • “Alliances” • “Know Your Enemies” • “Revolution” • “Taking Care of Enemies” • “Takedown” • “What's Left Behind” • “Dust to Dust”
Iconian War	“Uneasy Allies” • “Blood of Ancients” • “Delta Flight” • “House Pegh” • “Time in a Bottle” • “Broken Circle” • “Butterfly” • “Midnight”
Yesterday's War	“Temporal Ambassador” • “The Once and Future Agent” • “The Core of the Matter” • “Vorgon Conclusions” • “Terminal Expanse” • “Survivor”
Future Proof	“Sunrise” • “Stormbound” • “Time and Tide” • “The Temporal Front” • “Temporal Reckoning” • “Ragnarok”
New Frontiers	“Echoes of Light” • “Of Signs and Portents” • “Mirrors and Smoke” • “Brushfire” • “Beyond the Nexus” • “Melting Pot” • “Scylla and Charybdis” • “The Renegade's Regret”
Gamma Quadrant	“Storm Clouds Gather” • “Armistice” • “The Search” • “Doomed to Repeat” • “Quark's Lucky Seven” • “Tenebris Torquent” • “Home”
Age of Discovery	“The Plausibility of the Possible” • “Impossibility of Reason” • “Secrets” • “Downfall”
J'Ula's Discovery	“Para Pacem” • “Illusion of Communication” • “Beneath the Skin” • “Sentinels” • “Rescue and Search” • “Within The Briars” • “The Ninth Rule” • “Ruins of Doom” • “The Measure of Morality (Part 1)” • “The Measure of Morality (Part 2)”
Klingon Civil War	“The Centre Cannot Hold” • “The Khitomer Discord” • “Partisans” • “Knowledge is Power” • “Leap of Faith” • “Warriors of the Empire” • “A Day Long Remembered”
Terran Gambit	“Firewall” • “Red Shift” • “Blue Shift” • “The Calling” • “Eye of the Storm” • “The Fujiwhara Effect”
Kings & Queens	“Wish Upon a Star”
Some missions may appear in alternative orders for some factions.

Side Content: The Galaxy at Large
Spectres	“Spectres” • “Skirmish” • “Spin the Wheel” • “What Lies Beneath” • “Everything Old is New” • “Night of the Comet”
Wasteland	“Secrets of Nimbus” • “The Lost City of Paradise” • “Blind Men Tell All Tales” • “The Undying” • “A Fistful of Gorn” • “Installation 18” (Still part of main episode progression for Romulan Republic players.)
Lost Dominion: The 2800	“Lost Dominion” • “Second Wave” • “Of Bajor” • “Operation Gamma” • “Facility 4028” • “Boldly They Rode”
Cold War	“Cold War (wrapper)” • “Cold Call” • “Out in the Cold” • “Cold Comfort” • “Cold Case” • “Cold Storage”
Delta Quadrant	“Kobali Crisis Act I” • “Kobali Crisis Act II” • “Kobali Crisis Act III”

See also: Featured episode • Patrol • Removed Missions • Task Force Operation