Mission: Ground Zero

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Ground Zero

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Rewards

3875

4175

Plus one of the following:

Mission Text

How much do you know about the destruction of Romulus, <rank>?

The initial explosion did not occur in the Romulus System. It was in the Hobus System, which had planets being mined for decalithium.

The supernova acted counter to almost all we know about this type of phenomena. The initial explosion converted the mass of the planets it consumed into energy, which then travelled through subspace. Ultimately, the Romulus System was destroyed, and along with it, the Romulan homeworld.

Unchecked, the force of this chain reaction detonation could have threatened the entire quadrant. It was Ambassador Spock who sealed the rift by using red matter to create an artificial black hole.

The Hobus system has been off-limits to normal traffic since Spock and the Romulan know as Nero were lost there. Even Empress Sela respects the quarantine.

Admiral Janeway conducted the first scientific survey of the Hobus system in 2388. Since then, we've been sending ships out on a regular basis to survey the system and attempt to determine a cause for what happened.

I need you to conduct your own investigation. Perhaps, after all this time, the U.S.S. <shipname> will be the one to solve the mystery.

Goal

Survey the Hobus System, which is located in the Devron Sector of the Iota Pavonis Sector Block.

Objectives

Scientific Survey
- Go To The Hobus System
- Approach Hobus III Core
- Scan Silver Fragments At Hobus III
- Defeat the IRW Sithesh
- Confront IRW Sithesh
Advanced Research
- Approach Hobus II Core
- Collect a sample from Hobus II
- Scan Shield at Hobus I
- Defeat IRW Sithesh
- Beam Down to Hobus I
Moon Patrol
- Go To Hobus I
- Scan Power Conduits (0/3)
- Collect Decalithium Sample
- Collect Protomatter Sample
- Collect Tekasite Sample
- Consult with Away Team
Mission of Mercy
- Repair Power Systems
  - Diasble North Conduit
  - Reduce Power to West Conduit
- Increase Power to East Conduit
- Defeat Reman Groups at East Conduit (0/2)
- Defeat Karatek at East Conduit
- Return to Ship
No Good Deed
- Go To The Hobus System
- Defeat Supporting Waves (0/2)
- Defeat the IRW Sithesh
- Depart System
Report to Starfleet

Accolades

Icon	Name	Description	How to Get	Points
	Destruction Detective	Discover the cause of the Romulan supernova		10

Walkthrough

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Mission Replay

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

You choose 1 of the following:

Level	Rank	SP	Exp	Mark <>
30–39	Captain	1743	1878	VIII
40–49	Rear Admiral LH & UH	1935	1856	X
50	Vice Admiral	2126	1856	XI

Strategy Notes

The Hobus System is in the Devron Sector of Iota Pavonis Sector Block.
"Moon Patrol": the samples are very well hidden. The Decalithium is in some crates just east of the north conduit, the tekasite is in some canisters some distance north-northeast of the west conduit, and the protomatter is in a blue strip just southeast of the east conduit.

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