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Preceeded by
In Shadows
Followed by
Vengeance

Something is stirring beneath the sands of the Planet of Galactic Peace.


The Wasteland story arc is a chain of cross-faction missions available to all factions. It is part of the main story progression for Romulan characters.

An investigation led by the Klingons has uncovered a conspiracy involving the Tal Shiar and one of the Great Klingon Houses. Someone within the Empire has been shipping weapons through a research facility in the Vor System to a Tal Shiar base somewhere in the Nimbus Sector. Romulan Intelligence has also received rumors of a lost cache of thalaron triggers being sold on the planet. Travel to Nimbus III, stop the thalaron triggers from falling in the wrong hands, locate the Tal Shiar base of operation and see if you can locate any of the missing Romulan citizens.

Horace Jones, a local trader, will be your contact in the Paradise City, but be careful - Tal Shiar aside, Nimbus III is one of the most dangerous places in the galaxy. The Federation has no control over the planet or its population. An Orion crime syndicate is in charge and they have eyes and ears everywhere.

List of missions[]

“Secrets of Nimbus”

Weapons of mass destruction could be in the hands of your enemies. The trail leads to Nimbus III.

Mission cannot be replayed.

Contact: Subcommander Nadel
Release Date: May 21, 2013
“Secrets of Nimbus”

Weapons of mass destruction could be in the hands of your enemies. The trail leads to Nimbus III.

Mission cannot be replayed.

Contact:
Subcommander Nadel
Release Date:
May 21, 2013
Special rewards:

There are no rewards specific to this mission.

Accolades:

Wasteland 1/6 (10 pt)
FOUND IN THE ADVENTURE ZONE:
Nimbus Survivor (25 pt)
Fought the Good Fight (25 pt)

“The Lost City of Paradise”

You'll need to gain the trust of the townsfolk to begin unraveling the mystery of Nimbus.
Contact: Horace Jones
Release Date: May 21, 2013
“The Lost City of Paradise”

You'll need to gain the trust of the townsfolk to begin unraveling the mystery of Nimbus.
Contact:
Horace Jones
Release Date:
May 21, 2013
Special rewards:

There are no rewards specific to this mission.

Accolades:

Wasteland 1/6 (10 pt)
FOUND IN THE PARADISE CITY:
Barfly (10 pt)
Watching the Nothing (10 pt)
Tipsy Top (10 pt)
Nimble on Nimbus (10 pt)
Freedom for the People (10 pt)
Nimbus Dance Master (10 pt)
Nimbus Jaunt 1/5 (10 pt)
FOUND IN THE DESERT:
Scorpion Slayer (10 pt)
FOUND IN THE RUINS:
Watch Your Step (10 pt)
Queen Slayer (10 pt)
Nimbus Jaunt 1/5 (10 pt)

“Blind Men Tell All Tales”

Track the Orion Syndicate through the wastes and find out their plan.
Contact: Horace Jones
Release Date: May 21, 2013
“Blind Men Tell All Tales”

Track the Orion Syndicate through the wastes and find out their plan.
Contact:
Horace Jones
Release Date:
May 21, 2013
Special rewards:

There are no rewards specific to this mission.

Accolades:

Wasteland 1/6 (10 pt)
FOUND AT THE STRONGHOLD:
True Engineer (10 pt)
Cockpit Observer (10 pt)
Why Are You Climbing a Mountain? (10 pt)
Storming the Stronghold (10 pt)
Breakout Artist (10 pt)
Syndicate Smashed (10 pt)
Nimbus Jaunt 1/5 (10 pt)

“The Undying”

Hassan the Undying rules Nimbus III. You'll need to enter his stronghold to find the thalaron triggers.
Contact: Law
Release Date: May 21, 2013
“The Undying”

Hassan the Undying rules Nimbus III. You'll need to enter his stronghold to find the thalaron triggers.
Contact:
Law
Release Date:
May 21, 2013
Special rewards:

[Title: The Undying]

Accolades:

Wasteland 1/6 (10 pt)

“A Fistful of Gorn”

The Gorn who hold the canyon will attack any outsiders. Can you turn the table on them?
Contact: Horace Jones
Release Date: May 21, 2013
“A Fistful of Gorn”

The Gorn who hold the canyon will attack any outsiders. Can you turn the table on them?
Contact:
Horace Jones
Release Date:
May 21, 2013
Special rewards:

[Personnel Reward - "Law"]

Accolades:

Wasteland 1/6 (10 pt)
FOUND IN THE CANYON:
Gorn Ambusher (10 pt)
Gorn Gone (10 pt)
Rock Smasher (10 pt)
Nimbus Jaunt 1/5 (10 pt)

“Installation 18”

You've finally found the location of the Tal Shiar base hidden on Nimbus III. Can you use it to lure Hakeev into a trap?
Contact: Subcommander Nadel
Release Date: May 21, 2013
“Installation 18”

You've finally found the location of the Tal Shiar base hidden on Nimbus III. Can you use it to lure Hakeev into a trap?
Contact:
Subcommander Nadel
Release Date:
May 21, 2013
Special rewards:

[Piercing Tetryon Dual Beam Bank]
[Piercing Tetryon Dual Cannon]
[Piercing Tetryon Turret]
[Nimbus Pirate Distress Call]

Accolades:

Wasteland 1/6 (10 pt)
FOUND AT THE SATELLITE TOWER:
Free Satellite Coverage For All (10 pt)
Nimbus Jaunt 1/5 (10 pt)

Notes[]

  • Prior to the release of Season Fifteen: Age of Discovery, the Wasteland arc was part of the main storyline for all factions. With Season 15, it is now only a part of the Romulan Republic main story progression and has been moved to "The Galaxy at Large" side content for others.

See also[]

v · d · e
Storyline Missions      
All Starfleet Factions Starfleet-only
Tutorial DSC Starfleet only “Graduation Day”“Routine Maneuvers”“Trial by Fire”“The Shadow Knows”“Children of War”“Reporting In”
TOS Starfleet only “I Sing of Arms”“Search and Rescue”“Bull by the Horns”“Dislodging Klingons”“The Taurean Affair”“Earthward Bound”
25th century Starfleet only “Graduation Day”“Training Cruise”“Field Promotions”“Communication Breakdown”“Assimilation of the Innocent”
Agents of Yesterday TOS Starfleet only “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.
Mission available 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 episodePatrolRemoved MissionsTask Force Operation

Preceeded by
Klingon War
Preceeded by
Fek'Ihri Return
Followed by
Romulan Mystery

Something is stirring beneath the sands of the Planet of Galactic Peace.


The Wasteland story arc is a chain of cross-faction missions available to all factions. The quest is part of "The Galaxy at Large" side content. It is set directly before the Romulan Mystery arc.

Romulan Republic Intelligence has received rumors of a lost cache of thalaron triggers being sold on the planet and has notified its allies in the Section 31 as well as Klingon Intelligence. An increased Tal Shiar activity has also been detected. Travel to Nimbus III and stop the thalaron triggers from falling into the wrong hands.

Horace Jones, a local trader, will be your contact in the Paradise City, but be careful - Tal Shiar aside, Nimbus III is one of the most dangerous places in the galaxy. An Orion crime syndicate is in charge and they have eyes and ears everywhere.

List of missions[]

“Secrets of Nimbus”

Weapons of mass destruction could be in the hands of your enemies. The trail leads to Nimbus III.

Mission cannot be replayed.

Contact: Franklin Drake / K'men
Release Date: May 21, 2013
“Secrets of Nimbus”

Weapons of mass destruction could be in the hands of your enemies. The trail leads to Nimbus III.

Mission cannot be replayed.

Contact:
Franklin Drake / K'men
Release Date:
May 21, 2013
Special rewards:

There are no rewards specific to this mission.

Accolades:

Wasteland 1/6 (10 pt)
FOUND IN THE ADVENTURE ZONE:
Nimbus Survivor (25 pt)
Fought the Good Fight (25 pt)

“The Lost City of Paradise”

You'll need to gain the trust of the townsfolk to begin unraveling the mystery of Nimbus.
Contact: Horace Jones
Release Date: May 21, 2013
“The Lost City of Paradise”

You'll need to gain the trust of the townsfolk to begin unraveling the mystery of Nimbus.
Contact:
Horace Jones
Release Date:
May 21, 2013
Special rewards:

There are no rewards specific to this mission.

Accolades:

Wasteland 1/6 (10 pt)
FOUND IN THE PARADISE CITY:
Barfly (10 pt)
Watching the Nothing (10 pt)
Tipsy Top (10 pt)
Nimble on Nimbus (10 pt)
Freedom for the People (10 pt)
Nimbus Dance Master (10 pt)
Nimbus Jaunt 1/5 (10 pt)
FOUND IN THE DESERT:
Scorpion Slayer (10 pt)
FOUND IN THE RUINS:
Watch Your Step (10 pt)
Queen Slayer (10 pt)
Nimbus Jaunt 1/5 (10 pt)

“Blind Men Tell All Tales”

Track the Orion Syndicate through the wastes and find out their plan.
Contact: Horace Jones
Release Date: May 21, 2013
“Blind Men Tell All Tales”

Track the Orion Syndicate through the wastes and find out their plan.
Contact:
Horace Jones
Release Date:
May 21, 2013
Special rewards:

There are no rewards specific to this mission.

Accolades:

Wasteland 1/6 (10 pt)
FOUND AT THE STRONGHOLD:
True Engineer (10 pt)
Cockpit Observer (10 pt)
Why Are You Climbing a Mountain? (10 pt)
Storming the Stronghold (10 pt)
Breakout Artist (10 pt)
Syndicate Smashed (10 pt)
Nimbus Jaunt 1/5 (10 pt)

“The Undying”

Hassan the Undying rules Nimbus III. You'll need to enter his stronghold to find the thalaron triggers.
Contact: Horace Jones
Release Date: May 21, 2013
“The Undying”

Hassan the Undying rules Nimbus III. You'll need to enter his stronghold to find the thalaron triggers.
Contact:
Horace Jones
Release Date:
May 21, 2013
Special rewards:

[Title: The Undying]

Accolades:

Wasteland 1/6 (10 pt)

“A Fistful of Gorn”

The Gorn who hold the canyon will attack any outsiders. Can you turn the table on them?
Contact: Horace Jones
Release Date: May 21, 2013
“A Fistful of Gorn”

The Gorn who hold the canyon will attack any outsiders. Can you turn the table on them?
Contact:
Horace Jones
Release Date:
May 21, 2013
Special rewards:

[Personnel Reward - "Law"]

Accolades:

Wasteland 1/6 (10 pt)
FOUND IN THE CANYON:
Gorn Ambusher (10 pt)
Gorn Gone (10 pt)
Rock Smasher (10 pt)
Nimbus Jaunt 1/5 (10 pt)

“Installation 18”

You've finally found the location of the Tal Shiar base hidden on Nimbus III. Can you use it to set a trap?
Contact: Franklin Drake / K'men
Release Date: May 21, 2013
“Installation 18”

You've finally found the location of the Tal Shiar base hidden on Nimbus III. Can you use it to set a trap?
Contact:
Franklin Drake / K'men
Release Date:
May 21, 2013
Special rewards:

[Piercing Tetryon Dual Beam Bank]
[Piercing Tetryon Dual Cannon]
[Piercing Tetryon Turret]
[Nimbus Pirate Distress Call]

Accolades:

Wasteland 1/6 (10 pt)
FOUND AT THE SATELLITE TOWER:
Free Satellite Coverage For All (10 pt)
Nimbus Jaunt 1/5 (10 pt)

Notes[]

  • Prior to the release of Season Fifteen: Age of Discovery, the Wasteland arc was part of the main storyline for all factions. With Season 15, it is now only a part of the Romulan Republic main story progression and has been moved to "The Galaxy at Large" side content for others. On consoles, missions can be found under "Incoming Hails" from Franklin Drake/K'men.

See also[]

Mission available 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 “Lost Dominion”“Second Wave”“Of Bajor”“Operation Gamma”“Facility 4028”“Boldly They Rode”
Cold War “Cold War”“Cold Call”“Out in the Cold”“Cold Comfort”“Cold Case”“Cold Storage”
Kobali Crisis “Kobali Crisis Act I”“Kobali Crisis Act II”“Kobali Crisis Act III”