Attack in the Silence of Mer-Segrit -quest

[Gustavus]

Aight. How am I supposed to "protect" the vessel? Is it story locked that the merchant ship is supposed to die in turn 1 / 2, or can you actually save this voidship?

[Gustavus]

Completed the quest after the Merchant Vessel was destroyed and seems there was no negative effects?

Also, after the AI destroyed the merchant ship they just sat still. Did not move, did not fire, did not do anything.. Just had to wait 1 minute for each of their "turn" to pass on.

[lyonesse2]

You can save it. In my game the voidship escaped with a few hull points remaining.

[Buttbutt]

Are you suppose to attack the larger 2 ships first? I destroyed the 3 smaller ships on my second turn, but the 3 smaller ships first turn knocks the trade ship under 50 percent health, then the larger ships finish it off. Seems to be RNG on whether it survives or not.

[JustMonika]

Originally posted by Meowdison:

Where did you even find this quest? Ive been looking all over for it

I too, can not find this quest anywhere.

[Meowdison]

Originally posted by JustMonika:

Originally posted by Meowdison:

Where did you even find this quest? Ive been looking all over for it

I too, can not find this quest anywhere.

Its just north of the janus system, I cant belive I didnt see it. they really need to add quest markers or something for these things when theres like 50 systems to scroll through

[solomani]

In my game they blow up the merchant and then retreat forever.

Can I ask how you all managed to protect the convoy? It seems it dies turn 2 no matter who I take on. Unless my voidship is woefully under powered (rank2, 3 upgrades on hull, no other ships).

[Meowdison]

Originally posted by solomani:

In my game they blow up the merchant and then retreat forever.

Can I ask how you all managed to protect the convoy? It seems it dies turn 2 no matter who I take on. Unless my voidship is woefully under powered (rank2, 3 upgrades on hull, no other ships).

I had the additional npc ship by the time I went to protect it, it provided enough addtional targets that themerchant lived

[solomani]

Great, thanks. Is that the frigate from one of the colony upgrades?

[Vaemer-Riit]

I did this last night and managed to save it.

This is all from memory so I may have some of the details wrong but here is what I did.

tl;dr - focus the destroyers first and then the big ships. Torpedos help alot.

I Iaunched torpedos from my starting point facing the destroyers and then went into the destroyers. was able to outright kill one in the first turn they where in range.

The other two destroyers converged on the freighter, took shots and then moved away from the freighter and my flagship while the larger two ships swing around to approach the freighter. The two destroyers were separated by only 1 grid square.

On my next turn I flew the torpedos into the gap between the two destroyers and killed both of them. Then I used the skill for making tight turns and was able to burst down one of the larger ships with my lance, bow gun and a broadside (using the shield pulse to pull the ship out of its holofield when it brought it up). At this point the last ship made a beeline for the edge of the map and if it didn't get stuck there I never would have caught it.

[azaris]

The fight bugs out for me. I chase away the enemy ships, they all start running away, then the freighter explodes on its own even when no one is shooting at it. After a while the enemy ships just freeze during their turn and the fight doesn't progress.

[NotYourCousinOkri]

mine survived, but i had my ship pretty well upgraded. ship lvl 6

[azaris]

I tried it again. This time the freighter died in one round to the frigates, nothing that I could do. I killed all but one of the AI ships, which runs away and I can't catch it until it hits end of the map and I can no longer reach it (it's somewhere far beyond the edge of the map) yet the battle never ends.

Is this entire quest bugged to ♥♥♥♥??? Am I locked out?

[Neoz]

Originally posted by azaris:

I tried it again. This time the freighter died in one round to the frigates, nothing that I could do. I killed all but one of the AI ships, which runs away and I can't catch it until it hits end of the map and I can no longer reach it (it's somewhere far beyond the edge of the map) yet the battle never ends.

Is this entire quest bugged to ♥♥♥♥??? Am I locked out?

just finished it, I managed to save the merchant ship, wasn't easy, and required a bit of reloading due to miss chances. Otherwise seems impossible without luck in a 1 and go.

when the last ship runs, you can eventually catch it, at least for me, since it stopped moving. I also had the warp power that redirects/deals damage to that helped.

[HozzMidnight]

This one is ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥. You need extreme RNG to save the frigate.

[Hidetsugu]

Originally posted by HozzMidnight:

This one is ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥. You need extreme RNG to save the frigate.

I am very weak in the art of unearthing threads over an year old. Mister Master Necromancer, can you teach me your necropost powers? /s