Which Faen do you usually help and why?

[eharper256]

Just a fun question for people who have done several runs like myself.

Personally, I usually end up picking Erik because his line is very lucrative and appreciate how proactive he is (read: unscrupulous bastard~ lol). With all the rep you gain, you're basically guaranteeing a full loadout of level 7 crew weapons for your officers, and a sweet 15% off ships from his faction. The latter is also delivered at a point where its very useful (the arbiters missions to the High Princes can also get it, but you have less of a wad of personal rep to flap around). Assuming you can deal with the moderate ship battles to begin with, of course.

Zette is also handy if nothing else for the Medical Provost she becomes. Again, you can pull a huge wad of specialist gadgets with the personal rep gain; and have access to a very stable Black Market due to that rep. Of course, like any smuggler she can spawn on a crappy economy planet though, so it may not work out as guaranteed. She's also gated by that rather dangerous crew combat.

Ironically, being 'good' and helping Valencia has by far the worst payout (except morally) as you not only have to fight off several dangerous bounty hunters, but also gain low cash and no real contact to boast afterwards (I've never seen the Hunna or her have much of a further role).

[Trese Brothers]

Originally posted by eharper256:

Jhow proactive he is (read: unscrupulous bastard~ lol).

Love this thread already <3

[conTeXT]

Usually Valencia, but you're making me want to give Zette another try. Only played Erik once and got waxed, Zette maybe 3 times but at the time didn't get a lot of benefit from having her as a contact.

I think the thing I like about Val is playstyle. I tend to favor non-ship-combat missions, run from bounty hunters, and by the time Zerod shows up I've generally got a strong enough boarding crew to rush in and take him out personal-like. I also don't mind the extra CR50,000 available from telling Zette to get spaced.

[Poseidon]

Early on I only did the Valencia quest as it seemed to be what the story line was pointing me towards. After reading some comments here I tried Zette's option and found it a lot more interesting from a game lore perspective, although you've got to be ready for that final crew combat. I did NOT see that coming the first time through. Lately though I've been playing mostly pirate and smuggler captains and if you are trying to role play those captains accurately you are likely Team Erik all the way. I do feel kinda bad for Valencia though growing up in that den of snakes...no wonder her story ends the way it does.

[-Moonlight丶301]

zeete is good contact and she also paid a good price for the missions, most important thing is to help her, you can still save Val

[Tomcat]

I think I usually do Valencia because it's along the way when I multitask other quests from the arbiter in Falfallen.


The Faen I least likely would do is Zette because the vatborn boss battle can be tricky if you are really unlucky. The other two Faens have easier battles because there's less dice categories to worry about.

[Panda]

Last time I ignored them all except taking Val onboard, making my buck out of Calagan courier and taxi missions. This was good enough to buy and equip my Sword Cutter with all good stuff, except Still Song combat bridge.

P.S. Getting this combat bridge was somewhat grindy, since I had to clean up my faction standing from -350.

[DNLH]

I mostly tell Faens 's'ya!' after business with Arbiter is done. But if it seems required of my captain to stick around for long enough, being diplomat or military officer, I tend to go with Zette, because it's an interesting, cloak and dagger style of story, but also to have that final battle as proving grounds for my combat crew.

[djconner]

I usually go with Valencia as just the easiest "path of least resistance." The bounty hunters are admittedly nothing to sneeze at, but the crew combats in Zette's line are absolutely brutal. I haven't done Erik's stuff in a long time, mainly because I don't want to be bothered with figuring out where to build a second passenger berth to accommodate his assassins.

[Metallicus]

I love helping Zette because I love fighting the Vatborn Monster. Also, Zette gives the rewards I use long term as a contact.

[Mario, Lawyer in Black]

Zette. In addition to what others have said, the salvage rumors are nice. I don't find Erik to be nearly as uniquely helpful.

[lemurs2]

Valencia or Zette, Erik is too much of a scum bag to help.