Maestro or Kris Mellerd? [SPOILERS]

[OZZO]

Spoilers below.

So, do you side with Maestro or Kris Mellerd, and why?

How is the reward different?

Any other implications on the galaxy?

[Ketraar]

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[OZZO]

Any thoughts and suggestions, guys?

[CyberEagle]

Going with the Stranded start, I stuck with Maestro and the Curs for RP reasons. After all, they busted me out of prison at the beginning and gave me my starting ship .

[Nayte]

I went with Maestro, but I am not sure if I finished the whole storyline or not, not much on the internet regarding the whole plot. But, I was thanked for saving his brother and no other quest were given. I have visited the ship multiple times and no new missions. Do you know what the final mission is for the storyline? Thanks.

[Chris]

I read that the reward for delivering the ship to Kris was just MIN rep, which I already had plenty of, so I docked with Maestro & had the same experience you did: Fight off the angry MIN Phoenix destroyer (the station stopped hostilities fairly quickly and went back to my normal MIN rep) until Maestro escapes. Ace kept trying to pick fights, but after I dropped the Phoenix HP low enough (0%, but not destroyed...) he eventually flew off to escort Maestro.
Their two ships are now randomly patrolling sectors, and I haven't heard anything about any further missions.

.... really I just wanted to disassemble the Exceptional mod on the Raven & use that to upgrade my personal corvette...

[ArcticISAF]

I chose Maestro for my real playthrough, but to get the achievement I went with Mellerd. One interesting 'reward' that's really not obvious is claiming the Arcadian right after the mission ended. No crew on it, ripe for the taking. Worth something like 11 (or 13?) million if sold. I don't think there was any special mods for it but hey - free destroyer.

Edit: Oh yeah, Mellerd does come back to harass you in a destroyer with a few smaller ships, later on entering Eighteen Billion or Grand Exchange. I just ignored them and flew by. I did see them hang around for a bit but I can't seem to find them now on the map, has been several hours though.

[DanKara]

Originally posted by ArcticISAF:

...One interesting 'reward' that's really not obvious is claiming the Arcadian right after the mission ended. No crew on it, ripe for the taking. Worth something like 11 (or 13?) million if sold. I don't think there was any special mods for it but hey - free destroyer.

I too took Maestro's 'Arcadian' in the Mellard-branch. But the ship got destroyed within aprox 10 minutes. I think it was a scripted despawn or cleanup. Selling the equipement gave me a nice starting cash, though - and a good 4*-captain and some experienced service crew.
(Of course, I went with Maestro in my real playthrough to keep the Raven as a trophy.)

[ArcticISAF]

Originally posted by DanKara:

I too took Maestro's 'Arcadian' in the Mellard-branch. But the ship got destroyed within aprox 10 minutes. I think it was a scripted despawn or cleanup. Selling the equipement gave me a nice starting cash, though - and a good 4*-captain and some experienced service crew.
(Of course, I went with Maestro in my real playthrough to keep the Raven as a trophy.)

Oh that's pretty interesting to hear. I didn't know it would just blow up on you later. Kind of a shame since it's a neat ship, but at least the option of selling for cash remains.

[Astasia]

Ya I didn't get any rep with MIN or TEL for siding with Mellerd, unless maybe it resets you to neutral if you've already gone hostile with them. I was at -5 and -3 respectively and neither changed. What I did get is a decently kitted and loaded up Falcon, mostly mk3 parts and stocked up with dozens of laser towers and friend-foe mines. Probably worth 1-2 mil. This was after I talked to her in her office and exposed the plan previously, maybe it changes the reward depending on how fully you betrayed the Curs.

Claiming the Arcadian, most of the crew was still on there for me for some reason, I was able to talk to Maestro and he had some dialog for me about betraying him. I was curious if you could keep the Arcadian if you stayed on it, like maybe it only despawns if you leave the system, but no it literally just detonates after a few minutes and will kill you if you are still on board.

[Chaaaarge]

sided with Mellerd, because wanted to get the Arcadian, but it destroyed after a few mins with me onboard, resulting in my death :(

only option is to sell it i guess :(

[BlackRainGER *THC*]

2024 it is not possible to capture neither of the capital ships.
for siding with maestro, you get the prototype min ship, included a research option for personal massproduction.

siding with min, you get a falcon fighter with 2 muon loader guns. plus a bit rep.
you are not allowed to keep the prototype

so the blueprints , and maybe a steam achievement (you gotta google if there is one on your own) are the only priceless items in this bargain, side with maestro