Practical Solutions

Epic Mission Arc: Penumbra
Mission 2.5: Practical Solutions

Overview

Mission type: Courier, Arc Mission
Recommended Damage: N/A
Recommended Resists: N/A
System: Astoh (0.6) - Sinas Egassuo's Chimera
Deadspace: No
Previous Mission: Mission 2.4: Whisper of a Conspiracy
Next Mission: Mission 2.6: Forewarning

Mission Briefing

I've managed to get a message over to Katsen. He's already begun to make some arrangements but I have to say <char_name>, this is going to be a particularly dicey assignment, for all of us.

Katsen is convinced he knows the man for this job. In fact, he claims that if anyone can deciper this data node, it will be this man. His name is Vira Mikano, and he's a senior decryption analyst with Ishukone Watch.

Yeah that's right, I said Ishukone Watch.

Katsen’s plan is to have some of his people “redirect” Mr. Mikano from his office in Oipo to your personal hangar on the station. From there, you will put him aboard your ship and safely escort him back here to Astoh.

Let me stress seomething before you leap in, <char_name>. Mikano is a family man, and a well-respected Caldari too. Hell, I once had drinks with him. If the lives of many more Caldari weren't at stake here, I wouldn't consider abducting him for even moment, but desperate situations call for practical solutions. We need him to help us, and there is no chance in hell he'd do that without a little pressure, but he must not come to any harm whatsoever.

Only accept this assignment if you're absuletely ready for it. I'll relay your acceptance to Katsen the moment you give me the nod. After that, there's no turning back.

Objective

Transport these goods:
Pickup Location: 0.8 Oipo II - Moon 19 - Ishukone Watch Logistic Support
Drop-off Location: 0.6 Astoh - Sinas Egassuo's Chimera - 5 Jump
Cargo: one unit of Vira Mikano (3.0 m³)

Additinal Information

Masks of Authority

The glossy tropes of the public relations holoreels and the beige glamour of stylized war worship stand in stark contrast to the reality of these agencies, but most people have only a muddy awareness of the dichotomy.

A man can be rudely treated by a brusque and superior Ishukone Watch officer and silently curse him for hours, but as soon as he gets home that evening he is just as likely to prop his feet up and enjoy a rousing serial where the Ishukone Watch’s superior technology and cunning allows it to root out Gurista spies and double-cross them into revealing their hideout. So pervasive is the propaganda that it is highly doubtful this man ever draws a parallel between the real thing and the image; the connection he draws, instead, is between the image and the mother corporation it represents.

Completion

Sinas Egassuo

I think we may have just pulled it off, <char_name>. Unbelievable, but then most of Katsen's plans are.

We'll take care of Mikano from here. He'll be more than safe, don't worry. Once he has given us what we need he'll be promptly returned to his families.

We've taken a scan copy of the data node you uncovered. Katsen says it won't be long before Mikano decodes it for us.

Rewards

2,500,000 credits.

Bonus Reward: 283,000 if completed within 52 minutes.