Story Missions

These missions are considered story spoilers. Be advised.

Missions listed here are the mechanical representation of Story Thus Far.

Prologue/Tutorial Missions

Each of the backgrounds has a slightly different tutorial line with minor variations now how they go about and perform tasks. While a Navy Officer would go defeat the pirates to get stolen gate construction materials, a Prospector would more likely mine for ores and craft them.

Location: Galaxy's Edge

Tutorial Missions

Mission Name	Reward (except Reputation/XP)
Fly to Driftwood Station	Meet Greg
Personal Hangar
Defeat the Drones	Gate Pass (Orbitan)
Using the Gatesystem	Meet Virgil
Get to the Balam System	Meet Creed
Salvage the Derelict	Damaged AI core, Gain Elena Scott
Craft the Core	AI core, 1 skill point, ECHO is enabled
Defeat the Pirate	Gate Pass (Hermetis, Octanis, Sparax)
Recover the Materials	Signal Array
Repair the Gate	Repaired Gate
One Way Trip	End Prologue, Begin Main Story

Frontier Story Missions

Although these missions forward the story, many of them are also designed as a tutorials for players who haven't had the incentive to try all of the activity types, such as mining, salvage, base defense, base attack, cargo escort and so on.

Story Arc I

Story Arc I: The Constructor Drone Fleet

Mission Name	Rewards/Contacts (except Reputation/XP)
You made it	Meet Mysterious Employer
Recon	Mysterious Employer
Report Back	Mysterious Employer
Lost Crew	Meet Arle, Gain John Raythor
Salvaged Alive	Meet Thundo Klipz, Keril
Kolyatov Revenge	Command Cortex
Find Out More	Mysterious Employer
Stellar Industries	Meet Adeline Lorentz, Constructor Drone Schematics
Back to Report	Mysterious Employer
Scrap the Drones	Meet Mick Flank

Story Arc II

Story Arc II: The Void Drifters

Mission Name	Rewards/Contacts (except Reputation/XP)
Void Drifters Contact	Meet James Fleddon
Defend the Drifters	Meet Claude
Sealed Cargo Delivery	Meet Stella Chion
Meet the Smuggler Contact	James Fleddon
Escort Valuable Cargo	James Fleddon, Claude
Darkspace Compact	Meet Midas
Station Assault	Metafiber

Story Arc IIIa

Story Arc IIIa: Darkspace Compact

Mission Name	Rewards/Contacts (except Reputation/XP)
Making New Friends	Midas
Fanatic Removal	1 Skill Point (base attack)
Midas Rendezvous	Midas
Construction Delay
Return to Midas	Midas
Wormhole Under Attack	1 Skill Point

Story Arc IIIb

Story Arc IIIb: Umbral Reach

Mission Name	Rewards/Contacts (except Reputation/XP)
Back to Work	Mysterious Employer
Experiment on Metafiber	Stella Chion
Back to the Beacon	Mysterious Employer
Take Over	Stella Chion
Talk to Umbral	Stella Chion
Drone Assistance	Mysterious Employer
Clearing Construction Site	Mysterious Employer

Conquest Story Missions

Story Arc IV

Story Arc IV: Secondary Benefits

Mission Name	Rewards/Contacts (except Reputation/XP)
Gathering Storm	Meet Cade Callahan, 1 Skill Point
Sector Control	Meet Adeline Lorentz, Arle, Keril

Story Arc V

Story Arc V: Which Way to Go

Stellar Industries		Luminate Combine		Kolyatov Collective
Mission Name	Rewards/Contacts (except Reputation/XP)	Mission Name	Rewards/Contacts (except Reputation/XP)	Mission Name	Rewards/Contacts (except Reputation/XP)
Internship	Meet Victor Hale	Alignment	Meet Triane Solis	For the Collective!	Meet Mikhail Kolyatov

Story Arc VI: Umbral Reach

Mission Name	Rewards/Contacts (except Reputation/XP)
The Umbral Reach	Meet Mysterious Employer, Umbral Hacking Multitool
Hacking the Station	Mysterious Employer
Fully Infected	Mysterious Employer
Spymaster	Meet Stella Chion