Whites...

[defacto]

We all know whites. They are a good source of cry, but from antares and up, they get quite boring, it's just kill that and get that blablabla. Here is a example of how i would like a white.

Hunt smugglers

Keep up with a smuggler (he has ab and weapons) until you reach a small mantis free area.
Then he will fight you if you still are close to him.

Dialogue:

Ivanova: A known smuggler/Pirate/Mantis collaborator/ Whatever has been detected on the surface of this planet. Hnt him down, and don't forget that there is a big bounty on his head.
Go to the suface

Smuggler: Prepare for your annihilation lousy novice!... oh, wait, you have blasters? i'm outta here!
Hunt him down

Ivanova: He's fleeing, hunt him down pilot!
You better use your afterburner

Smuggler: Mwhahahahaha! prepare yourself for your destiny!
Prepare for battle

BOOOM


Ivanova: Nice, you destroyed his ship! Take his cargo and collect his pod.
Good job, collect his pod and cargo.

Ivanonva: Good job pilot, the smugglers bounty has been transfered to your cryonite bamk.
Mission acomplished, cryonite reward paid

 

[defacto]

As i have nothing else to do, i will post another example.

Garble trouble

Ivanova: We have got a strange garbled signal, we cannot pinpoint it's location, or what it is. Fly down to the surface to get more info.
Fly down to surface

Unknown: "werghiloo..."#@killoi...=(&%¤% aaaaa
Strange garbled signal

Ivanova: Thats it again! We have managed to pinpoint it's approximate location, but be careful, it's in the mittle of mantis territory!
Search marked area

Unknown: ´´%&aaagmanrartyoi, &¤##hhuokp&&%likanhur markari, li%%¤ioy
Another signal

Ivanova: The signal is stronger! you are getting close to it!
Proximity beacon active

Ivanova: There's some sort of pod over there, collect it quick, there is mantis going enroute to your position!
Collect the object.

Alien: Avaiii, kara, priiiizol!
Unknown alien language

Ivanova: Get to orbit quick, it's raining Mantis!
Escape!

Tobias: Good that you made it to orbit, Pilot name. The extraterrestrials in their escpae pod are methanoids, originaing from tau ceti. They have a rather... unique language, but we will probabl be able to establish communication. Thank you, Pilot name.
Cryonite paid.

 

[Enz0f0rcE]

VERY nice idea's! I fully support this

These are much better than the ones we have now. I'm sure that the developers will look further into this .

 

[defacto]

thanks i wanted these mission for very long... maybe you can even ad MY missions?

 

[pbhuh]

I have tought about it too, I came up with:
Explore 40 % of your new planet,
Explore 80% of this planet,
Reach the 90%,
or
Help Rosebud finding a BP

Explore 40% of your new planet

Can you help us [player] we need your help. We don't know much about this planet, so please Explore at least 40%.

Dialogue:

Ivanova: You need to explore 40 % of this new planet, please watch out for [mantis].
Uncover 40% of this planet

Mantis custodian commander: Get him, they may not know about this planet and our buisness.
Watch out for Mantis custodian commanders

Ivanova: Watch out for the green lights, they could be from the Mantis custodian commander.
If you see green lights, use your afterburner and flee

Ivanonva: You have made it, now we know what the mantis are doing here. Please watch out for the [mantis]. Cryonite reward is payd.
Select the next mission on the missionboard

The Rosebud needs your help

The rosebud needs your help, fly to the surface and look what he needs.
Fly down to the surface and wait for further instructions

The rosebud: Please help me with finding the [BP]
Follow the rosebud

The rosebud: shoot the [mantis], I will help you, collect the BP if you find him.
Shoot the [mantis] and collect what they drop

Mantis: You are never gonna kill us.
Choice 1: Hunt the [mantis] down and collect what he drops
Choice 2: Shoot all those mantis before they kill you

Ivanova: You did it, cryonite reward payd,
Select next mission

 

[defacto]

Good idea

Gamma bomb.

Ivanova: We have got intel about a mantis attack using Gamma ray bombs on our starbase. Such a attack would be devastating, we cannot let this happen, Player name! Fly down to the surface to learn more.
Fly down to the surface.

Admiral: Before launching the attack, the mantis bomber and it's escorts rendezvous at this point.(marked on map) me and my units will hold back the reinforcements while you break in and destroy the bomber and it's escorts. Note that you will need a large squad for this task. Good luck.
Fly to map marker

Ivanova: There it is! Destroy it quick before it leaves to orbit!
Timer: 4 minutes
Destroy the bomber

Ivanova: Fantastic, Player name! the bomber has been destroyed!
Mission accomplished, reward paid.

 

[Enz0f0rcE]

@ defacto

All the humans on the station are already dead, leaving only automated systems online. I'd say instead of a Gamma Ray bomb, EMP.
______________________________________________________________________________________
My idea:

Juggernaut assault - Vega 2 - Terasa - Prosperous - Baumar

Ivanova: We have received intel that a mantis Juggernaut is en route to destroy A mining facility - Carl Sagan - The village North West - Jogan - We cannot let this happen Pilot name, Destroy the mantis Juggernaut before it destroys everything we are here for!
Land on the surface

Mantis juggernaut en route to [insert place here], we have marked it's location on your tactical map, destroy it as fast as possible!
Juggernaut location marked - Destroy juggernaut

The juggernaut has been destroyed, thanks to you! Here's your reward for your help.
Juggernaut defeated - Cryonite reward paid.

This mission should have a high reward.

 

[defacto]

well the mizar and gemini starbases was probably populated again when you unlocked the next starsystem.

 

[defacto]

The legendary Superblaster

Ivanova: There has since long time back, been a legend of a fantastic fusion powered blaster, capable of shooting something that mostly looks like miniature suns at their target. it has long since been thought as a myth, created by the Mizar goverment to scare the expantionist regimes. We now have reason to believe different. Fly down to the surface to learn more.
Fly down to the surface.

Pilot: OOOOH, what in the mantis tooth hygiene was that?... oh, no, it's heading towards me, noo...
No good sign

Ivanova: Quick, Player name. We have marked the pilots last known position on the map, and whatever you do, do not engage in battle with the alien ship.
Go to map marker, but don't engage the ship, or this will be your last day alive.

Pilot: StunCHARGE!!!!
The pilots will keep the mantis ship stunned for a short time, destroy it.

Pilot: We can't keep the Mantis hsip stunned much longer! Destroy it quick!
You got 30 seconds

When ship is destroyed, a smaller ship hatch from it.

Mantis: You lousy calcium based oxygen breathers! Let's see how happy you are when you are incinerated! Activate the slf-destruct sequence!
Timer: 15 seconds.
You better flee... quick.

Ivanova: What a explosion! You were lucky to install that new afterburner, Pilot name. The legendary superblaster is probably just ashes now, but thats better than having mantis using it.
Mission accomplished

Note: after 60 seconds, the ship will get unstunned... and, well it can instakill everything... so...
And 15 seconds after the destruction of the ship, a gigantic Aggrobomb blast will blow up everything in a 1000 meter radius.

 

[pbhuh]

New system

The Behemoth is back, [player] we need your help. We don't know what he is doing here, kill him.
Fly down to the surface

Dialogue:

Ivanova: Please search over the whole planet to find the behemoth.
Search the Behemoth

Ivanova: There he is, he is something giving to the Mantis.
Steal the item before they flee

Ivanova: It's a port to the Super Nova system
Fly to stargate and fly to the new system

Ivanova: It was a trap, this system is almost a real supernova.
Flee, before it explode

 

[defacto]

Bump...

 

[defacto]

Just a simple change to the already existing missions would be good too. Instead of having hunt rank 35, then 36, then 37, then 38... you could have like: Kill Avengers (rank 35) Kill more Avengers (rank 37) Kill Elite Avengers (rank 39) And maybe change names too. Smash Harvestes=Harvester Hunt
Kill commanders=Deathsquad Busting
Destroy Turrets, inside the moon base= Weakening their defences-Weakening more Defences
Kill Imperial Signors= Operation Assassination-Death to commanders
Kill repogrubs=Avenge the critters-Avenge More critters!-Critter Berserk!
Kill Pyros= Barbeque fest-BBQ Fest Deluxe-BBQuing at it's best

Examples:

The Rocket Turrets inside the moonbase is a lage obstacle when infiltrating it. We need your help! But be careful-the Mantis and Imps guard their base well.

Pyros hunt or fellow comrades down, so teach them a lesson!

 

[Wolfsbane.]

I totally support this idea. The game is rather limited white mission-wise. I also think that there should be a little more cryonite paid for missions. I sometimes get the feeling that it wasn't really worth the effort to kill all those mantis for 177 cryo (for example).

 

[sbatten]

Sounds good, but remember that the more complex the missions, the longer for programming and debugging. The BP whites and hunting whites, are basically already programmed and debugged, was done in Vega during Alpha or Beta testing most likely. These mission, while they sound like great ideas, would require unique programming and debugging for each and every mission. What would be totally wicked cool is if PG could develop some kind of open-code programming like I have seen in many other RTS type games that have map editors and storyline editors. In this case, NO map editors, but if they could somehow develop a storyline editor that anyone can use, then we can program our own missions (not for cryonite) and then give them to friends to use as perhaps plugins or something. That would keep EVERYONE busy with the current systems, take a great deal of heat off of the devs to hurry up and release the next system, not to mention it would be a complete blast to try out each others missions.

Chas88

 

[defacto]

In vega they had funny missions! SOmething like that (rescue the pod, protect surface scan) is good enough for me.