A Proper Burial is a short single mission in Star Trek Fleet Command where you recover a fallen Gorn’s body so he can be buried properly. It needs warp 13 to start and warp 17 to finish, and it can be picked up in any of six systems. You collect Mekad’s body from Fastolf and take it to Khitomer, with no fights and no donations. The reward is 8,000 Parsteel and ten 2★ Survey Parts, a tidy return for two trips.
A Proper Burial objectives
There are two objectives and no choice split:
- Recover Mekad’s body from Fastolf. Location: Fastolf.
- Return the body to Khitomer. Location: Khitomer.
The mission is a single delivery. Fly to Fastolf to recover Mekad’s body, then carry it to Khitomer, which completes the mission. No hostile is listed, and there is no return-to-station step.
Where and what warp
A Proper Burial can be picked up in Kaus Borealis, Oltomon, Freyda, Aciben, Vemet or Kaus Australis, which need warp 13. Completing it takes warp 17, since Fastolf and Khitomer are further out than the pickup systems.
The game lists a recommended level of 1. With no combat, the warp 17 range is the only real requirement. Check it before you accept, because a ship that only just reaches the pickup systems at warp 13 will fall short of Fastolf and Khitomer.
A Proper Burial rewards
| Reward | Amount |
|---|---|
| Parsteel | 8,000 |
| 2★ Survey Parts | 10 |
A Proper Burial does not unlock a follow-up mission.
The 2★ Survey Parts go toward upgrading survey ships, which makes this a handy mission for anyone building up a mining fleet. The Parsteel covers a few early building steps.
Other missions from the same pickup systems
Several other one-off missions are handed out from some of the same warp 13 systems:
| Mission | Warp to complete | What you do | Rewards |
|---|---|---|---|
| A Proper Burial | 17 | Carry Mekad’s body from Fastolf to Khitomer | 8,000 Parsteel, 10 2★ Survey Parts |
| The Settling Nomad | 13 | Defeat 15 Boslic ships of level 17+ | 3 1★ Survey Parts |
| Take What We Need | 13 | Defeat 6 hostiles in Kepler-018, mine and donate 2,000 Tritanium | 14,000 Parsteel, 5 2★ Survey Parts |
| After the Fall | 13 | Donate 10,000 Parsteel | 5,000 Tritanium |
A Proper Burial pays the most Survey Parts of the group, and unlike The Settling Nomad and Take What We Need, it has no combat. It does ask for a bit more warp.
Tips
Use a survey or spare ship. There is nothing to fight, so the trip does not need your combat ship.
Pick it up with the others when you pass through the pickup systems. Take What We Need also pays 2★ Survey Parts, so running both gives you 15.
Plan the route from the pickup system to Fastolf, then Khitomer. The mission ends at Khitomer rather than at your station, so if you have other missions near Khitomer, line them up to start from there. More missions at this range are on the mission guide.