Cornered Animal is a Discovery story mission in Star Trek Fleet Command, recommended for level 25. It opens at warp 1 and needs warp 20 to complete. A new ship has arrived, and you investigate it across Amagi and Jizo, defeating 8 hostiles of level 23 or higher along the way before returning to your station. The reward is 385,000 Parsteel and 6 3★ Uncommon Refined Crystal, and finishing it unlocks A Bad Crowd. There is no single boss fight, so the hostile kills are the main work.
Cornered Animal objectives
There are five objectives and no choice split:
- Find the mysterious ship. Location: Amagi.
- Defeat 8 hostiles of Level 23 or higher.
- Check the Starfleet ship records. Location: Amagi.
- Chase the strange ship. Location: Jizo.
- Return to your Station.
You start in Amagi looking for the mysterious ship. The second objective is the only combat, 8 hostiles of level 23 or higher, and no system is attached to it in the data. After that you return to Amagi to check the Starfleet records, chase the ship to Jizo, and head home.
Any hostile counts toward the 8 kills, as long as it is level 23 or higher. The current objective text keeps the same level floor.
Where and what warp
Cornered Animal has no pickup system in the data. It opens at warp 1 and needs warp 20 to complete. The named systems are Amagi and Jizo, and the mission ends at your station. The recommended level is 25, two levels above the level 23 floor on the hostile kills.
Cornered Animal rewards
| Reward | Amount |
|---|---|
| Parsteel | 385,000 |
| 3★ Uncommon Refined Crystal | 6 |
Completing Cornered Animal also unlocks A Bad Crowd.
Cornered Animal and A Bad Crowd compared
The next mission shares the recommended level of 25 but is shorter and lower in warp.
| Mission | Recommended level | Warp to complete | Combat | Rewards |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cornered Animal | 25 | 20 | 8 hostiles of level 23 or higher | 385,000 Parsteel, 6 3★ Uncommon Refined Crystal |
| A Bad Crowd | 25 | 8 | One mercenary ship in Orion, about 131,625 | 250 3★ Battleship Parts, 11 15 Minute Repair Speed Up |
Cornered Animal is the Parsteel mission and asks for several smaller fights. A Bad Crowd is a single scripted fight in Orion and pays Battleship Parts instead. If you want to run them back to back, a ship that handles level 23 and higher hostiles should be checked against the 131,625 mercenary before you commit to the second mission.
Tips
Knock out the 8 hostiles wherever it suits you. The objective has no system attached, so the kills do not have to happen in Amagi or Jizo.
Make sure the targets are level 23 or higher. Lower-level hostiles do not meet the objective.
Finish at your station ready for repairs. The last step brings your ship home, which is a good moment to fix the damage from the 8 kills before A Bad Crowd.
For the rest of the Discovery storyline, see the Discovery arc page, and for every mission by level, the mission guide.
