Dark Place is a single holiday-season mission in Star Trek Fleet Command, recommended for level 20. Guinan is worried about Shom, a regular at her bar who has just lost his family, and asks you to check on him. What you find is a man flying into a Pakled fleet on purpose. You pick it up in Lorillia and need warp 13 to start and finish, and the reward is 58,000 Parsteel, 2,000 2★ Raw Crystal and 100 Ultra Recruit Tokens. The fights are light and the warp is short.
Dark Place objectives
There are five objectives and no choice split:
- Contact Shom. Location: Lorillia.
- Follow the warp trail. Location: Kepler-018.
- Defeat 5 hostiles of Lvl 20 or higher.
- Stop Shom from getting himself in danger. Location: Kepler-018. Enemy strength about 17,800.
- Find help for Shom. Location: Aruna.
Shom’s apartment answers with a recorded message saying he cannot bear the life he has left. Your crew reads it as a sign he plans something dangerous, and his ship’s warp trail leads to Kepler-018, straight into a Pakled fleet. He blames himself for his family’s death, since he was not with them when the Pakleds attacked, and wants revenge even if it kills him. With the holiday season coming, he cannot face it alone. You disable his ship, beam him aboard, and take him to a grief counsellor in Aruna, paying for the sessions yourself.
Where and what warp
You pick up the mission in Lorillia, and both the start and the finish need warp 13. The route runs Lorillia, Kepler-018, then Aruna. The recommended level is 20.
The fighting is all light: five hostiles of level 20 or higher, then Shom’s own ship at roughly 17,800 strength.
Dark Place rewards
| Reward | Amount |
|---|---|
| Parsteel | 58,000 |
| 2★ Raw Crystal | 2,000 |
| Ultra Recruit Token | 100 |
Objectives by system
| System | What happens |
|---|---|
| Lorillia | Contact Shom and find his message |
| Kepler-018 | Follow his trail, clear the Pakleds, stop Shom |
| Aruna | Take him to the counsellor |
Tips
Clear the five hostiles in Kepler-018. The story puts the Pakled fleet there, and Shom’s fight follows in the same system.
Any combat ship at level 20 will do. Both the hostiles and Shom’s ship are weak, and the whole route stays within warp 13.
The 2,000 2★ Raw Crystal is useful at this level if you are refining crystal. The Parsteel and recruit tokens round it out. Every mission by level is on the mission guide.