A Voice in the Darkness is an early mission in Star Trek Fleet Command’s Borg Arc 1, recommended for commanders around level 25. A distress call pulls you out to Narendra, 17 warp from home, where you track a beacon, clear local hostiles, and destroy the Corvallen Raider before escorting a trader named Dalen to safety at Qualor IX. It pays 603,000 Parsteel and 89,000 Tritanium and unlocks the next mission in the arc.
A Voice in the Darkness objectives
The setup is a simple distress call: a signal comes in from a nearby system, and following it leads you into a fight and a rescue. The mission runs four objectives in a fixed order. Nothing branches, so you can plan the whole route before you undock:
- Investigate the distress beacon in Narendra. A travel objective that sends you to the Narendra system to find the source of the signal.
- Besiegen Sie 10 Feinde der Stufe 25 oder höher. Any qualifying hostiles count, and Narendra has level 25 targets on hand, so you can finish this step without leaving the system.
- Besiegen Sie den Corvallen-Räuber. A single named target in Narendra sitting at roughly 43,800 power. This is the one real fight in the mission.
- Escort Dalen and his cargo to Qualor IX. A travel objective that closes out the mission at the planet Qualor IX in the Qualor system.
Wo und welcher Warp
The mission starts close to home at warp 1, but completing it means reaching Narendra at warp 17, and 17 is the range you should actually plan around. Three of the four objectives happen in Narendra: the beacon, the ten hostile kills, and the Corvallen Raider. So most of the mission is a single trip to one system, with only the final escort taking you elsewhere. That last step wraps up at Qualor IX in the Qualor system. Recommended level is 25, which lines up with the level of the hostiles you have to clear along the way.
A Voice in the Darkness rewards
Completing the mission gives 603,000 Parsteel and 89,000 Tritanium, both core early-game building materials. On top of the resources, it unlocks the next mission in Borg Arc 1, Deal With a Devil, so finishing it is how you keep the arc moving rather than an optional side stop.
Tips
The Corvallen Raider is the only combat that needs planning. At around 43,800 power it is a straightforward kill for a level 25 ship with a sensible crew, but check your ship’s power before you warp out rather than after. Because the raider and the ten hostile kills share the Narendra system, handle them together in one visit so you are not making the 17-warp run more than once. Carry enough fuel for the round trip to Narendra plus the shorter hop to Qualor for the escort. And since the whole mission sits inside Borg Arc 1, the efficient time to run it is while you are already leveling and grinding in that part of the map. A good order is to finish the beacon, the ten kills, and the raider in Narendra first, then make the escort hop to Qualor IX last.
