A Link to the Past is a story mission in Star Trek Fleet Command that ties the ancient artifact storyline to your station’s growth. You begin decoding the message inside the artifact, and the only objective is to upgrade Operations to level 26. It needs warp 1 to start and finish, and the game lists a recommended level of 1. The reward is 1,000,000 Parsteel, and completing it unlocks the next story mission, Befehl Nest. The upgrade itself is the whole challenge.
A Link to the Past objectives
Es gibt ein Ziel und keine Verzweigung:
- Upgrade Operations to Level 26.
No system, hostile or donation is involved. The mission completes when Operations reaches level 26. The same upgrade is also the objective of the station mission Aufrüstung der Operationen auf Stufe 26, which pays 1,000,000 Tritanium and two 15 Minute Repair Speed Ups.
Wo und welcher Warp
Warp 1 to start, warp 1 to complete, no pickup system. Everything happens on your station.
The recommended level is listed as 1, but nothing moves until Operations 26 is built, so the building requirements are the real gate.
A Link to the Past rewards
The reward is 1,000,000 Parsteel. Completing the mission also unlocks the next mission, Kommando-Nest.
What Operations 26 costs
Current building Daten for the upgrade this mission asks for:
| Requirement | Value |
|---|---|
| Parsteel | 5,967,000 |
| Tritanium | 109,688 |
| Dilithium | 36,563 |
| 3★ Common Refined Erze | 860 |
| 3★ Ungewöhnlich Raffiniertes Erz | 120 |
| Gebäude needed | Shipyard 25, Defense Platform C 25 |
| Listed build time | 7d 19h |
The 1,000,000 Parsteel from this mission covers about a sixth of the Parsteel the upgrade costs. Treat it as a partial refund on a large upgrade.
Where it sits in the artifact storyline
| Mission | Warp zum Abschließen | Objective type | Belohnungen |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rosetta-Stein | 1 | Collect 3 Encryption Keys from Missionen in P’Jem, Rator or Morska | 500,000 Parsteel, 75 3★ Survey Parts |
| A Link to the Past | 1 | Aufrüstung der Operationen auf Stufe 26 | 1,000,000 Parsteel |
| Kommando-Nest | 22 | Meet a Yridian informant in Afritalis, then deal with a Romulan Infiltrator | 100,000 to 250,000 Parsteel plus a path bonus |
| Zurückkämpfen | 18 | Reach the resistance on Riquzei and destroy 10 ships in Yadow | 500,000 Parsteel |
A Link to the Past pays the most Parsteel of these four, but it is also the one that can take longest, since the mission waits on a week-long build. Command Nest afterwards sends your ship back out, with a three-way choice over the Romulanisch Infiltrator.
Tips
Queue Operations 26 as soon as Shipyard 25 and Defense Platform C 25 are done. Those are the building requirements, and the story does not continue until the upgrade finishes.
Remember the station mission for the same level. Upgrade Operations to Level 26 has the identical objective, so this one upgrade is the target of both the story mission and the station mission.
More missions by level are on the Missionsleitfaden.
