{"id":37314,"date":"2026-09-27T11:41:50","date_gmt":"2026-09-27T15:41:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/star-trek-fleet-command.1337wiki.com\/a-drop-in-the-ocean\/"},"modified":"2026-09-27T17:00:31","modified_gmt":"2026-09-27T21:00:31","slug":"a-drop-in-the-ocean","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/star-trek-fleet-command.1337wiki.com\/de\/a-drop-in-the-ocean\/","title":{"rendered":"A Drop in the Ocean"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A Drop in the Ocean is a level 70 mission in Star Trek Fleet Command where the overworked refugee coordinator Maeve mistakes you for a volunteer and puts you on deliveries. You pick it up in Uyama and need warp 1,550 to start and to complete. The route has two fights, both against locals angry about where the aid is going. The reward is modest for the effort: 23,000 \u03a3-<a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/star-trek-fleet-command.1337wiki.com\/de\/parsteel\/\"   title=\"Parsteel\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"23702\">Parsteel<\/a>, 2,500 \u03a3-<a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/star-trek-fleet-command.1337wiki.com\/de\/dilithium\/\"   title=\"Dilithium\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"20845\">Dilithium<\/a>, 4,000 Trait XP and 1 Gravimetric <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/star-trek-fleet-command.1337wiki.com\/de\/daten\/\"   title=\"Offiziersdaten\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"23704\">Daten<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"A_Drop_in_the_Ocean_objectives\"><\/span>A Drop in the Ocean objectives<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Maeve has a queue of refugees to process and no time to hear Maia explain that you are not a volunteer. She sends you to the depot for a shipment, and then to rehouse the newest arrivals. There is no choice split:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Pick up the supplies in Uyama.<\/li>\n<li>Disable Lir&#8217;s ship in Uyama (enemy strength ~4,314,618,503,236).<\/li>\n<li>Deliver the supplies to Otralitea.<\/li>\n<li>Return to Uyama.<\/li>\n<li>Proceed to Ro&#8217;Antcha.<\/li>\n<li>Disable Peig&#8217;s ship in Ro&#8217;Antcha (enemy strength ~3,423,395,691,968).<\/li>\n<li>Return to Uyama.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Lir intercepts you at the depot because he wants the supplies for his own people, and after the fight he admits he was only trying to feed them. The shipment goes to Mox and a community living inside the wrecks of ships that were pulled through an anomaly, a place they call the <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/star-trek-fleet-command.1337wiki.com\/de\/werft\/\"   title=\"Werft\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"20848\">Werft<\/a>. On the second run you carry a group of Thallorans, including Keyo, to Ro&#8217;Antcha, where the Aeonian Peig says the colony is full and opens fire. Maeve admits at the end that her work is a drop in the ocean compared with the scale of the problem in the Margins.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Where_and_what_warp\"><\/span>Wo und welcher Warp<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The mission is picked up and handed in at Uyama. It needs warp 1,550 to start and warp 1,550 to complete. You make two round trips from Uyama, one to Otralitea and one to Ro&#8217;Antcha. The recommended level is 70.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"A_Drop_in_the_Ocean_rewards\"><\/span>A Drop in the Ocean rewards<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<table>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>Belohnung<\/th>\n<th>Amount<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\u03a3-Parsteel<\/td>\n<td>23,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\u03a3-Dilithium<\/td>\n<td>2,500<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Trait XP<\/td>\n<td>4,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Gravimetric Data<\/td>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Other_level_70_missions_without_a_faction\"><\/span>Other level 70 missions without a faction<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Several other level 70 missions share the warp 1,550 range and carry no reputation change:<\/p>\n<table>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>Mission<\/th>\n<th>Pickup<\/th>\n<th>Warp<\/th>\n<th>Main rewards<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>A Drop in the Ocean<\/td>\n<td>Uyama<\/td>\n<td>1,550<\/td>\n<td>23,000 \u03a3-Parsteel, 2,500 \u03a3-Dilithium, 4,000 Trait XP<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Outage<\/td>\n<td>Donrunei<\/td>\n<td>1,550<\/td>\n<td>140,000 \u03a3-Tritanium, 2,000,000 7\u2605 <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/star-trek-fleet-command.1337wiki.com\/de\/gas\/\"   title=\"Rohgas\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"20846\">Rohgas<\/a>, 80 1 Day Speed Up<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/star-trek-fleet-command.1337wiki.com\/de\/pay-it-forward\/\">Pay It Forward<\/a><\/td>\n<td>Oraalen<\/td>\n<td>1,550<\/td>\n<td>12,000 \u03a3-<a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/star-trek-fleet-command.1337wiki.com\/de\/tritanium\/\"   title=\"Tritanium\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"23703\">Tritanium<\/a>, 40,000 \u03a3-Parsteel, 7 12 Hour Assignment Speed Up<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/star-trek-fleet-command.1337wiki.com\/de\/rally-for-the-margins\/\">Rally for the Margins<\/a><\/td>\n<td>Otralitea<\/td>\n<td>1,550<\/td>\n<td>2,800 \u03a3-Dilithium, 145,000 Officer XP, 400 Ultra Recruit Token (first path)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/star-trek-fleet-command.1337wiki.com\/de\/hot-cargo\/\">Hot Cargo<\/a><\/td>\n<td>Alvolea<\/td>\n<td>1,550<\/td>\n<td>26,000 \u03a3-Parsteel, 7,000 \u03a3-Tritanium, 90 15 Minute \u03a3-Repair Speed Up (first path)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>A Drop in the Ocean is the only one here that pays Trait XP. On raw <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/star-trek-fleet-command.1337wiki.com\/de\/ressourcen\/\"   title=\"Star Trek Fleet Command Resources\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"20847\">Ressourcen<\/a>, Outage pays far more for the same warp.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Tips\"><\/span>Tips<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Run this one for the 4,000 Trait XP. The \u03a3-Parsteel and \u03a3-Dilithium amounts are small at this level, so if resources are what you need, Outage is the better use of a ship. The <a href=\"https:\/\/star-trek-fleet-command.1337wiki.com\/de\/sigma-resources\/\">\u03a3 resources<\/a> page explains both currencies.<\/p>\n<p>Lir&#8217;s ship is the tougher of the two at about 4.3 trillion strength, and it comes second in the list, straight after the pickup. Arrive in Uyama repaired. Peig&#8217;s ship in Ro&#8217;Antcha is lighter at about 3.4 trillion.<\/p>\n<p>The refugee crisis you see here grows out of events in the <a href=\"https:\/\/star-trek-fleet-command.1337wiki.com\/de\/margins-part-1\/\">Margins<\/a> chain. There is no faction on this mission, so it does not move your <a href=\"https:\/\/star-trek-fleet-command.1337wiki.com\/de\/fraktionsruf\/\">Fraktionsruf<\/a> either way. The <a href=\"https:\/\/star-trek-fleet-command.1337wiki.com\/de\/missionsleitfaden\/\">mission guide<\/a> lists what else is available at level 70.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Drop in the Ocean in STFC: a level 70 mission from Uyama at warp 1,550. Deliver refugee aid, two fights, and 4,000 Trait XP in rewards.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":39917,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[169],"tags":[188],"class_list":["post-37314","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-missions","tag-neutral-missions"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/star-trek-fleet-command.1337wiki.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37314","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/star-trek-fleet-command.1337wiki.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/star-trek-fleet-command.1337wiki.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/star-trek-fleet-command.1337wiki.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/star-trek-fleet-command.1337wiki.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37314"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/star-trek-fleet-command.1337wiki.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37314\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38941,"href":"https:\/\/star-trek-fleet-command.1337wiki.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37314\/revisions\/38941"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/star-trek-fleet-command.1337wiki.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39917"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/star-trek-fleet-command.1337wiki.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37314"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/star-trek-fleet-command.1337wiki.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37314"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/star-trek-fleet-command.1337wiki.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37314"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}