{"id":37477,"date":"2026-09-27T11:52:34","date_gmt":"2026-09-27T15:52:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/star-trek-fleet-command.1337wiki.com\/the-ballad-of-cortex-t\/"},"modified":"2026-09-27T11:52:34","modified_gmt":"2026-09-27T15:52:34","slug":"the-ballad-of-cortex-t","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/star-trek-fleet-command.1337wiki.com\/de\/the-ballad-of-cortex-t\/","title":{"rendered":"The Ballad of Cortex T"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Ballad of Cortex T is a level 62 neutral mission in Star Trek Fleet Command in which you drive a gang of Independent thugs out of the Steria system. You pick it up in Steria and need warp 1,000 to start and to finish. It has two objectives: 20 hostile kills and a fight with Cortex T himself. The reward is 1,200 \u03a3-Tritanium, 116,000 Raw \u03a3-Dilithium and 36 5 Minute \u03a3-Speed Ups, with no faction points attached. It is a quick combat mission for a ship that already grinds hostiles at this level.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_Ballad_of_Cortex_T_objectives\"><\/span>The Ballad of Cortex T objectives<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Deena, a colonist in Steria, tells you the settlement is constantly caught in the crossfire, and that a crew led by a man calling himself Cortex T is the worst of it. The idea is to smash enough of his fleet that he has to take notice. There are two objectives, with no choice split:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Defeat 20 hostiles of Level 61 or higher.<\/li>\n<li>Defeat Cortex T. Location: Steria (enemy strength ~2,618,077,029).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Once the kills are done, Cortex T shows up and claims the system as his own, ahead of any <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/star-trek-fleet-command.1337wiki.com\/de\/foderation\/\"   title=\"F\u00f6derationsfraktion\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"21213\">F\u00f6deration<\/a> or Klingon claim. After you beat him, Deena tells him to leave and not come back, and your officer points out that he has been offered a way out. He takes it, and Deena goes back to working out what the colony can do on the planet.<\/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 in Steria and needs warp 1,000 to start and to complete. The Cortex T fight takes place in Steria. The kill objective names no system, so any hostiles of level 61 or higher count toward it. The recommended level is 62.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_Ballad_of_Cortex_T_rewards\"><\/span>The Ballad of Cortex T 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-Tritanium<\/td>\n<td>1,200<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Raw \u03a3-Dilithium<\/td>\n<td>116,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>5 Minute \u03a3-Speed Up<\/td>\n<td>36<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>There are no credits or faction points, so running it does not change your standing with any faction.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_Ballad_of_Cortex_T_and_Disconnected_compared\"><\/span>The Ballad of Cortex T and Disconnected compared<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Steria also hands out Disconnected, another level 62 <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/star-trek-fleet-command.1337wiki.com\/de\/tag\/neutral-faction-officers\/\"   title=\"Neutrale Fraktionsoffiziere\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"21211\">neutral<\/a> mission at the same warp.<\/p>\n<table>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>Mission<\/th>\n<th>Ebene<\/th>\n<th>Warp<\/th>\n<th>Belohnungen<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>The Ballad of Cortex T<\/td>\n<td>62<\/td>\n<td>1,000<\/td>\n<td>1,200 \u03a3-Tritanium, 116,000 Raw \u03a3-Dilithium, 36 5 Minute \u03a3-Speed Up<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Disconnected<\/td>\n<td>62<\/td>\n<td>1,000<\/td>\n<td>177,000 <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/star-trek-fleet-command.1337wiki.com\/de\/latinum\/\"   title=\"Latinum\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"21212\">Latinum<\/a>, 225,000 Raw \u03a3-Tritanium<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Disconnected pays Latinum and more raw material; Cortex T pays \u03a3-Tritanium, Raw \u03a3-Dilithium and speed ups.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Tips\"><\/span>Tips<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Do the 20 kills wherever you already farm. Hostiles of level 61 or higher anywhere count, so there is no need to grind in Steria itself. The <a href=\"https:\/\/star-trek-fleet-command.1337wiki.com\/de\/hostile-guide\/\">hostile guide<\/a> lists targets by faction and level.<\/p>\n<p>Cortex T is not a hard fight for this level. His ship is listed at about 2.62 billion strength, one of the lowest figures among level 62 mission fights, so a ship that clears level 61 hostiles comfortably should be fine.<\/p>\n<p>The 1,200 \u03a3-Tritanium goes toward \u03a3-priced building upgrades such as Operations 62 (see <a href=\"https:\/\/star-trek-fleet-command.1337wiki.com\/de\/tritanium\/\">Tritanium<\/a>), and the 116,000 Raw \u03a3-Dilithium adds to your <a href=\"https:\/\/star-trek-fleet-command.1337wiki.com\/de\/dilithium\/\">Dilithium<\/a> stock. Other missions sorted by level are on the <a href=\"https:\/\/star-trek-fleet-command.1337wiki.com\/de\/missionsleitfaden\/\">mission guide<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Ballad of Cortex T in STFC: a level 62 neutral mission from Steria at warp 1,000. The 20 kills, the Cortex T fight and the \u03a3-Dilithium rewards.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[169],"tags":[188],"class_list":["post-37477","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-missions","tag-neutral-missions"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/star-trek-fleet-command.1337wiki.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37477","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=37477"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/star-trek-fleet-command.1337wiki.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37477\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37478,"href":"https:\/\/star-trek-fleet-command.1337wiki.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37477\/revisions\/37478"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/star-trek-fleet-command.1337wiki.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37477"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/star-trek-fleet-command.1337wiki.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37477"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/star-trek-fleet-command.1337wiki.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37477"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}