{"id":37771,"date":"2026-09-27T12:11:40","date_gmt":"2026-09-27T16:11:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/star-trek-fleet-command.1337wiki.com\/to-free-or-not-to-free\/"},"modified":"2026-09-27T13:53:03","modified_gmt":"2026-09-27T17:53:03","slug":"to-free-or-not-to-free","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/star-trek-fleet-command.1337wiki.com\/de\/to-free-or-not-to-free\/","title":{"rendered":"To Free, or Not to Free"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>To Free, or Not to Free is a level 66 mission in Star Trek Fleet Command, picked up in Cor&#8217;Tun. Two androids, Proto and Postea, have fled their creator, Drul, and <a href=\"https:\/\/star-trek-fleet-command.1337wiki.com\/de\/maia\/\">Maia<\/a>, your A.I., steps in to help them. It starts at warp 1300 and needs warp 1400 to complete, asks for a 100M Parsteel payment and a 10-hostile fight, then asks whether you protect the androids or hand them back. Both paths pay 1,200,000 of a raw \u03a3-resource and 2,925,000,000 <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=\"21767\">Dilithium<\/a>, with no faction reputation.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"To_Free_or_Not_to_Free_objectives\"><\/span>To Free, or Not to Free objectives<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The mission branches after four steps:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Set a course for Sassafras. Location: Sassafras.<\/li>\n<li>Speak with Ricardo. Location: Sassafras.<\/li>\n<li>Pay Ricardo 100M Parsteel.<\/li>\n<li>Defeat 10 hostiles of level 65 or higher.<\/li>\n<li>What should we do? (choice split)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The androids want Ricardo, a scientist in Sassafras whom their master dislikes, to disable the tracking system Drul built into them. Ricardo wants paying, and Maia, introducing herself as a synthetic lifeform like them, covers his price of 100M <a href=\"https:\/\/star-trek-fleet-command.1337wiki.com\/de\/parsteel\/\">Parsteel<\/a>. Ricardo removes the tracking beacon and the <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/star-trek-fleet-command.1337wiki.com\/de\/tag\/command-class-officers\/\"   title=\"Offiziere der Kommandoklasse\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"21768\">Befehl<\/a> override, but Drul&#8217;s bots have already tracked them there, and you fight them off. Then Drul arrives and demands his property back, offering a reward.<\/p>\n<h3>Protect the androids<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Defeat the androids&#8217; master. Location: Sassafras.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Rewards: 1,200,000 Raw \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=\"21769\">Tritanium<\/a>, 2,925,000,000 Dilithium.<\/p>\n<h3>Return them to their master<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Disable the androids&#8217; vessel. Location: Sassafras.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Rewards: 1,200,000 Raw \u03a3-Parsteel, 2,925,000,000 Dilithium.<\/p>\n<p>Both fights are listed at about 7.5 billion strength. Protect the androids and Drul is destroyed; they head for a mixed colony in Biba. Return them and Drul beams them aboard, saying he has some work to undo.<\/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 Cor&#8217;Tun and moves to Sassafras for everything else. It needs warp 1300 to start and warp 1400 to complete. The recommended level is 66.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"To_Free_or_Not_to_Free_rewards_by_path\"><\/span>To Free, or Not to Free rewards by path<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<table>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>Choice<\/th>\n<th>\u03a3-resource<\/th>\n<th>Dilithium<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Protect the androids<\/td>\n<td>1,200,000 Raw \u03a3-Tritanium<\/td>\n<td>2,925,000,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Return them to their master<\/td>\n<td>1,200,000 Raw \u03a3-Parsteel<\/td>\n<td>2,925,000,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>There is no follow-up part.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Compared_with_other_level_66_missions_without_reputation\"><\/span>Compared with other level 66 missions without reputation<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<table>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>Mission<\/th>\n<th>Pickup<\/th>\n<th>Warp to complete<\/th>\n<th>Fights<\/th>\n<th>Main rewards<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Duplicity<\/td>\n<td>Biba<\/td>\n<td>1300<\/td>\n<td>Colonel Belaka<\/td>\n<td>296,000 Raw \u03a3-Tritanium, 720,000,000 Dilithium<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>To Free, or Not to Free<\/td>\n<td>Cor&#8217;Tun<\/td>\n<td>1400<\/td>\n<td>10 hostiles, then the master or the androids<\/td>\n<td>1,200,000 Raw \u03a3-Tritanium or \u03a3-Parsteel, 2,925,000,000 Dilithium<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/star-trek-fleet-command.1337wiki.com\/de\/once-a-villain\/\">Once a Villain<\/a><\/td>\n<td>Zeta Kan<\/td>\n<td>1300<\/td>\n<td>Colony ship, then 10 hostiles<\/td>\n<td>517,000 Raw \u03a3-Tritanium, 1,260,000,000 Dilithium<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Tips\"><\/span>Tips<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Have 100M Parsteel ready before you reach Ricardo. The payment is the step that frees the androids from Drul&#8217;s <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/star-trek-fleet-command.1337wiki.com\/de\/control\/\"   title=\"Control\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"21766\">control<\/a>, and the mission waits on it.<\/p>\n<p>The two paths have identical fights and Dilithium, so pick by the \u03a3-resource you need; the <a href=\"https:\/\/star-trek-fleet-command.1337wiki.com\/de\/sigma-resources\/\">\u03a3 resources guide<\/a> covers both.<\/p>\n<p>Warp 1400 is needed to finish, a step above the warp 1300 of most level 66 missions. More missions at this level are on the <a href=\"https:\/\/star-trek-fleet-command.1337wiki.com\/de\/missionsleitfaden\/\">mission guide<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To Free, or Not to Free in STFC: a level 66 mission from Cor&#8217;Tun, warp 1400. 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