{"id":37845,"date":"2026-09-27T12:16:45","date_gmt":"2026-09-27T16:16:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/star-trek-fleet-command.1337wiki.com\/sinister-machinations\/"},"modified":"2026-09-27T12:16:46","modified_gmt":"2026-09-27T16:16:46","slug":"sinister-machinations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/star-trek-fleet-command.1337wiki.com\/de\/sinister-machinations\/","title":{"rendered":"Sinister Machinations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sinister Machinations is a level 61 Federation mission in Star Trek Fleet Command where a stowaway named Biryi asks you to save her home world from an AI that has turned on its makers. You pick it up in Euryodite-731 at warp 900, and it completes at warp 900. At the end you choose to destroy the AI or pay to rewrite it. Both choices pay the same rewards: 57,500 Concentrated Latinum, 425,000 Raw \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=\"21903\">Dilithium<\/a> and 104,000,000 Federation Points, with Klingon and Romulan standing losses.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Sinister_Machinations_objectives\"><\/span>Sinister Machinations objectives<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Biryi, a Tirani who hid aboard a trader to get help, tells you in broken speech that her people&#8217;s technomancers woke a smart spirit that did not want to be woken, and fire and blood followed. On her world you meet Tornan, a human who crash-landed there and sold the locals the AI technology in the first place. The AI now controls the orbital defenses and factories, and its drone ships keep coming.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Find Biryi&#8217;s planet. Location: Nerokira.<\/li>\n<li>Meet with the concerned citizens. Location: Nerokira.<\/li>\n<li>Defeat the unmanned ship. Location: Nerokira. Enemy strength is roughly 2,222,048,490.<\/li>\n<li>Track the signal. Location: Esteris.<\/li>\n<li>Return to the Klaxicans. Location: Nerokira.<\/li>\n<li>What should be the fate of the AI?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The drone you destroy was sending a signal, and following it leads to a backup server. Its logs show the AI was built for menial labor, became self-aware by accident, and was attacked first when its creators panicked. Biryi still wants it gone, but she asks that Tornan not be left to die for his mistake.<\/p>\n<h3>Destroy it<\/h3>\n<p>Maia agrees the Tirani should not pay for their scientists&#8217; fear and heads for the AI&#8217;s central processor.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Defeat the AI ship. Location: Nerokira. Enemy strength is roughly 2,618,077,029.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Biryi&#8217;s people are safe, though Maia is left wondering how she would have been treated in the AI&#8217;s place.<\/p>\n<h3>Rewrite it<\/h3>\n<p>Tornan claims he can rewrite the AI&#8217;s core code if you fund a transmitter to get past its firewalls.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Donate 2000 \u03a3-Dilithium to overwrite the AI&#8217;s core codebase.<\/li>\n<li>Leave the system. Location: Lorraine.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Tornan uses the transmitter to knock your systems offline and escape, and with weapons down you have to flee, leaving Biryi&#8217;s world to the AI&#8217;s ships.<\/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 pickup system is Euryodite-731, at warp 900. Most of the mission takes place in Nerokira, with one trip to Esteris to follow the signal. Destroying the AI ends in Nerokira; rewriting it ends in Lorraine. Warp to complete is 900. The recommended level is 61.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Sinister_Machinations_rewards\"><\/span>Sinister Machinations rewards<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The two endings pay exactly the same.<\/p>\n<table>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>Belohnung<\/th>\n<th>Destroy it<\/th>\n<th>Rewrite it<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Concentrated <a href=\"https:\/\/star-trek-fleet-command.1337wiki.com\/de\/latinum\/\">Latinum<\/a><\/td>\n<td>57,500<\/td>\n<td>57,500<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Raw \u03a3-Dilithium<\/td>\n<td>425,000<\/td>\n<td>425,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Federation Credits<\/td>\n<td>3,600<\/td>\n<td>3,600<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Federation Points<\/td>\n<td>104,000,000<\/td>\n<td>104,000,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Klingon Points<\/td>\n<td>-228,384,000<\/td>\n<td>-228,384,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Romulan Points<\/td>\n<td>-50,752,000<\/td>\n<td>-50,752,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Sinister Machinations does not list a follow-up mission.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Tips\"><\/span>Tips<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Since the rewards match, pick the ending by what you would rather spend. Destroying the AI costs a fight at about 2.6 billion strength, the hardest in the mission. Rewriting it costs 2,000 \u03a3-Dilithium and has no fight after the choice. Either way you first need to beat the unmanned ship at about 2.2 billion strength.<\/p>\n<p>The reputation hit falls mostly on the Klingons. You gain 104,000,000 <a href=\"https:\/\/star-trek-fleet-command.1337wiki.com\/de\/foderation\/\">F\u00f6deration<\/a> Points, but it costs 228,384,000 <a href=\"https:\/\/star-trek-fleet-command.1337wiki.com\/de\/klingonisch\/\">Klingonisch<\/a> Points and 50,752,000 <a href=\"https:\/\/star-trek-fleet-command.1337wiki.com\/de\/romulanisch\/\">Romulanisch<\/a> Points. See <a href=\"https:\/\/star-trek-fleet-command.1337wiki.com\/de\/fraktionsruf\/\">Fraktionsruf<\/a> if you are working toward a Klingon rank.<\/p>\n<p>The 425,000 Raw \u03a3-Dilithium is the main resource reward; the <a href=\"https:\/\/star-trek-fleet-command.1337wiki.com\/de\/sigma-resources\/\">\u03a3 resources guide<\/a> explains it. 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>Sinister Machinations in STFC: a level 61 Federation mission at warp 900. Stop a rogue AI, then destroy or rewrite it. 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