Ruins is a late-game mission in Star Trek Fleet Command where you track down where a string of distress signals is coming from. Everything happens in Ezla. It starts at warp 1 and needs warp 160 to complete. The game lists a recommended level of 1, but the scavenger you fight is roughly 7,414,271 strength, so warp and enemy strength are the real bar. The reward is 191,250,000 Parsteel and ten 8 Hour Speed Ups, and finishing it unlocks A Deadly Pattern.
Ruins objectives
There are four objectives and no choice split:
- Investigate the distress signal. Location: Ezla.
- Visit the colony. Location: Ezla.
- Fight off the scavenger. Location: Ezla. Enemy strength is roughly 7,414,271.
- Return to your Station.
The first two steps are travel within Ezla. The scavenger fight comes third and is the only combat in the mission. The last step sends you home, and the mission completes when you dock.
Where and what warp
Ruins becomes available at warp 1 and needs warp 160 to complete, the range needed to reach Ezla, a level 48 system.
The recommended level is listed as 1, which is misleading here. The mission is unlocked by the Operations 48 mission, and a ship that can beat a 7.4 million strength scavenger at warp 160 is an endgame ship.
Ruins rewards
| Reward | Amount |
|---|---|
| Parsteel | 191,250,000 |
| 8 Hour Speed Up | 10 |
The ten speed ups add up to 80 hours. Completing the mission also unlocks the next one, A Deadly Pattern.
What unlocks Ruins
The mission before Ruins is Operations 48, which asks you to upgrade Operations to level 48 and pays 22 each of 4★ Rare Refined Ore, Crystal and Gas. That upgrade needs Shipyard 47, Dilithium Vault 47 and Ship Hangar 47, and its costs run to 102.8B Parsteel, 945M Tritanium and 315M Dilithium. Ruins is the first story mission you reach after it.
Other warp 160 missions
Ezla and the nearby syndicate systems host several missions at the same warp. Current game data:
| Mission | Main effort | Rewards |
|---|---|---|
| Ruins | Scavenger in Ezla, about 7,414,271 | 191,250,000 Parsteel, 10 × 8 Hour Speed Up |
| Burden of Proof | A choice: donate 8M Dilithium and search Ezla, or fight a Romulan scout of about 7,482,395 in Unarri | Varies by path; the Ezla path pays 70 each of 4★ Uncommon Refined Crystal, Gas and Ore |
| Remembrance | 15 hostiles of level 48 or higher | 8 × 1 Day Speed Up |
The scavenger in Ruins and the Romulan scout in Burden of Proof are almost the same strength, so a ship that clears one should clear the other.
Tips
Bring your strongest ship and arrive at full health. The scavenger is the only fight, but it is the whole difficulty of the mission, and the trip to Ezla is long.
The Parsteel is the headline. At over 191 million, it covers a real share of the Parsteel costs you will be facing at this stage, and the 80 hours of speed ups fit well on a long station build.
Continue with A Deadly Pattern. Other missions sorted by level are on the mission guide.
