Temporal Cartography is a five-part mission chain that starts with a Progenitor ruin in the Origin Sector. You investigate the ruin, make contact with the Tholian Assembly and the Breen Confederacy, speak with DTI Agent Reva and reach the ruin again, and finally decide who controls it: the Corvallen, the Suliban or neither. Every part is recommended for level 19 and needs warp 20 to complete. The chain pays 70,000 Officer XP, 346,000 Parsteel, 4 1M Tritanium Token, 800 Premium Recruit Token and a batch of 3★ ship parts whose type depends on your final choice. It is a hostile-heavy chain, with up to 51 kills required.
Temporal Cartography at a glance
| Part | Recommended level | Warp to complete | Key reward |
|---|---|---|---|
| Temporal Cartography Part 1 | 19 | 20 | 70,000 Officer XP |
| Temporal Cartography Part 2 | 19 | 20 | 180,000 Parsteel + 4 1 Hour Repair Speed Up |
| Temporal Cartography Part 3 | 19 | 20 | 3,800 Ship XP + 22 3★ Explorer Parts |
| Temporal Cartography Part 4 | 19 | 20 | 166,000 Parsteel + 4 1M Tritanium Token |
| Temporal Cartography Part 5 | 19 | 20 | 800 Premium Recruit Token + 100 3★ ship parts (type by choice) |
Every part starts at warp 1, and completing one part opens the next.
Temporal Cartography Part 1
A newly detected Progenitor ruin in the Origin Sector needs investigating. You interface with its systems in Levesque, then have to flee the sector with a pursuer on your tail.
- Investigate the newly detected Progenitor ruin in Levesque.
- Interface with the ruin’s systems in Levesque.
- Defeat 12 hostiles of level 19 or higher.
- Flee from the Origin Sector, to Hosun.
- Defeat the pursuer in Hosun (enemy strength ~16,758).
Warp to complete: 20. Rewards: 70,000 Officer XP.
Temporal Cartography Part 2
You make contact with the Tholian Assembly, then help the Trill put down a rebellion in Hoobishan Alpha, with three fights along the way, before returning to the Tholians.
- Enter Tholian territory, in Beta Assembly.
- Make contact with the Tholian Assembly, in Beta Assembly.
- Aid the Trill in suppressing the rebellion, in Hoobishan Alpha.
- Defeat the Trill rebel in Hoobishan Alpha (enemy strength ~16,382).
- Push back the Trill rebels in Hoobishan Alpha (enemy strength ~16,758).
- Help the symbiont in Hoobishan Alpha (enemy strength ~16,207).
- Return to the Tholian Assembly, in Beta Assembly.
Warp to complete: 20. Rewards: 4 1 Hour Repair Speed Up and 180,000 Parsteel.
Temporal Cartography Part 3
Next is the Breen Confederacy. Acting as the Breen’s envoy to the Bolians, you chase down an attacker in Wezen and bring the Breen intel on who it was.
- Enter Breen territory, in New Dozaria.
- Make contact with the Breen Confederacy in New Dozaria.
- Contact the Bolians as an envoy for the Breen, in New Dozaria.
- Pursue and identify the attacker, in Wezen.
- Defeat 12 hostiles of level 19 or higher.
- Provide intel on the attacker’s identity to the Breen, in New Dozaria.
- Return to your Station.
Warp to complete: 20. Rewards: 3,800 Ship XP and 22 3★ Explorer Parts.
Temporal Cartography Part 4
This part is framed as a talk with DTI Agent Reva, and it leads back to the ruin. You buy a cache of Isogen from Yridian smugglers in Nott, then fight through the forces guarding the ruin in Levesque.
- Make contact with the Yridian smugglers in Nott.
- Trade 4,000 Dilithium for the cache of Isogen.
- Return to your Station.
- Assault the forces guarding the Progenitor ruin, in Levesque.
- Defeat 15 hostiles of level 19 or higher.
- Access the Progenitor ruin in Levesque.
Warp to complete: 20. Rewards: 4 1M Tritanium Token and 166,000 Parsteel.
Temporal Cartography Part 5
The fate of the Origin Sector comes down to one question: who will control the ruin? After meeting the Corvallen and Suliban forces in Levesque, you pick a side, or refuse both. Every path ends with you sealing the Origin Sector from your Station.
- Meet with the Corvallen and Suliban forces in Levesque.
- Choose who will control the ruin (choice).
The Corvallen
- Defeat 12 hostiles of level 19 or higher.
- Defeat General Darig in Levesque (enemy strength ~16,207).
- Return to your Station and seal the Origin Sector.
Rewards: 100 3★ Explorer Parts and 800 Premium Recruit Token.
The Suliban
- Defeat 12 hostiles of level 19 or higher.
- Defeat Niir Tazak in Levesque (enemy strength ~16,758).
- Return to your Station and seal the Origin Sector.
Rewards: 100 3★ Interceptor Parts and 800 Premium Recruit Token.
Neither
- Defeat General Darig in Levesque (enemy strength ~16,207).
- Defeat Niir Tazak in Levesque (enemy strength ~16,758).
- Return to your Station and seal the Origin Sector.
Rewards: 100 3★ Battleship Parts and 800 Premium Recruit Token.
Warp to complete: 20 on every path.
Tips for completing Temporal Cartography
Hostile quotas are the main time cost: 12 in Part 1, 12 in Part 3, 15 in Part 4 and, on the Corvallen or Suliban path, 12 more in Part 5, all level 19 or higher. That is 51 hostiles, or 39 if you choose neither side.
The Part 5 choice decides only which 3★ ship parts you get. Choosing neither skips the 12 hostiles but adds a second named fight, and both named enemies are around 16,200 to 16,800 strength, so it is the quickest route if your ship can take two fights in a row. Pick by the ship part type you need: Explorer for the Corvallen, Interceptor for the Suliban, Battleship for neither.
The only resource cost is 4,000 Dilithium in Part 4. Every part needs warp 20, and every named fight in the chain falls between about 16,200 and 16,800 strength.
Are the Temporal Cartography rewards worth it?
For a level 19 player, the 70,000 Officer XP in Part 1 and 346,000 Parsteel across Parts 2 and 4 are the main draw, with 4 1M Tritanium Token and 800 Premium Recruit Token on top. The chain asks for a lot of hostile clearing for that, so run it alongside your daily hostile grinding. For the wider Origin Sector storyline, see the Origin Sector Arc, and for more missions at this level, the STFC mission guide.