Work Ethic is an early single mission in Star Trek Fleet Command where you find a Federation scientist working in a dangerous area and bring the scientist home. It is picked up in Obilent or Labac, needs warp 12 to start and warp 13 to finish, and sends you to Opla for five hostile kills and a small Tritanium donation. The reward is 14,000 Parsteel and three Next Gen Crusher shards, which is the main reason to run it.
Work Ethic objectives
There are four objectives and no choice split:
- Find the Federation scientist in Opla. Location: Opla.
- Defeat 5 Hostiles in Opla. Location: Opla.
- Donate 2,000 Tritanium.
- Return Doctor Jenson to your Station.
Everything outside your station happens in Opla. You find the scientist, Doctor Jenson, then clear five hostiles in that system. Unlike many kill objectives, these five must be in Opla specifically. After the donation, you bring Doctor Jenson home to finish the mission.
Where and what warp
Work Ethic is picked up in Obilent or Labac, which need warp 12. Completing it takes warp 13, the range for Opla.
The game lists a recommended level of 1. No named enemy appears, so the five Opla hostiles are the only combat, and they are the step to prepare your ship for.
Work Ethic rewards
| Reward | Amount |
|---|---|
| Parsteel | 14,000 |
| Next Gen Crusher shards | 3 |
Work Ethic does not unlock a follow-up mission.
The Crusher shards are the headline. Three shards from one short mission is a good return. The 14,000 Parsteel more than covers early building costs and makes up for the 2,000 Tritanium you donate.
Another mission from the same pickup systems
Obilent and Labac also hand out It Came From Deep Space, which is worth picking up on the same visit:
| Mission | Warp to complete | What you do | Rewards |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work Ethic | 13 | Find the scientist in Opla, defeat 5 hostiles there, donate 2,000 Tritanium | 14,000 Parsteel, 3 Next Gen Crusher shards |
| It Came From Deep Space | 12 | Find the object in Deneva, pay 2,500 Dilithium, track the signal to Cita Laga | 5,000 Tritanium, 7 1 Hour Speed Ups, 7 15 Minute Repair Speed Ups |
The two missions send you to different systems, but both start from the same place, so accept them together and run them back to back.
Tips
Kill the hostiles in Opla, not elsewhere. The objective names the system, so hostiles in other systems do not count toward the five.
Have 2,000 Tritanium ready. The donation comes after the fighting, and it is easy to spend Tritanium on upgrades and arrive short.
Bring a combat ship. The first objective is travel only, but the five Opla hostiles come straight after, so a survey or mining ship is the wrong choice.
More early missions are on the mission guide.
