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[[File:Contract screen.png|500px|thumb|right|alt=The Contract screen as seen in the game|The Contract screen as seen in the game]]

== Story Contracts ==

=== Make your new ship ready for flight ===

=== The trouble with Tiddlets ===

[[File:Analyse mission progress.png|300px|thumb|right|alt=Analyse mission progress|Analyse mission progress]]

Collect data on the expanding [[void]]. You will be provided with [[Hyperspace Sensor]]s that must be installed on the ship's hull. During FTL jumps, these sensors collect data. You will receive $1000 per data at each magnitude of collection: 10, 100, 1000, etc.

=== Evacuation ===

Create a ship capable of holding planetary citizens looking to escape the void. Pick up as many evacuees as possible and bring them to new worlds in other sectors. You will receive money for each magnitude of evacuees picked up.

=== Nomad ===

Design a self-sufficient ship that will allow you to continue to run from the void forever. Bring as many people with you as possible and have them live permanently in your [[fleet]]. You will receive money for each magnitude of permanent residents in your fleet.

== Procedural Contracts ==

=== Delivery ===

Cargo must be delivered to a specific system in a particular sector. This contract may or may not come with a time limit. The cargo is delivered via a shuttle to the player's ship upon accepting the contract. The cargo is then retrieved via shuttle when the contract is turned in.

Cargo lost, delivered late, or delivered to the wrong location will be deducted from the payment. The supply boxes from failed ''Delivery'' contracts will remain on your ship until the next shuttle brings contract supplies.

=== Transport passengers ===

Passengers must be transported to a specific system in a particular sector. This contract may or may not come with a time limit. The [[civilian]]s are delivered via a shuttle to the player's ship upon accepting the contract. The passengers are then retrieved via shuttle when the contract is turned in.

Passengers lost, delivered late, or delivered to the wrong location will be deducted from the payment. The passengers from failed ''Transport passengers'' contracts will remain on your ship until the next shuttle brings contract supplies.

[[File:Docking with a stranded ship.png|300px|thumb|right|alt=A player docking with a Stranded Ship|A player docking with a Stranded Ship]]

=== Rescue ===

Once the civilians are onboard, they must be delivered to a starbase or colony, where they will depart the ship via shuttle. Any civilians that do not reach the shuttle safely will be deducted from the payment.

=== Combat ===

Hostile ships are harassing civilian ships in a system and must be taken care of. The threat can be a small group of [[fighter]]s, a fleet of ships with fighters, or a large weapons platform.

If overwhelmed, hostile forces may attempt to retreat. Ships that successfully retreat will be deducted from the payment.

=== Asteroid mining ===

Tilium is used to create the [[FTL Charge]]s for evacuation ships to travel away from the void. The [[Ore#Tilium Ore|Tilium Ore]] must be mined from an asteroid belt and, in some cases, smelted into [[Metal#Refined Tilium|Refined Tilium]]. The Tilium Ore or Refined Tilium must then be taken to a trading post for delivery via shuttle.

Asteroid belts may contain hostiles or be in the path of a meteor shower, requiring ship defenses to perform the mining successfully. It is a good idea to review the available ''Combat'' contracts to see if any are in the same system, as that may indicate the level of hostile activity to expect.

== History ==

{{History|Update 1.rc2|Introduced.}}

{{History|Update 2.rc1|Certain Contracts require a minimum [[Ratings|Rating]] in a particular category.}}