Assignments

Corporations - the funders of the Perpetuum Project - are offering missions and assignments to every participating Agent for a certain amount of money. Assignments can only be accepted while docked into a terminal.

Assignments have two main purposes: they always provide you a certain amount of money, and you can also earn the trust of the contractor corporation. Improving your relationship towards a corporation is a key factor of gaining a higher facility ratio on terminals.

Completing missions of the same contractor corporation will result in an improvement of this relationship, allowing you to accept missions of higher level with of course higher rewards. When missions of higher level appear, previous ones will be unavailable.

This relationship can also get worse. Some assignments could be beneficial for your contractor, but could conflict another's interest. Completing such assignments will result in a decline of relationship and you have to rebuild you reputation by executing beginner assignments again.

Assignment types vary, requiring different preparation and equipment.

Transportation - The least complicated type, where you have to deliver a package from one terminal to another. After accepting the assignment, the target package will be transferred to your private storage. Move it to the cargo hold of your robot, bring it to the target terminal, and click on the deliver button.

Bounty hunting - Your only task is to kill the designated type and number of enemy robots in a marked circle. Weaponry and ammunition recommended.

Special bounty hunting - The target is usually located on a spot that is hard to reach. Prepare for one hell of a trip.

Destroy & recover - It's a combination of bounty hunting and transportation: you have to kill your targets, take out their loot and deliver it to a terminal.

Geology assignment - Equip a random geoscanner device on your robot, purchase the required charge type, travel to the marked destination and search for the mineral.

Military recon - You won't even have to pull a trigger. Put on a scanner and create some images of the enemy robots.

Mineral exploitation - Use drilling equipment to exploit the required amount of material in the marked area. When you're done, you have to deliver the minerals to the contractor at the terminal.

Skilled exploitation - The marked area where you have to dig is usually guarded by enemies. You might need to bring armed assistance with yourself if you want to succeed.

There's no such thing as a safe assignment. When you notice enemies on your way and you don't have the proper equipment to defend yourself, try to ask for help to avoid losing all your belongings before reaching the finish line.

Assignment parameters

Each assignment has its unique serial number and codename. You can open one by double clicking on it in the assignment list. After a short description, the exact objectives are highlighted with yellow. Click on an objective to open the assignment map that shows you the targeted area, which will be indicated as a red circle on the radar screen.

When you reach the deadline without completing the mission, it will fail instantly.

Most assignments have only one designated terminal where you can deliver target items, but at certain cases you'll have the opportunity to choose between two or more terminals. Favouring a delivery point instead of the opposing one will have a negative effect on your original relationship.

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