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#9 Mission to Gamma - Dralthi swarm keeps respawning

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2007-04-14
2007-04-14
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Privateer, Taryn Cross missions, mission to explore Gamma.

Description:
The task assigned is to go to Gamma, explore 4 locations & return. Your task is complicated by a swarm of dralthi at the entry jump point & by Clawhammer (Kameh) at one of the exploration points. The problem occurs when the fighter swarm respawns every visit, even after "completing" the mission.

To reproduce:
accept the mission, go to Gamma (you will scan the entry point on arrival) & return to base. Talk to Taryn Cross. She *incorrectly* accepts your one point exploration as completing the mission & assigns you to visit delta prime.

Consequences:
This is not a show stopper, but it does make getting the Steltek gun more difficult -- you are caught between the drone & the dralthi swarm on the way out, having already incurred damage from fighting the dralthi swarm (again) on the way in.

Since you did not visit Clawhammer before talking to Taryn Cross, you have not triggered the condition to make the dralthi stop respawning. If you now go to Delta Prime for your next mission, you will need to face these dralthi both on the way there AND on the way back. Sine you have already "completed" the mission, destroying Clawhammer does not make them go away.

Epilogue:
It is possible to complete this mission if you return to Gamma after getting the Steltek gun but before visiting a mining base. The dralthi will respawn as usual but *this time*, with no other missions pending, you can visit Clawhammer (+1 campaign point) & stop the respawn. Of course, you must also dodge the drone while you do this.

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This is not a major bug, but it should be easy to fix. Taryn's test for mission completion needs to be repaired & possibly to write a "get on with it" dialogue for her to branch to.

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