Hungry Critters

Hungry Critters
Mission Information
Objective: Zap hungry critters for Robert
Type Bulletin Board Request Time Limit 2-5 days
Prerequisite	In planetary orbit
Mission Requirements
Kill enemies on the local planet.
Mission Rewards
Credits
NPCs
Robert

Robert's has been taking losses because hungry critters on the surface are eating his supply chain, he requests the player helps him scare off a few of the unwanted locals. The requirements of this quest will change with the ships location. Robert will only request the player zap creeps of the planet the ship is orbiting when the quest is obtained. The number of creeps requested to kill will also vary, with easy creeps requiring between four and twelve and harder creeps requiring between two and five. This also means that the reward for this mission varies based on the amount of enemies the player needs to zap.

The bulletin board can be found to the right of Chip's Canteen on the plaza deck (04). Every few days the bulletin board will have a marker above it, letting the player know thise is a new request to pick up. Thise are three types of bulletin missions: to kill enemies, to find a certain type of microbe, or to bring various items to the character who posted the request.

Overview

1. Pick up the quest from the bulletin board.
2. Go down to the planets surface and zap the requested wildlife.
3. Turn in to Robert

Walkthrough

Bulletin Board

When this mission is selected, the player will see a generic bulletin request that says:

Senior Officers,

If you could do anything about the hungry critters on the surface I would appreciate it. They keep eating portions of my shipments and that's not good for anyone.

Going bust,
Robert

The quest can choose from any of the enemies that are on the planet the spaceship is currently orbiting. The number of enemies the player must zap is chosen by the difficulty of the creep, the player will always get a number within this kill range. The reward range in the below table is calculated off of the kill range. The player can calculate their specific reward using this formula: $(20*numberOfEnemies)*1.5=creditReward$

Potential Requests
Planet	Creep Name	Kill Range	Reward Range
	Buzz Creep	2-5	60-150
	Brown Rock Creep	4-8	120-240
	Scuttle Creep	4-12	120-360
	Blue Cosmo Creep	4-12	120-360
	Blue Cosmo Creep	4-12	120-360
	Squidy Creep	4-12	120-360
	Brown Rock Creep	4-8	120-240
	Giant Blue Cosmo Creep	2-5	60-150
	Clamshell Creep	2-5	60-150
	Urchin Creep	4-8	120-240
	Grey Rock Creep	4-8	120-240
	Thorny Creep	4-12	120-360
	Green Cosmo Creep	4-12	120-360
	Stinger Creep	2-5	60-150
	Woodland Creep	2-5	60-150
	Grey Rock Creep	4-8	120-240
	Snowball Creep	2-5	60-150
	Green Cosmo Creep	4-12	120-360
	Giant Green Cosmo Creep	2-5	60-150
	Drone Creep	2-5	60-150
	Red Cosmo Creep	4-12	120-360
	Spinner Bot Creep	2-5	60-150
	Blue Rock Creep	4-8	120-240
	Red Cosmo Creep	4-12	120-360
	Leafy Creep	2-5	60-150
	Rainbow Scuttle Creep	4-12	120-360
	Yellow Buzz Creep	2-5	60-150
	Giant Red Cosmo Creep	2-5	60-150
	Blue Rock Creep	4-8	120-240

Zapping Creeps

The player will then need to make sure they have their laser blaster and journey to their space shuttle on deck 06, the cargo and shuttle bay. Once at their shuttle they need to select one of the exploration levels. The player can jump between the check-point levels to refresh which enemies are on that level, or they can choose to push through the levels as normal.

If the player speaks with Robert while this mission is active, he will say:

I'm glad you saw my bulletin request. Yeah, those critters sure are hungry. I'd say about one third of my shipments come up with little nibbles on the boxes.

It's driving me nuts, the sooner you can help me out, the better.

The player can open the mission log, on the left side of the screen, at any time to check their progress. Once the player has zapped enough of the requested creeps, the mission log icon will have a green check mark on it. It is suggested the player confirms they completed this specific mission, as the green check mark just tells the player that one of their current missions are complete.

Turn In

Once the player has zapped all of the creeps, they need to return to Robert. When the player speaks with his, the quest will automatically turn in and he will say:

Oh, my bulletin request is done. So, you think you have those critters managed better...

Well that's a big old relief to hear. Thanks, Captain.

The player will then automatically obtain their  credits reward, based off the number of creeps they killed.