Baited Hook

Baited Hook [E5-M16]
	14 \| 18 \| 22
	Episode; 5 - Ethical Alternatives
Mission; 16th	Type; Away Team
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	Mission Rewards

Baited Hook is the sixteenth mission in Episode 5, Ethical Alternatives. It takes place at Cor Caroli I in the Cor Caroli system.

Mission Walkthrough

Baited Hook's Information

Baited Hook's Structure (Colors Info)

Introduction:

Hikaru Sulu, a high ranking and ruthless Terran Empire officer, has been deployed.
Help Mirror Sisko capture him before he commits more atrocities.

	Exploit Shield Vulnerability Rare Rewards: Intrepid-Class Ship Schematic (x5) Rare Power Cell ★★★ Rare Gravitic Caliper ★★★	Capture Mirror Sulu Rare Rewards: Uncommon Toolbox ★★ Rare Medical Lesson ★★★ Uncommon Starfleet Engineering Uniform ★★
Shadow Approaching Meteor	Introduce Sensor Repeat Loop Rare Rewards: Uncommon TR-580 Medical Tricorder ★★ Rare Terran Emblem ★★★ Uncommon Darts ★★	Seize Transportor Room Rare Rewards: Uncommon Phaser Type 3 (DS9) ★★ Rare Artificial Heart ★★★ Uncommon Desktop Monitor (ENT) ★★	Trigger Warp Core Recalibration Rare Rewards: Uncommon Wrench ★★ Uncommon Dermal Regenerator ★★ Ethical Subroutine

Cost:

14 | 18 | 22

Suggested
Traits:

Explorer, Pilot, Astrophysicist, Prodigy, Android, Innovator, Borg, Tactician, Vulcan

Step	Choices	Skill Req	Other Req	Bonus Traits	Rare Reward
1. Reach Waypoint Undetected	Shadow Approaching Meteor A.	Command 150 \| 319 \| 694	—	Explorer, Pilot Trait bonus for tired crew: (+29 \| +?? \| +136)(+37 \| +?? \| +171) No other traits provide a bonus.	No Rewards at this Node
		[Character]⁠ piloted the starship close in the wake of an approaching meteor, reaching striking distance undetected.
		[Character]⁠ tried to shadow the meteor but ended up knocking it off course. The mission will be more difficult.
2. Infiltrate Mirror Sulu's Starship	Exploit Shield Vulnerability A.	Engineering 150 \| 319 \| 694	Step 1 Successful	Borg Trait bonus for tired crew: (+29 \| +?? \| +136)(+37 \| +?? \| +171) No other traits provide a bonus.	Intrepid-Class Ship Schematic (x5) Rare Power Cell ★★★ Rare Gravitic Caliper ★★★
		[Character]⁠ was able to exploit Sulu's shields being deactivated and transport the away team aboard.
		[Character]⁠ blundered their attempt to beam the away team aboard while shields were down. Only a few made it.
	Introduce Sensor Repeat Loop B.	Science 150 \| 319 \| 694	—	Astrophysicist, Prodigy Trait bonus for tired crew: (+29 \| +?? \| +136)(+37 \| +?? \| +171) No other traits provide a bonus.	Uncommon TR-580 Medical Tricorder ★★ Rare Terran Emblem ★★★ Uncommon Darts ★★
		[Character]⁠ mirrored Sulu's starship's sensor readings to blind them while the away team boarded.
		[Character]⁠ failed to effectively blind Mirror Sulu's sensors. The away team managed to board but was injured.
3. Apprehend Mirror Sulu	Capture Mirror Sulu A.	Security 150 \| 319 \| 694	—	Tactician, Vulcan Trait bonus for tired crew: (+29 \| +?? \| +136)(+37 \| +?? \| +171) No other traits provide a bonus.	Uncommon Toolbox ★★ Rare Medical Lesson ★★★ Uncommon Starfleet Engineering Uniform ★★
		[Character]⁠ and the rest of the away team subdued Mirror Sulu and prepared him for transport.
		[Character]⁠ were eventually able to subdue Mirror Sulu, but not before he took a toil on the away team.
	Seize Transportor Room B.	Science 150 \| 319 \| 694	Step 2.B Successful	Astrophysicist, Prodigy Trait bonus for tired crew: (+29 \| +?? \| +136)(+37 \| +?? \| +171) No other traits provide a bonus.	Uncommon Phaser Type 3 (DS9) ★★ Rare Artificial Heart ★★★ Uncommon Desktop Monitor (ENT) ★★
		[Character]⁠ mirrored Sulu's starship's sensor readings to blind them while the away team approached.
		[Character]⁠ failed to effectively blind Mirror Sulu's sensors. The away team managed to board but was injured.
4. Prevent Pursuit	Trigger Warp Core Recalibration A.	Engineering 150 \| 319 \| 694	—	Android, Innovator Trait bonus for tired crew: (+29 \| +?? \| +136)(+37 \| +?? \| +171) No other traits provide a bonus.	Uncommon Wrench ★★ Uncommon Dermal Regenerator ★★ Ethical Subroutine
		[Character]⁠ was able to trigger an uninterruptable recalibration protocol, preventing pursuit and allowing escape.
		[Character]⁠ and the away team were forced to abandon their captive when they could not disable the starship.
The away team was able to detain Mirror Sulu with minimal injury. The Terran Empire has lost one of its deadliest officers thanks to our away team's efforts.
The away team's capture of Mirror Sulu failed. He remains free to enfore the Terran Empire's will on defenseless systems.

Mission Rewards

Rare Rewards

Uncommon Phaser Type 3 (DS9) ★★
Uncommon Toolbox ★★
Uncommon TR-580 Medical Tricorder ★★
Uncommon Wrench ★★
Intrepid-Class Ship Schematic (x5)

Rare Artificial Heart ★★★
Rare Medical Lesson ★★★
Rare Power Cell ★★★
Rare Terran Emblem ★★★
Uncommon Dermal Regenerator ★★

Rare Gravitic Caliper ★★★
Uncommon Desktop Monitor (ENT) ★★
Uncommon Starfleet Engineering Uniform ★★
Uncommon Darts ★★
Uncommon Ethical Subroutine ★★

Standard Rewards

Rare Expansion Module ★★★
Rare Spices ★★★
Uncommon Sensor ★★
Common Spices ★

Uncommon Phaser Type 1 ★★
Super Rare Subprocessor ★★★★
Rare Spices ★★★
Uncommon Incense ★★
Common Sensor ★

Basic Subcutaneous Transponder
Super Rare Expansion Module ★★★★
Rare Furs ★★★
Uncommon Optronic Circuit ★★

Drop Chance

Item	Units	/ unit	Runs/Drop
Mission tested: Baited Hook [edit]
By: middlehead, Joker41NAM, Gusok & ChewableCPP Date(s): Mar 2017 – May 2023 Runs: 152 Cost/Run: 14
Rare Expansion Module ★★★	10>> Rare Expansion Module ★★★ Average (mean) runs per drop: 16 Based on test averages, to get one more drop, you may need to do another: 11 runs in 50 percent of cases (median) 35 runs in 10 percent of cases 70 runs in 1 percent of cases That is, 1 in 100 players may not see this item drop at all even after 69 runs. Also, a run dropping only this item is expected per 95,000 runs or so.	212.8Statistical Strength: Very unreliable Range of average cost per Rare Expansion Module ★★★ within 2 standard deviations (~95.5% confidence): 130.86 — 569.24>>	15.2
Rare Spices ★★★	11>> Rare Spices ★★★ Average (mean) runs per drop: 14 Based on test averages, to get one more drop, you may need to do another: 10 runs in 50 percent of cases (median) 32 runs in 10 percent of cases 63 runs in 1 percent of cases That is, 1 in 100 players may not see this item drop at all even after 62 runs. Also, a run dropping only this item is expected per 71,000 runs or so.	193.5Statistical Strength: Somewhat unreliable Range of average cost per Rare Spices ★★★ within 2 standard deviations (~95.5% confidence): 121.18 — 479.27>>	13.8
Uncommon Sensor ★★	92>> Uncommon Sensor ★★ Average (mean) runs per drop: 2 Based on test averages, to get one more drop, you may need to do another: 2 runs in 50 percent of cases (median) 4 runs in 10 percent of cases 7 runs in 1 percent of cases That is, 1 in 100 players may not see this item drop at all even after 6 runs. Also, a run dropping only this item is expected per 120 runs or so.	23.1Statistical Strength: Very reliable Range of average cost per Uncommon Sensor ★★ within 2 standard deviations (~95.5% confidence): 19.49 — 28.43>>	1.7
Common Spices ★	343>> Common Spices ★ Average (mean) runs per drop: 1 Based on test averages, to get one more drop, you may need to do another: 1 runs in 50 percent of cases (median) 1 runs in 10 percent of cases 2 runs in 1 percent of cases That is, 1 in 100 players may not see this item drop at all even after 1 runs. Also, a run dropping only this item is expected per 2.3 runs or so.	6.2Statistical Strength: Very reliable Range of average cost per Common Spices ★ within 2 standard deviations (~95.5% confidence): 5.89 — 6.56>>	0.4
Average cost per unit assumes 3 standard rewards per run. Please Do NOT include results from "Double-Up" Adwarps. Double-Up results are not random and will skew results. Several drop rates and item drops got adjusted on 2017/03/15. The items of this DropTest were modified, so old data had to be removed. The old costs/unit were: -.

Item	Units	/ unit	Runs/Drop
Mission tested: Baited Hook [edit]
By: Elynduil, ChewableCPP, Trojanneil & Crunch Date(s): Mar 2017 – Jun 2018 Runs: 38 Cost/Run: 18
Uncommon Phaser Type 1 ★★	13>> Uncommon Phaser Type 1 ★★ Average (mean) runs per drop: 3 Based on test averages, to get one more drop, you may need to do another: 2 runs in 50 percent of cases (median) 7 runs in 10 percent of cases 13 runs in 1 percent of cases That is, 1 in 100 players may not see this item drop at all even after 12 runs. Also, a run dropping only this item is expected per 670 runs or so.	52.6Statistical Strength: Somewhat unreliable Range of average cost per Uncommon Phaser Type 1 ★★ within 2 standard deviations (~95.5% confidence): 34.52 — 110.63>>	2.9
Super Rare Subprocessor ★★★★	2>>Unable to display streak info due to insufficient sample size.	342.0Statistical Strength: Nearly useless Range of average cost per Super Rare Subprocessor ★★★★ within 2 standard deviations (~95.5% confidence): 142.03 — Infinity>>	19
Rare Spices ★★★	9>> Rare Spices ★★★ Average (mean) runs per drop: 5 Based on test averages, to get one more drop, you may need to do another: 3 runs in 50 percent of cases (median) 10 runs in 10 percent of cases 19 runs in 1 percent of cases That is, 1 in 100 players may not see this item drop at all even after 18 runs. Also, a run dropping only this item is expected per 2,000 runs or so.	76.0Statistical Strength: Very unreliable Range of average cost per Rare Spices ★★★ within 2 standard deviations (~95.5% confidence): 46.27 — 212.67>>	4.2
Uncommon Incense ★★	32>> Uncommon Incense ★★ Average (mean) runs per drop: 2 Based on test averages, to get one more drop, you may need to do another: 1 runs in 50 percent of cases (median) 3 runs in 10 percent of cases 5 runs in 1 percent of cases That is, 1 in 100 players may not see this item drop at all even after 4 runs. Also, a run dropping only this item is expected per 45 runs or so.	21.4Statistical Strength: Fairly reliable Range of average cost per Uncommon Incense ★★ within 2 standard deviations (~95.5% confidence): 16.43 — 30.59>>	1.2
Common Sensor ★	58>> Common Sensor ★ Average (mean) runs per drop: 1 Based on test averages, to get one more drop, you may need to do another: 1 runs in 50 percent of cases (median) 2 runs in 10 percent of cases 3 runs in 1 percent of cases That is, 1 in 100 players may not see this item drop at all even after 2 runs. Also, a run dropping only this item is expected per 7.6 runs or so.	11.8Statistical Strength: Very reliable Range of average cost per Common Sensor ★ within 2 standard deviations (~95.5% confidence): 9.95 — 14.47>>	0.7
Average cost per unit assumes 3 standard rewards per run. Please Do NOT include results from "Double-Up" Adwarps. Double-Up results are not random and will skew results. Warning 2: Above results flagged as preliminary due to small sample size.

Item	Units	/ unit	Runs/Drop
Mission tested: Baited Hook [edit]
By: middlehead, Webdawg77, SleepingDragon & Iknamur (+ more) Date(s): Mar 2017 – Nov 2023 Runs: 468 Cost/Run: 22
Basic Subcutaneous Transponder	186>> Basic Subcutaneous Transponder Average (mean) runs per drop: 3 Based on test averages, to get one more drop, you may need to do another: 2 runs in 50 percent of cases (median) 6 runs in 10 percent of cases 11 runs in 1 percent of cases That is, 1 in 100 players may not see this item drop at all even after 10 runs. Also, a run dropping only this item is expected per 430 runs or so.	55.4Statistical Strength: Very reliable Range of average cost per Basic Subcutaneous Transponder within 2 standard deviations (~95.5% confidence): 48.7 — 64.12>>	2.5
Super Rare Expansion Module ★★★★	143>> Super Rare Expansion Module ★★★★ Average (mean) runs per drop: 4 Based on test averages, to get one more drop, you may need to do another: 3 runs in 50 percent of cases (median) 8 runs in 10 percent of cases 15 runs in 1 percent of cases That is, 1 in 100 players may not see this item drop at all even after 14 runs. Also, a run dropping only this item is expected per 950 runs or so.	72.0Statistical Strength: Very reliable Range of average cost per Super Rare Expansion Module ★★★★ within 2 standard deviations (~95.5% confidence): 62.15 — 85.57>>	3.3
Rare Furs ★★★	534>> Rare Furs ★★★ Average (mean) runs per drop: 1 Based on test averages, to get one more drop, you may need to do another: 1 runs in 50 percent of cases (median) 2 runs in 10 percent of cases 4 runs in 1 percent of cases That is, 1 in 100 players may not see this item drop at all even after 3 runs. Also, a run dropping only this item is expected per 18 runs or so.	19.3Statistical Strength: Very reliable Range of average cost per Rare Furs ★★★ within 2 standard deviations (~95.5% confidence): 18.05 — 20.69>>	0.9
Uncommon Optronic Circuit ★★	541>> Uncommon Optronic Circuit ★★ Average (mean) runs per drop: 1 Based on test averages, to get one more drop, you may need to do another: 1 runs in 50 percent of cases (median) 2 runs in 10 percent of cases 4 runs in 1 percent of cases That is, 1 in 100 players may not see this item drop at all even after 3 runs. Also, a run dropping only this item is expected per 17 runs or so.	19Statistical Strength: Very reliable Range of average cost per Uncommon Optronic Circuit ★★ within 2 standard deviations (~95.5% confidence): 17.83 — 20.41>>	0.9
Average cost per unit assumes 3 standard rewards per run. Please Do NOT include results from "Double-Up" Adwarps. Double-Up results are not random and will skew results. Several drop rates and item drops got adjusted on 2017/03/15. The items of this DropTest were modified, so old data had to be removed. The old costs/unit were: -.

Other Rewards

Currency Rewards
Capt XP	1st-Run Repeat	861 31	984 34	1024 34
Crew XP		84	104	?
Training XP at Warp 1+10		? ?	? ?	? ?
Credits at Warp 1		1052 ?	1352 ?	1652 ?

Missions
Prologue	The First Battle → A Violent Birth → A Show of Force → Boots on the Ground
Episode 1 - The Art of War	The Wrong Crowd → His Own Man → The Prodigal Son → Assault and Battery → On Their Heels → A Father Figure → Pillage and Plunder → Beyond the Call → Double Trouble → Stolen Honor → Behind Closed Doors → A Logical Response → Right of Conquest → Cleansing Fire / By Hook Or By Crook
Episode 2 - Never Forgive, Never Forget	Under New Management → The Vedek's Trail → The Army of Anaydis → The Mad Vedek → Manna from Heaven → Not A Drop to Drink → Hot Pursuit → Rescue the Val Jean → Maquis Incitement → The Walls Have Ears → Off at the Pass → Internal Dispute → For His Own Good → Cardassian Hospitality → Temporary Hold → Picking the Bones → Pretense of Mercy → A Popular Item → The Toss / Man with a Plan / A New Recruit
Episode 3 - From On High	Family Squabble → Cytherian Highway → A Singular Occurrence → Organian Aid → Rockslide
Episode 4 - Hostile Takeover	Ishka Issues → Not Without A Fight → A Kazon Scorned → Common Ground → Deadly Disruptions → Self Control → Mutual Assured Destruction → Arms Race → Fan Club → Trial by Fire → He Means Well → For the People → With Friends Like These → Putting the Free in Freedom / Smiles and Knives
Episode 5 - Ethical Alternatives	Quell the Riots → A Bold Move → Coursing Hounds → Race to the Finish → Blunting the Dagger → Secure the Chavez → Salvage the Chavez → Act of Betrayal → Control Over Chaos → Proof of Concept → Saving Smiley O'Brien → Into His Own Hands → Instant Intervention → Back to School → Turncoat Outpost → Baited Hook → Long Live the King → Thy Enemy's Secrets / The Annihilation Syndrome
Episode 6 - Something Rotten	The Rings of Time → Ancient Guardians → Too Greedily and Too Deep → The Time Transporter
Episode 7 - When Falcons Clash	Improvised Entry → Battle Shinzon → Material Assistance → The Raptors' Fury → Right Place, Wrong Time → Striking at Shadows → One Future Ends → Retroactive Vengeance → Researching Future History → Trust Issues → Hounded → Lost Legacy → Garak's Gamble / Death's Endeavor
Episode 8 - The Killing Syndrome	Evacuation Orders → Change of Scenery → Field Modifications → Shielding the Prey → The Verge of Destruction → Surveying the Sphere → The Vanguard's Challenge → Boardroom Politics → Ostensible Proof → Back Into the Fold → Uprising → Feed A Fever → Lashing Out → Proven Toxicity / Going Viral
Episode 9 - Strange Bedfellows	Rapid Response → Into the Lion's Den → Kicking the Nest → Bearing Up / Scatter Thine Enemies
Episode 10 - Shadow of a Doubt	Fool Me Twice → Highway to Hell → Ruinous Staycation → Flash of Lightning → An Infinite Welcome → Into the Cave → Our Harshest Critic
Distress Calls 1 - Delphic Expanse	Long Distance Call → A Tale of Forgotten Lore → Highwaymen → A Time of Morn-ing → Indiscriminate Mind → Mortals and Mayhem → Death in Battle → Iconian Insider
Distress Calls 2 - Celestial Temple	Warranted Pursuit → Rabid Fans → Pirate Problems → The Professor's Deadline → Death Throes → Serious Business → No Returns Accepted → Operation Isolate
Distress Calls 3 - Klingon Empire	Leverage → Stolen Command → Dogs of War → A Ticking Bomb → All Sales Are Final
Distress Calls 4 - Infinity	Xahean Invasion → The Price of Friendship → Empty Vessel → Zora's Invitation → Starved for Attention → Bottom Feeders → Stealing the Stars → Mudd's Enterprise