Ghost in the Machine 2

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For the first run of this event, see Ghost in the Machine

Event Ghost in the Machine 2.png

Doctor Noonian Soong is creating a new form of artificial life: android-hologram hybrids. But not everyone agrees with the ethics of his research. Whose side are you on?

Details

Ghost in the Machine 2 is a Faction Event beginning 12:00 PM ET (16:00 UTC) Thursday, November 2, 2017 and ending 12:00 PM ET (17:00 UTC) Monday, November 6, 2017. Players can complete shuttle missions for the Bajoran, Romulan Star Empire, and Augments. These missions will drop Victory Points, which unlock Threshold Rewards.

This event offers a Special Pack that has a guaranteed drop of event featured crew if you spend 650 Dilithium on the 10-pack pull.

FEATURED Crew

Featured crew give the largest bonuses to faction missions.

BONUS Crew

All characters below give a lesser bonus to faction missions.


Event Rewards

There are 3 sets of rewards given in the event.



Solo Ranked Rewards

Solo Ranked Rewards
Ranks Dr. Soong Head.png Lore Head.png Vedek Winn Adami Head.png 10xPremiumTimePortal.png PremiumTimePortal.png Merits.png DynamicOfficerTraining.png AdvancedTacticalTraining.png


Dr. Soong Lore Vedek Winn Adami 10x Premium
Time Portal
Premium
Time Portal
Merits Dynamic Officer
Training
Advanced Tactical
Training


1 5 4 3 2 5 2500 100
2–3 4 4 3 2 1500 100
4–5 4 4 3 1 5 1000 75
6–15 3 4 3 1 500 50
16–25 2 4 3 1 500 25
26–50 1 4 3 7 350 25
51–75 1 4 3 7 250 20
76–200 1 4 3 5 150 15
201–350 1 4 3 5 100 50
351–650 1 4 3 5 75 25
651–1000 1 4 3 3 50 15
1001–1500 4 3 3 50 10
1501–2000 3 3 3 25 10
2001–2500 2 3 3 25 10
2501–3000 1 3 3 25 10
3001–5000 3 1 10
5001–7500 2 1 10
7501–10,000 1 1 10
10,001–15,000 1 10
15,001–50,000 1 5
50,001–100,000 1 3
100,001+ 3


Threshold Rewards

Victory Points Reward
1 Victory Points TransmissionBajoran.png
TransmissionRomulanStarEmpire.png
TransmissionAugment.png
1 Bajoran Transmission
1 Romulan Star Empire Transmission
1 Augment Transmission
2 Victory Points Merit 50 Merits
3 Victory Points link=Boosts_%26_Kits#Shuttle_Boosts 1 10x Standard Shuttle Boost
8 Victory Points Lt. Commander Data Head.png Lt. Commander Data
12 Victory Points Spacer.pngStarfleetSecurityUniformTNG.pngFlipCommon.png Common Starfleet Engineering Uniform (TNG)
20 Victory Points TransmissionBajoran.png
TransmissionRomulanStarEmpire.png
TransmissionAugment.png
2 Bajoran Transmission
2 Romulan Star Empire Transmission
2 Augment Transmission
25 Victory Points Chroniton 50 Chronitons
30 Victory Points Spacer.pngScandalinBohemiaHolonovel.pngFlipCommon.png Common Scandal in Bohemia Holonovel
50 Victory Points Credits 25000 Credits
80 Victory Points Spacer.pngPositronicBrain.pngFlipUncommon.png
Spacer.pngStarfleetSecurityUniformTNG.pngFlipUncommon.png
Uncommon Positronic Brain ★★
Uncommon Starfleet Engineering Uniform (TNG) ★★
150 Victory Points Merit 50 Merits
250 Victory Points IntermediateCommandTraining.png 2 Intermediate Command Training
400 Victory Points TransmissionBajoran.png
TransmissionRomulanStarEmpire.png
TransmissionAugment.png
3 Bajoran Transmission
3 Romulan Star Empire Transmission
3 Augment Transmission
425 Victory Points link=Boosts_%26_Kits#Shuttle_Boosts 1 10x Standard Shuttle Boost
550 Victory Points Spacer.pngEPICapacitor.pngFlipUncommon.png
Spacer.pngPoetry.pngFlipUncommon.png
Uncommon EPI Capacitor ★★
Uncommon Poetry ★★
750 Victory Points Lt. Commander Data Head.png Lt. Commander Data
1000 Victory Points Merit 75 Merits
1500 Victory Points Spacer.pngCasinoChip.pngFlipRare.png Rare Casino Chip ★★★
2000 Victory Points IntermediateCommandTraining.png 3 Intermediate Command Training
3000 Victory Points Ruk Head.png Ruk
4000 Victory Points Spacer.pngEncodedCommunique.pngFlipCommon.png
Spacer.pngRuksRobes.pngFlipCommon.png
Common Encoded Communique
Common Ruk's Robes
5000 Victory Points TransmissionBajoran.png
TransmissionRomulanStarEmpire.png
TransmissionAugment.png
3 Bajoran Transmission
3 Romulan Star Empire Transmission
3 Augment Transmission
5250 Victory Points Chroniton 75 Chronitons
6500 Victory Points IntermediateCommandTraining.png 4 Intermediate Command Training
8000 Victory Points Spacer.pngDesealingRod.pngFlipRare.png
Spacer.pngSecurityReports.pngFlipUncommon.png
Rare Desealing Rod ★★★
Uncommon Security Reports ★★
10000 Victory Points Credits 50000 Credits
12000 Victory Points TransmissionBajoran.png
TransmissionRomulanStarEmpire.png
TransmissionAugment.png
3 Bajoran Transmission
3 Romulan Star Empire Transmission
3 Augment Transmission
12500 Victory Points link=Boosts_%26_Kits#Shuttle_Boosts 1 10x Standard Shuttle Boost
15000 Victory Points Merit 150 Merits
18000 Victory Points Ruk Head.png Ruk
22000 Victory Points AdvancedTacticalTraining.png 2 Advanced Tactical Training
26000 Victory Points Spacer.pngGraviticCaliper.pngFlipRare.png
Spacer.pngRuksRobes.pngFlipRare.png
Rare Gravitic Caliper ★★★
Rare Ruk's Robes ★★★
30000 Victory Points TransmissionBajoran.png
TransmissionRomulanStarEmpire.png
TransmissionAugment.png
4 Bajoran Transmission
4 Romulan Star Empire Transmission
4 Augment Transmission
30500 Victory Points Chroniton 75 Chronitons
36000 Victory Points Credits 80000 Credits
44000 Victory Points Spacer.pngEncodedCommunique.pngFlipSuperRare.png
Spacer.pngBiologicalSampleKit.pngFlipSuperRare.png
Super Rare Encoded Communique ★★★★
Super Rare Biological Sample Kit ★★★★
52000 Victory Points Merit 500 Merits
60000 Victory Points AdvancedTacticalTraining.png 2 Advanced Tactical Training
70000 Victory Points Spacer.pngBrainCircuitryPattern.pngFlipSuperRare.png Super Rare Ruk's Programming ★★★★
90000 Victory Points TransmissionBajoran.png
TransmissionRomulanStarEmpire.png
TransmissionAugment.png
7 Bajoran Transmission
7 Romulan Star Empire Transmission
7 Augment Transmission
100000 Victory Points SupplyKit.png 1 Supply Kit
120000 Victory Points Ruk Head.png Ruk
150000 Victory Points Spacer.pngRuksRobes.pngFlipLegendary.png Legendary Ruk's Robes ★★★★★
250000 Victory Points Merit 1000 Merits


Squadron Rewards

Ranks Credits Credits Replicator Rations (fuel)
1 125,000 ReplicatorRationLegendary.png 10 Legendary
2–3 90,000 ReplicatorRationLegendary.png 7 Legendary
4–5 85,000 ReplicatorRationLegendary.png 5 Legendary
6–15 80,000 ReplicatorRationSuperRare.png 10 Super Rare
16–25 75,000 ReplicatorRationSuperRare.png 6 Super Rare
26–50 70,000 ReplicatorRationRare.png 15 Rare
51–75 65,000 ReplicatorRationRare.png 10 Rare
76–200 60,000 ReplicatorRationRare.png 7 Rare
201–350 55,000 ReplicatorRationUncommon.png 15 Uncommon
351–650 50,000 ReplicatorRationUncommon.png 10 Uncommon
651–1000 45,000 ReplicatorRationUncommon.png 8 Uncommon
1001–1500 40,000 ReplicatorRationCommon.png 15 Common
1501–2000 35,000 ReplicatorRationCommon.png 10 Common
2001–2500 30,000 ReplicatorRationCommon.png 5 Common
2501–3000 25,000 ReplicatorRationBasic.png 15 Basic
3001–5000 20,000 ReplicatorRationBasic.png 12 Basic
5001–7500 15,000 ReplicatorRationBasic.png 10 Basic
7501+ 10,000 ReplicatorRationBasic.png 5 Basic

Faction Missions

Ghost in the Machine 2 Faction Missions

Storyline

Announcement

Doctor Noonian Soong ran out of time to perfect his androids; the temporal anomaly crisis has given him a second chance. With the benefit of being able to study Data, Lore, and B4’s development since his death, Doctor Soong has come to a startling conclusion: the physicality of an android is actually a hindrance to the development of an artificial lifeform. The true artificial lifeform isn’t bound by the limitations of a physical body, but moves at the speed of thought, more like a hologram. To that end, with the help of the Augments, Doctor Soong has begun experiments in creating a new artificial lifeform, a fusion of hologram and android. This has attracted attention from his “son”, Lore, who objects to the notion that androids like himself are flawed and has recruited the Romulans to his cause. Holograms and Androids alike who object to this research but do not trust Lore have found a champion in Winn Adami and the Bajorans, who argues that these new lifeforms are given sentience by the Prophets, not men. [1]

Prologue

  • Doctor Noonian Soong: "I died before I considered my research complete. I'm still no spring chicken, but I'm going to use whatever time these temporal anomalies allow to continue my work."
  • Doctor Noonian Soong: "There have been so many advancements since my death... not least of which the indepedent development of all my androids, for better and worse. Androids now appear to be an archaic form of artificial life, too limited by their physical nature."
  • Doctor Noonian Soong: "I believe true perfection lies somewhere between the physical and the virtual, between androids and holograms. The Augments support my research, but Lore... Lore does not. The Bajorans are also using their religion as a weapon against me. I don't know your beliefs, but I hope you will act as my shield against them."

Epilogue

  • Doctor Noonian Soong: "You were more than a shield, you were a sword as well. Thanks to you, I've had a breakthrough. My positronic brain was not completely flawed. When combined with the constantly self-authoring subroutines of a hologram, we can create artificial life capable of true original thought."
  • Doctor Noonian Soong: "The applications of this could be enormous. If my body were as strong as an android's and my mind as quick as a hologram's, who knows what other breakthroughs I might have? To say nothing of other minds throughout history...."
  • Doctor Noonian Soong: "In fact, why say nothing? I can resurrect these minds as android-hologram hybrids. I'm certain the Augments would support me, as their own research often dovetails with my own. But whom should it be? A renaissance man like Leonardo da Vinci? A wit like Mark Twain? Hmm...."

References

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