I just picked up the port of EV Override to Nova. I played EVO way back and bought Nova later because I had liked the shareware version of EVO so much.

So due to the lack of in-depth walkthroughs for EVO as compared to Nova, I'm a little stuck on the Zachit mission string for the Miranu.

I'm trying to get the "Defend New Mira" mission, and according to an Excel mission listing I downloaded, I'm supposed to be an Upstanding Citizen and have a Deadly combat rating. I have both (which took some time), but now I can't seem to get the mission on Outpost Zachit. Is there something I'm doing wrong, is the excel file wrong, or am I just extremely unlucky?

Thanks for any help.

My mistake, here's my pilot log to accompany my situation:

EV Nova pilot data dump

Output on 11/2/2007 at 9:10 AM

Game version: 1.0.A

Plugins loaded:
none

Pilot name: Trip Hawk
Pilot nickname: Scar
Pilot gender: male
Strict play: no
Seen intro screen: yes
Ship name: Warhawk Mk VI
Ship type: Crescent Warship (151)
Current system: Zachit (284)
Legal status: 836 (in system 284)
Game date: 9/13/2158
Fuel: 700.00
Cash: 12082357
Kills: 12999

Current cargo:
none

Active missions:
none

Mission bits currently set:
b8
b16
b18
b99
b100
b101
b126
b135
b144
b145
b146
b147
b165
b166
b167
b168
b169
b171
b214
b1005
b1008
b1009

Contribute bits:
0x00000000
0x00000000

Escorts:
none

Items currently owned:
2 External Fuel Tank (153)
1 Density Scanner (155)
1 IFF Decoder (156)
1 Afterburner (157)
1 Sensor Upgrade (160)
4 Phase Turret (164)
2 Fuel Scoop (168)
1 Auto-Refueller (169)
1 Crescent Fighter Bay (173)
3 Crescent Fighter (174)
1 Thrust Upgrade (179)
4 Shield Enhancer (180)
1 Engine Upgrade (183)
1 ECM System (190)
1 RCS Upgrade (191)

Stellars currently dominated:
none

Stellars currently destroyed:
none

Active ranks:
none

Active disasters:
A recession (140) on Tibidat (377) - 13 days left
A serious drought (141) on Motif (376) - 0 days left
A large quantity of skulls (142) on Kayia (350) - 9 days left
A successful raider (143) on Dirach (344) - 0 days left
A Zidagar offensive (144) on Pimre Station (358) - 0 days left
An Igadzra offensive (145) on Outpost Terapin (324) - 0 days left
An enormous food surplus (146) on Ragni (359) - 14 days left
An incredible harvest (147) on Saffera III (322) - 18 days left
A manufacturing surplus (148) on Fluor (306) - 0 days left
Industrial expansion (149) on Filider (304) - 12 days left
A massive brawl (150) on Hizdriar (276) - 2 days left
A new invention (151) on Station Pybin (264) - 7 days left
A bizarre training accident (152) on Outpost Zachit (238) - 0 days left
Decreased demand (153) on Mira (235) - 0 days left
Increased demand (154) on Blaga (234) - 0 days left
The jubilant workforce (155) on Liadon (229) - 0 days left
Constant celebration (156) on Krotun (226) - 0 days left
A Voinian attack (157) on Emalghia (194) - 0 days left
A supply shortfall (158) on Huron (170) - 5 days left
Extreme boredom (159) on Gorky (189) - 0 days left
Renegade extortion (160) on Iothe Prime (184) - 0 days left
An excessive renegade incursion (161) on Gribn (181) - 0 days left
An excessive renegade incursion (162) on Thehir (180) - 0 days left
The tourist season (163) on New Rome (158) - 0 days left
A new influx of colonists (164) on Molos (157) - 0 days left
A new outbreak of plague (165) on New Calcutta (154) - 0 days left
An efficiency drive (166) on New Tokyo (153) - 0 days left
A logistical problem (167) on Knox (148) - 0 days left
A major pollution scare (168) on Earth (128) - 0 days left
A good harvest (169) on Poch (258) - 0 days left
A strike by monks (170) on Omm (183) - 6 days left
A shortage of Munb leaves (171) on Himgro (240) - 0 days left
Toxic rainfall (172) on Giniz (364) - 0 days left
A mining accident (173) on Telnan (152) - 0 days left
A volcanic eruption (174) on Bakoom (355) - 0 days left
The discovery of a new vein of ore (175) on New Riga (134) - 0 days left
A bumper harvest (176) on First Centauri (129) - 5 days left
A Voinian offensive (177) on Outpost Alpha (136) - 0 days left
A Voinian offensive (178) on Outpost Gamma (138) - 0 days left
A Voinian offensive (179) on Outpost Theta (143) - 0 days left

Active cron events:
none

- end of log -

Welcome to the boards, starmetal
It looks like you're perfectly capable of receiving the mission, I expect the problem is just that you're extremely unlucky. The mission has only a 15% availability so it could take many tries before you get it.

@guy, on Nov 2 2007, 10:22 PM, said in Zachit Mission String:

Welcome to the boards, starmetal
It looks like you're perfectly capable of receiving the mission, I expect the problem is just that you're extremely unlucky. The mission has only a 15% availability so it could take many tries before you get it.

Yeah, that would be my guess too. I definitely remember similar problems myself, whenever you want that mission it tends to elude you, hehe.

Haha alright thank you guys.

It's just frustrating because I've done all the other Miranu stuff except the nebula exploration.

Mission strings definitely take longer in EVO than Nova. I could bang out a full string in Nova in about four or five hours tops.

I assume the answer is yes, but it's possible to do the three main EVO objectives in one pilot? Wouldn't taking the Voinian side of the UE/Voinian conflict dramatically affect your ability to accomplish the Miranu string?

In Override, it is possible to do all three objectives on one pilot. The outcomes of each one should not have any problems with one another.

@starmetal, on Nov 3 2007, 03:44 AM, said in Zachit Mission String:

Haha alright thank you guys.

It's just frustrating because I've done all the other Miranu stuff except the nebula exploration.

Mission strings definitely take longer in EVO than Nova. I could bang out a full string in Nova in about four or five hours tops.

I assume the answer is yes, but it's possible to do the three main EVO objectives in one pilot? Wouldn't taking the Voinian side of the UE/Voinian conflict dramatically affect your ability to accomplish the Miranu string?

It is indeed possible to do all 3 objectives, however, those objectives are:

Unbalance the Strand War (either in favor of the Zidagar/Azdgari/Igadzra, you're can only supposed to do one per pilot)
Explore the nebulae
Push back the Voinian frontier

So if you do the Voinian missions, you don't actually complete an objective. Sadly, the Voinian missions in the base EVO scenario don't go that far, really, you blow up one or two minor UE planets but that's about it - your pilot remains a human and the Voinians just don't trust you.

@starmetal, on Nov 2 2007, 06:44 PM, said in Zachit Mission String:

I assume the answer is yes, but it's possible to do the three main EVO objectives in one pilot? Wouldn't taking the Voinian side of the UE/Voinian conflict dramatically affect your ability to accomplish the Miranu string?

As said before, yes. But you can't do more than one Strand string with the same pilot, either, without a cheat like Double Agent or whatever it's called, I can't remember. But I doubt that's been ported to Nova.

@mazca, on Nov 3 2007, 09:23 AM, said in Zachit Mission String:

It is indeed possible to do all 3 objectives, however, those objectives are:

Unbalance the Strand War (either in favor of the Zidagar/Azdgari/Igadzra, you're can only supposed to do one per pilot)
Explore the nebulae
Push back the Voinian frontier

So if you do the Voinian missions, you don't actually complete an objective. Sadly, the Voinian missions in the base EVO scenario don't go that far, really, you blow up one or two minor UE planets but that's about it - your pilot remains a human and the Voinians just don't trust you.

Technically you can but aren't supposed to do the Voinian string and still push back the frontier. In any event, the Voinian string doesn't go very far because, according to Peter Cartwright, all events in all storylines happen in the EVO timeline, and the Voinians end up losing the war but not being totally eradicated.