Hunting a Heretic

Hunting a Heretic is a 3 part mission chain issued by Distribution division agents. It consists of 3 Courier missions.

Hunting a Heretic - Tracking a Crackpot (1of 3)

Level	1
Type	Courier
Objective	Pick-up and deliver 1x Encrypted Data Crystals (1 m3)

Mission briefing

One of the functions of my job is to ensure things operate smoothly in this region. I have a number of informants that keep me in the loop of the less visible happenings. They tend to be skittish by nature, but recently one of my informants was noticeably shaken. He won't send the information, and he won't meet me in person. He's insisted that I send a third party to pick up the data. Normally I'd just find another informant, but this one was on the trail of a particularly virulent heretic. The man can't be anything but mad—he calls himself The Crackpot, for one thing—but it's damned hard to track a madman. He's been attracting attention, even followers from among the weak-minded, and it's long past time to put a stop to his nonsense. If you'll go and pick up that data, it could help us track this menace down.

Hunting a Heretic - Book Burning (2 of 3)

Level	1
Type	Courier
Objective	Pick-up and deliver 1x Fraudulent Pax Amarria (0.1 m3)

Mission briefing

That Crackpot has been hiding his heretical nonsense in copies of the Pax Amarria! This is absolutely intolerable! Needless to say, we've been seizing copies as they're found, and of course those in possession of such an insulting piece of work have been detained for questioning. Still, that leaves us with a pile of gilded filth on our hands. I want you to go pick up the copies that are being held and bring them back here. We're having the Pax Amarria covers stripped off before we send them along for the ceremonial burning.

The Pax Amarria

From the publisher's description: "This is the most remarkable book published in the last century. Here, the great Emperor Heideran VII records his dreams for peace throughout the galaxy; it is this vision that propelled him into becoming a champion of interstellar relations. His relentless struggle toward this goal has brought unparalleled harmony among the empires; his constant search for peaceful solutions to any problem having many times quelled the storms of hostilities on the horizon. His determination and his powers of persuasion have compelled his own people and others to sacrifice many things they thought sacred to ensure that tranquility will prevail, now and forever."

Hunting a Heretic - Crackpot Captured! (3 of 3)

Level	1
Type	Courier
Objective	Pick-up and deliver 1x Prisoner (1 m3)

Mission briefing

We've finally got The Crackpot. It turns out his real name was Russell. I need you to go pick him up and bring him here for transport. We want him there when his books burn—he'll need to recant publicly, throw the books on the fire, that sort of thing. After all, we wouldn't want him martyred. He's in confinement a few jumps away. We've made sure to keep him anonymous. There are still some crazed sympathizers on the loose, and we don't want them endangering themselves any further. Go and get him before some other loon tries to break him out.