Badlands is the title of a mission in the game Star Trek Online. The first mission in the Cardassian front, this mission features a conflict with the Cardassian group True Way. It also features the first appearance of Joshua Riker. It was removed from the game with the New Dawn update on October 27, 2015.
Description
Federation
- <rank>, I'm getting dozens of reports of raiders hitting civilian ships near the Badlands. Starfleet Intelligence believes that the raids are related to True Way activity in that region.:We know that area is a haven for smugglers and criminals of all types. It stands to reason that the True Way are using it to avoid capture as well. They might even be using some kind of Maquis base that was abandoned before the Cardassian war.:I know the Badlands are dangerous, but I have complete confidence in the <shipname> and her crew.
Klingon Empire
- <rank>, we have received reports of so-called "True Way" activists in the Badlands, a region of turbulent nebula-like activity near Deep Space 9. The True Way are made up of Cardassians and Dominion elements that refuse to recognize the treaty signed by their government after the Klingon Empire destroyed Cardassia's military power.:The Badlands are a haven for smugglers and criminals of all types. It stands to reason that the True Way are using it to avoid capture as well. They may have even occupied old fortifications used by criminal Federation elements from before the Dominion War.:The Badlands are dangerous and filled with hostile ships. This should be a worthy challenge for the <shipname>. Show the True Way why they should not be so quick to draw the ire of the Empire!
Romulan Republic
- <rank>, I'm getting dozens of reports of raiders hitting civilian ships near the Badlands. Starfleet Intelligence believes that the raids are related to True Way activity in that region.:I know that this is a bit far from the Romulan Republic, but this kind of commerce raiding has a tendency to get out of hand if it's not handled quickly and decisively. The last thing we need is the True Way expanding its operations and becoming involved with the Tal Shiar or other organized groups.:The Badlands are a fairly dangerous region of space, but you've already shown that the <shipname> can handle a little danger.
Summary
After receiving instructions from either James Kurland or S’taass, the player heads to the Badlands and scans five moons in search of the True Way facility while fighting Cardassian ships. He/she eventually detects a compound with several grounded ships on the fifth moon and prepares to beam down, but a Cardassian ship commanded by Gul Brun attacks, and the player destroys it before transporting down to the surface.
In the compound, the player fights True Way soldiers and rescues a human named Joshua Riker, who explains that the Cardassians are storing large numbers of weapons in the base. The player rescues the other prisoners and helps Riker destroy the weapons, and then plant explosives to destroy the base all at once. When this is done, Riker returns to the other prisoners while the player goes to stop Brun. He/she finds the gul in the shuttlebay and defeats his soldiers before confronting Brun himself, defeating him before he can escape in Riker’s captured shuttlecraft.
With Brun stopped, the player returns to the prisoners, and Riker asks him/her to tell his “uncle” Will that his father found a place where he belonged before he died.
References
Characters
- Brun • James Kurland • S'taass • Joshua Riker
Locations
Races and cultures
- Cardassian • Gorn • Human
Ranks and titles
- ambassador • captain • gul
Starships and vehicles
States and organizations
Appendices
Connections
| Klingon Empire episodes in Star Trek Online | ||
|---|---|---|
| Tutorial | End of Watch • Red Alert! • Intruder Alert! • Challenge for Command! • Your New Command • Journey to Qo'noS • (First City) | 
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| Empire | Duties of Command • The Hunt is On • Space Chase • Manhunt • Friend or Foe | |
| Warzone | Bringing Down the House • The House Always Wins • (Test of Mettle) • (Second Star to the Right, Straight on 'til Morning) • (Keep Your Enemies Closer) | |
| Vigilance | Mars, the Bringer of War • Alpha • (A House Pursued) • (House on Fire) | |
| Fek'Ihri Return | Blood of the Empire • Destiny • Afterlife • (The Gates of Gre'thor) | |
| Missions in parentheses are no longer available as of the current version of Star Trek Online. | ||
| Romulan Republic episodes in Star Trek Online | ||
|---|---|---|
| Tutorial | A Day on the Farm • A Day in the Sun • Virinat, Invaded • Flight from Virinat | 
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| From the Ashes | Explore the Flotilla • The Helix • Crossroads at Crateris • Gasko Blues • The Search for New Romulus • Turning Point • Neutral No More | |
| Allies | The Price of Neutrality • Memory Lane • Bigger Picture • Smash and Grab • Tradecraft | |
| In Shadows | An Inside Job • Enemy Action • Sleepers • Cloak and Dagger • Revelation • Mind Game • Temporal Ambassador | |
| Wasteland | Secrets of Nimbus • The Lost City of Paradise • Blind Men Tell All Tales • The Undying • A Fistful of Gorn • Installation 18 | |
| Vengeance | Voice of the Voiceless • Abducted • Small Packages • Last Stand • The Best Defense • Turnabout • Devil's Choice | |
| Freedom | Toward Freedom • The Vault • Mine Enemy • Frozen • Coliseum • Cutting the Cord • Darkness Before the Dawn | |
| Spectres | Spectres • Skirmish • Spin the Wheel • What Lies Beneath • Everything Old is New • Night of the Comet | |
| Cardassian Struggle | Venture into Deep Space • Badlands • Rapier • Forging Bonds • The Long Night • Crack in the Mirror • Seeds of Dissent • The New Link • Second Wave • Of Bajor • Operation Gamma • Facility 4028 • Boldly They Rode | |
External link
- Badlands article at the Star Trek Online wiki.
