"Recruiting" for KDF Labor Battalions

mhirtesc

Aside from the bread-n-butter "Turn in Contraband", the second best Dil-earner for KDF is the "Consign Prisoners to Labor Battalion". Personal experience has taught me that the top 3 races you should turn in for best chance at a Crit Success are:

1. Vulcans
2. Bolians
3. Ferengi

(in that order)

Humans are too free-willed, Andorians are too combative, and Tellarites are Disaster makers so airlock those little pruney boogers at the first opportunity.

Now, Between Vulcans (Peaceful) and Bolians (Congenial), which trait is more likely to result in a Critical Success?

tigeraries

is this quest at the same npc who does the contraband? cause if so I just skip it... the failure rate is too high.

i use prisoners for the forced labor camps at the clusters... they take like 4? or 5 only and failure is a low 8% or so... 500 dil each time.... another one has zero fail but only 350 dil. i tend to avoid banking on crits for doffing.

markhawkman

I keep a few humans on reserve since they're the best for prisoner exchange, and you can get some NICE doffs from prisoner exchange. The trick is knowing where to look for it... For KDF go to either Cardassian or Federation space, those are the easiest places to find it.

imruined

Personally, I do the sector Forced Labour assignments as, though they do take a little more effort to locate, the dilithium return for the number of prisoners involved, is much better...

Andorians and Ferenghi will also not negatively impact the outcome of the (former Exploration) Cluster Forced Labour assignments...

jerichoredoran

There is one assignment in normal sector space. That takes 4 prisoners and gives 500 dil after 8h.
There is another one to be found in colonization clusters. That one takes 3 prisoners and gives 350 dil after 4h.
There is a sell prisoners one giving latinum instead.
And there is the one from secury officer which takes 10 and has a crazy high fail rate.

So first gives 125 Dil/prisoner, second 116.x Dil/prisoner, last one 100 Dil/prisoner (if the wiki is right)

vawlkus

I wish those missions showed up a little more often; I'm having to throw prisoners out the airlock every day because my brig is full.

kaarruu

Vulcans add to success rate, not critical rate. Bolians and Ferengi are equal in their crit addition. I try to go for five Vulcans, five of the other two to bring down disaster rate to acceptable levels.

Humans are great for prisoner exchange, as mentioned, and they as well as Tellarites are also good for the forced labor missions found in sector space. Andorians are suitable for "deliver Federation criminal to house X" missions and very little else.

potasssium

Andorians are good for 1 dilithium and throwing out the airlock.

Use 10 Vulcans on the prisoner exchange mission from the security officer and failure rate is only 6%

That mission also completed the quickest so even throwing the wrong prisoners at it every hour is profitable.

nickodaemus

vawlkus wrote: »

I wish those missions showed up a little more often; I'm having to throw prisoners out the airlock every day because my brig is full.

Fly around some to find them. They are out there. You will sometimes have to summon the freighter to buy a spare one or two to fill the slots if you are lucky. Generally, like 2-3 a day can be found this way in different sectors without even counting the ones you find in clusters.

jaguarskx

I prefer the Forced Labor missions myself. It does take time to find them, but overall the reward is better with lower risk of failure. I prefer to use human and vulcan cattle since that is all they are good for. Bolians and Tellarites are useful as well.