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'Operation Gamma' temporal probe

shivarussell#2096 shivarussell
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Having trouble finding the 'Operation Gamma' temporal probe guys, searched everywhere :(

Anyone else have this problem or let me know where they found it? i.e was it on the first map (with the beacon) or the map with the ferengi trader?

Appreciate the help, its the last one i need...

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  • mustrumridcully0mustrumridcully0 Member Posts: 12,963 Arc User
    The objective showed the moment I left the worm hole, but I found the Temporal Probe on the map with the trader in the asteroid field. Finding it might be difficult, I happened to fly exactly over it on trying to get to my mission objective.
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  • shivarussell#2096 shivarussell
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    thank you, dont suppose you remember where approx on the map it was do you?

    :)
  • shivarussell#2096 shivarussell
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    Found it, cheers.... all got now :)
  • sgtfloydpepper#7911 sgtfloydpepper
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    Pretty damn stupid putting it on a map this huge. I can't find it anywhere and I've looked EVERYWHERE!
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  • thunderfoot#5163 thunderfoot
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    They are not difficult to find. Requires patience however. If I cannot find one right off the bat, I press the <M> key. Once I am on the map, I move my cursor over each of the white dots. One of them will be the probe.
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  • davefenestratordavefenestrator Member Posts: 10,659 Arc User
    Reddit - list of locations:

    https://www.reddit.com/r/sto/comments/4ro6d0/temporal_orb_locations_minor_exploration_puzzle/
  • sgtfloydpepper#7911 sgtfloydpepper
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    Found the problem. If you team with someone who's not an AoY character, the probe won't appear. So, it wasn't on the map at all. When my friend switched to an AoY toon and we restarted, found it quickly, albeit, it's really damn hard to see, it's so small.
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  • farranorfarranor Member Posts: 559 Arc User
    sgtfloydpepper#7911 wrote: »
    Found the problem. If you team with someone who's not an AoY character, the probe won't appear. So, it wasn't on the map at all. When my friend switched to an AoY toon and we restarted, found it quickly, albeit, it's really damn hard to see, it's so small.

    I experienced the exact same thing earlier tonight. A friend wanted my help with the awful "worker bee" section in that mission, and then we couldn't find the probe. I switched to my AoY character on a hunch, and when we tried the mission again the probe was where the Reddit thread said it would be. This whole mess took two hours because the probe system is fragile and fails silently. It's not even consistent: if at least one person on the team is AoY, it'll show in the objectives list, but if at least one person on the team is not AoY, the actual probe will not appear.
  • palacefan96palacefan96 Member Posts: 1 Arc User
    The way I do it is wait till I see it appear on my objectives list and then look at my map for a white dot. It'll be there on one of them. I'm just beginning Facility 4028 and I've found most of them easily with just doing that
  • fmgtorres1979fmgtorres1979 Member Posts: 1,327 Arc User
    Operation Gamma actually had a twist. It showed on the mission track on the first map, but the probe is on the second map at the asteroids.
  • echattyechatty Member Posts: 5,916 Arc User
    edited July 2016
    I found a great solution to the worker bees. The aceton assimilator melts them pretty quickly. I can actually disable all the sensors on the first try as long as I have it deployed.

    It also melts the swarmers quite nicely too.
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  • markhawkmanmarkhawkman Member Posts: 35,236 Arc User
    my favorite trick is to always turn and face center before hitting a sensor node. That way I can open fire immediately. Also PDS helps.
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  • echattyechatty Member Posts: 5,916 Arc User
    Everyone probably has their own favorite trick for those bees. They were very annoying before I acquired the AA and used it. If it got toasted by the JH then I'd deploy another, or just keep deploying as it cooled down. Kept my BP down a whole lot since I started using them. ;)
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  • sgtfloydpepper#7911 sgtfloydpepper
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    edited July 2016
    Well, once we had both team members being temporal agents, the probe was smack dab at the first asteroid to the right of the shield generator. But having a non-temporal agent on the team will remove the probe from the map, it seems.
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  • annemarie30annemarie30 Member Posts: 2,693 Arc User
    I ran through it twice since i needed both parts of the JH space set. i did not see it the first time the second time it was down and right when you exit the asteriod the kranneck is in
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  • ltminnsltminns Member Posts: 12,572 Arc User
    I just ran it twice also (I normally do anyway for both pieces) but the first time couldn't find the Probe. Nothing showed up on the map. Second time it did, right near the generator you need to destroy to get to the Krasnak. It was to the East (right) of the generator further back along the Asteroid.

    Of course it generated a Na'kuhl Agent who was no where to be found.

    Had a Delta Flyer with a Phaser Omni and Kelvin Photon Torpedo. Used the PDS, an Automated Defense Battery, and the second time through tried eChatty's AA suggestion. Both times no resets at DS9 and the Swarmers melted much quicker with the AA.

    I have been having problems with many of the Missions finding a Temporal Probe on the map at all.
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  • davefenestratordavefenestrator Member Posts: 10,659 Arc User
    I have been having problems with many of the Missions finding a Temporal Probe on the map at all.

    Try the reddit location list posted above.
  • ltminnsltminns Member Posts: 12,572 Arc User
    I have been using that but some of the Probes were in different locations than listed. As I said it was only a few of them and the little dot for the Probe was nowhere to be found.
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  • markhawkmanmarkhawkman Member Posts: 35,236 Arc User
    did you go all the way down in altitude? Also there are multiple exact locations
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  • starkaosstarkaos Member Posts: 11,556 Arc User
    edited July 2016
    sgtfloydpepper#7911 wrote: »
    Well, once we had both team members being temporal agents, the probe was smack dab at the first asteroid to the right of the shield generator. But having a non-temporal agent on the team will remove the probe from the map, it seems.

    Are you sure or is it just coincidence? Unlike the other space probes which are floating in space, the Operation Gamma probes that are found resting on the asteroids. So it gives credence to the probes falling to the bottom of the map theory. Ran the missions two times solo and couldn't find the probe which would make sense if I was looking around the asteroids and they were at the bottom of the map. Someone could team up with a non-Temporal Agent and not find it because it is at the bottom of the map while they could team up with a Temporal Agent and find it on one of the asteroids and come to the conclusion that non-Temporal Agents causes the probe to disappear.
  • ltminnsltminns Member Posts: 12,572 Arc User
    I found it the second time. Operation Gamma was not an issue anymore. With the Reddit Guide some Probes are at new locations beyond those given. There were only a few Missions where it took me a while to find the Probe and those were Ground actions.

    I have found it in all Missions I have played to date. Gamma was the only one I did not find it on first play-through but I was unconcerned as I was going to run it twice anyway. Cutting the Cord was the only other one that needed a second time, but that was because I forgot to look for it (at the end by the Iconian Asteroid Gateway) before I warped out.
    'But to be logical is not to be right', and 'nothing' on God's earth could ever 'make it' right!'
    Judge Dan Haywood
    'As l speak now, the words are forming in my head.
    l don't know.
    l really don't know what l'm about to say, except l have a feeling about it.
    That l must repeat the words that come without my knowledge.'
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  • markhawkmanmarkhawkman Member Posts: 35,236 Arc User
    I had an issue in Fac 4028. I had no idea where the probe was the first time and I looked for it.
    starkaos wrote: »
    sgtfloydpepper#7911 wrote: »
    Well, once we had both team members being temporal agents, the probe was smack dab at the first asteroid to the right of the shield generator. But having a non-temporal agent on the team will remove the probe from the map, it seems.
    Are you sure or is it just coincidence? Unlike the other space probes which are floating in space, the Operation Gamma probes that are found resting on the asteroids. So it gives credence to the probes falling to the bottom of the map theory. Ran the missions two times solo and couldn't find the probe which would make sense if I was looking around the asteroids and they were at the bottom of the map. Someone could team up with a non-Temporal Agent and not find it because it is at the bottom of the map while they could team up with a Temporal Agent and find it on one of the asteroids and come to the conclusion that non-Temporal Agents causes the probe to disappear.
    Yeah... I did a run of Researcher Rescue with my Temporal Recruit teamed with a Delta recruit. We were able to find BOTH McGuffins.
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  • seaofsorrowsseaofsorrows Member Posts: 10,918 Arc User
    This mission was the only Probe I had a hard time finding.

    The Reddit locations are good in most cases, but on this map I'm pretty sure the location varies because people are finding them in all different spots. When I played, it put the probe right on the edge of an astroid, it was actually have in the wall and barely visable at all.

    The only way I found it was typing '/target temproral probe' and then moving toward my targeted object.

    The placing of the probe on this mission is awful, this one can be really hard to find.
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  • saber1973asaber1973a Member Posts: 1,225 Arc User
    seaofsorrows wrote: »
    ...
    The only way I found it was typing '/target temproral probe' and then moving toward my targeted object.
    ...

    That chat command should be placed in some official blogs and on wiki :)
  • markhawkmanmarkhawkman Member Posts: 35,236 Arc User
    saber1973a wrote: »
    seaofsorrows wrote: »
    ...
    The only way I found it was typing '/target temproral probe' and then moving toward my targeted object.
    ...
    That chat command should be placed in some official blogs and on wiki :)
    But spelled properly. :p

    '/target temporal probe'
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  • jonsillsjonsills Member Posts: 10,458 Arc User
    I found it right next to one of the things I had to scan (as a Sci Captain).

    Then someone had the worst day ever, as a Na'khul agent was dispatched to investigate my meddling...​​
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  • stargazer99999stargazer99999 Member Posts: 31 Arc User
    found mine due east from the ferengi's ship top of first big asteroid at its southern facing
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