I've been looking every day for about the last three weeks for the assignment "Negotiate Delivery of Rare Commodities" -- the first in the chain that involves the Strange/Powered Alien Artifacts and let you craft Mk XII consoles. I'm a Level 50, I have enough Jevonite and Shapeshifting Lockets to start the assignment, and I have looked every day in the Beta Ursae, Alpha Trianguli and Zeta Andromedae sectors but can't seem to find it. I've read
this thread in the Forums here as well as the
entry at STOWiki.org and haven't detected anything obvious that I'm doing wrong.
So a couple of questions for those that have completed the assignment chain before... First, can you usually find it in the sectors I listed above, or do you need to go to the outer reaches (Zenas Expanse, Rolor Nebula, Betreka Nebula)? And when you do find the assignment, does it appear under the Trade category in the Current Map tab of the DOFF assignment screen, or is it hidden in one of the officer category screens like Science or Operations?
I'd appreciate any tips -- I've been playing the game since January and this is the first time I couldn't figure out something on my own and have resorted to posting in the Forums. It just seems like after weeks of looking for an Uncommon assignment I should have found it multiple times already. Anyway thanks for your time if you read this and in advance for any help!
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Thanks for the reply. I actually have been checking those too (what I referred to in my original post as "officer category screens like Science or Operations"). Couldn't think of the proper name for them. But I've only ever seen the Trade sub-category appear when in the Current Map tab of the missions screen. And I've never had any trouble finding the various trading assignments involving trading EC, Ketracel, Jevonite, Lockets, or anything else. It's just this one chain trigger assignment that continues to elude me. But I appreciate the suggestion, thanks again!
For me it showed up yesterday in Zenas Expanse.
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As far as the general purpose (acquiring Alien Artifacts) of this mission and its repeatable version, it can't really be botched. You will always get the item, even on a critical failure, although you won't get any of the other rewards in that event.
Also, regardless of the outcome of the initial mission, you will always unlock the repeatable. This is true of all Doff mission chains.
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Asking around in the "Doffjobs" channel might also help. If the assignment is around somewhere, people in there will know. You might even get a bridge invite to save you the time to travel to the sector yourself.
The Doffsheet can also help you find it. http://bit.ly/DOFFS
Occasionally you'll also get notice from people in there who find the assignment on their Tuffli or D'Kora trader contacts, giving you a chance to start the assignment even if it doesn't show up in sector space.
I find that handy on some harder to find missions.