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What to do with prisoners as a Starfleet Officer

scarletbattlesonscarletbattleson Member Posts: 56 Arc User
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I have a gazillion prisoners on one of my FED Admirals and it is driving me nuts. The contraband guy only takes 2 at a time, and the missions for places like Karemma which take them are rare at best. Are there any other doff mssions I can send them on or doth the airlock beckon? o:)

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    farmallmfarmallm Member Posts: 4,630 Arc User
    Since the Feds don't like paying up for them. Unlike the KDF. I been shoving them out the air lock.
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    rattler2rattler2 Member Posts: 58,018 Community Moderator
    There is a DOff assignment at the Security Officer on several Fed hubs (And DS9) where you can turn over a prisoner.
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    legendarylycan#5411 legendarylycan
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    do what i do...turn the captures into sex slaves or fold the stronger ones into your army of cannon fodder

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    thunderfoot#5163 thunderfoot
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    If you Dismiss them you get 1 Dilthium per prisoner and a small amount of Recruitment XP. Fleet Projects which require Civilian Duty Officers is also a good way to remove Fed Prisoners. You could also mail them to one of your KDF alts and turn them in for Dilthium.

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    jaguarskxjaguarskx Member Posts: 5,945 Arc User
    I sell 'em on the Exchange for whatever EC and I also use them for prisoner exchange Doff missions.
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    daviesdaviesdaviesdavies Member Posts: 277 Arc User
    (try read it with a hollywood german accident)

    life of a prisioncamp commandant is very fun
    traditional we turn captives into soap
    but that is too obvious ...
    dilithium is a better euphemism

    Like many who came before you
    they all been looking for a final solution
    you should learn from the best
    airlocking one at a time is too slow.
    do it by the trainload is faster

    you can slot a "special" project at your StarBase
    "Coordinate Colonization Effort"
    it will take all the undesireables at once
    instantly more livingspace on your ship.
    basicly it is massairlocking solution


    However as a fed captain you should try remember what Schindler said
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    "Power is when we have every justification to airlock, and we don't"
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    pfffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff

    ah you ***** you've just airlocked them all at once,didnt you?

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    centaurianalphacentaurianalpha Member Posts: 1,150 Arc User
    Prisoners can also be used in fleet projects requiring civilians; if your fleet doesn't need them, check the fleets in your Armada.
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    bluehamster68bluehamster68 Member Posts: 25 Arc User
    There are also some doff missions in the alpha quadrant that require prisoners,or will allow you to use prisoners for them.
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    theraven2378theraven2378 Member Posts: 5,986 Arc User
    As my main is an RP Terran, I have a no prisoners policy so I space them
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      orion0029orion0029 Member Posts: 1,122 Bug Hunter
      You could load your torpedo bays with them... However, that would be a LOT of paperwork.

      Better to just send them to Coordinate Colonization Efforts for your fleet. ;)
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      terranempire#7881 terranempire
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      theraven2378 wrote: »
      As my main is an RP Terran, I have a no prisoners policy so I space them

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      warmaker001bwarmaker001b Member Posts: 9,205 Arc User
      Though there's more use on KDF for prisoners, Feds it's more limited. Even the DOFF mission to turn them in rewards poorly to the point of pointlessness.

      There *IS* one use for them with your Feds though.

      Fleet DOFF contributions. There are some of those Fleet Projects that accept common doffs to include prisoners. Nobody tends to keep their prisoners on Fed-side, so I end up filling them all myself and get the Fleet Credits for it.

      Besides, the stack for Prisoners in the inventory keeps going anyways, so it only takes 1 inventory slot.
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      mustrumridcully0mustrumridcully0 Member Posts: 12,963 Arc User
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      Personally, I simply started avoiding Prisoner Admirality tasks on my Fed characters.

      I think they should invent a neat DOFF task for them - maybe something like "Send Prisoners to Rehabilitation" that takes 8 Prisoners and maybe rewards a regular DOFF. (With the first Critical Success granting a Tom Paris Photonic Bridge Officer?)
      Only problem is that most prisoners are Prisoners of War, they shouldn't be send to Rehabilitation (they are not criminals, they were just enemies we captured in battle), they should be given back to their respective home worlds. Maybe a "Repatriate Prisoners of War" Assignment that grants hefty Diplomacy XP?
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      baudlbaudl Member Posts: 4,060 Arc User
      exchange
      fleet projects...there are a few that take them (Starbase special task that needs 64 civilians for instance)
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      mail them to characters who can use them more efficently

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      lordsteve1lordsteve1 Member Posts: 3,492 Arc User
      Fleet embassy projects are always a good use for them. Develop Diplomatic Contacts I think is the name of one, it needs like 60+ civilians and counts prisoners.
      The fact they come boxed from the admiralty system is quite helpful. I just stack em up until I see the project pop.
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      warmaker001bwarmaker001b Member Posts: 9,205 Arc User
      mustrumridcully0 wrote: »
      Personally, I simply started avoiding Prisoner Admirality tasks on my Fed characters.

      I think they should invent a neat DOFF task for them - maybe something like "Send Prisoners to Rehabilitation" that takes 8 Prisoners and maybe rewards a regular DOFF. (With the first Critical Success granting a Tom Paris Photonic Bridge Officer?)
      Only problem is that most prisoners are Prisoners of War, they shouldn't be send to Rehabilitation (they are not criminals, they were just enemies we captured in battle), they should be given back to their respective home worlds. Maybe a "Repatriate Prisoners of War" Assignment that grants hefty Diplomacy XP?

      KDF has Prisoner Exchange missions to do exactly that, on top of other just as decent missions so these types of DOFFs have *some* use.
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      chitowngrizz420chitowngrizz420 Member Posts: 266 Arc User
      I just end up doing what others stated push them out the airlock. I get way more than I can ever donate to fleet specific fleet projects. The FED prisoner doff mission is a joke it pays out hardly no points and only 5 dil. Easy fix is increase the rewards for the mission on the FED side or add items to it. Just carbon copy the KDF version to the FEDs.
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      antonine3258antonine3258 Member Posts: 2,391 Arc User
      Tossing them out the airlock does award a few rare recruitment doff xp
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      theraven2378theraven2378 Member Posts: 5,986 Arc User
      antonine3258 wrote: »
      Tossing them out the airlock does award a few rare recruitment doff xp

      Just make sure they're in a space suit with only 30 minutes of air then warp out :D
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        autumnturningautumnturning Member Posts: 743 Arc User
        I mail them to my AoY captain so they can do the Security Officer turn in for Diplomacy XP.
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        scarletbattlesonscarletbattleson Member Posts: 56 Arc User
        Thanks for all the suggestions. :)
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        welcome2earfwelcome2earf Member Posts: 1,746 Arc User
        mustrumridcully0 wrote: »
        Personally, I simply started avoiding Prisoner Admirality tasks on my Fed characters.

        I think they should invent a neat DOFF task for them - maybe something like "Send Prisoners to Rehabilitation" that takes 8 Prisoners and maybe rewards a regular DOFF. (With the first Critical Success granting a Tom Paris Photonic Bridge Officer?)
        Only problem is that most prisoners are Prisoners of War, they shouldn't be send to Rehabilitation (they are not criminals, they were just enemies we captured in battle), they should be given back to their respective home worlds. Maybe a "Repatriate Prisoners of War" Assignment that grants hefty Diplomacy XP?

        I like this idea; KDF gets Dil, we get XP or CXP....but *something* needs to be done about the prisoners before I space them...
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        antonine3258antonine3258 Member Posts: 2,391 Arc User
        The trasnsfer prisoner assignment from the security officer, incidentally, doesn't give much rewards, but it IS a source of diplomacy xp, which can be a little hard to hunt down.
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        thelunarboythelunarboy Member Posts: 412 Arc User
        "Boil 'em, mash 'em, stick 'em in a stew." ;)
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        terranempire#7881 terranempire
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        thelunarboy wrote: »
        "Boil 'em, mash 'em, stick 'em in a stew." ;)
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        officerbatman81officerbatman81 Member Posts: 2,761 Arc User
        5 measly dilithium for 2 prisoners. Thats cr ap.
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        jaguarskxjaguarskx Member Posts: 5,945 Arc User
        Yeah, you're better off selling them on the Exchange (if you go nothing else more valuable to occupy those 40 slots) to eventually purchase contraband to turn in for Dil.

        Assuming the going rate of 4k EC per prisoner and 27k EC per contraband you need to sell 34 prisoners to get 5 contraband... You know what? That is not even worth the effort. Just shove them out the airlock.
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        zorander6zorander6 Member Posts: 130 Arc User
        Use them for soylent green?
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        where2r1where2r1 Member Posts: 6,054 Arc User
        I use Prisoners along with any extra Entertainment Hologram DOFFs I have laying around...though it will lock up an assignment slot for 20 hours....getting those 451 recruitment points is good:

        http://sto.gamepedia.com/Assignment:_Recruit_Labor_to_Aid_Paradan_Colonization_Team
        http://sto.gamepedia.com/Assignment:_Recruit_Additional_Labor_to_Aid_Karemma_Colonization_Team

        I find them in the Alpha Quadrant, under Operations Department Head assignments. Scroll all the way down to the recruitment header. I usually see them alternate with each other every day...so Paradan one day, Karemma the next.
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