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Shane (I mean "sir"), I'd appreciate a little additional mission advice if possible. I'm now in Act 2 and have just returned from completing the "Exile" mission (save the ambassador) and the Oman trials. Upon arriving back at base, there are no less than 7 emails waiting. Is there any way to prioritize these? I don't particularly like "walkthroughs" (except in extreme emergencies), so I really don't know which mission to accept first, second and so on. Also, there's an extortion letter from some character named "Big Jack" who says he'll make my life miserable if I don't help him. Is this serious -- or how seriously should I take it? Finally, at the end of the Exile mission (save the ambassador by switching IFF's), his assistant said "take this" (after I killed the Marauders). However, back at base, I can't find anything new in my inventory or loadout. What was he supposed to have given me? The Oman trades are great. Now if I can only find terraforming materials, I can get a Heavy PBC.

when he said take this, he should have given you a pod, but it's been a while since I played that mission. I think you gat self defence autopilot there, but I may also be totally wrong. Shane will know:). The actual order is not important. Big jack is noone you can't kill:).

Regards, Sergej

Hello Blackbeard.

You're given a self-defense program for helping the Ambassador, but only if his assistant (who follows you and helps not at all while fighting Marauders) survives.

Don't worry about the order of missions; there's little order to the missions in Act II, and the ones which need to appear in a certain order do so by script.

Don't worry about Big Jack... you can either do the mission (again, it's a side mission/ not plot critical) or not. No big difference either way.

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Many thanks. Although the ambassador's assistant did survive, and did give me something, I guess there's a bug in my game. Nothing showed up back at base. Are those self-defense modules effective? There's one on the trade screen from the Oman. I can get it for toys. I really appreciate your help with these questions, by the way.

The Ambassador's assistant should have dropped a cargo package (somewhat smaller than a cargo pod) for you to pick up. If you haven't gone too far ahead of this mission, you might want to back up and get the self-defense module. It's a neat little toy.

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Wow, I sure do feel dumb. Since then, I 've completed the Oman mission and the MCW freighter escort (got a new ship!). Hopefully, the pod is still floating around the Brotherhood Arc! I hate it when things like this happen.