Jobs

Jobs are short missions offered at certain stations within the more stable portions of the DMZ in Everspace 2. The player can take on up to 4 Jobs at once.

Mechanics

Job generation

Jobs are procedurally generated missions with the following characteristics:

• Job Type: Describes what kind of task needs to be accomplished upon taking the job. Many types offer similar objectives to those found in supralight events.
• Faction: The organization offering the job. Certain types of jobs are offered only by specific factions.
• Level: The recommended player level for the job. New jobs try to set their level near that of the player.
• Job Brief: Provides specific details for the job. Consists of an introduction, a listing of the job details, and a conclusion.
  • Both the introduction and the conclusion are randomly chosen from selections of possible introductions and conclusions for the relevant faction.
  • The job detail listing is structured in one of several specific ways for each job type.
• Location: Where the job must be started or completed. Depending on the job type, this may be a permanent location or a temporary one with unique system coordinates.
• Rewards:
  • Credits based on level
  • 200 (220 if above level 4) Renown based on renown rank
  • 0-3 unique resource, consumable or equipment rewards based on renown rank (limited to a maximum quantity of 1 full stack for each unique reward). These rewards must be manually claimed upon job completion.

Job sources

As of the full launch, six stations affiliated with three factions have job boards that periodically refresh their offerings as in-game time passes, listed below.

• Grady & Brunt: Nephtys Plains Station (Nephtys Plains), G&B Office & Hangar (Prescott Starbase), G&B Union Branch (Noah Damaris Starport)
• Kato Clan: Kato Palace (Prescott Starbase, requires completion of Running the Wheel to unlock)
• Coalition: Settlement (Avonrest), Coalition HQ (Letho Starport)

Since renown is simply a total, the faction players claim jobs from does not matter (unless they want to do an exclusive type).

Job types

Job availability by faction

Job Type	Grady & Brunt	Kato Clan	Coalition (Union)	Coalition (Drake)
Acquisition of Goods	Yes
Item Retrieval	Y	Y
Lost Cargo	Y
Mine Sweeper	Y
Repel Attackers	Y
Search & Destroy	Y			Y
Destroy Base			Y	Y
Hitman		Y
Ramen Delivery		Y
Volatile Goods		Y
Station Maintenance				Y
Battle Support				Y

• Acquisition of Goods: Our mining yield of [Commodity] was unexpectadly [sic] low. Could you close the gap and somehow acquire ##x [Commodity] and deliver the goods to [Station] at [Location]. / Acquire ##x [Commodity] and bring it to [Station] at [Location].
  • Obtain the required amount of a specific commodity, then dock at the specified station with the goods in the ship's cargo hold.
• Item Retrieval: We were robbed at [Location]. / Our wares were taken from us at [Location]. / At [Location] some outlaws took our goods.
  • One of several tagged enemies is carrying a valuable item. Kill enemies until a Sealed Container appears, then pick it up and deliver it to the station offering the job.
• Lost Cargo
  • Retrieve one or more Sealed Container from the marked shipwreck(s). Sometimes, one or more short puzzles will need to be solved in order to gain access to the container(s).
• Mine Sweeper: Signals of active mines were found at [Location]. / Clear the mines at [Location]. / There are dangerous mines left at [Location]. / At [Location] are active mines that can be cleared.
  • Three hostile mine fields have appeared at a location. The job is complete once all mines in these fields have been neutralized, either via detonation or by conversion into friendly mines.
• Repel Attackers: Defend the cargo ships at [Location]. / Help defending the freighters at [Location]. / Our G&B freighters at [Location] are under attack! Please help us in any way you can!
  • Freighter-class ships are under attack from hostiles. Take out all incoming enemies while keeping the tagged cargo ships alive.
• Search & Destroy: A group of hostiles was seen at [Location]. / We were attacked at [Location].
  • Seek out and eliminate a specific set of enemies. All targets are automatically tagged upon arrival at the job location.
• Destroy Base: A lot of our own got attacked around [Location]. / There's a high incidence of Outlaw attacks in [Location].
  • Destroy the defenses, communications, and supply containers of the base at the job location, then take out the boss that appears.
  • The objects that need to be destroyed have a slight orange glow/highlight. When three of the objectives remain, they will be highlighted with a green marker on the HUD.
• Hitman: We want you to put [Target Name] to justice. The target has commited [sic] atrocious crimes and is hiding out at [Location].
  • Scan 3-4 tagged Freelancers at the specified Okkar-patrolled location for a specific named target, then eliminate the confirmed target while being pursued by the authorities for a stage 2 crime.
• Ramen Delivery: Drop three packages throughout Prescott Starbase using Delivery Drones. Should a drone be destroyed the job will fail. Should a delivery not be made in time a small percentage of credits will be deducted from the reward.
• Volatile Goods: Pick up 3 containers at [Location] containing volatile contraband and send them here using an on-site cargo drone.
  • Collect dangerous cargo and deposit it at the marked drop-off point (a cargo drone), taking care to prevent the cargo from exploding (due to reaching 100% volatility) during the collection process. While carrying Sealed Containers associated with this job, firing weapons and taking damage causes volatility buildup which slowly decays over time.
• Battle Support: Help fight [Enemy Faction] at [Location].
  • The faction offering the job is engaging in large-scale combat against the enemy faction. Payment is rendered if the paying faction wins the battle.
• Station Maintenance: Help repair the damaged Coalition station at [Location].
  • Find and repair a large number of leaks and damage spots on one or more space stations at the job location.