Backup Needed Now — Headhunters, Contractor, Nyx

Backup Needed Now is an illegal mercenary Star Citizen mission from Headhunters in Nyx.

Mission details

• Mission giver: Headhunters
• Type: mercenary
• Location: Nyx
• Pick up at: nyx
• Reputation: +150 reputation with Headhunters
• Required standing: Contractor to Elite Contractor
• Legality: Illegal
• Cooldown: 1 min
• Cooldown after abandoning: 1 min

Some People’s Alliance members with a death wish decided to target one of our ships. Need someone to hustle over to Location and show ‘em what happens when you mess with the Headhunters. Stows out.

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