Tactical Strike — Headhunters, Veteran Contractor, Nyx

Tactical Strike 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: +250 reputation with Headhunters
• Required standing: Veteran Contractor to Elite Contractor
• Legality: Illegal
• Cooldown: 1 min
• Cooldown after abandoning: 15 s

Some folks don’t seem happy with us. Got word that several sub-capital ships and a number of escorts are targeting our ops. Figured the best way to keep ‘em from causing us trouble is to hit them before they hit us. We got eyes on a Ambush Target that’s part of this squad, and it looks like they regularly pass by Location, a spot tailor made for a surprise attack. A nearby emission cloud can hide you and anyone you bring along for muscle. No sugarcoating it. This ain’t gonna be easy. But the pa…

Item rewards

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