Community Research

The subject of this article is from the Visions update.
The information from this article is up-to-date as of 13 August, 2019.

Community Research is a community driven event.

Summary

Progress bar added in Visions update

Community Research is a community driven event that consists of a series of missions. Its purpose is to help Specialist Polo determine how the universe changed recently.

Polo contacts the player and asks for their help with research. Of course, due to their Gek nature it is not simply a favor, but a trade business, and rewards every bit of research data with Quicksilver.

This currency can be spent at Quicksilver Synthesis Companion, a construct created by Polo to help them explore synthesis and creation, transforming Quicksilver into exotic goods.

List of missions

Name	Availability	Mission Directives	Quicksilver Awarded
Community Research (week 1)	30-08-2018 — 06-09-2018	Make contact with the Space Anomaly Visit the marked planet Dig for strange objects Make contact with the Space Anomaly Visit Polo's robotic companion (Optional) Dig for more, anywhere	2,000  when turning in the mandatory collection of 25 Hex Cores. 25  for every optional Hex Core turned in during the mission period.
Community Research (week 2)	06-09-2018 — 13-09-2018	Make contact with the Space Anomaly Visit the marked planet Feed Creatures and detect Anomalies Make contact with the Space Anomaly Visit Polo's robotic companion (Optional) Feed more creatures, anywhere Visit Polo's robotic companion	2,000  after feeding 25 creatures. 3,500  for feeding a total of 100 creatures, besides the initial 25. 45  for finishing the optional part of the mission.
Community Research (week 3)	20-09-2018 — 27-09-2018	Make contact with the Space Anomaly Visit the marked planet Reach the marked facility Destroy Advanced Sentinels Make contact with the Space Anomaly Visit Polo's robotic companion (Optional) Destroy more Sentinels, anywhere Visit Polo's robotic companion	2,000  after establishing a firm trace. 3,600  after interacting with 6 more Boundary Failures.
Community Research (week 4)	27-09-2018 — 04-10-2018	Make contact with the Space Anomaly Visit the marked planet Acquire transmission data for Polo 1Emergency Repeater Signal 2Emergency Repeater Signal 3Emergency Repeater Signal 4Emergency Repeater Signal .5Emergency Repeater Signal Collect the Data Packet Make contact with the Space Anomaly Visit Polo's robotic companion (Optional) Locate additional Boundary Failures Visit Polo's robotic companion	2,000  after killing the first Sentinel Quad. 3,750  for killing a total of 25 Sentinels, besides the first Sentinel Quad.
Community Research (week 5)	12-10-2018 — 19-10-2018	Make contact with the Space Anomaly Visit the marked planet Search for Polo' contact Make contact with the Space Anomaly Visit Polo's robotic companion (Optional) Investigate more crashed starships 1Distress Beacon 2Distress Beacon 3Distress Beacon 4Distress Beacon 5Distress Beacon Visit Polo's robotic companion	2,000  after accessing the first log. 3,000  after accessing 5 more logs.
Community Research (week 6)	19-10-2018 — 26-10-2018	Make contact with the Space Anomaly Visit the marked planet Piece together the story .1Path G 2Path S Make contact with the Space Anomaly Visit Polo's robotic companion (Optional) Take photographs for Polo to analyse Visit Polo's robotic companion	2,000  after retelling the story. 3,000  after transmitting all 6 images.
Community Research (week 7)	02-11-2018 — 09-11-2018	Make contact with the Space Anomaly Visit the marked planet Photograph an underwater swarm Make contact with the Space Anomaly Visit Polo's robotic companion (Optional) Photograph underwater creatures on specific worlds Make contact with the Space Anomaly Visit Polo's robotic companion	2,000  after uploading the first image. 1,250  after uploading all 10 optional images.
Community Research (week 8)	22-11-2018 — 06-12-2018	Make contact with the Space Anomaly Visit the marked planet Complete a botanical survey for Polo Make contact with the Space Anomaly Visit Polo's robotic companion (Optional) Collect more flora scan data, anywhere Make contact with the Space Anomaly Visit Polo's robotic companion	1,500  after transmitting the initial 7 flora scan data. 9,000  after transmitting all 200 optional flora scan data.
Community Research (mission 9) with Daily Research missions	13-12-2018 — 24-01-2019	Make contact with the Space Anomaly Complete Daily Research Daily Research: Trade / Collection (variant 1) Daily Research: Trade / Collection (variant 2) Daily Research: Exploration (variant 1) Daily Research: Exploration (variant 2) Daily Research: Destroy (variant 1) Daily Research: Destroy (variant 2) Visit Polo's robotic companion Explore the universe	During Community Research (mission 9) the player can only choose one type of mission per day and rewarded with 250 on completion (10,500 in total).

Additional information

• Some of these missions make use of portal travel. Please do not forget to go back through the portal when you have finished, or you will encounter Portal Interference messages.
• For all platforms the progress of the currently available mission can be checked here.

Release history

• NEXT 1.58 - Added Community Research (week 1) mission.
• NEXT 1.59 - Added Community Research (week 2) mission.
• NEXT 1.60 - Added Community Research (week 3) mission.
• NEXT 1.61 - Added Community Research (week 4) mission.
• NEXT 1.64 - Added Community Research (week 5) mission. Fixed an issue where Community Research missions could be given deadlines in the distant future.
• NEXT 1.65 - Added Community Research (week 6) mission.
• Abyss 1.71 - Added Community Research (week 7) mission.
• Visions - Added Community Research (week 8) mission. Added a progress bar with tier-based rewards and reaching these are based on the community's contribution for all platforms.
• Visions 1.76
  • Fixed an issue that could cause Community Mission Tier progress to be incorrectly reported in the Log.
  • Fixed an issue that could allow players to hand in the maximum Community Mission contribution during the wrong dialogue, causing the “Continue” option in the final dialogue to be disabled.
  • Fixed a Community Mission exploit when the server couldn’t be reached.
  • Fixed a crash that could occur when viewing Community Research progress in the Log.
• Visions 1.77 - Added Community Research (mission 9) and Daily Research missions.
• Visions Update (2019.01.09) - The duration of the Community Research (mission 9) is extended by 14 days.