Missions

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Periodically, the game will enter the mission phase, during which all factions will secretly assign their councilors to missions. These missions will be resolved in a sequence over the next few days or weeks. While some missions are automatically successful, most are contested and require a success roll. Missions typically target nations, regions, control points, space facilities, and other councilors.

Between mission phases, missions resolve in a partially predetermined order, denoted by the number of small clock symbols visible in the mission description. Uncontested and defensive missions trigger earlier than contested ones. When two councilors are attempting the same mission, the one with the higher primary attribute used in calculating the mission success chance goes first.

For contested missions, the success chance is determined by adding all the relevant bonuses and maluses for a particular mission, and the faction conducting the mission may spend resources to improve its chance of success. If the bonuses and maluses add up to zero, the success chance is 50 percent; otherwise, each point in one direction has a decreasingly powerful impact on the outcome. Changing conditions on Earth can modify success chances between the mission assignment phase and the mission resolution.

When a contested mission resolves, a random number between 0 and 100 is generated; if it is less than or equal to the success chance, the mission is a success; otherwise it fails. Results that are less than 10% of the success chance mark a critical success, which typically offers bonuses over a normal success; results in the top 10% of the range of possible failure values are a critical failure and have worse consequences.

Mission Cost Success XP Difficulty Success factors Failure factors Effect
ICO advisenation on.png Advise 10 Influence 1 0
  • Councillor's Command
  • Councillor's Administration
  • Councillor's Science
  • Always successful
Improves a nation's or hab's research output, combat capabilities and financial performance. Additional councilors with the same mission provide a diminishing benefit.
ICO contact on.png Contact 10 Influence 1 0
  • None
  • Always successful
Attempts a diplomatic exchange with the targeted councilor's faction.
ICO defendinterest on.png Defend Interests 20 Influence 1 0
  • None
  • Always successful
Temporarily decreases the success chance of Coup, Crackdown and Purge missions in the targeted nation.
ICO deorbit on.png Deorbit None 1 0
  • None
  • Always successful
Move from a hab or ship in orbit to the surface of a space body, or from Luna to Earth.
ICO detectcouncilactivity on.png Surveil Location None 1 0
  • None
  • Always successful
Increases the chance to detect other factions' agents in the targeted hab, fleet or region. May also detect hidden alien assets in nearby Earth regions.
ICO assassinate on.png Assassinate Variable Ops 3 12
  • Councillor's Espionage
  • Security Apparatus control point in the target's nation
  • Target is detained
  • Intel on the target
  • Target's Security
  • Protect Target mission on the target
  • Target's faction owns a control point in the target's nation
Kills the targeted enemy councilor.
ICO assaultfacility on.png Assault Alien Asset Variable Ops 3 4
  • Councillor's Command
  • Protect Target mission on the target
Destroys the targeted asset.
ICO controlspaceasset on.png Control Space Asset Variable Influence 2 12
  • Councillor's Persuasion
  • Target is being decomissioned
  • Target's faction has negative influence
  • Ideological similarity with the target's faction
  • Target's core module tier
  • Target's crew
  • Defend Interests mission on the target
  • Protect Target mission on the target
Targeted hab or ship joins the councilor's faction.
ICO coup on.png Coup d'Etat Variable Ops 2 6
  • Councillor's Command
  • Oligarchs control point in the target's nation
  • Ideological similarity with the target's faction
  • Target's Cohesion
  • Target's GDP
  • Target's Government
  • Target's Unrest
  • Another faction owns control points in the target
Targeted nation's control points become unowned.
ICO crackdown on.png Crackdown Variable Influence 2 0
  • Councillor's Investigation
  • Security Apparatus control point in the target's nation
  • Target's faction exceeds its control points cap
  • Ideological similarity with the target's faction
  • Target's GDP
  • Defend Interests mission on the target
Temporarily disables the benefits of the targeted control point, removes Defend Interests mission protection and increases the Purge mission success chance.
ICO detain on.png Detain Councilor Variable Ops 2 8
  • Councillor's Investigation
  • Security Apparatus control point in the target's nation
  • Intel on the target
  • Target's Security
  • Protect Target mission on the target
Targeted councilor is detained for interrogation and their mission is canceled.