Legendary thief KazaaakplethKilik (2024)

This random event occurs in:

• Mantis Homeworlds
  The Long-Ranged Scanners will detect ship presence. This event can occur only once per sector.

This is the Mantis Cruiser ship unlocking event. (the ship can also be unlocked by winning the game with the Zoltan Cruiser)

If this event is encountered without the required systems, you can jump away from the beacon, upgrade or buy the systems, and return to accomplish the quest.

You cross paths with a Mantis ship that looks to have had dozens of layers of armor-plating added over what must have been a hundred year career. Its captain is legendary thief KazaaakplethKilik. Your crew look frightened.

1. (Mantis crewmember) Attempt to hail him.
   • Your Mantis crew-member steps forward. He and KazaaakplethKilik perform a weird kind of alien haka. You, meanwhile, charge the battle systems.
     • Fight the ship.
2. Prepare to fight
   • Fight the ship.

Fight the ship[]

• (After destroying enemy ship) KazaaakplethKilik fights to the last, and you pick the scraps from the corpse of his ship. You sense, though, that his death has left a great mystery unresolved.
  • You receive medium scrap with resources.
• (After killing enemy crew) No more life signs are detected aboard their ship. You appear to have won.
  1. Move in to strip their ship.
     • It seems almost a waste for such a fierce foe to die in such an anticlimactic fashion. You shrug it off and take what you can.
       • You receive high scrap with resources.
  2. (Teleporter) Quickly teleport additional crew and check for survivors.
     • You find KazaaakplethKilik slumped in a corner dying.
       1. Put him out of his misery.
          • Thus ends the life of the famed captain, KazaaakplethKilik... You wonder what secrets went with him to the grave as you thoroughly loot his ship.
            • You receive high scrap with resources.
       2. Listen to what he has to say.
          • In his dying moments he gives up the location of his secret stash. You strip the ship wondering what other secrets went with him to the grave.
            • You receive high scrap with resources and a quest marker is added to your map.
       3. (Adv. Medbay) Quickly teleport him back to the medbay. (Requires level 2+ Medbay)
          • Save the thief.
       4. (Adv. Clonebay) Quickly configure the Clonebay to save him. (Requires level 2+ Clone Bay)
          • Save the thief.
  3. (Sensors) Quickly scan their ship for survivors. (Requires level 3 Sensors)
     • You detect KazaaakplethKilik slumped in a corner dying.
       1. Let him die.
          • Thus ends the life of the famed captain, KazaaakplethKilik... You wonder what secrets went with him to the grave as you thoroughly loot his ship.
            • You receive high scrap with resources.
       2. Dock and try to speak with him.
          • In his dying moments he gives up the location of his secret stash. You strip the ship wondering what other secrets went with him to the grave.
            • You receive high scrap with resources and a quest marker is added to your map.
       3. (Adv. Medbay) Dock and quickly take him back to the medbay. (Requires level 2+ Medbay)
          • Save the thief.
       4. (Adv. Clonebay) Quickly configure the Clonebay to save him. (Requires level 2+ Clone Bay)
          • Save the thief.

Save the thief[]

• (Adv. Medbay) Your haste has paid off and you are able to bring him back from the brink of death. When his senses return he says, "I never thought I would see this day, but... I am willing to devote myself and my ships to your cause."
  (Adv. Clonebay) Your haste has paid off and you register him into the Clonebay's database. After he passes away he is quickly reconstructed on board your ship. When his senses return he says, "I never thought I would see this day, but... I am willing to devote myself and my ships to your cause."
  • Accept.
    • KazaaakplethKilik joins your crew, offers the coordinates for a nearby stash of stolen military goods and transmits the coordinates for a custom cruiser he has been working on. You forward it to the Federation, sure they can make good use of it.
      • You unlock the Mantis Cruiser; receive high scrap, Mantis Pheromones augmentation, Mantis crewmember named Kazaaak maxed in all skills, and a quest marker is added to your map.

Quest Marker[]

The Long-Ranged Scanners will detect no ship presence.

You arrive at small asteroid field and discover the hidden cache among the debris. You input the codes given to you by KazaaakplethKilik and find a weapon inside.

• You receive a weapon with high scrap.

Trivia[]

This event is called "MANTIS_NAMED_THIEF" in the datafiles.