A Pirate's Life: The Devil You Know

The following is a brief summary and an explanation of what requirements you need to meet in order to get the event to fire. Further details are provided but they contain spoilers. Don't read them unless you really want to know exactly what happens in the event.

Summary:

Event #1b in the A Pirate's Life event chain.

Roberts sends details for one of his special contracts against a faction you're in good standing with.

Event Trigger Requirements:

WARNING: SPOILERS

• Accepted Roberts' offer in A Pirate's Life 1
• The Argo is not currently traveling to a new system
• You do not currently have a travel contract active
• Reputation with the system owner faction 75 or higher
• You have not rejected a The Devil You Know/X Marks The Spot contract against this faction in the last 60 days OR completed a The Devil You Know/X Marks The Spot contract against this faction in the last 90 days

Event Details:

WARNING: SPOILERS

"Commander, Roberts has forwarded us the details for one of his "special" contracts. I'll spare you the mental anguish of reading the message yourself, but suffice to say that he's found the location and manifest for a secret <Faction> equipment cache. Apparently it includes a lot of high-end gear, stuff they reserve for their elite units. As always, if we're going to do it, we have to drop immediately."

SERIOUSLY, MASSIVE SPOILERS AHEAD. CLICK HERE FOR FULL BREAKDOWN OF EVENT OPTIONS

Option A - "Take the contract":

"Ok people, you know the drill. Sumire, get the Leopard warmed up. Yang, get the MechBay ready for repair and recovery. We have friendly relations with the OpFor on this one. If we want to keep things that way, we'll need to complete the secondary objective, wiping the evidence of our intrusion and implicating another unit in the raid."

Result:

• The Devil You Know contract added to the Command Center

Note:

• Completing the The Devil You Know mission rewards you with a Pirate Chest loot crate containing rare gear specific to the faction you attacked
• Completing 1 "The Devil You Know" or "X Marks The Spot" contract unlocks the event A Pirate's Life 2
• Completing 4 "The Devil You Know" or "X Marks The Spot" contracts unlocks the event A Pirate's Life 3
• You will not be offered another contract against the same faction for at least 90 days

Option B - "Turn down the contract":

"XO, tell our contact that we're not equipped to take this contract at the moment."

"Understood Commander. He won't be happy, but there's nothing we can do about that."

Result:

• Local Pirates faction reputation decreased by 5

Note:

• You will not be offered another contract against this faction for at least 60 days

Hints:

CLICK HERE IF YOU'VE HAD THE A PIRATE'S LIFE EVENT TRIGGER BUT AREN'T SURE HOW TO GET THE NEXT ONE TO ACTIVATE

• In order to get either X Marks The Spot or The Devil You Know to trigger you need to enter systems controlled by a variety of different factions.
• Be aware that the event won't fire immediately on entering the system, you may have to advance time a week or so in order to get it to pop up.
• This event chain takes you on a grand tour of the Inner Sphere so be prepared to travel extensively.

WARNING: MINOR SPOILERS. Click here for a full list of all the factions you can visit for pirate contracts.

Faction systems you can visit for events:

• Capellan Confederation
• Chainelane Isles
• Circinus Federation
• Clan Ghost Bear
• Clan Jade Falcon
• Clan Nova Cat
• Clan Wolf
• ComStar
• Draconis Combine
• Federated Suns
• Free Rasalhague Republic
• Free Worlds League
• Hanseatic League
• JàrnFòlk
• Lyran Commonwealth
• Magistracy of Canopus
• Marian Hegemony
• New Delphi Compact
• Outworlds Alliance
• Rim Collection
• St. Ives Compact
• Taurian Concordat
• Tortuga Dominions
• Word of Blake

Faction systems that do not count for events:

• Aurigan Coalition
• Clan Diamond Shark
• Local Government