Zeal Shard

Welcome to training, Prospector! Today we will cover how to deal with Zeal shards.
Thanks to their anomalous nature, Zeal shards are very easy to locate. They emit such a strong signal that you can see them on your map. On the downside, everyone else can, too. Be aware that everyone knows the location of every shard at any given time, even if you are currently carrying it, prospector.

To collect them, just strap them to your suit and we will immediately start acquiring the useful data. Please just keep in mind that the suit’s harness is very fragile and if it receives damage from any source, you will drop the shard to the ground and will need to pick it up again after the fight!

= The Process = Simple enough, just carry a zeal to get points.

If you hold on to it long enough, you will complete a contract phase and get a reward. If you hold on to it even longer, you will complete more and more stages, even if they will require progressively more contract points to do so. = The Contract = {| class="wikitable" ! colspan="6" |

Solo
!Tier !Amount Required !Total Required !VP Awarded !Credit Reward !XP Reward !1 !100 !100 !5 !10 !250 !2 !170 !270 !10 !20 !500 !3 !250 !520 !15 !30 !750 !4 !330 !850 !20 !20 !1000 !5 !420 !1270 !25 !50 !1250 !6 !500 !1770 !30 !60 !1500 !7 !580 !2350 !35 !70 !1750 !8 !660 !3010 !40 !80 !2000 !9 !740 !3750 !45 !90 !2250 !10 !810 !4560 !50 !100 !2500 {| class="wikitable" ! colspan="6" |
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Duo
!Tier !Amount Required !Total Required !VP Awarded !Credit Reward !XP Reward !1 !150 !150 !5 !10 !250 !2 !250 !400 !10 !20 !500 !3 !380 !780 !15 !30 !750 !4 !500 !1280 !20 !20 !1000 !5 !600 !1880 !25 !50 !1250 !6 !750 !2630 !30 !60 !1500 !7 !850 !3480 !35 !70 !1750 !8 !1000 !4480 !40 !80 !2000 !9 !1100 !5580 !45 !90 !2250 !10 !1250 !6830 !50 !100 !2500 {| class="wikitable" ! colspan="6" |
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Squad
!Tier !Amount Required !Total Required !VP Awarded !Credit Reward !XP Reward !1 !200 !200 !5 !10 !250 !2 !380 !580 !10 !20 !500 !3 !560 !1140 !15 !30 !750 !4 !740 !1880 !20 !20 !1000 !5 !920 !2800 !25 !50 !1250 !6 !1100 !3900 !30 !60 !1500 !7 !1280 !5180 !35 !70 !1750 !8 !1460 !6640 !40 !80 !2000 !9 !1640 !8280 !45 !90 !2250 !10 !1800 !10080 !50 !100 !2500
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= Red Zeal = There is also a red zeal, more dangerous and more rare. Make sure to collect it.



You will get the same contract points for carrying it around as for carrying orange zeal. It’s safe enough to be carried onto the Evac ship, so if you manage to hold on to it when you board the shuttle you will receive 40 extra VP.

Lore
Transcript: Business meeting with Vadim Tanayev, Head of Korolev Heavy Industries on Prospect Station

Welcome dear colleague, welcome to my humble office! Please, have a seat, grab a drink, make yourself at home. Now, let’s talk about business.

As you might know, we supply all the necessary infrastructure and machines for the mining operations on Fortuna III. You use our mineral drills daily, and maybe you already saw our newest invention, the Laser Drill, floating around in the skies? We are particularly fond of that one.

I will be blunt: We have a problem. There is a particular type of orange crystal that we call the “Zeal shard”, which we are not able to safely mine from a distance. Apparently, it is the core of a Veltecite vein which somehow got supercharged by the storm. But to be honest, who cares? It is extremely valuable, and I do love a healthy profit margin. Prospector, I want you to personally retrieve any Zeal shard you find.

"I've been getting reports that the frequency Cycle Spikes has increased significantly ever since the Cycle opened up over the cape. When the Cycle shrinks enough to leave a gap on the surface above it, you'll still sometimes get short spikes before it surges back completely and repeats the cycle. Turns a small area into a concentrated version of the storms you see when the Cycle's just about risen back up.

Hazardous as all hell, of course, but we've been studying these ""surge crystals"" for a while now, and the samples that we can study before they decay completely show they're very similar to the Zeal you'd find in the core of a veltecite vein, just far more unstable. We've not managed to make any use of it so far, but Osiris is paying out the nose for more samples, and we're happy to charge them for it. - Henri Maybach"