Contracts

Earth posts contracts: engineering tasks they need done on the planet. You write code to solve them and transmit the answer.

Each contract has:

• A briefing explaining what Earth needs
• Input data in self.contract
• A reward in credits

To complete a contract:

1. Go to the Contracts page and open one with View Contract
2. Read the briefing in the Info tab
3. Print self.contract to see available input fields
4. Transmit the answer via the Transmitter:

c = self.contract
print(c)

transmitter = get_component("transmitter")
transmitter.connect("earth")
transmitter.transmit(c.id, answer)

If your answer is correct, you get paid immediately.

Commander and Shop are also accessible:

me = get_component("me")
print(me.get_credits())

shop = get_component("shop")
shop.sell("soil_sample")
shop.buy("solar_generator")

The contract catalog

Every contract type has its own input API. See Contract for the shared base fields and the full list:

Beat the System · Buried Five · Cold Boot · Core Sample · Corrupted Archive · Crosstalk · Data Tablet · Drifting Signal · Lattice · Relay Hack · Sealed Vault · Terminal Breach · The Loom · Three Echoes · Xenogenetics

See also

• Contracts Tutorial: how to approach your first one
• Earth Orders Guide: Contracts are puzzles, Orders are supply lines