1. 1 Negotiate with a local ship trader.
2. 2 Make a downpayment of 20M Dilithium.
3. 3 Appeal to the client to relinquish their bid on the ships.
4. 4 Investigate the source of the client's troubles.
5. 5 Defeat 15 hostiles of Level 56 or higher.
6. 6 Return to the trader and finish the deal.

Dashed boxes are real missions from stfc.space's own data that aren't in the stfc.club database yet (usually base-building objectives like "Upgrade Shipyard to Level 20").