The long way there

The long way there
The Eden Formers turned out to be huge blow to Global Trust. Many of the firm's partners cancel their contracts and invest in the promising new environmental technology instead. It is up to you to prove that conventional industry is still competitive.
Objectives	Reach 3000 Tycoon Engineers
	Do not allow your Ecobalance to drop below -50 at any time (for longer than 3 minutes)
Focus	Development, Ecobalance
NPCs	Rufus Thorne, Yana Rodriguez, Prof. Dr. Salman Devi, Hiro Ebashi, Dr. Tori Bartok
Multiplayer	available

The long way there is the first bonus mission of the Crisis Response package. You have been ordered to build a Tycoon Metropolis without affecting the Ecobalance in this sector.

Difficulty: Medium

Main Objective

‎	MAIN OBJECTIVE The long way there
Prove that Global Trust is still number one, even when they have to integrate environment-friendly measures into the way they work! ▶ Never let your Islands' Ecobalance fall under the following value for longer than three minutes: -50 ▶ Settle: Tycoon Engineers 0/3000 in this sector.
"Since the introduction of the Formers, our business partners have begun placing more emphasis on environmental protection. Prove that we can be successful at eco-friendly!"
Reward: Achievement: "There we go!"

Note: The -50 Ecobalance requirement applies to each inhabited island.

Primary Quest

‎	Time Limit: 3:00Last Chance
Fulfill the following requirements in order to avoid having the mission fail: ▶ Accomplish the following in [City Name]: Ecobalance:-51/-50
"What are you doing? Didn't you understand my instructions? "

Secondary Quests

Note: On occasion, Dr. Bartok will fail to accept delivery of a quest item, permanently. It is recommended never to deliver more than 1 quest item a time, with 2 cargo spaces remaining, to prevent this from happening.

The following quest is made available after constructing a Distillery [needs verification]:

‎	Time Limit: 30:00DELIVERY Reformed
▶ Deliver the requested Goods to Dr. Bartok's Warehouse: 20t Granules
"Global Trust and concern for something? Well, as long as it means deals this good for S.A.A.T. ... "
Reward: 1 Cooling distillation column 10 Influence

The following quests are made available after advancing to the Employee class [needs verification]:

‎	Time Limit: 30:00DELIVERY Mediator
▶ Deliver the following Goods to the marked Ship: 15t Liquor
"I have something here which could help you and your Ecobalance! But can you first help me with a little bottleneck... "
Reward: 1 Recyclable elastomers 10 Influence

‎	Time Limit: 30:00RACE Detoxification
▶ Pick up the Delivery from Dr. Bartok's Warehouse. ▶ Bring the deliveries to the locations designated on your Minimap, before your competitors get there.
"I have something here which could help you and your Ecobalance! But can you have to do me a favor! "
Reward: 1 Toxin testing 10 Influence

The following quest is made available after constructing a Food Supply Factory:

‎	Time Limit: 30:00DELIVERY Dinner for two
▶ Deliver the requested Goods to Dr. Bartok's Warehouse: 10t Meat 5t Super flavor
"If you invest in this research, the results will help you eat healthier!"
Reward: 1 Dye-free preparation 10 Influence

The following quest is made available after advancing to the Engineering class:

‎	Time Limit: 30:00PICTURE PUZZLE Know-how
▶ Someone is wanted in your city [City Name]. Find: 4 Architects People: 0/4 ▶ Deliver the following to Dr. Bartok's Warehouse: 4 Architects
"Your people can also learn something from our course on the subject of ecological construction."
Reward: 1 Toxin disposal 10 Influence

Walkthrough

Global Trust (Tycoons)

Until Deacidification Stations and Waste Compactors are available, the optimal Island layout will be as follows (Sand/Concrete, Convenience Food and Plastics should be doubled later, in that order):

• Main Island (North of Ark, -50 Ecobalance): 6 Basalt Crushers/Smelters, 1 Coal Mine, 1 Power Station, 4/6 Fisheries and 4/6 Distilleries (place the Warehouse near the mine on the right and the City Center North of the river).
• Tools/Sand Island (North East, -50 Ecobalance): 2 Coal Mines, 2 Iron Ore Mines, 1 Power Station, 2 Iron Smelters, 4 Tools Workshops, 1 Sand Extractor and 1 Shipyard (place the Warehouse near the river so 2 Sand nodes can be harvested).
• Burgers/Concrete Island (South, -50 Ecobalance): 1 Coal Mine, 1 Power Station, 2 Limestone Quarries, 2 Concrete Factories, 2 Flavor Labs, 4 Meat Factories and 2 Food Supply Factories.
• Plastics Island (South West, -49 Ecobalance): 1 Coal Mine, 1 Power Station, 6 Oil Drillers, 2 Refineries and 2 Plastics Factories.
• Alternative Islands: If the North Eastern (Tools/Sand) Island is occupied by Dr. Tori Bartok (instead of North Western), then all of the Islands must be shifted clockwise; the Southern Island becomes Tools/Sand, the South Western Island becomes Burgers/Concrete, and the North Western Island becomes Plastics. The Island to the North should be avoided in either case, even though it contains the necessary resources, because it leads to an inefficient production chain and increases the need for micromanagement.

Recommended Structures (Tycoons):

2	3	2	0
50	80	120	0
400 Workers	1200 Employs	3000 Engs	0 Execs
6	4	4	0
10.2	14.9	6.3	4.8

Warehouse Upgrades

Several quests offer the following Warehouse upgrades. It is advisable to complete these quests or -50 Ecobalance cannot be maintained with an optimal layout, unless importing Coal. Other quests do not need to be completed unless you are lacking resources.

• Cooling Distillation Column (-25% Distillery eco effect): Main Island
• Dye-Free Preparation (-25% Food Supply Factory eco effect): Burgers Island
• Recyclable Elastomers (-25% Plastic Factory eco effect): Plastics Island
• Toxin Testing (-10% Tycoon energy building eco effect): Main Island, then Burgers Island
• Toxin Disposal (-20% Tycoon energy building eco effect): Main Island, then Plastics Island

Without these upgrades only 3/4 Distilleries will be supported (instead of 4/6), until Waste Compactors can be constructed, and a third Deacidification Station will need to be built.

Tips

• Colonize at least 3/4 Islands to make full use of each island's -50 Ecobalance limit.
• Place buy orders conservatively at first, due to the limited amount of Credits supplied for this mission (do not order Building Modules from the Ark). Only purchase the necessary materials from NPCs to get Bricks, Tools and Concrete production running. Otherwise, you may run out of Credits before you can build Convenience Food and Plastics chains.
• Continue to build additional housing units in between construction phases with any remaining Building Modules in order to maintain a positive net income. Place buy orders for Bricks/Tools/Concrete more aggressively once income is no longer a concern.
• Disable Convenience Food and Plastics consumption on Engineer structures, when upgrading Employees, or 4 Factories may be insufficient; 6 and 5 are recommended. Enable it later, especially after 120+ Engineer Apartments are built, to increase their population.
• 20t of Steel will be required to build 2 Deacidification Stations, for the Plastics and Food Islands, which can be bought from Rufus Thorne directly.
• You can avoid building a second Deacidification Station on the Plastics Island by moving the Toxin Disposal upgrade from the Main Island. -50 Ecobalance can still be maintained on the Main Island if 2 Waste Compactors are built and it has only the above mentioned Public Buildings, 1 Coal Mine, 3 Power Stations, 6 Basalt Crushers/Smelters and 15 Fisheries/Distilleries. A second Coal Mine does not need to be built when placing the third Power Station (at any Island), as the accumulated supplies should last or can be imported. Alternatively, a third Waste Compactor may be built, if required.
• Do NOT build population centers on every Island. That is inefficient beyond measure.

Video Guide

Anno 2070 Let's Play Walkthrough Bonus Mission The Long Way There

Video Walkthrough by YouTube user Leafonthewin