Special Task Force Missions

STF Missions are not the easiest ones... especially since they require that the entire team knows what to do and has to work together.
I have seen STF optional objectives failing pretty often... and I have even seen entire STFs failing just because players did not know what to do.

So lets sum up what these missions are about and how to do them.

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INFECTED: THE CONDUIT (SPACE)

Your team's first task in the space portion of this mission is to defeat the Borg patrols in the area (a Cube and two spheres). This is fair simple, just shoot Once that is complete you will need to destroy the Gateway and secure the system of all Borg ships. There are two Nanite Transformers on each side of the Gateway. Each Nanite Transformer has four Nanite Generators around it. The Nanite Generators heal the Nanite Transformer, and the Nanite Transformers heal the Gateway. There are also Borg ships with the word "Nanite" in their name, these also heal the Nanite Transformers. Nanite Borg ships (probes or sphers) will only appear after the first Nanite Generator is destroyed.

There is an optional objective of completeing the mission within 15 minutes in order to get bonus rewards. You will fail this objective if time runs out or if a Nanite Borg ship heals a Nanite Transformer. The best chance you have at completing this is by working as a team. Start by attacking the Borg ship which is above the Nanite Transformer (either a Sphere or a Cube depending if you are playing on Normal or Elite). Next, bring the health of the four Nanite Generators to around 10% or 15% and stop. DO NOT DESTROY THEM YET. After they are all weak, as a team, destroy them at the same time. Immediately attack the Nanite Transformer until it is destroyed. Clear the rest of the Borg ships from the area then do the same thing on the other side.

If by some chance a Nanite Generator is destroyed too soon and a Nanite Borg ship heals the Nanite Transformer, there is another strategy to perform in order to finish quicker. First destroy the remaining Nanite Generators. Then attack all of the Borg Sphers first (not the Nanite Ships). After that you can go ahead and destroy the Nanite Borg ships. You should eventually have enough time to attack and destroy the Nanite Trasnformer. At least four people should be attacking the Transformer at this point.

After both Transformers are destroyed, a Borg Tactical Cube will warp in. I recommend taking out the remaining Borg ships (probes and spheres) then destroying the Gateway. This will make it easier to defeat the Borg Tactical Cube. If by some chance the Borg Tactical Cube begins to attack your team, you can destroy it first then destroy the gateway. You can also do the opposite, but this means you need to avoid the Cube as you destroy the gateway.

No matter what, your team needs to cause a lot of damage quickly in order for any of this to work so you can get the optional. If you do get the optional objective, the reward will be above the station. Congratulations!

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INFECTED: MANUS (GROUND)

The entire purpose of this mission is to secure Starbase 28. Start by having four members of your team line up by the door near the end of the hall. Once they are in position the 5th person should speak with the Starfleet officer near the transporter room to start the mission ant the 15 minute optional timer. You have 15 minutes to get through the entire map and save all 10 Starfleet officers who are being assimilated.

There are hidden triggers throughout the map which begin the assimiliation process of the next Starfleet officer (this is when the progress bar is over their heads). You need to save the officer before the progress bar fills. The trick here is to draw as many Borg to you as possible and defeat them quickly before crossing one of these hidden triggers. Once you have cleared most of the Borg your team can cross the trigger and save the officer without worrying about other Borg in the area. All of these triggers are marked on the map to the left.

During the first section of this station you'll start heading down a ramp and you'll see a large room in front of you. In this room is an Elite Drone and a ton of Borg. A sniper rifle will be handy here because you can draw Borg into the hall before crossing the hidden trigger. There are two Starfleet officers in this room that you need to save. After you have cleared most of the Borg by drawing them to you, two people should run left and three people should run to the right in order to save both officers. Now you can defeat the Elite Drone.

Continue down the hall and make sure you all enter the next room together. After entering the room a shield will raise by the entrance so no one can escape (or get in). So DO NOT respawn. First defeat the Borg that are in the room, then focus all fire on Captain Ogen. At one point you will not be able to attack him for a bit, once his "shield" drops you can begin attacking again. I suggest spawning everything you have (turrets, security escorts, and anything else that attacks) at this point.

To exit this room you'll need to lower a shield using three consoles which are to the left of the exit. Three people should go to each console and activate them at the same time. If they do, the shield will drop and you can continue. Again, before you pass the hidden trigger just draw as many borg to you as you can. Once you have defeated most of them run straight into the room, two people should go left and back, three people should go right because there are another two Starfleet officers who need saving.

Continue through the map until you see another large room ahead of you with an Elite Borg in the center. Once again, before crossing the hidden trigger, draw it and as many Borg as you can towards you. Once most of them have been cleared split up again. There is an officer to the right, and another one to the left and straight back. Once this room is clear of all Borg you can continue on to the final boss room.

There is some strategy to this room so pay attention. First you'll need to split your team into two groups which we will call Jumpers and Attackers. The Jumpers are made up three members, the Attackers are the other two people. I'll explain more in a bit about what each group does.
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Have your entire team enter the room at the same time, if anyone is too far behind they won't get to enter because a shield is put up by the door. Everyone should stay near the door, right by the ramp and turn to the left. Defeat all Borg on that platform then turn right and do the same with the Borg there. Next everyone should go up the ramp and defeat the Borg in the main center platform.

The Attackers will stay in the center platform while the Jumpers will go to each of the four platforms in each corner in this order: Lower Right, Lower Left, Upper Left, Upper Right (check the map on this page for these locations). If you are playing on Normal the Jumpers can simply walk across the shield platform to reach the corners. If you are playing on Elite you will need to jump on the cubes between platforms. If you touch the plasma on the floor you WILL die.

Jumpers, once you land on a platform use the three consoles in the corner to lower the shield around the node. You will need to activate these at the same time. Once the node's shield is down, one of you can upload the virus. A progress bar will appear above the node, if it fills up you will need to do this node again. Keep going from corner to corner until all the nodes have a virus.

Attackers, your job is to stay in the center platform and clear out the rest of the Borg starting from the Upper Left corner, the middle platform, then the Upper Right corner. Remember you aren't going to these corners, you are shooting from the center.

Once all of the nodes have a virus, the center node (in the center platform) will be vulnerable to attack. As soon as you destroy it, Manus of Borg will come out and attack all of you. Everyone must stand around 10km from each other, in other words SPREAD OUT. Everyone just focus all fire on Manus of Borg and DO NOT spawn any pets, turrets, or anything else. This part of the mission is only you and your team nothing else.

If your team dies, just redo the room again and again until you complete it. Good luck to you! Once Manus of Borg is defeated you are done with the mission. Congratulations! Don't forget to collect your reward.

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THE CURE FOUND (SPACE)

In the Vorn system you have two goals: protect the I.K.S. Kang and destroy the three Borg Launcher Bays (the Borg Cubes). The I.K.S. Kang is located in the center of space between the three Borg Cubes. Each Borg Cube has three Nanite Probes under it followed by another three under them for a total of 6. There is a simple strategy to compelting this mission known as "mrml". What this means is:

m = middle probes
r = right probes and cube
m = middle cube
l = left probes and cube

I will break up the strategy into these four phases in order to explain what happens at each one.

The Strategy (m): One person will need to guard the I.K.S. Kang (Kang Guard) while the other four people destroy everything else (Attackers). The Kang Guard will need to move back and forth between the left and right cubes, and defeat any borg ships that appear there. The Attackers will start at the middle cube and destroy all six probes starting with the lowest three. They will also need to destroy any Borg ships that appear in order to help defend the I.K.S. Kang.

The Strategy (r): The Kang Guard will now move back and forth between the left and middle cube still destroying the ships. The Attackers will move to the right cube and destroy all the probes as well as any ships that appear. Once all six probes are destroyed they can destroy the right cube. As soon as the right cube is destroyed they should move back to the middle cube.

The Strategy (m): Back at the middle cube, the Attackers should destroy all the ships that appear. One Attacker may have to help the Kang Guard defeat any ships that have come from the left cube. Once all the middle ships are destroyed, the Attackers can destroy the middle cube.

The Strategy (l):At this point we have completely destroyed the middle and right cubes, so all 5 players can now move to the left cube. Everyone will need to work together in order to destroy any ships that appear, the left probes, and the left cube. After all of them are destroyed one person should rush back to the I.K.S. Kang and hail it so it can warp out.

There is also an optional objective in which you must complete the entire mission in 15 minutes and the hull strength of the I.K.S. Kang should not drop below 75%. Completeing the optional objective will earn you a bonus reward which will appear at the spot where the I.K.S. Kang is.

After the I.K.S. Kang has warped out, an assimilated Klingon Carrier will warp in. Just have your team focus all fire on it until it is destroyed. Congratulations!

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THE CURE APPLIED (GROUND)

On the Vorn planet you you will need to disable the nearby shield which is blocking your path. First, go to the right of the shield where you will see a console which you will need to scan this first. There are three Borg transformers here. Go to the furthest one (away from the shield you are disabling) and reconfigure it. You will notice a progress bar appear above it. If this bar empties out then you will need to start over.

Before I go any further let me explain the different roles that players will have to take. You and your team must decide who does what.

Planter - plant the mines on the turret.
Node 1 - Defend the 1st node
Node 2 - Defend the 2nd node
Node 3 - Defend the 3rd node
Floater 1 - Help defend nodes 1 and 2
Floater 2 - Help defend nodes 3 and 4. Tell the team when the shield has dropped.

After a little while a beam will shoot out to the next transformer. Go to it and reconfigure that as well. Repeat this until all of the transformers have been reconfigured. The last one will shoot out a beam that will destroy the console and lower the shield. This is something that will be done a few times through the mission.

Go down the path and defeat the Borg. Along here you will need to free four Klingon captives which are in Borg holding cells, and collect four genetic samples from Klingons which are laying on the ground. You'll find the first of these right away. To free the Klingon use the console near him. I suggest doing this right away so he can help with the battle.

Also, in this area, don't get too close to path by the water. The trigger to start the optional timer is around here and you don't want it to begin too early.

When the team is ready head down this path to the turret with the shield around it. One person on your team should be designated as the Planter. This person will plant a mine on the turret when the large shield drops. Attack the turret until the shield drops. Other shields will appear with openings in between. The Planter will get next to the turret and plant a mine. Once it is planted you can move on.

Keep going through the map until you reach an area with some nodes and a turret. You can't continue because at the other end is a large shield blocking your path which you need to take down. Begin by killing the Borg which are patrolling the area. At this point different people will have to take on different rolls which should be decided before starting. I'll explain them then continue the walkthrough.
Defender 1 - This person stays at node 1 and defends it.
Defender 2 - This person stays at node 2 and defends it.
Defender 3 - This person stays at node 3 and defends it.
Floater 1 - This person helps defend nodes 1 and 2.
Floater 2 - This person helps defend nodes 3 and 4.

Defender 1 goes to the first node and overloads it which causes the turret to turn on. Attack the turret and then have the Planter get close and plant the mine. Once it is planted everyone can move to the second node while Defender 1 and Floater 1 defend Node 1. Borg will beam in to try and repair the nodes so you must keep them away. Pulse rifles are good for this as well as hitting them with your weapon's melee attack. It is also a good idea to spawn everything you have.

Now overload Node 2, then 3, then 4. Make sure you are defending the correct nodes. If you are Floater 2, tell the rest of the team when the shield is down. If any of the nodes are repaired the entire thing will reset and you will need to start over. After the shield is down you can continue on.

Keep traveling along, rescue the Klingon captives and get the genetic samples. You will eventually reach another spot with the nodes. You need to repeat what you just did in this new location. I won't go through the strategy again because it is the same.
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Now that you have gone through both of these points, continue straight down the path. There will be another group of Borg and one more turret. By destroying this turret (and still have time remaining) you will get the optional objective. Either way, it must be destroyed. Now make a left and head down this next path.

At the end of the path you will find Borg, four backup generators and a main shield generator. At this point you can pull out your sniper and head up the mountain to your left. From here you can snipe the Borg without them really being able to hurt you. That is only an optional strategy, you don't need to do it. You should also spawn anything you have which can help. Once all of the Borg are dead destroy the four backup generators then the main one in the center.

Now go back the way you came, but instead of making a right (towards where the turret was) keep going straight. Here you will find Armek of Borg, the boss of the area. The strategy is fairly simple. Get your pulsewave weapons and have the entire team stand right up against him. Don't leave any space, just stand on him. As soonas you can, start attacking him. Don't move away, just stand there and attack until he is dead. If someone on your team dies, leave them be. You can heal them after.

After Armek is defeated you can collect your reward. Congratulations!

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KHITOMER VORTEX (SPACE)

Borg ships have been detected in the Quadra Sigma system as well as high levels of chroniton particles. This could mean that the Borg are attempting to disrupt the timeline. You are being sent to stop them.

Upon entering the system your team will need to destroy a Borg Tactical Cube which is protecting the Vortex. After it has been destroyed you will need to destroy two Borg Transwarp Conduits and prevent Borg Probes from entering the Time Vortex. There is an optional objective of doing this within 15 minutes and not letting any Borg Probes get through. One person should destroy the Borg Probes that come from the left Transwarp Conduit (Left Probe Guard), and another person should destroy the Borg Probes that come out of the right Transwarp Conduit (Right Probe Guard). Everyone else should start taking out the Nanite Generators and Nanite Transformers on the right side (we'll call them Attackers).

As soon as the Tactical Cube is destroyed the Probe Guards should go to their sides, and the Attackers should go to the right side. The Attackers will begin destroying the Nanite Generators and Nanite Transformers furthest from the Vortex. The Right Probe Guard and Left Probe Guard will destroy one Generator and weaken the others while protecting the Vortex. If they feel confident enough, they can go ahead and destroy a second Generator which will cause a Borg Cube to warp in. They will then have to destroy the Cube and probes on their own. Only do this if you are sure you can handle it. This will speed things up for the whole team.

After all the Nanite Generators and Nanite Transformers are destroyed on one the right side you can do one of two things.

Option A: Weaken the gateway to 10% and then the Attackers move to the Left side to repeat everything. Once the left side Nanite Generators and Nanite Transformers are destroyed weaken the gateway to 10% then destroy them both at the same time. When it comes to destroying both gates you can split the team up into 3 on one side with 2 on the other. Just make sure you clear all the probes first so they don't enter the Vortex.

Option B: I prefer this option since it is a little quicker. Destroy the right side gateway and then have the entire team on the left side. When arriving on the left side, help the Left Probe Guard defeat all the ships that have entered the system. The Left Probe Guard should remain on duty. The Right Probe Guard will switch between helping the Left Probe Guard and helping the Attackers. The Attackers will destroy the Nanite Generators, Borg Cubes, Nanite Transformers, and the Gateway.

As a side note. If one of the gates is destroyed, spheres will begin coming out of the active gate. If you leave one sphere alive then no more will spawn. This is helpful so that all you need to deal with are probes.

Now you can clear up the system of any remaining Borg ships. If you completed the optional obejctive, the reward will be above the Vortex. Now Donatra's Scimitar ship will enter the area. She and the ship have been assimilated and you must defeat her. During the battle some Borg Tractor Probs may come in which use tractor beams to hold you.

The Scimitar also cloaks and decloaks if you get too close. Make sure your team stays at least 5km away from the ship. If the ship does cloak you'll need to be careful. Sometimes after decloaking it will have green beams (almost like lasers) coming out of the front. Get behind the Scimitar as quickly as possible because it will release a strong enrgy burst that will most likely destroy your ship. Other than that, just continue to attack the ship until it is destroyed. Congratulations!

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KHITOMER IN STASIS (GROUND)

The ground portion of this mission takes place in a Borg bunker below the surface of the planet. Your team is being sent down there to eliminate the threat to the timeline.

You're team will start off at the beginning of the base. As soon as you exit this room (go through the door) the timer for the optional will start. You have 15 minutes to make your way through the base and destroy both IMRs (more about this later).

Simply make your way through the base by taking the ramps which go down and defeating any moving Borg along the way. If they are in their alcoves then they will ignore you. Once you have gone down about three levels there will be an opening to another room. The exit in this room is blocked by a shield. The only way to open it is to defeat enough Borg. So if it is still up, just keep defeating Borg. As soon as it is down, have your whole team go through and ignore the remaining Borg (they won't follow).

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Go through this doorway and take the path to the right which leads to another room. Along the way is an Uplink Data Console which you can use to read some information, but it isn't necessary, so continue. This last room is where some tactics are necessary. This is where the optional objective of destroying the two IMRs (Isolinear Molecular Reconverter) takes place.

First, the entire team should clear out the room of any Borg. There are three floors so make sure you get all of the Borg. Next, one person (we will call the Loner) should use the transporter in the center of the room (near the entrance) to transport to another room. Here the Loner will have to disable the shields of the six power nodes.

The rest of the team should go to one of the power nodes (there is one on the left and one on the right of each platform) and listen to what the Borg voice says. It will say something like "Intruder in Alpha 1". The Loner will need to activate symbols on the center console. For Alpha 1 you will activate Symbol 1 and Symbol A. The team can also call out which one they are at (i.e. A1 or 1A for Alpha 1).

I suggest doing it in this order:

Lower Level - Right
Lower Level - Left
Middle Level - Right
Middle Level - Left
Upper Level - Right
Upper Level - Left.

As soon as the shields drop around the node, the team of 4 people will attack and destroy it. IGNORE the Borg that beam in. Even after the node is destroyed, just ignore them. Run to the next power node and repeat until all 6 are destroyed. I can't stress this enough, if you want to get the optional objective you will need to ignore the Borg.

If you followed my order above you should end at the Upper Level - Left node. From here one person needs to take the ramp that goes up and destroy the IMR that is here. The Loner needs to use the console to transport back to the main room. The entire team should exit the room through the door they came in. At the end of the ramp is the second IMR. Whoever gets there first should destroy it.

Go straight down this hall way into the final room where the Borg leader, Tosk of Borg, is. In order to start the battle with him you need to cross the door. I recommend the team stay outside the door and as soon as you can attack Tosk just focus all fire on him until he is destroyed. Now you can focus on attacking the remaining Borg in this room. Once they are all destroyed, you are done with the mission. Congratulations! Collect your reward.

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INTO THE HIVE (GROUND)

The first objective for your team is to disrupt the collective. From the beam in point you will have to go straight ahead into the large room known as the Central Plexus Chamber. There are Node relays here that allow the Queen to interact with the rest of the Borg fleet. You'll need to defeat the Borg drones around these nodes and then disable the node. There are two platforms here, the upper (which is where you walk in) and a lower one. Each has four nodes. You can go through the upper platform first by going either clockwise or counter-clockwise.

WARNING: If you are defeated while battling the borg DO NOT respawn. If you do it will send you into a holding cell. Your teammates will need to activate the transporter console outside of the cell to beam you out. I suggest waiting for a teammate to revive you instead of respawning. Also be careful of the edges, don't jump over the railing because you can fall all the way down and die, forcing you to respawn.

While you are working on this room there will be some platforms that turn green. Move away from these as quickly as possible because they will send an electric shock that will kill you. At each corner of the room is a node. Activate it which will then cause the Borg to attack you, then defeat them and disable the node. Do this for the first four nodes on the upper platform. When that is done take the ramp to the lower platform and repeat. There is an optional objective to complete this room in 5 minutes.

When you are finally complete with this room go through the north exit and follow the path to the next room which is the Collective Core Chamber. You will need to upload a virus to the core and stay in the room while the virus is being uploaded. In here you will see some green beams targeting each player. Keep moving around the room that when they fire you won't get hit. Borg drones will also appear and you'll need to fight them off if you want to survive. Just to warn you, this room is a bit harder than the last one.

After the virus has been uploaded continue through the north exit to the final room where the Borg Queen is. This is by far the toughest part of the mission. If you die you will respawn in one of the four holding cells in each corner of the room. Your teammate will need to activate the external transporter console and then you have to activate the inside one to beam out.

When you reach the room you will see a ton of Borg drones protecting the Queen. Defeat the Elite Drones first since they are the hardest, then go ahead and take out the rest of the Drones. The Queen will then emerge and you can battle her.

Throughout this entire battle keep an eye out for the growing green floors and the targeting beams from the ceiling as well as other Borg drones that beam in to do battle with you. While the Borg Queen is out you should focus fire on her. Eventually she'll go back into her alcove for a little bit then come out again. Just keep battling until her and all the Borg drones are defeated. Congratulations! You've defeat the Borg Queen... or have you?

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HIVE ONSLAUGHT (SPACE)

This mission takes place within Unimatrix Zero where you will need to defeat the Borg Queen who trasnferred her consciencousness to a Borg Diamond. The overall strategy is simple but the mission can be difficult. First defeat all the Borg ships around the diamond. Try to draw each Cube away from the rest one at a time. This should make it much easier to destroy them quickly instead of having them all attack your team at the same time. Avoid using anything that could potentially draw more than 1 Cube at a time. Once they are defeated there will be a short cutscene.

Two Unimatrix ships will warp in, on each side of the Borg Diamond. Your team should focus on only one of these at a time (usually the left one first) and stay close to the ship on either side. Never go in front or behind the ship. Personally, I like to stay right on top of the ship in the middle but you don't have to. Throw everything you have at it until it is destroyed. If you find that the Plasma Energy Bolts sneak up on you then zoom out all the way so you can have a better view of the map.

After the first Unimatrix ship is destroyed repeat the same thing on the other ship. Once both ships have been destroyed, the Diamond with the Borg Queen will activate and you'll need to battle it. This battle is actually somewhat easy, it just takes a long time to defeat her. Keep firing and throwing everything you have at her until she is finally destroyed.

That's the end of the mission, congratulations!

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now thats a good question... i turned my game language to english so i dont need to translate

as we failed badly today at the manus: *bump*

Mission: Infected: Manus/Walkthrough - Star Trek Online Wiki

yes, fire must be focused
and it should be possible to get drones attention so they leave their rooms
then one by one can be taken out

yes if we stay behind everything is fine, the workers wont do anything.

well... that final room (I assume you mean where we wasted that much time)... was not the final room actually (I played that mission a few times before)
the borg in the corners only shoot when you get close so the key is to take out the ones in the middle of the room (as they are always close) and then go for the corners ... one by one
best weapons for that mission are in my eyes anti-borg dense beam weapons with knockback (coz that gives a damage bonus of +10 and gets us some time when they are thrown back an with some luck they fall into that soup.
alternative to the dense beam weapon i used my maco riffle with damage cone on short distance as the damage is damn good and i can hit multiple targets.... not to mention +15 damage against borg + no need to reconfig the weapon (at least most times)
for the next try ill borrow a tribble from my boffs to get an additional damage bonus and equip my char with 100 major shield charges, hypos and these energy bats which raise your energy weapon damage by 25% for 15 secs
ill just put that shit on a keybind and spam with it until i run out of those consumables

my main question would be if security escorts and drones etc. activate the triggers coz they for sure run into the rooms

this is a keybind for tray 7 (ground) -> key = q
ill put only the power cells + all skills which might be useful to tray 7
in ground combat i personally have problems to keep an eye on the skills while targeting drones (in space no prob but on ground i simply can not focus on everything)

shields + hypos go into slot 3+4 of tray 1
then i switched to the options and assigned new keys for slot 3+4 ("<" (the key next to shift) for hypos and "E" for the slot where i have the shield charges
so i have wasd for movement, q for powercells and everything else that i put into tray 7, E for shields and ">" for hypos (every very close together for fast reaction)
shared cooldown is 15 secs and normal cooldown is 30 secs so with other words you can cycle through the boosts once every 45 secs, thats good enough to stay alive and do some extra damage

well, thx to husker i was able to finish this mission with its options on elite a few days ago

Im pretty convinced that killing all drones first is not the best idea as there are 2 timers running.
One for the nodes and one which lets the borg drones respawn. Problematic are the ones in the middle.
It is very likely that you have to kill the drones twice if you decide to kill them all before going for the nodes.