<p>If the job has pickup &amp; drop off locations, you need to visit the two locations in the correct order to finish the job. If the job only has a target location, then you only need to go to one location for completion.</p>

<p>From <a href="https://www.flamesofwar.com/Portals/0/all_images/GF9/Firefly/Rulebooks/FAQ/Firefly_FAQ_v4.1.pdf" rel="nofollow noreferrer">the official FAQ</a> on page 5:</p>

<blockquote>
  <p><strong>Question:</strong> I don’t get doing Jobs: how do I do them? </p>
  
  <p>..... Each Job will have either a Target or Pick-up
  Location on the card. You then need to use a
  Move Action to get your Firefly to the correct
  location ..... Once you’re at that
  Location, use a Work Action to progress the Job.</p>
  
  <p>..... If the Job also has a Drop-Off Location,
  you’ll need to Fly again to the Drop-Off Location
  to deliver the Goods before completing the Job. If
  the Job only has a Target Location, you’re done.</p>
</blockquote>

<p>Note the use of the word "need" - it never says that the pickup location is optional.</p>

<p>Think of it this way - if you told someone you'll give them $10 to pick you up a burger from your favourite burger joint, and they give you a burger they already had in their car from somewhere else, they haven't really done the job you were paying them to do.</p>

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<p>Let's say I have a job card that says:<br>
Start job: Load 2 contraband on planet X; 
Finish job: Deliver 2 contraband to planet Y"  </p>

<p>I have obtained contraband via some other means.<br>
Is it possible to fly straight to planet Y and take a "Work" action that consists of just finishing the job and delivering the contraband?</p>

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Can you finish a job without starting it?
mihomir
# Can you finish a job without starting it?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2019-02-14)

Let's say I have a job card that says:  
Start job: Load 2 contraband on planet X;
Finish job: Deliver 2 contraband to planet Y"

I have obtained contraband via some other means.  
Is it possible to fly straight to planet Y and take a "Work" action that consists of just finishing the job and delivering the contraband?

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2019-02-14. Score: 3 | Accepted answer

If the job has pickup & drop off locations, you need to visit the two locations in the correct order to finish the job. If the job only has a target location, then you only need to go to one location for completion.

From [the official FAQ](https://www.flamesofwar.com/Portals/0/all_images/GF9/Firefly/Rulebooks/FAQ/Firefly_FAQ_v4.1.pdf) on page 5:

> **Question:** I don’t get doing Jobs: how do I do them?
>
> ..... Each Job will have either a Target or Pick-up
> Location on the card. You then need to use a
> Move Action to get your Firefly to the correct
> location ..... Once you’re at that
> Location, use a Work Action to progress the Job.
>
> ..... If the Job also has a Drop-Off Location,
> you’ll need to Fly again to the Drop-Off Location
> to deliver the Goods before completing the Job. If
> the Job only has a Target Location, you’re done.

Note the use of the word "need" - it never says that the pickup location is optional.

Think of it this way - if you told someone you'll give them $10 to pick you up a burger from your favourite burger joint, and they give you a burger they already had in their car from somewhere else, they haven't really done the job you were paying them to do.


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