✅ Verified in-game — deeper pass: confirmed the entire 11-line source — Activated calls MrxTaskContract.Activated then MrxCinematic.PlaceholderSequence with a single hardcoded caption and self.Complete as the callback; cross-linked MrxCinematic; removed the vacuous OnActivate note (engine-called, not a modder lever).

MrxTaskContractPlaceholder

Module: mrxtaskcontractplaceholder.lua

Overview

The MrxTaskContractPlaceholder module is a stub implementation of a task contract. It provides a placeholder sequence to indicate that the contract is not yet implemented, and automatically completes upon activation.

Inheritance

Inherits from: MrxTaskContract
Imports: MrxCinematic

Instance pattern

Not per-uGuid — inherits MrxTaskContract’s class-factory pattern (itself inherited from MrxTaskMission/MrxTask; see that page for the general mechanism), identified by name/lineage rather than a world-object GUID. It does not track any additional state beyond what is inherited from MrxTaskContract.

Functions

`Activated(self)`

The only function in the file. Calls MrxTaskContract.Activated(self) (all the real contract-start work is inherited — see MrxTaskContract), then plays a single-caption placeholder via MrxCinematic.PlaceholderSequence:

MrxCinematic.PlaceholderSequence(
  {{ sCaption = "This contract is not yet implemented." }},
  self.Complete, {self})

The caption string is hardcoded (not localized), and self.Complete — the inherited MrxTaskContract.Complete — is the sequence’s completion callback, so dismissing the placeholder immediately completes the contract (running the normal fanfare/reward flow).

Events

None. No Event.* calls; no lifecycle callbacks beyond the inherited Activated.

Notes for modders

This is a genuine stub — it’s how the game fills a contract slot whose real implementation doesn’t exist yet. Point a mission’s sModuleName at a real subclass (MrxTaskContractOutpost, or one built on MrxTaskContract) to give it actual objectives.
If you want a placeholder that doesn’t auto-complete (e.g. to keep a slot occupied without paying out), pass a different callback than self.Complete — but note the completion runs the base contract’s full reward/fanfare path, so an unfinished stub still grants its configured rewards.