Mission

Missions are game objectives that yield a reward, often in the form of player missions or Crew Skill missions. These may be referred to as "quests" in other games.

Mission icons

 * Yellow triangle: This indicates a mission is available.
 * Blue triangle: This indicates a repeatable mission is available.
 * White triangle: This indicates a mission is available but the player has not reached the level necessary to obtain it.
 * Yellow triangle with green center: This indicates a mission objective.
 * Small yellow triangle with circling parentheses: This indicates an area where a mission objective can be found.

Party mission objectives use the same icons as above but are shown in purple.

Types of missions
Aside from the normal Empire or Republic missions, there are other types of missions.

Area missions
Area missions are acquired when entering certain areas of a planet.

Bonus missions
Bonus missions are often given while doing missions. Completing these missions aren't necessary but give additional XP and bonus mission chains can give additional rewards.

Class missions
Class missions are specific to each class and drive the storyline throughout the game. Class missions will sometimes take place in class story areas.

Companion missions
Companion missions can either be conversations that provide XP and influence or missions that have objectives that need to be met. Companions will indicate when they have a mission by an icon on their portrait saying they would like to speak in private or a mission icon over their head while on the player's starship or cantina.

Crew Skill missions
Crew Skill missions provide a way of gathering crafting materials, gifts, and other goods at a cost. The list of available missions changes from mission to mission. Companions have a chance of failing the mission, returning with no reward. Both gathering skills and mission skills have missions available.

Daily missions
Daily missions are missions that can be repeated daily. These missions can be found on Belsavis (including Section X), Black Hole, CZ-198, Ilum, Makeb, and Voss. GSI daily missions can be found on Alderaan, Hoth, Makeb, and Tatooine. Other types of missions can be completed daily including heroic and space combat missions.
 * Main article: Daily mission

Group missions
Group missions are specific to flashpoints and operations.

Heroic missions
Heroic missions can be found on every planet and require at least a group of 2 players to complete. These missions take place in heroic areas and involve strong, elite, and sometimes champion difficulty mobs. Heroic missions can be repeated daily.

Space combat missions
Space combat missions are acquired on a player's starship and reward XP and. There are also missions that can be completed daily.

Weekly missions
Weekly missions can be obtained on the Imperial and Republic Fleets and reward credits and. These missions include PvP, heroic flashpoints, Section X, and operation objectives.