In where the numbers (in the range to which you could possibly obtain) are placed into a hat, then the paradoxical "hand" goes in and withdraws your points award.
There isn't anything you can do to sway the payout one way or the other. There are 3 or 4 payout options for each target and beyond that it is a roll of the dice to see which one you get.
I can tell you this....whatever they're using to determine that needs to be tweaked. The 4000 point payout on the Captain targets are few and very far in between these days. 50 targets and not one 4000 point payday. It's kinda disheartening actually.
"We cannot expand our abilities without challenges that test their limits."
In where the numbers (in the range to which you could possibly obtain) are placed into a hat, then the paradoxical "hand" goes in and withdraws your points award.