When did S&R become thieves?

SciTrekker

SciTrekker
It's been quite some time since I helped new players out by jettisoning mined minerals for them to collect and sell, but recently I was doing just that to help a friend of mine help one of their friends that picked up the game in a recent sale on XB1.

Last time I did it, we'd go about 12km outside the station in order to avoid security or other NPC pilots dropping from SC interfering. Never had a NPC come investigate what we were doing.

This most recent time, however, a Search and Rescue ship would always spawn near us and immediately come over and start manually scooping any canisters the newb's liimpets hadn't collected yet (usually I'd drop 10 at a time). Even when we extended our distance from the station another few km, S&R would pop in. It was sort of funny to me but the newb was a bit upset. I changed to dropping 2 at a time to counter it, as well as get the newb closer to where the cargo would end up so their limpets would collect faster. Reminded me of circling vultures (but they were in a Cobra MK III usually iirc 🙃).
  1. When did FD sneak this change into the game?
  2. Will this also happen if we drop out of SC randomly (ie, 1.5 ls from station)?
  3. Is the S&R ship and rank determined the same way a pirate's ship & rank are determined when interrdicting you while you carry cargo?
Fun stuff, Frontier! Keep up the good work (but please stop adding more bugs than you fix).
 

TheSisko

TheSisko
SciTrekker said:
It's been quite some time since I helped new players out by jettisoning mined minerals for them to collect and sell, but recently I was doing just that to help a friend of mine help one of their friends that picked up the game in a recent sale on XB1.

Last time I did it, we'd go about 12km outside the station in order to avoid security or other NPC pilots dropping from SC interfering. Never had a NPC come investigate what we were doing.

This most recent time, however, a Search and Rescue ship would always spawn near us and immediately come over and start manually scooping any canisters the newb's liimpets hadn't collected yet (usually I'd drop 10 at a time). Even when we extended our distance from the station another few km, S&R would pop in. It was sort of funny to me but the newb was a bit upset. I changed to dropping 2 at a time to counter it, as well as get the newb closer to where the cargo would end up so their limpets would collect faster. Reminded me of circling vultures (but they were in a Cobra MK III usually iirc 🙃).
  1. When did FD sneak this change into the game?
  2. Will this also happen if we drop out of SC randomly (ie, 1.5 ls from station)?
  3. Is the S&R ship and rank determined the same way a pirate's ship & rank are determined when interrdicting you while you carry cargo?
Fun stuff, Frontier! Keep up the good work (but please stop adding more bugs than you fix).
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Yep, when I've been robbing mega ships, a host of ships try to get between me and the cargo bay, trying to scoop up the valuable goods which I've earned, by hard work and skill. ;)
 

CMDR X

CMDR X
Sounds pretty typical of real life. The authorities rob you blind at every opportunity while doing nothing about enforcing law and order.
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FrogsFriend

FrogsFriend
Search and Rescue have been cleaning up dropped cargo for a long time now but they appear to be more likely to turn up in high population high-tech systems. They'll also sometimes appear in SC and offer to refuel you if you're very low on fuel, as well as dropping in to repair damaged ships on occasion.
 
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