Elite / Frontier bah picky game

[Bikky]

trying to do the mission for the two hitchhikers....

where do i pick them up from?????? i've accepted the mission several times (resorting to save game) and waited, and flown around (eventually doing something stupid and dying) but never actually get to pick them up to take them TO urtize.

any solutions out there?

oh playing glffe (nics mod)

 

[turwhitt]

From Jade's FAQ:

The 2 hitch-hikers
These turn out to be Federation spies, so if you're an Imp-lover don't do it. Bring 2 hitch-hikers to Solo's Rock in the Imperial system Urtiz (3,-4), and pick them up later to bring them back to Singh Starport in the Federation system Edethex (3,-3). You'll see an article in Imperial Herald before you're supposed to return to pick them up claiming that two spies have been captured. Ignore it, your passengers aren't them. What they did in the mean time....? "Don't ask, don't tell".

I'd take it from this that the hitch hikers get on your ship as soon as you accept the mission (and are therefore on your passengers page).

 

[Bikky]

Thats what i thought, but if they get on straight awayalas no....

0 passenger cabins used out of 8

then i get a message pop up saying i hope you havent forgotten us (2 days to get there?? yeah right)

restored to an earlier savegame, completed the 12,000c passenger run for some spies, then went to edethex and whoop i get a message saying see you soon.

So you ship shows NO information that the passengers are on board, strange cos it says you need 2 passenger cabins, but they don't get used.

how strange

 

[turwhitt]

Personally i wouldn't bother with it. It's not essential to the storyline. Also it happens at the same time as the "Assassinate Dr. Joreb Innitu" mission, and i'd rather do that one.

Perhaps if you can go a planet close to Urtize and take the mission there a little earlier then you will be able to get to Urtize on time.

It's possible that you have picked up the hitch hikers even if they are not showing in your passengers. There are a few missions where they don't show up in your info. Or it could just be a bug....

BTW if you get to the Turner's Requiem mission and crash when entering Pleione, check out my post on here about it. there is a solution.