'disable megaship turrets' mission?

[Wullail]

Anyone know how to find the mega-ship when you have the 'disable mega-ship turrets' mission? , I'm in the system but...can't find it.

I've scanned the system nav beacon at the system I was directed to, it's just not showing in the system list.

This is the 4th time I've tried one of these missions, every single time no mega-ship has been in the system I was sent to.

Am I missing something or is this type of mission bugged out?

 

[goemon]

sometimes you need to FSS the system bodies for megaships to show up - reason unknown. a nav beacon scan should do it, but doesn't always do it (bug).

note:megaships will jump with the server maintenance tomorrow, currently biweekly. for weird reasons you can finish missions at any megaship (bug-feature).

 

[Factabulous]

I've scanned the system nav beacon at the system I was directed to

Which system?

As goemon says - they will be moving tomorrow but should be ok today. And you can use any you find - I recommend Sanchez or Amaethon as they have the most turrets

 

[Wullail]

Thank you for the help, that's just what I needed to do...I've wasted so much time on these.

 

[goemon]

Thank you for the help, that's just what I needed to do...I've wasted so much time on these.

good thing is, same procedure (FSS) can also help with CZ not showing sometimes, and other stuff. so, whenever something is not showing after nav beacon scan, FSSing will fix it in almost all cases.

 

[Jmanis]

Make sure you know how to disable them properly, if you don't. Short version; disable the supporting generator. Longer version;

1. Data link scan the megaship
2. Data link scan the turret
3. Find the turret generator in sub targets menu
4. Destroy it

 

[Factabulous]

Or the way the pros do it ....

4. Destroy it

 

[varonica]

sometimes you need to FSS the system bodies for megaships to show up - reason unknown. a nav beacon scan should do it, but doesn't always do it (bug).

note:megaships will jump with the server maintenance tomorrow, currently biweekly. for weird reasons you can finish missions at any megaship (bug-feature).

Not a bug but a peculiarity of the way the system works, if a megaship is in orbit around the star it will show up as a system asset and appear on the Honk and appear on the nav beacon, if it is in close orbit around a planet it will be a planet asset and the location can only be found by scanning the planet with the FSS.

 

[Madrax573]

Make sure you know how to disable them properly, if you don't. Short version; disable the supporting generator. Longer version;

1. Data link scan the megaship
2. Data link scan the turret
3. Find the turret generator in sub targets menu
4. Destroy it

For number 4 just ram it rather than shooting it. You don't become a target that way. if you shoot it you will.

 

[Jmanis]

For number 4 just ram it rather than shooting it. You don't become a target that way. if you shoot it you will.

Yeah, but that's cheesy Though it is also why I said "Destroy It" not "Shoot it"

 

[Madrax573]

Yeah, but that's cheesy Though it is also why I said "Destroy It" not "Shoot it"

I agree cheesy as heck... but until they come up with a decent way to deal with 'ramming' it'll be the most efficient way to do so...

I still just shoot them though

 

[Jmanis]

I agree cheesy as heck... but until they come up with a decent way to deal with 'ramming' it'll be the most efficient way to do so...

I still just shoot them though

99% of time the megaship targets are in the middle of halfway nowhere, so whatever bounty I get with rando-faction X isn't usually an issue for me