Distress Call Threat 0 - an interesting encounter

[CMDR Jayce MacLeod]

Last evening I was traveling about a random system, using the FSS and a bit of wandering looking for High Level Signal sources. I happened to come across a threat level 0 distress call. I had never seen one of these before (normally the ones I've seen they contain a transport ship and a random number of pirates). I said what the heck and dropped in, just to check it out. When I dropped in, there was a lone little hauler just cruising on by, but then, a lady's voice over my comms! "Hey there stranger, dont suppose you have any extra fuel on board? I miscalculated my jump and I'm running quite low" (words to that effect). I was like wow, this is pretty interesting! Sadly, I wasnt in a position to help out (no fuel transfer onboard)

My question is: is this new? If so, how new? Any notable reward? (Saving someone, however, is a reward in and of itself) a trap? Needless to say, i found the entire thing quite fascinating, and would love more random things like this to pop up.

 

[thistle]

It was new in Q4, they showed this exact scenario in the reveal livestreams.

 

[CMDR Jayce MacLeod]

Guess I missed the live streams, I have been away from Elite since before the Q4 beta. Just getting back into the swing of things. Thank you for the info!

 

[Phoenix_Dfire]

Yup, That's one of the new scenarios that came with 3.3. There should be a timer telling you how long they're going to be there, giving you the opportunity to head back to a station, equip the fuel limpets, head back and save the ship.

I dunno if you get a reward apart from the warm and fuzzies of helping another pilot.

 

[lecorsobreton]

Last evening I was traveling about a random system, using the FSS and a bit of wandering looking for High Level Signal sources. I happened to come across a threat level 0 distress call. I had never seen one of these before (normally the ones I've seen they contain a transport ship and a random number of pirates). I said what the heck and dropped in, just to check it out. When I dropped in, there was a lone little hauler just cruising on by, but then, a lady's voice over my comms! "Hey there stranger, dont suppose you have any extra fuel on board? I miscalculated my jump and I'm running quite low" (words to that effect). I was like wow, this is pretty interesting! Sadly, I wasnt in a position to help out (no fuel transfer onboard)

My question is: is this new? If so, how new? Any notable reward? (Saving someone, however, is a reward in and of itself) a trap? Needless to say, i found the entire thing quite fascinating, and would love more random things like this to pop up.

I've seen one like that. Another asked me for repairs, which I was more than happy to provide (I had repair limpets). As a reward, I was granted a 2k trade dividend bond.

It's too bad there are 8 or 9 types of limpets in this game, they eat up way too much space, and prevent you from interacting with some of the content.

 

[Phoenix_Dfire]

I've seen one like that. Another asked me for repairs, which I was more than happy to provide (I had repair limpets). As a reward, I was granted a 2k trade dividend bond.

It's too bad there are 8 or 9 types of limpets in this game, they eat up way too much space, and prevent you from interacting with some of the content.

That's why these Scenarios persist for a certain length of time. You have the option to fly to a station, equip your ship to refuel/repair, head back and solve the problem before the timer runs out.

 

[CMDR Jayce MacLeod]

All very good things! I did create a ship a while back, a Type 7 I called the "Deliverance". I designed it to be a refueling/repair/economy passenger/cargo search and rescue ship for the stations destroyed by thargoids. Might take it out and see what I can find!

 

[Vedmo]

I equiped a ship with the proper limpets to handle these while flying around gathering materials from other signal sources. The rewards are usually low, and I've yet to hit one that's a trap. I'm guessing it could help your home system if you're working the bgs.