Engineers Eurybia Blue Mafia—Gaining Cordial Status—Scortia Enterprise Mission

ajburr · Dec 8, 2017

So I'm trying to get on Liz Ryder's good side by doing some Eurybia Blue Mafia missions. I found some good ones, the vast majority of them involving disabling the Emplacement power grid at Scortia Enterprise with an SRV. All the missions had the same goal, so I figured that would speed things along. But when I tried to land there, I couldn't find a single damn place to land! The ground is so bumpy that all I see is UNSUITABLE TERRAIN.

I'm flying an AspX. Does that make any difference? If so, what ship should I use?

Starman 1966 · Dec 8, 2017

The AspX should be just fine for that, but her legs are a bit short, if I remember correctly. You could try the Hauler instead, it's cheap and has a decent jump range as well.

Ceekay · Dec 9, 2017

The Asp E is a fair size so it simply may not be able to land on some rough terrain, as Starman 1966 says try a smaller ship DBS, Sidey etc, for ranking up try passenger missions (watch out for illegal/wanted in other systems types) the Asp X would be ideal for those.

CMDR Nightjar · Dec 9, 2017

I just load some dumbfire missiles and use those. No need to land

ajburr · Dec 9, 2017

CMDR Nightjar said:
I just load some dumbfire missiles and use those. No need to land

Are you sure about that? I got the missiles and I've made about 7 approaches on the place and couldn't find a single target. And then of course I start getting my kicked by the local authorities.

I think you HAVE to use an SRV.

ajburr · Dec 9, 2017

Starman 1966
The AspX should be just fine for that, but her legs are a bit short, if I remember correctly. You could try the Hauler instead, it's cheap and has a decent jump range as well.

That was it! I flew a hauler over there, landed, and killed the power grid with the SRV. Couldn't do it any other way

CMDR Nightjar · Dec 10, 2017

Streen said:
Are you sure about that? I got the missiles and I've made about 7 approaches on the place and couldn't find a single target. And then of course I start getting my kicked by the local authorities.

I think you HAVE to use an SRV.

There's a red-glow towards the base of the tower (depending on the layout). Just fire at the general area - dumbfires have a big splash. May not work for all missions, but certainly worked for me.

Maymo · Dec 10, 2017

(for what it’s worth)

If you fit an advanced discovery scanner the journey to Eurybia usually yields enough exploration data to unlock cordial status with the Blue Mafia seconds after arriving.

ajburr · Dec 10, 2017

I have been able to shoot at the targets with dumbfire missiles and it works. But it's really hard to tell one thing from the next, especially when all the bases look different. Definitely easier though than using an SRV.

Not sure about the whole discovery scanner thing. I'm doing pretty well so far, but I might give it a try.

Brrokk · Dec 11, 2017

An easy way to get status with the Blue Mafia is to just hand in exploration data.

ajburr · Dec 11, 2017

My final word on this whole thing:

Shooting missiles at the bases is too hard because all bases look different and as soon as you shoot at them, you get chased off or destroyed by security. No fun.

Exploration is boring. And it doesn't pay nearly as well as taking missions.

Landing a Hauler with 3 SRV's (just in case) and driving one into the base to destroy your targets is, well, exciting. AND you can see what the hell you're supposed to shoot at.

Case closed.