Was tasked by the Federal Navy (now midshipman) to assassinate a target in Barnard's Star but the "target type" in the mission description is blank. I've been through at least 30-40 USS in the target system with no result. Is the blank target type an indication that the mission is broken and the NPC won't spawn?
Federal Black-Ops missions broken?
- Thread starter DrBo42
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It's broken, yes... thousands of USS have been checked to bring you this message. I assume they're working on it 
What do you think how many tickets they have...
What's your point? Keep ticketing it until it's fixed. Lol.
I've found that USS often will only spawn what you need for the mission in your mission list that you took on first.
So say you got 3 specific missions that is not a simple trade mission, for example - and in order mission was taken:
A: Find and return a Black Box
B: Kill Pirate Harr
C: Kill Traitor General Trenchfoot
Until you've completed mission A, a USS for B and C will not spawn. No need to return the Black Box in A, but you must have collected it. Similarly, a USS for mission C, will not spawn until you've killed the Pirate in mission B.
Speaking of the Rank-Up missions - often you get several of the same type. Say you get the a mission to Kill General Trenchfoot, you've not completed the mission and dock at a station, you then get a mission to kill General Pacifist. Doing either one of these will earn you that promotion, but then doing the other won't.
So say you got 3 specific missions that is not a simple trade mission, for example - and in order mission was taken:
A: Find and return a Black Box
B: Kill Pirate Harr
C: Kill Traitor General Trenchfoot
Until you've completed mission A, a USS for B and C will not spawn. No need to return the Black Box in A, but you must have collected it. Similarly, a USS for mission C, will not spawn until you've killed the Pirate in mission B.
Speaking of the Rank-Up missions - often you get several of the same type. Say you get the a mission to Kill General Trenchfoot, you've not completed the mission and dock at a station, you then get a mission to kill General Pacifist. Doing either one of these will earn you that promotion, but then doing the other won't.
@Zylark thanks for the reply, but none of those alternatives applied to my case at least. No other missions, though I was offered the exact same mission from other stations too, but it would be foolish to accept more when I already had the one.
Anyway, I'd just like to report that he spawned on the second USS after I logged in today, so he's space dust now.
Seems to me there is some kind of timed delay before it can spawn or something, because that is more the kind of frequency I would expect from a mission like this, not to have to examine a 1000 USS:s, and if you lost/bailed you would have to do it all over again...
Anyway, I'd just like to report that he spawned on the second USS after I logged in today, so he's space dust now.
Seems to me there is some kind of timed delay before it can spawn or something, because that is more the kind of frequency I would expect from a mission like this, not to have to examine a 1000 USS:s, and if you lost/bailed you would have to do it all over again...
ah, not just me then.
I've had about 5 or 6 of these on the mission list over the weekend, killed about 3 before returning to 'claim', got the rank promotion for the first kill, but nada for any subsequent kills. Have yet to try another one (I have another 2 on the mission list right now)