Follow me please?

KellyR · Jul 9, 2015

I'm delivering some contraband and I see an NPC say "You're a hard one to track down. Good job I found you." Then a few seconds later the same npc says "I'm about to drop down. Please follow me." Excuse me? Why would I want to drop and follow him? Maybe he wants me to not complete my contract to deliver this contraband and pay me more money for the contraband? Sorry, I don't work that way. I'll do anything for money except go back on my word to an employer. If I say I'll deliver such and such for x amount of credits, I'll do exactly that. And if someone wants those goods they can deal with the employer. I'm just the courier and I'm danged good at it. I start betraying employers and no one will hire me.

I've had this happen several times since I started taking contraband missions. I've even had it happen on a few assassination missions. Answer is always the same. No thanks. I've got a contract to complete. G'day.

Is this normal behavior on the part of the game to try to tempt me to betray my employer?

Arry · Jul 9, 2015

In a nut shell? Yep!

Bazil · Jul 9, 2015

If you do follow them, they just insult you by calling you greedy. Best to ignore them.

Jesse Blue · Jul 9, 2015

Sometimes they warn you about your employer betraying you... Other times they make you question the morality of your actions with new information...

Since you are a cold-blooded robot-minded mercenary who never question recieved orders nor the morality in them, of course, they have no chance of making sense into you.

Maybe those slaves you delivered are soon to be processed in a meat factory... Or that fugitive from the pirate faction you are about to kill just saved some children from being forcibly recruited by the pirate gang, which now seeks revenge on him.

Four40 · Jul 9, 2015

Phew, I also came across this recently during a pirate hunting mission. I kept on blasting pirates and completed the mission. Sneaky little blighters

shadowwar · Jul 9, 2015

Just ignore them. Sometimes I get interdicted and attacked but I am mostly in my combat Conda so I always win even when 3 of them drop out. I always think to myself.....bounty bounty come taste my beams!

jacozilla · Jul 9, 2015

Jesse Blue said:
Maybe those slaves you delivered are soon to be processed in a meat factory...

All our slaves are free range good sir! And caught using absolute dolphin-free nets!

KellyR · Jul 9, 2015

Jesse Blue said:
Sometimes they warn you about your employer betraying you... Other times they make you question the morality of your actions with new information...

Since you are a cold-blooded robot-minded mercenary who never question recieved orders nor the morality in them, of course, they have no chance of making sense into you.

Maybe those slaves you delivered are soon to be processed in a meat factory... Or that fugitive from the pirate faction you are about to kill just saved some children from being forcibly recruited by the pirate gang, which now seeks revenge on him.

Well, I don't deal in unregulated slaves. And in the Empire, Imperial slaves are protected by law. Of course there's no guarantee that folks won't break those laws, but the penalties are rather harsh. And I don't take missions from pirate factions. Some pirate faction wants someone done in for betraying them, they can do their dirty work themselves. I take assassination missions from lawful empire parties against fugitives; and if the target doesn't have a "Wanted" tag, I scrub the mission (hasn't happened yet, but if and when it does, the mission will be abandoned). The celebs they want silenced and the generals and heroes they want retired I leave to someone else.

I also don't take kill ship missions just because someone is inconveniencing someone else's business interests. So yeah, I'm a cold blooded mercenary. But I do have my standards, such as they are. And the good thing is I only take these combat missions to break the monotony of trading. I only take the smuggling missions because the place I'm going to pick up my Imperial Slaves doesn't need anything from the station that buys them. I purely hate deadheads.

And I won't betray an employer for money. I might if I find they've lied to me, but it won't be because of one of these "follow me" clowns says something. Anyone can say anything and I have no proof of who is telling the truth. Therefore I require evidence, such as a contract to take out a Dread Pirate lord and then I find him and he's clean.

sqzbox1 · Jul 9, 2015

I had an assassination mission once (from the Feds) and I decided to hear what the dude who asked me to follow had to say. He told me that I was being fooled (yeah - right - who's trying to fool who?) and suggested I abandon the mission. I ignored him. However when I found my target he was green (i.e. an ally) and also clean. When I KWS'd him he had no outstanding bounties so was clean everywhere. I am not in the business of murdering clean-living innocent people so I abandoned that mission.

That's just me - and how I want to play. Obviously it is just a game and you can play a self-serving murderous SOB with impunity for fun and profit, but I just can't do it. I guess my parental indoctrination is just too strong!

KellyR · Jul 9, 2015

sqzbox1 said:
I had an assassination mission once (from the Feds) and I decided to hear what the dude who asked me to follow had to say. He told me that I was being fooled (yeah - right - who's trying to fool who?) and suggested I abandon the mission. I ignored him. However when I found my target he was green (i.e. an ally) and also clean. When I KWS'd him he had no outstanding bounties so was clean everywhere. I am not in the business of murdering clean-living innocent people so I abandoned that mission.

That's just me - and how I want to play. Obviously it is just a game and you can play a self-serving murderous SOB with impunity for fun and profit, but I just can't do it. I guess my parental indoctrination is just too strong!

Exactly what I would do. I'm a mercenary, have no doubt of that, but I don't kill innocents for any amount of money.

Katkon · Jul 9, 2015

You could indeed raise a ticket and hope for the best. Perhaps FD will help. Irrespective of the outcome of that ticket, my guess is that you'll (a) never fly without adequate insurance again, (b) fly with shields moving forward, (c) reduce/eliminate use of docking computer and (d) never leave your ship unattended again - whilst moving or undocked. Even if the computer hadn't screwed up, chances are that a player could have boosted into you leaving the station, resulting in the same outcome. It's a costly mistake, but good learnings can come from it!

Also, if you need some financial help, I'm sure I can help a bit. Ping me in-game you'd like an indefinite and no term loan, I.e. FD won't help.

KellyR · Jul 9, 2015

Katkon said:
You could indeed raise a ticket and hope for the best. Perhaps FD will help. Irrespective of the outcome of that ticket, my guess is that you'll (a) never fly without adequate insurance again, (b) fly with shields moving forward, (c) reduce/eliminate use of docking computer and (d) never leave your ship unattended again - whilst moving or undocked. Even if the computer hadn't screwed up, chances are that a player could have boosted into you leaving the station, resulting in the same outcome. It's a costly mistake, but good learnings can come from it!

Also, if you need some financial help, I'm sure I can help a bit. Ping me in-game you'd like an indefinite and no term loan, I.e. FD won't help.

I think you are in the wrong thread. Sounds like someone lost their ship due to an accident. That's not what this thread is about.

IronGremlin · Jul 9, 2015

Katkon said:
You could indeed raise a ticket and hope for the best. Perhaps FD will help. Irrespective of the outcome of that ticket, my guess is that you'll (a) never fly without adequate insurance again, (b) fly with shields moving forward, (c) reduce/eliminate use of docking computer and (d) never leave your ship unattended again - whilst moving or undocked. Even if the computer hadn't screwed up, chances are that a player could have boosted into you leaving the station, resulting in the same outcome. It's a costly mistake, but good learnings can come from it!

Also, if you need some financial help, I'm sure I can help a bit. Ping me in-game you'd like an indefinite and no term loan, I.e. FD won't help.

Best post. ++

Chann3l · Jul 9, 2015

Katkon said:
You could indeed raise a ticket and hope for the best. Perhaps FD will help. Irrespective of the outcome of that ticket, my guess is that you'll (a) never fly without adequate insurance again, (b) fly with shields moving forward, (c) reduce/eliminate use of docking computer and (d) never leave your ship unattended again - whilst moving or undocked. Even if the computer hadn't screwed up, chances are that a player could have boosted into you leaving the station, resulting in the same outcome. It's a costly mistake, but good learnings can come from it!

Also, if you need some financial help, I'm sure I can help a bit. Ping me in-game you'd like an indefinite and no term loan, I.e. FD won't help.

Whoa I think this was meant for that other topic that was posted about the guy with the docking computer crashing.

Also your post is missing the obligitory "if you don't pay back the loan I'll have some pirates break your legs "

Lanz · Jul 9, 2015

I'm unscrupulous. If they offer a better deal or an easier way to make the money, I'll take it.

Or I might open fire on them. Depends on how they offer.

Aussiedroid · Jul 9, 2015

I was wondering about this sort of thing too. They say to follow their wake but I never have that scanner installed so just been ignoring them. Doesn't sound like I am missing too much, unless there are different scenarios/missions to find doing this?

Jesse Blue · Jul 9, 2015

You don't need the wake scanner, just disengage your FSD in the near vecinity of the wake cloud, like you for do unidentified signals, and the destination lock will take you to their position in real space.

Pew · Jul 9, 2015

I ran into a couple o these today meself, funny thing was, I had no contraband, no shoot em up missions, only a few tons of insignificant cargo I was running to fill time before me next allotment of PP goods.

bamber · Jul 9, 2015

KellyR said:
I'm delivering some contraband and I see an NPC say "You're a hard one to track down. Good job I found you." Then a few seconds later the same npc says "I'm about to drop down. Please follow me." Excuse me? Why would I want to drop and follow him? Maybe he wants me to not complete my contract to deliver this contraband and pay me more money for the contraband? Sorry, I don't work that way. I'll do anything for money except go back on my word to an employer. If I say I'll deliver such and such for x amount of credits, I'll do exactly that. And if someone wants those goods they can deal with the employer. I'm just the courier and I'm danged good at it. I start betraying employers and no one will hire me.

I've had this happen several times since I started taking contraband missions. I've even had it happen on a few assassination missions. Answer is always the same. No thanks. I've got a contract to complete. G'day.

Is this normal behavior on the part of the game to try to tempt me to betray my employer?

So you are a smuggler of contraband - ie your a drug mule, a slave exploiter or a gun runner - and your worried about the morality of the game trying to persuade you to betray your employer???
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Just wanted to check I was understanding it properly before I answer?

Snarfbuckle · Jul 9, 2015

I followed them ONCE and was told to go to the mission station as usual and dump the cargo in station and I would get paid.

Tried to finish the mission, could not deliver and no message showed up after dumping the cargo.

Damn NPC scammed me. After that I always honor a contract.