Is this a bug or am I doing something wrong?

Flying Scorpion

Flying Scorpion
Update: it's a bug! I reported it here: https://issues.frontierstore.net/issue-detail/23548


So I got a mission to assassinate a target:
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Originally I was supposed to scan a nav beacon but after scanning it, I got this message:
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So I travelled to Kineale Stop + and attempted to perform the next step of the mission 3 times. At this point, I'm not sure if the mission is bugged or if I am doing something wrong.
Here's a screenshot of me scanning the 3rd beacon, for the third time after logging in and out, leaving the planet, coming back, etc:
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Here's the message I receive:
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Nothing I seem to do will update the mission or give me coordinates for the assassination target.
I won't post any further screenshots, instead here's a video of me going through the entire process:
Youtube video link

In addition to scanning these beacons, I tried scanning the hub access terminal, the operations terminal (which makes security go hostile), and blowing up the emplacement power grid.

So am I doing something wrong or is this mission bugged?
 
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PiperFurri

PiperFurri
Though I've never attempted one myself, I've read that wetwork missions are bit of a mess. I almost ran one last night, and decided to look up information about the mission type before accepting it. And basically what I read is what you've posted. Unfortunately I don't have any solutions for you, but I hope you manage to get it sorted without having to abandon the mission.
 

thistle

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I would check the system map/left panel and see if a mission target has appeared around a body in the system since the scans? Otherwise not sure.
 

Just Paul

Just Paul
You scanning the wrong beacons. Once you inside 3km to the settlement with your ship, the right beacon should show up in your contact in the left hand panel. The 3 beacons you scan within a time limit give you scan data but don't complete the missions.

The right one looks like this:
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Flying Scorpion

Flying Scorpion
thistle said:
I would check the system map/left panel and see if a mission target has appeared around a body in the system since the scans? Otherwise not sure.
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I might go back but for my own sanity I'm taking a break from this mission. I just found out that you only need to be friendly with the party of Yoru to get an invitation for the shotgun engineer. I'll post a link to another video I recorded before my break from Elite 3 years ago that illustrates the same problem: a planetary outpost mission that I (and several commentators) were not able to finish:
Source: https://youtu.be/mj6W1JwQ3gQ


I'll check the bug reports section for Fdev and see if this is listed there.
 

Flying Scorpion

Flying Scorpion
Paul Smith the 3rd said:
You scanning the wrong beacons. Once you inside 3km to the settlement with your ship, the right beacon should show up in your contact in the left hand panel. The 3 beacons you scan within a time limit give you scan data but don't complete the missions.

The right one looks like this:
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Oh the hub access terminal? I tried that.
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I also tried the operations terminal, which made the security go hostile:

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There's a chance that there's a third thing to scan, I might go back and try again but for now I'm taking a break.
 

sidereal6

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When I've done these missions, the thing I'm supposed to scan showed up in my contacts window while I was still in my ship and a lot farther away from the base than anything else would show up. I scanned the beacon with the ship, not an SRV.

Maybe some bases are bugged and the special beacon doesn't spawn
 

CMDR Cknarf

CMDR Cknarf
Any time you take a mission from the board that has an image of a planet+light breaking on the horizon, it involves activites on a planet's surface.

Avoid assassination missions with that logo, or else you'll have to go jerk around on a planet before bagging your bounty.
 

Just Paul

Just Paul
Flying Scorpion said:
Oh the hub access terminal? I tried that.
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I also tried the operations terminal, which made the security go hostile:

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There's a chance that there's a third thing to scan, I might go back and try again but for now I'm taking a break.
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One like that. Check in the left side contacts panel once you closer than 3km. Only the right one should show up there. You can scan them from the ship if you are closer than 100m. Scanner bound to a fire group, weapons deployed, and you need to be in analyze mode for it to work. Much easier and faster than running around in the SRV.
 

Just Paul

Just Paul
The bug that the beacon doesn't show up in the left side panel is with +++ and generator missions. Never had an issue with wetwork mission, but I also don't use an SRV. Time is precious.
 

Flying Scorpion

Flying Scorpion
Paul Smith the 3rd said:
The bug that the beacon doesn't show up in the left side panel is with +++ and generator missions. Never had an issue with wetwork mission, but I also don't use an SRV. Time is precious.
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I'll try going back and scanning it without SRV.

update I tried it, that didn't work. I'm going to try another solution now. In one of the previous bug reports, someone said that they fixed it by finding the target in space and scanning a nav beacon there?
 
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