"Kill pirates" mission problems

CMDR ZerØ

C
So I picked up a mission to kill 3 pirates in the Frigaha system. I figured it would be easy in my viper - I've done a couple of these missions before. So, I jumped to the correct system, found a wanted ship in the "purple pirates" faction, pulled him out of SC and destroyed him. Now, the times I've done these missions in the past, I seem to remember that on the mission screen on the left panel, it added a "targets destroyed" field with the number I'd killed. This didn't appear. So, I went back into SC, found another pirate, repeated the process - no targets destroyed.

After this, I had the usual USS with the guy telling me not to kill pirates, etc, so I took note of his faction. I found a couple of wanted ships in that faction, but destroying them did nothing for the mission. I've tried both interdicting ships and dropping at USS's, with no results.

Am I being dumb and missing something, or is this a bug?
 

StephenB

StephenB
It sounds like a bug. Is it an anarchy system? Try Kill warrant scanning them to see if it makes a difference.

Unless you made a mistake with your 'system' or 'target type', which you say you checked so I have no clue.
 

Sugarat

Sugarat
CMDR ZerØ said:
So I picked up a mission to kill 3 pirates in the Frigaha system. I figured it would be easy in my viper - I've done a couple of these missions before. So, I jumped to the correct system, found a wanted ship in the "purple pirates" faction, pulled him out of SC and destroyed him. Now, the times I've done these missions in the past, I seem to remember that on the mission screen on the left panel, it added a "targets destroyed" field with the number I'd killed. This didn't appear. So, I went back into SC, found another pirate, repeated the process - no targets destroyed.

After this, I had the usual USS with the guy telling me not to kill pirates, etc, so I took note of his faction. I found a couple of wanted ships in that faction, but destroying them did nothing for the mission. I've tried both interdicting ships and dropping at USS's, with no results.

Am I being dumb and missing something, or is this a bug?
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Don't think interdicting them works. Think it has to be USS, Nav beacons or Resource areas. Personally I never drop into USS's for these missions, it's quicker and easier to just hang around the relevant Nav beacon.
 

Cat_Astrophe

Cat_Astrophe
Pay close attention to whether the "new proposition" they gave you not to kill pirates mentions any other systems. If it does, try a couple USS in the systems they mention and see if it starts crediting kills. That will probably work. It's really easy to miss when this happens if you aren't paying close attention.
 

CMDR ZerØ

C
Yeah, I think that was the issue. I dropped into the nav beacon, and within my first 3 kills had completed the mission. Thanks for the help :p
 
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