I got a mission with a 3hr and 4min timer (might have been 3hr and 40min... my brain is a bit mushy right now due to what follows) to go kill 2 (two) smugglers in a system one jump away. So I jumped there and looked for USS. I must have investigated at least one USS every 6 to 8 minutes if not much more - I didn't have a problem with them spawning, just that only 1 (one) had a ship with contraband on it. 1 USS, 1 hauler, 1 smuggler total. So I failed mission. This is what I did...
1) looked at nav point, and both ports in the system
2) cargo scanned NPC for illegal goods
3) shot the single 1 (one) found in 3+ hours of looking
Did I do something wrong? Should I have not went for USS? I just wasted 3 hours doing this... in fact, due to the incredible rep penalty for failing a mission, I actually worse-than-wasted 3 hours.
1) looked at nav point, and both ports in the system
2) cargo scanned NPC for illegal goods
3) shot the single 1 (one) found in 3+ hours of looking
Did I do something wrong? Should I have not went for USS? I just wasted 3 hours doing this... in fact, due to the incredible rep penalty for failing a mission, I actually worse-than-wasted 3 hours.