Newcomer / Intro Known Terrorist mission

[Ananym]

Booted up the game after however many years.

Picked up this mission:

Thinking this was a ship combat mission, I took my vulture to the destination in question, approached the beacon...
I ended up getting a bounty just for being near the beacon and gave up - guessing I needed permissions from something first?
But all the same I couldn't figure out how to interact with the terminal - do I really need to bring a ship with an srv for this mission?

 

[the100thmonkey]

You need to get your ship very close to the terminal, target it and scan it with the data link scanner.

You will then get a mission update redirecting you to the system where you can find the target. When you arrive, you use the FSS to find the signal source.

 

[Ashnak]

And regarding those bounties/fines: at least a couple of updates ago, it still worked like this:

the terminals are (usually) in the no trespassing zone of the settlement. When you enter the zone, you get a popup and a timer starts. Of you're still inside the zone when the timer expires, you're hit with the fine and the station alert goes off. It is possible to get in, scan and get out again without exceeding that timer, but it's very tight.

It's the same gameplay as those illegal "scan a base" missions you can get for a lot of money once your ranking with the local faction is good enough. Just keep the local IF in your favourite list and treat it as business expense.