Newcomer / Intro Missing Mission Destination?

[Feelix]

OK I'm a noob, nuf said. I have been doing trade missions and have made it to 'dealer' and now I get missions with no findable destination.
I'm in the correct system but cannot see the proper place that the mission requires.
What am a noobing wrong???!!![blah]

 

[Gator Country]

OK I'm a noob, nuf said. I have been doing trade missions and have made it to 'dealer' and now I get missions with no findable destination.
I'm in the correct system but cannot see the proper place that the mission requires.
What am a noobing wrong???!!![blah]

Are you checking the system before you accept the mission to see if there is any system data in your ship's computer? If there isn't you have three choices -

1. Purchase the data if it's available (the button next to the system data one in the galaxy map).
2. Scan the nav beacon when you drop into the system to acquire the data (these are located near the star and usually show up in Contacts when you drop in; you have to drop out of SC, get within range and target it to scan it. There can be a lot of traffic at these - ships with bounties and bounty hunters/pirates, so be ready to scan and run, or fight).
3. Look for the station by honking the system (note - this is only going to work well if you have the Advanced Discovery Scanner. The Basic Discovery Scanner will only find it if it's within 500 ls of your current position).

 

[Chris Simon]

Exactly that ^^

I'd just add a couple of things to make it really clear.
Regarding the
1) You can only purchase data for said system in another system within 20LY radius (well, sphere, really)
2) Be careful at Nav beacons and don't linger. Even at normal ones you can run into a pirate, and if you, by accident, drop into a compromised one with your hold full of cargo, you may find yourself in a very sweat-inducing situation. (and not because of the star's proximity)