Newcomer / Intro Mission smuggling liquor

[1xok]

I have a mission where I am supposed to procure smuggled liquor. When I fly to the missions signal (shown in blue), there is only one ship (a type 9) of the faction that does nothing. This ship doesn't even fly around. What should I do with it? I shot the ship down once, but only received a penalty for it. Nevertheless, the mission continues. But only this ship keeps appearing and I have no idea what to do.

Do I have to get the smuggled booze out of the ship somehow? How does that work? Is there anything I can do to get the cargo from a foreign ship without destroying it?

 

[CMDR Jago Kain]

Hatch-breaker limpets are what you need. Some collector limpets to gather the spilled cargo will also be useful.

 

[1xok]

Hatch-breaker limpets are what you need. Some collector limpets to gather the spilled cargo will also be useful.

Thank you very much! I will try that.

 

[Blaggerdy]

A Type 9 that does nothing is often the origin of such missions, particularly if named "Ariel" and when targeted from supercruise shows as mission trade beacon or similar. Are you sure you didn't receive the mission from them, and you need to buy liquor from somewhere else and deliver to the station that Ariel said wanted it?

 

[Para Handy]

You might need a manifest scanner - I have not done this in a VERY long time but I remember having to be able to scan the T-9 to see what it had before I could interact with it.