Question about BGS, scenarios and other status shizz

[Muzz UK]

So the new BGS stuff and scenarios.

I understand there are blue mission signal sources and normal signal sources. I understand there are new mega ships and installations too! My thoughts were blue ones were always scenarios and normal ones had a random chance and megaships activated upon scan.

We have 3-4 new nav places in my home system however they don't seem to do a lot. I have gone into the new cockpit mode and scanned several with the new scanners. Nothing happens bar a list of targets being brought up... cargo bay, power nodes and engines etc. There's also a ground base listed under my faction as an area to attack and a megaship to defend. Upon going to the ground base all you get is a few poxy turrets and a trespass warning... do I need to go in my SRV perhaps? what about the space base/installation... I've scanned it, jumped out and back in many times nothing triggers or happens.

I was led to believe that scenarios weren't just in signal sources.

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[Muzz UK]

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[Aashenfox]

OK, missions that provide blue signal sources are those that name a target system. Covers mission types such as Assassination, massacre, black box, those types where you have to go 'somewhere' and do 'something'. When you drop in at nav or locate the USS with FSS, you get a permanent blue USS until the mission is complete.

There are other random blue mission USSes that pop up in certain systems (there's always one in EZ Aquarii if you want to have a look at this, it pops up 'mission objective detected' voice warning as soon as you drop in) regardless of whether or not you have a mission at the time, these are those random trader missions.

The scenarios you describe are indeed tied to the new assets in the system. We have 3 new ones in EZ Aquarii as well, some hacienda, a big fusion installation and something else I can't remember. I flew to the Hacienda on the first day and saw what you saw, some stuff to scan and what-not. Didn't want to get in trouble so left. Later in the week I decided to go visit this 'fusion' installation or whatever its called. Again I see a very cool sprawling installation with not much around except some tourist ships (a beluga and a couple of dolphins), so I was just doing a few boost turns and admiring the architecture, when suddenly it popped up!

A scenario had started, I was commed that there are incoming enemies and did I want to help or was I with them? I said I wanted to help defend the installation! Then the whole world came down on me, about 7 ships spawned, 2 immediately started attacking the capacitors of the installation ad I was told to stop them, but the other 5 were already shooting me, so I had to take out a few of those first. 10 minutes later or so, with about 85 % hull left and my shields at half health, I breathed a sigh of relief...it's over, I must have won! NOPE!

In dropped 6 MORE ships, repeat. Then a final wave of 4, and we were done. 60% hull, no chaff, almost no ammo left, but WOW, that was INTENSE! And FUN!

So, long story short, go there, hang around 10 minutes. If nothing happens, try again another day. That's it, no trick, it happens or it doesn't