Robigo Passenger Missions Bugged?

[ZeroAi]

Been running passengers between Robigo and Sirius Atmospherics while I exercise in the morning for quite some time, but today 95% of the missions failed due to a ship scan :-(

Not sure why this has changed after not being an issue for well over a year (i.e. why Hauser's Reach security is again scanning their own illegal passengers), but I wanted to see if anyone else has had this issue crop up?

Sadly, there hasn't been enough legal passengers to avoid the illegal ones (another design decision?) but up till this morning I've made hundreds of these runs without ever being scanned, so I'm hoping this is a bug (just reported) and not by design as it's been nice making credits while exercising, without having to complicate things with silent running :-(

 

[CMDR John Luke Paperbone]

I used to do Robigo runs till next month. Most of the passengers were wanted. So to avoid failed missions I had to use silent running / heat sinks on station exit and when landing at the destination.

So what you describe looks like normal to me. Part of the high pay of these runs depends from the fact that the customers are wanted.

Learn to avoid being scanned, it’s not that hard.

 

[Cmdr Nemo]

I've got a Python with a load out conducive to only hauling passenger from Robigo Mines to Sirus Atmospherics and back. It is dry docked at Hauser until such time as I need addition funds. Though I've been interdicted a few times in the past two years, I've never ever been scanned at Robigo Mines. My wagon has 8 passenger cabins, 3 size 6 business, 2 size 5, 1 size 4 and 2 size 3 all eco's. I also have an advance auto docker, saves time so as to plot the next trip. I have no and never needed a shield generator. And with the assistance of a guardian fsd booster in addition to my own fsd engineered to g5 extended range. I do it in two jumps each way.

I believe utilizing the right ship, one can haul one additional cabin, but it has to be from Hauser. But the issue there is and always has been unless one is extremely lucky; Is the scan that can and do occur. There is one other station, a bit farther than Robigo Mines but the same size. Issue there is the constant interdiction that take place. Thus most experience player only utilze Robigo Mines.

 

[Cmd.Dispose]

Interesseting i will try it the next das and give you feedback.

 

[ZeroAi]

Maybe I did just get lucky 100+ times in a row?

One of the things I liked about not being scanned, or having all legal passengers, was it made doing the (time consuming and repetitive missions) easy enough to do while also running on my treadmill - add in silent running and popping heat sinks and it gets a little complicated to do while running at 6mph, at least for this old guy lol.

Oh well, with carriers being postponed there's no need to bank all those credits so I'll just find something else to do - can't bring myself to waste another 20-30 minutes for no gain...

I've got a Python with a load out conducive to only hauling passenger from Robigo Mines to Sirus Atmospherics and back. It is dry docked at Hauser until such time as I need addition funds. Though I've been interdicted a few times in the past two years, I've never ever been scanned at Robigo Mines. My wagon has 8 passenger cabins, 3 size 6 business, 2 size 5, 1 size 4 and 2 size 3 all eco's. I also have an advance auto docker, saves time so as to plot the next trip. I have no and never needed a shield generator. And with the assistance of a guardian fsd booster in addition to my own fsd engineered to g5 extended range. I do it in two jumps each way.

I believe utilizing the right ship, one can haul one additional cabin, but it has to be from Hauser. But the issue there is and always has been unless one is extremely lucky; Is the scan that can and do occur. There is one other station, a bit farther than Robigo Mines but the same size. Issue there is the constant interdiction that take place. Thus most experience player only utilze Robigo Mines.

I have a Beluga filled will all business cabins and was making between 18-20 million per run, while also running lol. The auto-launch and supercruise assist features were nice additions too.

Interesseting i will try it the next das and give you feedback.

Thanks!

 

[Cmd.Dispose]

Ok i tried it in the singelplayer mode, no scan(and i had a lot of seedy guys in my cabines) . But i have a good reputation to all fractions maybe this is the difference. Hope this help you, see you their commander.

 

[Speedcuffs]

A couple of weeks ago I was doing a lot of these, but there were very very few illegals. No interdictions, no scanning, nada.
Are these missions availability (criminals ) maybe affected by faction states?

NB: I always have heatsinks in case I'm carrying naughty/secretive people.

 

[JetsonRING]

Why Hauser's Reach? The money is to be made running passenger missions from Robigo Mines in a medium-landing-pad capable (Python) ship. I have earned over a billion in this fashion and have never once been scanned returning to Robigo Mines. More illegal passenger missions available too.

 

[Speedcuffs]

Why Hauser's Reach? The money is to be made running passenger missions from Robigo Mines in a medium-landing-pad capable (Python) ship. I have earned over a billion in this fashion and have never once been scanned returning to Robigo Mines. More illegal passenger missions available too.

This^^^^.
You will not make more money from a large ship at Hauser's Reach. I know, I tried it.
better missions, more missions to Sirius Atmospherics, less scans.
Get a jumpy Python.
It's great for some G5s too as a reward on missions.

Hauser's is also in a bad gravity well.

 

[Northpin]

Hauser's is also in a bad gravity well.

Yep, hate it for this reason.

@op - i got scanned at Robigo Mines and failed some 4 missions out of the 8 i had.
The NPC Bounty Hunter jumped right near the outpost (they must be using SuperCruise Assists) and scanned me while i was in the final stages of autodocking.
I let it run thinking i will dock before the scan finished, but no luck :/

The advantage of being scanned at Robigo is quite major: you only lose the mission paycheck.
If you get scanned at Hauser, you'll lose the ship too

 

[JetsonRING]

Not to mention the quite-a-bit longer SC running time to Hauser's as opposed to Robigo Mines. The Python will have to be fitted out for maximum jump if you want to make the trip in 2 jumps each way, I did it by under-sizing some modules and light-weighting others. I also made Sirius A5 (I think it is) and Robigo my first (top of list) bookmarks by adding a (1) and (2) to the beginning of their labels in the Galaxy Map. This way if interdicted (never happened) I can quickly select one or the other as a Hi-wake destination and get out of Dodge.
Pro tip: Buy a passenger cabin the same size as your fuel-scoop while in the bubble. When you reach RM have it transported, run a couple of missions while waiting for it to arrive and when it does, switch out your fuel scoop for the extra passenger cabin, just do not forget to buy fuel each lap. Also, leave all your passenger cabins stored at RM when finished as this will increase your jump-range on the trip back to the bubble as well as keep all the correct size and class of cabins available at RM anytime you want to drop by and earn some extra credits.