Horizons Scaning Comms Array at Gordon Keep for Assassination Missions

[potatori]

Hi all,

I am at Sol system (Daedalus) where I am based and I use this as my base for missions and Federation progression (maybe by spring 2018 I will get that Corvette ).

I am now in a good position where I get some highly-rewarding missions and so things are good.

In this context I also get those Assassination missions (at hefty minimum 2.5 million, sometimes going up to 4 mill!!) where I need to scan Comms Array (actually it says Beacon) Gordon Keep which is a medium security outpost but what med security there is!

Anyway, I fly there but it is nigh on impossible to get to the array as it shows this "inactive"! But I do not see any other terminals at or in the periphery of this installation which does not classify (from the looks of it) as one of the usual three installations (research, industrial, exploration) that are available in the Engineering runs for MEF or other data. Therefore, I do not see where and how I can make this Comms Array Active, let alone scan it though I did find a way to get me close enough should this ever become Active.

Has anyone come across this installation and has any wisdom to offer? I must have 'burned' about 8 SRVs so far

These are pretty good missions and reasonably easy once one gets past the scanning bit.

Many thanks!

 

[CMDR RobedDude]

I’ve been going for the same kind of assassination missions from Abe Lincoln when they come up. Only doable way I’ve figured out so far is to park the ship just outside the perimeter about 1.75km away on the south side of the east end of the base, where the elevated comms tower is. Then in the SRV I put full pips into the engine and the remainder into sys. I go in towards the elevated tower at full clip and hope there’s a little bump in the road I can use as a springboard for when I hit the boosters so I can land on top of the structure where the tower is sitting, and it usually takes at least the whole bar of boost to get up there. I make sure to hit the hand brake if it looks like I’m gonna make it so I can stick the landing without flying off the opposite side. If all went well so far, I go to turret view, scan the comms tower, unbrake and PDQ (you will have gotten a bounty by now even though it’s a “public” tower). Can usually make it back to the ship ok but not the end of the world if you get blown up in the SRV on the way out. Good luck, hope it helps