I came to the forum to warn players not to take the missions, they don’t seem possible to complete.
My first attempt I died before leaving the station (made a ticket about it), the second attempt I got in the system and the canopy collapsed making the mission impossible to complete.
At first, I thought the fines were a fluke, 13,093,632 for the first, and 17,206,080 for the second (30,299,712 credits). Which is more that the credits I have available. I can only be thankful that my rebuy cost was 2mil each time and the second fine is not immediately payable (unless I die again), then I won't be able to buy my ship back.
They made these actual missions? Awesome!
Also, rookie
No, seriously, not a troll. This one reason why one of the recent CGs should've been *only* for the corrosive thargoid materials, get people used to hauling this stuff. I've seen lots of people RE: the research probes go "Oh, make sure you have the corrosive cargo racks!,,, for 1t???
My PB is about 50t shipped about 300LY. Also, fines? Meh, just don't get scanned, and if you do, just make sure to not die and spawn at a station owned by that faction. The upper limit on that v50t is the loading time. You can only do these 2t at a time and it can take a while, so your ship gets corroded increasingly in that time.
Just so this doesn't feel like a troll... here's some tips for smuggling large quantities without CRCRs.
1. Class A life support.
2. Fuel Tanks, not Fuel Scoops. You can get big range with these, and you must jump instantly to your next system to avoid a pulse, if your route is multihop.
3. Watch for cargo hatch failure. If that happens, emergency drop out of supercruise to avoid a cargo spill.
4. When you get to the station, fly fast. You dont want these spilling inside the station
5. Fit out every availabe slot. This gives the corrosion something else to target.
6. Any more than 16 instapop your canopy, more than 20 to 100% your cargo hold, though less may still cause failure.
People made it though, it is certainly possible. But unlike most missions, this one is actually difficult.
Yup. This is why I've wanted a CG just for this stuff, and have also craved missions to haul corrosive stuff. It's difficult, it's challenging, it's fun, and it's much, much more interesting than the usual "pickup at A, drop off at B point and click adventure". People claimed hauling the vanilla goods was for RP or non-horizons participation, but the two activities are barely comparable, even if you take out the salvaging component.
