Tactical advice for interact with comms array and massive trespass zone

[Angus]

Hi,
For no particular reason, I'm trying to obyain a permit to the Crom system - this requires becoming allied with the local naughty boys. I've been doing missions for them and slowly working my way towards alllied, but then I got a mission "interact with comms array". I'd done a couple of similar missions with a little drama but nothing too bad, but when I arrived on the planet I found the trespass zone extended (as far as I could tell) around 2 km from the comms array, and this was not restricted to my ship, my SRV was affected as well.

Well, I found some lowish ground approaching the base and thought I'd try and make a run for the comms array, and then find some cover once amongst the buildings.

Bad plan - I probably got about 300 metres before my SRV was blown apart. I'd placed my Cobra in some low ground, but that was also coming under fire and was destroyed as I boosted away from the base. No complaints - it was great, but I don't want to carpet bomb my way into the base, for one thing its Federal - and so am I - and I've not come up against such an extensive trespass zone before, are there stealthy tactics I could employ to get to the comms array?


Thanks for your thoughts,

 

[Stealthie]

My advice: remember that you always have the option to abandon a mission.

I had a similar thing; a mission to sabotage a generator at an outpost that turned out to be high-security with missile-firing skimmers and energy-barriers blocking my way to the objective.
Lost both my SRVs, then I lost the plot and decided to just attack the base in my ship.
And then I almost lost my ship and decided to bin the mission.

 

[goemon]

i don't think you have good chance to sneak into the station, so if you don't want to take out the defenses (with dumbfires, mines and/or fixed beams for exampel), before getting into the srv, you'll have to abandon the mission. it's a criminal faction you are working for - are you sure you want that?

 

[Angus]

I'm sure that's good advice guys. Without going to war, I don't think I can do the mission - but I'll let it lapse, it has a 6 day timer - and hopefully I'll be allied by then without taking the negative rep.


Yes, I'm a bit uncomforatble working with this dross, but its a means to an end, and there's a line I won't cross.