USS in Barren Systems

Thisdale · Feb 19, 2015

Hey guys,

It's been a few times now, that i get "kill pirates" missions that lead me to a completely Barren System (like a Star, and that's it). These systems spawn nearly no USS at all.

Anyone else having the worst of luck finding USS in those systems?

Yesterday i had 4 hours to kill 5 pirates... found 3 USS in nearly 20 minutes.
No pirates.
Was with a few other Cmdrs and we were all on the same boat... looking and looking and not finding much.

Spiced things up with Low speed, High speed, going around the star, near beacon... i tried everything.

Ended up going to bed a while after that. Cancelled the mission.

Elan · Feb 19, 2015

Answer: Don't accept missions to empty systems.

RingoD123 · Feb 19, 2015

Just point towards any star or planet in the system and sit at the slowest SC speed (30km/s). Anywhere between every 10 seconds to 2 minutes you will get a USS spawn in right near you that is already at safe dropout distance and speed.
This works anywhere and is one of the reasons a lot of people hate the USS points, they completely kill the impression of a persistant universe.

Mohrgan · Feb 19, 2015

I have found myself in that position many times OP. Generally you just have to stick it out. I have never had the timer run out on a mission like that before I completed it. Endeavor to persevere.

Flavourless · Feb 19, 2015

"We thought about it for a long time, "Endeavor to persevere." And when we had thought about it long enough, we declared war on the Alliance (Union)."

Mohrgan · Feb 19, 2015

Don't forget to spit on the scorpion.

Thisdale · Feb 19, 2015

RingoD123 said:
Just point towards any star or planet in the system and sit at the slowest SC speed (30km/s). Anywhere between every 10 seconds to 2 minutes you will get a USS spawn in right near you that is already at safe dropout distance and speed.
This works anywhere and is one of the reasons a lot of people hate the USS points, they completely kill the impression of a persistant universe.

I always do that.
In Barren Systems recently, it doesn't seem to work. We're talking 20 minutes with no hits.

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Flavourless said:
"We thought about it for a long time, "Endeavor to persevere." And when we had thought about it long enough, we declared war on the Alliance (Union)."

LOL
good one. +rep

Garagiste · Feb 19, 2015

Are you flying with your left pane open? That way you can hook them if they spawn outside your field of vision, rarely have a long wait myself.

Thisdale · Feb 19, 2015

As i mentionned in the OP, no USS spawned. Slow Speed, Fast Speed, Left Panel and such. They just weren't any.

Cruis.In · Feb 19, 2015

I experience the same thing, what I've found is that actually targeting the star and keeping it targeted as I fly made them pop faster.

jadefriendly · Feb 19, 2015

I try not to take those missions, learnt that early on with 'collect black box' missions...

Flector · Feb 19, 2015

I have the same problems with getting USS's to spawn in uninhabited systems.
I advise you to never take those kind of missions for populationless or unexplored systems.