I tried a couple of the "Disable Megaship Turrets" missions today. I've never tried them before.
I had fun, but they are a bit buggy, and there are some gotchas. They have a lot of promise, but they need a bit of developer TLC.
The first one I tried required me to disable 1 turret on an Alcatraz Class Reformery megaship.
I got to the place, scanned the ship with my datalink scanner, and that revealed the turrets as targets. I targeted one of the turrets, and scanned it with my datalink scanner.
At that point ships jumped in looking for the 'hostile intruder.' I was not yet wanted, though. After scanning the turret, a Power Generator became targetable. It was odd because it had no angle brackets on it when selected, but I was able to shoot at it and it blew up, completing the mission.
I now was surrounded by hostile ships, some of which were shooting at me. But a combat scenario had also kicked off, with a bunch of pirate types wanting to perform a heist, and a bunch of federal navy ships wanting to prevent it. I could join either side. The pirates were of the same faction that sent me to the megaship in the first place, but I wasn't forced to support them.
I decided to join the pirates and see what happened. They welcomed me to the fight and told me that my job was to blow the cargo hatch so they could take all the loot. So, that was that. I did not bring any hatchbreaker limpets. So I just flew off and returned to the issuing station, got paid, and got my small bounty removed.
That was all pretty cool, I thought, and more involved than I expected. So I tried another one (and I brought hatchbreakers just in case). This one required me to disable 5 turrets instead of just 1. I was unable to complete this one. There were too many ships shooting at me after the first turret was scanned, and they were elite Federal Navy ships so pretty well armed. My shields are good, but not good enough to keep me alive for 5 turrets worth of scanning!
I tried scanning one, running away, jumping out and back in, but that resets the entire thing. Perhaps it could be done with a very stealthy ship.
Anyway, if I do more of these I will choose the 1-turret missions only