What are you doing (ingame) now?

[Flip]

I suspect it wasn't a USS (unidentified signal source) but a SSS (strong signal source).

[clivewil]

remember that Weak Signal Sources now also contain ships very frequently - a typical scenario is a single Sidewinder, who has 2 friends in Vipers that drop in once the Sidewinder is dead. a couple of those, and there's your 6 pirates accounted for

i realise it isn't as challenging as a SSS, but for me anyway when i'm doing pirate-kill missions i just want to meet the numbers and satisfy the mission requirement as quick as possible. there's plenty of challenge on tap at conflict zones

[TorTorden]

Picked up a "kill 6 pirates" mission from my home system just to try my new Python in combat. Pulled a few imperial couriers out of supercruise and killed them under a few seconds. Just as I was about to scan for more wanted ships, a USS spawned and I decided to drop into it...

Now, this has to be the game's way of replying to my nagging about bad spawns the other day... but when i dropped into that USS I immediately froze. There was 3 Anacondas and 2 Pythons EACH with 2 Vultures in their wing.

I've never pressed the FSD charge button faster in my life

Oh... did i mention all of them were deadly/elite?

I got pulled out of cruise by a deadly conda last night, hauling 208 t of imperial slaves as well,
Donna showed me what kind of lady she was and just before I lost my last shield ring he went poof

I'm starting to feel as if FD has a few buttons somewhere, one marked "Fuck them all", and another marked "Bore them to death".

I suspect it wasn't a USS (unidentified signal source) but a SSS (strong signal source).

That was my first thought as well, but this game is doing some weird shit, honestly I think the servers are alternating between maryjane and meth at this point..

[Trinity Star]

Yes that would be SSS, these are designed for wings, going into one alone and trying to take them on is suicide.

Apart from the usual collection of wanted/system authority ships your find there are a few common USS scenarios we have found that are good for completing pirate missions:

1. Lone sidewinder which attacks you almost instantly, kill this and 2 vipers or 2 vipers and an Eagle will appear (does not work if wingman is still present when sidewinder dies) can be a tough fight even in Vulture when they are deadly ranked and you are alone.

2. Military T9 escorted by Anacondas, wait around a bit and a wanted Vulture with a collection of sideys and eagles will appear.

3. Wanted Anaconda with 2/3 system authority Anacondas.

4. T9 being attacked my a wing of Sideys, at some point a clean Fer de lance and escort will arrive to defend the T9 and the remaining sideys will start to run.

The easiest way to complete a pirate mission is to drop into a RES, if the the system has one.

[robfm81]

Didn't realise res sites had these in. Do they show up as mission targets or do you just need to get lucky?

[Trinity Star]

Every wanted ship in a RES will show as a mission target or if you are being evil and killing civilian ships the clean ships will show as mission targets.

[robfm81]

finally worked out how to set my INARA sig... yey

[Skipp]

That

[robfm81]

nice

[Trinity Star]

Made 11m on missions and got to Ensign in the Federal Navy.