Samantha Moore wrote:Much appreciated, thank you
You are welcome.
I have found recently that the NPC changes mean I am constantly persued by Elite Anacondas after my cargo, as most CMDRs seem to report at the moment, hence our need to jump quickly when I dropped into your wake and another magically spawned right next to us.
Would not have been so bad if I had not already faught one on the way to you.
That one managed to damage multiple modules while my shields were still up (rails I suspect) and damaged the cargo hatch, losing some items.
May be an idea to unlock engineers as you get the items, you never know what the future may hold. Those with requirements of multiple items you can return to time and again, minimising the time/amounts you need to carry the cargo and remain a pirate target.
As always, every CMDR is free to blaze their own trails.
Anyone else wanting a meta-alloy for unlocking an engineer, I still have 25 left, and at some time FD will stop selling them at Darniells, as it was only a temporary measure until they fixed the barnacles, which are also now rarer to find intact and without defences as well.