I must be doing something wrong searching

[Pembroke]

After spending multiple days trying to find these chemical distilleries, going to places where other people are finding them, and not even getting a single USS for over 2 hours at one point, I have to wonder if I am doing something WRONG or if I am simply not lucky. Can I get any suggestions on what I should do to maybe speed this up?

[bailablestone12]

Hello,

The way I got mine was going to an anarchy system and then interdict every type 6,7,9, keep back that showed up.

Don't worry about the bounties because in anarchy systems you don't get them for shooting other ships.

Hope it helps,

Bailablestone12

[Pembroke]

The way I got mine was going to an anarchy system and then interdict every type 6,7,9, keep back that showed up.

I tried that, when the count exceeded 60+ with no progress, I just decided to say screw that. I am really not that fond of combat

[Falcon_D]

Hello,
I believe I got mine the same way. Found myself in an anarchy system and just started blasting trade ships.
Seemed the most efficient way. I actually wasn't looking for them.

Have fun, fly safe. o7

[Loriath]

I went to the Nav Beacon and shot at Hauling Ships. Haulers, T679, Pythons etc..

For something so common, they sure are Rare. I now have 4. I need at least 9, preferably 12. I am not worrying about it so much at this point and just going on in the game and doing what I can.

[Cometborne]

Just checked my inventory, and the most common are indeed the most rare:
Chemical Distillery - 8
Chemical Manipulators - 19
Chemical Processor - 15

Almost all from encoded or degraded emissions USS, all USS encountered while cruising through random systems doing DSS of all bodies. Since exploration is the best way for me to relax after work and I can also sell the data at Farseer Inc. to level up, I am not complaining...

[Pembroke]

So is this just something I am going to have to keep doing for several days? seeing as I don't particularly LIKE combat, this isnt exactly something I want to spend a lot of time doing.

[Cometborne]

If you do not like combat, then stop shooting up transports, and try the exploration route. Get ADS and DSS, set your navigation panel to filter out asteroid belts, and when you jump into a system, honk it, and check your navigation for unknowns. If there are any, set a bug-out system, and start exploring the planets and moons until there are no unknowns left. If a USS shows up, check the type. If it is a distress call or weapons fire detected, ignore it. If it is a convoy dispersal pattern, enter and do passive scans of all ships. If you have a frame shift wake scanner, wait for the ships to jump out and scan their high wakes. And back into SC.

If it is an encoded or degraded signals USS, enter at throttle 0. If it is a rescue operation, scan the rescue ships and their high wakes, and also scoop any materials that might be around. If it just debris and cargo/materials, do not select anything, wait until the FSD cool-down is complete, then select something and keep an eye on the scanner. If a pirate NPC spawns (which is very rare for me), bug out. If no pirate NPC spawns, scoop all micro-materials, ignore the cargo canisters.

If you get a message about another new USS while approaching one, entering the second one seems to give better results, but I do not have hard numbers. If you are unsure, toss a coin

Lather, rinse, repeat. It is a game of chances and patience, but since it is just an add-on to my main purpose of "relaxation by exploration", I do not have a problem with pulling the lever on the slot machine over and over again.

[Pembroke]

stuff

I mean, Yes, I can go about things and just ignore it, but given flat out trying for DAYS to get the materials I need for this FSD mod, and never found them, it could quite honestly be months before I ever get what I need if I simply "go with what the game hands me" Truth be told, I have found MAYBE 3 USSes in the last 3 hours of play. 2 of them were degraded emissions, both of which were containers of bio waste floating in space. the other was an encoded emissions that had nothing but 3 shield emitters in it. This has been the pattern of luck for USSes period. I can keep exploring, sure, but if I do that, why even bother with engineers crap I am never going to get anyway?

[Cometborne]

I have found MAYBE 3 USSes in the last 3 hours of play.

I had six in the last 30 minutes, two of them appeared when the countdown timer was already running. And inside the bubble, that is an about average rate for me.