In a fit of foolish bravado, I took a couple of missions with the same destination.
- 1: Find damaged escape capsule in Tiveorso within 17 hrs 51 mins.
- 2: Deliver special computers to a ship in Tiveorso within 17 hrs 51 mins.
The description for '1' hinted that the capsule would be found "somewhere behind the witchpoint from the star"
The description for '2' gave no clue about who/where/what other than target system.
Computer delivery
We have a vessel currently in the Tiveorso system, awaiting the delivery of some specialised computer equipment. However, because of the nature of these computers, and their intended purpose, you cannot dock at any GalCop-aligned station while you have them on board. If you do, the computers will be discovered and confiscated, and the assignment will be terminated.
I went directly there, flew away from the star with the witchpoint at its centre, and scooped up the capsule. Mission status changed as expected. Flew around a while looking for any lone ship, keeping an eye on the comms MFD for any change per-target, on the telescope for any oddly named ships, flipped my compass around a few times, shrugged, left the Ooniverse for the night and went to the pub.
Today, I re-immersed. Went to the target system. As I arrived at the witchpoint, my scanner was infested with red targets, a load of miscreants with ill-intent. 26 kills in, and three derelicts ripped apart on my towbar, I set course away from the star.
During the battle, some on-screen toasts had counted down the life expectancy of the capsules' unfortunate occupant. On approach, the on-screen info was that it was an escape capsule with no life signs (1t machinery). I still had over an hour of mission time left so thought that a bit odd. The capsule was scooped as a ton of machinery, and importantly, mission status did not change. I flew around the system a while looking for the computer customer, again to no avail. On return to the originating station, the mission status for the computer mission was cleared on entry, the escape capsule mission was still on the list, status showed as:-
No time - mission time expired!
** Close to expiry warning
That second line is a bit bizarre.
Summary
The escape capsule mission has some borken-ness in-flight if you leave it too long, without f5 updates, and some odd status on return.
The computer delivery mission seems impossible, as there's no clue how to find or identify the target ship.
I have saves of before departure, in flight a while after scooping the lifeless escape capsule, and just after return to station if you want them.
