Double Trouble
27 Apr 2024Castorhill
This happened to me just yesterday... I was doing a Settlement Raid, and shared the mission with my friend Lynn, to double the material pay-out. As we depart (in the same ship) I get the warning that the settlement knows that we're coming. That means that we'll be attacked if we get too close in a ship or SRV.
So we land just over 5km out and hike in. It's a long way, and we stop on the brow of a hill to observe the settlement, with its Goliath drone floating around above it, and a pair of ships circling higher above (I took a snap for the album, check the gallery).
I go do all the killing, steal the Power regulator, while Lynn just loots the place for all she can carry.
Now it's time to leave, but there's hostile ships circling over head, so we hike back out to 5km before calling the Adder back from orbit...
As my ship came in to land, it got lit up by the hostile ships, and I was too slow with telling it to retreat. It got blown to bits!
Now we have to get separate Apex shuttles, but not yet. First we hike out another 3km to 8km from the settlement.
Lynn gets the first shuttle, and doesn't get any heat from the defending ships, but Lynn never did any of the shooting. She is away back to the station, and safety.
Now it's my turn...
The Apex lands without incident, and I get on board, and we take off without any drama. Just then, the shields start dropping, and we're under attack! Luckily we get into super-cruise before the shields fail, and catch up with Lynn back at the orbital station.
This is where the fun begins...
I can't turn in the mission.
The terminal on the concourse indicates that I have a completed mission, but won't move on to the next screen.
Maybe I need my ship back? I go to Inter-Astra and pay the rebuy, then go to the elevators. No ship.
Back at the Inter-Astra desk, and it appears that my Adder is 'in-transit'?!?
Why does a destroyed ship need bringing to this station before they can give me my new one? The lass behind the desk has no answers.
Anyway, once it arrives, I get in and try again to hand in the mission. It still won't let me.
Then I go to get out of the ship again...
Soft-locked!!
Restart the game, and (naturally) Lynn has dropped from the team, and can't claim the mission rewards. All the extra effort for nothing!