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#4226326 - 02/07/16 11:33 AM Arrgh...failed my first Shadow Deliveries.  
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And, of course, in the middle of a big, fat, payout at an outpost taking two deliveries for about 9 million.
Here with a warning though reversing something I posted here earlier.

Now granted this situation was probably 1 in a 1000 but one of my basic premises about these mission types was flawed.
Got a message, just prior to dropping out of SC at my destination, that system security was interested in my ship. A second or two later I drop and a police ship turns up nearby also. Interestingly system security (2 of them) also started attacking the outpost in their FAS's - another oddity - and I think their attack started right after I was scanned by them failing all remaining missions.

If I was smart as soon as I saw the police around I should have left the area, jumped to my other delivery or whatever, but at this point I was quite cocky having done so many successfully.

Anyway the warning and correction: Apparently my previous escapes from active scans were pure luck. I stated here that when scanned just deploying a hardpoint, even if it contains just an ADS, breaks the scan. This appears incorrect and it did not work in the above scenario.
It looks like young Cmdr Ice may be correct. You either need a weapon on the hardpoint OR the scanning ship needs to be targeted OR both.
You have been warned. There is also a very slim chance that I "fat fingered" my ADS deployment but I don't think so.

#4226332 - 02/07/16 11:47 AM Re: Arrgh...failed my first Shadow Deliveries. [Re: DukeIronHand]  
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I thought your new paintjob was probably a bit flash for smuggling wink

#4226337 - 02/07/16 11:58 AM Re: Arrgh...failed my first Shadow Deliveries. [Re: DukeIronHand]  
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You may be right sir!
It gave me the look of a street pimp and attracted police attention - in FAS's too!
At a minimum it looks like a "bad luck" paint job.

#4226349 - 02/07/16 01:02 PM Re: Arrgh...failed my first Shadow Deliveries. [Re: DukeIronHand]  
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Oh. Forgot to mention that my fine for the three failed missions was 88,000 credits but I turned around and sold the refugees for 330,000 credits.
So failure does pay...or more properly...it doesn't hurt as bad in the ED 'verse.

#4226479 - 02/07/16 07:30 PM Re: Arrgh...failed my first Shadow Deliveries. [Re: DukeIronHand]  
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Told ya!

Also, would you mind putting all this info on the Shadow Deliveries thread? You mentioned your "ADS trick" there a couple of times and it would be nice if you added this "new information" and to keep info a bit centralized. Thank you for your cooperation, Commander! biggrin


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#4226496 - 02/07/16 08:20 PM Re: Arrgh...failed my first Shadow Deliveries. [Re: DukeIronHand]  
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Oi!

EDIT: All done though I suspect you just wanted to read me saying you "may" be right twice!
Hehe...

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#4226549 - 02/07/16 11:30 PM Re: Arrgh...failed my first Shadow Deliveries. [Re: DukeIronHand]  
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Figuring it was like getting thrown from a horse I switched back to my "lucky" black paint job and just finished a round of deliveries.
Whew! Ain't lost my touch.


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