Parasite II not triggering

[Dalyup!]

I finished Parasite I at around the recommended level (12) and Fallon said he would contact me later for the next quest, Parasite II. I have now completed the main story and am level 26, but have not heard anything about the quest from our hacker friend.

From what I can see online, it triggers randomly, but it has been 15+ hours. Unless I have just been unlucky, is it possible that I missed the trigger? Is there some way of manually triggering the quest? Going to his invisible hideout at the Outer Rim didn't initiate any conversation with him.

[Geekbyte]

Hey there.

Not sure if you've visited in a while, but you may find Cartwright's Wake a good trigger for this mission.

If you have been there recently, then we have a different problem to look into.

[Dalyup!]

Hey, thanks for the suggestion.

I just tried what you suggested and the quest still didn't trigger. I tried the following:

1) Flew to Cartwright's Wake and then immediately exited;
2) Flew through the jump gate there, left the system you arrive in and then went back;
3) Flew between Cartwright's Wake and Prescott starbase several times;
4) Left the Union system through the wormhole to Drake system and then flew back to Cartwright.

3 resulted in some conversations with HIVE, one of which I presume would get replaced with the conversation with Fallon when he calls.

I can try play normally later tonight and see if it triggers, but I do feel like something is wrong, because the other quest (Risky Business) that gets initiated with a call was triggered within an hour (from what I recall, it definitely arrived quickly after finishing the precursor quest).

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I also just remembered that I didn't complete Parasite I at around level 12, but much later, after I had finished the main story in the Zharkov system (and maybe some more of the main story). Maybe that had some effect on the trigger?

[Tungsten666]

It's funny - I saw this comment and thought about how bummed I was that I'd completed all the missions and story content (been grinding rifts and incursions but they're too repetitive) when I realized there was one location I hadn't visited in Zharkov and *voila* it's this parasite mission! Amazing location design.

I'll let you know if I have any issues since I just picked up the stranded pilot.

[Notoshy]

Originally posted by Tungsten666:

It's funny - I saw this comment and thought about how bummed I was that I'd completed all the missions and story content (been grinding rifts and incursions but they're too repetitive) when I realized there was one location I hadn't visited in Zharkov and *voila* it's this parasite mission! Amazing location design.

I'll let you know if I have any issues since I just picked up the stranded pilot.

That poor Pilot. Being stranded there and suffering from a strong headache, while your Ship's AI malfunctioned as you got closer to the Pilots Location.

[Geekbyte]

Originally posted by Dalyup!:

Hey, thanks for the suggestion.

I just tried what you suggested and the quest still didn't trigger. I tried the following:

1) Flew to Cartwright's Wake and then immediately exited;
2) Flew through the jump gate there, left the system you arrive in and then went back;
3) Flew between Cartwright's Wake and Prescott starbase several times;
4) Left the Union system through the wormhole to Drake system and then flew back to Cartwright.

3 resulted in some conversations with HIVE, one of which I presume would get replaced with the conversation with Fallon when he calls.

I can try play normally later tonight and see if it triggers, but I do feel like something is wrong, because the other quest (Risky Business) that gets initiated with a call was triggered within an hour (from what I recall, it definitely arrived quickly after finishing the precursor quest).

---

I also just remembered that I didn't complete Parasite I at around level 12, but much later, after I had finished the main story in the Zharkov system (and maybe some more of the main story). Maybe that had some effect on the trigger?

Oddly, the next part should have triggered as you've completed the pre-requisites as far as we can tell for part 2 to activate.

Could you send us your game save over so we can take a look that would be appreciated;

You can access your save games from "%localappdata%\ES2\Saved\SaveGames".
Grab both files making up the save: YourGameSave.sav and YourGameSave_PREVIEW_.sav. Send them across to [e-mail] and I'll grab them so we can investigate.

[Dalyup!]

Originally posted by Geekbyte:

Originally posted by Dalyup!:

Hey, thanks for the suggestion.

I just tried what you suggested and the quest still didn't trigger. I tried the following:

1) Flew to Cartwright's Wake and then immediately exited;
2) Flew through the jump gate there, left the system you arrive in and then went back;
3) Flew between Cartwright's Wake and Prescott starbase several times;
4) Left the Union system through the wormhole to Drake system and then flew back to Cartwright.

3 resulted in some conversations with HIVE, one of which I presume would get replaced with the conversation with Fallon when he calls.

I can try play normally later tonight and see if it triggers, but I do feel like something is wrong, because the other quest (Risky Business) that gets initiated with a call was triggered within an hour (from what I recall, it definitely arrived quickly after finishing the precursor quest).

---

I also just remembered that I didn't complete Parasite I at around level 12, but much later, after I had finished the main story in the Zharkov system (and maybe some more of the main story). Maybe that had some effect on the trigger?

Oddly, the next part should have triggered as you've completed the pre-requisites as far as we can tell for part 2 to activate.

Could you send us your game save over so we can take a look that would be appreciated;

You can access your save games from "%localappdata%\ES2\Saved\SaveGames".
Grab both files making up the save: YourGameSave.sav and YourGameSave_PREVIEW_.sav. Send them across to [e-mail] and I'll grab them so we can investigate.

Thanks! I have sent over the save files you requested.

[Geekbyte]

Thanks Dalyup. Your email just arrived.

[Tungsten666]

FYI Parasite II dialogue with Fallon triggered as soon as I entered Cartright's Wake after spending an hour or so doing other stuff.

[Geekbyte]

Ok, did some digging and there's some dynamic adjustment that happens with specific missions and in this instance, once you level up and travel through the jumpgate you "should" get a message from Fallon.

This level requirement may differ slightly from player to player, but generally, keep levelling and things should activate as they should.

We'll probably make adjustments in the future.

[Geekbyte]

Originally posted by Tungsten666:

FYI Parasite II dialogue with Fallon triggered as soon as I entered Cartright's Wake after spending an hour or so doing other stuff.

Just out of interest. What level are you in-game when Fallon messaged?

[Dalyup!]

Originally posted by Geekbyte:

Ok, did some digging and there's some dynamic adjustment that happens with specific missions and in this instance, once you level up and travel through the jumpgate you "should" get a message from Fallon.

This level requirement may differ slightly from player to player, but generally, keep levelling and things should activate as they should.

We'll probably make adjustments in the future.

Thanks for looking into it! I was able to get the mission. Here's what I did for any future searchers:

1) Travelled through the jumpgate at Cartwright's Wake.
2) Levelled up in Zharkov system (in my case, to 27 by destroying some ships in an "unknown signal" event).
3) Entered an area (in my case, Crashzone).

As soon as I entered the area, Fallon gave me a call and the mission started.