Interstellar rescue achievement

[caitlyn_bree]

I've been getting distress signal maps from the space station cartographer for the interstellar rescue achievement (phase 2) in Expeditions and it's only leading me to abandoned egg buildings (about 13 in a row, now) and observatories. The signal booster isn't giving me any more luck finding any.
Is there something else I'm supposed to do? A minimum number of visits? Have I been visiting the wrong NPC? Is it bugged? Anyone know?
..Appreciate any help that doesn't call me a moron.

[The Knowledge Seeker]

Have you tried activating the maps from the space station? I usually do that till I get the distress signal. If I get an abandoned building, I keep clicking the maps till a distress signal pops up, then I leave for it and ignore the abandoned building. If the first distress signal isn't the right one, go back to the space station and click more maps till you get another distress signal. I know it wastes quite a few maps, but it is a method that works for me. Maybe someone else has a better method :)

[Lindy Bomber]

Try a different planet, or try to get a rescue mission from the space anomaly

[caitlyn_bree]

Have tried lots of different planets, the map has been repeatedly plotted from both the space station and on world, and it's my active mission. Seems other people have been having some issues with this too.. Guess I'll be checking all the space stations/anomaly and trading another 40 navigation data
Thanks for the help both of you.. much appreciated.

[Mr. Bufferlow]

I am not sure, but I suspect if you stick too close to the beaten track, you may be experiencing the "auto group" feature of MP. If you have MP turned on, you are automatically grouped with other MP players. If they have already used up the crash sites available...none for you.

Try turning off MP and give it some time to un-enroll you. You may have better luck. Also, moving away from the beaten path can do wonders with a lot of the sub-missions.

[xace85x]

Just as an aside in case anyone else struggles slightly with this part of Beachhead (I did), another somewhat expensive but reliable option is to double down on the Minotaur and the available scanner upgrade for it. Going planetside with it and selecting to scan for a distress signal will quickly lead you to a crashed ship w/ stranded alien. In fact, the frequency with which it does this is one of the prime reasons that it's a PITA in Normal mode when trying to locate actual crashed ships with the damn thing. Here, at least, it works in your favour.

[tkwoods]

Just fly in one direction low on planet and you should find the needed POI in time. Don't need to buy anything, just explore in FIRST PERSON and you'll pickup radar blips of downed ships. One of them will eventually be a stranded NPC.

[hbrosmoe]

I hate that the "Distress Signal" Locator now picks up Buildings! I always save my game (pop in and out of my ship) before using one. That way if it locates something worthless I can just reload the save and move on. IN the old days I would use the Locator again, and find the "Next" item. But it doesn't deem to do that any more.

The Signal Booster has been real good at locating the occasional Distress Signal as well.

[Lednard]

I went and found the most horrible planet I could find with nothing on it at all, in an empty System. Then I used the distress beacon chart and it hit the first time I tried.

[Thrackk]

Go to the Anomaly, check to see if they have "Help Stranded Life form" Quick silver mission. Take mission, find the Alien. Do not interact with NPC, just drop a base away from it. Go back to Anomaly and cancel the mission. Take the Anomaly Portal to your "new" base. Go talk to the NPC and you will get it completed. Ba Da Bing!