galactic defender

[RJK001]

so I'm trying to finish this, flying around 3rd tier conflict systems with my ship and suit full of valuable cargo and I can hardly get any pirate attacks. Usually just a lone fugitive (they don't even have gangs now). Did they seriously nerf the pirate attacks for the expedition?

[SaD-82]

You could do station hopping and therefore look for bounty hunter missions. This should net you the necessary kills in no time.

[Lindy Bomber]

Check space stations for hunt pirate missions. Keep hopping stations until you find one with the mission.

[Lindy Bomber]

I think pirate attacks have a cool down timer. So not matter what your carrying you should only get attacked once every few game hours.

[mdmnym]

I got more than half of my pirate count just by running from building to building in the second system that the expedition takes you to. Never got attacked in space but that system had many attacking the planets.

[EThree]

Also check the Nexus. Sometimes they have a pirate hunting mission. It spawns quite a few.

[RJK001]

I just found a pirate system and did a bounty mission there to finish it.

[Voltore]

Just jump between systems with your spaceship (not freighter). Every 10 jumps you will enter a systeem where pirates are attacking a freighter. Call in your squad and it will be easy to finish that mission. That's how i did it ;-)

[SaD-82]

Originally posted by Voltore:

Every 10 jumps you will enter a systeem where pirates are attacking a freighter.

5 jumps and 3 hours playtime.

[Voltore]

Originally posted by SaD-82:

Originally posted by Voltore:

Every 10 jumps you will enter a systeem where pirates are attacking a freighter.

5 jumps and 3 hours playtime.

I did it on two or three evenings (due lack of time) so if you say 5 jumps and 3 hours instead of just 10 jumps i believe you on your word :-)

[Galactic Starman]

During the early expedition one of the milestone requirements in phase 1 is to build an economy and conflict scanner (interstellar scanner?) for the freighter so it is easy to find pirate systems to warp too and do missions.

[Dr.Abscondus]

You don't have a hyperdrive in your starship in expedition 8 so you can't jump to other systems.

[SaD-82]

Originally posted by Dr.Abscondus:

You don't have a hyperdrive in your starship in expedition 8

With a hyperdrive in your starship you can.
If you have access to expedition and/or Twitch drop rewards, you will have access to hyperdrive technology.

[Voltore]

Originally posted by SaD-82:

Originally posted by Dr.Abscondus:

You don't have a hyperdrive in your starship in expedition 8

With a hyperdrive in your starship you can.
If you have access to expedition and/or Twitch drop rewards, you will have access to hyperdrive technology.

If you have achieved the golden vector in an earlier expedition, you have ;-)
In case you don't you should try get a hyperdrive or do bounty hunts missions

[tkwoods]

I got the milestone by the pirate mission at the Anomaly.