Found a harmonic camp, lost it. How do I find it again?

[Red Earth]

I didn't even know what it was, I had to look it up with the vague description of "tents". I just saw what looked like a tent Village on the ground. I was there to land at a Trade Post so I did that intending to go find it right after. But then a radioactive supercell came in so I decided to wait that out before looking for the camp, since I sometimes can't even tell which way is up in those things. And then some Pirates attacked the post and I had to get in my ship to fight them off. But it's easy to lose track of the ground while you're fighting in the air. I'm not even sure if the Trade Post I found afterwards was the same one, but anyway I couldn't find the thing. What are the chances of me actually finding this thing again. Cuz it was random that I found it the first time.

[笛野めのん]

You were lucky to find it by chance.
But it was unlucky to lose sight of it.
In the NMS it is very difficult to find something you found by chance without a marker. (I would say it is almost impossible.)
Let's pretend it wasn't there and move on!

[Red Earth]

I found it. I went to the planet to sell stuff at a trade post and I used a signal booster afterwards cuz I didn't know they worked on this or not. It doesn't, but the camp was between the trade post and the observatory it found. And I had found that observatory before so I definitely explored around there before.

I went back to that planet once a day at least to use some maps. I managed to pump up that # of days in hostile environment counter from about 4 to 36, and found 77 waypoints. I named the Planet Mirage due to me seeing strange visions in a storm.

[笛野めのん]

Planet Mirage!
You didn't give up.
I admire your perseverance. Amazing.

[dreamrider]

You have ABSOLUTELY the right personality to find yourself an S-class Venator Resurgent, WITHOUT save scumming! Go for it.

BTW. I found one once while in the middle of another mission. I immediately landed and dropped a beacon. Then proceeded with the equally / more important business I was on. (It was the acquisition of of a different Interceptor via a different clue string.)

[swingline]

necro here. this thread came up on search. I just found a harmonic camp by accident in the current expedition. Had never seen one before, so wasn't really sure what I was even looking at though I'd read about them. I put a beacon down, but in an expedition is so hard to find anything amongst the 100s of icons on the planets. I wrote down some coordinates that should help if I go back.

I've gotten lost many times following a pirate raid like you describe and lost track of what I was looking for. I've gotten in a habit of droping a save beacon before I take off to fight, so I can come back and pick up where I was.

[dreamrider]

Tip: For marking your current business to deal with a pirate raid, it is not necessary to drop a Save Beacon.

It is quicker, less trouble to hit "F", then "E" to drop a Nav Marker.

You only want the marker for the duration of the pirate battle, after all.
Also, the Nav Marker is more visible when you are close to the planet / location.