Killing smugglers

[Alpharius]

I need help. I am on a mission to kill 4 smugglers, so I got an fsd interdictor and a manifest scanner. I found some sidewinders from the right faction (the pirates I was supposed to destroy), interdicted them and scanned their cargo. Some carried nothing, some toxic waste and militairy plans. But when I destroy them, they do not count towards the mission goal. Does anyone know why?

[Alpharius]

By the way, I am in the right system to complete the mission, so that's not the problem.

[Agony_Aunt]

Might be related to the current massacre mission bug.... sounds like it.

Others might be able to confirm.

[Josey Wales]

When you scanned them did the result say "mission target" in (I think) red?

Can't speak for any current bugs, but awhile back I saw something similar. Ships from the same faction, even wanted ships, didn't count toward the mission goal unless they explicitly scanned as mission target.

[Dolphin Bottlenose]

Yes, being a "mission target" is important to be counted for your mission. Not every ship of that faction is a mission target, even if it's a smuggler ship.

[Alpharius]

So wanted ships of the right faction carrying illegale cargo are not smugglers... this game continues to amaze me...

[Dolphin Bottlenose]

Originally posted by Kurandor:

So wanted ships of the right faction carrying illegale cargo are not smugglers... this game continues to amaze me...

they are not the smugglers you are looking for...