Economic Data Acquisition (Someone Plz Help)

[RawkMode]

I have an Economic Data Acquisition mission requiring me to scan the Emplacement Data Link at Volk Terminal +++. I'm confused by this mission because the settlement has extremely high walls all around it and blast door entries (all closed.) This is the settlement type with the field of radio telescope looking installations nearby, surrounded by those heavy turret pyramids. I can see that the link I need to scan is just about 150 meters inside the walls near what appears to be the front gate, but I have no idea how to get in. I've discovered (so far) 3 Data Links, a Hub Access and 2 Skimmer Overrides spread around the exterior and in the "telescope" field. This is the second one of these I have attempted and I'm at a loss. Anyone know the way to do this?

[Dolphin Bottlenose]

You have to jump inside over the walls. At some places near from walls there are landscape features that can be used as a trampoline. Drive fast toward it, then use your SRV's jet booster to get yourself on top of the structure.

Keep in mind that +++ are high security installations. If you do something illegal there, you might get yourself easily killed.

[RawkMode]

Thanks for the reply. I was hoping it was something else (like a terminal or what not) since I've managed to smash myself against the walls a million times like Wylie Coyote chasing the frakking Road Runner already. I probably just need to work on my bad SRV piloting skills.

[𝕊𝕋𝕌ℝ𝕄-𝕂𝔸𝕋]

hehe, I've recently been doing these.

Don't worry so much about getting bounties, it's very small amounts and you can clear them at the station once you get back into Orbital Supercruise - easier to pay them off before you leave system, otherwise seek out a system with an Interstellar Legal contact.

Bud-aaanyway.. I approach from what looks like the 'back' of the installation. I put all my pips into the Engine (lower right of dashboard, blast over the wall into the middle and I drive up the ramp to the large tower, which you will target (right click on my settings) then hold down right mouse button until the data finishes downloading. It's called something like Data control relay or something like that. (the tower rises up as you approach). If necessary, don't hesitate to take out the small emplacements in the middle of the facility and also shoot down the Drones. The additional fines are very minimal.

Honestly, I go in with lights off and Night vision and the buggers still detect you, there's no way of getting away with it "covertly".. pffft.

Get into the habit of looking right to your internal display and going to Inventory, whilst in that, scroll [pweaze don't sue me, Bethesda] down the left sub-tab of Synthesis, and then doing a quick basic repair. The smoother/faster you can perform this function, the better your survival rate.

There are some videos of other people bumbling about in these missions too, and some doing it as if they were born to. Over on You tube.

As Dolphin Bottlenose says, if you can find an ascending gradient to approach from, do this at high speed then blast your jets, with engines to full pips, so you can ascend the walls. Then once inside, pop pips over to a balanced setting, perhaps focused on weapons more than the rest, once bars are full, and start looking for ramps up to the higher level, then look for chunky tower.


If you are struggling with acquiring targets, simply go over to left panel in cockpit > Go to Contacts main tab, then select the 'data control terminal', or words to that effect, and target it. Target then gets highlighted in the 3D worldspace and the tiny blip compass (left side of your dashboard).

God luck out there, Commander o7