Liberate Missions?

[MrLancerRalliart]

How do I complete the "Liberate" missions? I tried one, where I tracked the guy down in another system, intradicted him, but I wasn't sure what to do next. I thought he would drop the cargo when I shot him enough, and he said "Okay, okay, here's the cargo", but he didn't drop anything. I ended up destoying him, but didn't get anything. Was I supposed to target his cargo hatch? Or is it a glitch?

[Edelweiss ✿]

Read the mission description. It tells you to use hatch breaker limpets on him to break it open

[MrLancerRalliart]

Originally posted by Edelweiss ✿:

Read the mission description. It tells you to use hatch breaker limpets on him to break it open

I don't think it said that, but maybe it did before I accepted the mission. Wouldn't targeting the cargo hatch do the same thing?

[Agony_Aunt]

It says in the mission description you will need to use hatch breakers.

If you don't have hatch breakers, when you get their shields down, you can target the cargo hatch subsystem (make sure you are firing from the right direction). Its trickier though, unless you have disabled the other ships thrusters first though (missiles are good for this). If you shoot the cargo hatch, just do it a bit at a time. Every 20% or so damage it will open and eject a few tons of cargo. Wait while it does that, see if its dropped what you need, rinse and repeat until you have what you need, or the ship is destroyed.

If you didn't get what you need, leave the instance and reenter, it should reset.

[MrLancerRalliart]

Originally posted by Agony_Aunt:

It says in the mission description you will need to use hatch breakers.

If you don't have hatch breakers, when you get their shields down, you can target the cargo hatch subsystem (make sure you are firing from the right direction). Its trickier though, unless you have disabled the other ships thrusters first though (missiles are good for this). If you shoot the cargo hatch, just do it a bit at a time. Every 20% or so damage it will open and eject a few tons of cargo. Wait while it does that, see if its dropped what you need, rinse and repeat until you have what you need, or the ship is destroyed.

If you didn't get what you need, leave the instance and reenter, it should reset.

Thanks for the reply. That was helpful.