A short guide to Compromised Nav Beacons.

[Paragon]

I am no longer updating this as a list due to lack of time, intrest, and practicality. Instead I have stripped it down to a blurb about Compromised Nav Beacons. Please pardon the lack of professionality.

EDIT: Community CNAV list:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1DtPhESLs3DGpLVGoviLBQ6d5oA-0IEDh8sehACJt9b4/edit?usp=sharing
Thanks to steamuser O Velho.

Why Compromised Navigation Beacons?

While offering a similar bounty hunting enviroment as Hazardous RES zones, CNAVs spawn many small attack craft with a much higher probability of being in a wing, as opposed to HRES spawns of single large targets. The spawn rate of ships in a CNAV is naturally far greater than that of a HRES, and includes a larger variety of ships. You will encounter pirates, smugglers (Attempts to flee from combat, does not stick around for long), outcasts (Will not attack unless provoked), traders (Popular targets for the pirates, also has a high turnover rate, so more bad guys. No more getting bogged down by miners!), and even fellow bounty hunters (Who will scan ships for bounties, and attack any with one. Your local system security if clean everywhere in the universe, and a terrible enemy if not so) while patrolling. For those who enjoy the action of a combat zone, pilot larger ships and enjoy turret combat, or prefer fighting many syncronised small attack craft to a single, powerful ship. There is also no mass lock, allowing you a quick escape in the event that things turn sour.

CNAVs are MUCH BETTER FOR ADVANCING COMBAT RANK THAN HRES SITES. As combat rank is determined by how many hostile ships of certain ranks you destroy (The higher the rank, the more advancement per kill. After certain ranks you will stop gaining rank progress from lower ranked ship kills), and does NOT take into account the ship itself, you will advance much faster in combat ranks at a CNAV than an HRES. The amount of credits you make remains about the same, but CNAVs will keep you on your toes working for it a lot more than a HRES does.

Independent/Anarchy systems may not show a ship as WANTED or CLEAN upon a regular scan, instead returning LAWLESS. You must scan these ships with a Kill Warrant Scanner. I recomend staying away from these CNAVs, and instead finding one in federation or empire controlled space.

[Paragon]

Mu77ley eredeti hozzászólása:

Lists are a bit pointless as they will constantly be changing.

Nav Beacons get compromised when the security level drops in a system, and if enough bounty hunting is done in a system then the security level will increase and the nav beacon will no longer be compromised.

The list is dynamic, and there are dates posted so you can avoid the older ones. I constantly update the list as well, to make sure theres a healthy selection of CNB's around for easy viewing.

Personally, Compromised nev beacons are worth the trip. The profit per hour is the same as HAZRES zones, but you face smaller ships, meaning more rank progression, be it pilots federation combat ranks, empire/federation rep from bounties, or local rep.

[Zero]

LTT 8968, will edit this post in the future to stop unnecessary bumping.

[Kilo Oscar Uniform]

Just found one in LHS 519 - Has a Large pad - Empire

Wait does Phyton land on Large pads? I assumed its a Large pad because I was in a Phyton

[Cogenerate]

Update: Mbere is still compromised as of Nov 5th

2 station (10.2ls/10.8ls) refuel/repair/re-arm, further one with outfitting/blackmarket both med pads.

[JiMMy]

lodemovoi
medium pad

[Professor Mantis]

Ngaliba system

[Mr.McGibblets]

LHS 519 does not have a large pad, Medium only.

The Beacon is still compromised though.

[Audio]

KIGAGUA. Medium pads, federal unexploited space, so no bounty bonus from Zachary Hudson. Repair/refuel/rearm at Levchenko mines.

[GolfAlphaVictor]

Found one in Kunti (careful how you pronounce it ;D) Large pads available 599ls from the Star.

[{Kodiak Pirate} 🐻]

ross 1057 was still CNAV about 4 days ago Federation but not exploited. Ross 193 was CNAV but that could have changed as it has been some time since i have been there, it was exploited and federation aligned.

[JiMMy]

HDS 2154
medium pad

[Trip]

HIP 4291

[JiMMy]

Deceangli
large pads
independent / unexploited

[JiMMy]

CD-32 11850
Medium pad
independent / no PP

[Laethageal]

Mantja in Lui Yong-Rui space, 2 outpost, 1 with outfit.
Ngaliba (few LY from Eravate)