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Message Edited by TheDarkness4u on 08-19-2005 08:00 PM

uhh ok.. i accepted the mission again and just killed randomly spawning npcs for 45 mins.. then the shuttle just appears out of nowhere and i finished the mission 0_o

This mission isn't necessarily "bugged," although it has the tendency to be quirky.

The Lambda Shuttle, as you've figured out by now, isn't a mission-generated spawn (ie, doesn't pop up just for you with a mission objective bracket around it on the radar), but is a static spawn at the "possible target location" waypoint that's always there. It is always escorted by two "Elite Guard" TIE Interceptors.

However, much like the Corellian Corvette in the Ace mission, if the Lambda is destroyed, but not it's escorts, the escorts will proceed on their course towards their exit point (the point they would leave the system for a new set of ships to spawn) and simply circle there, causing the next Lambda not to spawn. Anyone who has trouble locating the Lambda near the spawn point should circle out from the location as far as 10km away looking for Elite Guard Interceptors, and destroy them. By the time you get back to the spawn point, the newly spawned Lambda will be there waiting.

Good luck!

I found the exit point that the elite guards end up at. It's close to the Umber Scale POI, I got the waypoint as 6820 3790 3390. This happens (like the gunboats in the Corvette missions) because destroying the guards isn't required to complete the mission. After completing the "steal info" part, you get a spawn of 3 ships and for some reason the guards just wander off instead of joining in.