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Thread: Tier 2 Alliance Mission: Inspect the Lambda Shuttle
Butt-cleavage wrote:
Im having same problem cant dock on it, and the good lady wont train me, do i have to finish the Quest before she will train?
All piloting missions givin by your NPC Trainers must be 'completed' before they will train you, reguardless of how much XP you have.
It seems to be like the master pilot vette mission where if you don't destroy the escorts, it won't spawn the next time. I was helping out a friend doing this mission as it wasn't spawning and I found an elite guard tie which I destroyed. After that, the correct shuttle was spawning repeatedly at the waypoint and it was quite fast to get a new spawn.
Just did this misison tonight.
The Lambda isn't a mission-generated spawn, and it doesn't spawn automatically hostile to you. It will always be accomanied by two Elite Guard TIE Interceptors, which will be red to you and hostile. The Lambda can spawn anywhere around the waypoint. Best thing to do is to sit at the waypoint and type /target imperial. The name of the ship is "Imperial "Lambda" Shuttle, so using that command will automatically target the nearest one. Since it isn't hostile, you can't target it by tabbing.
Once you have it targeted, fly withing 150m of it, match it's speed, and hit the "i" button the keyboard or type /inspect to inspect it. If the inspection results indicate that it has the cargo you're looking for, cycle through the ship's components by using the [ ] keys, until you come to the reactor. Attack the ship until the reactor % hits 0 and it says "You have disabled your target." Type /dock and your ship will automatically dock with it.
If the inspection results don't show that it has what you're looking for, destroy it and go back to step 1.
After you've completed the docking procedure, you should get the mission completion message. If not, destroy the Elite Guards and you'll be good to go. You'll probably have to destroy the guards anyway.
And one final note, the mission will not work for you if you're the gunner on a 2 or 3 man ship. I was doing the mission for an alt using one of my master pilots for extra muscle, and had the lowbie alt sitting in the turret of a Krayt Gunship. I could inspect the shuttle, find the stuff I needed, and dock with it, but it would not complete. The person with the mission must be the pilot of his ship, and must be the one to inspect and dock with the Lambda.
That's exactly the way the mission works, and the steps above will get you a mission completion. If you follow the steps above to the letter, and don't get a completion after a couple tries, you'll probably have to file a CS ticket and see if they can help you.
Good luck.