Quick facts:ICC Assistance (8)
Mission Brief
ICC Scan Probe Assistance
The Imperial Cartography Center has put out a request for assistance to any ships in the area.
Details
On your eighth visit to ICC Probe 849, Tessa Bannister informs the player of a distress beacon, unlocking 2930-CRU983 as a Quantum drive destination.
Walkthrough
New Objective: Report to Probe
Quantum Drive to ICC Probe 849.
Reveal spoiler
"Finally! I was hoping you'd show. I'm picking up a faint distress beacon on my scanners. I'll send you the coordinates. Might want to be careful though. I was just reading about an outlaw pack that like to use them to lure people into ambushes. Not that it should stop you from looking. Just, you know, don't get ambushed."
Second Class Junior Cartographer Tessa Bannister
New Objective: Unidentified Signal
Quantum Drive to 2930-CRU983.
Fly inside the rocky cluster.
New Objective: Identify Signal
The signal turns out to be coming from a shipwreck. The mission can be completed by using the flashing red distress beacon found within the wreckage.
Mission Complete: ICC Assistance
Reveal spoiler
""Damnit. It was a Scythe. You hear me Donny? A damn Scythe. Thought it was one of the converted jobs - some hot shot showing off. But it was 'duul. Thing flew at me like, like, quick. Shit. I barely got a shot off. Donny. Do right by me, ok?"
Erin Demeter
Aftermath
You may or may not now be ambushed by Vanduul ships. However it is possible to simply Quantum Drive away from the engagement.
After a cool down of about a minute, when the player next visits ICC Probe 849 it will trigger ICC Assistance (9).