Elite Dangerous: New Player Guide to Burning Stations, Rescues and Salvage Missions

[@bmwracer67]

A good excuse to use the Type-7, it has a really good passenger capacity (only 16 less than a Type-9!) while being smaller and more manoeuvrable than the bigger ships.

[@thefelipelacerda]

I've already built my Rescue Type 7, with a very bright yellow and black color! So immersive!

[@simonpotter7534]

I use a Type-7 as my rescue ship as well, the Type-9 is just too much to handle

[@carlharrison3637]

T9 is fine, just swing that fat ass out of the letterbox and its fine, ive done a few rescues this morning with it, will be doing some more later, they're just a bit boring but good for materials!

[@PumpkinTuna]

Yes! My main rescue craft is a Type 7. You can even reserve a few spots for limpets and cargo space to pick up pods and other goodies. Just fill every utility slot with heat sinks. When you are flying, just stay steady and calm. If you're just landing to pick up passengers, a few heat sinks should do it. If you are getting materials and salvage, find a good place to sit, watch your landing or departure timer and fire off a new heat sink when you heat up. When you are down to one sink, start leaving slowly and keep collecting until you go out the slot.

[@MacVerick]

Answered my only question perfectly. “Can I use heat sinks without getting blasted?” - yes hahaha

[@MacVerick]

@@danielstokker neither does jettisoning anything and they usually blast you for that

[@gkarfalcon]

The "dodge is exploding and all fiery" comment had my wife in stitches next to me. Also that was an excellent recovery from the explosion at 1:27 Buur

[@TheBuurPit]

;)

[@kyr_taap]

Most important: "Bring all the heatsinks! " 😉

[@TheBuurPit]

This!

[@fivemillion]

Or use a vette.

[@Rossilaz58]

Unless you're in a conda or vette

[@followingtheapocalypsesson4337]

@@Rossilaz58 even in a conda the heat and boom-booms are no joke. plan accordingly. :)

[@followingtheapocalypsesson4337]

@@danielstokker run cool dadio :p

[@eriveragt]

I didn't know about the salvage. That's awesome

[@talonkarrde72]

One thing I love having the Singularity pack from HCS in voice attack is I have it set up to deploy heatsinks on damage, so I can focus on the recovery.

[@a-aron391]

Just dropped of my first load of refugees. Definitely a gratifying piece of this game

[@omightyyoda]

Thanks for the vid! From previous, limited experience, I can't suggest enough a medium sized ship like the Python. Inside the station can get cramped, explosions can knock you off and struggle to get back on course with bigger ships, on top of that while getting ping-ponged you can get fined by loitering, and you can't take passengers until you pay the fine. A Type7 may work if you don't have enough for the Python. But if I had an Anaconda, Beluga, T9, and Python, I'll take the Python everytime, you'll get in and get out faster and potentially hauling more passengers at the end. Good luck and have fun! yeahh... heat sinks!!!

[@maverickfegan6589]

Had no problems with filling my T9, you get blasted around sure, but with 3 heat sink launchers, there was no prown trousers, got myself unstuck easy enough, maybe 10 secs extra compared to python, which i would have selected had it been convenient, better heat management with python too.

[@joeschmalhofer6109]

Takes just a few hours with a Python or even a Type 6 to get enough rank for a Cutter or Corvette. 3 days is all it took me.

[@Raveloy]

teach me master

[@rogerwilcojr]

Thanks for the tip.

[@762slinky]

I like the few hours, then 3 days.... Ive been at it fairly none stop for 2ish days worth of play time and I'm at Lt Commander....just for the record, I started with a python, then at Lt, switched to a beluga, took a further 6hrs! What an absolute grind.

[@arkangelgaming658]

I've gone from tank 4 to rank 9 across 2 days. Approximately 12 hours work mixing in some rank up work and doing some missions with friends.

[@762slinky]

@@arkangelgaming658 I got to rear admiral last night so probably 16 hrs it's a bummer!

[@Wolfgang1224]

I've been out on the rim doing exploration & just heard about the attacks on the three major factions. It would take me a while to come back into the galaxy enough to help with the rescue & cleanup, but it is nice to know that people in the core are helping others out!

[@HawkesGaming]

Great guide bro!

[@ivanputignef2418]

With salvage missions I take the opposite approach: I gather all the stuff I can inside the station, and then pick the missions at the rescue ship in order to minimise the leftovers, since most missions have a variable numbers of required items, it is easy to stack them up with no need to sell the odd ones (at a very low price)

[@grahamcrabb7714]

Not for the faint hearted but definitely fun and eventful. I remember my first rescues and now just load the heatsinks and get into that hanger ASAP! Your temp by time you land will be like 100-150. I used to challenge myself that I could land without firing a heatsink and only expend 1 when launch to go. Worked a few times, but you will at least spend 2 heatsinks. When you launch drop a heatsink and get outa there QUICK! By time you exit temp most likely be 100 again but then you cool off in the vacuum of the black. Remember to repair ship integrity as this takes a bashing with excessive heat and getting blasted off course hitting debris. For the ultimate challenge you could go shieldless, but I usually prefer shields. Give it a go you'll be a pro in 4 or 5 runs. Excellent video Cmdr Buur (Rheeney) thank you. All best 😁👍🏼

[@TheCptnOfFail]

Also important. If you end up on the rescue ships large pad please move quickly. There is only one of those and many missions have a time sensitive bonus.

[@edt6290]

Cause Dodge is exploding and all firey!!! OMG!!! I just snorted coffee! Love Ya Buur Pit!

[@TheBuurPit]

Hah! ...you're welcome buddy ;)

[@Datan0de]

One tidbit I've learned from experience: The Beluga is the ideal ship for this scenario, but with one caveat. That magnificent whale tail loves to get stuck in the mangled toast rack, both entering and leaving. Be mindful of your ship's geometry.

[@762slinky]

Yep happened to me twice, so i hit boost as I enter the mailbox and that bit extra gets ya through 😉

[@RiminiVirage]

Great video, as always useful information, thankyou. I have been doing my rescue missions in Achenar using my Orca converted to a rescue role. Voice Attack takes care of most of the heat sinks, but to make life easier I have de-selected all my weapons, scanners etc so the only thing showing up on hard points are heatsinks and I have equipped three of them. Putting thermal resistance on my shields and shield booster also seemed to help by cutting down on damage. I noticed after upgrading the shields and booster that the amount of money spent on repairs after every mission was much less than when I started. 07 Cmdrs.

[@maeror1022]

I threw some economy cabins on my krait mk2 (space for 80 people with a 6A shield because I crash into the mailslot way too often) and I've been using that to do runs in Rhea and Sol. Certainly not the most optimal or efficient but I've been having fun. Room for four heatsink launchers as well.

[@robertdocherty2340]

Was in Ceos at the time so decided to race up to one with my dolphin to have a look as it can travel over 40 Ly. Then went to a station near by and summoned my python cost around £2 million and about an hour and a half which left over night ohh the pain... never landed manually but figured out the easiest way to line up was passing station with your back to it around 5km then lining up , deploying landing gear and heat sinks ( I have no weapons on mine so heat sinks are fire groups 1 and 2 ) then line up and keep it at around 70 until about 3.5 km and request to land. Doing it this way has helped me lots as not worried about anything else apart from landing at designated pad and if i run to hot I fire heat sink. If your grinding rank make sure u focus on reputation ! I am now 1 run from Duke and being able to buy a cutter which I can’t afford but hey I can save for it :). My python can carry 130 souls. Great tip btw and never thought about it but having a dedicated rescue ship very cool idea.

[@hotmomma10279]

Damn Bro, I'm in Ceos right now gotta haul ass back to Sol quick

[@TheBuurPit]

The bubble needs you.

[@cameronmcmillan1485]

Same lol

[@seamusic6627]

@@danielstokker my friends are in sag a, idk why I didn't go with them but I'm glad cause now Im helping in sol, while they are trying to get back

[@arkangelgaming658]

I was down in Teygeta and had to haul ass haha

[@arkangelgaming658]

@@seamusic6627 they'd be hating their decision right now haha

[@ninjajagyr]

fun fact: the federal corvette has the highest potential economic passenger cabin capacity in the game

[@Majima_Nowhere]

Oh, neat. Might have to refit mine then.

[@SWIFTO_SCYTHE]

Not the Beluga?

[@TheZazzMatazz]

Well that's interesting one would not think the vette would be best suited to cart people around haha

[@Spyke114]

I bought a few Cutters a few months ago while they were on super-sale but they were largely sitting around gathering dust in ShinDez. At least until yesterday anyway, where I finally kitted one out for rescue ops. Feels good picking up 172-ish people at a time *in style!* Seems to be a pretty safe way to go about it too with all the reports of gankers at these stations.

[@AbioticSquare0]

Currently in Hahn Gateway in nanomam, hoping new players get into this and help.

[@Sighman]

I did about 6 loads of 184 pax each, then headed to Lave to do some there as well.

[@guillaumegeaymond503]

I'm at work at Dublin Station in the Gateway System, but I'm not the most effective with my Dolphin

[@mechatankzilla4733]

@@guillaumegeaymond503 Doesn't matter how effective you are it's still a fun experience - my first try was with an Asp Explorer and a single 6e cabin

[@SilverWolf-VR]

"At the time of recording only the imperials and federation are available to earn reputation with"... Do you know something official you're not allowed to tell us? Great vid as always guys! o7

[@josskorvus3428]

Didn't know it was a thing. Can't wait to give it a go.

[@nozefian]

"New player guide" YAAAS! More of these please! :0) This was very useful for me. Thanks Buurs!

[@TheBuurPit]

That's awesome, glad it helped. I don't think I'll ever be the "goto guides guy" but we will drop in more helpful "do this, go here" type videos going forward where ew see the need for sure. The goto guides guy btw ...hands down, is Exigeous if you're not aware of his work: kzbin.info/door/0Rwxz4318EEQGHz_z58nVA He's really good. Quiet of late but I can assure you he's still there ...'cos I asked him :)

[@Rossilaz58]

I bought a new conda and a new paint job so I look like a large evacuation vehicle... Maybe I'm a bit serious about cosmetics

[@TheBuurPit]

Love that stuff :)

[@stubbyseventhree2963]

Doing small boat runs in a Dolphin I 've renamed "Dunkirk Spirit"

[@OmegaPaladin144]

I like to combine the salvage with the passenger run - enter docking bay, fire heat sinks, launch limpets, get what I can, then land. Get the passengers, then deliver them toi the ship. I then select salvage missions for the stuff in my hold already

[@adrianb4121]

I ranked 5 Empire levels in a day to unlock the Cutter. Now going to do the same with the Feds for a Corvette. SUPER FAST rank up on Reputation rewards.

[@boni58]

An excellent tutorial, congrats! Just like others referred Type-7 unengineered is a great option. I used it for my account nr 3 (few eng) with economic passengers cabins and 32 tons cargo, and a 3a collector. Like this we can do both rescues: passengers and materials, pods. etc., all at same time. I would also add a point: if you do it for reputation: filter missions like in the movie, but start filling cabins with missions having fewer people and more +++, for at the end you can collect more reputations points with a full cargo. O7 cmdrs (sign Cmdr Boni58)

[@cmdrsesslaine8701]

Rather than take missions to the disaster site I delay landing for passengers to collect. Saves time with passengers so on arrival at rescue ship I deliver passengers first for some time bonuses and then cash in the other items at best price via mission board followed by materials and finally Search&Rescue. Python build, adapted from a 49-er.

[@PumpkinTuna]

Good introduction to rescues!

[@nobodyimportant2470]

Though he did leave out an important tip. If your after rank you should prioritize small groups offering +++ rep. +++ gives the same amount for 2 seats or 25 so better to take a bunch of small groups than 2-3 big ones.

[@redthorne2836]

Been playing this game since the beginning and I STILL forget about filtering missions by type/rewards #facepalm

[@luke5g230]

Great video thank you for the tips

[@originalmin]

This is so cool

[@TheBuurPit]

Or indeed *extremely* hot! 🔥

[@originalmin]

@@TheBuurPit well, that also 😂

[@xsneakatokex8783]

Thx so much for the guide.

[@Roddy_Zeh]

I'm over 20k-LY away and coming home as fast as I can. I hope to get there before it's over!

[@justinharris804]

I should say that the anaconda is a great ship for rescues the build i use doesnt even require heatsinks

[@TheZazzMatazz]

Mind a share? Station rescues are about the only thing I haven't done yet haha

[@adrianwilliams6577]

Been rescuing passengers in the Pleiades sector (Ieyasu Dock) close to a system called Atlas for the last two days, struggling to find a reason to carry on as I don't seem to be earning rank for either the Federation, Empire or the Alliance. The station occupants are independent.

[@wyveres]

out in the dark 20k+ i sit and drive slowly back to the bubble thinking ... guys i'm only gone for a year ... what the f are you doing :X

[@stubbyseventhree2963]

I didn't realise this was an event at first - I thought the Galnet stories where just game world building. Been running rescue missions, didn't know about the salvage ones.

[@TheBuurPit]

A couple of years back galnet was just world building actually. Frontier changed that policy however and now either it's in the game or its building toward something that is in the game.

[@stubbyseventhree2963]

@@TheBuurPit I'm an old Elite player/addict from back in the 1980's, started playing ED on console about a week ago. Things like Galnet being 'real' is something I wasn't expecting.

[@TheBuurPit]

Same here mate, first played it on the spectrum back when I had hair and a waist ;) ... And then got proper obsessed when I was slightly older on the Amiga with frontier elite 2. I'm happy to surprise you with galnet tbh! ....I actually used to find it quite frustrating personally that nothing in galnet was mirrored in the game but now each new post to it comes with a slight sense of excitement. If it isn't immediately reflected in the game it may lead to something that is. Definitely worth keeping an eye on o7

[@hatsjer]

With the right engineering on a corvette, do you actually not need a heatsink. I managed to have mine stabilize the heat at 65%

[@rogerwilcojr]

Rank up fastest using many smaller missions, rather than fewer larger missions, and always pick the highest reputation rewards.

[@Cpt_Birch]

how often do these crop up? have been playing for some weeks now, and never seen them on the galmap

[@MartinG8199991]

The Passenger/mission in Odyssey has changed and I can't find passengers to rescue. Am I doing it wrong?

[@leeebbrell9]

To be honest, I never use heat sinks, the amount of damage you get due to the heat is minimal

[@PerrenialMillennial]

My ball sense is tingling and I ain't Buuying it.

[@Kev-A]

What symbol do I look for on the map to find these stations?

[@prf101]

I tried to do this in a type 6 🥵 modules started malfunctioning as soon as I docked, I started panicking trying to quickly get passengers on board and get tf outta there 😂

[@truckerallikatuk]

Here's a question: Once you're allied, does it matter what rewards you pick? Or does rep+++ help you gain rank faster?

[@Datan0de]

Imp and Fed rank are gained by the Rep the mission gives you. If your goal is to rank up, pick passengers affiliated with the superpower of your choice and go for as much Rep+++ as you can get.

[@nobodyimportant2470]

@@Datan0de Adding to this small groups are better. Rep+++ gives the same progress for 2 seats or 25 seats so the more missions per trip the greater your gains. Hell 3 or more 20 group for +++

[@reniust]

Time to buy my T9 Heavy

[@nobodyimportant2470]

Bad choice for this. Passenger cabins max out at size 6 so your better off with T7 or Beluga as they hold about the same number of seats while being much more maneuverable.

[@reniust]

@@nobodyimportant2470 Not a bad choice really. I've been using it to save people and it's good c: I'm happy with it.

[@CheddarCheese71]

I just started this game and I'm doing anything to get my Sol Permit just so I can be around to help.

[@stubbyseventhree2963]

I don't have a Sol permit yet either, I'm running missions at the station in Hahn and boosting my rank/reputation there.

[@primalchaotix3715]

Anyone know how long you have to wait till the mission board resets though when you have no more.

[@TheBuurPit]

Don't know exactly but it shouldn't be long at all.

[@cmdrblp]

And this is why you need to stay clear of the toast rack :) o7

[@jeffreyulery2182]

how do i find burning stations using this new g map and places where Thargoids arent going to pull me out of a hyper jump and rape my beluga?

[@Les1aw82]

Why not every REP+++ mission gives me superpower reputation (only for local fraction)?

[@nobodyimportant2470]

If a minor faction is alligned with a superpower you will improve your rep with both the minor and super power as well as rank XP with the super power. If you want to rank up ignore any non superpower aligned mission givers and prioritize small groups offering +++. Rep gains are the same if your taking 2 or 25 people so the more missions you can take per trip the better.

[@Orafaun]

Never knew this existed. I am a returning player and I would like to try this out but I am not sure how to find these stations. I'll have to look into this.

[@TheBuurPit]

Big red icon on the Galaxy map :)

[@mechatankzilla4733]

Exigious has a tutorial video on this too that explains it properly but what you need to do is choose 'damaged stations' in one of the galaxy map filters

[@Orafaun]

@@TheBuurPit Yeah. Those icons were floating out on the middle of open space not connected to anything. I found them, now.

[@arris9447]

I wonder how long will it last. I'm a new player but would love to do the quests in Sol, but I have to rank up first...

[@docschmauchpur3548]

@Arris fly to RHEA and make federal rescue missions there ..you get very fast the sol permit ;)

[@arris9447]

@@docschmauchpur3548 Was doing the courier jobs between Ceos and Sothis and today I did reach Sol. Didn't expect that my pilgrimage towards homeworld will be also connected to rescue missions :) But thanks for the info, I have a few more new players that I'm playing with so I will pass on the Rhea option to them. ;)

[@762slinky]

Beluga + landing explosions is quite hairy! Lolz

[@TheBuurPit]

It gets your attention.

[@762slinky]

@@TheBuurPit you can say that again!! It's not a nimble ship at the best of times (as stock) but getting blown into debris floating about sure focuses the mind! 😅

[@jacksonms212]

beat feet boys and girls the bubble is on fire !!!! there's rank to be made ... cough , cough I mean people to save :D

[@mikewilson3169]

I have always used a Type 9 for these missions, because I wanted to cram as many passengers as possible in for each run. But I'm thinking about going down a notch to a medium, perhaps a Krait. The problem with the Type 9 is that it is slow and hard to maneuver. I always end up white knuckled after bouncing off walls and debris, and it seems to take forever to land. I'm thinking with a more maneuverable ship, I could get just as many passengers in the end because I will be able to do more trips in the same time. Thoughts anyone?

[@justinharris804]

The anaconda would be a great pick it has high heat resistants so its nice i dont run heatsinks on mine im normally able to land b4 my heat goes above 70% although if you plan to nab the items in the station you might want to fit a couple heatsinks for that

[@57thorns]

If you run with shields and only evacuate passengers, Type 9 actually carries less passengers (154) than a type 7 (160). The Anaconda takes 196 passengers in pure passenger with minimal shield (if Corriolis is to be believed).

[@matthewferguson3314]

USE A PYTHON IF YOU WANT A MORE MANEUVERABLE SHIP. i PERSONALLY USE MY BELUGA CAUSE i LIKE THE CHALLENGE

[@gsylass]

Python :)

[@mikewilson3169]

Thanks folks. My Python is set up just as I want for mining and I am reluctant to switch it all out for passengers, which is why I was thinking of using my Krait which I sort of use for things that a Python might do a bit better. But, that's why I love Elite Dangerous; there are a dozen ways to do something, and somebody always has a better way. So, why did I go brain dead on using my Anaconda? Can't explain it. But using it hit me like a ton of bricks. I set it up, and have been running passengers out of Lave for an hour and it works like a dream. Maneuverable, cold, lots of seats. Thanks for reminding me to think.

[@tanner1ie]

I haven't tried rescue mission type gameplay since i did a run in a Python about two years ago... I'm now flying an Anaconda, can anybody recommend a good rescue build for it, where best to outfit it near Sirius/Luyten's Star and which burning stations offer the best Fed and Imperial rank? 😃 .

[@mechatankzilla4733]

The build isn't particularly important as long as you have cabins and Heat sink launchers - add cargo space and collector limpets if you want to do the salvage missions. This is definitely a noob friendly activity

[@FURRYHUSKY1000]

I think I'm a bit too late, I only was able to do it for one day, the next day the stations are already in a repairing state.

[@echoe2392]

how long do these events last

[@TheBuurPit]

Usually about a week... certainly not less.

[@potteryjoe]

Can't really play until after work tomorrow & some this weekend, so hopefully there's still something to do!

[@MoomieVRC]

You forgot one important thing. If you are in a large ship... DON’T AFK ON THE GOD DAMN RESCUE SHIP! Also, going into the hangar does not allow others to land. If you do, odds are other players will punish you by destroying your ship when you take off. It happened last night causing 3 or 4 players to get upset, so someone destroyed his ship when he took off using ram damage.

[@TheBuurPit]

Very valid point.

[@mechatankzilla4733]

Alternatively, if you need to afk switch to solo - it's the polite thing to do

[@steventurner197]

did about 20 runs and not once had to use a heatsink

[@elmogreen107]

Of course when i decide to take my first voyage to the center and this happens... I'm around 10,000LY's out now...and have found a slew of undiscovered system's. I don't want to turn around.

[@TheBuurPit]

You're good. We've got this. Will let you know what occurs o7

[@YamiPoyo]

why are you doing all this in a beluga?

[@nobodyimportant2470]

Probably because it is maneuverable and has a lot of size 6 optional slots. Beluga is among the highest capacity passenger ships.

[@hungryowl1559]

Just got my Corvette because of the burning stations. I love terrorism!

[@Knubbers24_Ryan_Van_Riper]

o7 🚀

[@wmgthilgen]

A thousand or more years in the future and things are still flameable. Hmmmm

[@jacksonms212]

CMDR this is unacceptable I am canceling our contract I demand that you drop us off at the nearest station ...................... lucky for this passenger I can't tell witch cabin she's in or I would have vented the whole dam module to space .

[@j.d.4697]

Lol and it's all just menu gameplay. As great as this game is, this is why so many people switch to Star Citizen.

[@nigelpearce1777]

No thanks, game is mind numbingly boring. Havent logged on in a year or more and it really doesnt ofer ANYTHING apart from credit and time-sinks so no, keep it and the up-coming expansion (guffaw).

[@justinharris804]

1st

[@justinharris804]

Meh i care its my 1st 1st on a video 😁

[@devan9189]

speak of the devil, happens on the mass attack