System Signal Sources

While supercruising through a system various signal types can be seen overlaid on the view of space. These may be designated any of the following types:

• Low Intensity Conflict Zone
• High Intensity Conflict Zone
• Federation Distress Signal
• Extraction Zone
  • The rewards here are much higher but equally the NPC's are harder then the conflict zones. You DO NOT need to join a faction here. You simply target other ships, scan them and if one of them is wanted you take them out and, if they have cargo, steal their haul which you can sell on the black market. I've made over 5000 credits in a single visit to the extraction zone, one of the bounties I collected hit 2,150. I'll do a video demonstration for this sometime this week;
• Unidentified Signal Source
  • What is found in these locations varies, I've come across small squadrons of pirates, large 'wanted' cargo vessels (which you can destroy and steal the cargo without becoming wanted yourself) and sometimes just empty space with low value cargo laying around. Typically these areas have more then one bad guy, so you can visit these locations without being attacked (as long as you don't have cargo) and have a look around, but making money here requires a bigger ship and bigger guns.