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- The abandoned ships have the same ping colour as asteroids
so it is easiest to find them in zones without rocks. - The mission marker disappears at the 50km mark. If you order a ship to your location and select it, you can use it's distance to help you move forward
Ware shortage missions (v3.61-era notes; 4.0 seems to have improved this: see http://forum.egosoft.com/viewtopic.php?p=4592177#4592177)
You're asked to deliver a specific quantity of <ware> to a station, but this order won't appear in the Trade Window until the mission is accepted. The station in question will probably have a trade offer up for the same ware, but the mission will not complete unless you fulfil the mission's demand (this prevents you auto-completing the mission with a suitable trade that's already on it's way: you'll have to set up or cancel & re-set-up a new trade to fulfil the mission's requirements).
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