A Big Lidar Contact is a form of astrogation target where the position of it is known, but the identity is not. LIDAR contacts are typically large structures, being either a moonlet formation or a habitat, left to be determined by your discovery.
Obtaining
A big lidar contact can be found randomly by your crew, when they notice something odd on their instruments, or from requesting trade opportunities from a civilian miner.
Locations
A lidar contact can lead to a multitude of locations, with certain finds being determined by how the coordinates were obtained. The following table provides a list of how they're found:
| Big Lidar Contact Find | Source | Dialogue Associated | Further Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obonto Habitat (SRA-01, habitats 03-07 | Crew Talk | "Hey, captain. Just before we left, I saw a post on RingChan that someone got a big LIDAR hit in this area. We might be the first ones in a position to check it out since the post went up. It might be a good idea to check it out. Who knows what we might find?" | SRA-02 is notably left out |
| Moonlet (normal, Uranium Cave, Space Bar) | Crew Talk | "Hey, captain, I was having a drink with a friend. They assayed a big iceroid out this way, but they couldn't take any more home, and now their astrogator is sick. The coordinates should be close." | |
| Phage Station | Crew Talk | Same as previous | |
| Obonto Habitat (habitats 03-06) | Crew Talk | "Hey, I have music on the radio. Someone is broadcasting pretty close. "
"Triangulating..." |
SRA-01,02, & 07 are notably left out |
| Obonto Habitat (SRA-01, habitats 03-06) | Miner Interaction | "We picked up something big at the edge of our LIDAR range, deeper in." | SRA-02 & 07 are notably left out |
| Phage Station | Miner Interaction | Same as previous | |
| Moonlet (normal, Uranium Cave, Space Bar) | Miner Interaction | Same as previous | Uranium Caves have twice the chance of being given |
| Ganymedean Anarchy Station | Miner Interaction | Same as preveous |
Notes
- Some miners will know the wherabouts of a specific trade location when asking, however is limited to SRA-03 through SRA-06
- All named locations (Obonto Habitats, Phage Stations, The Space Bar, Ganymedean Anarchy Station) cannot have their respective numbered locations (exc. Space Bar & Ganymedean Anarchy Station) found.
- Destination finds all have the same chance of appearing from their respective sources, except for Uranium Caves from miner interactions, which have double the likelihood of being given a location for.
- The find is set in stone once the coordinates have been recorded.
- This can be taken advantage of by returning to Enceladus Prime without heading to the anomaly to save, going out to discover the object, and reloading if a different loadout would be preferred.
- SRA-02 is the only Habitat that has to be found through random chance.