Cant start the next mission- plz help

Hey guys,
Im having a problem that i cant solve, thats why im posting here..yes..
k so I finished the mission where you have to escort some ambassador away from harm. I finished that and i went to base. After that i wanted to do a little of what I call "taking candy from little babies" runs.(and for those who are a little lost i mean stealing) so i got around 6 hours of playing just on trading and i felt like going back to storyline because i traded pretty good upgrades and weapons to make my playing easier. unfortinutly that didnt happen.
I got stuck. i cant get back on the storyline. Weird thing happend while i was trading. there are 2 objectives that i did not know how to get rid of which were the "Trade big jack uncut stonegems" and "trade some weapons for something else" both were for trading. now i went inside my base to check on my loot, went back out to do the storyline and i found those 2 objectives completed. I didnt trade anything though. i went back in the base and i saw on my trade screen Big Jack trade and some other trades, so i said to myself ok let me trade for the gemstones. i did that and that trade disappeard. I thought everything was fine, so let me get on with act 2. I recived a message that was titiled "Stepsons-Job for you, Cal" from a sender named Gav. Now i dont know what the hell that was but when i tried to read the message, it was empty, so i said to myself i guess the job is gone. I then recived the following messages "Infromation that could be helpful to you"," problems with firefrost( or something like that)" and then i got a thankyou note from Jack, telling me that i got a big payoff.
I went out of base and all my objective is "Find help to fight mauaders in other systems"
No waypoint, all mails been read, went to many systems to find ppl, nothing working
so what might the problem be
I got 1 theory which is the latest patch... I told u guys i felt like robbing people, right, so i saw this custom jafs mod and i took it and installed it, after installing the latest patch. i did that because i wanted to get more cargo per run. now all that stuff happend after i believe so i dont know. i think i did a mission after the ambass. where i had to track down the marda. ship that was cutting off the warp engines.. but im not sure if i did that before or after the ambass. mission.
so im totally lost, spent alot of time playing and i dont wanna start over so please help me

Well, im kinda confused by what you mean, do you mean you are trying to finish the "find help with marauders in other systems" mission or what? As i remember, finding help for the marauders mission takes awhile, and its been quite awhile since ive played. This site has a walkthrough for the various missions i believe, have you looked there?

"Dust to dust we're wired into sadness"

Ya I looked everywhere...cant find anything...
Yes U are right about the "find help" Objective. I believe that objective is only achieved at the end of the act2
But the thing is im supposed to recieve something but in not recieving it. Im supposed to recive it After the ambassador mission but i am sure im not recieving it because i launch myself to space and there is no where i can go to

Hhm - I guess your problem is caused in patching the game during gameplay - after creating a savegame.
Some script seems to be broken.

Restart after patching or download a savegame from this site...




There is no safe distance

Originally posted by Arabguy

Ya I looked everywhere...cant find anything...
Yes U are right about the "find help" Objective. I believe that objective is only achieved at the end of the act2
But the thing is im supposed to recieve something but in not recieving it. Im supposed to recive it After the ambassador mission but i am sure im not recieving it because i launch myself to space and there is no where i can go to

you know im not sure if anything shows up on your objectives screen while you are looking for allies, i remember wondering where to go and what to do in this mission. I know you have to go to firefrost to get help from the sherrif, but i dont remember which station hes at, and firefrost is a huge system. Eureka is where you go to enlist help from the Third Way, and there is at least one more place but i cant recall where at the moment.

"Dust to dust we're wired into sadness"

Firefrost, Eureka and Kompira

Firefrost and Eureka - there are some heavy hints when you first enter those systems. Blue note social club and Lucifuge are the startin points in those system.

Kompira is harder, you need to go to any Oman station and wait a bit to start that one off.