Talk:Mission 9/@comment-195.7.1.204-20130625170127/@comment-24373012-20140103021403

You must have a ship better than the Betty. I usually have the Azov or the Salvehn by the time I being this mission. Both of these should have enough equipment slots on them to allow for the tractor beam and the scanner while still allowing for armor and a shield, two items that are practically required to survive the mission unless you are good enough at the game to succeed without them somehow. Then you just destroy the enemy ships, lock on to the remains with your crosshair, and the tractor beam will automatically pull them in after you have locked on.

If you seriously don't know how to actually equip them by now, despite the tutorial the game gives you, then it's simple. Make sure you at least have them with you and that you didn't leave them at the Kaamo Club or something. Then dock at any station and go to the hanger. Select the "Ship" tab. Scroll to the bottom. You should see the tractor beam and the scanner (you should ALWAYS have a scanner on you unless doing a certain achievement, because even if you don't buy a new one, the game gives you one at the very beginning) under where it says "Equipment". Be sure there are at least two empty slots in your equipment so you can equip them. Select one and press the little button that looks like it has a picture of two plugs connecting. It should add it to the list of equipped Equipment (lol now I'm Captain Obvious here). Now do the same with the other. Congratulations, you have equipped the Tractor Beam and the Scanner! Now do it with any other equipment you have that you never bothered to equip!