Came back to game recently and started new save.

Attempting to get myself my first free freighter.

Forgot how to guarantee S class on first go around so looked up lots of videos and posts (all more than 6mo old, cant find any recent)

I have now wasted 9 hours trying to get this too work the way I have seen others. HAS IT CHANGED?

Here is what I’ve been doing:
1. After 3hr in game + 4 Jumps I save a station
2. Make my hyper jump to different systems looking for the right freighter.
3. Once found, I head to space station and do quick restore point
4. After I fly back out, the freighter is gone and has been replaced with new smaller, unwanted freighter…. and now I must do step 1 over again

As I’ve stated. I have done this 3 times (9+ hours). Can someone please update me on what has changed so I can stop wasting time?

If I had five units for every time I accidentally sold the item I was supposed to be delivering for a “Deliver the Goods” mission… I wouldn’t need to be spending all this time making stasis devices 😉