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Originally Posted by Biggley

now i need to ace a tonnage of merchants, but it does not say how much, any idea where that information is located?

In this very thread

Originally Posted by peabody

If you arrive at the star and it immediately turns grey, then it is usually a "Sink" mission and the first part is complete and they give you a new Objective to sink enemy ships. (In stock that is usually about 10.000 tons) and you do not have to stay near the star to sink them, you can go anywhere to sink them.