Noah Gaffelt, the Goner priest, sends you a message. Dock with the Goner temple in Cloudbase Southwest. Then talk over the comm to Noah Gaffelt. You have to do some defense duty here, so undock and wait. You will be transported into the defense tower of the transport vessel.

First aim at those drones they put out and destroy them all. Then after a bit, a small wave of pirates come your way. Shoot in bursts, and only do continuous fire if they ever get really close. Normally they fall before that.

A second wave comes and falls just as quickly. Then you are through the gate and again you have to fight off a wave of pirates. When you are done with them, you get on the planet and fight in close quarters. It's hard to hit anything here, but you will make it.

After the short scene, you are off the planet again and in space, in your spacesuit. Turn to your left until you see a ship (not that big one) in the asteroid field. Aim for it, put your suit to full speed and wait. When you are close to the ship, you will be automatically picked up, so don't worry about smashing into it.