Rogue Trial Yard

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Rogue Trial Yard
Type Unrated Complex
Rating Unrated
Found in Low
Max ship size Battlecruisers
Faction Rogue Drones
Best damage to deal Electromagnetic damage EMThermal damage Th
Damage to resist Explosive damage ExKinetic damage KinThermal damage Th
Sig. strength 20% in Low

Overview

This combat site is a Unrated Complex which can be found in Low-sec via exploration. Its signal strength is high (20%), making it easy to scan down.

Walkthrough

First Pocket

Spatial Rift can be accessed like normal gate. This gate isn't locked, so you don't need to clear the pocket.
In local chat channel (on warp in)
Little is known about rogue drones except that they are aggresive and highly territorial.
Initial defenders
WD EWAR L


Frigate 3 x Frigate Digger Drone
Frigate 2-3 x Frigate Harvester Drone
Cruiser 3 x Cruiser Devastator Alvum
Wave #2 - timed spawn
WD EWAR L


Frigate 2 x Frigate Hunter Alvi
Frigate 2 x Frigate Strain Silverfish Alvi
Cruiser 6 x Cruiser Assault Drone
In local (proximity spawn)
no further!
Wave #2 - Wave #3 - Spatial Rift proximity spawn (~5000m)
WD EWAR L


Frigate 1-2 x Frigate Barracuda/Hunter/... Alvi
Frigate 2 x Frigate Strain Silverfish Alvi
Structures
WD EWAR L


Acceleration Gate 1 x Spatial Rift Unlocked

Second Pocket

Initial defenders
WD EWAR L


Frigate 4 x Frigate Decimator/Render/Splinter/Sunder Alvi
Frigate 6 x Frigate Harvester Drone Trigger for Commander Wave
Destroyer 2 x Destroyer Marauder/Dismantler Alvior Trigger for Wave #2 upon aggression
Commander Wave
WD EWAR L


Cruiser 4 x Cruiser Violator Alvum
Commander Cruiser 1 x Commander Cruiser Sentient Viral Infector Alvum escalation trigger Wreck may contain rogue drone chip, may produce Tech 2 salvage
Wave #2
WD EWAR L


Destroyer 3 x Destroyer Predator/Dismantler Alvior
Battlecruiser 2 x Battlecruiser Striker Alvatis
Wave #3 (may triggered by accessing one of the container)
WD EWAR L


Elite Cruiser 2 x Elite Cruiser Strain Viral Invector Alvum
Battlecruiser 3 x Battlecruiser Defeater/Enforcer/... Alvatis
In local chat channel (after last ship killed)
We will go elsewhere.
Structures
WD EWAR L


Container 5 x Container With Blast Marks No known drop

Rewards

Total bounty about 1.8 M ISK. (recent 01/2017 run gave 2.69M ISK, plus ~11M ISK in Rogue Drone Component drops)
May drop Sentient drone components:

  • Sentient Damage Control, 2017-08-26, 270 mill +
  • Sentient Drone Navigation Computer, 2018-04-29, ~135M
  • Rogue Drone 43-X Nexus Chip, 2020-10-19, ~119M ISK
  • Red box doesn't work: 4mil bounty and 5.6mil salvage/loot 2023-01-29

Escalation

Killing the Sentient Annihilator Alvum may start the escalation chain Moving Day.

Expeditions: Moving Day
Mid fight you noticed a transport ship coming in from warp accompanied by a few drone escorts and after some targeted scans your instruments get a suspicious reading along their incoming warp trajectory.