Suspicious Signal

Main article: Homefront operation

Homefront operations are Cosmic Anomalies in highsec that require a group of pilots covering specific roles from standard roles like DPS and logi to less common roles in fleets such as hacking and hauling. Each having its own scenario and requiring its own group composition and strategy. The acceleration gate on the entrance allows only certain types of ships depending on particular type.

Mission details

Suspicious Signal: Secure the Intel

The objective of this site is to destroy a single tower-like structure located at the center. At the start, the structure is either invulnerable or cloaked, and it only becomes vulnerable once three hackable arrays (data cans) are successfully hacked. Each hacked array activates a 90-second timer. If all three are hacked around the same time, this creates a 90-second damage window on the tower. Tower durability is estimated at approximately 337k HP.

Be advised that enemy ships will aggressively target and destroy any drones deployed during the engagement, making drone usage a risky choice for capsuleers who rely heavily on them for damage or utility.

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  Suspicous Signal: Secure the Intel - Site Overview
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  Suspicious Signal: Secure the Intel - Armor Array
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  Suspicious Signal: Secure the Intel - Tower Destruction

Fleet size & composition

• Optimal fleet size: 5 ships
• Fleet composition: T1 Cruisers (DPS), T1 Logistic Cruisers (Logi)

Common group compositions are 5 DPS with strong active tank, 3 of which have Data Analyzer equipped; or 4 DPS with 1 Logi.

Type of ships allowed

This homefront operation takes place in a deadspace pocket with an acceleration gate that has ship restrictions.

• Tech 1 frigates, navy and pirate frigates
• Tech 1 destroyers, navy and pirate destroyers
• Tech 1 cruisers
• Tech 1 haulers, including Squall
• Ventures

Mission parameters

• Time-limit: 20 minutes
• Longshot Relay Health
• Hackable Array (A) (B) (C): 90 seconds

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  Suspicious Signal: Secure the Intel - Mission Parameters
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  Suspicious Signal: Stop the Sabotage - Mission Parameters
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  Suspicious Signal: Block the Broadcast - Mission Parameters
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  Suspicious Signal: Stop the Siphon - Mission Parameters

Suspicious Signal in different empires

There are regional differences in the site’s description, hostile damage types or EWAR.

Region	Site	Damage Types	EWAR	Tower
Amarr	Suspicious Signal: Secure the Intel	Ex Kin	Paints	Longshot Relay
Caldari	Suspicious Signal: Block the Broadcast	Kin Th	Damps	Megafinance Siphoner
Gallente	Suspicious Signal: Stop the Siphon	Kin Th	ECM	Quantum-Override Broadcaster
Minmatar	Suspicious Signal: Stop the Sabotage	EM Th	Neuts / Weapon disruption	Sacred Exploiter

Hostiles

A fleet consisting of frigates, destroyers, cruisers, and battlecruisers will be present upon arrival. They will concentrate their fire on one capsuleer ship at a time, beginning with the first vessel to enter the site, and may periodically switch targets as a group. An exception applies to hostiles with the Infiltrating, Evader, Spinner or Insurgent prefixes: these will immediately target any drones that are deployed, but will revert to attacking the currently focused capsuleer ship if no drones are present.

Suspicious Signal: Secure the Intel				Suspicious Signal: Block the Broadcast
Prefix	Info	Weakness		Prefix	Info	Weakness
Insurgent	Drone aggro	EM		Spinner	Drone aggro	EM
Refuge	Logi	EM		Exonerater	Logi	EM
Spymaster	DPS	EM		Diverter	Damps	EM
Spotter	Paints	EM		Compeller	DPS	EM
Infiltrator	DPS	EM		Veritas	DPS	EM
Suspicious Signal: Stop the Siphon				Suspicious Signal: Stop the Sabotage
Prefix	Info	Weakness		Prefix	Info	Weakness
Scrubber	DPS	EM		Proselytizer	DPS	Ex
Insurer	Logi	EM		Saboteur	DPS	Ex
Evader	Drone aggro	EM		Infiltrating	Drone aggro	Ex
Eraser	DPS	EM		Quietus	Neuts	Ex
Falsifier	ECM	EM		Justifier	Logi	Ex
				Obscurer	Weapon disruption	Ex

Finding sites

Homefront operations are Cosmic Anomalies located in empire owned High Security systems, mostly focused around trade hubs or career agent systems.

• Opportunities window > Homefront Operations tab: will render a list of the available homefronts within a limited range.
• Agency window > Homefront Operations tab: will give you a more detailed filtering ability that allows you to search any region.
• Probe Scanner > Displays all available anomalies in the system, including their distance in AU, with options to warp or align to them.

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  Opportunities > Homefront Operations
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  Agency > Homefront Operations
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  Probe Scanner > Homefront Anomalies

Rewards

Rewards for Suspicious Signal sites come in two forms: (1) ISK payout upon site completion, and (2) site-specific loot from the hackable arrays. Each of the hackable arrays will drop between 1 and 3 units of loot per hack. These can be sold for 350,000 ISK per unit to NPC buy orders in certain regions of highsec.

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  Suspicious Signal: Stop the Sabotage - Array Loot
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  Suspicious Signal: Secure the Intel - Array Loot

Payout amount follows the standard 5-pilot Homefront Operation payout structure, giving the maximum payout per pilot of 15,486,410 ISK with a fleet of 5.

Gallery

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  Suspicious Signal: Stop the Sabotage - Designated Cans, Warp-in Vector
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  Transmission: Succesful Hacking
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  Suspicious Signal: Stop the Sabotage - Site Overview
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  Suspicious Signal: Stop the Sabotage - Hacking Vexor
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  Suspicious Signal: Stop the Sabotage - Destroyed Sacred Exploiter