Recon (Blood Raiders) (Level 2)

Recon is a multi part mission with three parts. The first part is different for each faction but the second and third part are always same for all factions.

Recon (1 of 3)

Level	2
Type	Encounter
Faction	Blood Raiders
Best damage to deal	EM Th
Damage to resist	EM Th
EWAR	Elder Corpum Priest (NOS)

Blitz: Just head right for the acceleration gate in the first Pocket tanking the damage, then after that jump, you're complete so you can dock.

Pocket 1

Four spawns timed every 20 to 30 sec. All spawns are instant aggro. Ship names may change but ship class are the same in each spawn.

Spawn 1

		WD	EWAR	L
	1 x Destroyer Corpior Converter
	1 x Elite Cruiser Elder Corpum Sage
	1 x Battlecruiser Corpior Phantom

Spawn 2

		WD	EWAR	L
	1 x Elite Frigate Elder Corpii Engraver
	1 x Destroyer Corpior Templar
	1 x Elite Cruiser Elder Corpum Priest

Spawn 3

		WD	EWAR	L
	1 x Destroyer Corpior Devoter
	1 x Cruiser Corpum Shadow Sage
	1 x Elite Cruiser Elder Corpum Dark Priest

Spawn 4

		WD	EWAR	L
	1 x Destroyer Corpior Friar
	1 x Cruiser Corpum Dark Priest
	1 x Battlecruiser Corpior Phantom

Pocket 2

You will get mission completed when entering this pocket, so you don't have to kill the spawns there. The spawns are a bit random, ship names may change and you can get one ship more or less in each class ship group.

Spawn 1

		WD	EWAR	L
	3 x Elite Frigate Elder Corpii Reaver
	3/4 x Elite Cruiser Elder Corpum Dark Priest/Elder Corpum Shadow Sage

Spawn 2

		WD	EWAR	L
	2/3 x Destroyer Corpior Visionary/Corpior Cleric
	2/3 x Elite Cruiser Elder Corpum Dark Priest

Notes

• Use a shuttle (or any other preferred ((fast)) ship), get to the gate fast, use it, then warp out when you get to pocket 2. Mission is completed
• No loot
• Pocket 2 contains many Veldspar.
• Bring a long-range weapons fit or medium drones and stay outside NOS range.
  • Make sure to fit an Afterburner to achieve that.
• Small T2 drones can break the Elite Cruisers' tank, but expect that to take a while. Typically 40 minutes total for this pocket.

Recon (2 of 3)

Level	2
Type	Encounter
Faction	Mercenaries
Best damage to deal	Kin Th
Damage to resist	Kin Th
Ship suggestion	Cruiser (Full Clear)

Single gated pocket.

Fly to the acceleration gate which has been locked down by the mining corporation. See if they will let you through. Then report back to your agent.

The gate is a "large collidable object", make sure to turn that on in your overview to see it. Approach the gate. The gate is located approximately 60 to 75 km from warp in.

When you get close [10 km], or attack the station, there is an ambush. Fly to the gate, trigger the ambush, warp out.

• Completion Trigger is based on distance to the gate and not on triggering the ambush.
• If you attack the station and trigger the ambush you will have to approach the gate anyway.
• Mining Station drops random loot, but has a large amount of hp.

Ambush

		WD	EWAR	L
	6 x Frigate Mercenery Elite Fighter
	3 x Frigate Mercenary Fighter
	1 x Cruiser Mercenary Commander
	2 x Sentry Angel Light Missile Battery
	2 x Sentry Tower Sentry Guristas I

Recon (3 of 3)

Level	2
Type	Reconnaissance
Objective	Scout the area
Faction	None
Damage to resist	Omni
Ship suggestion	10k+ EHP and Omni Tank or Pure Speed
Extra	Gas Cloud Damage

• No enemies
• No Structures
• You warp directly into a cloud. The gate is 60km away, activate it to complete the mission.
• Use a fast ship with an afterburner and a buffer tank (like shield extenders) to get to the gate as fast as possible and before the final wave hits.

Toxic cloud:

• Waves deal all kinds of damage evenly and occur at 5 seconds and every 20 seconds thereafter, for 10 waves.
• Every wave has 4 separate damage types.
• Total unresisted damage starts at about 200 (50 per type) and slightly goes up to about 1400 (350 per type).
• The final wave will be more than 4000 (more than 1000 per type) unresisted damage.
• The solution for the average level 2 mission runner is obviously not to get hit by the final wave.

Mining

There is a very large number of asteroids (91 in total) in the pocket after the Toxic Cloud:

• 30x Plagioclase
• 16x Pyroxeres
• 45x Veldspar

Note that the asteroids will be gone when you complete the mission.