The Blood-Stained Stars/Chapter 5 - Shifting Foundations
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Mission 30 - An Eye on Everything
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Objective
Warp to the smuggling hub at the designated mission location in Hek, investigate, and report back to Agent Eslin.
Notes
Warp to the designated location. You will find yourself about 50km away from a sizable pirate fleet consisting of 3 frigates, 12 cruisers, and 7 battleships, plus a Nidhoggur class carrier.
Don't attack! Don't move! Don't do anything!
You'll get a message from Agent Eslin: "Looks like they're still getting reinforcements. They even have a stolen Nidhoggur. Alright, I have all the information I need, good work. Get back to me before they realize you're there, and we can discuss what comes next."
Before you fly back to the station and complete the mission, take a moment to do a "Look At" on the Nidhoggur carrier. You usually see these only in low-sec or 0.0 space, so check it out before leaving. The fleet won't attack if you simply look at them.
If you still want to fight the pirates just to get that high sec carrier kill, here are the details on the rats:
The carrier neuts 1200 GJ/30 seconds (40 GJ/s), but does no damage and does not have fighters. The carrier will only aggress if you approach close to it or attack it. Simply attacking the other ships will not agro the carrier. There are no warp disruptors in this mission. It is recommended to destroy all the other ships before attacking the carrier, that way you will not have to deal with the neuting while under fire. After all the other ships are dead, you can attack the carrier. When attacking the carrier, you should either use weapons that don't require capacitor (projectile weapons, missiles, or drones) or have a lot of cap batteries, rechargers, and/or cap boosters. The carrier will always stay stationary and is immune to all forms of EWAR and tackle. The carrier always drops a 5,000,000 ISK Minmatar Rear Admiral Tag, and may drop a large quantity of marines and small arms. The carrier does not drop capital modules, and does not have any noteworthy salvage. Salvaging the carrier will not yield T2 salvage.
Most of the incoming damage will come from the Serpentis and Angel battleships. The best way to destroy the pirate fleet is to keep at range, perhaps with a micro jump drive, and use long range weapons. A marauder or a Rattlesnake is recommended due to the high damage. When all the ships are close, the damage can exceed 600dps. The carrier can take several minutes to burn down even with a marauder, so it is recommended to engage it last.
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3-4 x Elite Frigate Centii Loyal Enslaver/Manslayer/... | ||||
3-4 x Elite Cruiser Centum Loyal Fiend/Hellhound | ||||
3-4 x Battlecruiser Gistatis Primus/Legatus/... | ||||
3 x Battlecruiser Corelatis Platoon leader/Captain/High Captain/... | ||||
3-4 x Battleship Gist Cherubim/Seraphim | ||||
3-4 x Battleship Core Grand/Lord Admiral | ||||
1 x Carrier Republic Harkal |
Bounties:
- ~11 million ISK
Mission 31 - The Uses of Force
Type | Talk to Agent |
Objective | Report to Tarak Erand |
Rewards | 200,000 ISK + ~125,000-173,000 ISK (bonus) |
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Objective
Report to Tarak Erand at Lustrevik VII - Moon 9 - Brutor Tribe Academy
Notes
Just two quick jumps away.
Mission 32 - Goading the Leader
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Objective
Take out the Auxiliary Power Array. Location is within the system, follow the warp link.
Notes
Don't worry about the number of pirates on your overview - the smugglers and the Nidhogger will warp out as you fly towards the Array, leaving 4 watchmen remaining. These will aggress you when you get close to the array.
Mission is completed once the power array is destroyed. The pirate ships do not need to be destroyed.
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1 x Auxiliary Power Array | ||||
4 x Smuggling Hub |
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Smugglers (Depart the scene) | ||||
3 x Frigate Smuggler | ||||
3 x Cruiser Smuggler | ||||
7 x Battlecruiser Smuggler | ||||
8 x Battleship Smuggler | ||||
1 x Carrier Stolen Nidhogger | ||||
Watchmen (Guristas and Serpentis ships) | ||||
3 x Frigate Watchman | ||||
1 x Cruiser Watchman |
If the Power array is destroyed before the trigger the reinforcements will not arrive.
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4 x Frigate Watchman |
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Mission 33 - Hunting the Lieutenants
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Objective
Clear the facility of hostiles and capture any of the lieutenants present. The mission objective location is located within the Lustrevik system.
Notes
Warp to the encounter location. You will be about 30km away from seven Mercenary Rookie ships. They all will soon target lock you. They were no challenge for a frigate ship (e.g. Rifter). After you kill them all a popup will display a message from the lieutenant and Tarak Errand will say:
"We were scanning the radio chatter of those guys you took out. They were trying to evacuate someone from that Habitation Module. It's vulnerable now without them guarding it, so you can fire a few rounds off into the building. That should flush him out."
After you have shot the Habitation Module (you do not have to destroy it completely) the next popup from the lieutenant will display:
"Alright, alright! Stop shooting, I’ll come with you!"
The mission is completed. You do not need to loot anything just safely warp back to the agent's home base.
When you turn in Tarak Errand will say:
"Good work, <Pilot>. I had a feeling we’d find at least one of them there. We’ll take him out back and encourage him to talk."
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7 x Frigate Mercenary Rookie |
Mission 34 - Valuable Cargo
Type | Talk to Agent |
Objective | Report to Keita Eslin |
Rewards | 200,000 ISK + ~80,000-105,000 ISK (bonus) |
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Objective
Report to Keita Eslin, located in Hek IV - Krusual Tribe Bureau (0.8)
Notes
Again, another two quick jumps away.
Mission 35 - Marked for Death
Type | Encounter |
Objective | Assassinate Izia Tabar |
Faction | Mercenaries |
Best damage to deal | Kin Th |
Damage to resist | Kin Th |
Rewards | 200,000 ISK + ~105,000-144,000 ISK (bonus) |
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Objective
Assassinate Izia Tabar located within the Hek system.
Notes
Warp into the encounter. Be cautious. At first, you will see a pack of five Mercenary Rookie ships in about 20km distance. Killing them will cause the second pack of five Mercenary Rookie ships to show up. After all 10 ships are destroyed the named ship Izia Tabar will spawn. That is your mission target. Izia Tabar is harder to kill and very fast. Kill him and you will have completed the mission.
On turn-in Keita Eslin says: "You have done exceptionally well, <Pilot>. Our teams will head over to Tabar’s compound now and comb the area for further evidence. Get back to me when you are ready for one last assignment. It is about time the Minmatar repaid you for all you’ve done, and I have some information about how we can make that happen."
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5 x Frigate Mercenary Rookie |
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5 x Frigate Mercenary Rookie |
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1 x Frigate Izia Tabar |
Mission 36 - Thwarting the Succession
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Objective
Kill mercenaries to let the Krusual spy escape.
Notes
Warp to the encounter. You will land about 25km away from three Mercenary Rookie ships, which you will have to destroy. Then three Mercenary Fighter ships and Mizara will spawn. After you destroyed Mizara the mission is complete.
When you turn in Kaita Eslin says: "You've destroyed a pirate ring that would have taken us months to work through. High marks all around."
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3 x Frigate Mercenary Rookie |
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3 x Frigate Mercenary Fighter | ||||
1 x Elite Frigate Mizara |
Mission 37 - Certificate of Death
Type | Talk to Agent |
Objective | Report to Dovirch Anselm |
Rewards | 200,000 ISK + ~159,000-210,000 ISK (bonus) |
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Objective
Report to Dovirch Anselm, located at Tanoo V - Moon 1 - Ammatar Consulate Bureau.
Notes
You have to travel to Dovirch Anselm, 10 jumps away through high security space.
Next chapter: Chapter 6 - A Breach of Trust