Traffic Stop

Main article: Homefront operation

This 3 man Homefront Operation site is found throughout high-security Empire space. The only regional difference is the types of haulers and what damage types they are weak to.

The objective of Traffic Stop is to prevent haulers carrying contraband from reaching the station. These haulers will warp onto the grid in waves, you must cargo scan the haulers and if any of them possess contraband data, you need to destroy them. Once any hauler is aggressed, it will deploy drone frigates to attack your ships and begin accelerating rapidly until it reaches the station and docks.

The shuttles can be ignored as they never carry contraband.

Pilots should resist EM, the damage dealt by the escort frigates in all regions. There is no hostile EWAR.

This site takes the full 9 minutes, and you need to ensure both victory criteria are met: (1) don't let 5 ships carrying contraband dock up; and (2) don't shoot or kill more than 2 civilians. The mission will fail if either of those occur prior to the 9-minute timer on the site ending. Partial progress in these failure conditions (such as letting 4 smugglers through) has no effect on site payout.

Enemy drones aiding smugglars
Traffice Stop: Suspect Hauler
Contraband Data

Fleet size & composition

Optimal fleet size: 3 ships
Fleet composition: T1 Frigates, T1 Destroyers fit for cargo scanning, tackling and destruction

Type of ships allowed

The operation takes place in a deadspace pocket with an acceleration gate. The gate allows these ships:

T1 Frigate (including Navy and Faction)
T1 Destroyer (excluding Navy and Faction)
Venture

Note:

You can view in-game ship restrictions for each Homefront Operation by opening the Opportunities window (ALT+J) and double-clicking on a mission.

Homefront ship restrictions example

Mission parameters

Smugglers escaped: 0/5
Civilians harmed: 0/3
Time-limit: 10 minutes

Traffic Stop: Mission Parameters

Traffic Stop in different empires

The Haulers to be scanned match the empire space where the site is located, and so does their resists.

It does not look like the frigates vary.

Hostiles

Haulers differ in resistance based on the site's location:

Ship	Resistance Hole
Phaseless Cutter	Ex Kin
Amarr Empire
Fan Bus Bestower	Ex Kin
Fan Bus Sigil	Ex Kin
Caldari State
Repatriation Badger	EM Ex
Repatriation Tayra	EM Ex
Gallente Federation
Postal Nereus	EM Ex
Postal Iteron Mark V	EM Ex
Minmatar Republic
Trader Wreathe	EM Th
Trader Mammoth	EM Th

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.

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

Rewards

Traffic Stop: follows the 3-pilot mission ISK payout graph, with an optimal payout per pilot in a fleet of 3 pilots of 11,025,000 ISK. To be eligible for payout, each pilot must be actively involved during the mission.

When looting the suspect haulers you will find Contraband Data that can be sold to NPC buy orders for 350,000 ISK each. As well as some other commodities that can be sold on the market.

Traffic Stop: Contraband Data
Traffic Stop: Additional Commodities

Gallery

Traffic Stop: Thrasher