Covering your Tracks (Level 4)

name=Covering Your Tracks, Level 4 Template:Survival copy

Level	4
Type	Encounter
Faction	Mercenaries
Best damage to deal	Kinetic/ Thermal
Damage to resist	Kinetic/ Thermal
Warp disruption	Mercenary Wingman
Ship suggestion	Raven, CNR, Dominix, Drake, Typhoon.

Mission briefing

Ducia Foundry has a slight problem on its hands. One of our agents sent a certain mercenary on a very important courier mission to deliver an item of great value to our headquarters. This was a few weeks ago, and this mercenary never showed up at his destination. At first we thought he had simply run off with the goods, but upon further investigation that proved not to be the case. His ship had been destroyed, though, we received no transmissions from him, and we found clues at the site linking the crime to a certain pirate who also happens to work as a bounty hunter. I have no doubt that some pirate organization put him up to it, but that is of little importance compared to retrieving the item that was stolen. Now we looked up this bounty hunter and we discovered something that will interest you, no doubt. What we found was that he is currently on an assignment to kill none other than you, Hirmuolio Pine. Who hired him we do not know, but considering your past I'm sure you have a few suspects in mind who might pull something like this off. Now that we have a mutual target, I thought, "Why not ask Hirmuolio Pine to take care of the job?" And then suddenly here you are. By doing this assignment, you'll not only rid yourself of a rat who's on your tail, but you will retrieve the item that we're after. I'm sure you're willing to get the job done, eh? I'll upload the pirate scumbag's current location into your NeoCom; he's out in Gererique hanging around a casino. He's a pretty tough nut to crack, I hear, so you may want to bring backup with you just in case.

Space type: Normal

===Single Pocket===

Auto aggro.

Single Group (20km):
2x Sentry Gun (Caldari 425mm Railgun Sentry)
3x Elite Frigate (Mercenary Wingman) Webifier/ Warp Disruptor
3x Cruiser (Mercenary Commander)
2x Battleship (Mercenary Overlord)
1x Battleship (Ratah Niaga/ Tauron/ Taisu Magdesh)

Blitz:
All ships must be cleared to complete the mission.

Structures:
The Abandoned Stargate Drops Metal Scraps (50)

Tip:
Ratah Niaga's ship has high thermal resistance. Use kinetic damage to kill it. He will try to orbit at ~250km flying away at 145m/s. Best to kill him first before he gets away or fit a MWD or MJD to go after him.

Loot and Bounty:
All the named Battleships have a small chance to drop faction loot.

Damage Information:

Name	Weapon	EM	Exp	Kin	Th
Ratah Niaga	Paradise Precision Cruise Missile	162	36	91	200
Tauron	Paradise Cruise Missile	159	36	103	292
Taisu Magdesh	Devastator Cruise Missile	149	101	95	180

Note: group DPS excludes Sentry Guns.