Penumbra

"Penumbra" is the Caldari Epic Arc. To start the Epic Arc you must have a standing of 6.8 or higher with Expert Distribution or the Caldari Faction. These missions have great rewards, but do require some advanced skills and ships to complete safely - the minimum recommended requirements are listed below.

• Recommended requirements
  • You have and can easily solo Level 4 missions,
  • You have a proper PvE fitted BS, and
  • You have a Cov Ops ship with Cov Ops Cloaking Device II.

During this Epic Mission Arc several choices are presented to you - this guide follows only one of several paths through these missions; however, the path detailed here leads to the greatest overall rewards.

In this guide I will provide tips and suggestions based on how I completed the missions - this is not 'the' way to do the mission, rather, it is merely one possible way that worked for me. For each mission the reward is listed in terms of basic reward, time bonus and bounty - these figures are based on my particular skills so individual mileage will vary; however, this still provides a good indication of what to expect.

Penumbra is started by speaking with Aursa Kunivuri, at the Nugoeihuvi Information Centre in Josameto ("Beacons" and "Agents in Space" must be visible on the overview).

Mission 1

Title: The Intermediary

Agent: Aursa Kunivuri

Location: Nugoeihuvi Information Centre (Beacon) Josameto (System)

Reward: 250,000 + 768,000 (Bonus if completed in 2H 38M)

Enemy: Nil

Further Info: Travel 1 jump in high sec with 0.1m3 of cargo

Mission 2

Title: Trust and Discretion

Agent: Katsen Isha

Location: Poinen

Reward: 500,000 + 538,000 (Bonus if completed in 1H 46M)

Enemy: Nil

Further Info: Travel 1 jump in high sec with 3m3 of cargo

Mission 3

Title: Their Loss, Our Profit

Agent: Katsen Isha

Location: Josameto

Reward: 5,000,000 + 1,620,000 (Bonus if completed in 6H) + ~15,000,000 Bounty

Enemy: Serpentis

• Further Info:
  • Recommend you kill all rats and then destroy the research facility
  • Initially there are 6 BS and 2 Cruisers - Trigger for next wave is Grand Admiral - obviously kill last
  • First wave is 5 BS and 4 Frig - this group has more DPS than the initial and annoying sensor damp frigs - Trigger is one of the Grand Admirals so leave both for last
  • Second wave is 4 BS 4 Cruisers and 5 Frigs
  • After the second wave has been dealt with, destroy the research facility - some more Frigs will spawn but these can be ignored/taken out with drones
  • Two cans will drop when the research facility is destroyed - one has the S.I Formula Sheet
  • When you warp in you will see a Security Compound some distance away (looks like a can on the overview) - it has some random corpse in it...if you're into that sort of thing you can go get it.
  • Completed in fairly standard PvE Raven with no difficulty

Mission 4

At this point you are presented with your first choice of mission - I recommend this one for max rewards.

Title: An Honorable Betrayal

Agent: Katsen Isha

Location: Poinen

Reward: 250,000 + 227,000 (Bonus if completed in 52M)

Enemy: Nil

Further Info: Take the S.I Formula Sheet and head 1 jump away to talk to Arkio Kuretsu

Mission 5

Title: Proof of Intent

Agent: Arikio Kuretsu

Location: Wuos

Reward: 250,000 + 661,000 (Bonus if completed in 2H 36M)

Enemy: Nil

Further Info: This should take around 1 second to complete - just give the Formula Sheet to the agent

Mission 6

Title: Return to Isha

Agent: Arikio Kuretsu

Location: Wuos

Reward: 250,000 + 658,000 (Bonus if completed in 3H)

Enemy: Nil

Further Info: As the title suggests, travel 5 jumps in high sec back to Katsen Isha... don't forget the Formula Sheet!

Mission 7

You get another mission choice here - I suggest this one.

Title: Two Steps into Hell

Agent: Katsen Isha

Location: Poinen

Reward: 40,000,000 + 1,340,000 (Bonus if completed in 6H)

Enemy: Perhaps nasty Low/Null Sec pirates :o

• Further Info:
  • You need your cov ops cloaky for this one - must transport the S.I Formula sheet to Null Sec
  • For those in E-Uni, in accordance with the SOP you are allowed into the syndicate
  • If you just go for the shortest route there will be many jumps in Low and Null sec - I recommend you travel to Bherdasopt and then shortest route from there... ultimately travel which ever route makes sense at the time.
  • Take normal precautions in Null Sec, such as never warping directly from Stargate to Stargate (to avoid bubbles)
  • You can warp to zero to the objective as this is a mission deadspace are - drop the Formula in the container as quickly as you can and get out!
  • You can complete the mission remotely to get a huge chunk of ISK!!

Mission 8

Title: Almost Unmasked

Agent: Katsen Isha

Location: Poinen

Reward: 250,000 + 1,690,000 (Bonus if completed in 6H)

Enemy: Nil

Further Info: 5 jumps in high sec to talk to Arikio Kuretsu - take a codebreaker and suitable ship for the next mission

Mission 9

Title: Some Light Theatrics

Agent: Arikio Kuretsu

Location: Wuos

Reward: 20,000,000 + 1,660,000 (Bonus if completed in 6H)

Enemy: Nil

• Further Info:
  • You need a ship fitted with a codebreaker
  • The habitation Module explodes and causes ~900 damage
  • Habitation Mod was 54Km away from warp in
  • Simply use the codebreaker on the Habitation Mod - after a successful codebreaker cycle grab the people from the can
  • Don't go afk and pay attention while you are using the code breaker - the Habitation Module explodes 30 seconds after a successful attempt - if you don't get the people out in this time I assume things will end badly...

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