The Assault (Serpentis)

This article details the Serpentis variant of this mission. For other faction variants, see The Assault (disambiguation).

Level	4
Type	Encounter
Objective	Clear the third (last) room of NPCs.
Faction	Serpentis
Best damage to deal	Kin Th
Damage to resist	Th Kin
Warp disruption	Yes (Guardian Protector, Coreli Guardian Agent/Spy)
EWAR	Sensor dampening

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Mission briefing

We are under attack! A Serpentis fleet just came out of warp near here and started to pulverize our defense drones. They are using some sort of scrambling device to deactivate our sentry guns as well. We request that you gather a group of battle-hardened pilots and take them on. If you don't, then I'm afraid we'll have to negotiate our way out of this ... or just keep our fingers crossed that other backup arrives in time.

The mission consists of three pockets and you only have to clear the NPCs in the third (last) pocket. You might have to clear some warp disrupting frigates in pocket 1 and 2 so you can take the acceleration gate.

Blitz: In the first and second pockets, ignore all hostile targets and proceed through the acceleration gates. Note that the gates cannot be activated while warp disrupted, so it may be necessary to destroy any disrupting frigates before activating the gates. Destroy all the ships in the final pocket.

Warning: It can be helpful to fit a Sensor Booster or Signal Boost Amplifier to help counteract sensor dampening.

1st Pocket (Optional)

Attacking group 1 has a chance to aggro group 2. Attacking group 3 will aggro group 2. Destroying any of the triggers will spawn reinforcements. Avoid triggering reinforcements too early as it includes more warp disruption and heavy dps.

The acceleration gate is not locked, and can be activated at any time. However, note that the acceleration gate cannot be used while warp disrupted.

Initial Defenders

		WD	EWAR	L
Group 1
	2 x Elite Frigate Coreli Guardian Agent/Spy
	4 x Elite Cruiser Corelum Guardian Chief Patroller/...
Group 2 (60 km)
	3 x Destroyer Corelior Infantry/Sentinel
	4 x Battlecruiser Corelatis Platoon/Squad Leader
	2 x Battleship Core Rear Admiral
Group 3 (60 km)
	5 x Destroyer Corelior Infantry/Sentinel
	3 x Battlecruiser Corelatis Platoon/Squad Leader
	4 x Battleship Core Flotilla/Rear Admiral
Group 4 (60 km, on Radio Telescope)
	4 x Battleship Core Rear Admiral/Flotilla Admiral

Reinforcements (50 km)

		WD	EWAR	L
	3-4 x Elite Frigate Guardian Protector
	3-4 x Battleship Core Rear Admiral/Port Admiral

2nd Pocket (Optional)

Auto-aggro from groups 1 and 2 on warp-in. Destroying the trigger battleships will spawn reinforcements.

The acceleration gate is not locked, and can be activated at any time. However, note that you cannot take the acceleration gate while warp disrupted.

Initial Defenders

		WD	EWAR	L
Group 1 (10-21 km)
	4 x Elite Frigate Coreli Guardian Agent/Spy
Group 2 (55-70 km)
	3 x Battlecruiser Corelatis Squad Leader/Platoon Leader
	6 x Battleship Core Commodore/Port Admiral
Group 3 (71-80 km)
	3 x Destroyer Corelior Sentinel/Cannoneer
	2 x Battleship Core High Admiral/Grand Admiral

Reinforcements (65 km)

		WD	EWAR	L
	4 x Elite Frigate Guardian Defender/...
	4 x Battleship Core Flotilla/Vice Admiral

3rd Pocket

Group 1 will aggro drones. Group 2 will aggro when approached within 40km. Mission is completed once both groups are destroyed.

Hostile NPCs

		WD	EWAR	L
Group 1 (65 km)
	2 x Elite Frigate Coreli Guardian Agent
	2 x Elite Cruiser Corelum Guardian Chief Infantry/Sentinel
	3 x Battlecruiser Corelatis Squad/Platoon
	1 x Battleship Core High Admiral
Group 2 (90 km)
	1 x Cruiser Corelum Chief Sentinel
	1 x Battlecruiser Corelatis Platoon Leader
	3 x Battleship Core Port/Rear Admiral

Mining

Asteroids

		WD	EWAR	L
1st Pocket (47-60km
	30 x Plagioclase
	16 x Pyroxeres
	45 x Veldspar
2nd Pocket (63-96km)
	35 x Veldspar