Angel Strike (Guristas Pirates)

This article details the Guristas variant of this mission. For other faction variants, see Angel Strike (disambiguation).
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Angel Strike is a multi-part mission. Parts 1 through 4, as well as part 6, are always the same, but part 5, and parts 7 through 10 have variants for each pirate faction.

Ambush in the Dark (1 of 10)

Level	3
Type	Encounter
Objective	Retrieve Prisoners from the deadspace complex.
Faction	Rogue Pirates
Best damage to deal	EM Ex
Damage to resist	EM Ex Kin
Warp disruption	Rogue Pirate
Ship size limit	?

Details

Group 1 will auto-aggro on warp-in.

Hostile NPCs

		WD	EWAR	L
Group 1 (10 km)
	2 x Elite Frigate Rogue Pirate
	2 x Sentry Tower Sentry II
Group 2 (60 km)
	4 x Elite Frigate Rogue Pirate
	1 x Cruiser Rogue Pirate Raider

Mission objective item (Prisoners) is in the cargo container.

The Interrogation (2 of 10)

Level	3
Type	Courier
Objective	Deliver 1x Prisoners (1.0 m3) to the specified station.

The Kidnapping (3 of 10)

Level	3
Type	Encounter
Objective	Retrieve Prisoners from the deadspace complex.
Faction	Mercenaries
Best damage to deal	EM
Warp disruption	Mercenary Wingman, Zerak Cheryn

Details

Pocket 1

No aggro on warp-in. Three Drazin's Keycard are needed to activate the acceleration gate to the second pocket, and can be obtained by destroying the Habitat structure.

Hostile NPCs

		WD	EWAR	L
Left Group
	4 x Elite Frigate Mercenary Elite Fighter
	2 x Cruiser Mercenary Commander
Middle Group
	2 x Frigate Mercenary Wingman
	4 x Cruiser Mercenary Lieutenant
	1 x Commander Cruiser Drazin Jaruk
Right Group
	4 x Frigate Mercenary Fighter
	4 x Cruiser Mercenary Corporal

Structures

		WD	EWAR	L
	1 x Habitat
	1 x Acceleration Gate

Pocket 2

Mission objective item (Prisoners) can be retrieved from the cargo container dropped by Zerak Cheryn.

Hostile NPCs

		WD	EWAR	L
	2 x Elite Frigate Mercenary Wingman
	1 x Cruiser Mercenary Lieutenant
	1 x Commander Cruiser Zerak Cheryn

Structures

		WD	EWAR	L
	? x Storage Container

Possible Leads (4 of 10)

Level	3
Type	Courier
Objective	Deliver 1 x Data Chip (0.1 m3) to the specified station.
Ship size limit	No

Incriminating Evidence (5 of 10)

Level	3
Type	Encounter
Faction	Guristas
Best damage to deal	Th Kin
Damage to resist	Th
Ship size limit	?

Details

Destroy all hostile targets to complete the mission.

Hostile NPCs

		WD	EWAR	L
	5 x Frigate Komni Smuggler
	2 x Cruiser Komni Assassin/Honcho

The Flu Outbreak (6 of 10)

Level	3
Type	Courier
Objective	Deliver 110x Antibiotics (22 m3) to the specified station.

The Secret Meeting (7 of 10)

Level	3
Type	Encounter
Faction	Guristas
Best damage to deal	Kin Th
Damage to resist	Kin Th
Ship size limit	?

Details

Pocket 1

Hostile NPCs

		WD	EWAR	L
	1 x Battleship Komni Envoy

Pocket 2

No aggro on warp-in. Groups 1 and 2 will aggro when approached within 20km. All other groups will aggro when approached within 10km. All groups aggro separately.

Hostile NPCs (40-50km)

		WD	EWAR	L
Group 1
	3 x Frigate Pithi Wrecker/Plunderer
	2 x Cruiser Pithum Inferno
Group 2
	4 x Frigate Pithi Destructor/Demolisher
	2 x Cruiser Pithum Eraser
Group 3
	2 x Battlecruiser Pithatis Assassin/Death Dealer
Group 4
	2 x Battlecruiser Pithatis Assaulter
Group 5
	4 x Cruiser Pithum Silencer/Ascriber

Defend the Civilian Convoy (8 of 10)

Level	3
Type	Encounter
Faction	Guristas
Best damage to deal	Kin Th
Damage to resist	Kin Th
Ship size limit	?
Ship suggestion	Drake

Details

Group 1 will auto-aggro on warp-in. Destroying Group 3 will mark the mission as completed.

Hostile NPCs

		WD	EWAR	L
Group 1 (15km)
	5 x Destroyer Pithior Anarchist/Renegade
	1 x Cruiser Pithum Abolisher
Group 2 (24km)
	3 x Cruiser Pithatis Assaulter/Eraser
Group 3 (30km)
	4 x Destroyer Pithior Nihilist/Anarchist
	2 x Battlecruiser Pithior Enforcer/Executor
Group 4 (47-53km)
	4 x Cruiser Pithum Killer/Murderer

Retrieve the Prisoners (9 of 10)

Level	3
Type	Encounter
Faction	Guristas
Best damage to deal	Kin Th
Damage to resist	Kin Th
EWAR	Jamming (Pithum Nullifier)
Ship size limit	?
Ship suggestion	Drake

Details

Groups 3 and 4 will aggro when the other is attacked. Mission completion item will drop from Group 2.

Hostile NPCs

		WD	EWAR	L
Group 1 (45km)
	4 x Destroyer Pithior Anarchist/Renegade
	1 x Battlecruiser Pithatis Assaulter
Group 2 (50km)
	4 x Destroyer Pithior Guerrilla/Renegade
	2 x Cruiser Pithum Mortifier/Inferno
Group 3 (56km)
	3 x Cruiser Pithum Annihilator/Nullifier
Group 4 (75km)
	4 x Frigate Pithi Demolisher/Destructor
	2 x Cruiser Pithum Demolisher/Eraser

The Final Battle (10 of 10)

Level	3
Type	Encounter
Objective	Destroy the control tower.
Faction	Guristas
Best damage to deal	Kin Th
Damage to resist	Kin Th
EWAR	Webs (Guristas Kyoukan/Webifier)
Ship size limit	?
Ship suggestion	Raven,  Cerberus

Details

Pocket 1

Auto-aggro on warp-in.

Hostile NPCs (50km)

		WD	EWAR	L
	2 x Sentry Guristas Sentry Tower III
	6 x Destroyer Pithior Renegade/Anarchist
	2 x Battlecruiser Pithatis Assassin/Death Dealer

Pocket 2

Group 1 will auto-aggro on warp-in.

Hostile NPCs

		WD	EWAR	L
Group 1 (7km)
	2-3 x Elite Frigate Guristas Kyoukan
	1 x Cruiser Pithum Abolisher
Group 2
	0-4 x Frigate Pithi Plunderer
	2-3 x Cruiser Pithum Inferno
Group 3
	0-4 x Frigate Pithi Plunderer
	2-3 x Cruiser Pithum Abolisher/Mortifier
Group 4
	4-5 x Destroyer Pithior Anarchist/Renegade
	2 x Cruiser Pithum Abolisher/Mortifier/Inferno
	0-1 x Battlecruiser Pithatis Assaulter
Group 5
	5 x Destroyer Pithior Anarchist/Nihilist
	1 x Battlecruiser Pithatis Assaulter

Structures

		WD	EWAR	L
	1 x Cargo Rig

Pocket 3

Group 1 will auto-aggro on warp-in. Each groups aggros separately, but all groups will aggro upon attacking the Guristas Control Tower.

The mission will be marked complete once the control tower is destroyed, so it is possible to bookmark the control tower, destroy it, return to the agent to complete the mission, then return to collect any dropped loot without interference from undefeated hostile ships.

Hostile NPCs

		WD	EWAR	L
Group 1
	5 x Frigate Pithi Plunderer/Wrecker
	2 x Cruiser Pithum Eraser/Abolisher
Group 2
	3 x Battlecruiser Pithatis Enforcer/Assaulter
Group 3 (Left side)
	4-5 x Elite Frigate Guristas Kyoukan/Webifier
	6 x Battlecruiser Pithatis Enforcer/Assaulter
	4 x Battleship Pith Conquistador/Destroyer
Group 4 (Right side)
	5 x Destroyer Pithior Nihilist/Anarchist
	5 x Battlecruiser Pithatis Death Dealer/Revolter
	4 x Battleship Pith Usurper

Structures

		WD	EWAR	L
	1 x Guristas Control Tower