The Blockade (Blood Raiders) (Level 4)

Level	4
Type	Encounter
Objective	Eliminate the leader of the pirates blockading the stargate
Faction	Blood Raiders
Best damage to deal	EM Th
Damage to resist	EM Th
Warp disruption	Starbase Stasis tower (Web), Elder Corpii Follower/Worshipper/Herald (Web, Scram)
EWAR	Corpus Harbinger (Neut), Elder Corpum Priest/Sage (Neut), Elder Corpum Arch Templar (Tracking disrupt), Elder Corpii Seeker/Collector (Tracking disrupt)
Ship suggestion	Battleship, Marauder, T3C

Single Pocket

Blitz: Kill all the trigger Battleships. You will need to snipe as the waves spawned will put out an incredible amount of DPS. Kill the final Corpus Pope Battleship.

• All groups aggro on spawn.
• May (Fleet) warp to preferred distance.
• Warning: The marked Cruisers may NOS your capacitor heavily, best to kill them first.

Initial Group, 26-28km

		WD	EWAR	L
	1 x Sentry Starbase Stasis Tower
	3-4 x Destroyer Corpior Friar/Devoter
	4-5 x Battleship Corpus Apostle/Oracle/Monsignor/Harbinger

Reinforcement 1 (3 groups)

		WD	EWAR	L
Front, 45-47km
	2-3 x Elite Frigate Elder Corpii Diviner/Raider/Reaver
	2-3 x Battlecruiser Corpatis Shade/Fanatic
Bottom, 75-78km
	2-3 x Destroyer Corpior Friar/Visionary/Devoter
	2-3 x Elite Cruiser Elder Corpum Dark Priest/Shadow Sage
Rear, 80-83km
	3-4 x Elite Cruiser Elder Corpum Priest/Sage/Arch Templar
	4-5 x Battleship Corpus Apostle/Oracle/Harbinger/Monsignor

Reinforcement 2 (2 Groups)

		WD	EWAR	L
Front, 52-54km
	1-3 x Destroyer Corpior Friar/Visionary/Devoter
	1-2 x Battleship Corpus Apostle/Oracle
Rear, 85-90km
	3-4 x Elite Frigate Elder Corpii Seeker/Collector
	4-5 x Battleship Corpus Cardinal/Harbinger/Monsignor

Reinforcement 3 (2 Groups)

		WD	EWAR	L
Bottom, 85-89km
	3-4 x Destroyer Corpior Bishop/Shade/Seer/Fanatic
	3-4 x Battleship Corpus Cardinal/Monsignor
Rear, 68-70km
	2-3 x Destroyer Corpior Friar/Visionary/Cleric/Converter
	2-3 x Elite Cruiser Elder Corpum Revenant/Arch Templar
	1 x Battleship Corpus Harbinger

Reinforcement 4, 50-53km

		WD	EWAR	L
	3-4 x Elite Frigate Elder Corpii Follower/Worshipper/Herald
	3-4 x Battleship Corpus Cardinal/Monsignor
	1 x Battleship Corpus Pope
	0-1 x Commander Battleship Dark Blood Battleship

Notes

• The Starbase Ship Maintenance Array drops random commodities.
• Video: Dominix
• This is one of the more profitable L4 missions. Assuming it takes you an hour to finish the mission, loot, and salvage (and turn in the mission), you're looking at an hourly profit of 47 - 55 million isk per hour (depending on your negotiation and security connections skill level).
• Approximately 20.16 million in bounties (if all rats are killed)
• Approximately 8.4 million in salvage (100% Jita sell value, 2021/09/28, https://evepraisal.com/a/11rrhn).
• Approximately 10.2 million in loot (100% Jita sell value, 2021/09/28, https://evepraisal.com/a/11rtr0).