Recon (1 of 3) (Blood Raiders) (Level 4)

Parts: 1 of 3 (Blood Raiders), 2 of 3, 3 of 3

Level	4
Type	Encounter
Faction	Blood Raiders
Best damage to deal	EM Th
Damage to resist	EM Th
Warp disruption	Elite Frigates (Point)
EWAR	NOS Elite Cruisers (Elder Corpum Priest/Sage), Tracking Disruptor Elite Frigates (Elder Corpii Collector)
Ship suggestion	Battleship, Command Ship, Strategic Cruiser, HAC (or fast frigate, shuttle etc for blitz)

Mission briefing

I'd like you to do some reconnaissance for <Corp>, my friend. Our operatives in an outpost within <System> have requested a convoy of goods, through some pretty hostile territory. There are a few routes we could take to reach the destination, and you're going to help us find the safest route. All I need you to do is scout ahead and see if there are any pirates, rogue drones or dangerous terrain. Report your findings to me. I'll upload a bookmark to the first area into your NeoCom.

Video: [Sentry Domi + Salvager 15 October 2013] [Kronos Part 1,2 & 3 26 Novenmer 2013]

Pocket 1

• Blitz
  • You do not need to kill any hostile ships in this pocket. The warp gate is unlocked and sits about 24km from the warp-in point.
  • You can use any fast frigate/cruiser (over 500m/s) to evasively tank Spawn 1 and quickly cover the distance to warp off through the gate.
  • Mission is flagged completed once you have activated the gate and warped into Pocket 2.
• Auto aggro from Spawn 1 after several seconds. New spawns will appear at an interval between 60-90 secs from the three Shipyard structures, each about 20-30km from the warp-in point.
• Structures drop no loot.
• Drones will be aggroed by the later spawns, so retrieve/deploy them as necessary to avoid damage.

Spawn 1 (Auto-aggro)

		WD	EWAR	L
	1 x Elite Cruiser Elder Corpum Dark Priest/Shadow Sage
	1 x Battlecruiser Corpior Phantom
	1 x Battleship Corpus Pope/Patriarch

• Once Spawn 1 has been initiated, the Shipyards will keep spawning ships regardless of your location. If you had warped out, there will be a full gang waiting when next you warp-in.
• The full gang's DPS estimate is 900-1100dps.
• The loot from the battleships is generally rather good (usually about 2m/each).

Spawn 2 (Auto-aggro)

		WD	EWAR	L
	1 x Elite Cruiser Elder Corpum Dark Priest/Shadow Sage
	2 x Battleship Corpus Pope/Monsignor/Cardinal

Spawn 3 (Auto-aggro)

		WD	EWAR	L
	1 x Elite Cruiser Elder Corpum Sage/Priest
	2 x Battleship Corpus Pope

Spawn 4 (Auto-aggro)

		WD	EWAR	L
	3 x Battleship Corpus Pope/Monsignor/Cardinal/Patriarch

Pocket 2

On entering the pocket, you will receive the mission completed message/journal update. You can just warp off without needing to kill any hostile ships.

Auto aggro from Spawn 1 after several seconds. Next spawn will appear in 60-90 secs.

Spawn 1 (Auto-aggro)

		WD	EWAR	L
	3 x Elite Cruiser Elder Corpum Sage
	2 x Battleship Corpus Cardinal

Spawn 2 (Auto-aggro)

		WD	EWAR	L
	3 x Elite Frigate Elder Corpii Collector
	2 x Elite Cruiser Elder Corpum Arch Priest

Bounty:

• 9 M for first pocket
• 3 M for second pocket