Intelligence Mining: Difference between revisions

Latest revision as of 18:43, 14 February 2026

Level	3
Type	Security
Objective	Retrieve 1x Minedrill – E518 Crew (3 m3)
Best damage to deal	Kin Th
Damage to resist	Kin Th
Ship suggestion	Interceptor
Rewards	5M ISK + 1M ISK (6h)
Extra	0.02% Caldari State Faction Standing loss

Mission briefing
We're not just a bunch of swashbuckling goons. Despite the slander from the empires, we know what we're doing, and we're damn good at it. Stick with us, egger. You'll get rich if you do.

Ungated semi-deadspace pocket up to two jumps away.

Blitz: kill waves 1, 2 and 3, then kill the Minedrill E518 Industrial. Alternatively kill the initial reinforcements and wait for the subsequent waves to spawn on timer, then kill the Industrial - though this will require more tanking effort.

Tips:

You will lose 0.02% Caldari State Faction Standing when you destroy the Minedrill E518 Industrial
Minedrill – E518 Crew will appear in the cargohold of the ship that destroyed the Minedrill E518 Industrial automatically - no need to loot wreck.
If the ship is full and it cannot accept the Minedrill – E518 Crew, the Crew will appear in a Cargo Container

Warp-in

You land ~10 km from a Hollow Asteroid. Kori will inform you that you've gotten to the site early and you need to wait for the Minedrill fleet to arrive. The initial wave and all subsequent waves will spawn 175 km away near the asteroids at the far end of the pocket. The pocket is not deadspaced so you can warp to an asteroid nearby to quickly get near the NPCs.

The subsequent waves after the initial spawn, including the one that spawns the Industrial, appear to be timed. 14 February 2026 - staying in pocket for 5+ minutes without killing previous waves completely still spawned reinforcement waves on a timer.

Wave 1

		WD	EWAR	L
	3 x Frigate Minedrill Expedition Frigate

Wave 2

		WD	EWAR	L
	1-2 x Frigate Minedrill Expedition Frigate
	2 x Elite Frigate Minedrill Expedition Elite Frigate

Wave 3

		WD	EWAR	L
	2 x Frigate Minedrill Expedition Frigate
	1 x Cruiser Minedrill Expedition Cruiser

Wave 4

		WD	EWAR	L
	2 x Frigate Minedrill Expedition Frigate
	2 x Destroyer Minedrill Expedition Destroyer
	1 x Industrial Minedrill E518 Industrial

Minedrill E518 Industrial worry
Why aren't we warping out of here?

Minedrill E518 Industrial panic
The warp drives are blown. We're sitting ducks, sir.

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 {{MissionBriefing
-|So you want to fly for the Guristas? Welcome aboard, egger. You get to do some rookie stuff.
+|We're not just a bunch of swashbuckling goons. Despite the slander from the empires, we know what we're doing, and we're damn good at it. Stick with us, egger. You'll get rich if you do.
-We've leaked information on the location of a particularly rich group of asteroids within Venal. We expect a Minedrill expedition to show up soon, and we want someone to be there to greet them. You can expect their expedition to be made up of several combat escorts and an industrial.
-Take out the industrial and grab its crew. Knowing Minedrill, this'll just be a research team – they need to test the rocks first before sending in those expensive barges. But once we have their people, we can mine their personnel for any intelligence on future ops.
-If you haven't picked up on this already, we're a cautious bunch. We like to make sure whatever op we run goes off right. We have weapon caches, safe houses, and agents everywhere we plan to operate, even in empire space. The Guristas have contingencies for everything, even in dealing with someone like you.
 }}
 Ungated semi-deadspace pocket up to two jumps away.
-'''Blitz:''' kill waves 1, 2 and 3, then kill the Minedrill E518 Industrial.
+'''Blitz:''' kill waves 1, 2 and 3, then kill the Minedrill E518 Industrial. Alternatively kill the initial reinforcements and wait for the subsequent waves to spawn on timer, then kill the Industrial - though this will require more tanking effort.
 Tips:
 * You will lose 0.02% Caldari State Faction Standing when you destroy the Minedrill E518 Industrial
-* Minedrill – E518 Crew will appear in the cargohold of the ship that destroyed the Minedrill E518 Industrial
+* Minedrill – E518 Crew will appear in the cargohold of the ship that destroyed the Minedrill E518 Industrial automatically - no need to loot wreck.
 * If the ship is full and it cannot accept the Minedrill – E518 Crew, the Crew will appear in a Cargo Container
 === Warp-in ===
+You land ~10 km from a Hollow Asteroid. Kori will inform you that you've gotten to the site early and you need to wait for the Minedrill fleet to arrive. The initial wave and all subsequent waves will spawn 175 km away near the asteroids at the far end of the pocket. The pocket is not deadspaced so you can warp to an asteroid nearby to quickly get near the NPCs.
+The subsequent waves after the initial spawn, including the one that spawns the Industrial, appear to be timed. 14 February 2026 - staying in pocket for 5+ minutes without killing previous waves completely still spawned reinforcement waves on a timer.
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