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| ''"In the heartland of State space, inter-corporate tensions come to the fore as Nugoeihuvi makes a move for some quick ISK, and you must choose who to trust and who to betray. The moral ambiguity continues through to the end, as the player begins to unravel an even darker side to corporate self-interest and the ongoing conflict in Black Rise."'' | | ''"In the heartland of State space, inter-corporate tensions come to the fore as Nugoeihuvi makes a move for some quick ISK, and you must choose who to trust and who to betray. The moral ambiguity continues through to the end, as the player begins to unravel an even darker side to corporate self-interest and the ongoing conflict in Black Rise."'' |
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| + | '''Penumbra''' is the [[Caldari State]] Epic Arc which takes place across many different Regions depending on the path you take. |
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− | "Penumbra" is the Caldari Epic Arc. To start the Epic Arc you must have a standing of 5.0 or higher with Expert Distribution or the Caldari Faction. These missions have great rewards, but do require some advanced skills and ships to complete safely - the minimum recommended requirements are listed below.
| + | == Overview == |
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− | *Recommended requirements
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− | **You have and can easily solo Level 4 missions,
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− | **You have a proper PvE fitted BS,
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− | **You have a Cov Ops ship with Cov Ops Cloaking Device II, and
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− | **You have the Hacking skill at Level 3 or greater (required to complete "The Breakout").
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− | During this Epic Mission Arc several choices are presented to you - this guide follows only one of several paths through these missions; however, the path detailed here leads to the greatest overall rewards.
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− | In this guide I will provide tips and suggestions based on how I completed the missions - this is not 'the' way to do the mission, rather, it is merely one possible way that worked for me. For each mission the reward is listed in terms of basic reward, time bonus and bounty - these figures are based on my particular skills so individual mileage will vary; however, this still provides a good indication of what to expect.
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− | Penumbra is started by speaking with Aursa Kunivuri, at the Nugoeihuvi Information Centre in Josameto ("Beacons" and "Agents in Space" must be visible on the overview).
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− | If you have any further questions feel free to EVE Mail or PM me (Ruggler82).
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− | ==Mission 1== | |
− | Title: The Intermediary
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− | Agent: Aursa Kunivuri
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− | Location: Nugoeihuvi Information Centre (Beacon) Josameto (System)
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− | Reward: 250,000 + 768,000 (Bonus if completed in 2H 38M)
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− | Enemy: Nil
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− | Further Info: Travel 1 jump in high sec with 0.1m3 of cargo
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− | ==Mission 2==
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− | Title: Trust and Discretion
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− | Agent: Katsen Isha
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− | Location: Poinen
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− | Reward: 500,000 + 538,000 (Bonus if completed in 1H 46M)
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− | Enemy: Nil
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− | Further Info: Travel 1 jump in high sec with 3m3 of cargo
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− | ==Mission 3==
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− | Title: Their Loss, Our Profit
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− | Agent: Katsen Isha
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− | Location: Josameto
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− | Reward: 5,000,000 + 1,620,000 (Bonus if completed in 6H) + ~15,000,000 Bounty
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− | Enemy: Serpentis
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− | *Further Info:
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− | **Recommend you kill all rats and then destroy the research facility
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− | **Initially there are 6 BS and 2 Cruisers - Trigger for next wave is Grand Admiral/High Admiral - obviously kill last
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− | **First wave is 5 BS and 4 Frig - this group has more DPS than the initial and annoying sensor damp frigs - Trigger is one of the Grand Admirals so leave both for last
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− | **Second wave is 4 BS 4 Cruisers and 5 Frigs
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− | **After the second wave has been dealt with, destroy the research facility - some more Frigs will spawn but these can be ignored/taken out with drones
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− | **Two cans will drop when the research facility is destroyed - one has the S.I Formula Sheet
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− | **When you warp in you will see a Security Compound some distance away (looks like a can on the overview) - it has some random corpse in it...if you're into that sort of thing you can go get it (it serves no purpose in these missions).
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− | **Completed in fairly standard PvE Raven with no difficulty
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− | ==Mission 4==
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− | At this point you are presented with your first choice of mission - I recommend this one for max rewards.
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− | Title: An Honorable Betrayal
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− | Agent: Katsen Isha
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− | Location: Poinen
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− | Reward: 250,000 + 227,000 (Bonus if completed in 52M)
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− | Enemy: Nil
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− | Further Info: Take the S.I. Formula Sheet and head 5 jumps away to talk to Arkio Kuretsu
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− | ==Mission 5==
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− | Title: Proof of Intent
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− | Agent: Arikio Kuretsu
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− | Location: Wuos
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− | Reward: 250,000 + 661,000 (Bonus if completed in 2H 36M)
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− | Enemy: Nil
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− | Further Info: This should take around 1 second to complete - just give the Formula Sheet to the agent
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− | ==Mission 6==
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− | Title: Return to Isha
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− | Agent: Arikio Kuretsu
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− | Location: Wuos
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− | Reward: 250,000 + 658,000 (Bonus if completed in 3H)
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− | Enemy: Nil
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− | Further Info: As the title suggests, travel 5 jumps in high sec back to Katsen Isha... don't forget the Formula Sheet!
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− | ==Mission 7==
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− | You get another mission choice here - I suggest this one.
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− | Title: Two Steps into Hell
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− | Agent: Katsen Isha
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− | Location: Poinen
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− | Reward: 40,000,000 + 1,340,000 (Bonus if completed in 6H)
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− | Enemy: Perhaps nasty Low/Null Sec pirates :o
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− | *Further Info:
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− | **You need your cov ops cloaky for this one - must transport the S.I Formula sheet to Null Sec
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− | **For those in E-Uni, the Syndicate region is NPC null, so travel there is permitted.
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− | **If you just go for the shortest route there will be many jumps in Low and Null sec - I recommend you travel to Bherdasopt and then shortest route from there... ultimately travel which ever route makes sense at the time.
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− | **Take normal precautions in Null Sec, such as never warping directly from Stargate to Stargate (to avoid bubbles)
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− | **You can warp to zero to the objective as this is a mission deadspace area - drop the Formula in the container as quickly as you can and get out!
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− | **You can complete the mission remotely to get a huge amount of ISK!!
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− | ==Mission 8==
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− | Title: Almost Unmasked
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− | Agent: Katsen Isha
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− | Location: Poinen
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− | Reward: 250,000 + 1,690,000 (Bonus if completed in 6H)
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− | Enemy: Nil
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− | Further Info: 5 jumps in high sec to talk to Arikio Kuretsu - take a codebreaker and suitable ship for the next mission
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− | ==Mission 9==
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− | Title: Some Light Theatrics
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− | Agent: Arikio Kuretsu
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− | Location: Wuos
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− | Reward: 20,000,000 + 1,660,000 (Bonus if completed in 6H)
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− | Enemy: Nil
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− | *Further Info:
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− | **You need a ship fitted with a codebreaker
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− | **The habitation Module explodes and causes ~900 damage
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− | **Habitation Mod was 54Km away from warp in
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− | **Simply use the codebreaker on the Habitation Mod - after a successful codebreaker cycle grab the people from the can
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− | **Don't go afk, and pay attention while you are using the code breaker - the Habitation Module explodes 30 seconds after a successful attempt - if you don't get the people out in this time I assume things will end badly...
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− | ==Mission 10==
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− | Title: Untouchable
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− | Agent: Arikio Kuretsu
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− | Location: Wuos
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− | Reward: 250,000 + 245,000 (Bonus if completed in 1H)
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− | Enemy: Nil
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− | Further Info: Once again go back and talk to Katsen Isha
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− | ==Mission 11==
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− | Title: A General's Best Friend
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− | Agent: Katsen Isha
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− | Location: Poinen
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− | Reward: 5,000,000 + 1,330,000 (Bonus if completed in 6H) + ~10,000,000 in loot mostly from tags
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− | Enemy: Gallente Federation
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− | *Further Info:
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− | **Encounter is 1 jump away in high sec
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− | **Take a highly tanked BS - Large amounts of Thermal, EM and Kinetic damage are served up
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− | **An acceleration gate is ~30Km away at warp in - shortly after you begin approaching it the first and only wave appears - Align to a station at this point and be ready to get out!
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− | **Wave is 6 BS (Sin) 10 Cruisers (Arazu) and 5 Frigs (Nemesis)
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− | **BS do large amounts of Thermal and Kinetic damage, but can be taken down fairly quickly
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− | **Cruisers shoot EM missiles and are also quite soft
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− | **Frigs did not web or warp disrupt me but don't count on this - they die very quickly to light drones.
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− | **I had to warp out several times in my Raven
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− | **After all NPCs have been dispatched, jump through the gate and approach the station (84Km away....)
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− | **When you get to within 15Km of the station the mission is flagged complete and you can complete it remotely.
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− | **Loot the wrecks!
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− | **This mission did not affect my Gallente standings at all
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− | *Blitz: You can blitz this mission in a covops (or any fast ship with a decent tank).
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− | **The gate is unlocked.
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− | **Burn to gate, jump and then burn to the station. There are no NPC's in the second room.
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− | ==Mission 12==
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− | Title: Meet Sinas
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− | Agent: Katsen Isha
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− | Location: Poinen
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− | Reward: 250,000 + 1,580,000 (Bonus if completed in 6H)
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− | Enemy: Nil
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− | Further Info: Travel to Astoh and check in with Sinas Egassuo at the Caldari Navy Relay Nexus. For the next mission you will need a BS with a codebreaker fitted.
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− | ==Mission 13==
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− | Title: Right Tool for the Job
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− | Agent: Sinas Egassuo
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− | Location: Caldari Navy Relay Nexus (Beacon) Astoh (System)
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− | Reward: 10,000,000 + 1,350,000 (Bonus if completed in 6H) + ~30,000,000 in loot (mostly tags)
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− | Enemy: Gallente Federation
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− | *Further Info:
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− | **Need a codebreaker fitted
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− | **Encounter is 1 jump away in high sec
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− | **You can select your warp in range for this encounter - I fitted a sniper BS for this mission, warped in at 100km and kited the NPCs until I killed them all.
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− | **Using this method I didn't take any damage, although the mission will take a long time to complete.
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− | **To blitz, destroy the frigs near the shipyard, hack the shipyard container, take the item and then get out (You will miss out on about 30mil ISK worth of tags and loot)
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− | **Initial there are 12 Frigs and 4 Cruisers
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− | **There are 6 waves, spawning 5 minutes apart (therefore it takes 30min for all enemy NPCs to appear)
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− | **Wave 1: 4 Frigs and 2 Cruisers
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− | **Wave 2: 3 Frigs and 2 Cruisers
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− | **Wave 3: 5 Frigs, 5 Cruisers and 3 BS
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− | **Wave 4: 5 Frigs, 5 Cruisers and 4 BS
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− | **Wave 5: 5 BS
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− | **Wave 6: 1 Cruiser and 1 BS
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− | **The cruisers sensor damp very heavily - if you plan on taking out all NPCs, kill the cruisers first and keep them out of sensor damp range (> 80km should keep you safe)
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− | **Don't bring a salvager in until all NPCs have been killed - the NPCs do retarget and 'warp' back to their spawn point if kited far away.
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− | **Once all NPCs have been killed, hack the shipyard container, take the item and report back to the agent.
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− | **-2.4% Gallente Federation standing loss if comm array is destroyed. This prevents the waves from spawning but is not required to complete mission.
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− | **The Gallente standings hit if you kill all waves is minimal (much less than if you destroy the comm array to avoid reinforcements).
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− | **Killing all ships and leaving the comm array intact, I observed four negative entries in my Gallente faction transaction log:
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− | **-0.02% Combat - Ship kill (x3) and -0.0% Combat -Aggression (x1) -- this is very minor.
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− | **(Actually, if you destroy all the initial guards, then you should be able to hack and loot the container without waiting for all of the waves to spawn or destroying the comm array. This speeds up completion and avoids standings loss, although you do miss most of the tags and loot.)
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− | ==Mission 14==
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− | Title: The Breakout
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− | Agent: Sinas Egassuo
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− | Location: Caldari Navy Relay Nexus (Beacon) Astoh (System)
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− | Reward: 20,000,000 + 1,570,000 (Bonus if completed in 6H)
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− | Enemy: Gallente Federation
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− | *Further Info:
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− | **You need to have the Hacking skill at Level 3 or greater to complete this mission (Hacking 2 and 2 rigs worked)
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− | **You need to scan down the "Federation Detention Facility" Cosmic Signature for this mission
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− | **The mission states that this site is somewhere within the Aokinen constellation - I believe that there is one of these sites in every system in this constellation, as I have always found it in the Astoh system where this mission is accepted
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− | **Warp to the Detention Facility. Provided you are on the arc the enemies will not attack you. The gate is not locked as long as you have the Federation Navy FOF in your cargo so all you need to do is approach and use it.
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− | **Once in the second room, approach any detention facility and hack it. Once it has been successfully hacked, grab the prisoner and return to the agent.
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− | **For those wishing to kill the NPCs, the first room contains 17 Frigs, 4 Cruisers and 7 BS
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− | **Second room contains 8 Frigs
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− | *Blitz: buy the Caldari Prisoners of War on contracts.
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− | ==Mission 15==
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− | Title: Whisper of a Conspiracy
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− | Agent: Sinas Egassuo
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− | Location: Caldari Navy Relay Nexus (Beacon) Astoh (System)
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− | Reward: 7,500,000 + 762,000 (Bonus if completed in 3H 30M)
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− | Enemy: Nil
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− | *Further Info:
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− | **This is a low-sec courier mission. The item is small so it can be carried in a shuttle or covops.
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− | **You need to travel approx. 6 jumps to a randomly selected nearby low-sec system
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− | **Warp to the mission objective, approach the damaged radio telescope, retrieve the encrypted data fragment and return to the agent
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− | ==Mission 16==
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− | Title: Practical Solutions
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− | Agent: Sinas Egassuo
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− | Location: Caldari Navy Relay Nexus (Beacon) Astoh (System)
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− | Reward: 2,500,000 + 229,000 (Bonus if completed in 1H 4M)
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| + | * everything up to and including powerful Elite Battleships |
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− | Enemy: Nil
| + | If you follow the Hyasyoda path and pick [[Slipping Away]] you will get: |
| + | * 10% Caldari State Faction Standing (with no derived standings) and Standup Hyasyoda Research Lab Blueprint Copy (1 run), a Faction Module for [[Upwell structures]] |
| + | * 69M ISK |
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− | Further Info: High sec courier with 3m3 of cargo. Five jumps to Oipo then back to Sinas Egassuo
| + | If you follow the Nugoeihuvi path and pick [[Learning by Doing]] you will get: |
| + | * 10% Caldari State Faction Standing (with no derived standings) and 20x [[Medical_boosters#Other_boosters|Nugoehuvi Synth Blue Pill Boosters]] |
| + | * 64M ISK |
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− | ==Mission 17==
| + | If you follow the either path and pick [[Home in Peace]] path you will get: |
− | Title: Forewarning
| + | * 10% Caldari State Faction Standing (with no derived standings) and 25M ISK |
| + | * 69M extra ISK |
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− | Agent: Sinas Egassuo
| + | Regardless of the path you pick you will get: |
| + | * ~5% Expert Distribution Corporation Standing |
| + | * ~20% Caldari Navy Corporation Standing |
| + | * ~20% Hyasyoda Navy Corporation Standing |
| + | * ~20% Nugoeihuvi Navy Corporation Standing |
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− | Location: Caldari Navy Relay Nexus (Beacon) Astoh (System)
| + | You will lose: |
| + | * minor amount of Gallente Federation Faction Standing |
| + | * ~3% Serpentis Faction Standing |
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− | Reward: 5,000,000 + 165,000 (Bonus if completed in 34M)
| + | == Preparations == |
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− | Enemy: Nil
| + | Consider buying: |
| + | * a Battleship, Strategic or Heavy Assault Cruiser with Kinetic damage and Kinetic and Thermal resistances |
| + | * [[Travel fit]] |
| + | * a Blockade Runner for Caldari State path |
| + | * a Data analyzer for Hyasyoda path |
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− | Further Info: Low-Sec courier, take 1 unit of Encoded Message to random low sec.
| + | You will have to go through Triglavian Minor Victory Systems to reach your objective. |
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− | ==Mission 18== | + | ==Starting Agent== |
− | Last Mission choice here.
| + | {| class="wikitable" |
| + | |+ Penumbra Starting Agent |
| + | |- |
| + | ! Agent<ref name="Standing"></ref> !! Corporation<ref name="Standing"></ref> !! Faction<ref name="Standing"></ref> !! System !! Region !! Mission |
| + | |- |
| + | | Aursa Kunivuri || Expert Distribution || Caldari State || Josameto<ref name="Beacon"></ref> || The Forge || [[The Intermediary]] |
| + | |} |
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− | Title: Slipping away
| + | <small><references><ref name="Standing">You need at least -2.00 Standing with all and at least 5.00 Standing with the Agent, their Corporation or Faction.</ref> |
| + | <ref name="Beacon">Nugoeihuvi Information Center Beacon.</ref></references></small> |
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− | Agent: Sinas Egassuo
| + | ==Walkthough== |
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− | Location: Caldari Navy Relay Nexus (Beacon) Astoh (System)
| + | The missions in this epic arc are generally short. All the combat missions can be blitzed by only completing the single given objective. The epic arc requires you to do at least one hauling mission to either low or null security space. |
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− | Reward: 250,000 + 1,130,000 (Bonus if completed in 4H 30M)
| + | There are also multiple branching missions so you won't need to complete all the missions listed here. |
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− | Enemy: Nil
| + | [[Image:Penumbra_chapter1_branches.png|right|thumb|300px|The branching nature of the first chapter. (click to enlarge)]] |
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− | Further Info: Report back to Arikio Kuretsu in Wuos (Best to arrive in a BS ready for the final mission)
| + | === Super blitz === |
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− | ==Mission 19==
| + | The missions in Penumbra are highly blitzable. This can be further augmented by preparing multiple ships in key locations. |
− | Title: Across the Line
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− | Agent: Arikio Kuretsu
| + | Preparations: |
| + | * Ships at Poinen IV - Moon 13 - Nugoeihuvi Corporation Development Studio: |
| + | ** A strong combat ship. Battleships are good for this. |
| + | ** A Travel interceptor. Fit sub 2s align time, MWD and data analyzer. |
| + | * Ships at Uuhulanen VIII - Caldari Navy Logistic Support: |
| + | ** A Weaker combat ship. It needs to kill some elite frigates so fit for good application. Also fit a data analyzer. Battlecruisers are good for this. |
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− | Location: Wuos
| + | Arc workout: |
| + | * Grab your interceptor. |
| + | * Start the arc. |
| + | * Complete the fly-around missions with your interceptor. |
| + | * Use your strong combat ship for [[Their Loss, Our Profit]]. |
| + | * Use your interceptor for rest of chapter 1 and beginning of chapter 2. |
| + | ** Remember to pick Hyasyoda path in the branching mission. |
| + | * Use your second combat ship in Uuhulanen for [[Right Tool for the Job]]. |
| + | * Use your interceptor for rest of chapter 2 and beginning of chapter 3. |
| + | * Use your strong battleship for [[Across the Line]]. |
| + | ** Accept mission with interceptor, grab combat ship from Poinen, do killing, drop off combat ship in Poinen, go back to agent with interceptor. |
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− | Reward: One unit of Hyasyoda Laboratory + 1,740,000 (Bonus if completed in 6H)
| + | ==External Links== |
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− | Enemy: Nugoeihuvi (deal roughly 50% Kinetic, 50% Thermal damage)
| + | * [https://eve-files.com/media/corp/jowen/caldari_epic_arc_guide_by_jowen_datloran_v1.0.pdf Caldari Epic Arc guide by Jowen Datloran (pdf)] |
| + | * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3K16EWuikGk Full Playthrough] by JPNS (Youtube, 2023) |
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− | *Further Info:
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− | **The objective is in the office facility.
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− | **Single pocket with the following NPCs: 9 Frigates, 4 Cruisers, and 6 Battleships.
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− | **Cruisers have very strong jams and range > 170km - expect to be nearly perma jammed.
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− | **Frigates warp scramble (2 warp strength).
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− | **The two points above make me recommend to bring F.O.F. missiles to shoot while jammed.
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− | **With good missile skills you can use FOF Cruise missiles from 200k+ which is well out of range from the NPCs.
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− | **Alternatively, equip a sensor booster to be able to target the jammers from outside their range.
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− | **You can also bring a friend in a fast frigate to draw their scrams and jams while you take those out. If the frigate maintains at least 600 m/s then it should be able to self-repair the reduced missile damage, but there is some more-sophisticated AI in this mission so the NPCs may switch targets anyway.
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− | **Very heavy damage is dealt by the BSs, which fire very long range torps - I had to warp out several times in my Raven.
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− | **If you warp to the facility at close range and get full room close-range aggro, expect in excess of 4000 pre-resistance DPS, primarily kinetic.
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− | **You can warp within the mission to structures. (In fact, since there is no aggression until you start to close the distance to the office facility, you can come in first with a MWD frigate and set up some bookmarks to use during combat. Then you will be able to warp around for awesome kiting, and each time you warp you will break all target locks and cause all the inbound torps to miss you. This method is great for a dedicated sentry drone ship (e.g. Dominix) since each warp breaks their jams so you can relaunch your sentries and assign them to another target before you are jammed again - your drones will continue to attack that target until it is destroyed, at which point you can scoop them, warp to another bookmark, and repeat.)
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− | **Once all NPCs have been killed warp/approach the office facility, get the family and return to the agent!
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