Right to Rule

"For over a century the mighty Amarr Empire has been at an uneasy peace with the enigmatic Sansha's Nation. But the Sansha are pushing further into Amarr space without warning or explanation. Ministry of Internal Order agent Kandus Sandar enlists you to be his primary investigator, to uncover plots and annihilate threats as only a capsuleer can."

Requirements

To start the Amarr Epic Arc you must have standings of 5.0 or higher with the Ministry of Internal Order corporation or the Amarr Empire faction. In addition to being comfortable with level 4 missions, you should have the Hacking skill trained and bring a Data Analyzer module.

Rewards

During this Epic Mission Arc you will decide whether to work for the Amarr Empire or for Sansha's Nation. The Amarr Empire will award you

• +10% Amarr Empire faction standing (12.5% at Social V)
• 1 x Imperial Navy Modified 'Noble' Implant

Sansha's Nation will award you

• +10% Sansha's Nation faction standing (12.5% at Social V)
• 1 x Sansha Modified 'Gnome' Implant

After you complete the arc, be sure to check that you have received the faction standing increase, because there have been many cases of people not receiving the increase. If your standing has not changed, file a petition. It may help to include a link to CCP Dropbear's post in the old forums.

Enemies

You will face mostly Sansha's Nation and Amarr Empire ships, so you should tank your ship approximately equally against EM and Thermal damage, and ideally you would do EM damage (Thermal secondary). Some of the battleships' missiles do Kinetic damage, but this is relatively insignificant. In one mission you will encounter Mercenaries in Mordus ships and should refit for Kinetic/Thermal resistance and damage for that mission.

Most frigates you encounter are able to web and warp scramble, but this behavior is inconsistent. Many of the cruisers and battleships and a few of the frigates have tracking disruption, and you should expect to encounter this in every combat mission. Also, in some of the missions there is neuting, but anything serious should be mentioned in the summaries below.

Other Comments

Rewards are listed using Negotiation III, but even so bonuses will vary.

This is meant to be a guide, not a comprehensive reference. See EVE-Survival's Epic Arc Mission Reports and Jowan Datloran's Epic Arc Guides for more. Also EVElopedia (mirror of original site).

The following people have posted some comments on their personal experience and/or fittings on their user pages:

• Jeb Hataska

Beginning the Arc

Right to Rule is started by speaking with Karde Romu. You can accept remotely so no need to go to the MIO Agent beacon in the Kor-Azor Prime system, one jump out of Amarr. ("Beacons" and "Agents in Space" must be visible on the overview.)

Aiding an Investigator

Type: Courier Destination: Nahyeen (3 jumps) Summary: Travel to Nahyeen, the first mission hub.

Chapter 1: Interference

This chapter takes place in the Nimedaz constellation. Remember that most missions can be completed - and the next accepted - remotely, minimizing travel time.

Late Reports

Type: Encounter (Sansha's Nation) Summary: Destroy all enemy ships and loot 1 Reports (0.1 m3). Tips: No aggro on warp-in. Consider destroying a frigate last so that the Reports drop close to you.

The last ship destroyed in each group will trigger a new wave.

Initial Group

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Wave 1

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	3 x Elite Frigate Centii Loyal Ravener/Scavenger
	4 x Battleship Centus Mutant Lord/Savage Lord

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Wave 2

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	4 x Elite Cruiser Centum Loyal Beast/Juggernaut/Slaughterer/Execrator
	4 x Battleship Centus Beast Lord/Plague Lord

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The Outclassed Outpost

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	4 x Elite Frigate Centii Loyal Manslayer/Plague/Enslaver/Butcher
	4 x Battleship Centus Dark Lord/Overlord

Type: Encounter (Sansha's Nation) Summary: Destroy all enemy ships.

The last ship destroyed in each group will trigger a new wave.

Initial Group

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Wave 1

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	4 x Elite Frigate Centii Loyal Savage/Slavehunter
	3 x Battleship Centus Plague Lord

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Wave 2

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	3 x Elite Frigate Centii Loyal Servant
	4 x Battleship Centus Beast Lord/Plague Lord

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Raging Sansha

		WD	EWAR	L
	3 x Elite Frigate Centii Loyal Butcher/Plague/Enslaver
	3 x Battleship Centus Dark Lord/Overlord

Type: Encounter (Sansha's Nation) Summary: Destroy all enemy ships. Tips: Initial aggro can be as low as a single frigate. To minimize incoming damage during this mission, prioritize cruisers, then battleships (but ignore the commander), and leave frigates for last. Last ship destroyed in Wave 4 completes the mission objective.

Initial Group

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Wave 1

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	4 x Elite Frigate Centii Loyal Savage/Manslayer/Slavehunter
	3 x Cruiser Centum Beast/Juggernaut
	2 x Elite Cruiser Centum Loyal Mutilator/Fiend
	4 x Battlecruiser Centatis Daemon/Wraith/Phantasm
	5 x Battleship Centus Dread Lord/Dark Lord/Overlord
	1 x Battleship Sansha Commander

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Wave 2

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	3 x Battlecruiser Centatis Specter

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Wave 3

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	5 x Elite Frigate Centii Loyal Servant/Butcher/Enslaver
	2 x Elite Cruiser Centum Loyal Execrator/Slaughterer

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Wave 4

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	1 x Cruiser Centum Torturer

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Cowardly Commander

		WD	EWAR	L
	1 x Elite Frigate Centii Loyal Manslayer/Enslaver
	2 x Elite Cruiser Centum Loyal Torturer/Slaughterer/Hellhound
	1 x Battleship Centus Plague Lord

Type: Encounter (Sansha's Nation, Amarr Empire) Summary: Destroy all enemy ships. Tips: Be prepared for very heavy dps and large amounts of EWAR Make sure to prioritize targets (destroy EWAR ships first) Energy neutralizer towers are always primary targets

Acceleration Gate Entrance

Destroying the last ship in the Initial Group will trigger Wave 1.

Initial Group

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Wave 1

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	3 x Elite Frigate Centii Loyal Minion/Scavenger
	4 x Battleship Centus Plague Lord/Beast Lord
	2 x Sentry Sansha Sentry III

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Room 1

Destroying the last ship in the Initial Group will trigger Wave 1.

Initial Group

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	4 x Elite Frigate Centii Loyal Butcher/Manslayer/Follower
	Centus Dark Lord/Overlord x Battleship {{{3}}}

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Wave 1

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	4 x Elite Frigate Centii Loyal Slavehunter/Savage
	4 x Battleship Centus Dark Lord/Overlord
	2 x Sentry Sansha Energy Neutralizer I
	2 x Sentry Sansha Sentry III

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Room 2

Initial Group

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	3 x Battlecruiser Centatis Daemon/Devil
	4 x Battleship Centus Beast Lord/Plague Lord

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Wave 1

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	3 x Elite Frigate Centii Loyal Ravener
	4 x Elite Cruiser Centum Loyal Torturer/Hellhound/Mutilator
	4 x Battlecruiser Centatis Daemon/Behemoth
	4 x Battleship Centus Plague Lord/Beast Lord
	1 x Sentry Sansha Energy Neutralizer I
	2 x Sentry Sansha Sentry III

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Wave 2

		WD	EWAR	L
	3 x Elite Frigate Centii Loyal Scavenger/Ravener
	3 x Battleship Centus Dread Lord/Tyrant

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Room 3

No standing loss for destroying Amarr ships in Room 3.

Initial Group

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	4 x Elite Frigate Centii Loyal Butcher/Plague/Manslayer
	Centus Dark Lord/Overlord x Battleship {{{3}}}

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Wave 1

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	2 x Elite Frigate Divine Imperial Imran
	3 x Cruiser Imperial Templar Tamir/Donus
	3 x Battleship Imperial Martyr/Dominator

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Wave 2

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	3 x Elite Frigate Divine Imperial Valok/Paladin
	3 x Elite Cruiser Divine Imperial Tamir
	2 x Battlecruiser Imperial Champion/Templar Justicar
	4 x Battleship Imperial Templar Ultara/Dominator
	3 x Battleship Imperial Martyr/Ultara/Templar Torah

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Chapter 2: Spiderweb Politics

Half the missions in this chapter are in the Nishah solar system, and only one is outside the Gebem constellation.

Aralin Jick

		WD	EWAR	L
	3 x Destroyer Imperial Templar Caius
	2 x Battlecruiser Imperial Templar Phalanx
	2 x Battleship Imperial Templar Martyr

Type: Courier Destination: Nishah (4 jumps) Summary: Travel to Nishah, the second mission hub.

Background Check

Type: Encounter (Sansha's Nation) Summary: Destroy all enemy ships. Tips: Attacking each wave will trigger the next reinforcement. It will help to destroy the waves in the order they spawn. If you form a fleet with yourself, you can tag waves of ships as they appear to keep track of them.

Initial Group

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Wave 1

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	3 x Elite Cruiser Centum Loyal Mutilator/Hellhound
	2 x Battleship Centus Dread Lord/Tyrant

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Wave 2

		WD	EWAR	L
	2 x Battlecruiser Centatis Devil/Wraith

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Wave 3

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	3 x Elite Frigate Centii Loyal Minion/Servant

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Wave 4

		WD	EWAR	L
	2 x Elite Cruiser Centum Loyal Mutilator/Hellhound
	3 x Battleship Centus Tyrant

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Wave 5

		WD	EWAR	L
	2 x Battlecruiser Centatis Devil/Wraith

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Wave 6

		WD	EWAR	L
	1 x Elite Frigate Centii Loyal Servant/Minion

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Wave 7

		WD	EWAR	L
	2 x Elite Cruiser Centum Loyal Torturer/Mutilator/Fiend
	3 x Battleship Centus Dread Lord/Tyrant

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Wave 8

		WD	EWAR	L
	2 x Battlecruiser Centatis Wraith/Devil

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Longing Leman

		WD	EWAR	L
	2 x Elite Frigate Centii Loyal Minion/Servant

Type: Encounter (Amarr Empire/No combat) Summary: Retrieve the Communications Logs (0.1 m3) Tips: You will need a Data Analyzer module to hack the Encrypted Communications Array. The mission does not provide you with one, so you'll have to get one yourself. This is not a combat mission. It is not necessary to destroy any NPC ships.

Outpost Guards

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Languishing Lord

		WD	EWAR	L
	5 x Fighter Outpost Defender (Equite)
	4 x Elite Frigate Divine Imperial Imran/Sixtus
	6 x Battlecruiser Imperial Templar Phalanx
	7 x Battleship Imperial Templar Diviner/Judgement

Type: Encounter (Amarr Empire/No combat) Summary: No combat. Tips: You'll be told to fly to a structure (about 20k away). Then you watch for a minute, and the mission completes. Do not engage any of the ships that appear.

Initial Spawn

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Razing the Outpost

		WD	EWAR	L
	1 x Battleship Lord Manik
	1 x Battleship Mercenary

Type: Encounter (Mercenaries - Mordu's Legion ships) Summary: Destroy all enemy ships and The Outpost. Tips: Switch your tank to Kinetic/Thermal, and your damage to Kinetic (Thermal secondary) if possible.

Acceleration Gate Entrance

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Room 1

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	3 x Frigate Mordus Bounty Hunter
	3 x Cruiser Mordus Lion
	4 x Battleship Mordus Gigamar/Phanti
	3 x Sentry Caldari Cruise Missile Battery

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Room 2

Initial Group

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	6 x Cruiser Mordus Puma/Leopard
	4 x Battleship Mordus Gigamar/Phanti/Mammoth
	3 x Sentry Caldari Cruise Missile Battery

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Wave 1

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	2 x Frigate Mordus Bounty Hunter
	4 x Cruiser Mordus Bobcat
	2 x Battleship Mordus Gigamar
	3 x Sentry Caldari Heavy Missile Battery
	3 x Sentry Caldari Cruise Missile Battery

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Wave 2

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	2 x Frigate Mordus Bounty Hunter
	4 x Cruiser Mordus Leopard
	4 x Battleship Mordus Gigamar/Mammoth

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Ascending Nobles

		WD	EWAR	L
	4 x Frigate Mordus Bounty Hunter
	3 x Cruiser Mordus Lion
	8 x Battleship Mordus Gigamar/Phanti/Mammoth

Type: Encounter (Mercenaries - Amarr ships) Destination: Reteka (7 jumps) Summary: Destroy enemy ships, then loot Mina Darabi near the Amarr Chapel. Tips: All spawns start approximately 80k from warp in. The Veteran battleships do heavy damage if you let them get close (They orbit ~49k).

The last ship destroyed in each group will trigger the next wave.

Initial Group

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Wave 1

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	5 x Battleship Independent Veteran Abaddon/Armageddon/Apocalypse
	2 x Sentry Amarr Light Missile Battery
	2 x Sentry Amarr Cruise Missile Battery

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Wave 2

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	8 x Cruiser Independent Veteran Omen/Augoror/Maller/Arbitrator

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Wave 3

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	7 x Battleship Independent Green-Crewed Abaddon/Armageddon/Apocalypse

Template:NPCTableFootTemplate:StructureTable Mina Darabi spawns near the Amarr Chapel.

Additional Spawn

If the mission is not completed within 30 minutes after Mina Darabi is collected, the following message will appear:

		WD	EWAR	L
	6 x Battleship Independent Abaddon/Armageddon/Apocalypse

Pop-up message:
I know salvaging is fun, but there are several hostile ships inbound. I suggest we retreat now. Mina Darabi is too valuable an informant to lose.

Approximately 5-10 seconds after that message appears, a new battle group will spawn.

Additional Spawn

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Hunting the Hunter

		WD	EWAR	L
	6 x Elite Frigate Independent Veteran Crucifier/Inquisitor
	6 x Elite Cruiser Independent Veteran Omen/Maller/Augoror
	6 x Elite Battleship Independent Veteran Armageddon/Apocalypse/Abaddon

Type: Encounter (Sansha's Nation) Summary: Progress through the rooms and obtain 1 x Rahsa, Sansha Commander (1.0 m3).

Acceleration Gate Entrance

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Room 1

Initial Group

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	6 x Elite Cruiser Centum Loyal Fiend/Hellhound
	3 x Battleship Centus Dark Lord/Dread Lord
	6 x Sentry Sansha Heavy Missile Battery

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Wave 1

		WD	EWAR	L
	1 x Sentry Sansha Energy Neutralizer I
	2 x Sentry Sansha Sentry III
	2 x Elite Frigate Centii Loyal Savage/Slavehunter
	3 x Elite Cruiser Centum Loyal Mutilator/Torturer
	4 x Battlecruiser Centatis Devil/Daemon
	4 x Battleship Centus Tyrant/Dread Lord
	3 x Battleship Centus Beast Lord/Savage Lord/Overlord

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Wave 2

		WD	EWAR	L
	3 x Elite Cruiser Centum Loyal Execrator/Slaughterer

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Room 2

On warp in, you will receive a message from Rahsa:

		WD	EWAR	L
	3 x Elite Frigate Centii Loyal Plague/Butcher
	Centus Beast Lord/Plague Lord x Battleship {{{3}}}

Message from Rahsa:
A Deal: Well, you're quite the formidable one, aren't you? I have a proposal for you. When you report back to your agent, tell him that you've destroyed my forces, and that I should be executed. Yes, I'm a capsuleer too, but he doesn't need to know that. Do this and I'll make sure you get introduced to one of my friends. The Nation treats its friends well.

Template:NPCTableFootTemplate:StructureTable Destroying Rahsa's Battleship completes the mission objective.

Fate of a Madman

		WD	EWAR	L
	1 x Battleship Rahsa's Battleship

Type: Branch Summary: You must choose your path. Choose Interrogation: Catching the Scent to work for the Amarr Empire. This guide follows this choice. Choose Silence Rahsa: The Nation's Path to work for Sansha's Nation.

Chapter 3: The Old Guard (Amarr Empire Path)

Catching the Scent

Type: Encounter (Sansha's Nation) Summary: Destroy all enemy ships and loot 1 Sansha Command Signal Receiver (1.0 m3)

Different portions of each wave will spawn separately. Wave sections are divided by hull group (cruiser, battleship, etc.); each new spawn is triggered when the last ship of that hull type is destroyed. For example, when all cruisers in the initial wave are destroyed, only the cruisers in Wave 1 will spawn. When the Wave 1 cruisers are subsequently destroyed, the cruisers in Wave 2 will spawn, and so on.

Initial Group

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Falling into Place

		WD	EWAR	L
	3 x Elite Frigate Centii Loyal Savage/Slavehunter

Type: Encounter (Mercenaries - Amarr ships) Destination: Shaha (13 jumps) Summary: Place the Homemade Sansha Beacon (1.0 m3) in the Linked Broadcast Array Hub, and destroy the ships that spawn.

Making an Arrest

Type: Encounter (no combat) Destination: about 13 jumps, back closer to Nishah Summary: Travel to destination, and watch the explosion. If you get a Low Sec destination, there's no combat so you can travel in a shuttle. Destinations Seen: Masanuh, Jeni, Khafis, Annad, Fensi, Danyana

An Unfortunate End

Type: Courier Destination: Palas (about 6 jumps) Summary: Travel - no cargo. You should probably take your combat ship for the next mission.

Panic Response

Type: Encounter (Sansha's Nation) Summary: Destroy the Amarr Energy Neutralizer Sentry III. There are some initial guards. After a minute, several towers appear. All enemy ships will warp off and the mission will be completed as soon as you destroy the only battleship of the initial spawn. They will also warp off if you destroy the Neutralizer Sentry. Incoming damage is low, but the Neutralizer Sentry has a lot of HP and neuts pretty effectively. If you have an active tank and your dps isn't really high, consider fitting a cap booster so you'll be able to warp out if your capacitor is drained.

The Right to Rule

Type: Encounter (Sansha's Nation) Destination: Choga (4 jumps) Reward: 1x Imperial Navy Modified 'Noble' Implant + 1,720,000 (Bonus) Summary: Progress through the rooms, and destroy Harkan's Behemoth. You can warp directly to fleetmates without using the acceleration gates. Entry: Easy, there's just 5 cruisers/BCs to be killed. First room: Straightforward. Second room: Straightforward. One reinforcement wave comes after a minute or two. Third room As you damage the Centus Tyrant battleship, reinforcement waves will spawn. Destroy these waves as they appear, and then return to the Centus Tyrant. Last room As you damage Harkan's Behemoth, reinforcement waves will spawn. Destroy these waves as they appear, and then return to Harkan's Behemoth. Harkan's Behemoth will neut you. If active tanked, pulse your repper a bit to keep from draining your capacitor. Shortly after you arrive, two or three battlecruisers will appear. If you attack them, they'll be replaced by a pair of web/scramming frigates. If you attack those, they'll be replaced by another assortment of ships, and then back to the battlecruisers, and so on, looping through those three compositions. This loops 4 or 5 times. You could choose to ignore the frigates since their dps is tiny, but remember they do warp scramble you. Mission completes when Harkan's Behemoth is destroyed.

External Links/Guides

EVE-Survival

EVElopedia (mirror of original site)

Jowan Datloran's Epic Arc Guides