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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. | **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. | ||
**Take normal precautions in Null Sec, such as never warping directly from Stargate to Stargate (to avoid bubbles) | **Take normal precautions in Null Sec, such as never warping directly from Stargate to Stargate (to avoid bubbles) | ||
| − | **You can warp to zero to the objective as this is a mission deadspace | + | **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! |
**You can complete the mission remotely to get a huge chunk of ISK!! | **You can complete the mission remotely to get a huge chunk of ISK!! | ||
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**Habitation Mod was 54Km away from warp in | **Habitation Mod was 54Km away from warp in | ||
**Simply use the codebreaker on the Habitation Mod - after a successful codebreaker cycle grab the people from the can | **Simply use the codebreaker on the Habitation Mod - after a successful codebreaker cycle grab the people from the can | ||
| − | **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... | + | **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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Enemy: Nil | Enemy: Nil | ||
| − | 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 | + | 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. |
==Mission 13== | ==Mission 13== | ||
Revision as of 06:34, 30 October 2010
"Penumbra" is the Caldari Epic Arc. To start the Epic Arc you must have a standing of 6.8 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.
- Recommended requirements
- You have and can easily solo Level 4 missions,
- You have a proper PvE fitted BS, and
- You have a Cov Ops ship with Cov Ops Cloaking Device II.
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.
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.
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).
If you have any further questions feel free to EVE Mail or PM me (Ruggler82).
Mission 1
Title: The Intermediary
Agent: Aursa Kunivuri
Location: Nugoeihuvi Information Centre (Beacon) Josameto (System)
Reward: 250,000 + 768,000 (Bonus if completed in 2H 38M)
Enemy: Nil
Further Info: Travel 1 jump in high sec with 0.1m3 of cargo
Mission 2
Title: Trust and Discretion
Agent: Katsen Isha
Location: Poinen
Reward: 500,000 + 538,000 (Bonus if completed in 1H 46M)
Enemy: Nil
Further Info: Travel 1 jump in high sec with 3m3 of cargo
Mission 3
Title: Their Loss, Our Profit
Agent: Katsen Isha
Location: Josameto
Reward: 5,000,000 + 1,620,000 (Bonus if completed in 6H) + ~15,000,000 Bounty
Enemy: Serpentis
- Further Info:
- Recommend you kill all rats and then destroy the research facility
- Initially there are 6 BS and 2 Cruisers - Trigger for next wave is Grand Admiral - obviously kill last
- 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
- Second wave is 4 BS 4 Cruisers and 5 Frigs
- 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
- Two cans will drop when the research facility is destroyed - one has the S.I Formula Sheet
- 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.
- Completed in fairly standard PvE Raven with no difficulty
Mission 4
At this point you are presented with your first choice of mission - I recommend this one for max rewards.
Title: An Honorable Betrayal
Agent: Katsen Isha
Location: Poinen
Reward: 250,000 + 227,000 (Bonus if completed in 52M)
Enemy: Nil
Further Info: Take the S.I Formula Sheet and head 1 jump away to talk to Arkio Kuretsu
Mission 5
Title: Proof of Intent
Agent: Arikio Kuretsu
Location: Wuos
Reward: 250,000 + 661,000 (Bonus if completed in 2H 36M)
Enemy: Nil
Further Info: This should take around 1 second to complete - just give the Formula Sheet to the agent
Mission 6
Title: Return to Isha
Agent: Arikio Kuretsu
Location: Wuos
Reward: 250,000 + 658,000 (Bonus if completed in 3H)
Enemy: Nil
Further Info: As the title suggests, travel 5 jumps in high sec back to Katsen Isha... don't forget the Formula Sheet!
Mission 7
You get another mission choice here - I suggest this one.
Title: Two Steps into Hell
Agent: Katsen Isha
Location: Poinen
Reward: 40,000,000 + 1,340,000 (Bonus if completed in 6H)
Enemy: Perhaps nasty Low/Null Sec pirates :o
- Further Info:
- You need your cov ops cloaky for this one - must transport the S.I Formula sheet to Null Sec
- For those in E-Uni, in accordance with the SOP you are allowed into the syndicate
- 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.
- Take normal precautions in Null Sec, such as never warping directly from Stargate to Stargate (to avoid bubbles)
- 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!
- You can complete the mission remotely to get a huge chunk of ISK!!
Mission 8
Title: Almost Unmasked
Agent: Katsen Isha
Location: Poinen
Reward: 250,000 + 1,690,000 (Bonus if completed in 6H)
Enemy: Nil
Further Info: 5 jumps in high sec to talk to Arikio Kuretsu - take a codebreaker and suitable ship for the next mission
Mission 9
Title: Some Light Theatrics
Agent: Arikio Kuretsu
Location: Wuos
Reward: 20,000,000 + 1,660,000 (Bonus if completed in 6H)
Enemy: Nil
- Further Info:
- You need a ship fitted with a codebreaker
- The habitation Module explodes and causes ~900 damage
- Habitation Mod was 54Km away from warp in
- Simply use the codebreaker on the Habitation Mod - after a successful codebreaker cycle grab the people from the can
- 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...
Mission 10
Title: Untouchable
Agent: Arikio Kuretsu
Location: Wuos
Reward: 250,000 + 245,000 (Bonus if completed in 1H)
Enemy: Nil
Further Info: Once again go back and talk to Katsen Isha
Mission 11
Title: A General's Best Friend
Agent: Katsen Isha
Location: Poinen
Reward: 5,000,000 + 1,330,000 (Bonus if completed in 6H) + ~10,000,000 in loot mostly from tags
Enemy: Gallente Federation
- Further Info:
- Encounter is 1 jump away in high sec
- Take a highly tanked BS - Large amounts of Thermal, EM and Kinetic damage are served up
- 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!
- Wave is 6 BS (Sin) 10 Cruisers (Arazu) and 5 Frigs (Nemesis)
- BS do large amounts of Thermal and Kinetic damage, but can be taken down fairly quickly
- Cruisers shoot EM missiles and are also quite soft
- Frigs did not web or warp disrupt me but don't count on this - they die very quickly to light drones.
- I had to warp out several times in my Raven
- After all NPCs have been dispatched, jump through the gate and approach the station (84Km away....)
- When you get to within 15Km of the station the mission is flagged complete and you can complete it remotely.
- Loot the wrecks!
- This mission did not affect my Gallente standings at all
Mission 12
Title: Meet Sinas
Agent: Katsen Isha
Location: Poinen
Reward: 250,000 + 1,580,000 (Bonus if completed in 6H)
Enemy: Nil
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.
Mission 13
Title: Right Tool for the Job
Agent: Sinas Egassuo
Location: Caldari Navy Relay Nexus (Beacon) Astoh (System)
Reward: 10,000,000 + 1,350,000 (Bonus if completed in 6H) + ~30,000,000 in loot (mostly tags)
Enemy: Gallente Federation
- Further Info:
- Need a codebreaker fitted
- Encounter is 1 jump away in high sec
- 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.
- Using this method I didn't take any damage, although the mission will take a long time to complete.
- To blitz, warp in at zero, destroy the comm array, hack the shipyard container, take the item and then get out (You will miss out on about 30mil ISK worth of tags and loot)
- Initial there are 12 Frigs and 4 Cruisers
- There are 6 waves, spawning 5 minutes apart (therefore it takes 30min for all enemy NPCs to appear)
- Wave 1: 4 Frigs and 2 Cruisers
- Wave 2: 3 Frigs and 2 Cruisers
- Wave 3: 5 Frigs, 5 Cruisers and 3 BS
- Wave 4: 5 Frigs, 5 Cruisers and 4 BS
- Wave 5: 5 BS
- Wave 6: 1 Cruiser and 1 BS
- 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)
- 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.
- Once all NPCs have been killed, destroy the comm array, hack the shipyard container, take the item and report back to the agent.
- -2.4% Gallente Federation standing loss if all NPCs are killed
Mission 14
Title: The Breakout
Agent: Sinas Egassuo
Location: Caldari Navy Relay Nexus (Beacon) Astoh (System)
Reward: 20,000,000 + 1,570,000 (Bonus if completed in 6H)
Enemy:
Further Info:
