Terrorist Plot!

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Terrorist Plot!
Type	Expedition
Rating	Unrated
Found in	High, Low
Max ship size	Unknown
Faction	Guristas
Best damage to deal	Kin Th
Damage to resist	Kin Th
Sig. strength	N/A

Terrorist Plot! is an expedition that can escalate from Gurista Watch.

Escalation start message popup:

Escalation start
All through the battle, one of the Gurista cruisers was engaged in intense and thoroughly encrypted commmunications with some other ship in another system. Even though you didn't understand a thing of what was being said, your scanners successfully managed to locate the other party.

First Location

Warp In

NPCs at intial warp in.

Initial defenders

		WD	EWAR	L
	3-4 x Elite Frigate Dire Pithi Demolisher/Destructor/Plunderer/Wrecker
	3 x Battlecruiser Pithatis Assassin/Assaulter
	1 x Commander Frigate Dread Gurista Destructor

First Room

On warp-in
Gurista's Relay Officer: Who are you !? I wasn't told of anyone guarding our Viral Stash. If you don't give me identification codes immediately, I'll have to assume you're a looter.

Single enemy

container

		WD	EWAR	L
	1 x Elite Cruiser Guristas Relay Officer

		WD	EWAR	L
	1 x Viral Stash

Approaching the stash will trigger a one time damage event (around 1000 damage) and the following text:

On approaching the stash
"Someone has approached the Viral Stash too closely, triggering an explosion from a hidden trap nearby!"

Opening the stash triggers the following message:

On opening the stash
"In this container you find stacks of barrels containing viral agent, as well as a list of ship ID's, barrel ID's and times. Most of the times have passed, but the very last one is only a couple of minutes from now, perhaps if you intercept this ship that is supposedly arriving, you may find out more."

Escalation dead-end
Sadly, the datacore of this ship has taken a direct hit and any information stored there has gone up in smoke.

Escalation trigger

After a brief search of the ship's datacore, you find out that the Guristas, under contract from an unnamed third party, are supposed to disperse the viral agent in the atmosphere of two terrestrial planets in Caldari space. No information is given about which planets, but you do discover the coordinates of a rally point for the operation. It appears that a sizeable fleet was supposed to meet there.

Second Location

Single ungated pocket. Damage can be high if you trigger the extra waves before you have a chance to pair it down.

Warp In

Initial defenders

		WD	EWAR	L
	1 x Drone Elite Stasis Drone
	1 x Drone Stasis Drone
	4 x Frigate Dire Pithi Demolisher/Destructor/Plunderer/Wrecker
	0-4 x Destroyer Pithior Terrorist/Guerilla
	4 x Cruiser Pithum Inferno/Mortifier
	3-4 x Battlecruiser Pithatis Assassin/Assaulter

In local:
The destruction of the Stasis Drone has alerted a nearby Pith patrol.

Stasis drone reinforcements

		WD	EWAR	L
	3 x Frigate Pithi Wrecker/Plunderer/Destructor/Demolisher
	4 x Destroyer Pithior Supremacist/Terrorist/Anarchist/Nihilist
	6-7 x Battlecruiser Pithatis Assassin/Assaulter

In local:
The destruction of the Pith Relay Commander's personal elite drone has drawn his attention. He has arrived with an escort from a nearby area.

Elite stasis drone reinforcements

		WD	EWAR	L
	4 x Elite Frigate Dire Pithi Despoiler/Saboteur
	0-1 x Commander Frigate Pith Relay Commander (Dread Guristas Destructor/Demolisher)
	4 x Battlecruiser Pithatis Revolter/Death Dealer

Escalation trigger
Scanning through the remains of the lead ship, you find no further information on which planets were supposed to be terrorized, but you do find a location where a meeting has been scheduled with whoever organized the operation.

Third Location

You land on an acceleration gate.

		WD	EWAR	L
	3 x Elite Frigate Dire Pithi Wrecker/Plunderer/Destructor/Demolisher
	0-1 x Commander Destroyer Dread Guristas Anarchist
	2-3 x Cruiser Pithum Inferno/Mortifier
	4 x Battlecruiser Pithatis Revolter/Death Dealer

First Pocket

Simple warp-in can trigger escalation.

In local:
A ship pops into view. The ship has left almost immediately, probably as soon as it discovered your presence here. It left a nasty present for you, however. Right before the ship left, it deployed a number of drones. Prepare for a fight.

Spawn

		WD	EWAR	L
	2 x Drone Spider Drone II
	4-5 x Elite Cruiser FIO Bomber Drone (Elite Repair Drone)

Escalation trigger

You are not sure, but it seemed like the ship that slipped away had the markings of the dreaded Federal Intelligence Organization, a Gallente covert-op branch. If this is true, it bodes no good for the Caldari state, nor does it for the Gallenteans come to think of it. Action like this viral terror attack would probably be taken as a full-scale war declaration, not that the peace has been so convincing lately between the two. Whatever is to be made of it, it seems like your instruments got a lock on the agents jump as he cleared local space and the approximate destination is already flashing on your navigation panel. You are not sure if it is a good idea to follow it though, crashing uninvited into a FIO base could be more than you can handle. Either way, you probably only have mere minutes to get there in time.

Fourth Location

You face mainly Gallente ships in this location. Pocket is ungated. If Gallente Tower Sentry attack does not trigger the reinforcement wave, attack the FIO Control Tower.

The warp-in is very close to the defenders. Elite cruisers will damp your ship very hard.

Initial defenders

		WD	EWAR	L
	2 x Sentry Gallente Tower Sentry
	5 x Destroyer Federation Arcus/Matara
	3 x Elite Cruiser Elite Federation Calo/Bearcus
	7 x Battlecruiser Federation Calo/Praktor Bearcus

In local:
More FIO ships undock from nearby bunkers to defend their base, along with an envoy ship from the Guristas!

Reinforcement wave

		WD	EWAR	L
	4 x Elite Frigate Elite Federation Libertus/Manica
	4-7 x Destroyer Federation Arcus/Pelekus
	1 x Commander Destroyer Dread Guristas Envoy
	7 x Battlecruiser Federation Calo/Praktor Bearcus

Expedition end
Thankfully this was only a minor hideout and not fully manned either it seems. If the plot to corrupt the atmosphere of those Caldari planets and thereby escalating the hostilities in the region was hatched here, it has been effectively stopped. Which is of course very likely ...

Rewards

Notable loot drops

Item Name	Est. Value	Note
Dread Guristas frigate modules		From Dread Guristas commander frigates
Pithi A-Type modules		From Dread Guristas Envoy
Worm blueprint		From Dread Guristas Envoy

Exploration logs

Date	Loot	Est. Value	Comments
September 2021	Worm BPC, Pithi A-Type Small Remote Shield Booster, Dread Guristas Small Graviton Smartbomb, Guristas Ammunition	250 Million ISK