The Nuclear Small Arms Project

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The Nuclear Small Arms Project
Type	Expedition
Rating	Unrated
Found in	1-3 high, 4 low
Faction	Angel Cartel
Best damage to deal	Ex Kin
Damage to resist	Ex Kin
Sig. strength	Escalates from Angel Watch

The Nuclear Small Arms Project is an expedition that escalates from Angel Watch combat site. The escalation has four locations. Generally three of the locations are in high security space while the last one is in low security space.

Escalation message:
Your instruments suddenly flash a string of emergency messages. A transport ship connected to this station is reporting a malfunction and provides its location.

1st location

The are has four missile batteries. Attacking each of them will trigger one battery wave. Killing the commander frigate may trigger the escalation.

Initial defenders

		WD	EWAR	L
	0-1 x Commander Frigate Domination Raider
	2 x Cruiser Gistum Centurion/Phalanx
	1 x Battlecruiser Gistatis Legionnaire/Primus
	4 x Sentry Gistum Heavy Missile Battery
	1 x Sentry Angel Stasis Tower

Battery wave (x4)

		WD	EWAR	L
	3-4 x Destroyer Gistior Defacer/...
	3-4 x Cruiser Gistum Centurion/Phalanx

Escalation message:
All of a sudden your instruments flash a string of messages, a transport ship connected to this station is reporting a malfunction and gives this location ...

2nd location

After warping in you receive a message about interacting with a disabled mammoth (large collidable object). You need to shoot it with a turret/launcher. Drones won't do anything. EWAR modules will work, though.

Shortly after warp-in
The Broken Down Mammoth in the area seems to be submitting strange radio-waves. Perhaps if you interacted with it in some way ...

Initial ship

		WD	EWAR	L
	1 x Industrial Broken-Down Mammoth

In local:
A small group of Angel ships have warped into the area. Ship Computer: Distress signals can be detected being sent between the Drone Controllers. The Angel ships have left the area.

Wave 1 (warps off)

		WD	EWAR	L
	5 x Elite Cruiser Angel Repair Drone (Elite Repair Drone)
	2 x Battlecruiser Angel Drone Controller (Gistatis Praefectus/Tribuni)

In local:
Angel Gang Leader: That's them! Attack!

Wave 2 spawns shortly after the initial wave warps off.

Wave 2

		WD	EWAR	L
	0-1 x Commander Frigate Domination Impaler
	2 x Destroyer Gistior Seizer/Trasher
	5 x Battlecruiser Gistatis Praefectus/Primus/Tribuni/Legionnaire

Escalation message:
It looks like you were not the only one to pick up the distress call from that transport and luckily enough your instruments got a lock on the ship that warped out. After a few milliseconds of number crunching, your navigation computer comes up with this location as its most probable destination.

3rd location

In local:
The ship you have tracked can be seen inside this area. However it seems to be activating up its warp-drive ....

Note: Angel Sentries deal high combined DPS and can reach out all the way to 250 km.

Initial defenders (225 km)

		WD	EWAR	L
	8-10 x Elite Frigate Arch Gistii Nomad/Ruffian
	0-1 x Commander Destroyer Domination Haunter
	8 x Cruiser Gistum Breaker/Defeater
	6 x Sentry Angel Sentry (Tower Sentry Angel II)

Additional ship (warps off)

		WD	EWAR	L
	1 x Battlecruiser Angel Drone Controller (Gistatis Legionnaire/Primus)

Escalation message:
Your calculations were a bit off, but luckily you managed to get another reading before the Angel ship warped out.

4th location

Warning: Incoming DPS can be very high due to close proximity of spawns.

The facility webs have 20 km range and -75% speed reduction. Attacking the station will trigger reinforcement wave.

The valuable drops are in the Secret Angel Facility. These include Gistii A-Type modules and Dramiel BPC.

It is possible to blitz this section by dropping a bookmark at the warp-in, warping off, warping at range to the bookmark and sniping the Secret Angel Facility to greatly reduce incoming damage.

Initial defenders

		WD	EWAR	L
	15 x Destroyer Gistior Defacer
	15 x Battlecruiser Gistatis Praefectus/Tribuni
	6 x Sentry Gistum Light Missile Battery
	1 x Sentry Secret Angel Facility

Reinforcement wave

		WD	EWAR	L
	4 x Elite Frigate Arch Gistii Nomad/Ruffian
	4 x Destroyer Gistior Seizer/Trasher
	4 x Cruiser Gistum Liquidator/Marauder
	3 x Battlecruiser Gistatis Primus/Legionnaire/Legatus/Tribunus

Escalation completion message:
It looks like you have managed to destroy a facility developing one of the hottest new commodities in the galactic underworld, the Nuclear Small Arms. As far as you know, none of these new weapons have hit the market yet, but from the look of this place, it is not long until common criminals will go nuclear. You can't help wondering what is wrong with the good old sawed off shotgun.

This expedition end message will also appear in local.

Loot

Typical commander loot includes Domination copper and silver dog tags and some faction ammo, as well as possible Domination faction modules or a Mid-Grade Halo implant. The Secret Angel Facility in final location can drop Gistii A-Type modules or a rare Dramiel BPC.

Traveling

Usually the first three locations are in high sec and the final one in low sec but there are exceptions.

Example:

Progression	System	Sec	Jumps
Angel Watch	Ogoten	high	-
Location 1	Eust	high	8
Location 2	Traun	high	6
Location 3	Direrie	high	9
Location 4	Autaris	high	8