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As discussed earlier, the fits shown above are specific to this next room. The Afterburner is vital for keeping the ship moving, the EM and Thermal hardeners are there to resist the damage types of the Sentry Guns, and the buffer tank is there to absorb one or two or maybe 3 hits at the most. The Data Analyzer is necessary to hack the can. The guns and the drones are there to kill one of the Sentry Guns. By the way, I have used a fit for a Heron using a Medium Ancillary Shield Booster, you can try that if you want. But don't forget that your buffer is what makes your resistances worthwhile, as the damage has to sink into something: frigates and destroyers don't really have the native HP to make tanking unbuffered alpha damage worthwhile (that's a cruiser and above concept); therefore it's easy for one solid whack to alpha your ship off the site. You could also try using two Anti-Thermal Screen Reinforcers and one T2 active EM hardener, which might make it so you can fit a shield booster. Start with my fit first and see how it works for you. Experimenting with a friendly Bantam or Inquisitor pilot can help, or bring a Scythe for extra drone damage. (Use light drones. The 50m signature radius of the Towers means medium drones can hardly track them.)

 

Having refit the ship, head to the area rightward of where you warped in. Double check that you are ready: drones in the bay, ammo in the guns, hardeners are on, Orbit distance set to 2500m (for the Orbit button on your Selected Item window) and otherwise ready. Read my directions first before you take the gate: There is a Remote Defense Grid Unit that you need to hack. It'll be just forward and to your slight left of your warpin on that spot. As soon as you land, you'll need to Orbit the Remote Defense Grid Unit (if you don't know where it is, just move any direction for now) and '''immediately''' turn on the Afterburner.

| style="padding:8px;" | ''Warning: An active Microwarpdrive on a frigate can be fatal if a Sentry Tower secures a good hit. The frigate fits cannot absorb too many errant strikes: failure to keep moving and good transversal can likely be fatal.''

Does that make sense? Good. Then take the rift. Do as I have instructed above. Hack the Remote Defense Grid Unit:  

<span style="color:green">SUCCESS:</span> One Sentry Gun (the one to your left) is deactivated, and one Sentry Gun in the Tractor Beam area is activated.<br />

<span style="color:red">FAILURE:</span> The Alarm Level for the site is raised by 1 for each failure or may trip. Messages in Local will inform you of your progress.

IMMEDIATELY after you land, turn on your Afterburner and orbit the Remote Defense Grid Unit. Hack it. (Speed Tip: Lock up the Sentry Tower further away and put your drones on it for now. If you don't have the skills for a T2 Data Analyzer, now is when you'll start regretting it. I know it's long train. But it's worth it.) Once you've hacked that one can, start approaching WHILE MAINTAINING SOME TRANSVERSAL to the nearby Sentry Gun. Do NOT approach it head-on: manually pilot towards it at an angle. It fires once every 15 seconds like all Sentry Guns at these sites: you can creatively overheat your hardeners if you know what you're doing. Once you get within range of your drones and weapons, start engaging it. You can orbit it safely at 7500m or whatever and it will hardly ever hit you. Its tracking is terrible, fire rate is very slow, but hits very hard when it does. Be careful.  

If the Alarm Level gets a little too high, like Level 3, you should abort the hack and instead shoot all the Towers until they're all destroyed. As shown below, you may elect to swap out for a DPS ship or call someone else to whack the Towers. Cruise missiles are not a good choice because of the 50m signature radius of the Towers. To be honest, the time spent reshipping is hardly worth it versus just using the same ship: although if a corpmate is bored, it'll give them something to do.

Once the Sentry Gun is down, which can take awhile (No shields, 40% armor resistances to all 4 damage types, no resistances on structure), burn the Afterburner towards the middle area Restless Sentry Tower. Using the tactical overlay, head straight for the Tower until about 80km separates your ship from the Tower. Then begin spiraling in: if you do not spiral in, you will likely lose your ship. Shoot the Sentry Tower, you may orbit the Tower at 2000m with the afterburner off (so the guns will track) and finish it off. Then head back to the main area where the Mobile Depot was dropped.

 

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|[[File:3P38_Standard_48.png|thumb|none|alt=A|Burning a MWD high and over the middle]]||[[File:3P38_Standard_24.png|thumb|none|alt=A|Shooting remaining Sentry Tower]]||[[File:3P38_Standard_25.png|thumb|none|alt=A|Using a Maelstrom with 1200mm Artillery]]||[[File:3P38_Standard_14.png|thumb|none|alt=A|Easy way: Call in someone else]]||

Refit for a Microwarpdrive and Relic Analyzer, as it's time to collect. Take the nearby Rift again. As you land, you'll see Impenetrable Storage Depots on your Overview (you might need to look at your ALL tab). When you get somewhere within 10km of them, they'll transform into either a Mangled, Dented, Pristine or Intact Storage Depot: