From Way Above

Minmatar epic arc - Wildfire
Chapter 1 - The Passage
Previous mission: Glowing Embers
Next mission: Friends In High Places

Type	Encounter
Objective	Destroy all Angel ships and defend the Defiants base.
Faction	Angel Cartel
Best damage to deal	Ex Kin
Damage to resist	Ex Kin
Warp disruption	Elite frigates
EWAR	Web, Target painting
Extra	No standing lost for destroying these Amarr ships.

Mission briefing

Hirmuolio Pine, you're not gonna like this. Only moments ago the Angel Cartel launched an attack on the Defiant base to recover what was taken from them. Seems they only realized now that they were sitting on something of value. Hell, we barely even know what we're sitting on right now. The Defiants have fled the camp, which has now been converted into a base of operations for the Angel's invasion fleet. The Defiants can easily evade a bunch of Angel thugs, but they have asked that we put this chase to an end quickly and violently. Your task will be to smash the Angel's operational base. That will sever the attacking forces still chasing our brothers from their reinforcements. As soon as that happens, the Defiants can stop running and turn to meet their attackers in a fair fight. They've never lost one, Hirmuolio Pine. Those Angels will drop like sacks of fedo crap once they have their support pulled out from under them. You have your orders, Hirmuolio Pine, will you accept them? The Republic-Cartel Relationship The Minmatar Republic and the Angel Cartel have a long and checkered history of locked horns and uneasy handshakes. A century back, when the Angel Cartel was building its reputation as a ruthless mercenary organization but had not yet crossed over into out-and-out piracy, the Republic was rumored to frequently contract the Cartel for operations deemed too politically sensitive for the Republic's armed forces. While these rumors have never been confirmed by either side, certain other occurrences -- such as the Cartel's immediate and unexplained withdrawal from their Skarkon sovereignty bid in YC110 -- seem to corroborate the idea of a nebulous connection between the two giant entities' top levels.

Tips:

• Making a Bookmark and warping back in at range works, but you cannot warp to a different bookmark within the mission area.
• 2x Gist Domination Saint / Nephilim EWAR (Target Painting) is effective at +100km range.
• Destroying 2x Gist Domination Saint / Nephilim asap will help reduce incoming DPS.
• Battleships can't hit at close range.

Blitz: Wait for the final spawn to arrive and destroy the 2x Elite Battleship (Gist Domination Saint / Nephilim).

Spawns are time based = 1 to 2 minutes

Initial defenders

		WD	EWAR	L
	3 x Elite Frigate Arch Gistii Ambusher/...
	3 x Elite Cruiser Arch Gistum Phalanx/...
	2 x Battlecruiser Gistatis Praefectus/Tribunus

Spawn 1

		WD	EWAR	L
	3 x Elite Frigate Arch Gistii Ruffian
	3 x Elite Cruiser Arch Gistum Marauder/...
	1 x Battleship Gist Warlord

Spawn 2

		WD	EWAR	L
	1 x Elite Frigate Arch Gistii Ruffian
	4 x Elite Cruiser Arch Gistum Breaker/...
	3 x Battleship Gist Throne/Cherubim

Spawn 3

		WD	EWAR	L
	3 x Elite Frigate Arch Gistii Ruffian
	4 x Destroyer Gistior Seizer/Thrasher
	3 x Battlecruiser Gistatis Legatus/Tribunus

Spawn 4

		WD	EWAR	L
	5 x Elite Cruiser Arch Gistum Breaker/...
	3 x Battleship Gistior Seraphim
	2 x Elite Battleship Gist Domination Saint/Nephilim