New Frontiers 1-7

Level	3
Type	Courier/Encounter/Mining
Factions	MercenariesRogue Drones
Best damage to deal	Kin Th EM Th
Damage to resist	Kin Th Ex Kin Th
EWAR	Web, energy neutralizer

Summary:

• All gates in the missions are unlocked.
• Several missions have pairs of Energy Neutralizer Towers that do 5gj/s each.
• Damage can get quite high for a level 3 in later stages, especially if blitzing.

Raw Materials (1 of 7)

Type	Mining
Faction	Mercenaries
Best damage to deal	Kin Th
Damage to resist	Kin Th

You must mine the Green Arisite yourself, buying it will not complete the mission.

Blitz:

• Just mine the Green Arisite while tanking.

Warp-in

There are two reinforcement chains. The Mercenary Miners will warp out after a bit if not killed.

Initial Group

		WD	EWAR	L
	3 x Industrial Mercenary Miner
	3 x Frigate Mercenary Elite Fighter
	2 x Cruiser Mercenary Lieutenant

Reinforcements 1

		WD	EWAR	L
Wave 1
	4 x Cruiser Mercenary Commander
Wave 2
	5 x Frigate Mercenary Fighter
Wave 3
	3 x Frigate Mercenary Elite Fighter
	2 x Cruiser Mercenary Lieutenant
Wave 4
	4 x Cruiser Mercenary Commander
Wave 5
	4 x Frigate Mercenary Fighter
	2 x Cruiser Mercenary Commander

Mining: There are also approx 16433 units of Omber, 591937 units of Veldspar and 1995 units of Gneiss to be mined.

Mad Scientist (2 of 7)

Type	Encounter
Faction	Rogue Drones
Best damage to deal	EM Th
Damage to resist	Ex Kin Th
EWAR	Web, energy neutralizer

A passive tanked battlecruiser is a good choice for this mission due to energy neutralizers.

Blitz:

• Go straight through gate, blow up Professor Delainen's Lab, and loot the cargo container spawned.
• Destroy Stasis/Energy Neutralizer towers as needed.

Warp-in

All enemies will aggro immediately. Destroying the two drone bunkers can stop additional reinforcements. Spawn 2 and 3 are possibly timed.

Initial Group

		WD	EWAR	L
	11-12 x Frigate Raider/Sunder Alvi

Reinforcements

		WD	EWAR	L
Wave 1 (On Attacking Group 1)
	2-3 x Cruiser Bomber/Disintegrator Alvum
Wave 2
	1-2 x Frigate Devilfish Alvi
	1-2 x Cruiser Violator Alvum
	1 x Elite Cruiser Viral Infector Alvum
Wave 3
	1 x Destroyer Shredder Alvior
	1 x Cruiser Bomber Alvum

Single Pocket

Neutralizer towers will be capping you for -10gj/s total. Spawns do not always occur and may be prevented by destroying bunkers at warp-in.

Initial Group

		WD	EWAR	L
	4-5 x Frigate Decimator/Raider Alvi
	2 x Battlecruiser Defeater Alvatis
	4 x Sentry Tower Sentry Drone I
	2 x Sentry Drone Stasis Tower		web
	2 x Sentry Drone Neutralizer Sentry I		neut

Reinforcements

		WD	EWAR	L
Wave 1
	1 x Frigate Devilfish Alvi
Wave 2
	2 x Elite Frigate Strain Sunder Alvi
	2 x Cruiser Devastator Alvum
Wave 3(On Attacking the Lab)
	5 x Frigate Raider/Silverfish Alvi
	2 x Destroyer Shatter Alvior

Structures

		WD	EWAR	L
	1 x Professor Delainen's Lab

Toward a Solution (3 of 7)

Type	Courier
Extra	0.1m3 cargo

The Unveiling (4 of 7)

Faction: Rogue Drones
Mission Type: Encounter
Space Type: Deadspace
Damage dealt: All kinds (48% Expl, 25% Kin, 24% Therm 3% EM)
Recommended Damage Dealing: EM
Recommended ship types: Battlecruiser, HAC

• • Tips**: I recommend an adaptive and a thermal hardener, I took much less damage than with an adaptive/explosive. Never dropped below 75% shields. (with the explo I got down to 25%)
    

Don't shoot the turrets, they do barely any damage and will spawn additional waves.

Single Pocket

Warp In:
3x Drone Light Missile Battery
1x Drone Battleship (Supreme Alvus Parasite "Delainen-ROM Symbiote"), which drops mission loot.

Wave 1:
(Spawns almost immediately) 2x Drone Battlecruiser (Enforcer Alvatis)
2x Drone Cruiser (Strain Viral Infector Alvum)
10x Drone Frigate (Splinter Alvi/Render Alvi/Infester Alvi)

Wave 2:
(When the Drone Battleship's shields drop) 2x Drone Cruisers (Annihilator Alvum)
2x Drone Destroyers (Shredder Alvior)
2x Drone Elite Frigates (Strain Sunder Alvi)

Wave 3:
(When the Drone Battleship dies, or is near death) 2x Drone Cruiser (Devastator Alvum/Annihilator Alvum)
2x Drone Frigate (Silverfish Alvi/Devilfish Alvi)

Wave 4:
(When the Light Missile Batteries are attacked) 3x Drone Destroyers (Shredder Alvior)
3x Drone Cruisers (Viral Infector Alvum)

Wave 5:
(When a Missile Battery is destroyed) 1x Drone Destroyer (Marauder Alvior)

Wave 6:
(When Wave 4 is destroyed) 3x Drone Cruisers (Viral Infector Alvum)

- If you shoot the Drone Bunker right away, you get lots of drone spawns in short succession (new spawn every 3-5seconds). In total there were about 30-45 drones and I had to warp out once at the beginning.
- Smartbombing works great with many close-range drones.

Blitz:
Kill the Battleship and get the Elite Drone AI from the can it drops and take to your agent. Watch out for drone aggro.

An Unexpected Twist (5 of 7)

Faction: Rogue Drones
Mission Type: Encounter
Space Type: Deadspace
Damage dealt: All kinds (54% Expl, 22% Kin, 19% Therm, 5% EM)
Recommended Damage Dealing: EM
Extras: Neutralizer Towers** and **Stasis Towers
Web/scramble: Strain Drones
Recommended ship types: passive tanked Battlecruiser or HAC

The BS Drone (has different names) drops the can you need with the "Hive Mind CPU".

Warp In:
(group about 55-60km, neut range is extreme, stasis towers lock range is only about 28km) 3x Drone Energy Neutralizer Sentry I Energy Neutralizer
3x Drone Light Missile Battery
2x Drone Stasis Battery Stasis Webifier
2x Tower Sentry Drone I

Wave 1:
(After about 30 seconds) 4x Drone Destroyer (Shredder Alvior)
4x Drone Frigate (Silverfish Alvi)

Wave 2:
(When you attack a tower) 2x Drone Frigate (Render Alvi)

Wave 3:
(When you attack a different tower) 2x Drone Battlecruiser (Crippler Alvatis)
3x Drone Frigate (Raider Alvi)

Wave 4:
(When you attack a different tower) 4x Drone Cruiser (Wrecker Alvum/Viral Infector Alvum)
3x Drone Destroyer (Predator Alvior)

Wave 5:
(After a preset amount of time) 1x Drone Battleship (Supreme Alvus Parasite) Mission Objective
3x Drone Elite Frigate (Strain Sunder Alvi) Warp Scrambler
2x Drone Frigate (Raider Alvi)

Wave 6:
(When you attack a different tower) 4x Drone Cruiser (Annihilator Alvum)
1x Drone Elite Frigate (Strain Splinter Alvi) Warp Scrambler

Wave 7:
(When the BS reaches about 50% structure) 2x Drone Battlecruiser (Enforcer Alvatis)
2x Drone Cruiser (Disintegrator Alvum)

After few minutes, the Battleship Drone will spawn (Alvus Ruler, Supreme Alvus Parasite, possibly others). It has high damage, even at 50km, so be careful. As you shoot the BS, another group of drones (Wave 7) will spawn.

Blitz:
Go in passive tanked, ignore all sentries and neut towers. While waiting for the BS, kill off the first spawn. Wait for the BS to come out of the range of the stasis towers (you won't have cap to tractor the loot can), then go for it, pick up the can, finito.

Alternative Blitz:
Go in passive tanked, but kill the Stasis Towers early. There's plenty of time to take care of the triggered Strain spawn before the BS drone with the mission loot spawns, and this way you can attack it earlier (while still closer to the structures).

Tip:
- Smartbombs are a good idea again.
- Stay out of the range of the stasis towers.
- It is best to go for passive tanking and take the towers one by one (starting with the energy neutralizers). Destroy each spawn before continuing to the next tower.
- If you are active tanked, then: primary the energy neutralizers, kill each spawn as it arrives and before proceeding to the next tower. Primary Strain drones (scramblers), and then the Violator Drones as they do the most damage.

Nanite Express (6 of 7)

Mission type: Courier (50.0m3)
//Can be completed remotely//

Ascendance (7 of 7)

Faction: Rogue Drones
Mission Type: Encounter
Space Type: Deadspace
Damage dealt: All kinds (46% Expl, 29% Kin, 15% Therm, 10% EM)
Recommended Damage Dealing: EM.
Recommended ship types: Battlecruiser, HAC

Warp In

35-40km Arrive at deadspace to find 20 or so small/med rogue drones, and briefly the BS. Pathfinder gate to next pocket.

Second Pocket

Around 30 small/med drones and the Mother Drone BS you need to destroy.

Initial Spawn:
20km 1x Drone BS (Delainen-Solar Cinder Entity)

Wave 1:
(Spawns a few moments after warp-in) 15-20km
11x Drone Frigate (Hunter Alvi/Silverfish Alvi)
11x Drone Cruiser (Viral Infector Alvum/Violator Alvum)

Wave 2:
(Spawns when Wave 1 frigates are killed off)
2x Drone Cruiser (Violator Alvum)

Wave 3:
(Spawns when all from Wave 1 are killed off)
3x Drone Frigate (Hunter Alvi)
3x Cruiser (Viral Infector Alvum)

Wave 4:
(Spawns when BS attacked)
4x Drone Frigates (Hunter Alvi)
3x Drone Cruisers (Violator Alvum)

Tip:

- Kill any drones that target you, and then the BS.
- New drone spawns don't always aggro, and can be ignored.

Blitz:
Go straight for the BS, ignore everything else. DPS is a bit heavier than in Part 5.