The Big Blue (expedition)

The Big Blue is an expedition which can be earned by destroying Pat Wead in Angel Vigil combat sites. The completion of each segment has a random chance of giving the next segment in the chain.

Escalation message

Scanning through Pat Wead's logs reveals that this druglord was surprisingly well connected, long lists of buyers and sellers throughout the neighboring regions would make this document a dream read of any law enforcement agent in the galaxy, if only all the vital parts were not in some completely alien code. No matter how much you let your central computer chew on this stuff, you get no feedback on any names or places, execpt perhaps one... this seems to be a hasty entry from almost a year back, not in code. At least the coordinates do reflect a true point in space.

The initial escalation from Angel Vigil is thought to be around 10%, but each stage escalating higher is thought to be around 75%. High level angel drops are possible at each stage.

The Big Blue (Stage 1)

Faction: Angel Cartel
Mission Type: Exploration - Escalation
Space Type: Normal
Damage Dealt: Explosive/Kinetic
Web/Scramble: Arch Gistii Outlaws
Extras: Domination Smasher - Target Paints
Recommended Damage Dealing: Explosive/Kinetic
Recommended Ships: Battlecruiser with robust T2 tank, Kinetic/Explosive resists over 60%

Loot:

• Total: +/- 3.0M
• Bounties 1.6M
• Loot 538K
• Salvage +/- 1.0M
• Loot from Commander drop (initial author) Implant Low-Grade Halo Alpha, 1000 faction ammo
• Structures drop no loot.

Wave 1

		WD	EWAR	L
	6 x Frigate Angel Salvager (Gistii Nomad)
	5 x Destroyer Gistior Seizer/Trasher

Wave 2: (About 30 seconds from warp in)

		WD	EWAR	L
	4 x Elite Frigate Arch Gistii Hijacker/Outlaw
	4 x Battlecruiser Gistatis Tribunus

Wave 3

		WD	EWAR	L
	4 x Elite Frigate Arch Gistii Ambusher
	3 x Cruiser Gistum Liquidator
	1 x Commander Destroyer Domination Smasher

Escalation popup

Among the debris of this old factory, you find a homing beacon next to a container bearing the Salvation Angel seal. It looks as if they have been going through the rubble, gathering whatever the attackers have spared. It seems the beacon is malfunctioning and periodically sending out some garbled messages, something that is not so remarkable in itself, but the messages are getting answered... your instruments quickly nail down the location of the responder.

The Big Blue (Stage 2)

Faction: Angel Cartel and Drone
Mission Type: Exploration - Escallation
Space Type: Normal
Damage Dealt: Explosive/ Kinetic
Web/ Scramble: None
Recommended Damage Dealing: Explosive/ Kinetic
Notes: New spawns can target your drones, structures drop no loot

Loot:
Total: +/- 3.8M
Bounties: 1.3M
Loot +/- 1.2M (Includes minerals from Drones)
Salvage: Widely variable based on commander slavage
Commander drops noted: Low-Grade Halo Delta, (2nd run - Low-grade Halo Omega)
Commander drops noted (25.07.2011): Cynabal BPC (~180mil), Arch Angel Nuclear M x1000, Domination Stasis Webifier (~100mil) and some T1 items

Warp-in local message
Broken Message: Th* is *nder invegrrrrrrr rrrrrr rrrrr by DED. It seems someone has disabled the warning beacon.

Wave 1 (10 sec after warp-in)

		WD	EWAR	L
	3 x Elite Frigate Arch Gistii Raider
	3 x Destroyer Gistior Defacer

Wave 2 (About 30 seconds after warp-in)

		WD	EWAR	L
	3 x Elite Frigate Arch Gistii Raider
	2 x Cruiser Gistum Defeater
	4 x Cruiser Drone Salvager (Atomizer Alvum)

Wave 3 (Destroying all non-drone ships in previous waves)

		WD	EWAR	L
	5 x Frigate Gistii Outlaw/Thug

Wave 4

		WD	EWAR	L
	3 x Elite Frigate Arch Gistii Raider
	2 x Battlecruiser Gistatis Legatus
	1 x Commander Cruiser Domination Crusher

Destroying the second battlecruiser will either end the expedition (if unlucky) or give you a popup to the next escallation. Escallation popup : "Another Salvation Angels beacon and this time fully functional probably put here by a surveying ship. It gives directions to another location not far away."

The Big Blue (Stage 3)

• Highsec, possible lowsec

Loot:

• Total: 4.7M
• Bounties 2.5M
• Loot 521K
• Salvage 1.7M

Faction: Angel Cartel

Mission Type: Exploration - Escallation

Space Type: Normal? (No warp in gate)

Damage Dealt: Explosive/ Kinetic

Web/ Scramble: None

Wave 1 (Spawns in after about 15 seconds)

		WD	EWAR	L
	4 x Elite Frigate Arch Gistii Nomad
	4 x Elite Cruiser Arch Gistum Liquidator

Wave 2 (Timed)

		WD	EWAR	L
	3 x Battlecruiser Gistatis Primus

Wave 3

		WD	EWAR	L
	2 x Elite Frigate Arch Gistii Ruffian
	3 x Battlecruiser Gistatis Praefectus
	1 x Commander Cruiser (Domination Crusher

Escalation popup
"Luckily your instruments got a lock on the escaping ships destination."

The Big Blue (Stage 4) LOW-SEC (Possible High-Sec)

• Total: 2.25M
• Bounties 1.5M
• Loot 750k
• Salvage - I did not salvage since it was low sec

Faction: Angel Cartel

Mission Type: Exploration - Escallation

Space Type: Normal? (No warp in gate)

Damage Dealt: Explosive/ Kinetic

Web/ Scramble: Arch Gistii Hijacker

Extras: Arch Gistii Ruffians target paint

Recommended Damage Dealing: Explosive/ Kinetic

Recommended Ships: Drake (PVP fit)

Notes: This takes place in low sec so a ship you are willing to lose and fit for pvp are recommended. A clean jump clone might be wise. Destroying the web/ scramble ships quickly may be even more important in low sec systems (But that may be the trigger for the next spawn). New spawns can target your drones. Bring a lot of ammo for the Drug factory.

Upon warp in the 'Drug Factory - Angels in Heaven' and a few other structures are all that are visible.

Wave 1 (Warps in after about 30 seconds

		WD	EWAR	L
	4 x Sentry Angel Heavy Missile Battery
	? x Elite Frigate Arch Gistii Hijacker/Rogue
	? x Elite Frigate Arch Gistii Ruffian/Nomad
	? x Destroyer Gistior Shatterer
	? x Battlecruiser Gistatis Tribunus

Wave 3 (uncofirmed trigger)

		WD	EWAR	L
	? x Elite Frigate Arch Gistii Impaler
	? x Battlecruiser Gistatis Legatus
	? x Destroyer Gistior Shatterer

{{NPCTableHead|Wave 4 (Spawns on Drug Factory half structure.)

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Spawn 5 (about 10 seconds after the Hauler spawns)

About 6 - 8 ships including one cargo vessel. These warp off quickly. (Before I could target one.)

Final completion popup
With all this Blue Pill out of circulation, you probably just sent some thousands of BP munches on a cold turkey. Then again, you could perhaps make nice profit selling it to them yourself. Choices...Choices...