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All agents have a level, ranging form 1 till 5. The level determines if the agent will interact with you, and the level -with the exception of the storyline agents- of the missions offered to you. Agents -with the exception of the storyline agents- will offer missions of the same level as the agent. the availability of the different level agents is determined by the standings of the agent, the agents corporation or the agents faction.

Standings are a measure of how much one entity in EVE likes or dislikes another. These feelings are measured on a scale from -10 to +10 where negative is hatred and positive is love. Completing missions increases your standing with the agent, the agent's corporation and, in some cases the agent's faction. You will also lose standings with a faction for killing ships of that faction.

You must meet this requirement for either the agent's personal standing -not for COSMOS agents- towards you, their corporation's standing -not for COSMOS agents- towards you, or their faction's standing towards you; any one of the three will suffice. All three standings need to also be above -2.00 to receive missions higher than level 1.  

For example, Eveynel Daerne is a level 3 agent in Orduin IX - Moon 4 - Transstellar Shipping Storage. This agent is part of the Transstellar Shipping corporation, which is part of the Gallente Federation faction. Therefore, the standings requirement is 3.0, meaning the agent, corporation and faction standings need to be above -2.00. In addition, '''at least one''' of the following 3 conditions must be true to get missions from Eveynel Daerne:

There is a fourth division

* There is no R&D connections skill. But as regular missions for the R&D divisions do not give loyalty points that makes sense.

Basic agents are, if [[#Standings required|standing requirements]] have been met, always available for all capsuleers. The give out the [[User:Evon_R'al/Draft#Basic_missions|basic missions]], where the mission type is mostly determined by the agents division. Basic agents give out missions of the types: courier, mining and encounter

A Storyline agents is only available when the requirements for a Storyline mission, successful completion of 16 missions of the same level for the same faction, is met. Storyline agents will inform you of there availability by sending you a message. All storyline agents are level 1. Storyline agents offer missions of the types: courier, trade and encounter. Storyline agents of all divisions give out all mission types <ref group=Note>I have logged a number of Storyline mission offers. The log and an analysis are available on my user space [[User:Evon R'al/Registration|registration]] page. -- [[User:Evon R'al|Evon R'al]]</ref>.

It is highly recommended that you complete all the missions given by the five career agents, even if you already know what you'd like to do in EVE. The missions give a good overview of some of the mechanics of the game, and good financial rewards for a new capsuleer.

Epic arc agents are only available when the arc they are part of is available to you. Additionally as epic arcs are a fixed series of missions only one agent of an arc at a time is available to you. Epic arc agents offer missions of the types: encounter, courier, talk to agent and agent interaction. Epic arc agents of all divisions give out all mission types <ref>Based on the observation of the SoE epic arc [[The Blood-Stained Stars]]</ref>.

Each empire faction has one group of circle agents. These agents are part of a series of agents where each agent will refer you to the next agent in the circle eventually returning to the agent where you started. Originally these circles where repeatable but this no longer appear to be the case. Circle agents offer missions of the types; courier and encounter. Circle agents of all divisions give out all mission types.

COSMOS agents require <em>faction</em> standing of sufficient level to be available to you, corporation standing does not count. Be aware some COSMOS agents require an extra high standing to be available to you. COSMOS agents, with a few exceptions, offer special COSMOS missions only once. Failing or letting expire the mission makes that mission and all after it permanently unavailable to you. {{Co|red|Do not even talk to the agent unless you are going to run the mission}}, as soon as you talk to the agent you get a mission offer that expires in seven days. COSMOS agents offer missions of the types: courier, encounter and trade.

Paragon agents, well actually there is only one, IRIS Paragon's executive officer, customer liaison, and chief representative. IRIS is Paragon's cybernetic liaison. IRIS can be contacted from all Paragon stations and offers to exchange a specific ship hull for EverMarks once a day (There is a cool-down of 23 hours after completing an exchange).

Research agents are mostly working for you. Quietly producing research points which can be used to buy datacores which in turn can be sold on the market creating an almost passive source of ISK. Every once in a while a research agent will offer you a mission which nets you an extra day of research points. These missions do not give ISK or loyalty points but they do give standing and count for the Storyline mission tally.

Locator Agents, for a fee, can find the location of another player character. Locator agents are not a set of separate agents. Being a locator agent is a side job for a number of the agents. In their role as locator agent you are not working for them but they are working for you. Wile agents are largely PvE the role of locator agents is a PvP function.