Independence

Site Details

Independence
Type	Unrated Complex
Rating	Unrated
Found in	Null
Max ship size	Frigates up to Battleships
Faction	Rogue Drones
Best damage to deal	EM Th
Damage to resist	Ex Kin Th
Sig. strength	20% in Null

Independence is an Unrated Complex found in nullsec via exploration.

The site is behind an acceleration gate. Warping to the site lands you at 0 on the gate.

First room

Acceleration gate is 50 km from warp-in. Gate is not locked. Burn towards the gate while destroying the scrammer frigates.

Initial defenders

		WD	EWAR	L
	8-10 x Frigate Harvester Drone/Devilfish Alvi
	2 x Elite Frigate Strain Decimator Alvi
	11-13 x Cruiser Annihilator Alvum
	4 x Sentry Drone Light Missile Battery

Reinforcement Wave

		WD	EWAR	L
	2 x Destroyer Ripper/Shatter Alvior
	3 x Battlecruiser Siege Alvatis

Gate Wave

		WD	EWAR	L
	3 x Elite Frigate Strain Barracuda Alvi
	4 x Battlecruiser Exterminator Alvatis

Structures

		WD	EWAR	L
	1 x Acceleration Gate

Second room

BLITZ: burn towards the 3 closest battleships, destroy them, shoot just once one of the two battleships that spawn after the initial 3, Sentient will spawn.

The initial defenders are arranged in three groups around the warp in (by ship size) and can be aggressed separately.

Initial defenders

		WD	EWAR	L
	10-11 x Frigate Swarmer Drone
	3-5 x Cruiser Bomber Alvum
	2-3 x Battlecruiser Defeater Alvatis
	3 x Battleship Alvus Controller / Swarm Preserver Alvus

Spawn 1

		WD	EWAR	L
	2-3 x Elite Cruiser Strain Nuker/Desintegrator Alvum
	3 x Battleship Matriach Alvus

Attacking any Battleships from Spawn 1 triggers Spawn 2.

Spawn 2

		WD	EWAR	L
	2-3 x Elite Frigate Strain Barracuda/Devilfish Alvi
	2-3 x Battleship Alvus Ruler 7 Supreme Alvus Parasite
	1 x Elite Battleship Sentient Alvus Controller

Spawn 3

		WD	EWAR	L
	2-3 x Elite Frigate Strain Infester/Decimator/Splinter/Render Alvi
	3-4 x Battleship Alvus Ruler/Supreme Alvus Parasite

Attacking any ship from Spawn 3 triggers Spawn 4.

Spawn 4

		WD	EWAR	L
	2-4 x Elite Frigate Strain Sunder/Raider Alvi
	3-4 x Destroyer Marauder Alvior

Destroying all NPCs in this site will pay about 22 million ISK in bounties.

Escalation

This site can escalate to The Drone Roulette with the message:

Escalation message:

Among the debris from this formidable hive, you find a blown out hangar containing a few burnt out space ships of various types, probably the possessions of some unfortunate adventurers that came here before you and didn't live to tell the story. As your scanners routinely run through this material, they come across some report with information on a few sister hives to this one. The explorer seems to have found that each of these so called 'independence hives' are surrounded with outposts that serve both as an early warning system against intruders on the drones territory and also as a resource gathering facility. It seems that if the hive is attacked, the drones from the outpost warp instantly back to defend it. One interesting bit of information the unfortunate explorer has noted is that the drones frequently move the hive itself between these outposts, so hunting these things is like playing Russian roulette, you never know if you are fortunate enough to hit an outpost and thereby reduce the inevitable resistance at the main hive or if you are warping straight into the lair of the drones. The report continues to list four locations, the nearest one being...