Insurgency

Added in the Havoc update, Insurgencies add a third faction to both the Gallente-Caldari and Minmatar-Amarr Faction warfare zones by including the Guristas Pirates and Angel Cartel as active participants.

Insurgent Factions

Pirate Faction Warfare Corporations

Faction	FW Corporation	At War With
Guristas Pirates	Commando Guri	Caldari State	Gallente Federation
Angel Cartel	Malakim Zealots	Amarr Empire	Minmatar Republic

Both the Guristas Pirates and Angel Cartel are participants in Faction Warfare alongside the 4 Empires of New Eden. Like the Empire factions, both pirate factions have an NPC Faction Warfare corporation that players can pledge themselves to. The Guristas fight under Commando Guri and are at war with the Gallente Federation and the Caldari State. The Angel Cartel fights under Malakim Zealots and is at war with the Minmatar Republic and the Amarr Empire.

Joining an Insurgent Faction

Players may pledge themselves to a Faction Warfare pirate faction by going to any station controlled by said faction in addition to The Fulcrum in the Zarzakh system. Any player who wishes to pledge themselves to a pirate faction will need an unmodified standing of at least -2.0 with the faction.

Guristas Pirate stations can be found in the region of Venal.

Angel Cartel stations can be found in the regions of Curse and Fountain.

Insurgency

Example of an in-progress Pirate Insurgency. In this case we can see the Corruption and Suppression values for the affected system. We also can tell that for this Insurgency to end, either the Empires need to fully Suppress 7 systems or that the Guristas Pirates need to Corrupt 14 Systems as a result of the Pirate Ambition modifier. The Empire factions have fully Suppressed 7 systems, meaning that the Pirate FOB is vulnerable.

Insurgencies are centered around a pirate Forward Operating Base (also referred to as a Pirate FOB, or just FOB) that spawns near a frontline system in the Faction Warfare zone. The FOB spawns during an Insurgency's Forecasting phase. During the Forecasting phase the Insurgency sites do not spawn and the FOB remains invulnerable however players may still dock at the FOB or use the Zarzakh shipcaster to travel to the FOB.

At the start of an Insurgency 4 systems near the pirate FOB become vulnerable to the Insurgency and begin spawning sites.

Corruption and Suppression

Main article: Corruption and Suppression

Completing Insurgency activities for either the Pirates or the Empires will add to a system's Corruption or Suppression meter respectively. Each level of System Corruption or Suppression adds effects to the system or effects the system's security posture. Once a system reaches Corruption level 3, an adjacent system with a security status between 0.0 and 0.8 will become vulnerable to the Insurgency and will begin spawning sites. If there are no adjacent systems that are valid choices for Corruption or Suppression, then the Insurgency will spread to a random valid system adjacent to the Insurgency.

Victory Conditions

See also: Ambition modifier

An Insurgency ends when either the Insurgency or Empires have Corrupted or Suppressed a number of systems equal to their Ambition modifier. Without any Ambition modifiers, the number of systems to claim victory is 7. Each victory by Pirates or the Empires will increase the number of systems to claim victory in the next Insurgency by 1 for the winning group. Each defeat will decrease the number of systems to claim victory in the next Insurgency by 1 down to a minimum value of 7.

If the Insurgency reaches their ambition, all systems currently effected by the Insurgency increase their corruption by 1 level (up to a maximum of 5) and the FOB system becomes controlled by the pirates. This will cause the neighboring systems to become frontlines. After a period of time the FOB will despawn and the system will return to it's last owner's control at minimum control levels and with a vulnerable infrastructure hub.

If the Empires reaches their ambition, the pirate FOB will become vulnerable to destruction. The pirate FOB has a single armor reinforcement timer and it's destruction will mark defeat for the pirates. When the pirate forces are defeated, all systems effected by the insurgency will increase their suppression by 1 level (up to a maximum of 5) for some time.

Insurgency Activities

Insurgency Activities

Activity	Description	Group Size	Spawns at Corruption Level
Corporate Outpost Raid	Players attack or defend corporate structures defended by Mordus Legion NPCs	1-5 players	0+
Mining Op Ambush	Players attack or defend an ORE Rorqual that pirate forces have tackled	1-10 players	1+
Ice Refinery Heist	Players must escort fuel tankers to either a pirate loading scaffold or an ORE fuel loading dock	5-30 players	3-4
Pirate Laundering Facilities	Pirate-aligned players can submit special loot items for reward crates	1 or more players	Pirate FOB system
Counter-Insurgency Outposts	Empire-aligned players can submit special loot items for reward crates	1 or more players	War HQ system

Insurgencies generate Insurgency Sites that influence a system's Corruption or Suppression. These sites are equivalent to the Advanced sites of Faction Warfare and allow appropriately sized Pirate and T2 hulls to participate.

Completing activities for the Insurgency or the Empires adds to a system's Corruption or Suppression level respectively. Some activities may only spawn at later corruption stages, in pirate FOB systems or in systems with an Empire Interstellar Shipcaster.

Corporate Outpost Raid

The Corporate Outpost Raid has players enter the complex and maintain supremacy to claim the complex for their faction.

Mining Op Ambush

The Mining Op Ambush sees players attacking or defending an ORE Rorqual for a timer duration. During this activity NPC Insurgent and Mordus Legion ships will warp in to tackle the Rorqual or attack the tackling ships.

Ice Refinery Heist

The Ice Refinery Heist has players escort automated Fuel tankers to their score zone while preventing the opposing team from doing the same. In this Insurgency Deadspace site, Empire- and Pirate-aligned players arrive near their respective scoring zones and must fly to the Ore Ice Refinery where the automated transports spawn. The transports must be escorted back to a team's scoring zone while the opposing team attempts to intercept and steal the transport for themselves.

Pirate Laundering Facilities and Counter Insurgency Outposts

Pirate Laundering Facilities and Counter Insurgency Outposts allow redemption of special loot from defeating named patrol NPCs in an Insurgency system for reward crates.

External Links

• https://www.eveonline.com/news/view/havoc-expansion-notes - Introduced Insurgencies
• https://www.eveonline.com/news/view/havoc-update-set-goals-pull-off-heists - Added Ice Refinery Heists
• https://www.eveonline.com/news/view/equinox-expansion-notes - Equinox Expansion balanced Insurgency spawns towards Frontline systems rather than Rearguard systems