Fuel Gauge

Guristas epic arc - Smash and Grab
Chapter 1 - For Fun and Profit
Previous mission: Miscommunication
Next mission: Knockout Punch

Type	Encounter
Objective	Destroy Fuel Depots structures
Faction	Caldari State
Best damage to deal	Kin Th
Damage to resist	Kin Th
Warp disruption	Elite frigates
Ship size limit	Limited to T1 destroyers and T1/T2 frigates
Rewards	6,000,000 + time bonus

Mission briefing

I was hoping you'd contact me. You've made quite the impression among the Guristas ranks, so I had to jump at the chance of working with the hot, new capsuleer. We've been picking up increased Navy activity in the region. It's really gutsy of them to come this far into Venal. This is our turf, after all. Before we can draw them into an ambush or respond in any meaningful (and hopefully humiliating) way, we need to know more about their activities. Luckily, Kori's provided me with some rather juicy information on a communications station that the Navy has erected. I need you to take it out. According to our intel, the State uses the Venal Regional Comms tower to feed their forces information about our movements within this region. I don't know: This is pretty dirty, even by Caldari standards. We can change this situation, though. If you hack the tower, it'll redirect the signal to follow the Navy's movements instead of ours. Take this Data Analyzer and hack the tower. You'll have to hang around the tower for a bit once you've successfully hacked the signal. Something may turn up, possibly some more trouble. Roll with the punches on this one, and think on your feet. I assume you know what you're doing. After all, we capsuleers are invincible warriors, right?

This mission can be accepted Remotely. You should not stay and fight, complete the objective and warp away ASAP.

Bliz: Destroy ships at warpin and go to first room. Destroy each depot and run away.

Warpin

The guards are split to two groups. You can attack one of them without getting aggro from the other.

Initial defenders

		WD	EWAR	L
	7 x Frigate Fueling Depot Guard
	1 x Destroyer Fueling Depot Guard
	1 x Sentry Caldari Stasis Tower

Room 1

3 battleship groups with frigates and destroyers near them. Destroying any of the Fuel Depot structures (Alpha, Beta and Gamma) will make all battleship class guards near that structure explode. Frigate and destroyer classes are not harmed by the explosions.

Some of the Fuel Depot Guard frigates might web and warp scramble your ship.

Fly to each Fuel Depot and blow them up fast. Warp off after last one blows up. Move fast to avoid frigates that web and point.

Initial defenders

		WD	EWAR	L
	7 x Frigate Fueling Depot Guard
	7 x Destroyer Fueling Depot Guard
	18 x Battleship State Tenkyu/Utaisho/Yojimbo/Zewn

Each battleship will drop Caldari Navy Vice Admiral Insignia I which are worth few millions. You should not try to loot the wrecks while the frigates are around as they will point and web. Instead bookmark the site and return after turning in the mission