The Missing Convoy

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Level	3
Type	Encounter
Objective	Retrieve Special Delivery from the Lesser Drone Hive.
Faction	Rogue Drones
Best damage to deal	EM Th
Damage to resist	Ex Kin Th
Ship suggestion	Drake

Mission briefing

Something just came up that's right up your alley. We just received an incoming transmission from one of our personnel convoys traveling through <SystemName>. They reported that they were under attack by unidentified craft which refused to reply to their attempts at communication. Soon afterwards the transmission was cut off, and we haven't heard from them since. Normally I would send a reconnaissance mission to the last known location of the convoy and scout the area before attempting any further action, but this situation is different. The convoy that was destroyed was carrying a very valuable artifact which must be retrieved at all cost. It is sealed in a booby-trapped special delivery package. I require you to head out there and look for it, if fortune shines on us today then the attacker and our artifact will still be close by. Do this for me and you shall be rewarded, <CharacterName>.

• No hostiles at the initial gate
• Blitz: Destroy "Powerful EM Forcefield", mash lesser drone hive, scoop contents.

Single Pocket

• After warp-in, only three towers, groups spawn every few seconds
• No aggro on warp-in
• Aggro on any group except towers does not trigger others

Note: As of 3/22/2021, simply shooting the forcefield despawns it. This may be a bug in the system.

Group 1: 30-45 km

		WD	EWAR	L
	1 x Cruiser Bomber Alvum/Defeater Alvatis

Group 2: 35-45 km

		WD	EWAR	L
	4 x Cruiser Violator Alvum

Group 3: 45-50 km

		WD	EWAR	L
	3 x Cruiser Violator Alvum

Group 4: 55-65 km

		WD	EWAR	L
	3 x Cruiser Wrecker Alvum

Group 5: 65-75 km

		WD	EWAR	L
	3 x Cruiser Wrecker Alvum

Group 6: 90-95 km

		WD	EWAR	L
	3 x Sentry Sentry Drone II

• Attacking the towers aggros entire pocket

Group 7: 95-100 km

		WD	EWAR	L
	3 x Cruiser Annihilator Alvum

Choice of aggro: shoot the shield before the last group spawns, and you will only have aggro from group 2 until the shield dies (then groups 6+7 join in); alternatively, wait until after the last group spawned before shooting the shield for full stage aggro and safe drone usage.

Note:
To destroy the "Powerful EM Forcefield", add Entity --> Large Collidable Structure to your overview. Target lock the shield, and open fire.

Structures:
Lesser Drone Hive contains objective and may also contain 1 alloy Towers may drop ammo Other structures have no loot

Asteroids:
Veldspar - 4 x 90,000; 1 x 50,000