Menacing Mechanics

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Menacing Mechanics
Type	Expedition
Rating	Unrated
Found in	Low, Null
Max ship size	Unknown
Faction	Rogue Drones
Best damage to deal	EM Th
Damage to resist	Ex Kin Th
Sig. strength	N/A

Walkthough

First Location

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Single pocket containing drone and guristas ships.

Initial defenders

		WD	EWAR	L
	1 x Elite Frigate Dire Pith Infilitrator
	1 x Commander Battlecruiser Sentient Defeater Alvatis
	1 x Battleship Pith Eliminator
	6 x Sentry Tower Sentry Drone III

Second wave is triggered without killing anything. Either timed spawn or after agressing.

Wave 2

		WD	EWAR	L
	1 x Elite Frigate Strain Barracuda Alvi
	6 x Frigate Silverfish/... Alvi

Wave 3 is triggeres by killing the commander battlecruiser.

Wave 3

		WD	EWAR	L
	3 x Elite Frigate Strain Raider Alvi
	3 x Battleship Spearhead/Domination Alvus

Escalation message:

This was probably the smallest Gurista hideout you ever saw and no wonder they were forced from time to time to get their ships serviced elsewhere, even though it was by rogue drones. The mystery is how they managed to get in there and out again in one piece. Usually rogue drones have only one standard response to the sighting of a carbon based life form and that is to run the "murderous rampage" script, or whatever it is that makes them go bonkers in a company where not all members are not purely held together by nuts and bolts. While this has been happening, your instruments have been analyzing the drone logs and the next location which shows any promise is already flashing on one of the panels.

Second Location

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Single pocket.

Initial defenders

		WD	EWAR	L
	3 x Battlecruiser Striker/... Alvatis
	1 x Commander Battlecruiser Sentient striker Alvatis
	2 x Battleship Domination/Spearhead Alvus

Additional defenders (very short timer)

		WD	EWAR	L
	2 x Frigate Hunter/... Alvi
	2 x Elite Frigate Strain Render Alvi

Second wave

		WD	EWAR	L
	3 x Elite Frigate Strain Devilfish/... Alvi
	2 x Elite Cruiser Strain Devastator Alvatis
	3 x Battlecruiser Siege/... Alvatis

Escalation message:
Another small pirate camp, this time the Sansha. The next location is lined up, who knows what you will find there...

Third Location

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Single pocket.

Warpin message:
Heuristic analysis of this location indicates that destroying the Bunker would greatly improve your odds of uncovering further illicit activity.

Structures

		WD	EWAR	L
	1 x bunker

Initial defenders

		WD	EWAR	L
	3 x Destroyer Gistior Seizer/Trasher
	2 x Battleship Gist Cherubim/Seraphim
	5 x Sentry Drone Light Missile Battery

Mesage on local once bunker is destroyed.
Drone Signal to Hive: Location #5423 destroyed

Wave 2

		WD	EWAR	L
	3 x Frigate Barracuda/Devilfish Alvi
	3 x Elite Frigate Strain Infester/... Alvi

Escalation message:
Again pirates and this time Angels. It looks like the drones little operation has allowed evil doers from several different factions to reach further away from home than usual. There is one more location available from the drone logs...

Fourth Location

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Single pocket with drone and mercenary ships. None of the destructible structures seem to trigger or drop anything.

Initial defender information incomplete

Initial defenders

		WD	EWAR	L
	2 x Frigate Rogue Defender
	1 x Frigate Barracuda Alvi
	5 x Frigate Mercenary Wingman
	1 x Elite Frigate Strain Sunder Alvi
	1 x Destroyer Rogue Defender
	2 x Battleship Mercenary Overlord
	6 x Sentry Drone Light Missile Battery

Wave 2

		WD	EWAR	L
	1 x Overseer Battleship Liasons Commander

Escalation end message:
Off all the evident customers, a rogue mercenary band was perhaps the least surprising consumers of the drone's services, but still, it is troubling to see any outlaw group being able to cooperate like this with a rogue drone colony.