Wrtuk Formur
Rogue Crop - Trimming the Edges (1 of 4)
Mission briefing Algintal is one of the primary smuggling routes between the Federation and Republic space and Deltole is the main hub for smugglers in the constellation. The Serpentis have taken over a local complex, a natural beauty spot called the Skeleton Comet, and made it their own. Us Thukkers do our best to keep up and fortunately we're in good enough standing with most of the Serpentis to be allowed in their haven for some RR
But a week or two ago the Serpentis asked us to pay them back some of their hospitality. It seems parts of the complex are crawling with rogue drones. And not just any rogue drones, but pretty lethal ones. I understand their presence there contributed greatly to the Gallenteans evacuating the Skeleton Comet in the first place. And now it seems the rogue drones are stirring once more and the Serpentis are edgy what they might do. My superiors asked me to look into the matter and I'm interested in hiring you to do some reconnaissance for me in the complex.
What I want you to do is enter the complex and locate the rogue drone hive. Kill a few of their perimeter guards and return to me with whatever they drop. Until we know more about what makes these drones such a threat we should tread carefully, so don't try to act the hero and take on the whole hive in one go. Just pick out a few outer guards and we'll take it one step at a time from there.
This offer expires at 2020.09.18 23:54
Rogue Crop - Trimming the Edges (1 of 4) Objectives Complete The following objectives must be completed to finish the mission:
Bring Item Objective Acquire these goods:
Drop-off Location 0.5 Formur's Tempest in Deltole. Item 4 x Aether Hive Link (8.0 m³)
Rewards
The following rewards will be yours if you complete this mission: 1,000 x Federation Navy Uranium Charge L
Bonus Rewards The following rewards will be awarded to you as a bonus if you complete the mission within 2 hours: 2,000,000 ISK
Rogue Crop - Neither Safe nor Sorry (2 of 4)
Mission briefing
This Aether Hive Link you returned with is a puzzle. It looks as if these drones are capable of more intimate communications than otherwise believed, but there are also hints that even more advanced hive mind links exist. I'm not a technician, so I can't go into all that much details, this information is just something relayed to me from our techies at the Thukker Mix. They say that they suspect that a truly symbiotic drone hive might be evolving. They sound exited about it, but they are safe in their labs, so what do they know? It's us that have to deal with these drones face to face that have to worry.
In any case, we must verify whether this is true or not. I need you to go back into the complex and now I need stuff from drones closer to the hive. There are some drone workers orbiting close to the hive that seem like ideal targets. Take a few of them out and, again, return with whatever they drop. I will then forward it to our techies and see what the situation is. Just be extra careful when you take the workers out, you never know what might be protecting them. Maybe nothing, maybe something heavy.
This offer expires at 2020.09.18 23:54
Rogue Crop - Neither Safe nor Sorry (2 of 4) Objectives Complete The following objectives must be completed to finish the mission:
Bring Item Objective Acquire these goods:
Drop-off Location 0.5 Formur's Tempest in Deltole. Item 2 x Neural Bio Link (4.0 m³)
Rewards
The following rewards will be yours if you complete this mission: 1 x 'Mafia' Kinetic Energized Membrane Blueprint (3 runs, copy, material level: 8, time efficiency: 8)
Bonus Rewards The following rewards will be awarded to you as a bonus if you complete the mission within 2 hours: 1 x Inherent Implants 'Yeti' Ice Harvesting IH-1003
Rogue Crop - Root of the Problem (3 of 4)
Mission briefing
The techies have taken a quick look at the links you brought me and they're telling me it's something they've never seen before and are totally baffled by. I'm not sure what to make of their comments, is this radical new design a threat or not? I must get a definite answer before deciding how to proceed.
My observations and the data that you and others have collected for me, as well as information on these links, needs to be looked at by more talented techies. Take this data over to the Illinfrik system, to the Trust Partners station there. They will analyze this data and give me feedback I can work from.
This offer expires at 2020.09.18 23:54
Rogue Crop - Root of the Problem (3 of 4) Objectives The following objectives must be completed to finish the mission:
Transport Objective Transport these goods: Pickup Location 0.5 Deltole
Drop-off Location 0.8 Illinfrik VIII - Moon 1 - Trust Partners Trading Post Cargo 1 x Drone Observation Data (0.1 m³)
Rewards
The following rewards will be yours if you complete this mission: 1,000,000 ISK
Bonus Rewards The following rewards will be awarded to you as a bonus if you complete the mission within 45 minutes: 1 x Ocular Filter - Basic
Rogue Crop - Alpha Strike (4 of 4)
Mission briefing I've received a preliminary report from Illifik. It seems a new strand of rogue drones evolved in that hive over in the Skeleton Comet complex. At first, this new strand was incorporated into the existing hive and used to augment it. These strange links you got me are a case in point. But here's the interesting thing. It seems the queen in the drone hive in the Skeleton Comet eventually turned against these new rogue drones and chased them away.
The techies in Illifik managed to extract imbedded commands in the hive links you brought them that showed that the queen has ordered her drone army to destroy all these evolved rogue drones. Obviously she fears they might pose a threat to her authority. I don't know if her drone army is already on the prowl, but I do know where one group of these evolved rogue drones is located at. I've been ordered to retrieve a functional hive mind from these new drones for further analyzes of their capabilities. Getting in a cross-fire between two opposing rogue drone factions seems kinda dangerous to me, thus I'm asking you if you're up to the job. I have no idea what you should expect in this drone hive location, be on the lookout for the drone army sent by the queen in the Skeleton Comet.
This offer expires at 2020.09.18 23:54
This is an important mission, which will have significant impact on your faction standings.
Rogue Crop - Alpha Strike (4 of 4) Objectives The following objectives must be completed to finish the mission:
Bring Item Objective Acquire these goods:
Drop-off Location 0.5 Deltole Item 1 x Cognitive Hive Mind (0.1 m³)
Objective Locate a functional hive mind. You should find one in a Hive Mind Cage. Location 0.5 Deltole
Rewards The following rewards will be yours if you complete this mission: 1 x 'Pickpocket' EM Energized Membrane Blueprint (3 runs, copy, material level: 20, time efficiency: 8)
Bonus Rewards The following rewards will be awarded to you as a bonus if you complete the mission within 3 hours: 1 x Memory Augmentation - Standard
Shattered hive mind has mission object
Dysfunctional raid drone drops a chip that directs you to The Navigation Chip of the damaged drone. Hooking it up reveals the next destination the drone was supposed to go to: Parchanier VI - Moon 5.
Amazing! Looks like the drones in the Skeleton Comet beat you to it. Thankfully they left enough of the new breed drones intact for you to complete your assignment and me to have something to send to my superiors. But now we can rest assured that these evolutionary drones won't pose a threat to us in the future. And we have you to thank for that, Kelon Darklight!
