Blood Watch

Site Details

Blood Watch
Type	Unrated Complex
Rating	Unrated
Found in	High
Max ship size	Battlecruisers (Incl. T3 cruisers)
Faction	Blood Raiders
Best damage to deal	EM Th
Damage to resist	EM Th
Sig. strength	5% in High

This is a combat site that can be scanned down with probes, and can be found in high security space in the Amarr regions.
The site is behind an acceleration gate. Battlecruiser hulls and below can access it.
A passive tanked battlecruiser or faction cruiser can run this site with little difficulty.

The Site Itself

The site is gated. Warping to the site lands at 0 on the acceleration gate.

Walkthrough

First Pocket

On warp in:
Previous explorers have commented that one of the gates requires a passkey. Alternatively, it can be bypassed by convincing the commander to unlock it. The overseer guards the Cathedral vigorously.

In local on warp-in:
Cathedral Priest: The infidels are here! Defend the cathedral with your lives, brethren.

Note: The Elder Corpii Spy Drones orbit with microwarpdrives at around 7,500m. As you may be Tracking Disrupted, you may need to use rockets or drones to kill it.

Initial Group

		WD	EWAR	L
	1 x Drone Elder Corpii Spy Drone
	3 x Cruiser Corpum Sage/Priest
	3 x Elite Cruiser Corpum Arch Reaver/... Templar

In local:
More Corpus ships have arrived!

Wave #2

		WD	EWAR	L
	1 x Drone Elder Corpii Spy Drone
	10-12 x Destroyer Corpior Templar/Devoter/...

In local:
More Corpus ships have arrived!

Wave #3

		WD	EWAR	L
	1 x Drone Elder Corpii Spy Drone
	3 x Destroyer Corpior Templar/...
	5 x Cruiser Corpum Sage/...
	1 x Elite Cruiser Corpum Arch Templar

In local:
More Corpus ships have arrived!

Militant Commander spawn
Corpior Militant Commander: Who dares interrupt the Blood Games? I'll have your head on a platter and personally deliver it to the Overlord for your impudence.

Wave #4

		WD	EWAR	L
	5 x Destroyer Corpior Devoter/...
	2 x Cruiser Corpum Priest/Sage
	1 x Battlecruiser Corpatis Militant Commander

Upon militant commander destruction:
The destruction of the Militant Commander has activated a mechanism inside the nearby acceleration gate. It now appears to be unlocked.

Structures

		WD	EWAR	L
	1 x Acceleration Gate

Second Pocket

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Blood Raider Cathedral

Incoming Transmission
Heuristic analysis of this location indicates that attacking the Blood Raider Cathedral would greatly improve your odds of uncovering further illicit activity.

Structures

		WD	EWAR	L
	1 x Blood Raider Cathedral

Initial defenders

		WD	EWAR	L
	1 x Drone Elder Corpii Spy Drone
	6 x Frigate Corpii Engraver/...
	2-3 x Destroyer Corpior Templar/...
	5-6 x Cruiser Corpum Sage/Priest
	3 x Elite Cruiser Corpum Arch Templar

Wave #2

		WD	EWAR	L
	1 x Drone Elder Corpii Spy Drone
	8 x Destroyer Corpior Friar/...
	8 x Elite Cruiser Corpum Arch Engraver/...

Wave #3

		WD	EWAR	L
	5 x Elite Cruiser Corpum Arch Priest

In local:
The Corpus Militant Overseer and his cohorts have undocked from the Cathedral.

Blood Raider Cathedral Engagement Wave

		WD	EWAR	L
	4 x Destroyer Supervisor's Henchman
	3-4 x Cruiser Supervisor's Guardian
	1 x Battlecruiser Corpus Militant Supervisor

In local:
Corpus Militant Overseer: You dare attack our place of reverence! You shall be punished for this blasphemous act, infidels!

Commander Wave

		WD	EWAR	L
	3 x Elite Frigate Elder Corpii Collector/...
	0-1 x Commander Frigate Dark Blood Collector/...
	4 x Destroyer Corpior Visionary/Converter

Loot

Commander and other valuable loot

Item Name	Est. Value	Note
Dark Blood modules		From Commander Frigate
T2 implants (i.e Mid-grade Talisman Beta)		From Commander Frigate
Salvage	4.6M
Loot	4.0M

Exploration logs

Date	Loot	Est. value	Comments
Nov 2014
Feb 2022	Salvage	6.2M
	Loot	1.6M	no Commander

Escalation

This site can escalate to Medical Twilight.

Expeditions: Medical Twilight:

The slaves you liberated from this Blood facility report that this was a holding place where slaves were gathered, before being sent off to a blood replenishing "medical" station. You have heard about those places; where the Blood members go to get their blood exchanged with the blood of a slave who has been put on a special "blood cleansing" diet for a period of time. Needless to say, this leaves the poor slave empty of the vital fluid in question. Understandably your newfound slaves are quite thrilled with these recent turn of events. None of them knows where this so called "medical" station is, but a couple can tell you that they were in another holding station like this one, before they came here and coincidentally it is not all that far away ...

Tactics

ExpeditionsShip: Sentry Vexor

On warp in launch your light scout drones to clear the ships close to you. While clearing the first enemies, make sure to burn away from the other groups to gain time. Be careful not to kill the "Elder Corpii Spy Drone" as it triggers the next wave. As it webs you careful watch on your drones is required. Once you have moved far enough away, kill the "Elder Corpii Spy Drone". As the next wave spawns, retrieve your light scout drones and launch sentry drones. You should now be able to pick off the remaining waves using your sentry drones without problems.

ExpeditionsShip: HM Gnosis; blitzing

Since you will likely be armor tanked, you can stay close to the enemies and pick them off. Avoid destroying the "Elder Corpii Spy Drones" until all other enemies are cleared, then destroy them to trigger the next wave. Make sure not to trigger several waves at once, as DPS output will become very high. When the Militant Commander spawns, only kill the Corpatis Militant Commander then take the acceleration gate. For the second room, clear the room of rats before engaging the Blood Raider Cathedral. Make sure to stay as far away from it as possible to evade incoming damage. After aggressing the Cathedral, only kill the Corpus Militant Supervisor to trigger the commander wave. Then kill the Dark Blood commander that spawns, bookmark his wreck, and warp out and back in later to collect the loot.