| Level | 4 |
| Type | Encounter |
| Objective | Destroy three Talos |
| Faction | Serpentis |
| Best damage to deal |  Kin Th |
| Damage to resist | Th Kin |
| Warp disruption | Web, Point |
| Ship size limit | T1 and Faction Battlecruisers; T1, Faction and T2 Frigates and Destroyers |
| Ship suggestion | Pirate Cruiser |
| Rewards | 21M Bounty |
| Extra | No Standing loss |
| Mission briefing |
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| I have a special optional and extremely difficult mission for you, we won’t penalize you if you decline it.
It appears that a small group of Serpentis corporation test pilots have absconded with some prototype battlecruisers being developed for smuggling operations. We’ve located three of these pilots in a base they’ve established not far from here. They have all scans open, so we can't go there in force. If you accept this mission, it's you against them. Only medium sized ships can gain entry to the hideout, so don’t try to bring anything bigger. These rogue pirates are flying advanced prototype battlecruisers capable of dealing damage at long range. Our intelligence reports indicate that they are armed with railguns loaded with Spike ammunition. Survivors of our last failed attack against their compound indicate that they use long ranges combined with powerful sensor dampeners to avoid danger. Their base is also equipped with a huge minefield of proximity-activated autoturrets. These turrets deal EM damage and will cause you problems if they activate, but they remain dormant unless a ship enters within 10km of them. Fly carefully to avoid the turrets. These pirates always fly with a Warp Disruptors fit. A word of warning: these rogue pirates are extremely dangerous and have proven very capable of destroying capsuleer ships. If you choose to decline this mission or if you fail to complete it, you will not lose any standings. |
Warp-in
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1st Room
The main danger of this mission is the sheer distance you will be required to travel in order to kill the Burner Talos trio. Their railguns have poor tracking but 330km range and each deal 800 DPS Kinetic/Thermal. The sentries activate within 10km distance of your ship and each do 50 DPS EM damage out to 300 km. The most common method to complete this mission is using a brawling-fit Assault Frigate and relying completely on speed tanking to avoid the Talos' fire, since they cannot hold up to one or two lucky hits.
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