Raid

Main article: Homefront operation

The Raid site features a central structure, an NPC Freighter, and a defending hostile fleet tasked with protecting the area. During the encounter, hostile haulers will periodically spawn in close proximity to the structure and immediately attempt to align and warp out to safety.

The primary objective is to tackle and destroy at least 3 of these haulers before they can escape, then recover their cargo and successfully deliver it to the freighter located on the field. All of this must be accomplished within the strict 20-minute time limit, adding pressure to act quickly and efficiently.

Be advised that enemy ships will aggressively target and destroy any drones deployed during the engagement, making drone usage a risky choice for capsuleers who rely heavily on them for damage or utility.

Fleet size & composition

Optimal fleet size: 5 ships
Fleet composition: T1 Cruisers (DPS), T1 Logistic Cruisers (Logi), T1 Hauler

Type of ships allowed

This homefront operation takes place in a deadspace pocket with an acceleration gate that has ship restrictions.

Tech 1 frigates, navy and pirate frigates
Tech 1 destroyers, navy and pirate destroyers
Tech 1 cruisers
Tech 1 haulers, including Squall
Ventures

Mission parameters

Time-limit: 20 minutes
Freighter cargo status: 0/3 pieces of loot delivered

Raid: Deserters Hideout Mission Parameters
Raid: Black Market Mission Parameters

Raids in different empires

There are regional differences in the site’s description, hostile damage types or EWAR and friendlies.

Region	Site	Hostile Damage Types	EWAR	Friendlies	Enemy Faction
Amarr	Raid: Hall of Sacrifice	EM Th	Neuts / Weapon disruption	Holder Providence	Blood Raiders
Caldari	Raid: Black Market	Kin Th	ECM	Charon Requisition	Guristas
Gallente	Raid: Narcotics Lab	Th Kin	Damps	Obelisk Impound	Serpentis
Minmatar	Raid: Deserters Hideout	Th EM	ECM	Fenrir Quartermaster	Ashes of Turnur

Hostiles

A fleet consisting of frigates, destroyers, cruisers, and battlecruisers will be present upon arrival. They will concentrate their fire on one capsuleer ship at a time, beginning with the first vessel to enter the site, and may periodically switch targets as a group. An exception applies to hostiles with the Atgeir, Blood, Smuggler or Guard prefixes: these will immediately target any drones that are deployed, but will revert to attacking the currently focused capsuleer ship if no drones are present.

Raid: Hall of Sacrifice Temple			Raid: Black Market
Prefix	Info	Weakness	Prefix	Info	Weakness
Damning	Weapon disruption	Ex	Smuggler	Drone Aggro	EM
Sanguinary	Neuts	Ex	Blindsider	ECM	EM
Shepherd	Logi	Ex	Brutal	DPS	EM
Venerated	DPS	Ex	Grim	DPS	EM
Offertory	Hauler	Ex	Sawbones	Logi	EM
Blood	Drone Aggro	Ex	Badger	Hauler	EM
Raid: Narcotics Lab			Raid: Deserters Hideout
Prefix	Info	Weakness	Prefix	Info	Weakness
Bulwark	Logi	EM	Atgeir	Drone Aggro	Ex
Stalker	Damps	EM	Blight	ECM	Ex
Sentinel	DPS	EM	Skald	Logi	Ex
Guard	Drone Aggro	EM	Ulfhednar	DPS	Ex
Tycoon	DPS	EM	Vandal	DPS	Ex
Nereus	Hauler	EM	Plunder	Hauler	Ex

Interaction & standings

Standing is lost when killing the pirate haulers in Raid operations in Amarr (Blood Raiders), Caldari (Guristas), and Gallente (Serpentis) space. However, in Minmatar space, engaging the Ashes of Turnur, a criminal Minmatar faction, does not result in any standing gains or losses.

Finding sites

Homefront operations are Cosmic Anomalies located in empire owned High Security systems, mostly focused around trade hubs or career agent systems.

Opportunities window > Homefront Operations tab: will render a list of the available homefronts within a limited range.
Agency window > Homefront Operations tab: will give you a more detailed filtering ability that allows you to search any region.
Probe Scanner > Displays all available anomalies in the system, including their distance in AU, with options to warp or align to them.

Opportunities > Homefront Operations
Agency > Homefront Operations
Probe Scanner > Homefront Anomalies

Rewards

Rewards for Raid sites come in the form of ISK payouts on site completion. Payout amount follows the standard 5-pilot Homefront Operation payout structure, giving the maximum payout per pilot of 15,486,410 ISK with a fleet of 5.

To be eligible for payout, pilots need to contribute to the site in one of three ways:

Deal 1000 damage
Remote shield or armor repair 1000 damage
Deliver cargo to the NPC freighter

Any pilots in the site who did not contribute will not get paid and will not count in the calculation for the rest of the fleet. For example, in a fleet of 5 if one pilot does not contribute, the remaining 4 pilots would be paid 11,614,810 ISK instead of 15,486,410 ISK.

Gallery

Raid: Deserters Hideout
Raid: Deserters Hideout - Strategy
Raid: Deserters Hideout - Fleet warp
Raid: Black Market - Site Overview
Raid: Narcotics Lab - Nereus Mule
Raid: Narcotics Lab - Site Overview