Smash and Grab

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Work in progress. I am collecting information but most sources are old and some things may have changed. I am about to run this arc and will verify this information as I go along.

Warning: one of the missions half way through will require Hacking skill and a Codebreaker module (one is provided by agent) so make sure you have the skills needed beforehand.

Starter Agents

Pick any one of these agents below. Those running this arc should be well versed in the mechanics of effective standing already so all you need is 3.0 effective standing with the stating agent.

Arment Caute

• Federal Intelligence Office - Gallente Federation
• Mission name: Enemy of my Enemy
• Location: Orvolle System (Beacon in space: Arment Caute's Lachesis)
• Mission type: Report to given agent.

Atma Aulato

• Ytiri - Caldari State
• Mission name: Turning Coat
• Location: Obe System (Beacon in space: Atma Aulato's [shiptype])
• Mission type: Report to given agent.

Yada Vinjivas

• Guristas - Guristas
• Mission name: Recruitment Drive
• Location: Taisy System (Beacon in space: Yada Vinjivas's [shiptype])
• Mission type: Report to given agent.

Chapter 1 Probationary

Mission 1 - Intelligence Mining

• Agent: Kori Latamaki - Guristas - Guristas
• Location: H-PA29 IV - Moon 2 - Guristas Assembly Plant
• Mission type: Encounter (Deadspace)
• Objective: Provide 1 Minedrill – E518 Crew (3.0 m3) to agent.
• Damage dealt: Kin/Therm
• Recommended damage dealing: Kin (best), Therm (secondary)

First Room

no guards on initial gate, Reinforcement's spawn every 2 minutes.

Wave 1

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	3 x Frigate Minedrill Expedition Frigate

Wave 2

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	2 x Frigate Minedrill Expedition Frigate
	2 x Elite Frigate Minedrill Expedition Elite Frigate

Wave 3

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	2 x Frigate Minedrill Expedition Frigate
	1 x Cruiser Minedrill Expedition Cruiser

Wave 4

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	2 x Frigate Minedrill Expedition Frigate
	2 x Destroyer Minedrill Expedition Destroyer
	1 x Industrial Minedrill E518 Industrial

Mission 2 - Planning the Operation

• Agent: Kori Latamaki - Guristas - Guristas
• Location: H-PA29 IV - Moon 2 - Guristas Assembly Plant
• Mission type: Branch Decision
• Branch 1 Sabotage 101
• Branch 2 Faced Bastard

Mission 3a - Sabotage 101

• Agent: Kori Latamaki - Guristas - Guristas
• Location: H-PA29 IV - Moon 2 - Guristas Assembly Plant
• Mission type: Encounter
• Objective: Provide 1 Capital Ship Design – “Dictator” (0.1 m3) to agent.

Deadspace entry point guards:

None.

Deadspace room 1:

None, but will contain 44 Proximity Charge structures instead.

A Proximity Charge structure will detonate and damage anything in its vicinity if you get within 7km distance of it.

Deadspace room 2:

• The Taibu State Suriage might web and warp scramble your ship.
• Destroying all destroyer class ships from the initial group will trigger spawning of reinforcement wave 1.
• The capital ship design blueprint is found inside the Assembly Station DC105-A structure.

Initial defenders

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	3 x Frigate State Shukoro Shuriken
	1 x Elite Frigate Taibu State Shuriken
	1 x Elite Frigate Taibu State Suriage
	3 x Destroyer State Yumi/Kai Gunto

Initial defenders

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	3 x Destroyer State Shukoro Choji
	1 x Cruiser State Shukoro Choji

Mission 3b - Brassy Faced Bastard

• Agent: Kori Latamaki - Guristas - Guristas
• Location: H-PA29 IV - Moon 2 - Guristas Assembly Plant
• Mission type: Encounter
• Gate restrictions: Yes
• Objective: Provide 1 Capital Ship Design – “Dictator” (0.1 m3) to agent.

Deadspace room 1:

• The guards are initially friendly unless fired upon. After getting within 20 km of the acceleration gate to the next stage they will all turn hostile.

Initial defenders

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	8 x Frigate Caldari Frigate Vessel
	2 x Cruiser Caldari Cruiser Vessel

Deadspace room 2:

• The Taibu State Shirasaya might web and warp scramble your ship. Destroying all destroyer class ships from the initial group will trigger spawning of reinforcement wave 1. The capital ship design blueprint is found inside the Assembly Station DC105-A structure.

Initial defenders

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	2 x Frigate State Shukoro Shuriken
	1 x Frigate Taibu State Shuriken
	1 x Frigate Taibu State Suriage
	3 x Destroyer State Yumi

Reinforcements

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	2 x Destroyer State Shukoro Choji
	1 x Cruiser State Dogo

Mission 4 - Upward Momentum

• Agent: Kori Latamaki - Guristas - Guristas
• Location: H-PA29 IV - Moon 2 - Guristas Assembly Plant
• Mission type: Report to given agent.

Chapter 2: For Fun and Profit

Mission 5 - Miscommunication

• Agent: Cilis Leglise - Guristas - Guristas
• Location: 6NJ8-V VII - Moon 2 - Guristas Logistic Support
• Mission type: Encounter
• Gate restrictions: Yes
• Can be complete remotely
• Objective: Hack the Venal Regional Comms Tower structure.
• One Codebreaker module will be granted to you when accepting this mission.

Warning: Mission requires Hacking skill and a data analyzer module (provided by agent).

Deadspace room 1:

You will land 12 km from the Venal Regional Comms Tower that you need to hack. Initial defenders are scattered 30-50 km from the hackable container so you will have time to hack it before any of them gets close to you. Remember to take the item from inside the hacked tower.

No ships need to be destroyed to complete the mission.

Initial defenders

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	10 x Frigate Caldari Navy Patrol FrigateP
	1 x Elite Frigate Caldari Navy Special Operations Patrol
	2 x Destroyer Caldari Navy Patrol Destroyer

Reinforcements arrive after succesful hacking.

Reinforcements

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	2 x Frigate Caldari Navy Patrol FrigateP
	2 x Destroyer Caldari Navy Patrol Destroyer

You can remotely complete this mission and remotely accept the next while still in space.

Mission 6 - Fuel Gauge

• Agent: Cilis Leglise - Guristas - Guristas
• Location: 6NJ8-V VII - Moon 2 - Guristas Logistic Support
• Mission type: Encounter
• Gate restrictions: Yes
• Can be accepted Remotely
• Mission briefing:

Objective: Destroy 1 Fuel Depot (Alpha, Beta or Gamma) structure.

Deadspace entry point:

The guards are split to two groups. You can attack one of them without getting aggro from the other.

Warpin guards

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	7 x Frigate Fueling Depot Guard
	1 x Destroyer Fueling Depot Guard
	1 x Sentry Caldari Stasis Tower

Deadspace room:

3 battleship groups with frigates and destroyers near them. Destroying any of the Fuel Depot structures (Alpha, Beta and Gamma) will make all battleship class guards near that structure explode. Frigate and destroyer classes are not harmed by the explosions.

Some of the Fuel Depot Guard frigates might web and warp scramble your ship.

Fly to each Fuel Depot and blow them up fast. Warp off after last one blows up. Move fast to avoid frigates that web and point.

Warpin guards

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	7 x Frigate Fueling Depot Guard
	7 x Destroyer Fueling Depot Guard
	18 x Battleship State Tenkyu/Utaisho/Yojimbo/Zewn

Each battleship will drop Caldari Navy Vice Admiral Insignia I which are worth few millions. You should not try to loot the wrecks while the frigates are around as they will point and web. Instead bookmark the site and return after turning in the mission

Mission 7 - Knockout Punch

• Agent: Cilis Leglise - Guristas - Guristas
• Location: 6NJ8-V VII - Moon 2 - Guristas Logistic Support
• Mission type: Encounter
• Gate restrictions: Yes (shuttles only)

Objective: Pick up the Guristas „Dirty‟ Explosive System and bring it close to the Caldari State Carrier.

• 1 Caldari Shuttle (500.0 m3) will be granted to you when accepting this mission.

You will lose your ship during this mission. Your pod is safe in mission but traveling in null in pod can be dangerous.

Deadspace entry point:

The ships at entry point are not agressive unless fired at. You can proceed to first deadspace room right away.

Entry guards

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	18 x Battleship Guristas Battleshi

Deadspace room 1:

• Shortly after entering the stage, all guards will explode upon each other. Pick up the Guristas

„Dirty‟ Explosive System from the Damaged Caldari Shuttle.

Ships

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	18 x Frigate Captured Caldari State Shuttle
	7 x Frigate State Bo-Hi/Showato
	2 x Cruiser State Bushi/Dogo

Deadspace room 2:

Ships

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	1 x Carrier Caldari State Carrier

• When you get within close proximity to the carrier, both it and you will explode and the mission is marked as completed.
• The carrier wreck will contain one rear-admiral dog tag. You can bookmark the wreck and come back to loot it.

Chapter 3: Internal Security

Mission 8 - Culling the Weak

• Agent: Cilis Leglise - Guristas - Guristas
• Location: 6NJ8-V VII - Moon 2 - Guristas Logistic Support
• Mission type: Branch Decision
• Branch 1: Threat Assessment, Dread Pirates, Rabbit Hole, Passing the Buck
• Branch 2: Smoke and Mirrors, Foxfire, Spy Games

Mission 9a - Threat Assessment

• Agent: Cilis Leglise - Guristas - Guristas
• Location: 6NJ8-V VII - Moon 2 - Guristas Logistic Support
• Mission type: Report to given agent.

Mission 10a - Dread Pirates

• Agent name: Irichi Tsunikabda
• Location: PF-QHK VII - Moon 6 - Guristas Logistic Support
• Mission type: Encounter
• Gate restrictions: Yes
• Can complete remotely

Objective: Deliver 1 Dread Guristas Strike Force (1.0 m3) to given destination.

• You are granted the strike force when accepting this mission.

Deadspace room 1:

Initial defenders

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	2 x Sentry Ytiri Light Missile Battery

• Destroy the Ytiri Security Bunker to gain access to the Ytiri Storage Warehouse.
• Drop the Dread Guristas Strike Forc to the warehouse.
• Dropping off the strike force will make an instance of the repeating reinforcement wave spawn.
• Destroying all ships in a group will make a new instance spawn. This goes on for 3 minutes at which all remaining hostile ships will explode and the mission marked as complete.
• The ships do no need to be destroyed. Circling in the pocket for three minutes completes the mission.

Repeating wave

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	2-3 x Frigate Ytiri Frigate

You can remotely complete this mission and remotely accept the next while still in space.

Mission 11a - Rabbit Hole

• Agent name: Irichi Tsunikabda
• Location: PF-QHK VII - Moon 6 - Guristas Logistic Support
• Mission type: Encounter
• Gate restrictions: Yes
• Can accept remotely

Objective: Provide 1 Lieutenant Kipo “Foxfire” Tekira (1.0 m3) to agent.

Deadspace room 1:

Shortly after entering the stage the acceleration gate to the next stage will disappear. Destroying the sentry guns will make it reappear.

Initial defender

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	12 x Sentry Guristas Sentry Gun

Deadspace room 2:

• Reinforcement wave 1 will spawn a shortly after you enter the room.
• Reinforcement wave 2 will spawn upon destruction of the Caldari Navy Destroyer from reinforcement wave 1.
• Destroying one of the Point Defense Batteries will make the Large EM Forcefield structure disappear and you can attack the Caldari Navy Storage Bunker structure directly instead.
• Destroying the storage bunker will make it drop Lieutenant Kipo “Foxfire” Tekira.

Initial defenders

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	2 x Sentry Caldari Light Missile Battery
	2 x Sentry Caldari Point Defense Battery
	1 x Sentry Caldari Stasis Tower

Reinforcements will arrive soon after entering the pocket.

Reinforcement wave 1

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	3 x Frigate Caldari Navy Frigate
	1 x Destroyer Caldari Navy Destroyer

Reinforcement wave 2

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	3 x Frigate Caldari Navy Frigate
	2 x Cruiser Caldari Navy Cruiser

Mission 12a - Passing the Buck

• Agent name: Irichi Tsunikabda
• Location: PF-QHK VII - Moon 6 - Guristas Logistic Support
• Mission type: Encounter
• Gate restrictions: Yes

Objective: Provide 1 Holoreel – Torture Log I15B (0.5 m3) to agent.

• You are granted 1 Lieutenant Kipo “Foxfire” Tekira (1.0 m3) to agent.

Deadspace room 1:

The initial guards are friendly unless fired upon. After dropping of Kipo “Foxfire” Tekira at the Cilis Leglise‟s Headquarters structure the acceleration gate to the next stage will appear. This acceleration gate is not locked. Moments after the agent message the Cilis Leglise‟s Headquarters structure will explode, all guards will disappear, this triggers spawning of reinforcement wave which are hostile ships. The gate to next rom is not locked. The ships in this room do not need to be killed.

Passive initial ships

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	10 x Frigate Gallente/Minmatar Frigate Vessel
	3 x Cruiser Caldari/Gallente/Minmatar Cruiser Vessel
	8 x Battleship Guristas Battleship Vessel

Hostile Reinforcement

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	5 x Frigate State Shukuro Shinai/Shhuriken
	5 x Cruiser State Bushi/Dogo

Deadspace room 2:

• Destroying the Tabu State Yari frigate triggers spawning of reinforcement wave 1.
• Destroying the State Shukuro Buke cruiser triggers spawning of reinforcement wave 2.
• Destroying the State Kerai battlecruiser makes the Caldari Storage Warehouse structure appear in which you will find the torture log holoreel

Initial defenders

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	4 x Frigate State Shukuro Shinai/Shuriken
	1 x Elite Frigate Taibu State Shuriken
	1 x Elite Frigate Taibu State Yari

Wave 1

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	3 x Frigate State Shukuro Shinai/Shuriken
	3 x Destroyer State Shukuro Kamikazi/Choji
	1 x Cruiser State Shukuro Buke

Wave 1

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	2 x Frigate State Shukuro Shinai/Shuriken
	1 x Elite Frigate Taibu State Shuriken
	2 x Destroyer State Shukuro Choji
	1 x Battlecruiser State Kerai

Mission 9b - Smoke and Mirrors

• Agent: Cilis Leglise - Guristas - Guristas
• Location: 6NJ8-V VII - Moon 2 - Guristas Logistic Support
• Mission type: Encounter
• Gate restrictions: Yes
• Complete remotely: Yes

Objective: Meet with Eroma Eralen and follow his instructions.

• When getting within 4 km of the Guristas Warehouse structure, it will disappear and reinforcement wave 1 will spawn in its place.
• After destroying all ships in that group another Guristas Warehouse structure will appear.
• Get within 4 km of that, it will disappear and reinforcement wave 2 will spawn in its place.
• Destroying all ships in that group will make another Guristas Warehouse structure appear

• Get within 4 km of the new Guristas Warehouse structure and it will disappear and reinforcement wave 3 will spawn in its place.
• Destroying all ships in that group will make another Guristas Warehouse structure appear.
• Destroy this new Guristas Warehouse structure and Eroma Eralen will spawn in person.
• Move close to Eroma Eralen and you will receive a message and Eroma Eralen will disappear shortly after and the mission is marked as complete.

Reinforcement waves (x3)

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	5 x Frigate Pithoriate
	1 x Cruiser Pithoriate

You can remotely complete this mission and remotely accept the next while still in space.

Mission 10b - Foxfire

• Agent: Cilis Leglise - Guristas - Guristas
• Location: 6NJ8-V VII - Moon 2 - Guristas Logistic Support
• Mission type: Encounter
• Gate restrictions: Yes
• Can accept remotely

Objective: Provide 1 Lieutenant Kipo “Foxfire” Tekira (1.0 m3) to agent.

Deadspace room 1:

• Shortly after entering the stage the acceleration gate to the next stage will disappear. Destroying the sentry guns will make it reappear.

Spawn table

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	11 x Sentry Guristas Sentry Gun

Deadspace room 2:

• Reinforcement wave 1 will spawn a shortly after you enter the stage.
• Reinforcement wave 2 will spawn upon destruction of the Caldari Navy Destroyer from reinforcement wave 1.
• Destroying one of the Point Defense Batteries will make the Large EM Forcefield structure disappear and you can attack the Caldari Navy Storage Bunker structure directly instead.
• Destroying the storage bunker will make it drop Lieutenant Kipo “Foxfire” Tekira.

Initial defenders

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	2 x Sentry Caldari Light Missile Battery
	2 x Sentry Caldari Point Defense Battery
	1 x Sentry Caldari Stasis Tower

Reinforcement wave 1

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	3 x Frigate Caldari Navy Frigate
	1 x Destroyer Caldari Navy Destroyer

Reinforcement wave 2

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	3 x Frigate Caldari Navy Frigate
	2 x Cruiser Caldari Navy Cruiser

Mission 11b - Spy Games

• Agent: Cilis Leglise - Guristas - Guristas
• Location: 6NJ8-V VII - Moon 2 - Guristas Logistic Support
• Mission type: Encounter
• Gate restrictions: Yes

Objective: Provide 1 Correspondence Log KL-513 (0.5 m3) to agent.

Deadspace entry point:

• Eroma only turns hostile when you get closer to him.
• Eroma will drop 1 Caldari Navy Overlay Transponder upon destruction.

Entry defender

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	1 x Battlecruiser Eroma Eralen

Deadspace room 1:

Large number of passive ships. They will not be agressive unless attacked. Proceed to next room.

Deadspace room 2:

• The many reinforcement waves will spawn one by one as you get closer and closer to the Caldari Bunker structure. You either have to take stops and destroy what waves that have spawned or try to outrun them and their damage (tricky), blow up the forcefield and the bunker, grab the evidence and get out of there. The evidence is dropped by the Caldari Bunker structure upon destruction.

Alpha

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	5 x Frigate Frigate

Bravo

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	5 x Frigate Frigate

Charlie

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	5 x Frigate Frigate

Delta

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	5 x Frigate Frigate

Echo

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	5 x Frigate Frigate

Foxtrot

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	5 x Frigate Frigate

Gulf

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	4 x Frigate Frigate

Hotel

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	4 x Frigate Frigate

India

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	4 x Frigate Frigate

Juliet

		WD	EWAR	L
	4 x Frigate Frigate

Kilo

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	4 x Frigate Frigate

Lima

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	4 x Frigate Frigate

Mike

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	3 x Destroyer Destroyer

Novembet

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	3 x Destroyer Destroyer

Oscar

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	3 x Destroyer Destroyer

Quebec

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	1 x Cruiser Cruiser

Romeo

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	1 x Cruiser Cruiser

Sierra

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	1 x Cruiser Cruiser

Tango

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	1 x Cruiser Cruiser

Reinforcement waves (each squadron is a wave): 5x Frigate (Alpha Squadron) 5x Frigate (Bravo Squadron) 5x Frigate (Charlie Squadron) 5x Frigate (Delta Squadron) 5x Frigate (Echo Squadron) 5x Frigate (Foxtrot Squadron) 4x Frigate (Gulf Squadron) 4x Frigate (Hotel Squadron) 4x Frigate (India Squadron) 4x Frigate (Juliet Squadron) 4x Frigate (Kilo Squadron) 4x Frigate (Lima Squadron 3x Destroyer (Mike Squadron) 3x Destroyer (November Squadron) 3x Destroyer (Oscar Squadron) 1x Cruiser (Quebec Squadron) 1x Cruiser (Romeo Squadron) 1x Cruiser (Sierra Squadron) 1x Cruiser (Tango Squadron)

Final Notes

At the end of Mission 7 you should have a nice reward:

• Reward: 1 Dread Guristas ECM Multispectral Jammer

At the end of Mission 11b or 12a you should have your final mission reward:

• Reward: 1 one run Gila blueprint copy + Guristas Pirates faction standing

Be careful getting your loot out. It was a lot of work to get through all this and it would be a pity to lose your =rewards on your way back to highsec.

External Links/Guides

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