Right to Rule

"For over a century the mighty Amarr Empire has been at an uneasy peace with the enigmatic Sansha's Nation. But the Sansha are pushing further into Amarr space without warning or explanation. Ministry of Internal Order agent Kandus Sandar enlists you to be his primary investigator, to uncover plots and annihilate threats as only a capsuleer can."

Requirements

To start the Amarr Epic Arc you must have standings of 5.0 or higher with the Ministry of Internal Order corporation or the Amarr Empire faction. In addition to being comfortable with level 4 missions, you should have the Hacking skill trained and bring a Data Analyzer module.

Rewards

During this Epic Mission Arc you will decide whether to work for the Amarr Empire or for Sansha's Nation. The Amarr Empire will award you

• +10% Amarr Empire faction standing (12.5% at Social V)
• 1 x Imperial Navy Modified 'Noble' Implant

Sansha's Nation will award you

• +10% Sansha's Nation faction standing (12.5% at Social V)
• 1 x Sansha Modified 'Gnome' Implant

After you complete the arc, be sure to check that you have received the faction standing increase, because there have been many cases of people not receiving the increase. If your standing has not changed, file a petition. It may help to include a link to CCP Dropbear's post in the old forums.

Enemies

You will face mostly Sansha's Nation and Amarr Empire ships, so you should tank your ship approximately equally against EM and Thermal damage, and ideally you would do EM damage (Thermal secondary). Some of the battleships' missiles do Kinetic damage, but this is relatively insignificant. In one mission you will encounter Mercenaries in Mordus ships and should refit for Kinetic/Thermal resistance and damage for that mission.

Most frigates you encounter are able to web and warp scramble, but this behavior is inconsistent. Many of the cruisers and battleships and a few of the frigates have tracking disruption, and you should expect to encounter this in every combat mission. Also, in some of the missions there is neuting, but anything serious should be mentioned in the summaries below.

Other Comments

Rewards are listed using Negotiation III, but even so bonuses will vary.

This is meant to be a guide, not a comprehensive reference. See EVE-Survival's Epic Arc Mission Reports and Jowan Datloran's Epic Arc Guides for more. Also EVElopedia (mirror of original site).

The following people have posted some comments on their personal experience and/or fittings on their user pages:

• Jeb Hataska

Beginning the Arc

Right to Rule is started by speaking with Karde Romu. You can accept remotely so no need to go to the MIO Agent beacon in the Kor-Azor Prime system, one jump out of Amarr. ("Beacons" and "Agents in Space" must be visible on the overview.) Mission: Aiding an Investigator

Chapter 1: Interference

This chapter takes place in the Nimedaz constellation. Remember that most missions can be completed - and the next accepted - remotely, minimizing travel time.

Missions

1. Late Reports
2. The Outclassed Outpost
3. Raging Sansha
4. Cowardly Commander

Chapter 2: Spiderweb Politics

Half the missions in this chapter are in the Nishah solar system, and only one is outside the Gebem constellation.

Aralin Jick

Type: Courier Destination: Nishah (4 jumps) Summary: Travel to Nishah, the second mission hub.

Background Check

Type: Encounter (Sansha's Nation) Summary: Destroy all enemy ships. Tips: Attacking each wave will trigger the next reinforcement. It will help to destroy the waves in the order they spawn. If you form a fleet with yourself, you can tag waves of ships as they appear to keep track of them.

Initial Group

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Wave 1

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	3 x Elite Cruiser Centum Loyal Mutilator/Hellhound
	2 x Battleship Centus Dread Lord/Tyrant

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Wave 2

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	2 x Battlecruiser Centatis Devil/Wraith

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Wave 3

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	3 x Elite Frigate Centii Loyal Minion/Servant

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Wave 4

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	2 x Elite Cruiser Centum Loyal Mutilator/Hellhound
	3 x Battleship Centus Tyrant

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Wave 5

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	2 x Battlecruiser Centatis Devil/Wraith

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Wave 6

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	1 x Elite Frigate Centii Loyal Servant/Minion

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Wave 7

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	2 x Elite Cruiser Centum Loyal Torturer/Mutilator/Fiend
	3 x Battleship Centus Dread Lord/Tyrant

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Wave 8

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	2 x Battlecruiser Centatis Wraith/Devil

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Longing Leman

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	2 x Elite Frigate Centii Loyal Minion/Servant

Type: Encounter (Amarr Empire/No combat) Summary: Retrieve the Communications Logs (0.1 m3) Tips: You will need a Data Analyzer module to hack the Encrypted Communications Array. The mission does not provide you with one, so you'll have to get one yourself. This is not a combat mission. It is not necessary to destroy any NPC ships.

Outpost Guards

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Languishing Lord

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	5 x Fighter Outpost Defender (Equite)
	4 x Elite Frigate Divine Imperial Imran/Sixtus
	6 x Battlecruiser Imperial Templar Phalanx
	7 x Battleship Imperial Templar Diviner/Judgement

Type: Encounter (Amarr Empire/No combat) Summary: No combat. Tips: You'll be told to fly to a structure (about 20k away). Then you watch for a minute, and the mission completes. Do not engage any of the ships that appear.

Initial Spawn

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Razing the Outpost

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	1 x Battleship Lord Manik
	1 x Battleship Mercenary

Type: Encounter (Mercenaries - Mordu's Legion ships) Summary: Destroy all enemy ships and The Outpost. Tips: Switch your tank to Kinetic/Thermal, and your damage to Kinetic (Thermal secondary) if possible.

Acceleration Gate Entrance

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Room 1

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	3 x Frigate Mordus Bounty Hunter
	3 x Cruiser Mordus Lion
	4 x Battleship Mordus Gigamar/Phanti
	3 x Sentry Caldari Cruise Missile Battery

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Room 2

Initial Group

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	6 x Cruiser Mordus Puma/Leopard
	4 x Battleship Mordus Gigamar/Phanti/Mammoth
	3 x Sentry Caldari Cruise Missile Battery

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Wave 1

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	2 x Frigate Mordus Bounty Hunter
	4 x Cruiser Mordus Bobcat
	2 x Battleship Mordus Gigamar
	3 x Sentry Caldari Heavy Missile Battery
	3 x Sentry Caldari Cruise Missile Battery

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Wave 2

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	2 x Frigate Mordus Bounty Hunter
	4 x Cruiser Mordus Leopard
	4 x Battleship Mordus Gigamar/Mammoth

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Ascending Nobles

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	4 x Frigate Mordus Bounty Hunter
	3 x Cruiser Mordus Lion
	8 x Battleship Mordus Gigamar/Phanti/Mammoth

Type: Encounter (Mercenaries - Amarr ships) Destination: Reteka (7 jumps) Summary: Destroy enemy ships, then loot Mina Darabi near the Amarr Chapel. Tips: All spawns start approximately 80k from warp in. The Veteran battleships do heavy damage if you let them get close (They orbit ~49k).

The last ship destroyed in each group will trigger the next wave.

Initial Group

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Wave 1

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	5 x Battleship Independent Veteran Abaddon/Armageddon/Apocalypse
	2 x Sentry Amarr Light Missile Battery
	2 x Sentry Amarr Cruise Missile Battery

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Wave 2

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	8 x Cruiser Independent Veteran Omen/Augoror/Maller/Arbitrator

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Wave 3

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	7 x Battleship Independent Green-Crewed Abaddon/Armageddon/Apocalypse

Template:NPCTableFootTemplate:StructureTable Mina Darabi spawns near the Amarr Chapel.

Additional Spawn

If the mission is not completed within 30 minutes after Mina Darabi is collected, the following message will appear:

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	6 x Battleship Independent Abaddon/Armageddon/Apocalypse

Pop-up message:
I know salvaging is fun, but there are several hostile ships inbound. I suggest we retreat now. Mina Darabi is too valuable an informant to lose.

Approximately 5-10 seconds after that message appears, a new battle group will spawn. There are no bounties and relatively poor salvage from this spawn.

Additional Spawn

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Hunting the Hunter

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	6 x Elite Frigate Independent Veteran Crucifier/Inquisitor
	6 x Elite Cruiser Independent Veteran Omen/Maller/Augoror
	6 x Elite Battleship Independent Veteran Armageddon/Apocalypse/Abaddon

Type: Encounter (Sansha's Nation) Summary: Progress through the rooms and obtain 1 x Rahsa, Sansha Commander (1.0 m3).

Acceleration Gate Entrance

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Room 1

Initial Group

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	6 x Elite Cruiser Centum Loyal Fiend/Hellhound
	3 x Battleship Centus Dark Lord/Dread Lord
	6 x Sentry Sansha Heavy Missile Battery

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Wave 1

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	1 x Sentry Sansha Energy Neutralizer I
	2 x Sentry Sansha Sentry III
	2 x Elite Frigate Centii Loyal Savage/Slavehunter
	3 x Elite Cruiser Centum Loyal Mutilator/Torturer
	4 x Battlecruiser Centatis Devil/Daemon
	4 x Battleship Centus Tyrant/Dread Lord
	3 x Battleship Centus Beast Lord/Savage Lord/Overlord

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Wave 2

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	3 x Elite Cruiser Centum Loyal Execrator/Slaughterer

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Room 2

On warp in, you will receive a message from Rahsa:

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	3 x Elite Frigate Centii Loyal Plague/Butcher
	Centus Beast Lord/Plague Lord x Battleship {{{3}}}

Message from Rahsa:
A Deal: Well, you're quite the formidable one, aren't you? I have a proposal for you. When you report back to your agent, tell him that you've destroyed my forces, and that I should be executed. Yes, I'm a capsuleer too, but he doesn't need to know that. Do this and I'll make sure you get introduced to one of my friends. The Nation treats its friends well.

Template:NPCTableFootTemplate:StructureTable Destroying Rahsa's Battleship completes the mission objective.

Fate of a Madman

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	1 x Battleship Rahsa's Battleship

Type: Branch Summary: You must choose your path. Choose Interrogation: Catching the Scent to work for the Amarr Empire. This guide follows this choice. Choose Silence Rahsa: The Nation's Path to work for Sansha's Nation.

Chapter 3: The Old Guard (Amarr Empire Path)

Catching the Scent

Type: Encounter (Sansha's Nation) Summary: Destroy all enemy ships and loot 1 Sansha Command Signal Receiver (1.0 m3) Tips: To control incoming dps, kill all ships in the initial group except for one cruiser and one battleship, then eliminate all cruiser waves before eliminating the battleship waves.

Initial Group

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Wave 1

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	3 x Elite Frigate Centii Loyal Savage/Slavehunter
	5 x Cruiser Centum Mutilator/Torturer
	6 x Battleship Centus Dark Lord/Overlord

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Wave 2

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	4 x Cruiser Centum Hellhound/Fiend
	5 x Battleship Centus Dread Lord/Dark Lord

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Wave 3

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	3 x Elite Cruiser Centum Loyal Torturer/Mutilator
	4 x Battleship Centus Dread Lord/Tyrant

Template:NPCTableFoot The last ship destroyed flags the mission objective completed. The Sansha Command Signal Receiver will spawn in a container next to the last ship destroyed.

Falling into Place

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	2 x Elite Cruiser Centum Loyal Fiend
	3 x Battleship Centus Tyrant

Type: Encounter (Mercenaries - Amarr ships) Destination: Shaha (13 jumps) Summary: Place the Homemade Sansha Beacon (1.0 m3) in the Linked Broadcast Array Hub, and destroy the ships that spawn. Tips: There is no standing loss for destroying ships in this mission.

Placing the Homemade Sansha Beacon into the Linked Broadcast Array Hub will spawn the Rescue Group.

Rescue Group

Template:NPCTableFoot Destroying the last ship flags the mission as completed.

Making an Arrest

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	1 x Cruiser Independent Maller
	2 x Cruiser Independent Green-Crewed Maller/Augoror/Arbitrator
	1 x Elite Cruiser Independent Veteran Augoror/Arbitrator/Omen
	1 x Battleship Independent Abaddon/Armageddon/Apocalypse
	2 x Battleship Independent Green-Crewed Abaddon/Armageddon/Apocalypse

Type: Encounter (no combat) Destination: about 13 jumps, back closer to Nishah If you get a lowsec destination, there's no combat so you can travel in a shuttle. Destinations Seen: Masanuh, Jeni, Khafis, Annad, Fensi, Danyana, Saloti Note: If the route from Mission 15 to Mission 16 takes you through or near the Palas system, it may save time to leave your combat ship in Palas and continue to the Mission 16 destination in a shuttle or rookie ship. Summary: Travel to destination, and watch the explosion.

An Unfortunate End

Type: Courier Destination: Palas (about 6 jumps) Summary: Travel - no cargo.

Panic Response

Type: Encounter (Sansha's Nation) Summary: Engage in combat, and meet one of several conditions to rout the enemy. Tips: Incoming damage is low, but the Neutralizer Sentry has a lot of HP and neuts pretty effectively. If you have an active tank and your dps isn't really high, consider fitting a cap booster so you'll be able to warp out if your capacitor is drained. Destroying the last ship of a particular hull group (e.g. frigate, cruiser, etc.) will spawn a duplicate group. This will repeat a specific number of times.

Initial Group

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Sentry Group

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	3-4 x Frigate Centii Servant/Minion
	3-4 x Cruiser Centum Ravisher/Ravager
	1 x Battleship Centus Tyrant

Template:NPCTableFoot Mission is flagged as completed, and all remaining ships despawn, when any one of the following conditions are met:

• Amarr Energy Neutralizer Sentry III destroyed
• All Amarr Cruise Missile Batteries destroyed
• Amarr Stasis Tower destroyed
• Battleship destroyed
• Either chain respawn destroyed

The Right to Rule

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	4 x Sentry Amarr Cruise Missile Battery
	1 x Sentry Amarr Stasis Tower
	1 x Sentry Amarr Energy Neutralizer Sentry III

Type: Encounter (Sansha's Nation) Destination: Choga (4 jumps) Reward: 1x Imperial Navy Modified 'Noble' Implant Summary: Progress through the rooms, and destroy Harkan's Behemoth.

Acceleration Gate Entrance

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Room 1

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	2 x Elite Cruiser Centum Loyal Hellhound/Fiend
	2 x Battlecruiser Centatis Devil/Centatis Wraith

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Room 2

Initial Group

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	1 x Elite Frigate Centii Loyal Servant/Minion
	2 x Cruiser Centum Slaughterer/Execrator
	4 x Elite Cruiser Centum Loyal Hellhound/Fiend
	2 x Battlecruiser Centatis Wraith/Behemoth
	3 x Battleship Centus Plague Lord/Beast Lord

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Wave 1

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	3 x Elite Frigate Centii Loyal Enslaver/Manslayer/Plague
	3 x Elite Cruiser Centum Loyal Torturer/Mutilator
	3 x Elite Cruiser Centum Loyal Slaughterer/Execrator
	2 x Battleship Centus Mutant Lord/Savage Lord

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Room 3

Initial Group

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	3 x Elite Frigate Centii Loyal Enslaver/Manslayer/Plague
	3 x Elite Cruiser Centum Loyal Slaughterer/Execrator

Template:NPCTableFoot Attacking the battleship will trigger the Chain Groups to spawn:

• 1st Chain Group is triggered when the initial Battleship receives any damage.
• 2nd Chain Group is triggered when the initial Battleship reaches ~10% shield.
• 3rd Chain Group is triggered when the initial Battleship reaches ~10% armor.
• 4th Chain Group is triggered when the initial Battleship is destroyed.

Chain Group 1

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	1-2 x Destroyer Centior Monster
	1 x Battleship Centus Tyrant

Template:NPCTableFoot Attacking any ship in Chain Group 1 triggers Chain Group 2.

Chain Group 2

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	2-3 x Elite Frigate Centii Loyal Enslaver/Butcher
	2-3 x Battleship Centus Overlord/Dark Lord

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Room 4

The Chain Groups are triggered when any ship in the initial group (other than Harkan's Behemoth) is attacked.

Initial Group

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	1-2 x Elite Cruiser Centum Loyal Hellhound/Torturer
	1-2 x Battlecruiser Centatis Daemon/Behemoth

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Wave 1

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	2 x Elite Cruiser Centum Loyal Hellhound/Fiend
	2 x Battleship Centus Tyrant/Dread Lord
	1 x Elite Battleship Harkan's Behemoth

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Wave 2

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	1-2 x Destroyer Centior Cannibal
	1-2 x Cruiser Centum Execrator

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Wave 3

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	1-2 x Destroyer Centior Abomination
	1-2 x Cruiser Centum Slaughterer

Template:NPCTableFoot The Chain Groups will repeat for a total of 14 waves. Attacking any ship in Chain Group 3 will trigger Chain Group 1.

Chain Group 1

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	1-2 x Destroyer Centior Misshape
	1-2 x Cruiser Centum Execrator

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Chain Group 2

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	3 x Battlecruiser Centus Daemon/Behemoth

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Chain Group 3

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	2 x Elite Frigate Centii Loyal Scavenger/Ravener

Template:NPCTableFoot Destroying Harkan's Behemoth flags the mission objective as completed.

External Links/Guides

EVE-Survival

EVElopedia (mirror of original site)

Jowan Datloran's Epic Arc Guides

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	0-2 x Elite Frigate Centii Loyal Slavehunter
	1-2 x Elite Cruiser Centum Loyal Mutilator/Torturer/Slaughterer
	1-2 x Battleship Centus Tyrant/Dread Lord