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Gallente epic arc - Syndication
Chapter 3 - Inertia
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Next mission: Where's the Line?

Type	Encounter
Objective	Retrieve 1x Ralie Ardanne (1.0 m3)
Faction	Pator 6 (Independent Gallente & Minmatar)
Best damage to deal	Ex/Kin (minmatar shps), Kin/Th (Gallente ships)
Damage to resist	Ex/Kin/Em
Warp disruption	Elite Frigate
EWAR	Neut/Tracking Disruption
Ship suggestion	Sniping battleship, HAC, T3C
Rewards	15,000,000 + time bonus
Extra	Extreme damage

Warning: Very high incoming DPS at long range, even higher at short range.

In this mission you must fight multiple elite battleships at once. And they aren't useing those range limited Gallente hulls but even more dangerous Minmatar hulls. Each battleship deals out 300 dps with 62% Ex, 26 Kin, 10% Em profile. At long range most of their damage comes from cruise missiles (125 Ex DPS with 150 km range). They also have artillery with 34+44 km range that deals mostly Em/Ex and some Kin damage. They use MWD and will go for their optimal range at 1000 m/s velocity.

To counter them you should fit as much tank as you can. If using shield tanked battleship you can swap propulsion module for more tank. You should fit your resist profile mostly against Ex damage (good idea to fit two explosive hardeners), also fit one Em hardener. Best damage to deal is explosive, second best is kinetic. There is no need to kill all battleships in one go. The mission takes place in open semi-deadspace pocket so you can warp in at range or use bouncing bookmarks inside.

You should start preparing to the battleships as you warp in. As you land on grid create bouncing bookmark 500km+ from the center point. After you land take out all the smaller ships first to avoid EWAR from cruisers and web/point from frigates. Stay aligned out to either your bounce bookmark or some outside point while shooting so you can escape if needed. Once all elite cruisers are gone few more cruisers spawn. After the frigates and cruisers are taken care of you can start working on the elite battleships.

After taking out the cruisers the mission object comes in with his elite battleship. Use same tactics as earlier. He brings few normal battleship buddies with him but the last wave shouldn't be a problem if you survived the first wave.

The mission is completed after Rosulf Fririk is destroyed. Remember to grab 1x Ralie Ardanne (1.0 m3) from a container that spawns on his wreck (you can use the bounce bookmark and warp to the wreck).

Initial defenders