Portal to War (1 of 5)

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Level	3
Type	Encounter
Objective	Clear the entire area of rogue drones
Faction	Rogue Drones
Best damage to deal	EM Th
Damage to resist	Ex Kin Th
Ship suggestion	HAC, Battlecruiser
Rewards	481,000 ISK + 1,290 LP + 489,000 (time completion bonus)
Extra	Decimator/Sunder Alvi will target drones

Mission briefing

I was assigned a mission from a colleague of mine in Sisters of EVE, who apparently hasn't been able to solve the investigation of a certain deadspace area in Simela. They found an Amarrian slaver compound inside, as well as a few groups of Caldari State combat ships. Obviously this is a threat that must be dealt with. There are two questions we must answer, how did our enemies manage to get all their equipment and ships into Servant Sisters of EVE space, completely avoiding our surveillance systems at the stargates. And how big exactly is their complex inside the deadspace area which they've been hiding in. Our problem right now is that the path into the deadspace complex is blocked off by a large armada of Amarrian ships. I seriously doubt you'd be able to handle them, no offense. So your first task is to discover an alternate route into the complex, to avoid direct confrontation with their fleet. I've located an old, abandoned acceleration gate leading into the deadspace area, which I'm pretty sure the Amarrians are not aware of. The only problem is that it leads to an area infested with rogue drones, who nearly wiped out a mining colony there many years ago. You will have to deal with them when you warp inside. After you have used two acceleration gates, you will find yourself in a room with the final gate, which leads to the drone hive itself. Do NOT go through it, under any circumstances. Your task is to simply eradicate all of the rogue drones inside the first few rooms and then report back to me.

Warp-In

Drone Transmission
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Initial Group

		WD	EWAR	L
	1 x Cruiser Destructor Alvum

1st Pocket

All groups contain the same ships and missile batteries.

1st Group, 10-30km (auto-aggro)

		WD	EWAR	L
	1 x Sentry Drone Light Missile Battery
	3 x Frigate Decimator/Sunder Alvi
	2 x Cruiser Viral Infector Alvum

2nd Group, 55-60km

		WD	EWAR	L
	1 x Sentry Drone Light Missile Battery
	3 x Frigate Decimator/Sunder Alvi
	2 x Cruiser Viral Infector Alvum

3rd Group, 60-65km

		WD	EWAR	L
	1 x Sentry Drone Light Missile Battery
	3 x Frigate Decimator/Sunder Alvi
	2 x Cruiser Viral Infector Alvum

4th Group, 65-70km

		WD	EWAR	L
	1 x Sentry Drone Light Missile Battery
	3 x Frigate Decimator/Sunder Alvi
	2 x Cruiser Viral Infector Alvum

2nd Pocket

Initial Group, 20km

		WD	EWAR	L
	1 x Sentry Drone Watcher Post
	1 x Battlecruiser Drone Watcher

Mining

1st Pocket

		WD	EWAR	L
	9 x Veldspar
	18 x Scordite

2nd Pocket

		WD	EWAR	L
	36 x Veldspar

Notes

• Video: Cerberus
• The Rogue Drone transmission is binary and, when converted to ASCII, says "PREPARE TO DIE, N00B."

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