- Main article: Homefront operation
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Homefront operations are Cosmic Anomalies in highsec that require a group of pilots covering specific roles from standard roles like DPS and logi to less common roles in fleets such as hacking and hauling. Each having its own scenario and requiring its own group composition and strategy. The acceleration gate on the entrance allows only certain types of ships depending on particular type.
Mission details
Mining sites found in Gallente space. Operation takes place in deadspace pocket with an acceleration gate that will pass: T1 Frigate (including Navy), T1 Destroyer (including Navy), T1 Cruiser, some T1 Haulers and the Noctis.
Warp in is about 3km from the Asteroid, in the middle of hostile group.
There are approximately 10-15 frigate, destroyer, and cruiser hostiles.
The single Asteroid holds 3500 Units (14000m3) of ore which can be sold to NPC Buyers in the region, adding another 17.5million ISK to the group payout.
Approximately 600 HP/s of remote Boost is required on the Logi Ship to keep the Ventures in one piece.
Best practice:
- warp in with the Logi ship first to draw the fire, orbit the beacon at 2500-5000 meters
- all the ventures follow after the Logi is placed, orbit the beacon at 1000meters and start mining.
- Shield-Boost the ship takes aggro, no action required on the mining ships.
- use EP-S Gaussian Scoped Mining Laser in the Mining ships, as they are cheap and do not have residue preserving the full 3500 Units of ore.
since equinox it happens more often that rats are randomly more powerful, using two passive extenders and a active hardener on the ventures does compensate for this. best experiences with the logi ships own shields were by using two active Shield Hardeners and a Booster with Boost amplifier, this allows the ship to be under attack forever. if the pilot has lower skills, overheating can fix some shortcomings (rarely needed).
NPC's are very aggressive against drones, to kill belt rats in order to avoid alert confusion (not required), 3 Caldari Navy Hornets are best for short periods due to the high shield resistance they come with.
Fleet size & composition
- Optimal fleet size: 5 ships
- Fleet composition: T1 Ventures , 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
- Mutanite Ore Depletion
Raids in different empires
There are regional differences in the site’s description, hostile damage types or EWAR.
| Region | Site | Hostile
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 Gallente
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Metaliminal Meteoroid: Gallente Mining |  EM Th
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 Webs
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 Caldari
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Metaliminal Meteoroid: Caldari Mining |  Kin Th
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 ECM
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 Minmatar
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Metaliminal Meteoroid: Minmatar Mining | Th EM
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ECM
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 Amarr
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Metaliminal Meteoroid: Amarr Mining | Th Ex
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ECM
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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 Infiltrating, Evader, Spinner or Insurgent 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.
| Suspicious Signal: Stop the Sabotage
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Suspicious Signal: Block the Broadcast
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| Prefix | Info | Weakness | Prefix | Info | Weakness | |
| Proselytizer | DPS | Ex
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Scrubber | DPS | EM
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| Saboteur | DPS | Insurer | Logi | |||
| Infiltrating | Drone aggro | Falsifier | ECM
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| Quietus |  Neuts
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Evader | Drone aggro | |||
| Justifier | Logi | Eraser | DPS | |||
| Obscurer |   Weapon disruption
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| Suspicious Signal: Stop the Siphon
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Suspicious Signal: Secure the Intel
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| Prefix | Info | Weakness | Prefix | Info | Weakness | |
| Spinner | Drone aggro | EM
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Insurgent | Drone aggro | EM
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| Exonerater | Logi | Refuge | Logi | |||
| Diverter |  Damps
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Spymaster | DPS | |||
| Compeller | DPS | Spotter |  Paints
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| Infiltrator | DPS | |||||
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.
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Opportunities > Homefront Operations -
Agency > Homefront Operations
Rewards
Rewards for Suspicious Signal sites come in two forms: (1) ISK payout upon site completion, and (2) site-specific loot from the hackable arrays that can be sold to NPC buy orders in certain regions of highsec.
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Suspicious Signal: Stop the Sabotage - Array Loot -
Suspicious Signal: Secure the Intel - Array Loot
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.
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Gallery
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Succesful Hacking Transmission -
Suspicious Signal: Stop the Sabotage - Site Overview -
Suspicious Signal: Stop the Sabotage - Designated Cans, warp-in vector -
Suspicious Signal: Stop the Sabotage - Hacking Vexor
