Objectives

Force required

Fleet of 3 - 5 pilots
1 logistics or spidertanking
Sites take about 15 - 20 minutes

Military information

Your primary objective is to assist a civilian Orca-class vessel currently being pinned down by Sansha forces. The Orca will be able to escape as soon as you can secure the area.
This is a target of opportunity, and has minimal impact on the larger anti-Sansha campaign.

Background information

Conventional Sansha attacks upon shipping and trade vessels have been drastically reduced in effectiveness over the last decades, thanks to heightened vigilance and a general increase in fleet preparedness. These factors alone make the new Sansha attacks relatively minor in scale. Although Sansha forces are selecting targets with a newfound sense of opportunism not traditionally demonstrated, they are nonetheless much the same attack patterns experienced in previous years. Adapting to the challenges of smarter target selection and improved military technologies remains the primary concern.

Synopsis from ISHAEKA-0089. DED Special Operations.
Authorized for Capsuleer dissemination.

Enemies

Below is a list of enemies that spawn in this site. See Sansha's Manual for a full list of the incursion rats.

	Name	Sig ^[1]	Speed ^[2]	Orbit / Speed ^[3]	Damage / Volley ^[4]	Range ^[5]	Effective HP ^[6]
3	Arnon Epithalamus Arnon Epithalamus	215 215 m	1300 1,300 m/s	50000 50 km 210 m/s	164 164 dps 900 hp	112500 < 113 km	65415 65k ehp
3	Antem Neo Antem Neo ^[7]	184 184 m	1350 1,350 m/s	60000 60 km 205 m/s	168 168 dps 840 hp	176000 146 - 176 km	87717 88k ehp
1	Eystur Rhomben Eystur Rhomben	49 49 m	3360 3,360 m/s	11000 11 km 560 m/s	120 120 dps 600 hp	12000 10 - 12 km	9067 9k ehp
1	Jel Rhomben Jel Rhomben	49 49 m	3360 3,360 m/s	11000 11 km 560 m/s	48 48 dps 240 hp	12000 10 - 12 km	3264 3k ehp
1	Lirsautton Parichaya Lirsautton Parichaya ^[8]	125 125 m	1400 1,400 m/s	7500 8 km 158 m/s	440 440 dps 6,600 hp	68750 < 69 km	25032 25k ehp
3	Mara Paleo Mara Paleo	65 65 m	2050 2,050 m/s	60000 60 km 310 m/s	-1 (no weapons)	-1 (no weapons)	29505 30k ehp
1	Niarja Myelen Niarja Myelen	53 53 m	2760 2,760 m/s	15000 15 km 405 m/s	-1 (no weapons)	-1 (no weapons)	3786 4k ehp
1	Orkashu Myelen Orkashu Myelen	53 53 m	2760 2,760 m/s	4500 5 km 405 m/s	-1 (no weapons)	-1 (no weapons)	2762 3k ehp
3	Romi Thalamus Romi Thalamus	200 200 m	1520 1,520 m/s	18000 18 km 205 m/s	320 320 dps 1,600 hp	33000 23 - 33 km	105551 106k ehp
3	Uitra Telen Uitra Telen ^[9]	300 300 m	1500 1,500 m/s	30000 30 km 260 m/s	132 132 dps 660 hp	32500 23 - 33 km	132070 132k ehp
3	Vylade Dien Vylade Dien	422 422 m	170 170 m/s	60000 60 km 170 m/s	-1 (no weapons)	-1 (no weapons)	274918 275k ehp
1	Youl Meten Youl Meten	33 33 m	2550 2,550 m/s	8000 8 km 410 m/s	38 38 dps 192 hp	12000 10 - 12 km	3217 3k ehp

^ While using their propulsion module, they suffer the same signature bloom as players.
^ This is the speed of the ship while they try to get within orbit or as they try to chase after you, suffering the same signature bloom as players do with the propulsion module on. They will turn off any propulsion modules once they get close to their preferred orbit.
^ Preferred orbit range and regular speed while orbiting, which is their regular speed without the propulsion module turned on.
^ Damage per second as well as damage per volley. Unless stated otherwise, turrets do an equal amount of EM and thermal damage while torpedoes do an equal amount of kinetic and explosive damage.
^ This is the effective range of this ship, presented with two values for turrets, optimal and optimal + double falloff, as well as a single range for torpedoes.
^ This is the amount of damage this ship can take, taking into account their resists. All ships, except the Lirsautton Parichaya have omni tanks. Hover over the icon for information about raw hitpoints.
^ The Antem Neo does 29% EM and 71% thermal damage with its turrets.
^ The Lirsautton Parichaya doesn't share the traditional omni tank of its brethren and is a little weaker against thermal damage (23,961 ehp) and stronger against explosive damage (29,875 ehp). They also have bonuses that remove any reduction from explosive radius and explosive velcoity, meaning resists are the only thing mitigating damage from them.
^ The Uitra Telen does 82% EM and 18% thermal damage with its turrets.

Priorities

This is a generic kill order that works no matter what fleet you're running. Certain special doctrines or fleet compositions could change some things in order to optimize their fleet efficiency, so this isn't necessarily the only kill order, but it works.

#	Targets for the entire fleet		Reason
#	Regular targets ^[1]	Small targets ^[2]	Reason
1	Niarja Myelen Orkashu Myelen Lirsautton Parichaya Arnon Epithalamus		The Niarja Myelens and Orkashu Myelens because they jam and neut. The Lirsautton Parichayas before the Arnon Epithalamus' if there are many, because of their damage and since they are easy to kill. Other way around if there are fewer Lirsauttons.
3	Mara Paleo Vylade Dien		The Mara because it has remote shield boosting capabilities. The Vylade because it increases the resists for all the other ships.
4	Romi Thalamus Antem Neo Uitra Telen	Eystur Rhomben Jel Rhomben Youl Meten	Romis first as they post the biggest threat, then Antem Neos before Uitras because they do slightly more damage and easier to kill. Eysturs and Jels before Youls despite the web as they are a little bit stronger.

^ These targets are usually larger, cruisers or battleships and suitable for ships with good damage projection, lower tracking, like battleships with large guns.
^ Smaller targets, like frigates or extremely fast or small cruisers. Ideally the primary targets for strategic cruisers, Vindicators or the dronebunny as a last resort.

Triggers

Initial research didn't show any triggers. The last enemy killed in each wave triggers the next, so there is no risk of accidentally triggering the next wave before you finish your current one.

Special requirements

There are no special requirements for this site.

Hints & tips

There are three waves in this site, most spawning around the Civilian Orca, 10 - 15 km away from the warp-in.
There are no ships capable of warp disrupting or warp scrambling you in this site, which means you can warp out at any time.
None of the Sansha will actually engage the Civilian Orca, so there is no need to protect it, just drive the Sansha off. You can even destroy the Orca, complete the site and still get your reward.
There are regular asteroids present in this site. While the amount appears to be random (9 - 63 k units of ore, average about 30 - 35 k units), there will always be the following asteroids: 8 x Concentrated Veldspar, 8 x Massive Scordite, 8 x Scordite and 8 x Veldspar.

[1] While using their propulsion module, they suffer the same signature bloom as players.

[2] This is the speed of the ship while they try to get within orbit or as they try to chase after you, suffering the same signature bloom as players do with the propulsion module on. They will turn off any propulsion modules once they get close to their preferred orbit.

[3] Preferred orbit range and regular speed while orbiting, which is their regular speed without the propulsion module turned on.

[4] Damage per second as well as damage per volley. Unless stated otherwise, turrets do an equal amount of EM and thermal damage while torpedoes do an equal amount of kinetic and explosive damage.

[5] This is the effective range of this ship, presented with two values for turrets, optimal and optimal + double falloff, as well as a single range for torpedoes.

[6] This is the amount of damage this ship can take, taking into account their resists. All ships, except the Lirsautton Parichaya have omni tanks. Hover over the icon for information about raw hitpoints.

[7] The Antem Neo does 29% EM and 71% thermal damage with its turrets.

[8] The Lirsautton Parichaya doesn't share the traditional omni tank of its brethren and is a little weaker against thermal damage (23,961 ehp) and stronger against explosive damage (29,875 ehp). They also have bonuses that remove any reduction from explosive radius and explosive velcoity, meaning resists are the only thing mitigating damage from them.

[9] The Uitra Telen does 82% EM and 18% thermal damage with its turrets.

[10] These targets are usually larger, cruisers or battleships and suitable for ships with good damage projection, lower tracking, like battleships with large guns.

[11] Smaller targets, like frigates or extremely fast or small cruisers. Ideally the primary targets for strategic cruisers, Vindicators or the dronebunny as a last resort.

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