Shadow of the Serpent
Shadow of the Serpent is an event introduced with patch 118.6 and introduces a new campaign against the rising threat of the Serpentis organization. With the recent revelation of Serpentis Capital ships, CONCORD and the Empires see the organization as much more of a threat. The Scope act as a broker for capsuleers to find opportunities to contribute to the campaign.
This is to be the first in a sequence of events.
The current event started at 11PM on 29th June 2016 and will run for 40 days (11PM on 8th August 2016).
Participation
Challenges
Capsuleers can participate in Challenges that help in the campaign against Serpentis. The challenges are available via the Scope Network interface. Scope Network is visible in the Character selection screen and displays all active challenges available to the account. Scope Network is also available via the in-game Neocom menu.
- Only 4 active challenges are available to an account.
- Incomplete challenges will expire after 3 days.
- Points awarded are only valid until the end of the event.
- Completion of kills and sites are only tracked for active challenges.
Rewards
Based on the points accumulated from challenges, capsuleers can redeem a reward at the end of the event.
Reward | Points needed |
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Copper Container | 10,000 |
Silver Container | 25,000 |
Gold Container | 50,000 |
Vehement blueprint copies may be found in Gold Containers.
Missions
Angel Destruction
Description | Your aid is needed in preventing the Angel Cartel from increasing their influence in local regions. Hunt down those Cartel pirates and make sure their plans fail. | ||
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Objective | Kill 10 Pirates | Reward | 100 Points |
The Angel Operation
Description | Your aid is needed in preventing the Angel Cartel from increasing their influence in local regions. Hunt down those Cartel pirates and make sure their plans fail. | ||
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Objective | Kill 15 Pirates | Reward | 200 Points |
Hunting the Angels
Description | Your aid is needed in preventing the Angel Cartel from increasing their influence in local regions. Hunt down those Cartel pirates and make sure their plans fail. | ||
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Objective | Kill 20 Guards | Reward | 1000 Points |
Information Breakdown
Description | Your assistance will be greatly rewarded if you could help at removing some Serpentis Information Relay Sites. | ||
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Objective | Complete 5 Serpentis Information Relay sites | Reward | 500 Points |
Keep Up the Pressure
Description | You will be rewarded for your assistance in the destruction of a few Serpentis Shipyard and Research Facility sites. | ||
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Objective | Complete 5 Serpentis Shipyard or Serpentis Research Facility sites | Reward | 500 Points |
Intimidate the Angels
Description | You will be greatly rewarded for your assistance in the destruction of multiple Angel Cartel Assembly Plant sites. This will deal their operations a heavy blow. | ||
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Objective | Complete 5 Angel Cartel Assembly Plant sites | Reward | 500 Points |
Serpentis Small Arms Fir
Description | Time to have some fun. You'll be rewarded if you can prove to us that even when piloting a frigate, the Serpentis are no match to you. | ||
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Objective | Kill 5 Pirates while in a Frigate | Reward | 200 Points |
Combat
Sites
The following sites have been included for the Shadow of the Serpent event:
- Serpentis Shipyard and Research Facility
- Serpentis Mobilization Point
- Angel Cartel Assembly Point
- Serpentis Information Relay
- Angel Cartel Research Bunker
- Serpentis Transportation Facility
- Angel Cartel Mining Outpost
- Serpentis Sortie
- Angel Sortie
Ratting
Roaming Serpentis and Angel Cartel Guards have been sighted at asteroid belts and stargates in High, Low, Null and Wormhole space.
Ships
The Serpentis corporation have introduced 3 new capital ships:
- Vehement (Dreadnought)
- Vandetta (Supercarrier)
- Vanquisher (Titan]