Nation Mining Colony

Forces Required

• 5 - 10 pilots

Military Intelligence

Your primary objective is to destroy the Sansha’s Nation battle station. Clearing the area of hostile forces should decloak the Nation’s ore refinery. Mine the local Lyavite asteroids and transport the ore to the refinery. The chain reaction caused by refining the explosive ore will tear the battle station apart.

Rewards

• 15,000,000 ISK × ratio
• 2,000 CONCORD LP × ratio

Background Intelligence

Sansha’s Nation has established semi-mobile mining colonies to aid in the harvesting of ore. Due to the unique nature of these operations, which incorporate new mining technologies and hundreds of willing miner slaves, the daily amount of ore extracted from these operations would be sufficient for the replacement of hundreds of battleships. DED’s conclusion is that these mining operations are a primary method of supplying the new Nation fleets with replacement vessels.

Further complicating matters is the demonstrated capability of this colony to disrupt local system-wide services. The exact nature of this technology is unknown, but appears to be dependent upon first establishing a system-wide presence. If the Sansha can be removed quickly, their potential impact upon the affected systems will be limited.

Synopsis from ISHAEKA-0071. DED Special Operations. Authorized for Capsuleer dissemination.

Encounter

Nation Mining Colony Encounter

Objectives

• Mine Lyavite ore. 255 units exactly.
• Transport Lyavite ore to refinery. The can becomes available after Romi from the third wave dies
• Sanshas Battletower detonates when enough ore delivered.

Pirates

Initial Wave

Eystur Rhomben x3 (frigate)
Schmaeel Medulla x1 (warp disruption/web frigate)
Romi Thalamus x4 (cruiser) last is trigger
Mara Paleo x1 (shield remote repair cruiser)

Second Wave

Niarga Myelen x2 (neut/ecm frigate)
Tama Cerebellum x4 (warp disruption frigate) last is trigger
Eystur Rhomben x1 (frigate)

Third wave

Niarga Myelen x2 (neut/ecm frigate)
Romi Thalamus x1 (cruiser)
Tama Cerebellum x4 (warp disruption frigate)

Kill Order

1. Schmaeel Medulla
2. Romi Thalamus
3. Tama Cerebellum

Hints and Tips

• Lyavite ore can usually be bought from contracts at incursion areas for 1-2 million for 255 units. This is generally cheaper and easier than mining it yourself ad hoc.
• The Refinery Can the Lyavite ore needs to be deposited in spawns within a few KM of refinery colony.
• Once in site, Anchor ship starts heading to the left of the battle station, while the ore dropped heads to the refining colony to be close to the can when it spawns.
• Mining drones can be used to mine Lyavite ore. You can stockpile ore from former sites and bring it with you to a site.
• Asteroid despawns when sites completes. Make sure any mining drone are returned before you complete or they will return with nothing.
• Incursion belt rats spawn when mining asteroid. They can be ignored except the Orkashu (ecm).
• 17 Veldspar asteroids (unknown quantity of units)
• Eystur Rhombens and the Mara Paleo are not required to complete the site and are usually left.