Penumbra/Chapter 3 - The Bottom Line

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The Bottom Line is the third and last chapter of Caldari epic arc. The decision you made in first chapter will dictate what missions you are offered in here. If you chose to side with Hyasyoda you will start with mission "The Knowledge to Act", otherwise you will start from mission "A Difference of Opinion".

Mission 16 - The Knowledge to Act (Story Arc Branch) - (Hyasyoda path)

The last choice, select:

• Home In Peace: leads to 25m ISK and Caldari State Faction standing increase as final reward
• Slipping Away: leads to Hyasyoda Mobile Laboratory and Caldari State Faction standing increase as final reward

Mission 17 - Slipping Away - (Hyasyoda path)

Report back to Arikio Kuretsu in Wuos (Best to arrive in a BS ready for the final mission).

Agent: Sinas Egassuo

Location: Caldari Navy Relay Nexus (Beacon) Astoh (System)

Reward: 250,000 + 1,130,000 (Bonus if completed in 4H 30M)

Enemy: Nil

Mission 18 - Across the Line - (Hyasyoda path)

• Single pocket without acceleration gate. The objective is in the office facility, guarded by a single NPC battleship.
• The following NPCs will spawn when the facility is closer tan ~125km: 9 Frigates, 4 Cruisers, and 6 Battleships.
• Cruisers have very strong jams and range > 170km - expect to be nearly perma jammed.
• Frigates warp scramble (2 warp strength).
• With one meta 4 ECCM (96%) it is possible to avoid most - but not all - of the jams.
• Because of the jams F.O.F. missiles might be effective. With good missile skills you can use FOF Cruise missiles from 200k+ which is well out of range from the NPCs.
• Alternatively, equip a sensor booster to be able to target the jammers from outside their range.
• You can also bring a friend in a fast frigate to draw their scrams and jams while you take those out. If the frigate maintains at least 600 m/s then it should be able to self-repair the reduced missile damage, but there is some more-sophisticated AI in this mission so the NPCs may switch targets anyway.
• Very heavy damage is dealt by the BSs, which fire very long range torps - I had to warp out several times in my Raven.
• If you warp to the facility at close range and get full room close-range aggro, expect in excess of 4000 pre-resistance DPS, primarily kinetic.
• You can warp within the mission to structures. (In fact, since there is no aggression until you start to close the distance to the office facility, you can come in first with a MWD frigate and set up some bookmarks to use during combat. Then you will be able to warp around for awesome kiting, and each time you warp you will break all target locks and cause all the inbound torps to miss you. This method is great for a dedicated sentry drone ship (e.g. Dominix) since each warp breaks their jams so you can relaunch your sentries and assign them to another target before you are jammed again - your drones will continue to attack that target until it is destroyed, at which point you can scoop them, warp to another bookmark, and repeat.)
• Once all NPCs have been killed warp/approach the office facility, get the family and return to the agent!

Agent: Arikio Kuretsu

Location: Wuos

Reward: One unit of Hyasyoda Research Laboratory + 1,740,000 (Bonus if completed in 6H)

Enemy: Nugoeihuvi (deal roughly 50% Kinetic, 50% Thermal damage)

Mission 16 - A Difference of Opinion (Story Arc Branch) - (Nugoehuvi path)

The last choice, select:

• Home In Peace: leads to 25m ISK and Caldari State Faction standing increase as final reward
• Learning by Doing: leads to 20 Nugoehuvi Synth Blue Pill Boosters and Caldari State Faction standing increase as final reward

Mission 17 - Learning by Doing - (Nugoehuvi path)

Report to Katsen Isha at Poinen IV - Moon 13 - Nugoeihuvi Corporation Development Studio.

Mission 18 - The Price of Silence - (Nugoehuvi path)

Objective: Recover the original hard copies of the mission documents from somewhere inside the Ishukone Watch Facility.

On warp-in, there will be:

• 7 Battleships (Commander & Raven)
• 8 Cruisers (Moa & Rook)
• 8 Frigates (Hawk & Buzzard)
• 8 Cruise Missile Batteries
• 2 Stasis Web Towers

Things to take note of:

• Some cruisers and frigates will sensor dampen
• Some frigates will warp scram. Would recommend burning the frigates and cruisers fast.
• After all enemy ships are wrecks, approach the Ishukone Watch facility and a container will spawn. Loot 1x Ishukone Operational Reports.
• Return to your agent and enjoy your boosters, but not TOO much!

I did this in a passive + active (not recommended) tank Tengu and had little to no trouble with it. I had to warp out once, but was 1 shotting frigates as they closed in. And sensor dampening failed most of the time.

Agent: Katsen Isha

Location: Poinen IV - Moon 13 - Nugoehuvi Corporation Development Studio

Mission Location: Malkalen

Rewards: 20 Nugoehuvi Synth Blue Pill Booster
Bonus Rewards: 1,970,000 ISK (6 Hour completion)

Mission 17 - Home In Peace - (Caldari State path)

Lowsec courier: transport 5000m^3 of Caldari POWs to Malkanen.