Recovery
Reason: Formatting
Doctor Canius says: "Dead, is she? Damn. I was fond of her, and not in Taphos's way, mind you. Yeah, I know. “He was purely her protector and patron, to mold her and shape her for a life of dedicated service to God and Empire.” Listen, I've been studying human history for a long while, and a platonic patronage between a “Lord” and “Mistress” hasn't happened since the time when the Reclaiming just involved stabbing our heathen neighbors with pointy sticks. But if that was all that was goin' on, nobody would fuss. But that's enough story-time for now. You want more; you'll have to do somethin' for me. Hell, you don't want to hear more; you still have to do somethin' for me. Don't worry, it's really simple. There's a dig site a little ways from here: a small cluster of asteroids, containing artifacts from some of the first Amarr space lanes. I know there's at least one good piece left, but every time I hire a team, they get driven off by pirates. All you have to do is go in, get that artifact, and return it to me without dying."
Objective
Acquire 1 x Mysterious Statuette (1.0 m³), and drop it off at Doctor Canius' station at 0.8 Lisudeh IV - Moon 4 - Theology Council Tribunal
Rewards
Base mission reward: 200,000.00 ISK
Bonus reward for completing within 6 hours: 145,000.00 ISK
Notes
Fit the Civilian Analyzer before departing. Fly to the designated site in Lisudeh and recover the artifact from the dig site using the analyzer module. You will have to fend off
Blood Raiders. Summary: 2x Corpii Collector (Frigate), 1x Corpior Visionary (Destroyer) and 2x Corpum Arch Reaver (Cruiser). After you destroyed them all you will need to target lock the Ancient Tomb Dig Site and activate the Civilian Analyzer. Once the analyze is complete you can open its cargo and loot 1x Mysterious Statuette. That completes the mission. Return to Doctor Canius.
This may be your first attempt at the Hacking minigame. The wiki link will explain everything you need to know about this new feature within Eve. The design of this particular hack seems to be awkward - if you hit more than one firewall (there's two in total) then you're unlikely to be able to hack the System Core as well (which you need to hack in order to get the required item for the mission). The good news is that you can repeat the hack attempt as often as you need until you succeed. It also serves as a gentle introduction to hacking, which can be a profitable part of Eve.
On turn in, Doctor Canius says: "Blood Raiders? You're lucky you lived. They're psychotic and bloodthirsty, literally. Their sect believes purity can only be reached by consuming blood, and clone blood are purest of all. I'm afraid that makes you Capsuleers their favorite snack. But you're alive, and you've got the artifact, so we're good."
