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Epilogue – Addendum
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And so the epic arc continues. I encounter the first (and possibly only) branch in this arc (see note below) and would be grateful if someone could confirm which branch I’ve taken as it is not made clear in the agent dialogue. Anyway, onward…
Epic Mission Arc: The Blood-Stained Stars
Chapter 3: Shadow Puppets (cont.)
Mission 20: Every Drone Inside
We return once more to the area with the large drone hive for this mission and are given the task of clearing out all the drones within the containment area. With ships from the Caldari Navy standing by, approach the drones and they should all aggro you at once. Again the drones will come in close and move quite fast so either use your own drones (if you have any) and try to keep your distance, or fit with short range weapons (missiles or guns) to take them out.
You’ll be fighting in what is euphemisitcally termed ‘a target rich environment’ in this mission and you may feel slightly overwhelmed by the number of drones gunning for you. As long as you keep your head and pick your targets you should be OK. Keep an eye on your tank (armour or sheilds, depending on your fit) and take the Infesters out first as they are the toughest. The damage type that they deal out varies from drone type to drone type, but they don’t do very much, and they are weakest to EM.
Wave 1:
9 x Infester Alvi
2 x Belphegor Apis
4 x Mammon Apis
Once the drones are down, return to Immuri for your next mission.
Mission 21: A Sense of Dread
Return to Sister Alitura in Arnon for the next mission. Talking to her will complete this mission.
Chapter 4: Queens and Drones
Mission 22: Royal Jelly
This mission involves you evacuating some personnel from a habitation module in the bookmarked area. There will be drones in the are but they will not aggro you unless provoked, so if you don’t want to bother fighting them you don’t have to.
The drones congregate in 3 groups, which will aggro you on a group by group basis. Once you start shooting at them, only target the drones that are targeting you and you’ll only have one group to deal with at a time.
Group A:
1 x Infester Alvi
4 x Belphegor Apis
5 x Mammon Apis
This group appears in the gass cloud to the left of the station as you approach the habitation module
Group B:
3 x Infester Alvi
4 x Belphegor Apis
3 x Mammon Apis
1 x Scorpionfly Apis
This group appears in the gas cloud to the right of the station, near the station, as you approach the habitation module.
Group C:
4 x Infester Alvi
2 x Belphegor Apis
4 x Mammon Apis
This group also appears in the gas cloud to the right of the station as you approach the habitation module but further away than group B.
It doesn’t matter if you engage the drones before or after you pick up the evacuees though it makes more sense to pick them up before attacking the drones. At least then if you have to warp out you already have them on board and don’t have to go back for them. Return your cargo to Sister Alitura to complete the mission.
Mission 23: Nature Pictures
Simple courier mission, Pick up the cargo from the designated station and return it to Sister Alitura.
Note: Upon completion of his mission you will be offered a choice between Tracking or scanning, though it is not really made clear in the agent dialogue which mission is which. The implication is that the first mission is tracking, whilst the second is scanning. If anyone can confirm this I’d be most grateful. If the above assumption is correct I chose the tracking branch so we shall continue from there. I do plan to repeat the arc at some point and take the other branch, though if the rumoured 3 month wait between arc repetions is true it may be some time.
Chapter 5a: Bag of Blood
Mission 24: Tracking the Queen (Part 1)
Rescue a reporter from Mordu’s Legion. Warping to the location give you’ll see a shipwreck which is where the reporter is hiding. Picking him up triggers the spawning of two groups of Mordu’s legion ships, which will both aggro you.
The best way to deal with these rats is to warp out once you’ve got the reporter, dump him in your hangar (don’t complete the mission just yet), then warp back to the mission location. You’ll warp in out of aggro range and be able to take each group on individually, as long as you don’t get too close to the non-aggro’d group. The best way to do this is to aggro one group and kite it away from the other one.
One of the pirates (the Mordus Bounty Hunter) is equipped with a webifier. In order to successfully engage these rats you have to have a weapon with a range of at least 10km. My rocket fitted Vengeance (range of about 3km) was not up to the task as I couldn’t get close enough to hit the Bounty Hunter and was rendered a sitting duck for the missile volleys from the other ships. The other option is to use drones to take down the Bounty Hunter as they won’nt be affected by the webifier.
Take the Bounty hunter out first and that should leave you free to deal with the rest. Mordu’s Legion have a decent spread of resists, EXP and THERM on their sheilds and EXP, KIN and THERM on their armour, if you can juggle missile or ammo types mid-fight and swap over in order to take advatage of these weaknesses by all means do so, if not its probably best to just pound them till they die with whatever you have to hand.
Group A:
1 x Mordus Bounty Hunter (Webber)
4 x Mordus Katana
Group B:
5 x Mordus Gladius
Note: Due to the way damage is calculated in EVE, being webified can leave you very vulnerable to damage from all varieties of weapons. Always take out web fitted ships first in a PvE environment if you’re in a small ship (Cruiser or smaller) as your manouverability and speed is your best defence. When flying bigger ships it tends not to matter as much as your tank (sheild or armour) should be able to handle whatever you get thrown at you.
Of course actually taking on these rats is completely optional and is not necessary for the completion of the mission. Return to Sister Alitura to complete (making sure the reporter is in either you hangar in Arnon or your cargo hold).
Now in answer to some questions I’ve been getting from the EVE Forums:
- To take part in these missions, minimal standings with Sisters of EVE are required. If someone can supply me with exact figures (I can’t seem to find them anywhere, the agent info merely says that she’ll give missions to anyone meeting the standings requirements but doesn’t state what they are) My current standings with SoE, before Connections IV is taken into account, are at a paltry 0.06.
- There are no standings gains from the missions themselves though through completing them you will recieve storyline missions for Sisters of EVE which will increase your standings with them upon completion.
- There are no restrictions on the type of ship you can do these missions in. Some posters in the forums have gone through the whole arc in a battleship.
I plan on putting together a glossary and FAQ at the end of this guide explaining the various terms used and answering any questions that may arise.
As ever, questions, comments, and criticism either here, the EVE Online forum or Chatsubo.
