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Epilogue – Addendum
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Welcome to Part 8 of my guide to the first of EVE’s Epic Mission Arcs. The guide now has an entry on the EVElopedia, where instead of telling me about mistakes or additions you can correct and/or add them yourself.
Epic Mission Arc: The Blood-Stained Stars
Chapter 6a: Shifting Foundations
Mission 29: An Eye On Everything
This is a scouting mission, and due to some technical hiccups (A cut fiber between Middlesborough and Washinton in the UK, thanks for that Network Rail) my information regarding its completion may not be, well, complete. I was on my way to the mission location, mid-warp, when my connection went down. When it finally came back up I was at the location and the mission details said that I’d completed the objective. If anyone has had a more exciting experience, i.e. something to shoot at, let me know or add it to this mission’s wiki page (coming soon).
Mission 30: The Uses of Force
Another travel mission this, but its only a couple of jumps to Lustrevik and the agent you have to contact there, Tarak Erand.
Mission 31: Goading the Leader
Blow up an Auxilliary Power Array and any defending NPC ships at the locayion given. Don’t be too alarmed by the massive fleet that greets you when you warp in, The majority of it warps out in short order leaving a token force defending the target. The fleet is not really there long enough to get a good look at but it comprises multiple battleships, cruisers, and something identified on the overview as a stolen Nidhoggur carrier. Whats left once they’re gone is a sole cruiser and 3 frigates, identified only as Watchmen. The actual ships are noted below and as the come from a variety of factions its not really worth fitting for specific damage and resists.
Wave 1:
1 x Watchman (Cruiser, Corelum Chief Guard)
3 x Watchman (Frigate, Pithi Sabotuer, last one destroyed triggers Wave 2)
Wave 2:
4 x Watchman (Frigate, Gistii Thug)
It would seem that destroying the NPC’s is enough to complete the mission but if you want to see a spectacular explosion its worth taking out the Auxilliary Power Array as its destruction takes the rest of the structure its attrached to with it and drops a cargo can with some trade goods in it. Once done, return to Tarak to complete the mission.
Mission 32: Hunting the Lieutenants
Capture a smuggler lieutenant from a deadspace loaction.
Wave 1:
7 x Mercenary Rookie
These are easy targets and should go down with a couple of good hits each. Once they are dealt with a message will pop up tell you that they were in the process of evacuating someone from the nearby habitation module, take a potshot at it and the lieutenant will surrender and you can return to Tarak to complete the mission. No need to pick anything up.
Mission 33: Valuable Cargo
Return to Keita Eslin in Hek for your next assignment.
Mission 34: Marked for Death
Your mission this time is to assassinate one Izia Tabar. She’ll be likely to have help so be prepared for a fight.
Wave 1:
5 x Mercenary Rookie (attacking any of them triggers wave 2)
Wave 2:
5 x Mercenary Rookie (last one destroyed triggers wave 3)
Wave 3:
1 x Izia Tabar
Izia Tabar is a disappointingly easy kill, her lasers do mostly THERM and EM damage so adjust your resists accordingly depending on the type of tank you’re packing. With her out of the way you can return to Keita for to complete the mission.
This brings us to the end of Part 8 of the Epic Mission Guide. Comments, questions and suggestions in the usual places (links at top of post), and don’t forget that this guide now has a page in the EVElopedia too so you can add your own experiences of these missions to my own.
Remember the more information we can gather the more useful these guides will be, I am only one person and won’t necessarily think of everything that users of the guide may find useful. Some data that I’m beginning to wish I’d thought to gather is the ranges of the various spawns from the warp in point, and the approximate spawn ranges of any secondary waves that spawn.
Till next time, fly safe and good hunting.
