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In this series of posts I will chronicle my progress through the new Epic Mission Arc which has been added to EVE with the Apocrypha Expansion. Firstly a bit of background regarding how these missions differ from the standard agent missions.
CCP published a dev blog in the lead up to Apocrypha’s release that gives an overview of some the changes they’ve made to the mission system genrally and some of the features we can expect from Epic Mission Arcs in general.
The idea, in a nutshell, is that Epic Mission Arcs will tell a story and involve a progression through a series of missions with specific rewards at the end of each chapter and arc. The arcs will be branching, that is that some element of player choice will be involved at various points in the arc and the arcs will be repeatable to experience the different outcomes.
A point to note: the details of each mission are not accessible by right clicking the mission title in the Epic Journal tab of the journal window, though each mission will appear in your standard journal and the details can be accessed as normal from there.
So without further ado I will begin. I’ll be presenting the missions in a linear progression to begin with, travelling from beginning to end without worrying too much about the branches that I don’t take. If I find that there is a demand for details of the other branches I will go back and record the details of these later.
To begin the arc, travel to Arnon IX – Moon 3 – Sisters of EVE Bureau and speak to Sister Alitura. She will give you the first mission. The Location is displayed in the image below indicated by the yellow dot (click to zoom).
[Note: I apologise for the lack of screens for the first few missions, I was distracted by actually doing the missions 
. if anyone would like to provide screens of the mission dialogue for each one and maybe some location shots I would be most grateful and full credit will be given]
Epic Mission Arc: The Blood-Stained Stars
Chapter 1: Quality of Mercy
Mission 1: A Beacon Beckons
Sister Alitura will ask you to investigate a distress signal received from a ship called The Damsel (If you’re a regular mission runner you’ll get the reference there). This involves flying to the location you are given and approaching the wrecks you find there.I have not detailed the location I was sent to as I don’t know if it will vary between players, I would think it would.
Upon approaching the wreck Sister Alitura will contact you, Complete the mission and she will give you the next one.
Mission 2: Agent Inquiry
The next mission is a simple one. You have to contact an agent named Tervis Jak in the Tak system (it shouldn’t be far from where you are, a couple of jumps at most). Tervis Jak will appear on your overview once you enter the Tak system, simply warp to him and start a conversation. This completes mission 2 and he will give you the next mission in the arc.
Mission 3: Of Interest
This is a combat mission, so go fitted for a fight. You will be told to return to the location of the wreck you investigated in Mission 1, clear out the pirates who are now scavenging the wreck and retrieve one unit of Strange Datacore. The rats will appear in 3 waves with the can containing the Strange Datacore being dropped by the last ship in the first wave. The rats you encounter will be from the Corpii faction and do mostly EM and THERM damage, so set your resists up to counter these, they are also weakest against these damage types so use the appropriate missiles/ammo.
Wave 1:
3 x Corpii Worshippers (Frigate).
Last ship will drop can containing Strange Datacore, you can loot this and head back to Tervis Jak to complete the mission or keep fighting the next two waves.
Wave 2:
2 x Corpii Upholder (Frigate).
Wave 3:
3 x Corpii Follower (Frigate).
With the defeat of the last follower you’ll get a message from Tervis telling you loot the can and bring the Strange Datacore back to him
This completes the first three missions of the Epic Mission Arc. For info on the next few missions click here.
If anyone wants to rejig these guides for the in-game browser (I’m not sure how) or provide location/mission dialogue shots, drop me a line and please credit me as author 
I’ll add a link to them in my in-game profile. Feedback/suggestions/questions can be posted either in the comments here or on this thread on the EVE Online Forums
15 Comments
What sort of ship/group composition are these missions designed for?
Unless stated otherwise these missions can be done solo in a frigate. I’m doing them in an Assault Frigate but frankly thats overkill.
is there only one epic arc? that is arnon?
Yes there is currently only one Epic Mission Arc and it starts in Arnon. The Arc is best suited to new characters and the missions will be of the same difficulty/caliber as level 1 or 2 standard missions, according to CCP. I’ve not come across anything to contradict this yet.
Has anyone not accepted a mission? It seems to me that every mission presents you with a choice. I may be wrong, but let me know anyway. keep up the guide keith! good stuff.
@Rustybronco: You can delay each mission without accepting it and the offer never expire. So you could do a few, go off and do something else for a while and then come back to it. I possibly should have explained that slightly better.
are the gates limited to frigates and destys, for those of us who prefer to use another ship?
Apprently not, I’ve read in the forum thread (link at top) of people doing it in battlecruisers and battleships, though that would seem to be verging on overkill.
lol “verging” on overkill…
I thought I should do them in something that would totally own.
So I got my LVL4 passive shield tanking drake and headed on out.. I’m FLYING though these missions!!
Yes, well, you would. There is a mission which may present more of a challenge later one though (mission 29 I believe) where you have the option to take on a whole fleet of battleships and smaller vessels with a stolen Nidhoggur in tow. Have fun with that
Thannkx Keith for that nice tour into the epic mission arc!
I have allowed myself to link it in my blog.
Hey guys,
Sister Alitura wont give me a mission.
She always tells me that i need to come later again.
I have a standing of 2.2 to her.
thx for every help
regards
gio
I can't even get out of the station without the police podding me. What gives? How the heck are you supposed to get started when it begins in enemy territory?
If you're in the a militia then you'll have to leave it unless you want to be dodging the police. This Arc will take you into the territory ofe all four of the major factions, so its probably best to drop any militia affiliations until you're done. You can always go back afterwards.
Other than that, if you're not in a militia I would spend some time grinding standings with whatever faction it is that you're getting podded by before continuing the arc.
This Arc is desinged for the newer player, someone who hasn't had time to build up a bad rep with the empires and more than likely comes to it straight from the tutorial missions.
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