The Damsel in Distress, Level 3

Last edited by MycroftW
Sun, 06 Apr 2014 22:35 UTC

Faction: Mercenaries
Mission Type: Encounter (You may set a bookmark "Warp Within" to establish a safe distance)
Space Type: Normal Space
Damage Received: All Types, Heavy Thermal & Kinetic
Extras: Structure deals Area of Effect damage when blown up
Recommended Damage Dealing: Kinetic
Recommended Ships: Any battlecruiser, assault frigate or HAC, fast cruiser for blitzing
Video of blitz: http://youtu.be/1jnsGdbfZe4

Single Pocket

Located in 3 areas
Mass aggro on warp in

Group 1

1-25km
8x Frigates (Pleasure Hub Patroller/Kruul's Henchman)
4x Crusiers (Pleasure Hub Guardian)
1x Kruul

Reinforcement Spawn

Spawn appears when you attack Kruul
4x Frigates (Pleasure Hub Patroller)
5x Cruisers (Pleasure Hub Guardian)

Tip

If you blow up the Pleasure Hub before you kill Kruul or if you kill him in one hit, he won't be able to call in reinforcements.

Blitz

Destroy the pleasure hub, grab the damsel and head home.

Video

There is many ways to do this mission, but this video shows the only real way to blitz it.
http://youtu.be/1jnsGdbfZe4

Structures

Pleasure Hub drops 10 tourists or janitors
Other structures have no loot

Bounty

0.9 mil

Loot&Salvage

3 mil

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I label this as one of the classics of the Level 3 missions I've flown.

With a rigged Drake or even a Raven this mission is not a problem. When you just bought your Drake and don't have a T2 hardened tank, this mission can be daunting due to the respawns if you don't blow up the hub first. It's still doable though by flying backwards. I always kill Krull last, so the spawn he calls in won't hurt. I use EM/Therm/Invul T2 hardeners and thermal missiles for this mission.

-- TomSchlong (2008-06-08 08:05:58)

I went the coward's way and bookmarked as soon as I arrived, warped out, and warped back in 100km from the ships. I approached the nearest ships and kept them at 60 km and let the drones take them out, saving Kruul for last. I fly a Myrmidon armor tank, but they never even got past my shields.

-- RanitaDrell (2008-06-22 16:49:52)

best way is to NOT attack Krull before the others are gone (watch the drones).

-- OracleJo (2008-06-23 15:37:26)

i was attaced with scourge missiles only

-- FaithJr (2008-12-12 10:21:49)

I had both EM and kin damage dealt. My passive drake fared better than my raven.

-- AleniaCalentas (2008-12-18 14:27:50)

A 360 dps tank (uniform damage distribution) easily holds this if group 1 is dispatched before group 2 is triggered. First kill the cruisers, then frigates, retrieve drones and agro Kruul. Kill the rest however you like. A target painter helps a lot if you're using a BS.

-- HomeFries (2008-12-27 06:00:43)

It is probably rare (never had this before), but Kruul (or the pleasure hub..forgot it) dropped me a 3% implant, Zainou "Deadeye" ZMA100. Worth 10 mil.

-- SpLendid (2009-01-31 02:50:52)

I've always just jumped in at 0km, blasted the Hub and grabbed the damsel. Quick and Easy.

-- CynicalRise (2009-03-21 22:53:22)

easily done in a L4 ishkur w/75mm T2 rails + AM, AB t2, eanm 1, t2 hobgoblins (which take out the 'minmatar' style background frigates fast, the 'caldari' style takes little longer with hob IIs), web, DC II, SAR II, cap recharger.

-- ItPaladin (2009-04-18 05:56:49)

I warped in at 50k and sniped them all off... easy!

Much easier then warping on top of them all..

-- WebbHost (2009-04-22 15:33:31)

using perma tank domi with resists of 57, 82, 75, 75 can easily tank the whole spawn, reinforcments too. just watch for agro on your drones when teh reinforcments come in

-- AshScriv (2009-05-15 16:48:24)

I warped in @ 50km and killed Kruul right off the bat. This released all ennemies. Then I unleashed my T2 Hamerheads and let them go. They DIDN'T get 1 shot, so I cleaned the frigattes first, then the cruisers. I had to start the rep twice, but otherwise it was a breeze, never let them get closer than 20km. My fit: Brutix(no rigs), 800mm RRT, T2Rep, DC2, T2 MagField, 2xT2CapRecharger, 4x250mm Prototype I Gauss, DroneAugmenter, shooting AM & Irridium
Fly safe,
IA

-- IvanAsen (2009-05-21 16:39:24)

Did the blitz in a 3x LSE 1x Therm Amp 1x Kin Amp Ishtar. Piece of cake. Quick money/standing.

-- MaevaX (2009-10-30 05:17:46)

Got an Arbalest Heavy missle launcher worth 12 million

-- Klann2 (2009-11-12 14:08:11)

deadspace - warped me to within 2km of Krull... :P

-- Flaming111 (2009-12-09 00:43:24)

Can't "warp to within...", so have to jump in and bookmark the beacon first, then come back at range.

-- MattZ (2010-01-06 23:05:21)

Er, wow, I just warped in, attacked the pleasure hub, and warped out. Literally took less than 45 seconds.

-- ReBastiat (2010-01-24 09:02:10)

Did the mission in a rigged Retribution. Piece of cake.
Fitting see my page: ./MuhKobb.html

-- MuhKobb (2010-02-01 15:00:15)

I ran this in a T2 fitted passive shield hurricaine. I drew the spawn and killed everything without turning on my invul and never dropping below 3/4 shield. this was insanely easy for this fit. the bounty on this total kill was 909k. worth the little bit of time it took.

-- QuinThal (2010-02-06 01:26:51)

Even hitting Krull with a NOS is enough to spawn the reinforcements.

-- TyTilla (2010-02-07 14:22:58)

Can anyone confirm the implant? I just got the Damsel, 10 tourist and from Krull Wreck I got DNA. I mission for bounties mostly so I want the spawns. I was overwhelmed in my Myrmidon when my cap went empty and had to warp out once with 45% hull damage. Second round was a piece of cake as my first round wiped out half his ships. I didn't have a thermal hardener but I did have a kenetic and explosive hardener. I also use 5 hammerheads and 6 200mm compressed coil guns. 2 tech I cap rigs and one tech II cap recharger.

-- Dethbringer1 (2010-02-18 01:55:18)

Post Tyrannis this mission seems a LOT harder. More NPC's and all aggro pretty quick. I'll try an get numbers...

-- LebBrin (2010-05-26 21:10:30)

Just completed this in a T1 Harb, ship type/numbers in OP are correct.

-- IrodEllen (2010-06-01 16:34:45)

After Tyrannis expansion: You can "Warp Within x", so it's easier for the long range guys.
You can still blitz it with a slow ship (BS)... This is what I did:
Warp in within 70km (or whatever) and use your AB to draw everyone at the opposite direction of the hub (30 or 40 km will do).
During that time destroy the hub and bookmark the container left.
Warp out and then warp back 0km from the container, open cargo, get Damsel and get out. ;)

-- Th30d0r3 (2010-06-05 12:56:40)

Pleasure Hub dropped 10 exotic dancers. Obviously better than janitors. :O)

-- DoctorNho (2011-01-03 15:15:16)

I don't know if others would see it this way, but I thought the mission was particularly easy in my Cyclone with autocannons. The incoming damage was pretty heavy, but I was using a capacitor booster to shield boost through it. I got the frigates killed really quickly with titanium sabot ammo and then switched to phased plasma for the cruisers. The cruisers try to orbit out of autocannon range, but they're slow so I could outrun them even without running my afterburner.

Total time it took to kill everything: just over 5 minutes. I bet a hurricane with autocannons could do it even faster.

-- ReaverGlitterstim (2011-04-17 02:51:22)

Unlike the L4 version of this mission, the Pleasure Hub has very low defenses and can easily be whacked whilst tanking all the ships. Any well tanked cruiser or BC should be able to do this.

-- BuilderAlphaOne (2011-10-19 19:57:39)

I had 10 marines.. I'd prefer dancers ;)

-- ReaveToralen (2011-10-26 17:09:15)

Just completed in a t2 passive tanked drake (for therm/kin) and t1 scourge missiles. Warped in, sat there the whole time, and picked everyone off. Shields never got below 70%. Completed in 15 minutes, tops.

-- BumRusher (2012-01-07 14:05:09)

since the mission loot nerf, it is worth triggering the spawn for the loot they drop, not huge amounts, but more than most lvl 3's, done in a T2 tanked drake (no rigs, and had to target cruisers firts just to remove some dps, but ok)

-- XeCara (2013-02-15 04:14:51)

I also received 10 marines.

-- DrXenocide (2013-06-04 18:57:17)

Done in my Corax with:
"1209 left of maximum 1258 shield capacity"

Very easy mission if you are NOT warping in at zero lol

-- RolSon (2013-08-19 14:19:41)

Very easy kiting this mission in a Harbinger with T1 fitting, never hit armor. 2.8M in loot (including 10 janitors) plus 1.7M in salvage. I was 75km from targets at warp-in.

-- MohamXiang (2014-05-01 02:16:56)

Got my shields on my T2 passive Drake down to about 60% for about 30s.

900k bounty

1.7 mil loot + salvage

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