Wildfire, Minmatar Level 4 Epic Arc
Epic Arc Overview
Agent Name: Nilf AbruskurAgent Corporation: Republic Security Services
Agent Location: Aldrat System at RSS Liaison Headquarters (Celestial Beacon)
Additional Requirements: Hacking III and Archaeology III (skill), Data Analyzer and Relic Analyzer (module)
Important note:
* Your standing is only checked by the starter agent. After starting the epic arc, subsequent agents will not check standings.
* This means while running the epic arc, you can continue doing missions even if your standing drops below +5.00 yet remains above -2.00 Faction standing.
* This means while running the epic arc, you can continue doing missions even if your standing drops below +5.00 yet remains above -2.00 Faction standing.
Chapter 2 - Songs of the Past
Go to Chapter 1: The PassageGo to Chapter 3: Revelation
Mission 1 - Dead End Intercept
Faction: Minmatar RepublicMission Type: Encounter
Space Type: Normal Space
Recommended Damage Dealing: Explosive
Mission Objective:
- Retrieve 1x Singed Datapad (0.1 m3) and return to Agent.
Initial Spawn (65km)
1x Lomar Vujik - Minmatar Battleship (Republic Tribal Kinai)Tip
- 1x Singed Datapad (0.1 m3) spawns after Lomar Vujik is destroyed.
Mission 2 - Surfacing
Faction: MercenariesMission Type: Encounter
Space Type: Normal Space
Damage Dealt: All
Web/Scram: Mercenary Wingman, Spider Drone I
Mission Objective:
- Retrieve 1x Encrypted Transmission (0.1 m3) from Tili's Brothel and return to Agent.
Initial Spawn (5 - 20km)
2x Frigate (Mercenary Wingman) Web/Scram4x Cruiser (Mercenary Commander)
5x Battleship (Mercenary Overlord) Trigger
Note
- Trigger is last Mercenary Overlord destroyed.
Wave 2 (5-20km)
2x Frigate (Mercenary Wingman) Web/Scram5x Cruiser (Mercenary Commander)
4x Battleship (Mercenary Overlord) Trigger
Note
- Trigger is last Mercenary Overlord destroyed.
Wave 3 (5-20km)
5x Frigate (Mercenary Elite Fighter)2x Elite Frigate (Mercenary Wingman) Web/Scram
3x Spider Drone I (50km Range) Web
4x Battleship (Mercenary Overlord)
Blitz
- Mission completes after last Battleship is killed. Blitzing will require you burn through all the BS's. Kill frigates if necessary to warp out.
Tips
- Mercenary ships will deal a mix of all damage types.
- Mercenary ships spawn at 20km range after 1x Encrypted Transmission (0.1 m3) is removed from Tili's Brothel.
- Recommend short range heavy weapons for Battleships, long range light weapons or Drones for Cruisers and Frigates.
Mission 3 - Who Art in Heaven
Faction: Angel CartelMission Type: Encounter
Space Type: Normal Space
Damage Dealt: Explosive
Web/Scram: Elite Frigate
Mission Objective:
- Meet Historians at Archaeological Site.
Initial Spawn
2 groups - Instant full room aggro.Group 1 (20-40K)
7x Frigate (Arch Gistii Hunter, Arch Gistii Impaler)4x Cruiser (Arch Gistum Breaker, Arch Gistum Defeater)
7x Battleship (Gist Cherubim, Gist Seraphim, Gist Throne)
Group 2 (70-90K)
8x Frigate (Gistii Hunter, Gistii Impaler)3x Elite Frigate (Arch Gistii Hunter) Web/Scram
3x Battlecruiser (Gistatis Praefectus)
Tips
- Outpost is destroyed when ship is within 20km.
- Group 2 will despawn after Outpost is destroyed.
- Mission is completed when Agent sends message to abort.
- To collect all available NPC bounty, warp in at 100km and maintain distance from Outpost.
Blitz
- Ignore NPC's and quickly approach within 20km of the Outpost to trigger its destruction. Warp out when Agent sends message to abort mission.
Mission 4 - Playing All Their Cards
Faction: Angel CartelMission Type: Encounter
Space Type: Normal Space
Recommended Damage Dealing : Explosive / Kinetic
Requires: Hacking III (minimum) and Data Analyzer module.
Mission Objective:
- Retrieve 1x Drive Cluster EDF-285 (0.1 m3) and return to Agent.
Note
- Destroying Angel ships is not required to complete mission.
Blitz
- Fit maximum tank and your data analyzer. Rush to the container and hack it, loot it. GTFO. Not an easy hack, but doable.
- If using a T3, fit the Emergent Locus Analyzer subsystem (bonus for hacking). Helps wonders.
Initial Spawn (100km)
11x Frigate (Arch Gistii Hijacker, Arch Gistii Hunter, Arch Gistii Impaler, Arch Gistii Rogue, Arch Gistii Thug) Web/Scram Hijacker/Rogue/Thug6x Destroyer (Gistor Seizor, Gistor Trasher)
4x Cruiser (Arch Gistum Phalanx, Arch Gistum Defeater, Arch Gistum Centurion)
10x Battleship (Gist Cherubim, Gist Seraphim, Gist Throne)
Tips
- Data Analyzer and Hacking level III is required to open the container.
- Spawn occurs when ship is within 5km of container.
- Only the EDF-285 Drive Cluster Item is required to complete the mission.
- The Angel Battlestation has large amount of Damage Points and drops no loot.
Mission 5 - History In The Making
Mission Type: TravelMission Objective:
- Report to new Agent - Hiva Shesha - located in Tanoo System at Krusual Mobile Library (Celestial Beacon).
Note
- Starting conversation with Hiva Shesha completes the mission objective.
Go to Chapter 3, Revelation
If your setup is longrange & not short, trigger the spawn with a shuttle then warp out & get your mission boat, warp in at distance to finish em off - worked for me
Spawn triggers when iten removed from can, not by range
Warp into the pocket with asteroids, the can containing the mission objective, the Angel Battlestation and no npc's. Approach the can to trigger the spawn. There is no need at that point to have the codebreaker equipped, as proximity is enough to get them to appear. As I approached the entire spawn appears and all aggro. Straightforward kite and kill. I also only had hacking 2 and got the same message as noted above that the hack was too complex. I thought that my Echelon hacking ship that was handed out a while ago would help but it didn't. Need hacking 3 as Erg0not stated...
Mission 3 - Who Art in Heaven
No room aggro.
I warped in, moved into position and targeted NPC group 2. Group 2 despawned, journal flashed, pop up message from agent saying mission is scrubbed, return to base. I stayed and collected the bounty on Group 1 even though mission was flagged completed.
Note:
There should be a 5th mission added to this page - History In The Making
Basic travel and report to next agent - Hiva Shesha
And I agree with HarshWords - spawn trigger is removing object from can, not range now. Each spawn triggered by last ship in previous spawn dying.
If you warp in from the right direction, you will trigger the explosion and death of the second group upon warp-in and be able to blitz the mission.
Mission 4 - Playing All the Cards
You can hack the box containing the mission item with Hacking 2 + 2 hacking rigs. This gave me a 14.4% access chance, which was enough for the mission. Took several minutes to complete the hack, but I didn't have to wait to train hacking III to continue.
DPS for this mission is a mix of mostly Explosive and EM. Make sure to prioritize the destroyers (seizers/trashers) and when they catch up to you as they put out decent DPS considering their being frigates.
I thought I'd leave an AF near Erstur/Aldrat for the next time I'd run this since I didn't want to fly a BS all the way up and back, so I built a 185dps Jag AF, I could not break the tank of Lomar Vujik's Tempest.
I refitted with 285dps of Hail S and it still took too long to kill him. I took nearly no shield damage w/o a MWD or A/B running, just base speed, so next time I run this I'll DPS it up a bit more by dropping the shield rigs and trying it with projectile rigs.