Hunting the Lieutenants

The Blood-Stained Stars Chapter 1: Quality of Mercy 1 Beacon Beckons 2 Agent Inquiry 3 Of Interest 4 Retrieving Red 5 Alerting Alitura 6 Jet-Canning a Janitor 7 Chivvying a Chef 8 Delivering a Doctor 9 Engineering a Rescue 10 Going Gallente Chapter 2: Automaton Impediment 11 Studying the Scene 12 Rendering Assistance 13 Lair of the Snakes 14 Data Retrieval 15 Crossing Enemy Lines Chapter 3: Shadow Puppets 16 Passive Observation 17 House of Records 18 Mercenary Distractions 19 An Economy Under Threat 20 Every Drone Inside 21 A Sense of Dread Chapter 4: Queens And Drones 22 Royal Jelly 23 Nature Pictures 24 Tracking or Scanning 25a Tracking the Queen (Part 1) 26a Tracking the Queen (Part 2) 27a Tracking the Queen (Part 3) 25b Bag of Blood 26b Planting the Body 27b Chasing a Nightmare 28 Burning Down the Hive 29 It's Not Over Yet Chapter 5: Shifting Foundations 30 An Eye on Everything 31 The Uses of Force 32 Goading the Leader 33 Hunting the Lieutenants 34 Valuable Cargo 35 Marked for Death 36 Thwarting the Succession 37 Certificate of Death Chapter 6: A Breach of Trust 38 A Matter of Decorum 39 New Friends 40 Recovery 41 Of Quiet Nights Long Past 42 Revelations 43 A Call to Trial 44 Brothers and Sisters Chapter 7: Closing In 45 A Stranger's Face 46 The Sisters and the Spy 47 Sealing the Deal 48 Chasing Shadows 49 The Missing Piece 50 Our Man Dagan 51 Dal Segno Al Fine

Type	Encounter
Faction	Mercenaries
Best damage to deal	Kin Th
Damage to resist	Kin Th
Rewards	200,000 ISK + ~70,000 ISK (bonus)

Mission briefing

That didn't take long. You can't get good mercenaries anymore. They crack before you even get to the fun stuff. He gave us the names of three lieutenants, supposedly the underlings for the man running this whole operation. If we can capture one of them, then maybe they'll know something about this missing capsuleer of yours. If they don't, then they should at least know where we can find their boss. The lieutenants are supposed to be meeting at a nearby deadspace facility, arranging some kind of “big deal”. We have no idea what this could involve: drugs, money, people. It might be anything, but it definitely means some more hired security to deal with. Once you clear the area, we should be able to scan the structures and locate the lieutenants, assuming they're still hanging around. Fly by and pick them up. If they refuse to board, pop a few shots off into the facility shields. That usually convinces people you mean business. So, feel like crashing the party, <Character>?

Objective
Clear the facility of hostiles and capture any of the lieutenants present. The mission objective location is located within the Lustrevik system.

Notes
Warp to the encounter location. You will be about 30km away from seven Mercenary Rookie Ships. They all will soon target lock you. They were no challenge for a frigate ship (e.g. Rifter). After you kill them all a popup will display a message from the lieutenant and Tarak Errand will say:

"We were scanning the radio chatter of those guys you took out. They were trying to evacuate someone from that Habitation Module. It's vulnerable now without them guarding it, so you can fire a few rounds off into the building. That should flush him out."

After you have shot the Habitation Module (you do not have to destroy it completely) the next popup from the lieutenant will display:

"Alright, alright! Stop shooting, I’ll come with you!"

The mission is completed. You do not need to loot anything just safely warp back to the agent's home base.

When you turn in Tarak Errand will say:

"Good work, XXX. I had a feeling we’d find at least one of them there. We’ll take him out back and encourage him to talk."

Wave 1

		WD	EWAR	L
	7 x Frigate Mercenary Rookie

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