Mercenary Distractions

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	Guristas
Best damage to deal	Kin Th
Damage to resist	Kin Th
Rewards	~95,000 ISK + ~110,000 ISK (bonus)

Mission briefing

The situation we have is a delicate one. We can't go after Vitamala directly. Even though he doesn't really have a clue about what he's doing, he's too well-connected to displace without good reason. I'd expect this sort of thing from the Gallente, but not in the State. A man achieves rank because of his hard work and dedication, not because his father has friends in the bureaucracy. Someone else can help with this situation, a true warrior and dutiful servant of the State. The first difficulty is in freeing up his schedule. If you can handle that part, I can deal with the paperwork for his reassignment. He's currently on deployment in a nearby system, busy dealing with a mercenary force we believe to be funded by Guristas Pirates. If you can take out all of the Guristas ships, then I can arrange to have him reassigned to the drone problem. The Guristas Pirates The Guristas Pirates have been a thorn in the side of the Caldari State for many years, constantly threatening the security of outlying systems and poorly defended convoys. The Guristas tend to shy away from prolonged and overt assaults, preferring instead to take down weaker prey during opportunistic raids.

Objective
Kill the mercenaries protecting the Guristas facility, then report back to Immuri Asaka - Location: 0.9 Hatakani

Notes
This mission is about as simple as they get. You will warp in at 33km from three Pithi Infiltrator frigates. Kill them, then return to the Asaka's station to complete the mission.

Agent Asaka will then report to you: I’m pleased to inform you that everything went smoothly with the transfer. One of the first things our new commander did was to request frigate and cruiser backup for his fleet. They should be capable of defending themselves if the drones try to fight their way out.

Wave 1

		WD	EWAR	L
	3-4 x Frigate Pithi Invader/Infiltrator

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