Lair of the Snakes

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
Objective	Destroy Serpentis ships
Faction	Serpentis
Best damage to deal	Kin Th
Damage to resist	Th Kin
Rewards	100,000 ISK + ~125,000 ISK (bonus)

Mission briefing
I told you I'd help if you helped me. Well, the Serpentis Corporation has just kidnapped one of CreoDron’s top minds, Dr. Aspasia Castille. She was analyzing those drone parts that you recovered earlier. The information she has is critical to figuring out what’s going wrong with the drones, but the Serpentis aren’t going to let her go without a fight. They’re planning to take her to their installation at Harerget. I want you to get there first. Destroy their base and the ships guarding it before the transport ship arrives. The Serpentis Corporation began as a Gallente research firm, developing over time into the notorious drug cartel that they are today. The Serpentis have an ongoing deal with the Angel Cartel to provide protection for various Serpentis research stations. There are substantial bounties issued by the Gallente Federation Navy on any ranking officer in the Serpentis Corporation.

--You can accept this mission remotely.--

Objective
Clear the area of Serpentis pirates and ambush the personal transport in Harerget

Notes
--You can complete this mission and accept the next one remotely.--

You will warp in about 25 km from the Serpentis base (named Serpentis Research Laboratory), which will be guarded by five Serpentis frigates.

When you destroy the third wave, a Serpentis Personnel Transport will appear at 70 km and warp off. It is worth noting that it is not actually necessary to destroy the base - which requires a lot of ammunition - in order to complete the mission.

Wave 1

		WD	EWAR	L
	5 x Frigate Coreli Initiate/Scout/Spy/Agent

Wave 2 (20 km)

		WD	EWAR	L
	3 x Frigate Coreli Watchman/Patroller
	2 x Destroyer Corelior Infantry/Soldier

Wave 3

		WD	EWAR	L
	3 x Frigate Coreli Watchman/Patroller
	1 x Cruiser Corelum Chief Scout/Spy

In local:
Transport Ship Bitis, abort your delivery. Our location is compromised. Move on to secondary site!

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