Royal Jelly

Epic Mission Arc: The Blood-Stained Stars
Mission 22: Royal Jelly

Overview

Mission type: Encounter, Arc Mission
System: Arnon IX - Moon 3 - Sisters of EVE Bureau (0.6)
Recommended Damage: EM, Thermal
Recommended Resists: All
Deadspace: Yes
Previous Mission: Mission 21: A Sense of Dread
Next Mission: Mission 23: Nature Pictures

Mission Briefing

The rogue drone you have been looking for was seen in a deadspace pocket near a Food Relief production station, building a swarm of drones. Sister Alitura thinks the swarm is going to try and destroy that station. Save the people, either by evacuating the station or wiping out the swarm. Bring the fifteen survivors back to the Sister.

Objectives

Evacuate the FR Personal from the area. You might get surprised by rogue drones. Stay on task, though.

Rewards

150,000 credits
Bonus: 105,000 credits if completed within 2 hours and 54 minutes.
Bounties: 155,625 credits

Details

Upon taking the FR Personal from the Habitation Module - Personnel Quarters, the following drones will spawn and are optional.

• 15 x Belphegor Apis
• 1 x Incubus Apis
• 7 x Infester Alvi
• 7 x Mammon Apis

• Royal Jelly Drone Swarm.png

  Drone Swarm

Warped in 78km from the Habitation Module - Personnel Quarters (container icon). As I moved toward the container 26 drones appeared, 10 left, 16 right. Transferred the personnel to my ship's cargo hold without being attacked by the drones. At this point you can warp back to the station and complete the mission. I was in a cruiser so I decided to destroy all the drones and did so without taking much damage (not one red tick on shields). Depending on how you attack them this may vary, but I got a group of 11, then 5, then 10.

Trivia/Hint

Please note: The Food Relief corporation is owned and run by the Sisters of EVE. Food Relief (FR) is ostensibly responsible for delivering necessities (primarily food and medicine) to people in need in any empire. FR have never officially withheld their deliveries, but in recent times there have been occasions where their medicine drops were delayed or reduced due to unforeseen environmental conditions or a sudden outbreak of hostility on their caravan routes. Some political analysts maintain that these delays indirectly affected the outcomes of other factions' military campaigns.