Revision as of 10:27, 2 December 2011
Menacing Mechanics is an expedition escalation from the Ruins exploration site.
Escalation #1
Initial Message
"This drone operation was so small that it could hardly be called a "hive", there were no substantial assembly plants or other major factories here. It looked more like a maintenance station, something that does not rhyme with what you have heard about drones and how they operate, as they usually are confined to self sufficient hives and perhaps operating small resource gathering satellite ops. But a drone maintenance station, servicing several other hives or passersby is almost unheard of. After scanning through the remaining debris, your instruments gather some service logs, further supporting the idea this was an open maintenance station. Most of the serviced ships seem to have been standard drone vessels, but you can also see some entries naming ships used by humans, even though it does not say anything about who was flying them. Some of the log entries contain extra notes on these customers and among them you find something that looks like coordinates in a system not too far away."
On Site
When first entering the Site there will be a couple of battleships, cruisers and sentry drone IIIs. After a few moments of being in the escalation, more ships will arrive.
Ship Count: (Note: this may vary)
- 1x Dire Pithi Invader
- 3x Devilfish Alvi
- Silverfish Alvi
- 3x Strain Devilfish Alvi
- 3x Strain Raider Alvi
- 2x Strain Barracude Alvi
- 6x Enforcer Alvatis
- Strain Hunter Alvi
- 3x Domination Alvus
- Sentient Defeater Alvatis
- 2x Pith Exterminator (Target Jammers)
- 6x Tower Sentry Drone III
Escalation #2
Initial Message
"This was probably the smallest Gurista hideout you ever saw and no wonder they were forced from time to time to get their ships serviced elsewhere, even though it was by rogue drones. The mystery is how they managed to get in there and out again in one piece. Usually rogue drones have only one standard response to the sighting of a carbon based life form and that is to run the "murderous rampage" script, or whatever it is that makes them go bonkers in a company where not all members are not purely held together by nuts and bolts. While this has been happening, your instruments have been analyzing the drone logs and the next location which shows any promise is already flashing on one of the panels. "
On Site
To be completed
Escalation #3
Initial Message
"Another small pirate camp, this time the Sansha. The next location is lined up, who knows what you will find there... "
On Site
When entering the Site, there's Drones and Angels scavenging a destroyed Sansha's Campbase.
Drones present on Warp In :
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Frigates :
- 3x Devilfish Alvi.
- 2x Strain Splinter Alvi.
Destroyers :
Battleships :
Sentries :
- 5x Drone Light Missile Battery.
NPC weren't attacking on Warp In but waits for a certain amount of seconds. If you attack with your drones first, they'll shoot your drones.
Trigger : Destroying the two Gist Cherubim
First Wave :
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Frigates :
Battleships :
No NPC is the trigger. The trigger is one of the three bunkers you can find in this Site.
Second Wave
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Frigates :
- 3x Strain Decimator Alvi.
- 3x Train Infestor Alvi.
- 3x Marauder Alvi.
Cruisers :
- 1x Sentient Extreminator Alvus.
Battleships :
- 3x Supreme Alvus Parasite.
To acces ton the next Escalation, you only need to destroy the Sentient Exterminator Alvus. Next Escalation should appear in Nullsec.
Escalation #4
Initial Message
"Again pirates and this time Angels. It looks like the drones little operation has allowed evil doers from several different factions to reach further away from home than usual. There is one more location available from the drone logs...
"
On Site
To be completed
Final Message
"Off all the evident customers, a rogue mercenary band was perhaps the least surprising consumers of the drone’s services, but still, it is troubling to see any outlaw group being able to cooperate like this with a rogue drone colony."
