Following the Blood

Expedition

Following the Blood
Escalates From	Blood Lookout
Security
Regions
Max Stages	4
Pirate type	Blood Raiders

Escalation - Following the Blood

This site may escalate into Following the Blood

"Without you noticing, a small group of the Blood ships slipped away at the beginning of the fight. Luckily your radar systems have picked up a trace leading to this location."

This site consists of a single room with 2 groups of 3 frigates, and a faction frigate. Killing the faction frigate may trigger an escalation.

• • Site consists of 2 groups of 4 frigates each. May or may not contain faction frigate.

Group 1 2x Corpii Worshiper 1x Dark Blood Upholder 2x Corpii Reaver

Group 2 2x Corpii Worshiper 2x Corpii Reaver

Structures (No Loot) 2x Drug Lab *High hit points*

Bounty Total ~28,000 ISK

Escalation - Following the Blood

"You have destroyed the pirate threat. Your sensors have recovered co-ordinates from one of the frigate wreckages. "

You warp into a single room of 3-4 cruisers 4 frigates, and a faction frigate. Killing the faction frigate may trigger an escalation.

1xCorpii Diviner (Frigate)

1x Corpii Engraver (Frigate)

1x Dark Blood Seeker (Faction Frigate) Contains Dark Blood Tag and Dark Blood Ammo Crystal. May also contain Dark Blood Frigate Modules.

2x Corpii Reaver (Frigate)

3x Corpii Arch Engraver (Cruiser)

Bounty Total ~ 217,000 isk

Escalation - Following the Blood

" As expected, the Blood tried to stop you. The fierceness of the ambush was great, even for Blood fighters and you wonder why they didn't just try to escape into the vastness of space.

Perhaps they are hiding something? After your systems have analyzed transmissions between the Blood ships during the fight, they come up with a location. "

Please note: You will require a mining laser to advance.

You warp into a single room with no enemies.

A Rock Formation is about 30km away. Close to the rock formation (in a blueish little cloud) there is a small Arkonor asteroid (150 units). If you start mining the asteroid (you have to complete one or two mining cycles), some frigates spawn (about 8-10), including another (Frigate)Dark Blood Diviner (Elite, has a chance to drop Faction loot + Low Grade implants)

Killing the dark blood frigate may trigger another escalation.

Dark Blood Diviner (Faction Frigate) Wreck contains Dark Blood Tag and Dark Blood Crystal Ammo. (Elite, May also contain Faction Modules and/or Low Grade Impant)

Corpii Converter x2 (Frigate)

Elder Corpii Engraver x2 (Elite Frigate)

Elder Corpii Reaver x2 (Elite Frigate)

Corpii Visionary x2 (Frigate)

Hint: A civilian mining laser works here too. To quickly get one you only have to dock at a station with your pod, get the free rookie ship and take the mining laser of the rookie ship. If you don't want to lose a High Slot you can also use a mining drone.

Escalation - Following the Blood

"As weird as it was finding this shiny rock here in the middle of nowhere, it is a bit more understandable now, knowing it was only a sadistic trap laid out by the Blood.

Luckily you were well prepared and handled the threat with ease. One of the destroyed ships even revealed co-ordinates to a large Blood Raider base.' "

This seems to be the final escalation and generally is located in lowsec. It consists of a two room complex. In the first room you will jump right in the middle of 3 frigates and two cruisers. After clearing them out, you can use the acceleration gate to proceed to the second room. There you will encounter a spawn of 3 cruisers, 3 destroyers, 3 frigates and one corpii overseers frigate (it's easy to overlook this one because it has a rather generic name). Killing the overseer frigate pops up a message indicating the end of the storyline.

Blood Raider Cathedral is rather difficult to destroy and contains some trade goods and "livestock".