Sooth Sayer (Expedition)

Initial Message

"Searching the ship's database you find plans where the Guristas, under contract from an unnamed party, are supposed to spread the viral agent in the atmosphere of two planets in Caldari space. No information is given as to which planets they are, but you do see the rally points the Guristas were supposed to use. The container log listed at least 15 ships, this might get hairy if they all show up."

Escalation Site 1

The Escalation consists of a Deadspace Pocket with a cloud of bright, brown Dust. Therein hide Eha Hidaiki and his/her two companions, far away from the warpin beacon, who quickly warp off to an unknown direction. The entrance gate is lightly guarded by:

• 4x Pithi Plunderer
• 3x Pithior Anarchist

If Eha is not present at warp-in the escalation will most likely be over. For confirmation, activate the gate and you will be brought to a pocket where Eha and 2 supporting ships will be at a distance. You will receive the following message.

"The guesswork your instruments did, seem to have been wilder than reality can cope with at the moment, the Gurista ships are nowhere to be seen."

At this point the escalation will be over.

Alternatively, if there was a Dread Guristas frigate at the gate, kill him and the escalation may continue.

Escalation Message 2

"It seems like the weird sound once in a while coming from your left dashboard is not from the navigation computer after all, at least it seems to have calculated the whereabouts of these Gurista frigates pretty accurately. Not accurately enough though, as they warp out as soon as you enter space. Luckily your instruments manage to come up with a best approximation for their next destination."

Escalation Site 2

This is pretty much the same as last time. You warp in on top of the stargate which is this time defended by:

• 1x Dread Guristas Despoiler
• 4x Pithi Demolisher
• 4x Pithior Supremacist

Escalation Message 3

"Once again you miss the correct warp parameters and the Gurista ships disappear right before your eyes. But it seems it is your lucky day: they leave behind trails which are hard to overlook and you quickly figure out where they are hiding."

Escalation Site 3

For a third time, a guarded Gate with:

• 1x Dread Guristas Saboteur
• 3x Dire Pithi Wrecker
• 3x Pithior Guerilla

But finally, you get to kill 2 of the 3 enemy frigates. The named one, Eha, is still running. Inside the pocket you will find:

• 1x Pithi Infiltrator
• 1x Pithi Invader

Escalation Message 4

"While being able to fight the two ships you could get a hold of, the third one managed to escape again. Unfortunately this time, your systems are unable to track him down. But, after desperately searching the logs, you find a distress signal containing its position..."

Escalation Site 4

This time we are in a Dust Cloud again. There is also some Veldspar around, but, most notably, there is a small fleet of Guristas waiting:

• 1x Pithi Demolisher
• 3x Pithior Guerilla
• 3x Pithior Terrorist
• 3x Pithi Destructor [Last of Group triggers next Spawn]

The next spawn being:

• 3x Pithi Despoiler [Last of Group triggers next Spawn]

Who in turn trigger Eha Hidaiki to appear. He/She is very easy to defeat and belongs to no faction.

Please note: Possible loot: Dread Gurista ammunition, Dread Gurista Tags, Pithi C-Type Small Shield Booster, Low-grade Crystal implant

Final Message

"Obviously that distress call had reached his destination - This was a fairly warm welcome. At least there will be a little less Drug couriers around after his Encounter..."