The Blockade, Level 4

Last edited by SturmWolke:
re-worked & standardized (working draft)
Sun, 20 Jul 2008 13:42 UTC

Faction: Sansha Nation
Mission type: Encounter
Space type: Normal space
Damage dealt: EM/Therm
Web/scramble: Elite Frigates
Extras: Heavy tracking disruption
Recommended damage dealing: EM (best), Therm (secondary)
Recommended ships: CNR, Raven, Rokh, Dominix, Abaddon

Single Pocket

Auto-aggro from Initial Group at warp-in. No aggro on drones.

Reinforcemement waves are triggered by killing the highest bounty battleship.
Exceptions to this are :

In rare cases, the whole group has battleships with the same name. It's almost impossible to determine which is the trigger.

Reinforcement Wave 1 will sometimes spawn 5 battleships with an odd one out. The odd one will have a cheaper bounty and it is the trigger.

Spawn locations for the reinforcement waves are Left, Right and Bottom with respect to the (Minmatar) Merchant Gate in the center.
(if you look at the Minmatar gate, the gate's entrance = Right and the gate's end = Left)

[pic submitted - coming soon]

Initial Group (Auto-aggro): (30-33km)

3x Destroyers (Centior Abomination)
4-5x Battleships (Centus Savage Lord/Overlord) Trigger (Centus Savage Lord/Overlord)
1x Starbase Stasis Tower

Reinforcement Wave 1:

Left
3-4x Elite Cruisers (Centum Loyal Slaughter) Tracking Disruptor
4-5x Battleships (Centus Savage Lord/Beast Lord/Overlord) Trigger (Centus Beast Lord/Overlord)
Bottom
2-3x Destroyers (Centior Cannibal/Misshape)
3x Elite Cruisers (Centum Loyal Fiend) Tracking Disruptor
Right
2x Elite Cruisers (Centum Loyal Beast/Execrator) Tracking Disruptor
3x Battlecruisers (Centatis Wraith/Devil)

Reinforcement Wave 2:

Left
1-2x Elite Frigates (Centii Loyal Slavehunter/Savage) Tracking Disruptor
2-3x Battleships (Centus Mutant Lord/Savage Lord/Overlord) Trigger (Centus Savage Lord/Overlord)
Right
1x Destroyer (Centior Horror/Abomination)
2x Battleships (Centus Mutant Lord/Savage Lord)

Reinforcement Wave 3:

Left
3x Elite Frigates (Centii Loyal Savage/Slavehunter) Tracking Disruptor
2-3x Elite Cruisers (Centum Loyal Execrator) Tracking Disruptor
1x Battleship (Centus Beast Lord/Savage Lord) Trigger
Bottom
3x Battleships (Centus Dark Lord/Overlord)

Reinforcement Wave 4:

3x Elite Frigates (Centii Loyal Scavanger) Web/Scramble
3-4x Battleships (Centus Overlord/Dark Lord)
1x Battleship (Centus Tyrant) Trigger (Mission completion)

Tip

A very rare True Sansha battleship spawn may appear with the final wave. The chance is random.

You can snipe by creating sniping bookmarks > 150km apart. Drop a cargo container at each location. Warp from container to container as needed.

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