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This is an old revision of NewFrontiers3 made by AeonOfTime on 2010-03-19 08:56:07.

New Frontiers, Level 3

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Tip:

All gates in the missions are unlocked.

Several missions have Energy Neutralizer Towers.

Raw Materials (1 of 7)

Faction: Mercenaries
Mission Type: Encounter
Space Type: Deadspace
Damage Dealt: Therm/EM/Kinetic
Recommended Damage Dealing: Therm/Kinetic
Recommended ships: Drake, Myrmidon

Warp-in

3x Merc Miners (Bestowers) (warp away after about a minute)
2x Merc Lieutenant
3x Merc Elite Fighter (Trigger)

2x Merc Commander
4x Merc Fighter

Bring mining modules or drones to mine the Green Arisite roid.

Blitz: Mine the Green Arisite and leave. Be careful when approaching the Green Arisite roid not to close since they'll aggro.

Tips:

The 3 Merc Miners will disappear after a certain time so if you want to kill them, target them first. They drop drugs when killed. Attacking the Miners spawns the 2nd wave of ships.

I do not always get the 5th and 6th waves of ships. So far, I dunno why. Also, once when fighting the 6th wave of ships, they just up and left in mid-battle.

There are also approx 16433 units of Omber and 1995 units of Gneiss to be mined.

To find the Green Arisite, add Gneiss to your overview.

Mad Scientist (2 of 7)

Faction: Rogue Drones
Mission Type: Encounter
Space Type: Deadspace
Damage dealt: All kinds (29% Expl, 24% Kin/Therm, 22% EM)
Recommended Damage Dealing: EM
Extras: Neutralizer Towers and Stasis Towers
Warp/Scramble: Strain Drones
Recommended ships: Passive tanked ship

Warp In

All will spawn almost immediately after you warp in. The Raiders/Sunders orbit at 2-4km. There are only few drone cruisers, so it is not heavy pocket. Shoot the 2 bunkers to stop more respawning

12x Drone Frigates (Sunder Alvi/Raider Alvi)

Wave 2

2x Drone Cruisers (Bomber Alvum)

Wave 3

2x Drone Cruisers (Violator Alvum)
2x Drone Frigates (Barracuda Alvi)

An Alvus Mother drone might spawn.

Pocket 2

(you warp in in 35-45km from all, which aggro immediately):
2x Drone Stasis Tower
2x Drone Neutralizer Tower
4x Tower Sentry Drone
1x Drone Battlecruiser (Defeater Alvatis)
2x Drone Cruiser (Bomber Alvum)
5x Drone Frigates (Decimator Alvi/Raider Alvi)

Wave 2

(After the Neut Towers are destroyed)
1x Drone Frigate (Devilfish Alvi)

Wave 3

(After Wave 2 is destroyed)
2x Drone Cruiser (Devastator Alvum)
2x Drone Elite Frigate (Strain Sunder Alvi)

Wave 4

(After attacking Delainen's Lab)
6x Drone Cruiser (Wreck Alvum/Violator Alvum)
2x Drone Destroyer (Shatter Alvior)
5x Drone Frigate (Silverfish Alvi/Raider Alvi)

Destroy "Professor Delainen's Lab". The professor is in the can dropped by the lab.

Blitz: Ignore pocket 1, head straight for the lab in pocket 2. You may prefer to kill the Stasis Towers first.

Toward a Solution (3 of 7)

Mission type: Courier (0.1m3)

The Unveiling (4 of 7)

Faction: Rogue Drones
Mission Type: Encounter
Space Type: Deadspace
Damage dealt: All kinds (48% Expl, 25% Kin, 24% Therm 3% EM)
Recommended Damage Dealing: EM
Recommended: Drake

Single Pocket

Warp In

3x Drone Light Missile Battery
1x Supreme Alvus Parasite ("Delainen-ROM Symbiote"), which drops mission loot.

Wave 1

(Spawns almost immediately)
2x Drone Battlecruiser (Enforcer Alvatis)
2x Drone Cruiser (Strain Viral Infector Alvum)
10x Drone Frigate (Splinter Alvi/Render Alvi/Infester Alvi)

Wave 2

(When the Drone Battleship's shields drop)
2x Drone Cruisers (Annihilator Alvum)
2x Drone Destroyers (Shredder Alvior)
2x Drone Elite Frigates (Strain Sunder Alvi)

Wave 3

(When the Drone Battleship dies, or is near death)
2x Drone Cruiser (Devastator Alvum/Annihilator Alvum)
2x Drone Frigate (Silverfish Alvi/Devilfish Alvi)

Wave 4

(When the Light Missile Batteries are attacked)
3x Drone Destroyers (Shredder Alvior)
3x Drone Cruisers (Viral Infector Alvum)

Wave 5

(When a Missile Battery is destroyed)
1x Drone Destroyer (Marauder Alvior)

Wave 6

(When Wave 4 is destroyed)
3x Drone Cruisers (Viral Infector Alvum)

If you shoot the Drone Bunker right away, you get lots of drone spawns in short succession (new spawn every 3-5seconds). In total there were about 30-45 drones and I had to warp out once at the beginning.

Smartbombing works great with many close-range drones.

Blitz: Kill the Battleship and get the Elite Drone AI from the can it drops and take to your agent. Watch out for drone aggro.

An Unexpected Twist (5 of 7)

Faction: Rogue Drones
Mission Type: Encounter
Space Type: Deadspace
Damage dealt: All kinds (54% Expl, 22% Kin, 19% Therm, 5% EM)
Recommended Damage Dealing: EM
Extras: Neutralizer Towers and Stasis Towers
Web/scramble: Strain Drones
Recommended ships: Drake, any other passive ship

The BS Drone (has different names) drops the can you need with the "Hive Mind CPU".

Warp In

3x Drone Energy Neutralizer Sentry I (> 240km range, including falloff) Energy Neutralizer
3x Drone Light Missile Battery
2x Drone Stasis Battery Stasis Webifier
2x Tower Sentry Drone I

Wave 1

(After just a few seconds)
4x Drone Destroyer (Shredder Alvior)
4x Drone Frigate (Silverfish Alvi)

Wave 2

(When you attack a tower)
2x Drone Frigate (Render Alvi)

Wave 3

(When you attack a different tower)
2x Drone Battlecruiser (Crippler Alvatis)
3x Drone Frigate (Raider Alvi)

Wave 4

(When you attack a different tower)
4x Drone Cruiser (Wrecker Alvum/Viral Infector Alvum)
3x Drone Destroyer (Predator Alvior)

Wave 5

(After a preset amount of time)
1x Drone Battleship (Supreme Alvus Parasite) Mission Objective
3x Drone Elite Frigate (Strain Sunder Alvi) Warp Scrambler
2x Drone Frigate (Raider Alvi)

Wave 6

(When you attack a different tower)
4x Drone Cruiser (Annihilator Alvum)
1x Drone Elite Frigate (Strain Splinter Alvi) Warp Scrambler

Wave 7

(When the BS loses shields)
2x Drone Battlecruiser (Enforcer Alvatis)
2x Drone Cruiser (Disintegrator Alvum)

After few minutes, the Battleship Drone will spawn (Alvus Ruler, Supreme Alvus Parasite, possibly others). It has high damage, even at 50km, so be careful. As you shoot the BS, another group of drones (Wave 7) will spawn.

Blitz: Go in passive tanked, ignore all sentries and neut towers. While waiting for the BS, kill off the first spawn. Wait for the BS to come out of the range of the stasis towers (you won't have cap to tractor the loot can), then go for it, pick up the can, finito.

Alternative Blitz: Go in passive tanked, but kill the Stasis Towers early. There's plenty of time to take care of the triggered Strain spawn before the BS drone with the mission loot spawns, and this way you can attack it earlier (while still closer to the structures).

Tip:

Smartbombs are a good idea again.

It is best to go for passive tanking and leave the towers alone, as they spawn a cloud of angry drones.

If you are active tanked, then: primary the energy neutralizers, kill the strain drones after the neutralizers (scramblers), and then the Violator Drones as they do the most damage.

Take one tower down at a time, as each one triggers a spawn of its own. (Actually, the towers don't really spawn them... but anyway, watch out.)

Kill any drones that target you, and then the BS.

New drone spawns don't always aggro, and can be ignored.

Blitz: Go straight for the BS, ignore everything else. DPS is a bit heavier than in Part 5.

CategoryCleanup - need a general cleanup.

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