The Damsel In Distress, Level 4

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Faction: Mercenaries
Mission type: Encounter
Space type: Normal space (aka MWD works)
Damage dealt: All types. Therm(~63%), Kin(~24%), Exp(~6%), EM(~7%)
Web/scramble: Spider Drones web
Extras: NA
Recommended damage dealing: Therm (best all round), Kin (secondary)
Recommended ship class: Battleship
Video: Golem/Navy Apoc/Machariel

Note: Great mission for looting/salvaging (especially in a Marauder) if you sit still and tank the mostly close orbit NPC ships.

Single Pocket

Auto-aggro from Initial Group at warp-in.

It is recommended that you set your drones to passive to avoid hitting the trigger ship (Kruul) accidentally.
All spawns will appear near the Kruul's Pleasure Garden structures. They may target drones/fleets members.

Warning

Spawn 1 is triggered when Kruul is attacked. Make sure you save him for last. (Be careful if you have uber skills, if you insta-pop him you don't get the spawn. Use only a target painter without guns so you cause the spawn but don't damage him.)

Spawn 2 is triggered when Kruul's Pleasure Garden is damaged to ~25% armor remaining.

Spawn 3 is triggered when Kruul's Pleasure Garden is damaged to ~40% hull remaining.

The Damsel is in Kruul's Pleasure Garden located the farthest away from the warp in Beacon.

Don't waste your time on Kruul's Pleasure Garden closest to the warp-in Beacon. There is nothing in it.

WARNING: When you destroy Kruul's Pleasure Garden it will emit a blast with a radius of 30-40KM that inflicts 3000 Explosive Damage.

NOTE: BLOWING UP THE HUB WILL NOW KILL YOUR DRONES!!! (Incarna release)

Initial Group (Auto-aggro): (25-35km)

2x Frigates (Kruul's Henchmen)
4x Cruisers (Pleasure Hub Guardian - Mercenary Commander/Corporal) Scourge Heavy Missile
3x Battleships (Pleasure Hub Sentinel - Mercenary Overlord) Scourge Heavy Missile
1x Cruiser (Kruul) Trigger Havoc Heavy Missile

Spawn 1 (Auto-aggro):

Triggered when Kruul is attacked. 6x Battleships (Pleasure Hub Sentinel - Mercenary Overlord) Scourge Heavy Missile

Spawn 2 (Auto-aggro):

Triggered when Kruul's Pleasure Garden is damaged to ~25% armor remaining. 2x Spider Drone I Web
4x Cruisers (Pleasure Hub Guardian - Mercenary Corporal) Scourge Heavy Missile
4x Battleships (Pleasure Hub Sentinel - Mercenary Overlord) Scourge Heavy Missile

Spawn 3 (Auto-aggro):

Triggered when Kruul's Pleasure Garden is damaged to ~40% hull remaining.
5x Frigates (Seven Death Dealer)
3x Cruisers (Seven Assassin) Havoc Heavy Missile
1x Battleship (Zor) Cataclysm Cruise Missile (always drops a junk implant, but there is a chance for a second better implant to drop as well)

Tip

Spawn 1 can be prevented from appearing if you destroy Kruul's Casino before you begin your attack on Kruul.

Killing Kruul in one volley prevents him calling for help. - Did this tonight, one-shot Kruul, and I got the 6 BS ship spawn.

Mission is flagged completed after you have destroyed the Kruul's Pleasure Garden that holds the Damsel.

Most NPC ships will try to approach as close as possible (including battleships). Long range sniping is the best way to both tank battleships and deal considerable DPS.

Most spawns will aggro your drones.

Structures

Kruul's Casino drops NPC trade goods/passengers.

Blitz

Kill/ignore the cruisers/battleships from the initial group.

Either: Ignore Kruul completely -- OR: Destroy Kruul's Casino to prevent Spawn 1. After this, you can kill Kruul safely.

Destroy the Kruul's Pleasure Garden that is the furthest away from the warp in point and pickup the Damsel. Kill/ignore the remaining two spawns as they appear (beware very significant incoming dps).

Bounty

5 mil ISK (if all ships are killed)

Note

The Explosion Wave will NOT affect any NPC ships. But it will kill your drones, and damage your ships!

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