The Mordus Headhunters, Level 4

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Faction: Mordus
Mission type: Encounter
Space type: Deadspace
Damage dealt: Kinetic/ Thermal
Web/ scramble: Interceptor
Recommended damage dealing: Kinetic/ EM/ Explosive.
Recommended Close Range Projectile Ammo (-50% to 0%): T2, Fusion, EMP, Titanium Sabot. Avoid: Phased Plasma, Depleted Uranium
Recommended Long Range Projectile Ammo (+60% to +80%): T2, Carbonized Lead, Proton. Avoid: Nuclear
Recommended ships: CNR, Raven, Domi, Ishtar, Paladin, Megathron, Kronos, Sleipnir, Tengu.
Video: Cerberus, Rattlesnake, Nightmare, Vargur, Bastion Kronos

No Hostiles at initial gate.

Pocket 1

Aggro from Group 1 on warp-in. Up to 31 Ships total.

Solo - Group 2 may aggro when you attack Group 1.

Fleet - Group 2 will aggro Fleet Members attacking Group 1.

Group 1 (12- 30km, Beacon)

3- 5x Cruisers (Mordus Leopard/ Lion)
3- 4x Battleships (Mordus Phanti/ Gigamar/ Sequestor)

Group 2 (65- 90km, Minmatar Mining Station)

6x Frigates (Mordus Gladius/ Bounty Hunter)
5x Cruisers (Mordus Puma/ Lion)
1x Battleships (Mordus Sequestor)

Group 3 (76- 90km, Minmatar Trade Station Ruins)

6x Frigates (Mordus Katana/ Gladius/ Bounty Hunter)
4x Cruisers (Mordus Bobcat/ Lion)

Mineable Asteroids:

Lots of Plagioclase, Pyroxeres, and Veldspar in a nice belt about 40km long.

Pocket 2

4 Groups - Groups will not aggro until fired upon.

Group 1 (35km, Front)

8x Frigates (Mordus Sabre/ Katana)
2x Interceptors (Mordus Bounty Hunter) Web/ Scramble

Group 2 (60- 70km, Back Left)

5x Frigates (Mordus Gladius)
12x Cruisers (Mordus Cheetah/ Bobca/ Lion/ Puma)
5x Battleships (Mordus Sequestor/ Phanti/ Gigamar)

Group 3 (80- 100km, Back Right)

Killing this group triggers mission completion.

4x Frigates (Mordus Katana)
5x Cruisers (Mordus Leopard/ Lion)
3x Battleships (Mordus Sequestor/ Mammoth)

Group 4 (106- 121km, Back Center)

Group 4 will maintain lock once target painted or fired upon, but you must be within 40km of spawn location or the group will return to it.
This group can change lock after returning to spawn location.

7x Frigates (Mordus Katana/ Mordus Bounty Hunter)
8x Cruiser (Mordus Cheetah/ Mordus Katana)

Tip

Using Sentry drones within about 80km of a group causes the whole room to aggro. However, in each stage it's possible to position yourself so that you can happily take out at least the first group without aggro from the others (except as noted).

Optional Approach

For pilots using Abbadon, Apocalypse, and Paladins w/ Megapulse lasers there is a very safe way of doing this mission:

Get into weapons range of the Bounty Hunters around 55km with radio. Attack and kill both of them. This will aggro the entire room, once the attack starts then turn left and fly parallel with the incoming group.

Target priority should be Frigates, Cruisers and then Battleships once they reach 20- 25km. Light drones will make short work of the frigates .

Blitz

Pocket 1: Kill all ships.

Pocket 2: Kill group 3 (the group with the Mordus Mammoth) this will get you stage aggro. To avoid that, fly towards the right edge of the group and wait until the ships of group 3 start attacking your ship. Afterwards you can take down the ships without aggro from the rest in the room .

Loot and Bounty

Loot + salvage: ~17.4 mil
Bounty: ~10.6 Mil

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EVE-Survival : MordusHeadhunters4

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