The Space Telescope, Level 3
Faction: Guristas
Mission type: Encounter
Space type: Deadspace
Damage dealt: Kin, Therm
Recommended damage dealing: Kin, Therm
Recommended ship classes: Battlecruiser, Battleship
Single pocket
- Four groups (ahead, up, left and right).
- Groups spawn 5 to 8 seconds after warp in
- Usually, all groups aggro a few moments after spawn
- If all groups aggro, be prepared to warp out if you do not have substantial tank.
Group 1 (50-60 km, Delayed Aggro)
2x Frigate (Demolisher)2x Cruiser (Eraser/Abolisher)
Group 2 (90-120 km, Delayed Aggro)
3x Cruiser (Ascriber/Silencer)2x Sentry Guns
Group 3 (90-100 km, Delayed Aggro)
1x Destroyer (Terrorist)1x Cruiser (Eraser)
2x Sentry Guns
Group 4 (80-90 km, Delayed Aggro)
2x Cruiser (Inferno/Mortifier)2x Sentry Guns
Blitz
Destroy telescope and warp out.Structures
Space Telescope: OBJECTIVE Several hundred Electronic Parts, Toxic WasteGuristas Bunker: Random Ammo
Hint
- The damage is pretty massive when you get the common, unlucky 'all aggro'.
CategoryLevel3
shield hp was at 83% when finished mission (with all aggroed on me)
easily done
The enemies in the pocket are the same, but upon warp-in I had maybe 5 seconds to acknowledge that everything was as described before -everything- in the pocket locked on to me and started firing.
My [active] tank isn't exactly amazing, but that many sentry guns blasting me along with the cruisers tore it up fairly quick. Just figure I should put a warning here for anyone expecting a walk in the park for this mission.
On warp in, I tried various ships on runs 2, 3, and 4. A frigate did not draw instant aggro after spawn. Everything above did... almost lost my cormy salvager. I can only assume its either VERY rare to not get full aggro, or its size dependent. Also, on warp out and back in, towers begin locking first, then everything locks after. Always full aggro on return unless the towers are down. When you DON'T have aggro, shooting the objective always draws full aggro.
Also, the damage is pretty bad until the towers are gone. With full aggro and towers still up, was overcoming a Raven running L shield boost + Amp + 2x IVU (all T2). Once the towers came down, the rest was cake... got down to 60% shield before I killed the towers (actually aligned in a L3 in a raven... sad). The dps with towers and full aggro was taking me down as fast as L3 AE bonus.