Balancing the Books (10 of 10)

Objectives:

• Acquire Goods:
  • Caldari: 5,000 x Scourge Rocket (25.0m³)
  • Amarr: (50) x Infared S
  • Minmatar: (5,000) x EMP S
  • Gallente: 5,000 x Antimatter Charge S
• Drop off Location (Agent’s Station)

Thanks go to: Skorpys (Gallente objective)

Overview:

The purpose of the final mission in the Balancing thew Books business arc of EVE Online wraps up the series by introducing you to applied manufacturing. Your agent will provide you with a Blue Print Copy (BPC), which, when used along with the proper minerals needed, is utilized in the manufacturing of various goods. In this case, you’ll be manufacturing different types of ammo, dependent on which race you are performing the mission for.

Although BPCs always have a limited number of “runs” or how many items they can be used to produce before being consumed, there will be far more runs on the BPC you are granted than is needed to produce the requested quantity of finished goods. Further details on the actual manufacturing process can be found in both the video and in-game tutorial.

If you are interested in getting this mission out of the way as soon as possible, remember that you can always acquire the ammo you need from the marketplace and use the BPC to produce more that you can resell later. Again, like with the other “acquire item” missions, you should sell them in the station where you did the mission since other players doing the chain will be looking for them. This also helps secure the substantial bonus Isk reward; even though you have a long time to claim it, waiting to manufacture the items takes awhile in itself, and you may want to travel elsewhere during that time.

Finally, being the last mission in the chain, this one presents you with the greatest rewards thus far. Beyond the BPC, which can be used to start a career in manufacturing and industry, you will be granted one of the the lowest level of tech I industrial ships (also dependent on the race whom you are doing the missions for). Besides being worth a nice chunk of money on their own, these ships are incredibly useful and designed for the hauling of batches of goods over long distances.

Rewards:

• 1 x Blueprint Copy (R: 200, ML: 5, PL: 2) (granted)
  • Caldari: Scourge Rocket BPC
  • Amarr: Infared S
  • Minmatar: EMP S
  • Gallente: Antimatter Charge S
• 1 x Racial Industrial Ship
  • Caldari: Badger
  • Amarr: Sigil
  • Minmatar: Wreathe
  • Gallente: Iteron
• 295,000 Isk bonus (6 hours)
• +4.2857% corporation standing
• +1.5% faction standing