Cash Flow for Capsuleers (5 of 10)

Objectives

“Meet up with the pirate at the repair outpost. Follow his instructions then report back to your agent.”

Enemies (Caldari)

• Group 1: 1 x Asan Ikkaa

Total Bounty: 7,875 Isk

Overview

Mission 5 in the Military career arc isn’t so much a combat mission as it is one that tries to introduce you to additional possibilities when it comes to performing missions—specifically, who you are doing them for. You won’t need anything special for this mission, so just grab the combat ship you have been using thus far and warp out to the encounter bookmark with it.

Once you arrive at the encounter, you will receive a prompt window from the pirate you are to meet up with. The message essentially explains how players, if they so choose, can work for the pirate factions as opposed to the empire ones—or do both, even, if they can manage their standings right. While pursuing pirate agents and completing their missions are often more profitable than their empire counterparts, you can only ever find these agents in low and null security systems, making just operating in the space they exist in to be dangerous and ill-advised early in the game.

For now, your only real task left here is to take out the pirate who orbits in space. Generally, this ship takes so long to respond to your attacks that it is entirely possible to kill it outright before it even fires upon you. All that’s left after is to collect your mission rewards.

Rewards:

• + 0.1257 % corporation standing
• 1 x Shield Management (skill book)
• 66,000 Isk bonus (1 hours, 8 mins)
• Resistance modules (depends on faction, granted)
  • Amarr: 1 x Civilian Photon Scattering Field
  • Caldari: 1 x Civilian Ballistic Deflection Field
  • Gallente: 1 x Civilian Heat Dissipation Field
  • Minmatar: 1 x Civilian Explosion Dampening Field