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-====Entrance====
+=====Entrance=====
 Upon warping to the site, pilots will land in the first room, which contains one can, named the Hyperfluct Generator. The possibilities are below:
   * **CAN DIFFICULTY: 7/10 DATA** <wrap em>[RED HACK]</wrap>
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-====Logistic Depot====
+=====Logistic Depot=====
 After activating the Spatial Rift, pilots will land in the main area. Assuming no hostile players are present, there is no immediate danger.\\
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     * **FAILURE:** The Alarm Level may increment by 1 or trip.
-Obtain all three coordinates. Place those three Coordinates (there should be X, Y, and Z Coordinates) into the High Power Calibration Unit can nearby. To do this, get within 2500m of the container (it looks like a jetcan), "Open Cargo", and place the Coordinates from your ship's cargo hold into the container. A message will appear onscreen to indicate success.
+Obtain all three coordinates. Place those three Coordinates (there should be X, Y, and Z Coordinates) into the High Power Calibration Unit can nearby. To do this, get within 2500m of the container (it looks like a jetcan), "Open Cargo", and place the Coordinates from your ship's cargo hold into the container. A message will appear onscreen to indicate success.\\
 Go back to the mobile depot. Remove all unnecessary cloaks, probe launchers, unnecessary cargo, and travel-fit modules and pack them into the Mobile Depot itself. Refit into one of the fits specified above for running the back room with an afterburner.
-Once the ship has been refitted, head to the area to the right of warpin and approach the Spatial Rift.
+Once the ship has been refitted, head to the area to the right of warpin and approach the Spatial Rift.\\
-Icon warning.png	Warning: An active Microwarpdrive on a frigate can be fatal if a Sentry Tower secures a good hit. The frigate fits cannot absorb too many errant strikes: failure to keep moving and maintain good transversal velocity will likely be fatal.
-Back Room
+<WRAP center round alert 60%>
-Activate the Spatial Rift.[1]
+Warning: An active Microwarpdrive on a frigate can be fatal if a Sentry Tower secures a good hit. The frigate fits cannot absorb too many errant strikes: failure to keep moving and maintain good transversal velocity will likely be fatal.
-Immediately after landing, turn on the Afterburner and orbit the Remote Defense Grid Unit, which will be ahead of your ship, slightly to the left of landing. Lock up the furthest Sentry Tower, launch drones, and set that tower as their target. Hack it. (Speed Tip: Lock up the Sentry Tower further away and put your drones on it for now. If you don't have the skills for a T2 Data Analyzer, now is when you'll start regretting it. I know it's long train. But it's worth it.)
+</WRAP>
+----
+=====Back Room=====
+Activate the Spatial Rift.\\
+//Immediately// after landing, turn on the Afterburner and orbit the Remote Defense Grid Unit, which will be ahead of your ship, slightly to the left of landing. Lock up the furthest Sentry Tower, launch drones, and set that tower as their target. Hack it. (Speed Tip: Lock up the Sentry Tower further away and put your drones on it for now. If you don't have the skills for a T2 Data Analyzer, now is when you'll start regretting it. I know it's long train. But it's worth it.)\\
 Hack the Remote Defense Grid Unit:
-CAN DIFFICULTY: 8/10 [RED HACK]
+  * **CAN DIFFICULTY: 8/10** <wrap em>[RED HACK]</wrap>
-SUCCESS: The Sentry Gun to the left is deactivated, and one Sentry Gun in the Tractor Beam area is activated.
+    * **SUCCESS:** The Sentry Gun to the left is deactivated, and one Sentry Gun in the Tractor Beam area is activated.
-FAILURE: The Alarm Level for the site is raised by 1 for each failure, or the alarm may trip. Messages in Local will track the alarm's progress.
+    * **FAILURE:** The Alarm Level for the site is raised by 1 for each failure, or the alarm may trip. Messages in Local will track the alarm's progress.
-If the Alarm Level reaches Level 3, abort the hack and instead shoot all the Towers until they're destroyed. As shown below, you may elect to swap out for a DPS ship or call someone else to whack the Towers. Cruise missiles are not a good choice because of the 50m signature radius of the Towers. To be honest, the time spent reshipping is hardly worth it versus just using the same ship: although if a corpmate is bored, it'll give them something to do.
-If the Remote Defense Grid Unit was successfully hacked, start approaching the nearby Sentry Gun while maintaining transversal velocity. Do not approach it head-on: manually pilot towards it at an angle. The Sentry Towers in the site fire once every 15 seconds, and skilled pilots can overheat their hardeners to mitigate damage further.
+**If the Alarm Level reaches Level 3**, abort the hack and instead shoot all the Towers until they're destroyed. As shown below, you may elect to swap out for a DPS ship or call someone else to whack the Towers. Cruise missiles are not a good choice because of the 50m signature radius of the Towers. To be honest, the time spent reshipping is hardly worth it versus just using the same ship: although if a corpmate is bored, it'll give them something to do.\\
-Once within range for drones and weapons, engage the Sentry Tower. It can be orbited safely at 7500m or closer. It has very low tracking and the fire rate is very slow, but individual hits are very powerful.
+**If the Remote Defense Grid Unit was successfully hacked**, start approaching the nearby Sentry Gun while maintaining transversal velocity. Do not approach it head-on: manually pilot towards it at an angle. The Sentry Towers in the site fire once every 15 seconds, and skilled pilots can overheat their hardeners to mitigate damage further.\\
+Once within range for drones and weapons, engage the Sentry Tower. It can be orbited safely at 7500m or closer. It has very low tracking and the fire rate is very slow, but individual hits are very powerful.\\
 Once the Sentry Tower is down, which can take awhile (Sentry Towers have no shields, 40% armor resistances to all 4 damage types, and no resistances on structure), burn the Afterburner toward the middle area Restless Sentry Tower. Using the tactical overlay, head straight for the Tower until about 80km separates your ship from the Tower. Then begin spiraling in - if you do not spiral in, you will likely lose your ship. Shoot the Sentry Tower, which can be orbited at 2000m with the afterburner off to allow turrets to track more easily.
 Then head back to the main area where the Mobile Depot was dropped.
-A
-Beginning to spiral in
+----
-A
-Shooting middle Restless Sentry Tower
+=====Loot Collection=====
-A
+Refit for a Microwarpdrive and Relic Analyzer. Activate the nearby Rift again. Impenetrable Storage Depots should appear on the Overview. Approaching within approximately 10km of them will cause them to transform into either a Mangled, Dented, Pristine or Intact Storage Depot:
+  * **CAN DIFFICULTY: 5/10 to 9/10 RELIC** <wrap em>[YELLOW to RED HACKS]</wrap>
+    * **SUCCESS:** Loot may be collected normally.
+    * **FAILURE:** No penalty.
-Having successfully hacked the Defense Alarm Unit, must forcibly trip the alarm
+A cargo scanner can be helpful to identify which cans are worth looting. Generally, the Pristine and Intact Depots have a higher chance of having valuable items inside.\\
-A
-Now that there is no Sentry Tower near the rift, simply approach the Rift
+Once finished, warp out of the site, then warp back in. //Remember that if the Signature for the site has disappeared from the Probe Scanner window, the site will despawn in two minutes if you cloak up or warp out and fail to ensure that a ship is inside and active (not cloaked) inside the site to hold it open.// Pilots can also return to the entrance manually with the Microwarpdrive, but it takes less effort to just warp out and back in.
-Loot Collection
-Refit for a Microwarpdrive and Relic Analyzer. Activate the nearby Rift again. Impenetrable Storage Depots should appear on the Overview. Approaching within approximately 10km of them will cause them to transform into either a Mangled, Dented, Pristine or Intact Storage Depot:
-CAN DIFFICULTY: 5/10 to 9/10 RELIC [YELLOW to RED HACKS]
-SUCCESS: Loot may be collected normally.
-FAILURE: No penalty.
-A cargo scanner can be helpful to identify which cans are worth looting. Generally, the Pristine and Intact Depots have a higher chance of having valuable items inside.
-Once finished, warp out of the site, then warp back in. Remember that if the Signature for the site has disappeared from the Probe Scanner window, the site will despawn in two minutes if you cloak up or warp out and fail to ensure that a ship is inside and active (not cloaked) inside the site to hold it open. Pilots can also return to the entrance manually with the Microwarpdrive, but it takes less effort to just warp out and back in.
-Defense Alarm Unit
+----
-Back at the mobile depot, cargo scan the nearby containers: there's usually 2 Mangled and 1 Dented Storage Depot. The farther Mangled Storage Depot (at about 26km versus 10-14km for the other two relative to the warp-in beacon) is very important. Don't hack it yet.
-Hack the two closer Storage Depots.. Before hacking the farther one, fit both analyzers and a Microwarpdrive. See Ship Fittings above for fits.
+=====Defense Alarm Unit=====
+Back at the mobile depot, cargo scan the nearby containers: there's usually 2 Mangled and 1 Dented Storage Depot. <wrap em>The farther Mangled Storage Depot (at about 26km versus 10-14km for the other two relative to the warp-in beacon) is very important. Don't hack it yet.</wrap>
+Hack the two closer Storage Depots.. Before hacking the farther one, fit both analyzers and a Microwarpdrive.
+<WRAP center round info 60%>
 The warp-in beacon for the site is moved once the alarm has been tripped.
+</WRAP>
 Hack the "farther" Mangled Storage Depot:
-CAN DIFFICULTY: 6/10 RELIC [YELLOW HACK]
+  * **CAN DIFFICULTY: 6/10 RELIC** <wrap em>[YELLOW HACK]</wrap>
-SUCCESS: A Defense Alarm Unit can is spawned, and the can may be looted normally.
+    * **SUCCESS:** A Defense Alarm Unit can is spawned, and the can may be looted normally.
-FAILURE: No penalty.
+    * **FAILURE:** No penalty.
 Upon success, immediately loot the container, then quickly look for a Defense Alarm Unit can. The Defense Alarm Unit must be successfully hacked within 60 seconds or the alarm will trigger.
-CAN DIFFICULTY: 10/10 DATA [RED HACK]
+  * **CAN DIFFICULTY: 10/10 DATA** <wrap em>[RED HACK]</wrap>
-SUCCESS: The alarm is suppressed and a Pristine Storage Depot will spawn.
+    * **SUCCESS:** The alarm is suppressed and a Pristine Storage Depot will spawn.
-FAILURE: No penalty immediately, however the alarm is not suppressed. Do not attempt a second time. Sleeper Engineering Stations will spawn in each room area which do massive DPS once fully expanded.
+    * **FAILURE:** No penalty immediately, however the alarm is not suppressed. Do not attempt a second time. Sleeper Engineering Stations will spawn in each room area which do massive DPS once fully expanded.
-Icon warning.png	Do not spend too much time on the Defense Alarm Unit hack. Experienced hackers may be able to squeeze in a second attempt but those inexperienced with these high class hacks should not attempt a second try. The important thing is to save the ship first.
+<WRAP center round alert 60%>
+Do not spend too much time on the Defense Alarm Unit hack. Experienced hackers may be able to squeeze in a second attempt but those inexperienced with these high class hacks should not attempt a second try. The important thing is to save the ship first.
+</WRAP>
 This hack is very difficult. It's worth trying, but it can be hard even for experienced hackers. Don't spend too much time on the hack: just work quickly, and if it appears to be buried behind some impenetrable fortress of hostile nodes, simply abort and move on. It is much more important to leave within the time limit. Make sure to watch Local, as messages will relay the status of the alarm.
-A
-Engineering Stations spawned
+If the first hacking attempt fails, or you've taken too long (more than 25 seconds), immediately manually direct your ship straight upwards. Activate the Microwarpdrive (you may want to overheat). The goal is to get as far away from the area as possible—at least 100km by the time the Sleeper Engineering Stations spawn. A good benchmark is to be already at least 30km away burning the MWD when it says //"Elevated alarm. Guardians will deploy in 30 seconds to clear out area."//\\
-A
-Top view of fully deployed Stations
+Wait for the middle area Station to blow up. The detonation activates a rift which leads to the hidden room, as one Guardian Extermination Unit malfunctions, failing to expand its gas clouds to full size. If the Mangled Storage Depot hasn't been hacked yet, do that now.
-A
-Hidden Room generated
+----
-A
-Relocated site warpin (original is to the left and up a bit)
+=====Hidden Room=====
-If the first hacking attempt fails, or you've taken too long (more than 25 seconds), immediately manually direct your ship straight upwards. Activate the Microwarpdrive (you may want to overheat). The goal is to get as far away from the area as possible—at least 100km by the time the Sleeper Engineering Stations spawn. A good benchmark is to be already at least 30km away burning the MWD when it says "Elevated alarm. Guardians will deploy in 30 seconds to clear out area."
-Wait for the middle area Station to blow up. The detonation activates a rift which leads to the hidden room, as one Guardian Extermination Unit malfunctions, failing to expand its gas clouds to full size. If the Mangled Storage Depot hasn't been hacked yet, do that now.
-Hidden Room
 Burn to an area high above and between the two gas clouds. Avoid the lone Sentry Tower in the distance: approaching high and at a strong angle to the Rift is one way to avoid it. Activate the Rift when able.
 The warpin area is safe upon landing, but don't move immediately. If using the suggested Magnate fit, a cargo scanner will not be available to scan the cans.
-A
-Taking Rift to Hidden Room
-A
-Hidden Room, RDGU appeared (roughly 8km somewhere near the Beacon)
-A
-Working away inside
-A
-Cans exploding, timer up!
 Orbit the beacon at 7500m until a Remote Defense Grid Unit activates:
-CAN DIFFICULTY: 8/10 DATA [RED HACK]
+  * **CAN DIFFICULTY: 8/10 DATA** <wrap em>[RED HACK]</wrap>
-SUCCESS: Three Storage Depots will spawn. Shortly therafter, a Self-Destruct Reset container is generated, along with a fourth Storage Depot. A timer is set for the room to self-destruct all containers in 180 seconds (3 minutes).
+    * **SUCCESS:** Three Storage Depots will spawn. Shortly therafter, a Self-Destruct Reset container is generated, along with a fourth Storage Depot. A timer is set for the room to self-destruct all containers in 180 seconds (3 minutes).
-FAILURE: No penalty.
+    * **FAILURE:** No penalty.
 Immediately lock up all four loot cans. Quickly identify the one with the most valuable loot in it, either with a cargo scanner or by choosing an Intact or Pristine Depot at random:
-CAN DIFFICULTY: 6/10 - 8/10 RELIC [YELLOW / RED HACK]
+  * **CAN DIFFICULTY: 6/10 - 8/10 RELIC** <wrap em>[YELLOW / RED HACK]</wrap>
-SUCCESS: Loot may be collected normally.
+    * **SUCCESS:** Loot may be collected normally.
-FAILURE: No penalty.
+    * **FAILURE:** No penalty.
 Go ahead and hack it, loot it, then approach the Self-Destruct can. Hack it:
-CAN DIFFICULTY: 8/10 [RED HACK]
+  * **CAN DIFFICULTY: 8/10** <wrap em>[RED HACK]</wrap>
-SUCCESS: The count-down timer for the room is reset to 3 minutes.
+    * **SUCCESS:** The count-down timer for the room is reset to 3 minutes.
-FAILURE: The count-down timer is set to 60 seconds, in which case the containers will self-destruct unless a successful re-hack is completed within 60 seconds, in which case it will be set back to 3 minutes.
+    * **FAILURE:** The count-down timer is set to 60 seconds, in which case the containers will self-destruct unless a successful re-hack is completed within 60 seconds, in which case it will be set back to 3 minutes.
-The Self-Destruct can may only be hacked once, meaning the room timer can only be reset once. Make haste towards the other two cans identified as having valuable cargo. When the clock is up, the cans not hacked detonate like they normally do in a regular data/relic site, and the explosions do not deal any damage.
-Warp out of the site to a bounce point. If the Mobile Depot was left behind in the area where the toxic gas clouds are, wait for the site to despawn entirely, which it should do shortly (2-3 minutes).
-[show]The high speed, high risk approach
-The Tractor Beam Method
-Instead of putting the X, Y and Z Coordinates into the High Power Calibration Device, it is also possible to complete the site using the Low Power Calibration Device. Once the coordinates have been loaded into one can and calibrated the Spatial Rift, the Rift cannot be re-calibrated. Leave the Remote Defense Grid Unit near the warp-in area alone - it's necessary to forcibly trip the alarm for the hidden room.
+The Self-Destruct can may only be hacked once, meaning the room timer can only be reset once. Make haste towards the other two cans identified as having valuable cargo. When the clock is up, the cans not hacked detonate like they normally do in a regular data/relic site, and the explosions do not deal any damage.\\
-Icon warning.png	This approach exposes your vessel to long-range damage, which means that your transversal velocity relative to the distant Sentry Towers is low. Although the Sentry Towers may not aggress, frigates have a very hard time tanking the damage if they do.
-When the Rift has been calibrated using the Low Power can, the Rift will send ships over to the middle area near the tractor beam. Upon landing, there are several challenges:
-A hidden Sentry Tower will spawn and aggress. (Activation proximity roughly 15km.)
-Some of the Sentry Towers in the back room will also agress. Damage from the nearest Tower can be avoided, but the low effective angular velocity for the far Towers means ship will take damage from them.
-The nearby Remote Defense Grid Unit.
-The Tractor Beam "can".
-A
-Even the initial hack is fairly dangerous
+Warp out of the site to a bounce point. If the Mobile Depot was left behind in the area where the toxic gas clouds are, wait for the site to despawn entirely, which it should do shortly (2-3 minutes).\\
-A
-Tractor beam activated. Towers not aggressing, but they may!
+<WRAP center round info 60%>
-A
+The alternate approach for pilots who don't shoot the middle Restless Sentry Tower:
+Having refitted, burn with the Microwarpdrive until located directly above the rift, between the gas clouds. The Sentry Gun near the rift can alpha a frigate off the field. It deals lots of damage; it fires (like all the others here) once every 15 seconds; it does EM and Thermal damage; and you need to get to the rift as fast as possible. Burn with the Microwarpdrive until about 85km out, then turn it off. Continue to slowboat.
+Make sure you can see your combat log (make sure it shows misses and hits) carefully on your screen. Having the Combat Log window pulled up helps too. The Sentry Gun fires every 15 seconds, but a Microwarpdrive cycles once every 10 seconds. Set your Microwarpdrive to "Autorepeat: Off". Wait until the Sentry Gun fires (and hits, or misses) the first time, then immediately activate the MWD and let it cycle once. Then when it fires (and misses, or hits) again, then hit the MWD again for one cycle. Repeat this until within activation range of the rift.
+This strategy is very dangerous. Skilled pilots can overheat their active hardeners for the period just before the Sentry Gun fires, given that hardeners cycle faster than the sentry guns fire.
+</WRAP>
-Conducting initial hack, already sustained too much damage
-A
-Still hitting out to 230km!
+----
-A
-Shooting the nearby Tower isn't worth it, either
+=====The Tractor Beam Method=====
-A
+Instead of putting the X, Y and Z Coordinates into the High Power Calibration Device, it is also possible to complete the site using the Low Power Calibration Device. Once the coordinates have been loaded into one can and calibrated the Spatial Rift, the Rift cannot be re-calibrated. Leave the Remote Defense Grid Unit near the warp-in area alone - it's necessary to forcibly trip the alarm for the hidden room.
-Frigate problems...
+<WRAP center round alert 60%>
-A
+This approach exposes your vessel to long-range damage, which means that your transversal velocity relative to the distant Sentry Towers is low. Although the Sentry Towers may not aggress, frigates have a very hard time tanking the damage if they do.
+</WRAP>
-Containers tractored. Towers not aggressing, yet
-A
-Having succeeded in hacking the Defense Alarm Unit, must now forcibly trip Alarm
+When the Rift has been calibrated using the Low Power can, the Rift will send ships over to the middle area near the tractor beam. Upon landing, there are several challenges:
-A
+  - A hidden Sentry Tower will spawn and aggress. (Activation proximity roughly 15km.)
+  - Some of the Sentry Towers in the back room will also agress. Damage from the nearest Tower can be avoided, but the low effective angular velocity for the far Towers means ship will take damage from them.
+  - The nearby Remote Defense Grid Unit.
+  - The Tractor Beam "can".
-Taking Rift to Hidden Room
+This approach is not recommended for frigates, though an exploration cruiser such as a Stratios may be able to handle it better. By orbiting the nearby Remote Defense Grid Unit, ships won't take damage from the nearby Sentry Tower, but the distant ones hit hard. Pilots can bring a logistics buddy to tank the damage if they wish - at least 250 EHP/s is necessary to tank two Towers, provided that the target ship also has an oversized buffer fit.\\
-A
-Dual-rep Omen having a rough time
-This approach is not recommended for frigates, though an exploration cruiser such as a Stratios may be able to handle it better. By orbiting the nearby Remote Defense Grid Unit, ships won't take damage from the nearby Sentry Tower, but the distant ones hit hard. Pilots can bring a logistics buddy to tank the damage if they wish - at least 250 EHP/s is necessary to tank two Towers, provided that the target ship also has an oversized buffer fit.
 Quickly orbit the nearby Remote Defense Grid Unit. This hack must be completed quickly.
-CAN DIFFICULTY: 7/10 DATA [RED HACK]
+  * **CAN DIFFICULTY: 7/10 DATA** <wrap em>[RED HACK]</wrap>
-SUCCESS: The nearby Sentry Gun is deactivated.
+    * **SUCCESS:** The nearby Sentry Gun is deactivated.
-FAILURE: No penalty for failure.
+    * **FAILURE:** No penalty for failure.
 It may be necessary to warp out. If so, then warp back to the site, repair overloaded hardeners if needed, fix up, and go back again. Hack the Tractor Beam Unit. Doing so will pull all of the loot cans to an area just forward of the Tractor Beam. Assuming the Remote Defense Grid Unit near the Tractor Beam was successfully hacked, the Sentry Guns in the back room enclave should not aggress while looting the cans.
-CAN DIFFICULTY: 7/10 DATA [RED HACK]
+  * **CAN DIFFICULTY: 7/10 DATA** <wrap em>[RED HACK]</wrap>
-SUCCESS: The Tractor Beam will commence teleporting storage depots to the area nearby.
+    * **SUCCESS:** The Tractor Beam will commence teleporting storage depots to the area nearby.
-FAILURE: No penalty for failure.
+    * **FAILURE:** No penalty for failure.
 In the approach to the hidden room outlined earlier, ship are aggressed by one Sentry Tower on the approach. In this method, ships are aggressed by two, which makes this approach more dangerous than the first. Pilots will need to trigger the Sleeper Guardians to activate the hidden rift. There are two methods, as earlier:
-. Hack the farther Mangled Storage Depot, and successfully hack the Alarm Unit. If successful, go to the nearby Remote Defense Grid Unit which should not have been hacked earlier (as doing so provides no particular benefit for this method), and deliberately fail it repeatedly. To do this, simply activate the Data Analyzer on the can, wait a couple of seconds, then abort the hack by closing the hacking window. As before, be ready to move far away with a Microwarpdrive.
+  - Hack the farther Mangled Storage Depot, and successfully hack the Alarm Unit. If successful, go to the nearby Remote Defense Grid Unit which should not have been hacked earlier (as doing so provides no particular benefit for this method), and deliberately fail it repeatedly. To do this, simply activate the Data Analyzer on the can, wait a couple of seconds, then abort the hack by closing the hacking window. As before, be ready to move far away with a Microwarpdrive.
-Aggressing the Sleeper Enclave structure in the back area (which is probably extremely dangerous to approach considering the 3 Sentry Towers present there in this method) will trigger the alarm level directly to 5. Any hostile module works, like a web or turret, however drones will not.
+  - Aggressing the Sleeper Enclave structure in the back area (which is probably extremely dangerous to approach considering the 3 Sentry Towers present there in this method) will trigger the alarm level directly to 5. Any hostile module works, like a web or turret, however drones will not.
-. Failing the Alarm Unit hack. In this case, just burn out with the Microwarpdrive, and wait for things to develop.
+  - Failing the Alarm Unit hack. In this case, just burn out with the Microwarpdrive, and wait for things to develop.

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