Covering your Tracks, level 4

Faction: Mercenaries
Mission type: Encounter
Space type: Normal, no gates.
Damage dealt: All kinds. Low exp.
Web/Scramble: Mercenary Wingmen
Recommended damage dealing: Kinetic (Therm would work on all rats but Ratah Niaga).
Recommended ships: CNR, Dominix, Drake.

Warp-in

Auto aggro at warp-in

3x Mercenary wingmen DPS: 24.90hp/s (EM: 9.62hp/s, Expl: 11.44hp/s, Kin: 3.85hp/s, Therm: 0hp/s) + piranha light missile
3x Mercenary commanders DPS: 56.40hp/s (EM: 22hp/s, Expl: 0hp/s, Kin: 6.90hp/s, Therm: 27.50hp/s) + Scourge heavy missile
2x Mercenary overlords DPS: 138hp/s (EM: 0hp/s, Expl: 0hp/s, Kin: 42hp/s, Therm: 96hp/s) + Scourge heavy missile
1x Named rat
2x sentry gun

Tip:

• Rata Niaga has an orbit distance of 250km. So kill him first. Then the two overlords.

Alternatives for the named rat:

• Rata Niaga DPS: 107.95hp/s (EM: 72.75hp/s, Expl: 0hp/s, Kin: 16hp/s, Therm: 19.20hp/s) + Paradise Precision Cruise Missile (Rof 8 seconds)
• Tauron. DPS: 200hp/s (EM: 60hp/s, Expl: 0hp/s, Kin: 28hp/s, Therm: 112hp/s) + Paradise Cruise Missile (Rof 10 seconds)
• Taisu Magdesh. DPS: 135hp/s (EM: 50hp/s, Expl: 65hp/s, Kin: 20hp/s, Therm: 0hp/s) + Devastator Cruise Missile (Rof 15 seconds)

The named boss has a small chance of dropping faction loot.

Abandoned Stargate have small amount of hp, dropping loot, but only 50 Metal Scraps.