Balancing the Books

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Balancing the Books
Mission level range:	1
Mission Type:	Tutorial
Possible enemies:	unknown
Steps:	10

One agent per race offers this set of missions. This mission series is geared towards characters who chose the path of trade, over industry or combat.

Agents offering this mission series

Dalofer Mattore (Minmatar Republic) from Pator Tech School (Advisory/Level 1/Quality 0/Tutorial)
Antogase Pandon (Gallente) from University of Caille (Advisory/Level 1/Quality 0/Tutorial)
Ochishi Veilai (Caldari State) from Science and Trade Institute (Advisory/Level 1/Quality 0/Tutorial)
Perak Shokal

"Balancing the Books"

Balancing the Books (1 of 10) - courier: Deliver some Data Sheets to a nearby station.; Reward: money; Time bonus: money

Balancing the Books (2 of 10) - encounter

Granted: Civilian Salvager

Gift From Aura: skillbooks: Social, Diplomacy

Find the 'civilian transport ship wreck' and use the salvager to retrieve a black box. Also, kill the enemies in the area.

Reward: mining frigate

Time bonus: money

Walkthrough:

Using the fitting menu in the station, replace the mining laser with the salvaging laser from your hangar.
Leave the station and warp to the system and destination (deadspace).
Use the acceleration gate to get to the next room.
Kill the pirate, then "attack" the transport ship wreck with the salvaging laser until it can be looted.
Return with the black box to the agent.

Balancing the Books (3 of 10) - mining and refining: Fly to the location, mine the only Veldspar asteroid, kill the pirate, return to the station, refine the Veldspar into Tritanium and speak to the agent.; Reward: skillbook: Salvaging; Time bonus: money

Balancing the Books (4 of 10) - encounter: Granted: Civilian Codebreaker; Gift from Aura: skillbooks: Negotiation, Contracting; Use the codebreaker to unlock a data storage device and retrieve the contents. Also destroy mearby enemy ships.; Reward: skillbook: Hacking; Time bonus: money

Balancing the Books (5 of 10) - courier: Granted: Overdrive Injector System I; Take the data chip from the previous mission to an associate.; Reward: Expanded Cargohold I; Time bonus: money

Balancing the Books (6 of 10) - trade: Granted: skillbook: Mass Production; Gift from Aura: skilbooks: Trade, Retail; Find and deliver a Tracking Computer I to the agent.; Reward: Miner I; Time bonus: money

Balancing the Books (7 of 10) - encounter: Granted: Civilian Analyzer; Destroy the pirate ships in the vicinity. Use the acceleration gates to find the ancient ship structure. Use the analyzer to analyze and loot it.; Fly out, dock, and repair if you need to.; Repackage and assemble your n00b frigate to get another civilian gatling gun to double your dps if you need to.; Reward: 1MN Afterburner I; Time bonus: money

Balancing the Books (8 of 10) - courier: Deliver a Central Data Core to a station.; Reward: 1 Limited Social Adaptation Chip; Time bonus: money

Balancing the Books (9 of 10) - trade: Granted: Expanded Cargohold I; Acquire and turn over 2 1MN Afterburner I units.; Reward: skillbook: Production Efficiency; Time bonus: money

Balancing the Books (10 of 10) - manufacturing, Important: Granted: blueprint copy: 200 units of ammo; Manufacture and deliver 50 units of ammo; You will need to mine and refine most of the minerals. You will also need to buy a small amount of rare mineral.; Manufacturing will finish in plenty of time to score the bonus if you only manufacture 50 units. Be sure to mine and buy the needed materials BEFORE accepting the mission.; Reward: an industrial ship; Time bonus: a good deal of money (on the scale of a starting character); Completing this mission results in a boost to the relevant racial faction (and corresponding derived faction changes based on how that faction is liked/disliked).; This mission directs you to Sister Alitura at Arnon for The Blood-Stained Stars Epic Mission Arc.