Ariad has a new mission (New as of 2/2004) with potentially great rewards. Mission overview: Talk to Ariad (in Paren Station, Kaliaasa) to pick up the mission and get the item recipes. 1/4 Build a Balm Injector (see below ingredients) 2/4 Travel to within 5k of the Mazzaroth Maelstrom (Tarsis sector, take a ride from a JE with the Endriago WH to get there). 3/4 Equip the Balm Injector, Activate it on the Mazarroth Maelstrom. 4/4 Return to Ariad for mission completion/reward. Reward is Sharim and Shahadem faction, and explore xp worth 2% of a level (8500 xp at EL50). Balm Injector Build Tree: Total qty Ingredient 1 1 Evolver Alloy Launch Tube (L5 component available at eg F7 vendor) 2 Hydrazine (Temporary, refined resource) 4 2 Nitrogen (gotta mine it -- IO or Inverness down (-22.6,32.45)) 8 4 Hydrogen (Rip from Ultra Boost(2) or Vortex Hydrogen Burst(2) or mine from same fields as the nitrogen) 2 Consummate Balm (Temporary, refined Resource) 4 2 Brood Oil (ostarae, maybe mining) 2 1 Grail Water (mine it -- a L9 hydrocarbon) 2 1 Chavez herbal remedy (lvl 20+ chavez in Glenn,Ragnarok) 1 Natural Extract (Temporary, refined Resource) 2 1 Glamour goo (hunt from dish critters at Nav Comm in Asteroid Belt Gamma ) 2 1 Chocolate (somerled trade good) 1 Roller Press (Lvl 1 Electronic Component, from Zeke Mission) 2 1 Mi Graphite Shell Casing (Lvl 1 Vendor Component) 6 3 Sand (L1 hydrocarbon, or rip from turbo2 hardshot warhead(2)) Note that some of the components are TEMPORARY. If you Crash to Desktop(CTD) or logout while holding them, they will disappear. I recommend not carrying them in temporary form and only building them at Tarsis before going to the maelstrom to inject if you are CTD prone or short of time.. I have been building four injectors at a time, and running with a JE who has the Endriago wh. Each injector run trip takes just 6 minutes with 5k warp. Then I make a stop by Somerled to stock up on Chocolate and make another batch of injectors. Repeat until dead of boredom. Nets about 8 canisters per hour of play. Once you do the mission you get a non-tradable canister. You may repeat this mission many times to get several canisters. Fortunately they are storable and can stack. Once you have many canisters you may turn them into the 'vendor' -- Councillor Rafa Ben Erela -- who is at the landing bay of Prasad station in Xipe Totec. Here is a list of some of the potential rewards: Canisters Cost Rewards 3 Lightning Strike 9 Ammo (990 dmg, 5.6krng, 312 mnv -- explo) (per 5) 2 Lightning Strike 6 Ammo (explo) (per 5) 1 Lightning Strike 3 Ammo (explo) (per 5) 25 Lightning Strike 9 ML (35.3% turbo, 1 rd/11.5 sec) 22 Lightning 8 ML 2rds (35.0% turbo) 19 Lightning 7 ML 1rd/7.8s (22.5% turbo) 16 Lightning 6 ML 1rd/12.6s (20.0% Turbo) 13 Lightning 5 ML 2/shot, (17.5% turbo) 10 Lightning 4 ML 1shot/7.9s (15.0% turbo) 7 Lightning 3 ML 12.5% turbo 25 Cutlass of the Valiant (27.5% turbo energy beam) 687/8.0sec 1.9k range 9 Override 9.2 (.4 build, 3% crit) 8 Override 8.2 (.5 build) 9 Controller 9.2 (.5 build) 8 Controller 8.2 (.4 / 3%) 40 Power Aplifier 9 ( Reactor Boost: +26% Capacity for 2520 sec) 25 Invisible Eye schematic 40 Type A ML shematic (7-9) 40 Tolerance Schematic 40 Intolerance Schematic 32 Laser Scope line Schematic (7,8) 15 Crossbow Line Schematic (levels 2-5) 25 Specialized Build Comp 9 (+.30 reactor build) 22 Specialized Build Comp v2.0 S9 (.3 shield build) 25 Specialized Build Comp v2.0 S8 (.27 shield build) 40 Superior Shield Amplification Apparatus ( +10k shield cap) (non/trade) Many of these items are NOT tradable. Some (notably the missile launchers, controllers, ammunition samples, and build computers) ARE!!! More details and discussion of the mission are available on these ebportal forums: http://www.ebportal.com/forum/topic/50/12315 http://www.ebportal.com/forum/topic/50/12075 (some notes) I hear Balm Injector supply kits going for 2M credits on market. For Damage Ince Guildmates, I have stocked up a goodly supply, and will supply those who want to come along on injector runs, for 500k per run. This includes the WH trips. This money goes into the guild fund.