The Controller Raid

RAID	HIGH LEVEL CONTENT

Overview

Sector	Blackbeard's Wake
Nav	Destroyed Drone Fabrication Plant
Trigger Type	Mob
Trigger	Scavenger Drone ZX1
Respawn	48 hours
Notable Drops	The Controller's Central Core/Dragons Dread Mail Elite Mk. IX Emerald Devastator Heart of the Dragon Obsolete Drone Booster Drone Energy Amplifier Drone Shield Amplifier Drone Controller Shield PROM
Recommended Characters	~12-18
Recommended Ammo	Jenquai (Energy) Progen (Chemical) Terran (Chemical)
Bosses	4
Waves	5
Total Enemies	~34

This raid is triggered by killing the CL40 Scavenger Drone ZX1 at nav Destroyed Drone Fabrication Plant, Blackbeard's Wake, Smuggler's Run. The trigger is on a 40-49 hour spawn timer from the previous death of The Controller (the final boss in this raid).

Tips

Setup

Projectile and Missile users should bring Chemical unless you can debuff the type you bring.
Beam users should bring Energy. Tradesmen (and especially Seekers) should have Manticore or other devices for energy debuff.
Plasma Beams or Plasma Ammo will heal the bosses but can deal damage after Chimaera's Debuff.
As always with raids it is best to have PW flying the formations.
Good idea to bring TT/JS combo in each group so healing won't be interrupted from lack of energy.
Usually works best with 2 if not 3 groups. One group handles the boss and one or two groups killing the other enemies.

Bosses

Fabricator 9 will spawn with a wave of ?? enemies.
Precursor Alpha will spawn with a wave of six enemies.
- If a JD summons Precursor Alpha it does a giant AoE attack for 50-75k damage to everyone!
Obsolete Model V will spawn with a wave of five enemies.
- When fighting the Model V boss it is wise to have the PW sit a little distance away and tank but have TE move in to hack once the additional enemies are killed.
The Controller will spawn with a wave of seven enemies and at 3 million hull it will spawn another wave of six more.

Drops

(Unless otherwise noted in parenthesis all Equipment below is assumed to be Tradable, not Unique, and not Manufacturable.)

Projectile Launchers

Dragon's Fang (L9 No Trade, PW & PP Only, Manufactured, Unique; 149.60 DPS; 3% Projectile Damage, Projectile Range 46%; Plasma/Impact/Chemical Damage)(The Controller)
Claw of the Dragon (L8) (Precursor Alpha)

Missile Launchers

Dragon's Rage (L9 No Trade, TE Only, Manufactured, Unique; 157.68 DPS; 3% Missile Damage, Missile Range 36%; Plasma/Chemical/Explosive/EMP Damage)(The Controller)
Dragon's Spite (L8 Manufactured, Unique; 100.11 DPS; 33% Missile Turbo, 30 Explosive Deflect; Plasma/Chemical/Explosive/EMP Damage)(Fabricator 9)

Beams

Emerald Devastator (L9 No Trade, JD Only, Manufactured, Unique; 130 DPS; 3% Beam Damage, Beam Range 71%; Plasma Damage)(The Controller)
Fangs of the Dragon (L8 PW Only, Manufactured, Unique; 69 DPS; 30 Psi Resist; Energy Damage)(Precursor Alpha)

Shields

Diamond Scale (L9 Manufactured; 100k Cap/746.82 Recharge; 77% Beam Range, 30 Energy/Impact Deflect)
The Controller's Central Core (Not tradeable) (used in the mission Insane in the Mainframe which rewards the Dragons Dread Mail Elite Mk. IX shield (AKA The Skull Shield)).(The Controller)
- Dragon Dread Mail Elite Mk. VIII
- Dragons Dread Mail Elite Mk. IX

Reactors

Heart of the Dragon (L9 Manufactured; 5710 Cap/80.87 Recharge; 30.0 Psionic Resist)(Precursor Alpha)
Obsolete Power Core (L8 Unique; Hull Patch 2.3, Prospect 3.67, Missile Friction 10%)(Obsolete Model V)

Engines

Feasting Wing (L8 Manufactured; 3.75 Warp; 223 Thrust; 4.2k Signature; Turn Rate 50%)
Obsolete Drone Booster (L8 Unique; 4.25 Warp; 172 Thrust; 6k Signature; Shield Inversion 8.2 Seconds, Warp Charge 45%, Projectile Friction 10%)(Obsolete Model V)

Devices

Drone Energy Amplifier (L9 JE Only; 10% Turbo (Activated - No Party), Reactor Cap 23% (Activated - No Party) )(Fabricator 9)
Drone Shield Amplifier (L9 PS Only; Shield Capacity +8% (Activated), Equipment Damage Control Reactor & Shields 75%)(Fabricator 9)
Blood of the Dragon (L8 Jenquai Only, Unique, Manufactured; Recharge Reactor 30% (Activated), Recharge Reactor 6.2)(Precursor Alpha)
Deadly Grasp (L9 PS Only, Unique; Repulsor Field 4.33, Gravity Link 4.83)(Fabricator 9)
Drone Controller Shield PROM (L8 Unique; Build Shields Skill .49)(Fabricator 9)
Obsolete Controller ROM (L9 Unique; Recharge Shields 3.93, Beam Friction 10%, Equipment Engineering 70%)(Obsolete Model V)
Chimaera's Dire Vex (L8 Jenquai Only, Manufactured; Weaken Plasma (Activated), 63% Beam Range)
Salamander's Dread Tempest (L9 Manufactured; Weaken Explosive (Activated), 180 Thrust, 35 EMP Deflect, Ship Signature 30%)
Basilisk's Dire Torrent (L8 Progen Only, Manufactured; Weaken Chemical (Activated), 42% Projectile Range)
Gorgon's Dread Glare (L9 Terran Only, Manufactured; Weaken Impact (Activated), 36% Missile Range, 40% Missile Energy Conservation, 10% Ship Mass)
Harpy's Dread Gorge (L9 Manufactured; Fast Tractor Beam 164%, 3.15k Scan Boost, 180 Thrust, Reactor Recharge -10%)
Roc's Dread Zeal (L9 Manufactured; Long Tractor Beam 79%, Scan Boost 3150, 180 Thrust, Slow Beams 10%)
Satyr's Dread Derangement (L9 Terran Only, Manufactured; 40% Beam Energy Conservation, Beam Accuracy 2.79, 46% Reduced Turn Rate (Activated), -10 Energy Deflect)
Shatter Novem (L9 PW Only, Manufactured; Combat Trace 3.33, Shield Inversion 5.4 Seconds, Stop Reactor For 64 Seconds (Activated), 20% Shield Damage Magnification)

Misc Items Of Note

Deep Terminal Override v9.0
Terminal Override v9.0
Terminal Override v9.2
Mah-jongg Tile IX (can be used to obtain RD faction points at Mercury Station, Glory's Orbit).

Ammo

Other Items

Bosses

Fabricator 9

CL65 2,695,789 Shields 1,985,940 Hull

Precursor Alpha

3,498,598 Shields, 2,395,215 Hull

Obsolete Model V

CL65 3,895,789 Shields, 2,485,940 Hull

The Controller (Final Boss)

CL66 6,420,000 Shield, 5,780,000 Hull - Spawns wave of mobs at half hull

The Controller's Central Core (needed for the mission Insane in the Mainframe, which gives the Skull Shield as a reward).
Emerald Devastator
Dragon's Fang
Dragon's Rage