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Blacklight Surge FAQ

General information

Hunt down Blacklight aliens and compete with other players and clans to get special rewards during DarkOrbit’s Blacklight Surge event.

During the event, the aim is to kill the Blacklight Aliens and to receive points. At the end of the event, rewards are given out based on the event ranking of the players and the clans.

You want to gain even more points for Blacklight Alien kills? Use the company map point bonus and receive double points when killing Blacklight NPCs on your own company map:

MMO in 1-BL and 1-8
EIC in 2-BL and 2-8
VRU in 3-BL and 3-8​

The Blacklight Aliens Impulse II, Attend IX and Purpose XXI are spawning with a higher rate on the maps.

The event rewards will be given out according to the highest final scoring of the players and clans at the end of the event.

Additionally, some Blacklight Aliens will give Progression points for each kill – those Progression points are part of the reward package that you’ll get when killing the NPC. These points can be accumulated for prizes via the progress system in the client.

*Important: This time it’s not possible to reset the Progression point system once it’s completed!


Special ammunition

For the duration of the event, A-BL ammunition will deal x8 damage (standard damage is x4) to the following Blacklight Aliens: Purpose XXI, Impulse II, and Attend IX.


Blacklight Surge Aliens
Some event NPCs are giving points for the event score as well as progression points for the Progression points system.

Points and Progression points for each kill

Purpose XXI
Points in own map: 2
Points in Enemy map: 1
Progression points reward: 15

Impulse II
Points in own map: 4
Points in Enemy map: 2
Progression points reward: 20

Attend IX
Points in own map: 8
Points in Enemy map: 4
Progression points reward: 74

Invoke XVI
Points in own map: 20
Points in Enemy map: 10
Progression points reward: 168

Mindfire Behemoth
Points in own map: 50
Points in Enemy map: 25
Progression points reward: 1,650


New Rocket and Laser ammunition
Rocket (Special ammunition): SR-5

When a players uses this ammunition, he is slowed by 25% for 3 seconds after being fired. The ammunition deals 80,000 base damage to the enemies shield and the player absorbs 50% of the damage dealt to the enemy shield. So this effects both players and NPC:

Range: 525
Hit chance: 100%
Cooldown: 4 minutes (not effected by cooldown boosters)
Sell price: 250 credits​

Laser ammunition: IDB-125

When using this laser ammunition, it has a starting damage of x1. With each successful hit, the damage increases by 1.25 with a limit at x6. If the player hasn’t shot the IDB-125 laser ammunition for 3 seconds, the damage resets back to x1.
This damage accumulation only effects PvP fights. When attacking an NPC with this ammunition, the laser deals x1 unchanging damage.

Sell price: 12 credits​

New Ship Designs

There are 5 new ship designs called “Tyrannos” coming together with the event:
-Cyborg Tyrannos

-Mimesis Tyrannos

-Hammerclaw Tyrannos

-Hecate Tyrannos

-Tyrannos Centurion


*Each of these designs has a special kill streak effect as well as a brand new kill counter effect.

Kill Streak Effect

The Kill Streak Effect activates after 15 kills without dying or logging out. The effect lasts 15 minutes. If a player activates the Kill Streak Effect, has running it for 5 minutes and gets their 16th kill in a row, then the timer for the effect will be reset to 15 minutes. In case the player dies or logs out while the Kill Streak Effect is activated, then the effect is removed.

Please note: There’s no visible timer that shows the duration of the effect. The Kill Streak Effect is only visual and doesn’t have any further impact.

Kill Counter Effect

When a player gets a kill with one of these ship designs, they will see a short popup text informing them how many kills they have got in these ship designs. The text will appear just above the player’s ship and be visible to everyone.


Recipes in Assembly

During the event, the following booster is available:

RM-B00 – Available in Assembly(can be built multiple times)
Cost: 15,000 UCB-100
Effect: +5-% Progression Points
Time: 2h

Blacklight Seprom – Available in Assembly(can be built multiple times)
There’s also an adjustment of the resources for the Blacklight Seprom Recipe, like the following:
Cost: 10,000 Uridium
1,250 Rinust
250 Blacklight Trace


Progression points
Progression points can be collected from destroying the event NPCs. You can exchange them into items according to the table below:

Progression Points	Reward
3,250	100 SR-5 Rockets
6,700	35,000 Seprom
33,000	5 Days DMG-DBL booster 5 Days SHD-DBL booster
135,000	30,000 IDB-125 Laser Ammunition
295,000	Tyrannos Centurion Design 2 weeks Premium

*The Progression points cannot be reset during this event!


Ranking Rewards

The event ranking will be created according to the amount of Blacklight Alien kills. The rewards will be given out according to the final event ranking. The players can see their score during the event in the event window. The final scoring will be displayed after the event end and it can be found in the Hall of Fame, Event Ranking section.

The rewards will be given out based on the user and clan scores at the end of the event. If there are players and clans with the same amount of points, they are put in the same position and are receiving the same prize

Player Ranking Rewards

Rank	Reward
1.	New title: Primary Regulator of Blacklight Tyrannos Cyborg Tyrannos Hammerclaw Tyrannos Mimesis Tyrannos Hecate 3 months Premium 200,000 UCB-100 25 booty keys 75,000 Uridium 100 EMP-01 14 days DMG-DLB 14 days SHD-DLB
2.	2 months Premium 150,000 UCB-100 15 booty keys 50 EMP-01 35,000 Uridium 10 days DMG-DLB 10 days SHD-DLB
3.	1 month Premium 135,000 UCB-100 10 booty keys 25 EMP-01 20,000 Uridium 7 days DMG-DLB 7 days SHD-DLB
4.-10.	120,000 UCB-100 10 booty keys 8 EMP-01 10,000 Uridium 3 days DMG-DLB 3 days SHD-DLB
11.-30.	100,000 UCB-100 10 booty keys 6 EMP-01 5,000 Uridium
31.-50.	50,000 UCB-100 [I][I][I][I][I][COLOR=#ff99cc]5 booty keys[/COLOR][/I][/I][/I][/I][/I] [I][I][I][I][I][COLOR=#ff99cc]4 EMP-01[/COLOR][/I][/I][/I][/I][/I] [I][I][I][I][I][COLOR=#ff99cc]2,000 Uridium[/COLOR][/I][/I][/I][/I][/I]
51.-100.	30,000 UCB-100 3 booty keys 2 EMP-01 2,000 Uridium

Clan Ranking Rewards

Rank	Rewards for each clan member
1.	New title: The Defiant 20 EMP-01 2 months Premium
2.	10 EMP-01 1 months Premium
3.	5 EMP-01 1 month Premium

Event Quests
There are daily event quests that can be accomplished when the player level is 17+

Day 0
Influx
Kill 15 Impulse II
Kill 5 Purpose XXI

Spoiler: points

15,000,000 Experience
250,000 Honor
25,000 UCB-100
100 Scrap
1 Blacklight Cipher

Day 1
Data Extraction
Kill 25 Impulse II

Spoiler: points

15,000,000 Experience
250,000 Honor
5,000 Uridium
10,000 RSB-75

Day 2
Reconstruction
Kill 3 Attend IX
Kill 8 Impulse II

Spoiler: Points

15,000,000 Experience
250,000 Honor
35,000 UCB-100
5,000 RSB-75

Day 3
Mole Detection
Kill 5 Players

Spoiler: Points

15,000,000 Experience
250,000 Honor
5,000 Uridium
15,000 A-BL

Day 4
Surveillance
Stay on own X-BL map for 1 hour

Spoiler: Points

15,000,000 Experience
250,000 Honor
35,000 A-BL
50 Scrap

Day 5
Assault
Deal 75,000,000 damage

Inside X-BL map.​

Spoiler: Points

15,000,000 Experience
250,000 Honor
10,000 RSB-75
2 Blacklight Cipher

Day 6
Pain in the Hull
Receive 2,000,000 damage

Inside X-BL map
Do not die.​

Spoiler: Points

15,000,000 Experience
250,000 Honor
10,000 Uridium
10,000 UCB-100
10,000 RSB-75

Day 7
Reaasembly
Kill 10 Attend IX

Spoiler: Points

15,000,000 Experience
250,000 Honor
15,000 Uridium
100 Scrap

Day 8
Internal Inspection
Kill 10 Players

Spoiler: Points

15,000,000 Experience
250,000 Honor
25,000 UCB-100
15,000 A-BL

Day 9
Hard Times
Kill 3 Invoke XVI
Kill 30 Impulse II

Spoiler: Points

15,000,000 Experience
250,000 Honor
25,000 A-BL
3 Blacklight Cipher