Supply Drops in The Division 2

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""Supply drop detected." - ISAC"

Supply Drops are friendly Encounter missions in Tom Clancy's The Division 2. During these encounters, Division agents must defend three supply drop crates from a faction that wants to get the valuable supplies that are in the Supply Drops.

Overview
Supply Drops usually occur in areas of Washington, D.C. where the Control Points are all controlled by the Civilian Militia. After a supply drop site has been located and an agent is near the site, the following process will happen:
 * 1) The first wave of hostiles will already be present (all of which will be of Normal difficulty) as well as three flares scattered in various places; these flares indicate where the crates will fall.
 * 2) A V-22 Osprey will fly over the Supply Drop site, and will drop the crates.
 * 3) The crates will have their orange and white parachutes deploy. The parachutes will soon ignite and disintegrate, fully completing the drop.
 * 4) At this point, if an SHD agent has not engaged combat or arrived on site in time, hostiles will open and loot the crates. (In order for a supply drop to be counted as a success, at least one crate must be opened by an agent)

During Supply Drops, there will be seven to eight hostile waves, each wave consisting of five or six enemies. The first three waves are all Normal difficulty, but starting at the fourth wave, Veteran-difficulty enemies will start to appear.

The final waves will not happen until you open up one of the Supply Drops. (NOTE: It is highly recommended that agents open the supply drop that is the furthest to get to). After which, the final three or four waves of hostiles will occur. After agents neutralize them, they are free to open up the last two supply drops without any more interruptions.

Rewards
After successfully completing a Supply Drop Encounter, the rewards agents can get are: Although it should be noted that these rewards are granted should agents successfully open up all three Supply Caches. Rewards are reduced if one or two Caches have been opened up already by hostiles.
 * 3 - 6 Gear pieces and/or weapons (earned from opening the Supply Drop Crates)
 * 8310 EXP (on completion)
 * Control Point and Crafting Resources (on completion)
 * 1 - 2 Gear pieces and/or weapons (earned on completion)