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Angel Military Operations Complex

The Angel Military Operations Complex is a DED rated cosmic signature that can be scanned using Core Probes in Angel infested regions of Null Sec space. It may also be received as an escalation from an Angel Port anomaly.

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Quick answers

Where is the Angel Military Operations Complex in EVE Online?

The Angel Military Operations Complex spawns in null-sec. How you find it: cosmic signature (combat scanning) or escalation from a combat anomaly.

What spawns in the Angel Military Operations Complex?

The Angel Military Operations Complex has 13 waves and about 224 NPCs: 64 battleships, 66 battlecruisers, 3 cruisers, 79 destroyers and 1 sentry tower.

What should I tank and shoot in the Angel Military Operations Complex?

Angel Cartel deal Explosive (62%) / Kinetic (22%) damage and are weakest to Explosive / Kinetic; they use Target Painters.

Which ships can enter the Angel Military Operations Complex?

Ship restrictions for the Angel Military Operations Complex: Battleship class and T3 Cruiser.

Does the Angel Military Operations Complex escalate?

The Angel Military Operations Complex is itself an escalation from Angel Forsaken Den, Angel Forlorn Den and Angel Port.

What does the Angel Military Operations Complex drop?

Faction/deadspace module drops from the final commander. No structured drop-rate data banked yet.

Access B Community-corroborated

Ship restrictions
Battleship class and T3 Cruiser

Faction threat profile C Single-source / unverified

EWAR used
Target Painters

Faction-level profile, not site-specific. Tank their damage, shoot their weakness.

NPC roster C Single-source / unverified

Community-maintained wave list from the site's own wiki page — counts and triggers vary between spawns; treat as the shape, not gospel.

1st Pocket — Structures 2 ships
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1 Acceleration Gate
1 Container with Blast Marks
1st Pocket — Defending Fleet (40-80km) 3 ships
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10-14 Gistior Defacer/Defiler/Seizer/Trasher D
9 Gistatis Legatus/... BC
8-12 Gist Malakim/Nephilim/Throne BS
2nd Pocket — Structures 5 ships
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1 Ancient Acceleration Gate (Supply Depot)
1 Ancient Acceleration Gate Mark II(Tactical Operations Center)
1 Ancient Acceleration Gate Mark III(Watchpost)
1 Stargate Under Construction
1 Angel Cop Bunker
2nd Pocket — Defending Fleet (2.5-72km) 3 ships
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9-11 Gistior Defacer/... D
7-10 Gistatis Legatus/... BC
8-9 Gist Cherubim/... BS
3rd Pocket (Supply Depot) — Structures 1 ship
QtyNPCHull
1 Ancient Acceleration Gate
3rd Pocket (Supply Depot) — Defending Fleet 4 ships
QtyNPCHull
10 Gistior Defacer/... D
6-10 Gistatis Legatus/... BC
7-10 Gist Cherubim/... BS
1 The Stronghold General Possible Domination Battleship modules BS
3rd Pocket (Tactical Operations Center) — Structures 1 ship
QtyNPCHull
1 Acceleration Gate
3rd Pocket (Tactical Operations Center) — Defending Fleet (1-100km) 4 ships
QtyNPCHull
10 Gistior Defacer/... D
1 Control Headquarters Possible Domination Cruiser modules C
10 Gistatis Legatus/... BC
11 Gist Cherubim/... BS
3rd Pocket (Watchpost) — Structures 1 ship
QtyNPCHull
1 Ancient Acceleration Gate
3rd Pocket (Watchpost) — Defending Fleet 4 ships
QtyNPCHull
12 Gistior Defacer/... D
1 Security Coordinator Possible Domination Cruiser modules C
11 Gistatis Legatus/... BC
9 Gist Cherubim/... BS
4th Pocket — Structures 1 ship
QtyNPCHull
1 Acceleration Gate
4th Pocket — Defending Fleet (2-97km) 4 ships
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10-12 Gistior Defacer/... D
11-13 Gistatis Legatus/... BC
7 Gist Cherubim/... BS
1 Tritan -The Underground Overseer Possible Domination Battleship modules BS
5th Pocket — Defending Fleet (1-60km) 6 ships
QtyNPCHull
18-20 Gistior Defacer/Defiler/Seizer/Trasher D
1 Gistum Centurion C
12 Gistatis Legatus/... BC
11-12 Gist Cherubim/... BS
1 The Battlestation Admiral 20th Overseer Personal Effects, Possible Domination Battleship and/or Gist C-Type modules, rare possibility of a Macherial BPC BS
1 Angel Stasis Tower Sentry

Payout C Single-source / unverified

Faction/deadspace module drops from the final commander. No structured drop-rate data banked yet.

Go deeper

Angel Mineral Acquisition Outpost (DED 6/10) Cartel Prisoner Retention (DED 8/10) Angel's Red Light District (DED 5/10)

Escalations

Escalates from: Angel Forsaken Den · Angel Forlorn Den · Angel Port

Sources

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