Drifter Response & Recon Battleships (capital escalation)
Found in: C5C6 A ESI-derived / official Rykki's Drifter tab: the response fleet triggers on a capital in a C5/C6 site.
The capital-escalation payday: one Drifter battleship spawns if you damage the Decloaked Transmission Relay at the end of a C5/C6 combat site — but only if a capital ship was on grid before the second wave spawned AND stayed until the Drifter arrives. The Drifter has 3 warp-core stability and will make one warp-off attempt at 20% armor unless tackled with 4+ points. Listed orbit is 40 km but it actually holds 10–12 km.
Access A ESI-derived / official
- Found via
- Escalation inside C5/C6 combat sites — damage the Decloaked Transmission Relay that appears at the end
- Ship restrictions
- Not recorded
Payout A ESI-derived / official
Response Battleship: 300M blue loot · 1,600 DPS · 20-point scram, web, −200 GJ/s neut · ~2.35–4.12M EHP (shield 800k @49/49/49/20, armor 1.2M @0/50/50/50, hull 150k @0). Recon Battleship: 100M blue loot · 1,067 DPS · −100 GJ/s neut, same tank profile family. Numbers regenerate from live ESI via the maintained Rykki sheet.
Escalations
No escalations currently mapped. That is a statement about the Atlas, not the site. Mapping escalation chains is ongoing original research.
Sources
- Rykki's Guide 1.5 (Grubu-maintained, regenerates from live ESI) — Drifter/Avenger tabs A ESI-derived / official retrieved 2026-08-10
Last reviewed 2026-08-19 · game version: Cradle of War (Jun 2026). Spot an error? Corrections land fastest via the channel.