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Guardian Angels Surveillance Squad

An expedition — a multi-part escalation chain (typically four sites) obtained by chance (~5%) from an unrated complex, tracked in The Agency. Each completed part has roughly a 50% chance to continue, usually toward lower-security space than where it began.

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Quick answers

Where is the Guardian Angels Surveillance Squad in EVE Online?

The Guardian Angels Surveillance Squad spawns in high-sec, low-sec and null-sec. How you find it: escalation only — cannot be scanned down.

What spawns in the Guardian Angels Surveillance Squad?

The Guardian Angels Surveillance Squad has 16 waves and about 164 NPCs: 30 battlecruisers, 50 cruisers, 39 destroyers, 35 frigates and 6 sentry towers. Killing the trigger ship spawns the next wave; the triggers are Shadow Serpentis Chief Spy/Agent, Serpentis Security Station, Shadow Serpentis and Jeroon.

Does the Guardian Angels Surveillance Squad escalate?

The Guardian Angels Surveillance Squad is itself an escalation from Provisional Serpentis Outpost.

What does the Guardian Angels Surveillance Squad drop?

Faction/commander drops scale with the chain's depth; the fourth site carries the headline table.

Access C Single-source / unverified

Ship restrictions
Unknown

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.

Warpin — Initial Defenders 3 ships
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3-4 Corelior Trooper/... D
0-1 Shadow Serpentis Chief Spy/Agent Faction drops TRIGGER C
3-4 Corelatis Squad/Wing Leader BC
Room 2 — Structures 1 ship
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1 Serpentis Security Station TRIGGER
Room 2 — Initial Defenders 3 ships
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1-2 Coreli Guardian Watchman/... F
3 Corelum Guardian Chief Safeguard/... C
2-3 Corelatis Wing Leader BC
Room 2 — Additional group (warps off) 5 ships
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10 coreli Guard/... F
3 coreli Guardian Guard/... F
5 Corelior Artillery/... D
7 Corelum Guardian Chief Scout/... C
3 Corelatis Wing/Squad Leader BC
Room 1 — Initial Defenders 4 ships
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4 Destroyer D
16 Cruiser C
0-1 Shadow Serpentis Can drop a faction module or implant TRIGGER C
4 Corelatis Squad/Wing Leader BC
Room 2 — Initial Defenders 3 ships
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16 Coreli Guardian Patroller F
3 Corelum Guardian Chief Defender/Infantry C
3 Corelatis Squad Leader BC
Room 2 — Structures 1 ship
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1 Serpentis Security Station TRIGGER
Room 2 — Structures 1 ship
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1 Serpentis Security Station TRIGGER
Room 2 — Initial Defenders 3 ships
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16 Corelior Canoneer/... D
3 Corelum Guardian Chief Defender/Infantry C
2 Corelatis Squad Leader BC
Fourth Location — Structures 1 ship
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1 Jeroon TRIGGER
Fourth Location — Wave #1 (timed, approx. 10s after warp in) 2 ships
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2-3 Corelior Trooper D
7 Corelum Chief Infantry/Sentinel C
Fourth Location — Wave #2 (first aggression wave) 1 ship
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6 Serpentis Heavy Missile Battery Sentry
Fourth Location — Wave #3 (50% armor wave) 4 ships
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0-3 Coreli Guardian Defender F
3-4 Corelum Chief Infantry/Protector/Sentinel C
3 Corelum Guardian Chief Guard/SafeGuard C
3-4 Corelatis Captain/Platoon Leader BC
Fourth Location — Wave #4 (25% armor wave) 2 ships
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6 Corelior Soldier/Infantry/Cannoneer/Atillery D
6 Corelatis Captain Sentry/High Captain BC
Fourth Location — Wave #5 (0% armor wave) 3 ships
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2-3 Coreli Guardian Defender F
3 Corelior Sentinel/Artillery/Cannoneer D
4 Corelum Guardian Chief Guard/SafeGuard C
Fourth Location — Wave #6 (structure death) 3 ships
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3-5 Guardian Veteran F
1 Marin Matola Can contain Corelum C-Type modules C
4 Corelatis Squad/Platoon Leader BC

Payout C Single-source / unverified

Faction/commander drops scale with the chain's depth; the fourth site carries the headline table.

Go deeper

Angel Kickbacks (Expedition chain) Booster R&D (Expedition chain) Colony Under Fire (Expedition chain)

Escalations

Escalates from: Provisional Serpentis Outpost

Sources

Last reviewed 2026-08-19 · game version: Cradle of War (Jun 2026). Spot an error? Corrections land fastest via the channel.