Gurista Surveillance Squad
Guristas PiratesAn 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 Gurista Surveillance Squad in EVE Online?
The Gurista 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 Gurista Surveillance Squad?
The Gurista Surveillance Squad has 8 waves and about 100 NPCs: 26 battlecruisers, 32 cruisers, 13 destroyers and 28 frigates. Killing the trigger ship spawns the next wave; the triggers are Dread Guristas Annihilator, Gurista Security Outpost and Dread Guristas Inferno.
Does the Gurista Surveillance Squad escalate?
The Gurista Surveillance Squad is itself an escalation from Provisional Gurista Outpost.
What does the Gurista 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
- Not recorded
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.
First Location(lowsec) — Defenders at 10-20 km 3 ships
| Qty | NPC | Hull |
|---|---|---|
| 4 | Dire Pithi Wrecker/Destructor | F |
| 0-1 | Dread Guristas Annihilator Possible Dread Guristas faction modules/ammo, meta modules TRIGGER | C |
| 4 | Pithatis Executor | BC |
First Pocket — Defenders 3 ships
| Qty | NPC | Hull |
|---|---|---|
| 3 | Dire Pithum Inferno/Mortifier | C |
| 1 | Dread Guristas Killer May drop Guristas faction modules | C |
| 4 | Pithatis Enforcer/Executor | BC |
Second Pocket — Defenders(40-50 km) 6 ships
| Qty | NPC | Hull |
|---|---|---|
| 7-8 | Pithi Arrogator/Wrecker/Destructor/... | F |
| 5 | Dire Pithi Wrecker/Saboteur/... | F |
| 6 | Pithior Guerilla/Renegade | D |
| 9-10 | Pithum Silencer/Eraser | C |
| 3 | Dire Pithum Eraser/... | C |
| 3-4 | Pithatis Enforcer/... | BC |
Second Pocket — Structures 1 ship
| Qty | NPC | Hull |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gurista Security Outpost TRIGGER |
Third Location(lowsec) — Defenders at 0 km 4 ships
| Qty | NPC | Hull |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | Dire Pithi Arrogator/Imputor | F |
| 4 | Dire Pithum Annihilator/Killer | C |
| 1 | Dread Guristas Inferno may drop Dread Guristas faction modules and tags TRIGGER | C |
| 4 | Pithatis Assaulter/Death Dealer | BC |
Fourth Location(nullsec or lowsec, can vary) — Spawn wave(50% armor) 4 ships
| Qty | NPC | Hull |
|---|---|---|
| 3 | Dire Pithi Destructor/Wrecker | F |
| 3 | Pithum Abolisher/Eraser | C |
| 2 | Dire Pithum Inferno/Mortifier | C |
| 4 | Pithatis Assassin/Death Dealer | BC |
Fourth Location(nullsec or lowsec, can vary) — Spawn wave(25% armor) 4 ships
| Qty | NPC | Hull |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | Dire Pithi Arrogator/Imputor | F |
| 7-8 | Pithior Guerilla/Renegade | D |
| 3 | Dire Pithum Annihilator/Killer | C |
| 7-8 | Pithatis Death Dealer/Revolter | BC |
Fourth Location(nullsec or lowsec, can vary) — Commander wave 3 ships
| Qty | NPC | Hull |
|---|---|---|
| 5 | Guristas Kyoukan/Webifier | F |
| 1 | Dini Mator Pithum C-Type modules, T2 salvage and possibly a Gila BPC | C |
| 2 | Dire Pithum Mortifier | C |
Payout C Single-source / unverified
Faction/commander drops scale with the chain's depth; the fourth site carries the headline table.
Go deeper
Consequences Smonsequences (Expedition chain) Dread Guristas Fleet Staging Point 2 and 3 (Expedition chain) Gurista Productions Shipment (Expedition chain)
Escalations
Escalates from: Provisional Gurista Outpost
Sources
- EVE University wiki: Combat site C Single-source / unverified retrieved 2026-08-19
- EVE University wiki: Gurista Surveillance Squad C Single-source / unverified retrieved 2026-08-26
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