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Minor Angel Annex

Unrated · difficulty rank 7Low SecurityAngel Cartel

Minor Angel Annex is an unrated Complex occupied by the Angel Cartel pirate faction. It can be found by probing in Lowsec. Its signal strength is 10%, making it moderately easy to scan down. The site is accessed through an acceleration gate. While a well fit battlecruiser can solo the first part, it would be difficult if not impossible to do so for the second part. This complex is unrated and is of a difficulty similar to a 5 or 6/10 DED Rated Complexes

Quick answersAccessFaction threat profileNPC rosterPayoutGo deeperEscalationsSources

Quick answers

Where is the Minor Angel Annex in EVE Online?

The Minor Angel Annex spawns in low-sec. How you find it: cosmic signature (combat scanning).

What spawns in the Minor Angel Annex?

The Minor Angel Annex has 12 waves and about 115 NPCs: 41 battleships, 8 battlecruisers, 21 cruisers, 15 destroyers, 17 frigates and 13 sentry towers. Killing the trigger ship spawns the next wave; the triggers are Gist Communication Officer, Arch Gistum Communications Officer and Gist Militant Supervisor.

What should I tank and shoot in the Minor Angel Annex?

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

Does the Minor Angel Annex escalate?

Completing the Minor Angel Annex can escalate to Angel Owned Station.

What does the Minor Angel Annex drop?

Commander spawns can drop faction modules; may escalate to an expedition. No structured drop data banked yet.

Access C Single-source / unverified

Ship restrictions
Unknown

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.

First room — Initial defenders 3 ships
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6 Gistior Haunter/... D
3 Gist General/War General BS
1 Gist Communication Officer TRIGGER BS
First room — Second wave 4 ships
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4 Arch Gistii Hunter/... F
3 Arch Gistum Liquidator C
2 Gist War Lord BS
1 Gist Communication Officer TRIGGER BS
First room — Second wave 4 ships
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4 Arch Gistii Hunter/... F
3 Arch Gistum Liquidator C
2 Gist War Lord BS
1 Gist Communication Officer TRIGGER BS
First room — Third wave 4 ships
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2 Gistior Thrasher D
3 Arch Gistum Liquidator C
1 Arch Gistum Communications Officer TRIGGER C
4 Gist General/Commander BS
First room — Fourth wave 3 ships
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1 Gistor Seizer D
1 Arch Gistum Communications Officer TRIGGER C
5 Gist War Lord BS
First room — Fifth wave 3 ships
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4 Arch Gistii Hunter/... F
4 Gist War Lord BS
1 Gist Militant Commanderd BS
Second room — Initial defenders 13 ships
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2 Gistior Trasher Group 1, 20 km from warpin D
1 Gist Saint Group 1, 20 km from warpin BS
2 Gistum Missile Battery Group 1, 20 km from warpin Sentry
2 Arch Gistii Outlaw Group 2, 50 km from warpin F
2 Arch Gistii Ruffian Group 2, 50 km from warpin F
2 Gistior Seizer Group 2, 50 km from warpin D
1 Gistum Centurion Group 2, 50 km from warpin C
2 Gist Warlord Group 2, 50 km from warpin BS
1 Gistum Heavy Missile Battery Group 2, 50 km from warpin Sentry
2 Gistum Missile Battery Group 2, 50 km from warpin Sentry
1 Arch Raider Group 3, 80 km from warpin F
1 Arch Gistum Marauder Group 3, 80 km from warpin C
1 Gistum Missile Battery Group 3, 80 km from warpin Sentry
Second room — Second wave 5 ships
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5 Arch Gistum Smasher/Marauder C
2 Gistatis Tribuni BC
3 Gist General/War General BS
2 Gistum Missile Battery Sentry
3 Gistum Heavy Missile Battery Sentry
Second room — Third wave 4 ships
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2? Gistior Trasher D
3? Arch Gistum C
9? Gist BS
0? Gistum Sentry
Second room — Fourth wave 2 ships
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? Gist Saint BS
2? Gistum Sentry
Second room — Supervisor wave 2 ships
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6 Gistum Supervisor's Protector BC
1 Gist Militant Supervisor TRIGGER BS
Second room — Commander wave 1 ship
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0-1 Domination Can drop faction module, implant or BPC. BC

Payout C Single-source / unverified

Commander spawns can drop faction modules; may escalate to an expedition. No structured drop data banked yet.

Go deeper

Angel Annex (Unrated · difficulty rank 8) Angel Outpost (Unrated · difficulty rank 6) Angel Base (Unrated · difficulty rank 9)

Escalations

  • Angel Owned Station — ~5% chance on completion to open the Angel Owned Station expedition (multi-part chain via The Agency) C Single-source / unverified

Sources

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