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Minor Sansha Annex

Unrated · difficulty rank 7Low SecuritySansha's Nation

Minor Sansha Annex is an Unrated Complex found by scanning in Low Security systems in Sansha infested space.

Quick answersAccessFaction threat profileNPC rosterPayoutGo deeperEscalationsSources

Quick answers

Where is the Minor Sansha Annex in EVE Online?

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

What spawns in the Minor Sansha Annex?

The Minor Sansha Annex has 5 waves and about 49 NPCs: 12 battleships, 5 battlecruisers, 6 cruisers, 1 destroyer, 6 frigates and 16 sentry towers. Killing the trigger ship spawns the next wave; the triggers are Acceleration Gate, True Sansha's Phantasm/Specter, Centus Militant Supervisor (Centus Dark Lord/Overlord) and Sansha Mind Control Tower.

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

Sansha's Nation deal EM (53%) / Thermal (47%) damage and are weakest to EM / Thermal; they use Tracking Disruptors.

Does the Minor Sansha Annex escalate?

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

What does the Minor Sansha 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
Tracking Disruptors

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 Pocket — Initial defenders (2 Groups, both ~30km from warp-in) 4 ships
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5-6 Centus Light Defense Battery Sentry
7-8 Centus Heavy Defense Battery Sentry
1-2 Centii Facility Patroller F
1-2 Centus Facility Patroller BS
First Pocket — Acceleration Gate proximity wave 4 ships
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1-2 Centior Abomination/Devourer D
1-2 Centum Loyal Beast/Juggernaut C
4-5 Centus Mutant Lord/Savage Lord BS
1 Centus Slave Commander (Centus Savage/Plague Lord) BS
First Pocket — Structures 1 ship
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1 Acceleration Gate TRIGGER
Second Pocket — Single defending fleet 9 ships
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4 Centus Heavy Missile Battery Normal ships Sentry
1-2 Centii Loyal Minion/Servant Normal ships F
1-2 Centii Loyal Savage/Slavehunter Normal ships F
5-9 Centatis Behemoth/Daemon Normal ships BC
0-1 True Sansha's Phantasm/Specter Normal ships; Possible True Sansha faction modules TRIGGER BC
5-8 Centus Lord/Slave Lord Normal ships BS
3 Supervisor's Wingman (Centii Loyal Minion/Servant) Supervisor wave F
5 Supervisor's Minion (Centum Loyal Mutilator/Torturer) Supervisor wave C
1 Centus Militant Supervisor (Centus Dark Lord/Overlord) Supervisor wave TRIGGER BS
Second Pocket — Structures 2 ships
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? Centus Bunker
1 Sansha Mind Control Tower TRIGGER

Payout C Single-source / unverified

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

Go deeper

Sansha Annex (Unrated · difficulty rank 8) Sansha Outpost (Unrated · difficulty rank 6) Provisional Sansha Outpost (Unrated · difficulty rank 5)

Escalations

  • Sansha Owned Station — ~5% chance on completion to open the Sansha 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.