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Moving Day

Expedition chainHigh SecurityLow SecurityNull SecurityRogue Drones

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 Moving Day in EVE Online?

The Moving Day spawns in high-sec, low-sec and null-sec. How you find it: escalation only — cannot be scanned down.

What spawns in the Moving Day?

The Moving Day has 14 waves and about 91 NPCs: 26 battlecruisers, 22 cruisers, 14 destroyers and 29 frigates. Killing the trigger ship spawns the next wave; the triggers are Strain Decimator Alvi, Sentient Viral Infector Alvum, Strain Silverfish/... Alvi and Siege/Exterminator Alvatis and others.

Does the Moving Day escalate?

The Moving Day is itself an escalation from Rogue Trial Yard.

What does the Moving Day 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.

First Location — Initial defenders 3 ships
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3-4 Devilfish/... Alvi F
3-4 Strain Decimator Alvi TRIGGER F
6 Violator Alvum C
First Location — Wave #2 4 ships
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2-5 Escort Drone C
1 Sentient Viral Infector Alvum drops drone components TRIGGER C
3-5 Escort Drone BC
1 Crippler Alvatis BC
Second Location — Initial defenders 2 ships
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2 Strain Silverfish/... Alvi TRIGGER F
2-3 Siege/Exterminator Alvatis TRIGGER BC
Second Location — Wave #2 2 ships
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4 Ripper/... Alvior D
4 Striker/Crippler Alvatis BC
Second Location — Wave #3 3 ships
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2 Strain Raider Alvi F
2 Siege/... Alvatis BC
1 Sentient Violator Alvum Drone components TRIGGER C
Second Location — Wave 4 2 ships
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3 Strain Bomber/... Alvum C
3 Enforcer/... Alvatis BC
Third Location — Initial defenders 2 ships
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2 Silverfish/Devilfish Alvi TRIGGER F
1 Sentient Viral Infector Alvum Sentient faction modules, drone components, 43-X Nexus Chip TRIGGER C
Third Location — Spawn 1, triggered by destroying commander from initial defenders 2 ships
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3 Strain Atomizer/Nuker Alvum C
3 Siege/Exterminator Alvatis BC
Third Location — Spawn 2 1 ship
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5 Splinter/Render Alvi F
Third Location — Spawn 3 2 ships
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3 Shredder/Predator/Dismantler Alvior TRIGGER D
3 Striker/Crippler Alvatis BC
Third Location — Spawn 4 2 ships
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2-3 Strain Silverfish/Devilfish/Barracuda Alvi F
3 Striker/Crippler Alvatis BC
Fourth Location — Initial defenders 5 ships
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0-1 Construction Drone F
1-2 Strain Devilfish/Silverfish Alvi F
3-4 Construction Drone F
2-3 Atomizer/Nuker Alvum TRIGGER C
2 Strain Violator/Viral Infector Alvum C
Fourth Location — Wave 2 3 ships
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2 Strain Hunter/Devilfish/Barracuda Alvi F
7 Shredder/Predator/Shatter/Ripper Alvior D
2-3 Crippler/Exterminator Alvatis BC
Fourth Location — Overseer wave 2 ships
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4 Sunder/Raider Alvi F
1 Hive Logistic Overseer drops C

Payout C Single-source / unverified

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

Go deeper

Hunting the Drudge Factory (Expedition chain) Loose Ends (Expedition chain) Mare Sargassum (Expedition chain)

Escalations

Escalates from: Rogue Trial Yard

Sources

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