Nation on the Rise
Sansha's NationAn 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 Nation on the Rise in EVE Online?
The Nation on the Rise spawns in high-sec, low-sec and null-sec. How you find it: escalation only — cannot be scanned down.
What spawns in the Nation on the Rise?
The Nation on the Rise has 11 waves and about 579 NPCs: 1 battleship, 26 battlecruisers, 22 cruisers, 8 destroyers, 34 frigates and 13 sentry towers. Killing the trigger ship spawns the next wave; the triggers are Sansha Heavy Missile Battery (Proximity Trigger 60 km), True Sansha's Devourer, Repair Drone and Centus Colony General.
Does the Nation on the Rise escalate?
The Nation on the Rise is itself an escalation from Sansha Watch.
What does the Nation on the Rise 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.
Location 1 — Initial Defenders @ 100km 5 ships
| Qty | NPC | Hull |
|---|---|---|
| 6 | Sansha Heavy Missile Battery (Proximity Trigger 60 km) TRIGGER | Sentry |
| 4 | Centii Loyal Plague | F |
| 2 | Sansha's Scout | F |
| 0-1 | True Sansha's Manslayer/ Enslaver Meta modules, True Sansha ammo and True Sansha tags | F |
| 4 | Centatis Phantasm/Specter | BC |
Location 1 — 2nd Spawn 4 ships
| Qty | NPC | Hull |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | Centii Loyal Servant | F |
| 3 | Centum Mutilator | C |
| 4 | Centum Loyal Hellhound | C |
| 4 | Centatis Daemon | BC |
Location 1 — Structures 12 ships
| Qty | NPC | Hull |
|---|---|---|
| 8 | Frozen Corpse | |
| 1 | Sansha Control Outpost | |
| 1 | Sansha's Eye | |
| 1 | Sansha's Slave Camp | |
| 1 | Asteroid Deadspace Slave Colony | |
| 1 | Asteroid Construct | |
| 1 | Asteroid Installation | |
| 1 | Asteroid Prime Colony | |
| 6 | Storage Facility | |
| 9 | Sansha Wall | |
| 3 | Sansha Junction | |
| 4 | Ruins |
Location 2 — Initial defenders @ 185km 8 ships
| Qty | NPC | Hull |
|---|---|---|
| 0-5 | Sansha Tower Sentry III | Sentry |
| 1 | Sansha's Scout | F |
| 1 | Centii Loyal Scavenger | F |
| 2 | Centii Loyal Minion | F |
| 4 | Centii Loyal Servant | F |
| 1 | True Sansha's Manslayer Meta modules, True Sansha ammo and True Sansha tags | F |
| 3 | Centatis Specter | BC |
| 4 | Centatis Phantasm | BC |
Location 2 — Structures 15 ships
| Qty | NPC | Hull |
|---|---|---|
| 8 | Frozen Corpse | |
| 6 | Shield Generator | |
| 6 | Auxiliary Power Array | |
| 5 | Reactor Array | |
| 4 | Ruins | |
| 1 | Sansha Outpost | |
| 1 | Sansha's Eye | |
| 1 | Sansha Slave Camp | |
| 1 | Medium Refinery | |
| 1 | Asteroid Installation | |
| 1 | Asteroid Structure | |
| 1 | Asteroid Construct | |
| 1 | Asteroid Deadspace Slave Colony | |
| 1 | Asteroid Prime Colony | |
| 36 | Storage Facility |
Location 3 — Initial defenders @ 100km 6 ships
| Qty | NPC | Hull |
|---|---|---|
| 5 | Sansha's Scout | F |
| 3 | Centii Loyal Savage | F |
| 1 | True Sansha's Devourer TRIGGER | F |
| 4 | Centatis Specter | BC |
| 3 | Centatis Phantasm | BC |
| 0-5 | Sansha Tachyon Tower (250km Range) | Sentry |
Location 3 — Structures 5 ships
| Qty | NPC | Hull |
|---|---|---|
| 8 | Frozen Corpse | |
| 4 | Ruins | |
| 45 | Veldspar | |
| 30 | Plagioclase | |
| 30 | Pyroxeres |
Location (Low Security) — Initial defenders @ 20 to 60km 5 ships
| Qty | NPC | Hull |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sansha Stasis Tower | Sentry |
| 6 | Sansha Tower Sentry II | Sentry |
| 4 | Centior Devourer | D |
| 3 | Centum Fiend | C |
| 2 | Repair Drone TRIGGER | C |
Location (Low Security) — 2nd Wave 6 ships
| Qty | NPC | Hull |
|---|---|---|
| 4 | Sansha's Berserker/Demon | F |
| 3 | Centum Loyal Mutilator | C |
| 1 | Centum Loyal Slaughterer | C |
| 1 | Centum Loyal Torturer | C |
| 1 | Centum Loyal Execrator | C |
| 1 | Centus Colony General True Sansha and Centii A-Type modules TRIGGER | BS |
Location (Low Security) — 3rd Wave 4 ships
| Qty | NPC | Hull |
|---|---|---|
| 4 | Centii Loyal Savage/Slavehunter | F |
| 4 | Centior Misshape | D |
| 4 | Centum Fiend/Hellhound | C |
| 4 | Centatis Devil/Behemoth/Daemon | BC |
Location (Low Security) — Structures 9 ships
| Qty | NPC | Hull |
|---|---|---|
| 8 | Frozen Corpse | |
| 6 | Refining Outpost | |
| 5 | Repair Outpost | |
| 4 | Ruins | |
| 2 | Starbase Hangar | |
| 46 | Starbase Power Generator | |
| 36 | Sansha Wall | |
| 12 | Junction Asteroids | |
| 128 | Veldspar |
Payout C Single-source / unverified
Faction/commander drops scale with the chain's depth; the fourth site carries the headline table.
Go deeper
David V Goliath (Expedition chain) Drop (Expedition chain) Hidden Riches (Expedition chain)
Escalations
Escalates from: Sansha Watch
Sources
- EVE University wiki: Combat site C Single-source / unverified retrieved 2026-08-19
- EVE University wiki: Nation on the Rise C Single-source / unverified retrieved 2026-08-26
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