Down the Chain
Rattlesnake
Guristas Pirates signature battleship: Rattlesnake

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 No Quarter in EVE Online?

The No Quarter spawns in high-sec, low-sec and null-sec. How you find it: escalation only — cannot be scanned down.

What spawns in the No Quarter?

The No Quarter has 9 waves and about 234 NPCs: 62 battleships, 3 battlecruisers, 40 cruisers, 3 destroyers, 31 frigates and 25 sentry towers. Killing the trigger ship spawns the next wave; the triggers are Guristas Control Tower, Dread Guristas Conquistador/Destroyer, Dread Guristas Massacrer and Guristas Annihilation Missile Battery and others.

Does the No Quarter escalate?

The No Quarter is itself an escalation from Gurista Provincial HQ.

What does the No Quarter drop?

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

Access C Single-source / unverified

Ship restrictions
Unverified

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 — Passive ships and structures 3 ships
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2 Spy Drone F
1 Teinei Kuma C
60 Pressure Silo
Second location — Structures 1 ship
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1 Guristas Control Tower TRIGGER
Second location — Initial defenders 6 ships
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1-2 Dire Pithi Despoiler/Saboteur F
11 Dire Pithum Abolisher/Eraser/Inferno/Mortifier C
9 Pith Usurper/Massacrer BS
0-1 Dread Guristas Conquistador/Destroyer may contain Dread Guristas faction modules or an implant; wreck may produce Tech 2 salvage TRIGGER BS
6 Guristas Tower Sentries Sentry
2 Guristas Stasis Tower Sentry
Third location — Initial defenders 7 ships
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5 Dire Pithum Nullifier/Murderer C
3 Pithatis Revolter/Death Dealer BC
10 Pith Conquistador/Destroyer/Usurper/Massacrer BS
0-1 Dread Guristas Massacrer may contain Dread Guristas faction modules or an implant; wreck may produce T2 salvage TRIGGER BS
2 Siege Railgun Sentry Sentry
2 Guristas Stasis Tower Sentry
1 Guristas Annihilation Missile Battery TRIGGER Sentry
Third location — Reinforcement wave 3 ships
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6 Dire Pithi Arrogator/Imputor/Invader/Infiltrator F
3 Pithior Supremacist/Terrorist D
10 Pith Usurper/Massacrer BS
Fourth location — Structures 1 ship
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1 Guristas War Installation TRIGGER
Fourth location — Initial defenders 8 ships
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3 Pithi Wrecker/... F
7 Dire Pithi... F
3 Pithum Inferno/... C
5 Dire Pithum Annihilator/... C
17 Pith Destroyer/... BS
5 Siege Railgun Sentry Sentry
5 Siege Blaster Sentry Sentry
2 Guristas Stasis Tower Sentry
Fourth location — Guristas War Installation attacked 4 ships
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4 Dire Pithi... F
10 Pithum Abolisher/... C
5 Dire Pithum Inferno/... C
15 Pith Extinguisher/... BS
Fourth location — Overseer wave (Guristas War Installation 55% structure) 3 ships
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8 Spider Drone II
8 Inzi Kika Disciple F
1 Terrorist Overlord Inzi Kika Wreck may contain Pith X-Type or Dread Guristas Battleship modules and may include a rare Rattlesnake BPC BS

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: Gurista Provincial HQ

Sources

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