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Sansha Owned Station

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 Sansha Owned Station in EVE Online?

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

What spawns in the Sansha Owned Station?

The Sansha Owned Station has 7 waves and about 94 NPCs: 39 battleships, 10 battlecruisers, 11 cruisers, 4 destroyers, 20 frigates and 9 sentry towers. Killing the trigger ship spawns the next wave; the triggers are Starbase Stasis Tower and True Sansha's Behemoth.

Does the Sansha Owned Station escalate?

The Sansha Owned Station is itself an escalation from Minor Sansha Annex.

What does the Sansha Owned Station 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 — Reinforcement spawn 3 ships
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3 Centii Loyal Minion/Servant/... F
3 Centum Loyal Fiend/Hellhound C
6 Centus Beast Lord/Plague Lord BS
Second Location — Structures 1 ship
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1 Newly Constructed Acceleration Gate
First Pocket — Initial defenders 7 ships
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3 Starbase Tower Sentry (Tower Sentry Sansha II) Sentry
2 Starbase Stasis Tower TRIGGER Sentry
3-5 Starbase Drone Defender (Hunter/Silverfish Alvi) F
3-5 Starbase Drone Defender (Strain Render/Decimator Alvi) F
3-4 Starbase Drone Protector (Bomber/Disintegrator Alvum) C
4-5 Starbase Drone Protector (Defeater/Enforcer Alvatis) BC
3 Starbase Drone Guardian (Alvus Controller/Swarm Preserver Alvus) BS
First Pocket — Reinforcements 3 ships
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2 Starbase Drone Defender (Hunter Alvi) F
2-3 Starbase Drone Defender (Strain Raider/Hunter Alvi) F
5 Starbase Drone Guardian (Elite Drone Parasite) BS
Third Location — Initial defenders 5 ships
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2 Starbase Cruise Missile Battery Sentry
3 Centii Loyal Minion/Servant F
5 Centum Loyal Beast/Juggernaut/Execrator/Slaughterer C
0-1 True Sansha's Behemoth may drop True Sansha faction modules; wreck can produce Tech 2 salvage TRIGGER BC
9 Centus Dark Lord/Overlord/... BS
Third Location — Tower wave (triggered by attacking the Starbase Control Tower) 2 ships
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6 Centatis Phantasm/Specter BC
9 Centus Lord/Slave Lord/Dark Lord/... BS
Fourth Location — Defenders 4 ships
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2 Starbase Cruise Missile Battery Sentry
4 Centii Loyal Minion/Servant F
4 Centior Abomination/Horror D
7 Centus Dark Lord/Overlord BS

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: Minor Sansha Annex

Sources

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