Sansha Surveillance Squad
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.
Quick answersAccessNPC rosterPayoutGo deeperEscalationsSources
Quick answers
Where is the Sansha Surveillance Squad in EVE Online?
The Sansha Surveillance Squad spawns in high-sec, low-sec and null-sec. How you find it: escalation only — cannot be scanned down.
What spawns in the Sansha Surveillance Squad?
The Sansha Surveillance Squad has 9 waves and about 64 NPCs: 18 battlecruisers, 17 cruisers, 9 destroyers, 10 frigates and 6 sentry towers. Killing the trigger ship spawns the next wave; the triggers are Sansha Security Outpost and Kazah Durn.
Does the Sansha Surveillance Squad escalate?
The Sansha Surveillance Squad is itself an escalation from Provisional Sansha Outpost.
What does the Sansha Surveillance Squad 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 — Structures 1 ship
| Qty | NPC | Hull |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Newly Constructed Acceleration Gate |
First Pocket — Structures 1 ship
| Qty | NPC | Hull |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sansha Security Outpost TRIGGER |
Second Location — Structures 1 ship
| Qty | NPC | Hull |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Newly Constructed Acceleration Gate |
Third Location — Structures 1 ship
| Qty | NPC | Hull |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Newly Constructed Acceleration Gate |
Fourth Location — Wave 1 (triggered by approaching Jeroon) 2 ships
| Qty | NPC | Hull |
|---|---|---|
| 2-3 | Centior Abomination/Monster | D |
| 7 | Centum Fiend/Hellhound | C |
Fourth Location — Wave 2 (triggered by Jeroon aggression) 1 ship
| Qty | NPC | Hull |
|---|---|---|
| 6 | Sansha Heavy Missile Battery | Sentry |
Fourth Location — Wave 3 (Jeroon 50% armor) 5 ships
| Qty | NPC | Hull |
|---|---|---|
| 3-4 | Centii Loyal Butcher/Manslayer | F |
| 5 | Centior Abomination/Devourer | D |
| 4 | Centum Fiend/Mutilator/Torturer | C |
| 2 | Centum Loyal Execrator/Slaughterer | C |
| 10 | Centatis Devil/Behemoth/Daemon/Wraith/... | BC |
Fourth Location — Wave 4 (Jeroon structure damage) 4 ships
| Qty | NPC | Hull |
|---|---|---|
| 2-3 | Centii Loyal Minion/Servant | F |
| 2 | Centior Horror/Monster | D |
| 3 | Centum Loyal Execrator/Slaughterer | C |
| 4 | Centatis Behemoth/Daemon | BC |
Fourth Location — Overseer wave (Jeroon destruction) 3 ships
| Qty | NPC | Hull |
|---|---|---|
| 5 | Sansha's Berserker/Demon | F |
| 1 | Kazah Durn Centum C-Type modules and a possible Phantasm BPC TRIGGER | C |
| 4 | Centatis Specter/Wraith | BC |
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: Provisional Sansha Outpost
Sources
- EVE University wiki: Combat site C Single-source / unverified retrieved 2026-08-19
- EVE University wiki: Sansha Surveillance Squad C Single-source / unverified retrieved 2026-08-26
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