Angel Cartel signature battleship: Machariel

Special Forces

Expedition chainHigh Security Low Security Null Security

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.

Quick answers Access NPC roster Payout Go deeper Escalations Sources

Quick answers

Where is the Special Forces in EVE Online?

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

What spawns in the Special Forces?

The Special Forces has 8 waves and about 220 NPCs: 65 battleships, 1 battlecruiser, 19 cruisers, 16 destroyers, 37 frigates and 16 sentry towers. Killing the trigger ship spawns the next wave; the triggers are Amarr Control Center, Domination Cherubim/Seraphim and Angel Military Outpost.

Does the Special Forces escalate?

The Special Forces is itself an escalation from Angel Provincial HQ.

What does the Special Forces 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 — Passive ships and structures 3 ships

Qty	NPC	Hull
2	Spy Drone
1	Kaerleiks Bjorn	C
60	Pressure Silo

Second Location — Structures 1 ship

Qty	NPC	Hull
1	Amarr Control Center TRIGGER

Third Location — Defending fleet 7 ships

Qty	NPC	Hull
2	Stasis Webification Battery (Angel Stasis Tower)	Sentry
2	Siege Autocannon Sentry	Sentry
10	Arch Gistii Hijacker/Rogue/Thug/...	F
8-9	Arch Gistum Centurion/Liquidator/Marauder/Phalanx	C
10-12	Gist Cherubim/Malakim/Seraphim/Throne	BS
0-1	Domination Cherubim/Seraphim wreck may contain Domination Battleship Modules and may produce Tech 2 Salvage TRIGGER	BS
1	Angel Military Outpost TRIGGER

Third Location — Outpost wave (triggered by attacking the Angel Military Outpost) 6 ships

Qty	NPC	Hull
8	Arch Gistii Hijacker/Rogue/Thug/... 100 km off one side of outpost	F
4	Arch Gistum Centurion/Liquidator/... 100 km off one side of outpost	C
12	Gist Cherubim/Seraphim/Malakim/... 100 km off one side of outpost	BS
8	Arch Gistii Hijacker/Rogue/Thug/... 100 km off opposite side of outpost	F
4	Arch Gistum Centurion/Liquidator/... 100 km off opposite side of outpost	C
12	Gist Cherubim/Seraphim/Malakim/... 100 km off opposite side of outpost	BS

Fourth Location — Initial defenders 6 ships

Qty	NPC	Hull
2	Stasis Webification Battery	Sentry
10	Siege Autocannon Sentry	Sentry
16	Gistior Defiler/Seizer/Trasher/Haunter	D
2	Arch Gistum Centurion/Phalanx	C
20	Gist Cherubim/Seraphim	BS
1	Angel Military Outpost TRIGGER

Fourth Location — Outpost wave 3 ships

Qty	NPC	Hull
?	Arch Gistii Rogue/Thug/Ruffian/Nomad/...	F
?	Gistatis Legatus/Tribunus/...	BC
10-15	Gist Cherubim/Seraphim/Malakim/...	BS

Fourth Location — Commander wave 2 ships

Qty	NPC	Hull
10	Arch Gistii Hijacker/Rogue/Outlaw/Thug	F
1	Einhas Malak wreck may contain Domination Battleship modules, Gist X-Type modules, and possibly a 1-run Machariel BPC, and can produce T2 Salvage	BS

Payout C Single-source / unverified

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

Go deeper

Angel Domination Fleet Staging Point 2 and 3 (Expedition chain) Angel Mineral Acquisition Outpost, 2nd Part (Expedition chain) Angel Owned Station (Expedition chain)

Escalations

Escalates from: Angel Provincial HQ

Sources

EVE University wiki: Combat site C Single-source / unverified retrieved 2026-08-19
EVE University wiki: Special Forces C Single-source / unverified retrieved 2026-08-26

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