Terrorist Plot!
Guristas PiratesAn 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 Terrorist Plot! in EVE Online?
The Terrorist Plot! spawns in high-sec, low-sec and null-sec. How you find it: escalation only — cannot be scanned down.
What spawns in the Terrorist Plot!?
The Terrorist Plot! has 9 waves and about 83 NPCs: 31 battlecruisers, 12 cruisers, 14 destroyers, 19 frigates and 2 sentry towers. Killing the trigger ship spawns the next wave; the triggers are Dread Gurista Destructor, Guristas Relay Officer, Elite Stasis Drone and Stasis Drone and others.
Does the Terrorist Plot! escalate?
The Terrorist Plot! is itself an escalation from Guristas Watch.
What does the Terrorist Plot! drop?
Faction/commander drops scale with the chain's depth; the fourth site carries the headline table.
Access C Single-source / unverified
- Ship restrictions
- Not recorded
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.
Warp In — Initial defenders 3 ships
| Qty | NPC | Hull |
|---|---|---|
| 3-4 | Dire Pithi Demolisher/Destructor/Plunderer/Wrecker | F |
| 4 | Pithatis Assassin/Assaulter | BC |
| 1 | Dread Gurista Destructor Can drop a faction item,Implant BPC, drops faction ammo TRIGGER | F |
First Room — container 1 ship
| Qty | NPC | Hull |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Viral Stash 17x Data Sheets, 5x Viral Agents |
First Room — Single enemy 1 ship
| Qty | NPC | Hull |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Guristas Relay Officer TRIGGER | C |
Warp In — Initial defenders 6 ships
| Qty | NPC | Hull |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Elite Stasis Drone TRIGGER | |
| 1 | Stasis Drone TRIGGER | |
| 4 | Dire Pithi Demolisher/Destructor/Plunderer/Wrecker | F |
| 0-4 | Pithior Terrorist/Guerilla | D |
| 4 | Pithum Inferno/Mortifier | C |
| 3-4 | Pithatis Assassin/Assaulter | BC |
Warp In — Stasis drone reinforcements 3 ships
| Qty | NPC | Hull |
|---|---|---|
| 3 | Pithi Wrecker/Plunderer/Destructor/Demolisher | F |
| 4 | Pithior Supremacist/Terrorist/Anarchist/Nihilist | D |
| 6-7 | Pithatis Assassin/Assaulter | BC |
Warp In — Elite stasis drone reinforcements 3 ships
| Qty | NPC | Hull |
|---|---|---|
| 4 | Dire Pithi Despoiler/Saboteur | F |
| 0-1 | Pith Relay Commander (Dread Guristas Destructor/Demolisher) may contain Dread Guristas frigate modules or implant TRIGGER | F |
| 4 | Pithatis Revolter/Death Dealer | BC |
First Pocket — Spawn 2 ships
| Qty | NPC | Hull |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | Spider Drone II | |
| 4-5 | FIO Bomber Drone (Elite Repair Drone) | C |
Fourth Location — Initial defenders 4 ships
| Qty | NPC | Hull |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | Gallente Tower Sentry TRIGGER | Sentry |
| 5 | Federation Arcus/Matara | D |
| 3 | Elite Federation Calo/Bearcus | C |
| 7 | Federation Calo/Praktor Bearcus | BC |
Fourth Location — Reinforcement wave 4 ships
| Qty | NPC | Hull |
|---|---|---|
| 4 | Elite Federation Libertus/Manica | F |
| 4-7 | Federation Arcus/Pelekus | D |
| 1 | Dread Guristas Envoy May drop Pithi A-Type or Dread Guristas faction modules or a Worm BPC TRIGGER | D |
| 7 | Federation Calo/Praktor Bearcus | BC |
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: Guristas Watch
Sources
- EVE University wiki: Combat site C Single-source / unverified retrieved 2026-08-19
- EVE University wiki: Terrorist Plot! C Single-source / unverified retrieved 2026-08-26
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