The Nuclear Small Arms Project
Angel CartelAn 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 Nuclear Small Arms Project in EVE Online?
The Nuclear Small Arms Project spawns in high-sec, low-sec and null-sec. How you find it: escalation only — cannot be scanned down.
What spawns in the Nuclear Small Arms Project?
The Nuclear Small Arms Project has 9 waves and about 104 NPCs: 27 battlecruisers, 22 cruisers, 24 destroyers, 12 frigates, 1 industrial and 18 sentry towers. Killing the trigger ship spawns the next wave; the triggers are Domination Raider, Gistum Heavy Missile Battery, Broken-Down Mammoth and Domination Impaler and others.
Does the Nuclear Small Arms Project escalate?
The Nuclear Small Arms Project is itself an escalation from Angel Watch.
What does the Nuclear Small Arms Project 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.
1st location — Initial defenders 5 ships
| Qty | NPC | Hull |
|---|---|---|
| 0-1 | Domination Raider Can drop faction modules, BPCs or implants TRIGGER | F |
| 2 | Gistum Centurion/Phalanx | C |
| 1 | Gistatis Legionnaire/Primus | BC |
| 4 | Gistum Heavy Missile Battery TRIGGER | Sentry |
| 1 | Angel Stasis Tower | Sentry |
1st location — Battery wave (x4) 2 ships
| Qty | NPC | Hull |
|---|---|---|
| 3-4 | Gistior Defacer/... | D |
| 3-4 | Gistum Centurion/Phalanx | C |
2nd location — Initial ship 1 ship
| Qty | NPC | Hull |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Broken-Down Mammoth TRIGGER | Ind |
2nd location — Wave 1 (warps off) 2 ships
| Qty | NPC | Hull |
|---|---|---|
| 5 | Angel Repair Drone (Elite Repair Drone) | C |
| 2 | Angel Drone Controller (Gistatis Praefectus/Tribuni) | BC |
2nd location — Wave 2 3 ships
| Qty | NPC | Hull |
|---|---|---|
| 0-1 | Domination Impaler Can drop faction modules, BPCs or implants TRIGGER | F |
| 2 | Gistior Seizer/Trasher | D |
| 5 | Gistatis Praefectus/Primus/Tribuni/Legionnaire | BC |
3rd location — Initial defenders (225 km) 4 ships
| Qty | NPC | Hull |
|---|---|---|
| 8-10 | Arch Gistii Nomad/Ruffian | F |
| 0-1 | Domination Haunter Can drop faction modules, BPCs or implants TRIGGER | D |
| 8 | Gistum Breaker/Defeater | C |
| 6 | Angel Sentry (Tower Sentry Angel II) | Sentry |
3rd location — Additional ship (warps off) 1 ship
| Qty | NPC | Hull |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Angel Drone Controller (Gistatis Legionnaire/Primus) | BC |
4th location — Initial defenders 4 ships
| Qty | NPC | Hull |
|---|---|---|
| 15 | Gistior Defacer | D |
| 15 | Gistatis Praefectus/Tribuni | BC |
| 6 | Gistum Light Missile Battery | Sentry |
| 1 | Secret Angel Facility may contain Gistii A-Type Modules and Frigate (Dramiel) BPC. Also contains commodities named "Compact Nuclear Small Arms" TRIGGER | Sentry |
4th location — Reinforcement wave 4 ships
| Qty | NPC | Hull |
|---|---|---|
| 4 | Arch Gistii Nomad/Ruffian | F |
| 4 | Gistior Seizer/Trasher | D |
| 4 | Gistum Liquidator/Marauder | C |
| 3 | Gistatis Primus/Legionnaire/Legatus/Tribunus | BC |
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 Watch
Sources
- EVE University wiki: Combat site C Single-source / unverified retrieved 2026-08-19
- EVE University wiki: The Nuclear Small Arms Project C Single-source / unverified retrieved 2026-08-26
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