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Sansha's Nation signature battleship: Nightmare

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 True Power HQ in EVE Online?

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

What spawns in the True Power HQ?

The True Power HQ has 8 waves and about 58 NPCs: 9 battleships, 12 battlecruisers, 14 cruisers, 15 frigates and 6 sentry towers. Killing the trigger ship spawns the next wave; the triggers are Ripped Structure, True Sansha and Isiura Tuurento.

Does the True Power HQ escalate?

The True Power HQ is itself an escalation from Sansha Base.

What does the True Power HQ 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.

True Power HQ Part 1 — Structures 1 ship
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1 Ripped Structure TRIGGER
True Power HQ Part 1 — Initial defenders 3 ships
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3 Sansha Miner C
4 Centatis Behemoth / Devil BC
2 Centus Plague Lord /Beast Lord BS
True Power HQ Part 1 — Wave 1 2 ships
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3 Centatis ?? C
4 Centum Loyal Juggernaut / Slaughterer BC
True Power HQ Part 1 — Wave 2 2 ships
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8 Centii Loyal Manslayer / Butcher / Savage F
0-1 True Sansha True Sansha Battleship Modules TRIGGER BS
True Power HQ Part 1 — Ripped Structure Wave 2 ships
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1 Isiura Tuurento TRIGGER BS
2 Cruise Missile Battery Sentry
True Power HQ Part 2 — Structures 1 ship
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1 Major Assembly Array
True Power HQ Part 2 — Initial defenders 6 ships
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3 Various frigates F
4 Various Elite frigates F
3 Various cruisers C
3 Various battleships BS
1 Sansha Sentry Gun Sentry
3 Sansha Cruise Missile Battery Sentry
True Power HQ Part 2 — Major Assembly Array Wave 4 ships
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4-5 Various cruisers C
1 Suard Fish Centus C-Type Modules, True Sansha Battleship Modules, Nightmare BPC C
4-5 Centum Loyal Juggernaut / Slaughterer BC
3 Various battleships 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: Sansha Base

Sources

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