State Research Data Node

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See Shipcaster Shadow War for details.

The State Research Data Node is a data site that can be scanned down for the Shipcaster Shadow War.

Scanning down the site

The site appears as a data site and is found in factional warfare systems controlled by the appropriate faction and also in high security space of specific constellations.

Faction Additional High-Security Constellations
State Research Data Node Aokinen, Minnen
Republic Research Data Node Tiat, Ani
Imperial Research Data Node Kisana, Ryra
Federation Research Data Node Kiartanne

Only T1 and Navy Faction frigates can enter these sites. Asteros are unable to enter, same goes for any Covert Ops Frigate.

Entering the site

Icon warning.png WARNING: Upon entry you will be given a suspect timer, meaning you are a viable target for attack by other players.
Icon warning.png WARNING 2: These NPC rats will warp scramble you, web you, neut you, and warp disrupt you. If you are undertanked, you will die.
Icon warning.png WARNING 3: Upon entry a beacon will be placed in the site, making it possible to warp to the site without scanning it down. While killing the rats you are in a lot of danger and should watch D-Scan rigorously.


Inside the site there will also be a number of frigate NPCs spawning. 5 groups of 5 frigate NPCs will spawn in waves while running the site. The groups will contain a number of Crow Mercenaries and Cheetah Mercenaries.

Crow Mercenary 
These ones warp disrupt and try to keep range, but a regular afterburner should be able to catch up to them
Cheetah Mercenary 
These come in close range and do considerable damage with webs, warp scramble, and neuts.

Site contents

Site will contain about 10 data nodes that can be hacked.

Data site containers Difficulty
(Faction) State Research Info Shard (?) Very easy
(Faction) State Research Com Tower Easy
(Faction) State Research Mainframe Medium
(Faction) State Research Databank Hard

I have not found a State Research Info Shard yet in my exploration. --Calus Valmont (14 March 2023)

Loot from the site

Loot found in a single site so far (13:59, 14 March 2023 (UTC)) has been:

  • Transport Relay Datacore Blueprint (1 found)
  • Calm Electrical Filament (1 found)
  • Calm Firestorm Filament (1 found)
  • Datacore - Gallentean Starship Engineering (1 found)
  • Covert Research Tools (10 found)
  • Transport Research Data Fragment (89 found)
  • Transport Relay Research Index File (4 found)
  • Process Decryptor (1 found)