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

WARNING: Upon entry you will be given a suspect timer, meaning you are a viable target for attack by other players.

WARNING 2: These NPC rats will warp scramble you, web you, neut you, and warp disrupt you. If you are undertanked, you will die.

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)