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* '''Combat Sites'''

** Regular versions of these sites are a single area filled with several waves of NPC opponents. Blow them up for bounties and loot! Check the [[Cosmic Anomalies]] page for information on the general difficulty of these sites. If you built the High-Sec PvE Combat frigate outlined earlier, you should be able to handily deal with Cosmic Anomalies of the lowest two difficulties (Burrows and Hideaways).

** A special kind is a '''Covert Research Facility'''

** A special kind is a Besieged/Contested '''Covert Research Facility'''. These are serious Combat sites, that contain a bunch of NPCs including Mordu's Legion Battleships! As an explorer, avoid these at all costs!

*** If the tag is Lesser/Standard/Improved/Superior, then these are [[Ghost Site|Ghost Sites]], which have NPCs and hacking. ~~They can be run with good skills, and sufficient tank (usually a cruiser). Before attempting these, see [[Ghost Site]] for a lot more details.~~

*** If the tag is "Besieged", then these are serious Combat sites, that contain a bunch of NPCs including Mordu's Legion Battleships! As an explorer, avoid these at all costs!

* '''Ore Sites'''

** These sites are temporary pockets filled with either ice asteroids, which can be mined for fuel components, or regular asteroids of a rarer type not normally found in that system. You can tell what kind of asteroids are within the site by the site’s name: they’re pretty obvious. These can be interesting places to head if you’ve cross-trained as a miner, but remember, because they are so easily found, they will likely be filled with other pilots, both friendly and less so.

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* '''Sleeper Caches''' (which show as Data sites in the probe signature list)

** Sleeper Caches are similar to Relic & Data Sites, but they require both a Data Analyzer and a Relic Analyzer. They are difficult to scan down completely, without high scanning skills/bonuses. They contain valuable loot in hackable cans, with some NPC Sentry Guns, invisible minefields, and explosive/corrosive clouds. These sites come in three variants: Limited, Standard, and [[Superior Sleeper Cache|Superior]]. Explorers should have high hacking and archeology skills and bonused ships with a self-repairing tank before attempting these sites. These sites often include multiple "rooms" with hidden rooms and objects and will test and explorers skills. Storyline BPCs and sleeper "blue" loot worth many tens (or hundreds?) of millions of ISK sometimes drop here even in high-sec, so keep a sharp eye out for them, if you're prepared -- these are '''not''' for beginners.

* '''[[Ghost Site|Ghost Sites]]''' (which show as Data sites in the probe signature list)

** They are tagged as Lesser/Standard/Improved/Superior '''Covert Research Facility'''.

** They have NPCs and hacking. They can be run with good skills, and sufficient tank (usually a cruiser). Before attempting these, see [[Ghost Site]] for a lot more details.

* '''Gas Sites'''

** Most high-sec Gas Sites are Nebulas, which are quiet, undefended areas that have several gas clouds that can be harvested with specialized, expensive equipment. Sadly, most high-sec gasses are not worth much ISK, either, meaning that most new explorers should avoid these sites. Gas Sites are more lucrative in lower-security space, which you likely won’t venture into at first.

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 * '''Combat Sites'''
 ** Regular versions of these sites are a single area filled with several waves of NPC opponents. Blow them up for bounties and loot! Check the [[Cosmic Anomalies]] page for information on the general difficulty of these sites. If you built the High-Sec PvE Combat frigate outlined earlier, you should be able to handily deal with Cosmic Anomalies of the lowest two difficulties (Burrows and Hideaways).
-** A special kind is a '''Covert Research Facility'''
+** A special kind is a Besieged/Contested '''Covert Research Facility'''.  These are serious Combat sites, that contain a bunch of NPCs including Mordu's Legion Battleships!  As an explorer, avoid these at all costs!
-*** If the tag is Lesser/Standard/Improved/Superior, then these are [[Ghost Site|Ghost Sites]], which have NPCs and hacking.  They can be run with good skills, and sufficient tank (usually a cruiser).  Before attempting these, see [[Ghost Site]] for a lot more details.
-*** If the tag is "Besieged", then these are serious Combat sites, that contain a bunch of NPCs including Mordu's Legion Battleships!  As an explorer, avoid these at all costs!
 * '''Ore Sites'''
 ** These sites are temporary pockets filled with either ice asteroids, which can be mined for fuel components, or regular asteroids of a rarer type not normally found in that system. You can tell what kind of asteroids are within the site by the site’s name: they’re pretty obvious. These can be interesting places to head if you’ve cross-trained as a miner, but remember, because they are so easily found, they will likely be filled with other pilots, both friendly and less so.
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 * '''Sleeper Caches''' (which show as Data sites in the probe signature list)
 ** Sleeper Caches are similar to Relic & Data Sites, but they require both a Data Analyzer and a Relic Analyzer.  They are difficult to scan down completely, without high scanning skills/bonuses.  They contain valuable loot in hackable cans, with some NPC Sentry Guns, invisible minefields, and explosive/corrosive clouds.  These sites come in three variants: Limited, Standard, and [[Superior Sleeper Cache|Superior]].  Explorers should have high hacking and archeology skills and bonused ships with a self-repairing tank before attempting these sites.  These sites often include multiple "rooms" with hidden rooms and objects and will test and explorers skills. Storyline BPCs and sleeper "blue" loot worth many tens (or hundreds?) of millions of ISK sometimes drop here even in high-sec, so keep a sharp eye out for them, if you're prepared -- these are '''not''' for beginners.
+*  '''[[Ghost Site|Ghost Sites]]''' (which show as Data sites in the probe signature list)
+** They are tagged as Lesser/Standard/Improved/Superior '''Covert Research Facility'''.
+** They have NPCs and hacking.  They can be run with good skills, and sufficient tank (usually a cruiser).  Before attempting these, see [[Ghost Site]] for a lot more details.
 * '''Gas Sites'''
 ** Most high-sec Gas Sites are Nebulas, which are quiet, undefended areas that have several gas clouds that can be harvested with specialized, expensive equipment. Sadly, most high-sec gasses are not worth much ISK, either, meaning that most new explorers should avoid these sites. Gas Sites are more lucrative in lower-security space, which you likely won’t venture into at first.