Drifter Hive(Barbican)

This page is geared towards the Barbican(Cataclysmic Variable) Drifter Hive in J110145. For an overview of the Conflux Drifter Hive, go to Drifter Hive Anomaly. Sleeper rats will drop Sleeper blue loot, Autothysian Lancers drop Sleeper Data Libraries and sometimes an Antikythera Element, and Drifter battleships drop Antikythera Elements and Sleeper blue loot.

Warpin

You land on a beacon named 'Barbican'. No rats are present here, although wandering Drifters may show up. The acceleration gate to the lobby is 51 km from warpin.

Possible wandering rats

		WD	EWAR	L
	2 x Cruiser Autothysian Lancer

Lobby

Few Sleeper rats at ~60 km distance. In some occasions, wandering rats featuring a battleship and sometimes two cruiser escorts will spawn.

Initial defenders

		WD	EWAR	L
	5 x Frigate Emergent Patroller

Wandering rats, can be present anywhere

		WD	EWAR	L
	1 x Battleship Apollo/Artemis Tyrannos
	2-4 x Cruiser Autothysian Lancer

Structures

		WD	EWAR	L
	1 x Barbican Rift
	1 x Acceleration Gate
	1 x Barbican Alpha Transfer
	1 x Nexus Transfer

Barbican Alpha Transfer

A Sleeper hive anteroom that contains several elaborate Sleeper constructs as well as Sleeper defending rats and hackable containers.

Rats

		WD	EWAR	L
	4 x Frigate Emergent Patroller
	2 x Cruiser Autothysian Lancer
	2 x Cruiser Awakened Patroller

Structures

		WD	EWAR	L
	1 x Barbican Rift
	1 x Acceleration Gate
	1 x Sleeper Databank
	1 x Barbican Alignment Unit 0

Barbican Beta Transfer

A secondary Sleeper anteroom defended by cruisers and battleships. The warpin is close to an acceleration gate leading back to the Alpha Transfer.

Defenders

		WD	EWAR	L
	3 x Cruiser Awakened Patroller
	1 x Battleship Sleepless Patroller

Structures

		WD	EWAR	L
	1 x Acceleration Gate
	1 x Barbican Rift
	1 x Barbican Gamma Transfer

Barbican Gamma Transfer

Large number of Sleepers 70-100 km from warpin. DPS is very high if all ships aggro.

		WD	EWAR	L
	4 x Frigate Emergent Escort
	6 x Cruiser Awakened Patroller
	2 x Battleship Sleepless Patroller

Structures

		WD	EWAR	L
	1 x Sleeper Databank
	1 x Acceleration Gate
	1 x Conflux Rift

Central Drifter Hive

The main Drifter Hive structure. Drifter battleship close to warpin will orbit you at about 2 km/s with MWD. Rest of the sleepers are 150-200 km away.

Center group

		WD	EWAR	L
	1 x Battleship Hikanta Tyrannos

Left group

		WD	EWAR	L
	3 x Cruiser Awakened Patroller
	1 x Battleship Sleepless Patroller

Right group

		WD	EWAR	L
	3 x Cruiser Awakened Patroller
	1 x Battleship Sleepless Patroller

Structures

		WD	EWAR	L
	1 x Drifter Hive
	1 x Barbican Vault
	1 x Nexus Transfer

Nexus Area

A large area of space consisting of hundreds of 'bars' slowly floating in space and flanked by two massive whirlpool-like constructs.

Defenders

		WD	EWAR	L
	2 x Cruiser Autothysian Lancer
	1 x Barbican Repository