Sansha Owned Station

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Sansha Owned Station is an Expedition that can escalate from Minor Sansha Annex.

Walkthrough

Escalation start

To your surprise, the Overseer seems to have spent the last moments of his life sending some message to your ship on a private channel, a fact you learn from a blinking entry on your communication panel a few seconds after his innards slid across your windshield, bounced along your fuselage and were sucked into your thrusters. It appears he wanted to save his life by telling you the whereabouts of some place you could load your cargohold with riches, but before he could get very far with his offer, his journey ended. All you have is some hysteric babble about a hidden mining station at a certain location.

First Location

Ungated pocket. None of the structures drop loot.

		WD	EWAR	L
	10 x Sentry Starbase Cruise Missile Battery
	1 x Sentry Starbase Stasis Tower
	2 x Cruiser Mercenary Watcher
	0-1 x Commander Battlecruiser True Sansha Specter

In local
The destruction of the Stasis Tower has alerted a nearby patrol, more ships are incoming!

Reinforcement spawn

		WD	EWAR	L
	3 x Elite Frigate Centii Loyal Minion/Servant/...
	3 x Elite Cruiser Centum Loyal Fiend/Hellhound
	6 x Battleship Centus Beast Lord/Plague Lord

Destroying all ships or the True Sansha commander can trigger escalation.

Escalation trigger
Among the things you find are a few drones. Running a scan on their control units reveals they have been used not long ago, at another place not far away from here.

Second Location

You land at an acceleration gate.

		WD	EWAR	L
	3 x Elite Cruiser Centum Loyal Mutilator/Torturer
	3-4 x Battlecruiser Centatis Behemoth/Daemon
	0-1 x Commander Battlecruiser True Sansha's Devil

Structures

		WD	EWAR	L
	1 x Newly Constructed Acceleration Gate

First Pocket

There are no escalation triggers; only go in if you want bounties/salvage.

Initial defenders

		WD	EWAR	L
	3 x Sentry Starbase Tower Sentry (Tower Sentry Sansha II)
	2 x Sentry Starbase Stasis Tower
	3-5 x Frigate Starbase Drone Defender (Hunter/Silverfish Alvi)
	3-5 x Elite Frigate Starbase Drone Defender (Strain Render/Decimator Alvi)
	3-4 x Cruiser Starbase Drone Protector (Bomber/Disintegrator Alvum)
	4-5 x Battlecruiser Starbase Drone Protector (Defeater/Enforcer Alvatis)
	3 x Battleship Starbase Drone Guardian (Alvus Controller/Swarm Preserver Alvus)

In local:
The nearby Starbase Hangar doors open, and more drones are deployed.

Reinforcements

		WD	EWAR	L
	2 x Frigate Starbase Drone Defender (Hunter Alvi)
	2-3 x Elite Frigate Starbase Drone Defender (Strain Raider/Hunter Alvi)
	5 x Battleship Starbase Drone Guardian (Elite Drone Parasite)

Escalation dead-end
All these moon mining stations suggest there must be a station or outpost somewhere in the region servicing them and refining the raw materials they produce. Again you look for clues from the drones, but the data you extract suggests no new locations, only the two you have been at already. If the Sansha have any more stations in the area, this is not where you will find them.

Escalation trigger
All these moon mining starbases suggest there must be a station or outpost somewhere in the region servicing them and refining the raw materials they produce. Again you look for clues from the drones and again the data you extract suggest a new location not too far away.

Third Location

On warp-in
You see a large Starbase near the beacon you just warped to. It seems to be guarded by the Sansha's Nation. Perhaps you are closer to finding something of value ....

		WD	EWAR	L
	1 x Starbase Control Tower

Initial defenders

		WD	EWAR	L
	2 x Sentry Starbase Cruise Missile Battery
	3 x Elite Frigate Centii Loyal Minion/Servant
	5 x Elite Cruiser Centum Loyal Beast/Juggernaut/Execrator/Slaughterer
	0-1 x Commander Battlecruiser True Sansha's Behemoth
	9 x Battleship Centus Dark Lord/Overlord/...

In local:
Sansha ships have undocked from nearby Starbase Hangars.

Tower wave (triggered by attacking the Starbase Control Tower)

		WD	EWAR	L
	6 x Battlecruiser Centatis Phantasm/Specter
	9 x Battleship Centus Lord/Slave Lord/Dark Lord/...

Escalation trigger
Going through data scanned during the destruction of the station itself, you notice reports from a place called "R&D division Gray", containing information on blueprint research and booster production and even the location of this base "Gray".

Fourth Location

On warp-in
You see a large Starbase near the beacon you just warped to. It seems to be guarded by the Sansha's Nation. Perhaps you are closer to finding something of value ....

The Sansha Research Outpost has a smartbomb that triggers when it is attacked. The smartbombs deal heavy damage but don't affect anything beyond 50 km. It does not have that many hitpoints (4000 in shield, 4000 in armor and 400 in structure), so taking it out is actually fairly easy.

		WD	EWAR	L
	1 x Sansha Research Outpost

Defenders

		WD	EWAR	L
	2 x Sentry Starbase Cruise Missile Battery
	4 x Elite Frigate Centii Loyal Minion/Servant
	4 x Destroyer Centior Abomination/Horror
	7 x Battleship Centus Dark Lord/Overlord

In local:
This Research Station has a built-in defense system. As soon as it is attacked, the inhabitants activate the system, causing a large blast-wave which affects all hostile ships in the vicinity. It is activated continuously until it needs a short delay to recharge power.

Expedition end
Now, you kind of regret killing the Overseer back there, it is always useful to know corrupt leaders who are ready to sell out things like this outpost in exchange for something as cheap as their own petty lives.

Loot

Typical loot from the True Sansha commanders include criminal dog tags, faction ammunition and meta modules. They also have a chance to drop True Sansha faction modules. The Sansha Research Outpost can drop Centum A-Type cruiser modules, True Sansha modules and possibly a rare 1-run Phantasm BPC.

Overseer structure and other loot

Item Name	Est. Value	Drops from	Note
Centum A-Type Cruiser module	10-500M ISK	Sansha Research Outpost
True Sansha Cruiser modules		True Sansha commander battlecruisers	May also drop from the Research Outpost
Phantasm BPC		Sansha Research Outpost	Rare drop