Sansha Watch

An Unrated Complex that can be scanned down with scanner probes. It is commonly found in highsec systems occupied by the Sansha's Nation pirate faction.

The site consists of a volume of space with an acceleration gate and contains various structures and their defending pirates. Using the gate allows access to other areas within the site. When attacked, the defenders may send multiple waves of reinforcements. Each group's appearance is triggered by the destruction of members of the previous group. The names and amount of ships listed may vary slightly, but will always be of Cruiser class or smaller. There are two variations of the site.

This site's acceleration gate allows only Battlecruiser class ships or lower and their Tech 2 equivalents to enter the site.

Warp in message:

"Previous explorers have commented that one of the gates requires a passkey. Alternatively, it can be bypassed by convincing the commander to unlock it. The overseer guards the Mind Control Tower vigorously."

Pocket 1

Initial Group

 12 x (Sentry) Centus Point Defense Battery 
 1 x (Frigate) Centii Facility Patroller (Centii Enslaver/Plague) (Attacking triggers Wave 2a) 
 1 x (Frigate) Centii Facility Patroller (Centii Enslaver/Plague) (Attacking triggers Wave 2b) 
 0-2 x (Frigate) Centii Facility Patroller (Centii Enslaver/Plague) 

Wave 2a "The Patroller calls on reinforcements from a nearby pocket as he is attacked!"

 2 x (Frigate) Centi Butcher 
 2 x (Cruiser) Centum Beast (Tracking Disruption) 

Message in Local channel: (Trigger approaching the Acceleration Gate)

"Someone has entered the vicinity of the acceleration gate, and has awakened the Slave Commander!" Prepare for a fight, unless you have the means to bypass the gate's security system.

Centus Slave Commander:

Fool, you've overstepped your welcome here. Minions, defend your master!" Note: Approaching the gate is an alternate trigger for Wave 2b; the primary trigger is attacking the correct Centus Facility Patroller.

Wave 2b (Killing second Centus Facility Patroller or approaching Acceleration Gate) "The Patroller calls on more guards as he is attacked!"

 1 x (Frigate) Centii Plague 
 2 x (Cruiser) Centum Juggernaut (Tracking Disruption) 
 1 x (Cruiser) Centus Slave Commander (Centatis Phantasm/Specter) (Trigger Gate unlock) "Something in the nearby gate 'clicks' as the Commander is destroyed." 

Structures (Do not contain loot)

 19 x Wall 
 12 x Storage Facility 
 12 x Landing Pad 
 5 x Junction 
 5 x Stationary Mammoth 
 4 x Frozen Corpse 
 2 x Ruins 
 2 x Ship Maintenance Facility 
 1 x Habitation Module 

Asteroids

 68 x Veldspar 
 16 x Scordite 

Pocket 2

Ship will drop out of warp right next to a large group of pirate ships and Missile Towers. Aggression happens very quickly making it difficult to accurately log. Note that the True Sansha frigate commander may not always be present.

Message in Local channel:

"Signals coming from the Mind Control Tower resemble those used by Sansha commanders when they control their troops. The signals are emitting at a furious pace, indicating the residents of the Tower are becoming increasingly desperate."

Initial Group

 4 x (Sentry) Centus Light Missile Battery 
 3-4 x (Frigate) Centii Butcher/Enslaver/Manslayer/Plague 
 12 x (Destroyer) Centior Abomination/Cannibal/Devourer/Horror/Misshape/Monster 
 9 x (Cruiser) Centum Juggernaut/Execrator/Slaughterer (Tracking Disruption) 
 0/1 x (Frigate Commander) True Sansha's Enslaver/Plague/Slavehunter (Trigger Wave 2) (Primary Escalation Trigger) (wreckage may contain Faction Modules and Implants, and may produce Tech 2 salvage) 

Wave 2 "Enemy craft have undocked from one of the Centus bunkers!"

 1 x (Destroyer) Centior Horror 
 9 x (Cruiser) Centum Beast (Tracking Disruption) 

Overseer Wave (Triggers upon attacking Mind Control Tower) "Someone has attacked the Mind Control Tower. The Overseer along with his cohorts have undocked to defend it!"

 2 x (Cruiser) Overseer's Minion (Centum Ravanger/Ravisher) 
 1 x (Overseer Cruiser) Centum Militant Overseer (Centum Loyal Fiend/Hellhound) (Secondary Escalation Trigger) 

Structures

 10 x Centus Bunker (may contain loot) 
 6 x Shield Generator 
 6 x Auxiliary Power Array 
 5 x Reactor Array 
 3 x Storage Facility 
 2 x Medium Refinery 
 1 x Sansha Minion Quarters 
 1 x Sansha Mind Control Tower (Triggers Overseer Wave) 

Asteroids

 80 x Veldspar

Escalations

Destroying the True Sansha's faction spawn or the Centum Militant Overseer may trigger an expedition called Nation on the Rise, with this message:

"A couple of the ships you destroyed bear different marks than the rest and after closer inspection you find that their navigation logs point to a place nearby as their home base."