Upwell Covert Research Facilities
Upwell Covert Research Facilities are combat anomalies, which are part of the ingame Lightning Strikes event running from the 15th to 29th of June 2020. They are found on the anomaly scanner in low security space as well as areas of nullsec associated with Upwell member corporations.
NPCs
The rats found and fought in the combat anomalies are Rogue Drones. They come in four types, each with its damage type and resist hole, as well as in different hull classes with different EWAR.
Damage and resist holes
- Type-A : EM damage and weakness
- Type-B : Thermal damage and weakness
- Type-C : Kinetic damage and weakness
- Type-D : Explosive damage and weakness
EWAR
- Frigates: Scram and web
- Destroyer: point and neut
- Cruiser: point and weapon disrupt
- Battlecruiser: point
Upwell Covert Research Facilities
The combat anomaly is an ungated pocket in space. Once entered it will appear as a beacon in the overview for all players. The site consists of 4 waves of random ships and a final boss wave.
Each wave will have 3-7 random ships.
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0-4 x Frigate random Anomalous Alvi | |||
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0-2 x Destroyer random Anomalous Alvior | |||
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0-2 x Cruiser random Anomalous Alvum | |||
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0-2 x Battlecruiser Renewing Anomalous Alvatis | |||
The final wave is always the same. The Swarm Overmind spawns alone. It does heavy neuting, points and webs.
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1 x Battleship Swarm Overmind 2102 
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Notable structures | ||
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1 x Decloaked Backup Storage Vault 
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Rewards
The rewards from clearing this site is:
- BPCs
- Skillbooks
- Boosters
- Crafting Materials
Bounty from clearing this site is about 20.000.000 ISK.
Escalation
| EDENCOM Covert Research Headquarters | |
|---|---|
| Type | Expedition |
| Rating | Unrated |
| Found in | Low |
| Max ship size | Unverified |
| Faction | Rogue Drones and Triglavians |
| Best damage to deal | Damage to deal not defined for Rogue Drones and Triglavians |
| Damage to resist | Damage to resist not defined for Rogue Drones and Triglavians |
| Sig. strength | Expedition |
Note: Incoming damage is significantly higher and is omni. Destroying the Swarm Overmind can make the site escalate to the EDENCOM Covert Research Headquarters. This escalation comes in two parts and are increasingly more difficult.
