Combat reference
Alien Wormhole Swarm
A swarm of exotic hulls leaking through unstable wormhole geometry.
- Tier 5
- Drone
Combat profile
| Metric | Live value |
|---|---|
| Hull | 820 |
| Shield | 440 |
| Armor | Not represented in combat data |
| Accuracy | 70.0% |
| Attack cadence | 2 s per attack |
| Damage profile | 118 Thermal |
Resistances
| Damage type | Resistance |
|---|---|
| Thermal | 20.0% |
| EM | -20.0% |
Abilities and phases
| Ability | Trigger | Behavior | Counterplay |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reactor Overheat | Every 3 attacks | 1-tick vulnerability; +50.0% incoming damage, shield down | — |
| Corrosive Rounds | Every 3 attacks | Armor Dot for 4 ticks (6) | — |
| Enrage | At 33.0% hull | Enrage phase; 50.0% magnitude | Thermal damage |
| Reinforcement Spike | At 50.0% hull | Spike phase; 200.0% magnitude | Explosive damage |
Locations
| Location type | Site / spawn | System |
|---|---|---|
| Fixed site | Alien Wormhole Swarm | Tenebris Deep |
| Fixed site | Precursor Spire Debris | Tenebris Deep |
| Scan signature | Signature: sig_alien_wormhole_swarm | Tenebris Deep |
| Spawn event | Spawn: Tenebris Wormhole Alien | Tenebris Deep |
Loot
| Item | Quantity | Chance / pool | Difficulty |
|---|---|---|---|
| Field Emitter T4 | 2–4 | 100.0% base chance; weighted pool (weight 35) | Tier 5 |
| Oracle Cache | 1 | 8.0% base chance; weighted pool (weight 25) | Tier 5 |
| Module Fragment: Probe Launcher T4 | 1 | 1.0% base chance; weighted pool (weight 20) | Tier 5 |
| Module Fragment: ECM Burst T4 | 1 | 1.0% base chance; weighted pool (weight 20) | Tier 5 |
| Nexium Ore | 1 | 1.5% base chance; weighted pool (weight 4) | Tier 5 |
| Module fragment (Tier 4–5) | 1 | 14.0% base chance; weighted pool (weight 1) | Tier 5 |
| Component schematic fragment (Tier 1–5) | 1 | 11.0% base chance; weighted pool (weight 1) | Tier 5 |
Intel
Alien Wormhole Swarm Sighted
Alien Wormhole Swarm registers as a Tier 5 drone contact near Tenebris Deep. A swarm of exotic hulls leaking through unstable wormhole geometry. Initial silhouette capture flags thermal damage, 820 hull strength, and a bounty value of 560 CR.
Alien Wormhole Swarm Studied
Class: drone. Tier: 5. Allegiance: Unaligned. Alien Wormhole Swarm fights around thermal damage, 0.7 accuracy, and a 2 second firing rhythm. Its combat profile favors clean target locks, synchronized volleys, and low-emotion pursuit. Common recovery points to loot table combat_alien_wormhole_swarm.
Alien Wormhole Swarm Mastered
Alien Wormhole Swarm exists because the frontier rewards specialized violence. Unaligned keeps this pattern in service where doctrine, profit, or old automation makes it useful. Veteran captains counter it by reading the first exchange: negative resistance data points toward em pressure. Destroyed examples show field repairs, recycled parts, and mission scars that rarely reach official reports. Mastery turns the contact from a threat into a map note: where these hulls gather, a faction priority, derelict order, or hidden route is usually nearby.