Combat reference
Derelict Sentry Prime
The command node of a defense lattice that outlived the station it was built to protect. Deep in the Weeping Nebula it still runs its last standing order, rebuilding its shield envelope from ambient charge between exchanges. The emitter bus was never hardened — electromagnetic pressure collapses the regeneration cycle faster than any amount of ordnance.
- Tier 4
- Sentry
Combat profile
| Metric | Live value |
|---|---|
| Hull | 480 |
| Shield | 180 |
| Armor | Not represented in combat data |
| Accuracy | 68.0% |
| Attack cadence | 2 s per attack |
| Damage profile | 85 Thermal |
Resistances
| Damage type | Resistance |
|---|---|
| Thermal | 30.0% |
| EM | -30.0% |
| Explosive | 50.0% |
Abilities and phases
| Ability | Trigger | Behavior | Counterplay |
|---|---|---|---|
| Corrosive Rounds | Every 3 attacks | Armor Dot for 4 ticks (6) | — |
| Shield Regeneration | At 60.0% hull | Shield Regen phase; 40.0% magnitude | EM damage |
Locations
| Location type | Site / spawn | System |
|---|---|---|
| Spawn event | Spawn: Nebula Elite Sentry Prime | The Weeping Nebula |
| Spawn event | Spawn: Tenebris Elite Sentry Prime | Tenebris Deep |
| Spawn event | Spawn: Golden Elite Sentry Prime | Golden Wake |
| Spawn event | Spawn: Lanterns Derelict Elite | Twin Lanterns |
| Spawn event | Spawn: Solaris Elite Sentry Prime | Solaris Crown |
Loot
| Item | Quantity | Chance / pool | Difficulty |
|---|---|---|---|
| Module Fragment: Sunfire Array T5 | 1 | 5.5% base chance; weighted pool (weight 5) | Tier 4 |
| Module Fragment: Nexium Shield Mk5 | 1 | 5.5% base chance; weighted pool (weight 5) | Tier 4 |
| Field Emitter T4 | 2–4 | 100.0% base chance; weighted pool (weight 35) | Tier 4 |
| Structural Frame T4 | 1–3 | 80.0% base chance; weighted pool (weight 25) | Tier 4 |
| Precursor Fragment | 1 | 18.0% base chance; weighted pool (weight 22) | Tier 4 |
| Module Fragment: Probe Launcher T4 | 1 | 5.0% base chance; weighted pool (weight 18) | Tier 4 |
| Module fragment (Tier 3–4) | 1 | 12.0% base chance; weighted pool (weight 1) | Tier 4 |
| Component schematic fragment (Tier 1–4) | 1 | 9.0% base chance; weighted pool (weight 1) | Tier 4 |
Intel
Derelict Sentry Prime Sighted
Derelict Sentry Prime registers as a rare Tier 4 sentry contact deep in the Weeping Nebula. The command node of a defense lattice that outlived the station it was built to protect, still running its last standing order into an empty volume. Initial silhouette capture flags thermal damage, 480 hull strength behind a 180-point shield envelope, and a bounty value of 480 CR.
Derelict Sentry Prime Studied
Class: sentry. Tier: 4. Allegiance: Unaligned. Derelict Sentry Prime fights around thermal damage, 0.68 accuracy, and a 2 second firing rhythm, with heavy explosive and thermal hardening across the plating. Once the shield envelope is broken it rebuilds it from ambient nebula charge, and a crew that cannot answer that cycle will simply run out of time against it. The emitter bus was never hardened: electromagnetic pressure collapses the regeneration mid-cycle and the envelope comes back a fraction of what it should be. Recovery points to loot table combat_derelict_sentry_prime.
Derelict Sentry Prime Mastered
The lattice this node commanded was designed to hold a perimeter for ninety days without resupply. It has now held one for considerably longer than that, against nothing, because no one ever transmitted the order to stand down and the node will not accept one from an unrecognized authority. Veteran captains fit an electromagnetic weapon before making the approach, not as an optimization but as the price of entry — everything else about the hull is built to outlast patience. Stripped wrecks yield intact precursor-pattern emitter housings and frame sections that predate any charted colonial yard, which is the real reason the Weeping Nebula stays on so many survey routes.