User blog comment:Dragonjet/KC3改/@comment-112.198.64.29-20150926111728/@comment-112.198.64.29-20151002023431

Hi, OP again here,

"What isn't certain is when the server decides when and if you get a bucket or not but what is certain is that when the client is notified that their expedition fleet has returned  that is only when the results of the expedition are made available."

That's exactly what I need to know. Looks lik there's no way to game expeditions then.