FC'ed a medium size fleet of 45 from Korsiki to the destination gate a few systems out. Scouts had identified light OPFOR movement in near by systems.
OPFOR Domi came in to the other side of our gate camp at 100km. Fleet commanders conferred & agreed that this felt like an invitation to jump our 'ceptors over into the teeth of a smartbomb attack and so we determined to wait & see what OPFOR's next move would be... Tacklers were reminded of the safe orbit distance for smartbombing battleships and a scatter plan was prepared.
Domi jumped through. Tacklers again reminded of safe orbit distance. Domi uncloaked & was insta scrammed, webbed & jammed. Domi began smartbombing, but only Uni drones were in range.
OPFOR losses 1 smartbombing Domi
Uni losses 0 (zero, none, nada, not a single one!) ships, a few drones
Fleet returned to Korsiki without incident.
Later, I joined a Uni fleet camping 10+ OPFOR in their home station. Lots of smack in local. OPFOR surged a force of 3 Raven, 3 Domi, Thorax, Caracal, Taranis and our FC started calling targets... Lag was fairly bad. FC was calling targets that had not yet appeared on my overview!
Uni held the field, dispatching the entire surged force for the loss of a Scorp, Maulis, Merlin & Rupture. After loot/salvage complete, we warped to the designated gate to exit the system. Horrible lag ensued. Lost a battlecruiser who was lagged out when OPFOR undocked second wave.
Several DC's & reboots later, we gathered the fleet & returned to Korsiki.
Recap Kills/Losses
BB 7/1
BC 0/1
CA 2/1
FG 0/2
Int 1/0
Monday, December 31, 2007
Sunday, December 30, 2007
Musing on sadists, griefers & other forms of pond scrum
sadist - someone who obtains pleasure from inflicting pain on others. (Online Dictionary)
A griefer is a slang term used to describe a player in a multiplayer video game who plays the game simply to cause grief to other players through harassment. (Wikipedia)
pond scum - One you would consider a very primitive life form. A person without principles or morals. A useless person. Lower than wood tick and perhaps silghtly higher than whale shit. (Urban Dictionary)
The folks that have extended their war dec on E Uni would want me to mention their names. Particularly since they have chosen to also dec the alt corp that E Uni provides for brand new players, industrialists & miners who have no training for or interest in Empire wars.
They would want me to mention their name.
A griefer is a slang term used to describe a player in a multiplayer video game who plays the game simply to cause grief to other players through harassment. (Wikipedia)
pond scum - One you would consider a very primitive life form. A person without principles or morals. A useless person. Lower than wood tick and perhaps silghtly higher than whale shit. (Urban Dictionary)
The folks that have extended their war dec on E Uni would want me to mention their names. Particularly since they have chosen to also dec the alt corp that E Uni provides for brand new players, industrialists & miners who have no training for or interest in Empire wars.
They would want me to mention their name.
Thursday, December 27, 2007
CNR Down
One of our experienced pilots lost a CNR. He was flying it in war ops against express Uni policies and after having a personal conversation with Silentbrick where the prohibition on flying faction ships during wartime was reiterated.
The reasons for this prohibition are simple:
The reasons for this prohibition are simple:
- The additional combat capabilities of faction ships are marginal
- Loss of a faction ship provides a huge swing in morale (ours & the OPFOR's)
- Dropping tons of expensive modules provides incentive for OPFOR to continue
Tuesday, December 25, 2007
Operation Santa AAR
Our fleet began forming at 1915 with the Special Ops Group.
At 1930, general fleet form up was begun and completed by 2000.
As launched from Korsiki, the fleet consisted of approx 50 pilots, with 1 orphaned pilot located at OPFOR HQ waiting for CSAR pickup.
Transit to the System X gate in System Y was made without incident. System X had 3 WT's in local, all docked at their HQ. Squad 1 and the Special Ops squad jumped into System X. SO squad warped to pre-established safe spot, from there to their AOE and began operations.
The remainder of the Fleet jumped into System X & established a position 200 km off the OPFOR HQ and executed CSAR pickup of our orphaned comrade. From this location, the Eve University Combat Choir held it's first public performance, singing "Jingle Bells", "Silent Night" and "We Wish You a Merry Christmas". After the performance, each Uni pilot jetted a can with a small token of our appreciation for our OPFOR friends, naming the can "Merry Xmas from EUni".
Having completed their mining mission, the Special Ops Squad exited the system.
Screenies here:
http://eve-files.com/dl/141653
http://eve-files.com/dl/141663
http://eve-files.com/dl/141682 Kra & the Killer Bees
http://eve-files.com/dl/141683
The remainder of the fleet exited the system. The Special Ops squad returned to Korsiki. Kra Martel last seen being chased by 40+ 'friendly' drones assigned to his interceptor.
AAR Ends.
Dee Carson
Capt. ILN
At 1930, general fleet form up was begun and completed by 2000.
As launched from Korsiki, the fleet consisted of approx 50 pilots, with 1 orphaned pilot located at OPFOR HQ waiting for CSAR pickup.
Transit to the System X gate in System Y was made without incident. System X had 3 WT's in local, all docked at their HQ. Squad 1 and the Special Ops squad jumped into System X. SO squad warped to pre-established safe spot, from there to their AOE and began operations.
The remainder of the Fleet jumped into System X & established a position 200 km off the OPFOR HQ and executed CSAR pickup of our orphaned comrade. From this location, the Eve University Combat Choir held it's first public performance, singing "Jingle Bells", "Silent Night" and "We Wish You a Merry Christmas". After the performance, each Uni pilot jetted a can with a small token of our appreciation for our OPFOR friends, naming the can "Merry Xmas from EUni".
Having completed their mining mission, the Special Ops Squad exited the system.
Screenies here:
http://eve-files.com/dl/141653
http://eve-files.com/dl/141663
http://eve-files.com/dl/141682 Kra & the Killer Bees
http://eve-files.com/dl/141683
The remainder of the fleet exited the system. The Special Ops squad returned to Korsiki. Kra Martel last seen being chased by 40+ 'friendly' drones assigned to his interceptor.
AAR Ends.
Dee Carson
Capt. ILN
Sunday, December 23, 2007
From last night's op
I FC'ed a medium sized (for Uni standards) fleet of 40+ last night for a little over an hour. Since our OPFOR chose to remain docked, I used it as a chance to let everyone hear what normally happens behind the scenes and left all normal command channel coms in the clear.
We ran the pipe, set up some gate camps, moved the squads independently and generally had a pleasant trip. We didn't get to shoot anyone, but we didn't get shot at either.
Funniest comment I saw in local yesterday as we were moving:
Pilot> Dear Lord...
Pilot> Note to self: "Never, ever, piss off E-Uni."
We ran the pipe, set up some gate camps, moved the squads independently and generally had a pleasant trip. We didn't get to shoot anyone, but we didn't get shot at either.
Funniest comment I saw in local yesterday as we were moving:
Pilot> Dear Lord...
Pilot> Note to self: "Never, ever, piss off E-Uni."
Saturday, December 22, 2007
Ummm... Taranis!
Lots of fun
We roamed a bit this morning. 'Ceptors flying through our fleet all the time... No real danger, just an annoyance. This one engaged our advance scout & stuck around a few seconds too long.
And of course, all of the things predicted in my earlier post have come to pass. Two barge losses make up the majority of our isk losses. Very frustrating that people don't pay attention...
If you mine in Korsiki during wartime, be prepared to meet one very pissed off Mining Director.
We roamed a bit this morning. 'Ceptors flying through our fleet all the time... No real danger, just an annoyance. This one engaged our advance scout & stuck around a few seconds too long.
And of course, all of the things predicted in my earlier post have come to pass. Two barge losses make up the majority of our isk losses. Very frustrating that people don't pay attention...
If you mine in Korsiki during wartime, be prepared to meet one very pissed off Mining Director.
Friday, December 21, 2007
Time for a quote:
This has been around for a few months, but I laugh out loud every time I read it, so I thought I'd share:
How EVE University fights their wars
by Patri Allin
How we fight a war -
We form a Grand Blob with 3 people who have been to lots of wars, 20 people who have just taken the tackling class, 5 people who are wondering what a "TS" is, and 1 person who is so new they think this is part of the tutorial. It takes us 10 minutes to figure out if we are a "tackler" or an "EW", and we haven't even left the station yet.
We find the enemy. As Leader #1 "calls a primary" 4 people put their vote in gang chat, then Leader #2 says "Jam that guy" and somewhere someone stands up from their computer and starts to do the "Hammer", And although nobody ever quite realizes this is what happened, Leader #3 has already been podded by 5 of our own guys who are now super excited they killed an enemy Battleship.
After the dust clears we've got 5 people left - shot 5 of the enemy (net loss 45) and for us this is a MASSIVE FREAKIN VICTORY! It is too cause our ships cost 1mil each and thiers about 200. We try to remember which way is home and then fly off in the wrong direction as somewhere nearby, sitting in their pod in a station, someone is thinking this is the best tutorial in an MMO ever.
:)
How EVE University fights their wars
by Patri Allin
How we fight a war -
We form a Grand Blob with 3 people who have been to lots of wars, 20 people who have just taken the tackling class, 5 people who are wondering what a "TS" is, and 1 person who is so new they think this is part of the tutorial. It takes us 10 minutes to figure out if we are a "tackler" or an "EW", and we haven't even left the station yet.
We find the enemy. As Leader #1 "calls a primary" 4 people put their vote in gang chat, then Leader #2 says "Jam that guy" and somewhere someone stands up from their computer and starts to do the "Hammer", And although nobody ever quite realizes this is what happened, Leader #3 has already been podded by 5 of our own guys who are now super excited they killed an enemy Battleship.
After the dust clears we've got 5 people left - shot 5 of the enemy (net loss 45) and for us this is a MASSIVE FREAKIN VICTORY! It is too cause our ships cost 1mil each and thiers about 200. We try to remember which way is home and then fly off in the wrong direction as somewhere nearby, sitting in their pod in a station, someone is thinking this is the best tutorial in an MMO ever.
:)
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