After getting the information that Pandemic Horde was trying to exit the dronelands and abandon its allies (and line members) to be able to enter right into a coalition elsewhere with The Initiative, The Imperium sprang into motion.
Fleets had been pinged out and stuffed up, GSOL quickly deployed POS towers during which to cover bridging titans on the trail to R-AG7W, together with a pair within the system during which to secure up should you needed to depart, and interdiction bubbles began going up across the Keepstar to pin down Pandemic Horde as a lot as attainable.
The PH Keepstar in R-AG7W
That went on whereas I used to be at work. I noticed information begin to pop up in pings whereas on my lunch break and bought out yesterday’s put up about this little bit of breaking information as I ate.
I didn’t get out to the camp till a lot later within the day. Within the hole of time between the tip of the work day and dinner I bought right into a fleet that was sending some Cyclone Fleet Concern ships ahead, so I jumped into recreation, joined up, and bought onto the chain of stops that might get me to the motion.
So a lot of my huge moments in New Eden begin with me sitting on a titan ready to bridge
As soon as we arrived and dropped the transfer op to hitch the suitable fleets in system there wasn’t quite a bit occurring. However that’s the nature of a camp like this. There could be lengthy stretches the place nothing huge occurs, although there are all the time careless individuals who get lost tether or who resolve to interrupt their security by capturing some goal of alternative solely to find that we’re not all asleep. Actually, a few of us are obsessively going up and down the record searching for anyone to focus on and shoot.
However we didn’t all want to take a seat there and the CFI fleet was tasked to go do a couple of different issues, beginning with overlaying the entosis operation engaged on the methods Sovereignty Hub, that little bit of infrastructure that bestows possession of the system on a bunch and permits one to fiddle with the settings.
The Sov Hub in R-AG7W
The ADM was pretty excessive within the system… although not as excessive as one may count on for a stager… so it took some time for the magic entosis fairies to complete their sov wanding, however we had time and no person was eager to intrude. Just a few PH ships landed on grid, however turned tail after they noticed 100 or so CFIs minding the scene.
When that was completed we went off to bolster an Azbel within the system, a matter of sitting and capturing a construction whereas remembering to cycle launchers on after each automated reload.
After that we had been delivered to one of many secure POSes that GSOL had laid down and given a break. I selected that second to secure log off and go have dinner and watch a little bit of TV with my spouse.
Once I returned a pair hours later I discovered I had missed an enormous conflict. I had gotten in on the tail finish of the joy, arriving again within the POS to search out time dilation down at 10% and a scroll again of pings about dropping dreads and capitals being referred to as to the entrance.
The fleet I had left was nonetheless up, with the identical FC. I salute the dedication of our management who keep up and on-line all kinds of loopy hours so we are able to wander in once we can and take part on the struggle.
I arrived on grid to discover a second Keepstar. This turned out to be each one thing of a coup in addition to a screw up.
The COOKD Keepstar on grid
We needed to get a construction on grid with the PH Keepstar from which we may assail it safely for the ultimate two timers. Nonetheless, there’s a six day timer to on-line a construction in hostile house. That was too lengthy. So apparently we discovered some disgruntled PH members to drop a construction for us… a Keepstar no much less, as a result of should you’re going to experience the merry-go-round, you may as effectively experience the white horse.
Cool plan, bro. Nonetheless, the mechanics of the state of affairs weren’t clear to anyone and the Keepstar ended up with a six day timer all the identical. I imply, hilarious that we had been capable of cowl that kind of op proper in entrance of PH, however not so helpful all the identical.
I initially thought it was a CONDI (GSF) construction, however then observed that the ticker was COOKD. They’re now not in PH.
Anyway, I had arrived in time to cowl the capitals pulling again. We nonetheless had a pile of Zirnitras on grid spooling down. These are the Imperium’s new favourite dread. I’m coaching as much as fly one proper now.
A mass of Zirns sitting on the Hold
Most of these jumped out and we had been left circling the undock space making an attempt to bump stragglers out of bubbles and capturing anyone who determined to attempt to get on a straightforward dread kill mail.
I caught round for a pair hours doing that and listening to a few podcasts. Regardless of there being no actual motion, I managed to get on a dozen extra kills simply flying round.
Simply me and my CFI within the thick of issues
The camp wasn’t excellent. There was a niche within the bubbles for a bit and I noticed two dreads managed to leap out. They bought clear as a result of a pair of titans began motoring in the direction of the sting of the bubbles above the undock, which bought the bubblers to chase them. Then the dreads went low and located a gap within the protection. There’s a plan for tenting attainable bounce goal methods and to shoot all cyno ships to assist maintain the ring as tight as attainable.
As issues wound down I headed again to the secure POS and let my logoff timer run down. For those who’ve been in any kind of fight you’ll be able to’t safely log off of the sport in house for quarter-hour. So I sat within the POS and orbited the stick then went to brush my tooth and prepare for mattress.
Sitting within the POS with others who had been AFK
The camp went on and was nonetheless going sturdy after I bought up and checked this morning.
There’s a working battle report monitoring how a lot harm has been completed. The overall depend is up at 1.3 trillion ISK misplaced, 1 trillion of it on the PH facet of the ledger. Amongst different issues they’ve misplaced two titans and three supercarriers.
Battle Report Header
Over on Reddit, r/eve is awash in commentary and meme about all of this, matters together with what went flawed, what PH ought to have completed, and who ought to run the alliance when Gobbins lastly steps down.
I caught to the meme facet and added my very own considerably innocuous entry to the combo. (Click on and upvote!)
I prefer to go together with the meme staples
Anyway, the camp goes on. PH is meant to be set for an enormous breakout try later this morning. We’ll see what occurs.
