War

[Endie]

Did you guys really just use a doomsday on one guy just because you hate him?

Oh, they really hate Mynas.

Remember that Bob, before the titan nerf, were quite content to remote-DD a single covops: this happened to us.  But since the ship can't immediately jump out now you have to really want to kill the guy to take the risk.

[Fordel]

From what I've read of the fighting so far, that kill might be the only confirmed kill.


Someone should just create some PnP rules for EVE already, everyone get their d20's, it'll go faster 

[ClydeJr]

The NPC empires should freak out at the fact that pod pilots cause this kind of body count.

From Hands of a killer

"These are not the hands of a killer."

And they weren’t. Manicured to mechanical perfection, the nails polished immaculately, cut short at exactly two millimeters past the tip of the finger. Fingers that were slender, as far as male fingers can be. The wrinkles at the joints stood out, the only ones of their kind to be found on these hands. The skin itself was pale but smooth, like silk. Golden lines occasionally sparked underneath it like archaically patterned circuitry, as if to accentuate his choice of words. As he toyed absent-mindedly with the object he was holding, glimpses of his palms revealed that they too were soft, betraying a life free of the coarser obligations. He spoke again.

"Yet, we both know that I am. I have seen lives ended at the hands of enraged cattle, good people’s shells stripped apart by inelegant tools of destruction. I have in turn killed this cattle, throwing their lifeless husks to the hungry void. I have fought enemies sheltered by walls they thought would keep them safe. I have imagined their screams in my mind. My lasers danced across their unshielded armor-stripped hulls exposing empty interiors to space and I smiled as they died."

"This is what you’ll face. Madmen locked inside capsules, squandering lives as if they were nothing. When you are up there you are a tool, nothing more. A slave to the will of a pilot, bound to a man immortal until his mind can no longer be cloned."

"Mankind has taken to the stars and destruction has followed in its wake. Demigods patrol the lifeless expanse above, and they don’t care about you. We are pilots. We control your destiny. When you are gone, we will live and we know this."

"These are not the hands of a killer," he said, looking squarely into the eyes of the young man across from him, "but this is the face of one."

"Think carefully before you answer. If you decide to rise above your world and begin life among the stars, you will be nothing. You will be a drone in the hive of an insane Queen, existing solely to provide the ship with needs, links in a chain too complicated for you to understand. You will live this ungrateful life until the day you too will be floating, frozen, between distant suns."

The words were true, Daren knew that much. But his long-standing dream, of rising through the ranks aboard a battleship-class vessel - perhaps making it to Engineer, or even Chief Engineer - was all-consuming. He could not resist. The workers at the ground-docks had pointed him to a capsule-cleared pilot only after three months of harsh, unremitting labour. A conspiracy of fate and hard work had permitted him to meet with this Amarrian, who had needed but a brief look at him to know his aspirations.

Taking a deep breath, Daren nodded and spoke the words that would condemn him: "I understand."

In a fluid gesture, the pilot across from him slid the datapad he was holding across the table.

"Press your thumb on the pad and slide your IDImplant over the dotted line. Transfer will be booked. Keep the pad with you, it’s your pass to my docks. Report to the quartermaster there; he will roster you in, arrange a bunk for you and explain to you your duties. Work hard and you’ll be rewarded. There’s no place for slackers on my decks."

"Now, if you’ll excuse me, I have business deals to conclude."

Nodding his agreement, the young man left the table. Stunned, he made his way out of the establishment, holding the datapad tightly, as if his life depended on it.

Four months later, Daren Athaksis was confirmed as one of six-thousand three-hundred and fourteen reported casualties resulting from the destruction of the Apocalypse-class battleship "Dam-Imud." His post was filled within three days. His family was not notified.

So for each battleship lost, that's around 6000 people killed.

[Kitsune]

That's nothing; if you want insane casualties play Battlefleet Gothic, the starship miniatures wargame for the Warhammer 40K setting.  The ships in there are miles-long monstrosities that have hundreds of crew members per turret.  Scores of people are needed just to load a cannon, of which any given ship will have dozens.  When one of their capital ships burns, an easy hundred thousand go with it.

Except for the Eldar, who need like five guys to crew a destroyer on account of having so much elf power.

[5150]

Except for the Eldar, who need like five guys to crew a destroyer on account of having so much elf power.

........and their spirit stone gizmos

[ajax34i]

I figured the number of casualties only gets noticed if it's a high percentage of the total population.  I suppose, considering the number of planets in EVE, as well as the stations (they're much bigger than the ships, and 100% safe), that a few billion people a year isn't that high a percentage, probably way below the total birth rate.

[Comstar]

In war news...

RAZOR has placed towers in 1LY, which is FIX's home base(?) and knocked out station services. A BoB conventional fleet showed up, got beaten up, and left.

After several days of complete and utter failures, RSF and IAAAC forces got the jump portal jammar down and at the same time as RAZOR was in action in Qeuerios,, IAAAC & RSF forces put a tower in FAT-6P into reinforced and knocked out station services using a Cap fleet. BoB made no moves to prevent it.

MC and BoB had a cap fleet engagement in Period Basis and all MC towers were reinforced. Losses on both sides were reported to be light, with no main fleet action occuring yet again. Both MC and BoB seem eager to avoid Cap fleet combat, while the possibility of Lag and mass loss of fleets can eventuate.

On the lighter side of the news, a BoB titan (or mabye MC, I get confused on which is which) fired a DD at a  POS seigning conventional fleet, and also killed thier own fleet hiding in the POS.

And now for the weather: Heavy lag is expected to continue in Period Basis, Northern Querious and the Deep Catch Region for the next week. BoB Residents are advised to stay in their homes or seek shelter in empire.

[Comstar]

stupid double post. someone delete this.

[Miasma]

What size of ship do you need to be in to not be one shotted by a titan DD?

[Endie]

What size of ship do you need to be in to not be one shotted by a titan DD?

AAA showed how to do it with small ships like interdictors.  A lot depends on whether you know what DD you are facing.  It's possible with all sorts of ships, it just gimps your fitting.

[jape]

Seems that MC just started losing moms.

1 down, more to come in following days im sure.

[Comstar]

Wounded Tiger, Hidden Devswarm

BoB TS transcript provided by a GIA operative. BoB is starting to sound like ASCN, LV or Goonswarm before the Titan nurf.

[Simond]

Wait, wait, wait, wait.


Wait.





Wait.








Wait. BoB are complaining about CCP being biased and it's making them lose? 

[Slayerik]

Seems that MC just started losing moms.

1 down, more to come in following days im sure.

What is it with Apoc always topping cap kills? :)

[Fordel]

No need to reload!

[Endie]

Bob are in a tricky spot, right now.  They should get out of it (we did in the same situation) but I'll let you know ...

[Vedi]

Just a wild guess: Someone managed to port HICs into a blob of caps inside a failing POS?

[Endie]

They're kinda flaling around right now in FAT in an effort to recover their situation: as an indication of the tactical situation we've killed 16 battleships for one loss in the last hour (lol K/D ratio!).  I am stuck several jumps away, so it's all teamspeak for me, and I can't really say much just in case (opsec).  I imagine that they'll be moving their supercap blob as fast as they can towards us, and I doubt if it will be anything immense, but it must be a scare.

Edit: 2 Bob caps down, next one on the way.  This, MC, is how you do it :)
Edit: I think 4 caps killed, now.  I am gutted at not being home in time, or I could have romped home in the competition with dwindle and Slayer on our KB.

[JoeTF]

Yes, get 350 pilots against 90. Clearly the way to do it.

BS losses are 20-16 for goons so far.

[Endie]

Yes, get 350 pilots against 90. Clearly the way to do it.

BS losses are 20-16 for goons so far.

Whoahwhoahwhoah!  Bob uses the awesome power of the blob to try to stop MC attacking in the south, then you make snide remarks when someone else has the numbers?!?

Clarify something here: are Bob the unwounded tiger or the wounded tiger in this one?  Or are Bob the wounded tiger, but we are unwounded and MC have their backs to a tree?

PS do you have super-secret access to something apart from the two KBs?  Cause I see Bob claiming three GF BSes in this fight.  I tend to trust Bob's more at the moment since ours are shafted with F5ing goons and Bob uses the API, which as i understand it is more accurate?

Edit: 5 caps so far.  That last one was so blase in its reception on TS that I had to check Bob's KB to be sure it happened 
Edit: 6 caps killed now, which is as many as we have lost of battleships (at least that have been posted).  We killed all six Bob Poses that came out in their weekend primetime, too.  No doubt we'll conspire to throw in a welp episode at the end though    Maybe IAC's dead carrier from earlier can count.

[Drogo]

I am confused on how the wounded tiger is more dangerous than the tiger because it is the tiger before it got wounded. Can someone please explain that to me.

I have to admit it was funny to listen to. Though it sounded like the Fatal and LV guys were just whining a lot and showing the attitude that led to their defeat while the BoB crew tried to settle them down. I think this definitely calls for another Rise-style pep talk to raise morale and rally the troops.

[Endie]

I am confused on how the wounded tiger is more dangerous than the tiger because it is the tiger before it got wounded. Can someone please explain that to me.

The tree dude.  It's got it's back to the tree, you see?

[Comstar]

That was the first ever fleet op I have ever been on where the fleet had more covert-ops than they needed. I did see 20 or so carriers at the BoB POS in 25S which was nice. I crashed out after the POS was down.

I know IAC lost some caps because they engaged first, 2-3 I suspect.

Does this mean BoB lost FAT?

[Comstar]

3 Finfleet(?) BoB Freighters just evacuated from FAT to 49-U. They escaped a scratch IAC fleet though the escort fleet lost a battle shortly there after.

So much for holding onto FAT.

[neep]

it looked better in the brochure than it turned out to be

[Krakrok]

Yes, I said closer. Move as close as you can and engage those Star Destroyers at point blank range!

[neep]

Its worth a shot I suppose :)

[Endie]

it looked better in the brochure than it turned out to be

This is funny because, with deep Catch in particular, it is actually true.

[Comstar]

Whats wrong with Deep Catch? You've got Ark in station systems to mine, -1.0 and -.98 next door to a station system, lots of belts etc.

FAT is now back with IAC, and I1Y has fallen to Razor in Qeuerious. The FIX station of 49-U is under assault.

On the Southern Front, BoB has destroyed all large MC towers in TPAR. MC's attack seems to have stagnated. Perhaps the're waiting for BoB to go save FIX.

[Endie]

Whats wrong with Deep Catch? You've got Ark in station systems to mine, -1.0 and -.98 next door to a station system, lots of belts etc.

That's why it looks so good in the brochure.  It looks awesome.  But like Mahrin once said, it's the devil itself to hold.

[Comstar]

25S is back under IAC control. Catch has been liberated. I got all my old stuff back. My poor Mecury tower in 6BPS was not replaced by the forces of BoB and now I'm on goonswarm I can never get it back. Oh well.

49-U will be neutral after tomorrows downtime. FIX will be down to one station (ED- I think). Last I heard, FIX is evacuating to Empire.

BoB has taken full control of TPAR vs The Superfriends, but all it has done has made Catch, Querious and Fountain fall without a fight.

I am willing to make a small bet: 10 million ISK to say BoB will be removed from 0.0 space by Easter. Any takers?

[Endie]

Tell them about the T2 components and moon mining minerals.

[Fordel]

 

[Comstar]

I didn't post this because I didn't want to steal your thunder.

Ahem,

Check out this and this pic

What they show are the amount of moon minerals BoB left in the G-Q station in Period Basis, which has fallen into The Superfriends (Ev0ke to be precise) hands. Unfortunately it's in the BoB corp office, which means NO ONE can get them unless Ev0ke lets BoB rent a office in there.

For those of you keeping score at home, that amount of moon minerals and reactions are equal to a cost of a Titan, or several 1000 US dollars. No wonder BoB was so angry at MC. There must be some *very* good moons in Period Basis.


What I'm disappointed to see, is little to no chatporn from FIX, even though they are losing all their space. I was wrong earlier, FIX couldn't save Querios, or do anything to help BoB either. Though I think they will probably survive as an alliance in Empire till they can come back and try and retake some smaller 0.0 space (maybe Drone regions perhaps).

[Simond]

Friendly tip: Drone regions would be a Very Bad Idea, because SMASHKILL live there.

...

At least, for the moment they do.