2014

Continuing their previous momentum, H.E.R.O Coalition has kept taking more systems in the Catch region. With Against ALL Authorities Alliance seemingly offering no resistance, the only set backs to plague the operation have been the Black Pearl Alliance incident, and the controversial intervention of Pandemic Legion and Northern Coalition(dot) Alliances.

Provi-Bloc

The Volition Cult – 1 system, 1 station

Apocalypse Now. – 1 system, 1 station

Curatores Veritatis Alliance – 4 systems, 1 station

Total: 6 systems (6%), 3 stations (7%)

RUS Coalition

Against ALL Authorities – 43 systems, 17 stations

AAA Citizens – 8 systems

Total: 51 systems (47%), 17 stations (41%)

H.E.R.O Coalition

Brave Collective – 16 systems, 4 station
Spaceship Samurai – 19 systems, 8 station

Total: 35 systems (32%), 12 stations (29%)

N3 Coalition

Pandemic Legion – 1 system, 1 station
Northern Coalition. – 4 systems, 1 station

Total: 5 systems (5%), 2 stations (5%)

Unaligned

P-A-T-R-I-O-T-S – 1 system, 1 station
Black Pearl Alliance – 6 systems, 4 stations
The Initiative. – 1 system

Total: 8 systems (7%), 5 stations (12%)

Unclaimed

F4R2-Q, V-3YG7, J-ODE7

Total: 3 systems (3%), 2 stations (5%)

8/4/2014 – Spaceship Samurai Alliance claims sovereignty over the A-VILQ system, with Against ALL Authorities Alliance losing sovereignty over the CB4-Q2 system.

9/4/2014 – The CB4-Q2 system is gained by Spaceship Samurai Alliance. Against ALL Authorities Alliance loses sovereignty over three systems: 3-OKDA, 36N-HZ and J6QB-P, with the P-A-T-R-I-O-T-S Alliance claiming the 3-OKDA system later that day.

10/4/2014 – Northern Coalition(dot) Alliance gains sovereignty over the 36N-HZ system. Brave Collective Alliance claims sovereignty over the J6QB-P system.

12/10/2014 – Against ALL Authorities Alliance loses sovereignty over the KW-I6T and G-7WUF systems.

13/4/2014 – Spaceship Samurai Alliance takes sovereignty over the KW-I6T and G-7WUF systems. Against ALL Authorities loses sovereignty over the 3-SFWG and CNC-4V systems, with the 3-SFWG system later claimed by Spaceship Samurai Alliance. AAA Citizens Alliance loses its sovereignty over the N-8BZ6 system.

14/4/2014 – Black Pearl Alliance claims its first system in the Catch region, CNC-4V. AAA Citizens Alliance loses its sovereignty over the 6-MM99 and FZ-6A5 systems, with the FZ-6A5 system later gained by Spaceship Samurai Alliance, which claims the N-8BZ6 system as well. Agaisnt ALL Authorities Alliance loses sovereignty over the 25S-6P and Y-PNRL systems.

15/4/2014 – Black Pearl Alliance claims sovereignty over the 25S-6P and Y-PNRL systems. Spaceship Samurai Alliance gains sovereignty over the 6-MM99 system, but loses later that day sovereignty over the 3-SFWG system. Infinity Welcomes Careful Drivers Alliance loses its sovereignty over the JW22-V system, later claimed by Brave Collective Alliance. Against ALL Authorities Alliance loses sovereignty over three systems: S-U2VD, W9-DID and WQH-4K, with AAA Citizens Alliance losing its sovereignty over the JBY6-F system as well.

16/4/2014 – Spaceship Samurai Alliance claims the S-U2VD, W9-DID and JBY6-F systems, with Northern Coalition(dot) Alliance claiming the 3-SFWG system and Brave Collective Alliance taking sovereignty over the WQH-4K system. Rookie Empire Alliance loses its sovereignty over the R-K4QY system. Against ALL Authorities manage to lose five systems in one day: GE-94X, I-8D0G, 2J-WJY, A-803L and GMLH-K.

17/4/2014 – Brave Collective Alliance claims four systems in one day: A-803L, R-K4QY, 2J-WJY and I-8D0G. Spaceship Samurai Alliance takes two sovereignty over two more systems: GMLH-K and GE-94X. Against ALL Authorities loses its sovereignty over the 6BPS-T system.

18/4/2014 – Black Pearl Alliance claims sovereignty over the 6BPS-T system, while Against ALL Authorities Alliance loses sovereignty over the GJ0-OJ system.

19/4/2014 – The GJ0-OJ system is claimed by Brave Collective Alliance. Against ALL Authorities and AAA Citizens alliances lose sovereignty over the RR-D05 and M8-NKE systems respectively.

20/4/2014 – The RR-D05 and M8-NKE systems are picked by Brave Collective and Spaceship Samurai alliances respectively. Rookie Empire Alliance loses its sovereignty over the OGL8-Q system, while Against ALL Authorities Alliance loses its sovereignty over the QBQ-RF and 4-07MU systems.

21/4/2014 – The Initiative(dot) Alliance loses its sovereignty over the QSM-LM system, later claimed by Brave Collective Alliance alongside the OGL8-Q and QBQ-RF systems. Black Pearl Alliance gains sovereignty over the 4-07MU system. Northern Coalition(dot) Alliance claims sovereignty over the FAT-6P and HP-64T systems, which were lost earlier the same day by Against ALL Authorites and AAA Citizens alliances respectively. Rookie Empire Alliance loses sovereignty over the J-ODE7 system, with Against ALL Authorities losing two more systems that day: F4R2-Q and V-3YG7.

Update: Catch Region 25/3/2014 – 7/4/2014

After what seemed to many as H.E.R.O Coalition’s initial push into the Catch region losing momentum and stalling, with its members becoming acquainted with the grind of sovereignty warfare, the end of March saw the Coalition re-invigorated, as more systems fell into its hands, and most of the remaining sovereignty infrastructure of Against ALL Authorities Alliance put into reinforced mode. The EVE Scribe is here to give you a brief summary of the past two weeks’ activities.

Provi-Bloc

The Volition Cult – 1 system, 1 station

Apocalypse Now. – 1 system, 1 station

Curatores Veritatis Alliance – 4 systems, 1 station

Total: 6 systems (5%), 3 stations (7%)

RUS Coalition

Against ALL Authorities – 70 systems, 28 stations

AAA Citizens – 14 systems, 3 station

Total: 84 systems (79%), 31 stations (77%)

H.E.R.O Coalition

Brave Collective – 5 systems, 2 station
Spaceship Samurai – 6 systems, 4 station

Total: 11 systems (9%), 6 stations (14%)

N3 Coalition

Pandemic Legion – 1 system, 1 station

Total: 1 system (1%), 1 station (2%)

Unaligned

The Initiative. – 1 system

Total: 1 system (1%)

Unknown

Rookie Empire – 3 systems

Infinity Welcomes Careful Drivers – 1 system

Total: 4 systems (4%)

Unclaimed

A-VILQ

Total: 1 system (1%)

27/4/2014 – AAA Citizens Alliance loses the L7XS-5 system, later secured by Pandemic Legion Alliance. Nexus Fleet Alliance drops sovereignty in the X3FQ-W and E-YJ8G systems.

28/3/2014 – Brave Collective Alliance secures the X3FQ-W and E-YJ8G systems.

30/3/2014 – Against ALL Authorities Alliance losses its sovereignty over the EX-0LQ system.

31/3/2014 – The EX-0LQ system is claimed by Spaceship Samurai Alliance, who later in the day takes the WJ-9YO system from AAA Citizens Alliance as well.

2/4/2014 – Against ALL Authorities Alliance losses its sovereignty over the G-AOTH system.

3/4/2014 – Brave Collective Alliance claims the G-AOTH system, while Against ALL Authorities Alliance losses its sovereignty over the KA6D-K system.

4/42014 – Against ALL Authorities Alliance losses two systems in one day, with the UQ-PWD system lost in the early hours, and the RNF-YH system lost in the evening. Spaceship Samurai Alliance manages to secure two system, namely KA6D-K and UQ-PWD.

5/4/2014 – Spaceship Samurai Alliance claims the RNF-YH system.

6/4/2014 – Spaceship Samurai Alliance manages to contest the CBL-XP system from Against ALL Authorities Alliance, who later losses its sovereignty on the TA3T-3 system as well.

7/4/2014 – Brave Collective Alliance claims the TA3T-3 system, with Against ALL Authorities Alliance losing its sovereignty over the A-VILQ system.

Update: Catch Region 18-24/3/2014

It is the end of the second week of H.E.R.O Coalition’s deployment to the Sendaya system, Derelik region. After a promising start for their campaign in the Catch region, the last week saw mainly a loss in momentum, with several reversals of the gains made, to the benefit of Against ALL Authorities Alliance. The EVE Scribe is here to give you a brief summary of past
week’s activities:

Provi-Bloc

The Volition Cult – 1 system, 1 station
Apocalypse Now. – 1 system, 1 station
Curatores Veritatis Alliance – 4 systems, 1 station

Total: 6 systems (5%), 3 stations (7%)

RUS Coalition

Against ALL Authorities – 77 systems, 35 stations
AAA Citizens – 16 systems, 1 station

Total: 93 systems (87%), 36 stations (91%)

H.E.R.O Coalition

Brave Collective – 1 systems, 1 station
Nexus Fleet – 2 systems, 1 station

Total: 3 systems (3%), 1 stations (2%)

Unaligned

The Initiative. – 1 system

Total: 1 system (1%)

Unknown

Rookie Empire – 3 systems
Infinity Welcomes Careful Drivers – 1 system

Total: 4 systems (4%)

18/3/2014 – Spaceship Samurai Alliance loses an Archon class Carrier to Providence-Bloc forces in the E-YJ8G system. A SOLAR FLEET Alliance Avatar class Titan is destroyed in the 9-8GBA system by a Pandemic Legion Alliance fleet, the system is later lost to Spaceship Samurai Alliance and secured by Against ALL Authorities Alliance.

21/3/2014 – Brave Collective Alliance loses the F9E-KX system, later secured by Against ALL Authorities Alliance.

Breaking News: SOLAR FLEET Avatar Class Titan Destroyed in 9-8GBA [Updated]

A SOLAR FLEET Alliance Avatar class Titan was destroyed today by a combined N3 capital and sub-capital force in the 9-8GBA system, Catch region. An Against ALL Authorities Alliance Tengu fleet was attacking a Territorial Claim Unit belonging to Spaceship Samurai Alliance in the system, however, a Thanatos class Carrier belonging to Hellz Hitman, of No-Mercy, Spaceship Samurai Alliance, kept repairing the Territorial Claim Unit. This prompted the members of SOLAR FLEET Alliance, who were present in the system, to drop a Titan on him, in order to destroy his ship and end his interference. Unknown to SOLAR FLEET, Pandemic Legion Alliance had already set their sights on the dropping on the Against ALL Authorities Fleet. Once the Titan landed on the grid, Pandemic Legion siezed the chance and lit their own cynosural beacon, tackling the Titan, who promptly melted away by the combined firepower of N3’s ships.

Contrary to initial reports, this was an accidental Titan kill, and not an organized affair. The Carrier pilot, Hellz Hitman, reported that this was not the first time SOLAR FLEET dropped super-capitals on the field in the 9-8GBA system. Two nights ago, Spaceship Samurai Alliance scouted the system, discovering it did not have an Infrastructure-Hub installed. Realizing this, they anchored a Tower near the Against ALL Authorities’ Territorial Claim Unit, and used four Carriers to destroyed it. However, afterwards, their operation was interrupted by SOLAR FLEET Alliance, who promptly jumped five super-capitals onto the field. Since the Carriers were not tackled, the Spaceship Samurai force managed to safely extract.

Hellz Hitman reached out for his Pandemic Legion contacts in order to report the ordeal. Today, he was told by a character in an NPC Corporation to leave the Tower’s shields in his Thantos class Carrier, even though the Territorial Claim Unit was under attack by an Against ALL Authorities Tengu force. Having worked with Pandemic Legion before, and assuming something big was in the works, he obeyed. Almost immediately, A Manticore class Stealth Bomber belonging to SOLAR FLEET uncloaked, and lit a cynosural beacon, and the Titan jumped into the system.

Unfortunately for Hellz Hitman, the Titan was in range, and managed to destroy his Carrier, however, the loss was not in vain as a second cynosural beacon lit up, this time by Pandemic Legion. An N3 force comprised of capital ships, a few Motherships and Navy Issue Apocalypses landed on the field, tackling the Titan and promptly destroying it. SOLAR FLEET Alliance did bridge in a Tengu fleet in order to try and save the Titan, but to no avail.

According to James Kordent, the Pandemic Legion Fleet Commander in charge at the time, the initial intent was for SOLAR FLEET Alliance to bridge in their Tengu fleet to engage the Thanatos class Carrier, at that point N3 were supposed to bridge in on top of SOLAR FLEET force, in order to annihilate their Tengus. The Titan’s appearance on the field came as a complete shock to him. However, he decided to go after the Titan, as it did prove to be the better target. While SOLAR FLEET and N3 were engaged, Against ALL Authorities forces decided to extract from the battle, rather than lose ships.

Losing a few Interdictor and Heavy Interdictor class ships, the N3 force safely extracted out of the system, in what was described as Blitz action. The total damage done is estimated at one hundred and forty-one billion ISK for the Titan alone, and promises to grow as more Tengu losses are processed by EVE-Kill(dot)net.

The Titan pilot refused to comment, while both SOLAR FLEET and Against ALL Authorities Alliances remain silent on the matter

Special thanks to Hellz Hitman, of No-Mercy, Spaceship Samurai Alliance, and James Kordent, North Eastern Swat, Pandemic Legion Alliance, for granting me this interview.

Update: Catch Region 10-17/3/2014

Since the announcement of the formation of H.E.R.O Coalition and their subsequent deployment to the Sendaya system, Domain region, in order to claim sovereignty in the Catch region, more than a week has passed. So far, the region has seen heavy fighting, with moderate shifts in system ownership. The EVE Scribe is here to give you a brief summary of past week’s activities:

Provi-Bloc

The Volition Cult – 1 system, 1 station
Apocalypse Now. – 1 system, 1 station
Curatores Veritatis Alliance – 4 systems, 1 station

Total: 6 systems (5%), 3 stations (7%)

RUS Coalition

Against ALL Authorities – 75 systems, 35 stations
AAA Citizens – 16 systems, 1 station

Total: 91 systems (86%), 36 stations (87%)

H.E.R.O Coalition

Spaceship Samurai – 1 system
Brave Collective – 2 systems, 1 station
Nexus Fleet – 2 systems, 1 station

Total: 5 systems (4%), 2 stations (6%)

Unaligned

The Initiative. – 1 system

Total: 1 system (1%)

Unknown

Rookie Empire – 3 systems
Infinity Welcomes Careful Drivers – 1 system

Total: 4 systems (4%)

10/3/2014 – Darkness of Despair disbands, causing the following systems to lose sovereignty: UL-7I8, F9E-KX, ERVK-P, E3-SD2, E-YJ8G.

11/3/2014 – E3-SD2 system is secured by Against ALL Authorities. Curatores Veritatis Alliance gains the UL-7I8 system, while Brave Collective takes over the F9E-KX and ERVK-P systems, marking the first time said alliance has held territory in Null Security space. E-YJ8G system gained by Nexus Fleet. Against ALL Authorities loses sovereignty over X3FQ-W system later in the day. A H.E.R.O Coalition capital fleet is tackled and subsequently destroyed by Prov-Bloc and CFC forces.

12/3/2014 – X3FQ-W system gained by Nexus Fleet.

14/3/2014 – Two Nyx class Mothership belonging to Northern Coalition(dot) are destroyed by Against ALL Authorities forces in the GE-8JV system.

16/3/2014 – 9-8GBA system is lost by Against ALL Authorities and later in the day gained by Spaceship Samurai.

Breaking News: Two Northern CoalitionDot Nyx Class Motherships Destroyed in GE-8JV

Two Nyx class Motherships were destroyed tonight by an Against ALL Authorities fleet in the GE-8JV system, Catch region. The Nyx pilots, Bobmon of Burning Napalm and Valeu Auleu of Enterprise Estonia, Northern CoalitionDot Alliance, were targeting capital ships using the Cynosural Beacon Array anchored at a tower in the system. Since the system itself is considered a primary hub for Against ALL Authorities, it sees heavy traffic, something the Nyx pilots counted on, as Valeu Auleu had operated in the system the day before, destroying an Archon class carrier and an Anshar class Jump Freighter at two separate engagements.

However, information of Valeu Auleu’s operation had already spread amongst the pilots of Against ALL Authorities Alliance, prompting the Capsuleers of Novatech Armada, one of the member Corporations, to try and lay a trap for the Nyx pilot.

Keeping the operation a secret from the rest of the Alliance, in fear that a spy might expose the trap, Xbox360clock organized a bait and tackle team to catch the enemy Nyx. Planning ahead, Xbox360clock made sure to have a Mobile Cynosural Inhibitor ready to deploy, which would later prove to be the undoing of the Nyx pilots. An Archon, piloted by Haley Anstian, was set as bait, and told to use the beacon in the hopes of luring the Nyx pilot. However, the Nyx pilot did not bite.

Fearing that a second attempt so soon and by the same pilot would raise the Nyx pilot’s suspicions, Allianc was called to use his Thanatos class carrier instead, after a fifteen minute break. This time, the Nyx pilot took the bait, hook, line and sinker and had the carrier tackled with his neutral alt in the system, who promptly lit a cynosural beacon for the Nyx.

Only, to the surprise of the pilots of Novatech Armada, not one Mothership jumped into the system, but two! Quickly regaining composure, Xbox360clock de-cloaked his Sabre class interdictor, bubbled the two Motherships and had an Armageddon and Dominix class battleships fitted with heavy neutralizers tackle the ships and lit a cynosural beacon while he himself anchored the Mobile Cynosural Inhibitor.

As dreadnaughts jumped in to apply damage, the members of Novatech Armada started pinging the Alliance lead Fleet Commanders in order for them to quickly form reinforcement fleets, while spamming the news at every channel they had. The owner of the tower, R17a, was contacted as well, in order to man the tower’s guns and help apply damage.

At the same time, Northern CoalitionDot was forming up a “Slowcat” fleet in order to save the tackled Motherships. However, due to the Nyx pilots’ error, the Mobile Cynosural Inhibitor was not visible on their overview, effectively making them oblivious to the fact that they could not light a cynosural beacon. Without the ability to lit a cynosural beacon, the relief fleet could not jump in and save the tackled Motherships, guaranteeing their doom.

With the reinforcement fleet led by ShadowandLight of Black Aces, Against ALL Authorities Alliance, arriving on field, the two Motherships went down fast, and the two pilots unceremoniously podded. According to zKillboard, the total worth of the two ships lost is approximately fifty-four billion ISK, added to that are the two pods, totaling at two point five billion ISK each. Altogether, Northern CoalitionDot was dealt almost sixty billion ISK in damages.

Links to the Kill Mails:
Nyx (Bobmon)
Nyx (Valeu Auleu)
Pod (Bobmon)
Pod (Valeu Auleu)

Northern CoalitionDot has not given any official reply, however, SpiritOne, of Burning Napalm, Northern CoalitionDot Alliance, went on record to say that The Scanner, the main account whom Valeu Auleu belongs to, will be booted from his corporation. Bobmon, however, will not face any re-precautions for his loss due to the fact that The Scanner was the pilot in charge at the time.

When asked what was Northern CoalitionDot’s stance on the losses, after it was discovered it was a trap, SpiritOne claimed the pilots knew it of the trap, and chose to go in anyway. However, he did give props to the RUS Coalition for quickly forming.

Intercepted internal communications of Northern CoalitionDot Alliance reveal that the operation in question was not sanctioned by the Alliance, thus the pilots will not be receiving replacements for their losses:

Vince Draken: oh
Vince Draken: im not replacing them
Vince Draken: so
Vince Draken: gg
Vince Draken: Your are a hero as long as you get away. Once caught, you get ridiculed*

So far, the Nyx pilots have not been available for comment

The EVE Scribe will keep you posted of further developments

Special thanks are in order to Xbox360clock and the following Novatech Armada pilots: Allianc, Cyb3r D3ath, Fanny’Bandit, Xex syrron and Haley Anstian for giving me the interview, and to SpiritOne of Burning Napalm, Northern CoalitionDot Alliance, for giving me an on the record interview.

*The communications were altered for the sake of uniformity and to protect sources who wish to remain anonymous.

Breaking News: H.E.R.O Coalition Capital Fleet Lost in N-8BZ6

With the shock waves of Darkness of Despair’s disband still subsiding, H.E.R.O Coalition continued its assault on Catch. However, it seems over confidence led H.E.R.O Coalition to deploy a small capital fleet in N-8BZ6 system in order to reinforce an AAA Citizens station, a renter Alliance of Against ALL Authorities. Their mistake was aggravated by the lack a substantial sub-capital fleet to escort said capitals. This resulted in thirteen dreadnaughts and four carriers destroyed, along with an assortment of sub-capitals who tried to rescue the tackled capitals.

The fight started by coincidence, when republicov, a Providence Block Fleet Commander belonging to the Silent Infinity Alliance, led an interceptor gang through Catch, hoping to snag a few kills. Moving through the N-8BZ6 system, one of the fleet members, Myster0816 of Curatores Veritatis Alliance, checked his directional scanner and was noticed that capital ships were showing up near the system’s station. Without a second thought, republicov ordered his fleet to warp to the station and tackle the besieging capitals, while pinging Providence for reinforcements.

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The battle through republicov’s fleet’s perspective

Luckily enough, corebloodbrothers of The Volition Cult Alliance, was assembling his daily fleet. Getting reports from republicov, corebloodbrothers ordered his fleet to re-ship to heavy neutralizing battleships and assemble on a titan to bridge. PIXSE, another pilot of The Volition Cult, was told to fit a cynosural generator on an interceptor and burn to the site in order to allow the force to drop on top of the tackled capitals.

In the meanwhile, Chee Sao of Apocalypse Now. Alliance, who was part of republicov’s fleet, kept the tackled capitals bubbled with his sabre, giving corebloodbrothers the time needed to organize and bridge his fleet. In less than twenty minutes the first wave of battleship was on the field, applying heavy neutralizers and DPS on the bubbled capitals.

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A recording of the early stages of the battle, just as CFC forces enter the system

The fight’s outcome, was not, by any definition of the word, clear at the time. The first wave of battleships was having a tough time breaking the capitals’ tank, and losing many of its ships. corebloodbrothers hastily organized reinforcements, only to find that his titan had run out of Strontium Clathrates to open the bridge. This led to a rather comical moment in which fuel had to be brought up and dragged to the titan. After they were done with their shenanigans, Provi-Block reinforcements bridged into the system and kept piling in, reaching one-hundred and eighty pilots, mostly in sentry ships.

At the same time, a CFC Tengu fleet have heard of the tackled capitals and burned to the system. corebloodbrothers quickly opened communications with the CFC’s FC, reaching an agreement of a temporary ceasefire in order for both fleets to focus on the tackled capitals. With the CFC reinforcements, the H.E.R.O Coalition capitals melted away, and were destroyed to the last one. A token H.E.R.O cruiser gang numbering more than fifty pilots tried to free the tackled capitals, only to end up destroyed alongside them.

Once all the capitals were destroyed, the CFC Tengu fleet extracted itself from the system, without incident, allowing Provi-Block to loot the field and return home safely. In just over an hour H.E.R.O Coalition lost five Moros, three Naglfar, two Phoenix and three Revelation class dreadnaughts, as well as three Chimera and one Archon class carriers. The damage done is valued at fifty billion ISK.

Battle Report

While Test Alliance Please Ignore has not given me any official response, Brave Collective’s PR officer, Markonius
Porkbutte, directed me to his subreddit post, where it was claimed that poor coordination, lack of consolidated communication lines, absence of a backup fleet and operational oversight caused the losses.

However, it has been claimed that a H.E.R.O Coalition reinforcement fleet was assembled and ready to bridge on a titan, only to find out the titan pilot in question was AFK. This may explain why several Provi-Block pilots saw a second H.E.R.O Coalition cynosural beacon go up, without anyone entering the system. This has not been confirmed by either side, though corebloodbrothers confessed that there were multiple cynosural beacons on the field, and he could have overlooked it.

Regardless of the outcome, many people in Providence are looking forward to H.E.R.O Coalition’s continued deployment in the region and hope for many more good fights in the future.

Special thanks are in order to JedsZero, Dragoshi Drambuie and Exclevori of Apocalypse Now. Alliance and Judiciary Pag of Curatores Veritatis Alliance for their contributions to the article, as well as corebloodbrothers, of The Volition Cult Alliance for the interview.

Breaking News: Against ALL Authorities Titan Destroyed

Things have been bleak for Against ALL Authorities these last few days. First, they lose a staging system, then Darkness of Despair disbands, leaving an entire flank exposed in RUS Coalition’s side, not to mention the loss of many valuable pilots, and now they lose a titan.

The titan in question, a Leviathan, was purchased by Carinia of Blackwater Swat. only two days before and was still travel fitted. Unknown to Carinia, Black Legion tracks titan sale threads. The moment she posted on the thread, Black Legion started running locator agents on her. Once the titan sale was finalized, Black Legion started forming up in order to hunt her down.

Her second piece of bad luck was to jump into Mai system in the Domain region. FrEeSoUl5150, member of Mafia Redux, Phobia. Alliance, noticed the cyno in system and immediately acted upon it. “Well he cyno’d in at a safe spot in the middle of nowhere. I had a cloaked alt in system and warped directly to the cyno. HoneyPot Glaze and myself started bumping the titan. We weren’t able to keep him in place and he warped off. I logged on two more toons and gave chase as well as dropped probes. He warped to planet II at one hundred kilometers, we thought he went to sun but he wasn’t there [of course]. Bil Tuesday warped there at random and got a de-cloak on the titan but couldn’t hold him. That’s when he went to belt VII-Six. I was doing a d-scan and cought him on a five degree scan and warped my Heavy Interdictor and my Megathron there. Right as I landed he de-cloaked fifteen kilometers off of my Heavy Interdictor and I got the hard tackle. Once we got that hard tackle is when I started to bat phone…”.*

Tackled titans make for strange bed fellows, especially in Low Security space. FrEeSoUl5150 contacted several entities in the region, including, funnily enough, Sev3rence,a member Alliance of the Providence Block, who holds Phobia. Alliance as an enemy. N00b FO0, of Sev3rence, told his side of the story “Well, some of my friends poked me, saying ‘N00b, we got an enemy titan of Provi-Block tackled, we need your help’. So I Jump Cloned over, and called over a few guys from the Alliance, some of which got there in time, and some of them didn’t. I was just psyched when I saw that it was an -A- [Titan], Providence Victor man”.*

Black Legion, of course, were contacted as well by Phobia. Alliance, who their leadership keeps close ties with. Though mostly based around a US time zone, Black Legion had already a sizable gang formed, which was bridged into the system with the help of Phobia. Alliance. At that point, the titan was already going down, and the arrival of Black Legion only hastened its demise.

At no point did Against ALL Authorities try to extract the titan, or form up a rescue fleet, possibly due to the fact the titan was newly purchased and not known to their leadership. Regardless, no contacts from -A- were available for comment, including the titan pilot.

With the current political upheaval in the sector, this might not be the last titan to be lost in Low Security space.

Chribba learning of the fate of the titan he just helped transfer

Elo Knight commanding the Black Legion gang from his bed

Special thanks are in order to Nan VanDoom, Black Legion’s media contact, N00b FO0 of Sev3rence Alliance and FrEeSoUl5150 of Phobia. Alliance, for their contributions to this article.

*Alterations were made to the original conversation in order to strengthen narrative, as well as fix grammar and spelling mistakes.

Breaking News: RUS Coalition Staging System Under Attack

This just in, a large fleet battle is under way in the Y-FZ5N system, Immensea. The fight is over a final I-Hub timer between N3 and RUS Coalitions. There are eight-hundred and fifty pilots in the system, though exact numbers for each fleet are unavailable. RUS forces were reported in Dominix, -A- in Tengu and NCdot in Proteus fleets. The Cyno Jammer remains active, though sources say SOLAR super-capitals were logged in the system beforehand.

Battle Report

Should -A- lose the I-Hub, it will make the system vulnerable, which may spell disaster for the RUS Coalition, as Y-FZ5N was designated as their new staging system.

Update: -A- have, indeed, lost the I-Hub and had their station enter reinforced mode. The station is expected to exit reinforced mode at Wednesday, the twelfth of March, 15:00 EVE time. If they don’t manage to save it, the RUS Coalition will lose their staging system, which will gravely impact their campaign against the N3 Coalition.

Update: WLAR-J System Lost and Recaptured by -A-

Yesterday, at 8:01 EVE time, AAA Citizens, an Against ALL Authorities renter Alliance, lost sovereignty over WLAR-J system in Catch. What followed was a protracted battle as H.E.R.O Coalition forces tried to capture the system, and were repelled by a combined RUS and CFC Coalitions fleet. From EVE-Kill reports, it seems more than three hundred pilots took part in a pure sub-capital fight. CFC and RUS forces managed to destroy approximately one hundred and seventy-four ships, mainly cruisers, and lost only twenty-nine ships in the process. Total ISK loss for both sides is estimated at nine point fifty-seven billion ISK.

No official response was given by any of the participants of the battle.