News: Northern Coalition(dot) Cannot Be Stopped, G-5EN2 in Danger of Falling

G-5EN2 system, Providence region. On the 9th of June, at 19:00 EVE Standard Time, Providence Bloc attempted to defend the Infrastructure Hub shield reinforcement timer from Northern Coalition(dot) [NC]’s attack, with no success.

Providence Bloc mobilized 250 pilots in a Naga Battlecruiser fleet, with a Stealth Bomber wing for support. The fleet rushed to the system only to see [NC] drop no less than 80 Slowcats (Archon Carriers) and 20 Super Carriers on the Infrastructure Hub, pushing it into its armor reinforcement mode within a single minute!

Unable to offer any resistance, Providence Bloc forces returned to their staging system, re-shipping to a Rupture Cruiser fleet, downsized to 140 pilots.

The force went back to the G-5EN2 system, after hearing of both a Fidelas Constans [FCON] Thorax Cruiser gang, approximately 70 pilots and an [NC] Muninn Heavy Assault Cruiser fleet, estimated at 30 pilots.

The [NC] force was reluctant to engage the Providence Bloc fleet, so a fight was arranged with the [FCON] fleet, the arena moved to the neighboring system of Assah, in the Derelik region, due to Bombers Bar presence in the G-5EN2 system.

A short battle between the two forces erupted on the third planet’s Costums Office as the two forces warped in close range of each other. However Providence Bloc dominated the fight and annihilated the [FCON] force, as it was able to out range it, suffering very minor losses in return. The [FCON] Fleet Commander, a former member of The Volition Cult [VOLT], was allowed to leave the field with his ship intact as a show of good sportsmanship.

This was followed by a quick battle with the [NC] Muninn fleet which seemed to gain confidence and warped at range of the Providence Bloc fleet. The Providence Bloc Fleet Commander decided to warp the fleet to the G-5EN2 gate at zero, hoping to draw the [NC] fleet closer.

This turned out to work quite well, as the [NC] fleet landed at range of the gate, and in a distance that allowed Providence Bloc to volley the Muninns, quickly decimating them. The [NC] force realized quickly that it was in a disadvantage and chose to quickly retreat.

With no more hostiles left to fight, Providence Bloc returned to their staging system, ending large scale hostilities for the night.

Battle report for the Assah system can be found here.

The Assah system saw less than 300 pilots at the peak of the fighting, with Time Dilation not reported. The fighting on its two parts lasted 30 minutes overall.

Providence Bloc lost 10 ships for only a quarter of a billion ISK. [FCON] lost 58 ships for 1.7 Bil ISK of damage while [NC] lost 12 ships, for a total of 2.4 Bil ISK.

[NC] seems to have given up on attempting to fight or counter Providence Bloc’s Battlecruiser fleets and committed instead to grinding sovereignty, using their overwhelming Capital and Super Capital advantage. As for the reason for this, it still remains a mystery, as Providence Bloc has shown a willingness to fight, to the detriment of [NC] at times.

Regardless, [NC] continues to besiege the G-5EN2 system, and at the current rate it appears the system may fall by the end of the week. The EVE Scribe will keep you informed of any new developments.

Special thanks to corebloodbrothers, of Volition Cult, The Volition Cult for granting an interview.

Providence Fight Club: 25.9.2014

On the 25th of September, Providence Bloc successfully fought Pandemic Legion and Specter Fleet in two separate engagements, both in Low and Null Security space.

The first engagement was with Pandemic Legion Alliance. Providence Bloc fielded a one hundred and thirty pilot Tengu class Strategic Cruiser fleet, with quite a few Ferox class Battlecruisers mixed in amongst other ships. The fleet was making its way towards Low Security space when it caught the attention of Pandemic Legion, who attempted to bridge on top of it several times, chasing it all the way to the Assah system in the Derelik region.

Pandemic Legion finally bridged into the Assah system its own Strategic Cruiser fleet, mainly Proteus\Legion class ships, fifty pilot strong. Yet Providence Bloc managed to jump to the neighboring system of Gomati and setup on the Assah gate, waiting for Pandemic Legion’s fleet to jump into them. Pandemic Legion did just that, encountering Providence Bloc head on the Assah gate. A brawl started, with both sides’ main doctrine ships holding firmly, though many support and logistics ships were lost on the Providence Bloc side.

However the stalemate was quickly broken when an error on the part of the Logistics anchor on Pandemic Legion’s side caused the Logistic wing to drift out of range of the main fleet. This allowed Providence Bloc to destroy many of the Strategic Cruisers, as they were now out of Remote Repair range, with one of the first targets being the fleet anchor. This only added to the chaos, ensuring more loses for Pandemic Legion. With too many ships lost, Pandemic Legion was forced to concede the field, after losing approximately a fifth of its force.

Fixed Battle Report for the Gomati system can be found here.

With the Providence Bloc fleet now making its way back to its staging system, reports came of a Specter fleet camping a gate in the XHQ-7V system in the Providence region. The fleet was around thirty pilot strong, a mix of Tech I Cruisers, and situated on the KBP-7G gate. A bait ship was sent in first in order for the hostiles to aggress, thus preventing them from jumping out of the system.

This turned out to work too well, when one of the enemy ships lit a Cynosural beacon and let in a Nidhoggur class Carrier on the field. At this point Providence Bloc jumped into the system in full force to quickly eliminate the Specter fleet and the now present Carrier. Most of the Specter fleet was tackled and then annihilated, with the Carrier dispatched unceremoniously.

Fixed Battle Report for the XHQ-7V system can be found here.

After this second battle Providence Bloc forces returned to their staging system and finally stood down.

In total, Providence Bloc caused the destruction of thirty six ships and ten billion ISK in damages in the two engagement, but suffered in return forty one losses and three billion ISK in damages as well.

Special thanks to Wrik Hoover, of Hoover Inc(dot) Corporation, Pandemic Legion Alliance, Fournone, of Pyromaniacs Anonymous Corporation, corebloodbrothers of Volition Cult Corporation, The Volition Cult Alliance and Blood Siphon, of The Ostrogoths Corporation, Curatores Veritatis Alliance for granting me interviews.

News: Erebus class Titan Destroyed in the Timeor System

Timeor system, Derelik region. On the 14th of July, 16:33 EVE Standard Time, an Erebus class Titan was destroyed by a combined Pandemic Legion and allied fleet.

The Titan apparently logged into the system in a safe location, and was probed by Pandemic Legion Alliance and its allies, who managed to miss the Titan as it entered warp, heading to a safe Tower. Unfortunately, it seems that the pilot was either unaware of his status, as he was in an NPC Corporation, or entered the wrong password, since he was ejected from the force field back into open space.

At this point, sources claim the pilot must’ve panicked, as instead of entering the force field password again and warping back to the Tower, he just remained in his place, thus allowing the Pandemic Legion force to tackle it and lit Cynosural beacons, which allowed the bulk of the fleet, mainly Dreadnaught class Capital ships, to jump into the system and destroy it.

As of time of publication, no response was given by the Titan pilot.

https://youtube.googleapis.com/v/FvLToNB4cZk&source=uds

A Clip detailing the destruction of the Titan, courtesy of JSSix, of CRY.NET, Nihilists Social Club Alliance

The Full EVE-Kill Battle Report can be found here.

Special thanks to JSSix, of CRY.NET, Nihilists Social Club Alliance for providing the initial report and the video evidence.

News: Training Exercise Turns into a Capital Battle in the Ilahed System

Ilahed system, Derelik region. On the 8th of July, 19:50 EVE Standard Time, a training exercise held by The Volition Cult Alliance for its Capital ship wing took a turn for the worse when a Pandemic Legion Alliance fleet managed to drop on top of it, resulting in the loss of three Carrier class Capital ships.

The Capital ship fleet, comprised of ten Dreadnaught and six Carrier class ships of assorted hulls, was on a training drill when a decision was made to mobilize it in order to remove a hostile tower in the Ilahed system. This was considered a part of the exercise, with an estimated low risk for the fleet, considering the presence of an allied Providence Bloc fleet of a hundred Battleship and Battlecruiser class ships nearby.

The first siege cycle went without incident and the force was ready to extract when, apparently, a Pandemic Legion Alliance scout landed on top of the Capital force and activated a Cynosural Field beacon. At that moment jumped into the system thirty-one Mothership class Capital ships, mostly of the Aeon and Nyx hull variants. Three Carriers were caught by the fleet and were subsequently destroyed while the rest of the Capital force managed to warp off the field and jump back into safety. The Providence Bloc sub Capital forces managed to destroy one Archon class Carrier in retaliation, but lacked sufficient fire power in order to break the tanks of the Motherships, thus conceding the field to Pandemic Legion.

However, it has been claimed that the Capital force had ample warning of the Pandemic Legion force, with observers noticing the mass log-in of Pandemic Legion Mothership class Capital pilots prior to the hot drop. Also, the Capital force was already in the process of extraction before the Pandemic Legion fleet jumped into the system, and two of the three Carrier losses were not due to hostile action (Such as tackle), but rather to pilot error, as the two pilots were new to the use of said Capital ships, and did not deactivate their siege cycles in time. This resulted in them remaining immobile on the field and unable to warp off, making them easy prey for the Pandemic Legion force. The third carrier, piloted by HANS STOKHOLM, of Worms Coalition, The Volition Cult Alliance, who commanded the Capital force, stayed behind to help his allies, to no avail, and was subsequently destroyed as well.

Complete Battle Report

According to HANS STOKHOLM, all of the Carrier class ship losses were reimbursed under the Volition Cult’s Ship Replacement Program.

Special thanks to HANS STOKHOLM, of Worms Coalition, The Volition Cult Alliance for giving an interview.

Providence Fight Club: Assah 20.3.2014 [Update]

The twentith of March saw Providence-Bloc forces destroying a Test Alliance Please Ignore Thanatos class Carrier in the Assah system, Derelik region.

The start of the engagement was innocent enough. republicov, of treu republic, Silent Infinity Alliance, led four Frigate class ships through the Assah system, one of the gateways into the Providence region. In the system, a Test Alliance Please Ignore
fleet, comprising approximately fifteen assorted ships, mostly Frigate
and Destroyer class, contacted republicov and offered him a fight at the
sun. Never one to shy away from a fight, even against impossible odds,
republicov agreed. The result was all too predictable.

However, stated as a gift for republicov, one of the Test Alliance Please Ignore pilots
decided to deploy a cynosural beacon and jump a Carrier class ship unto
the battlefield. Seeing this, republicov broadcasted the information in
all available intelligence channels. Luckily, Aenius Codo, of Die hohen
Himmel, The Fourth District Alliance,
was sorting logistics work at the time, and caught the news. Without
missing a beat, Aenius formed a fleet with the expressed intention of
destroying the Carrier.

An
assorted fleet with a Heavy Interdictor class ship was hastily
assembled and rushed unto the field, warping near the Carrier. Using a
focus script on the Warp Disruption Field Generator, the Carrier was
scrambled and held in place by the Heavy Interdictor, assuring that it
could not jump out of the system so long as the Heavy Interdictor was on
the field. The original Test Alliance Please Ignore fleet was quickly
dispatched, and the Provi-Bloc forces turned their attention to the work
of dismentaling the Carrier, with reinforcements pouring into the
system.

H.E.R.O
Coalition forces did not remain indifferent to the Carrier pilot’s
predicament, and quickly formed a rescue fleet which included Talwar
class Destroyers, Atron class Frigates, Caracal and Thorax class
Cruisers as well as assorted Tech I Logistics Cruisers. Yet, the
effectiveness of the rescue forces was somewhat diminshed due to the
fact many of the rescue fleet’s members entered the field in waves,
rather as one fleet, allowing Provi-Bloc forces to easily dispatch them
while continuing to focus most of their attention on the tackled
Carrier.

Less
than twnety minutes since it entered the Assah system, the Thanatos
class Carrier belonging to SkierX, of Dreddit, Test Alliance Please
Ignore, was destroyed.
After the destruction of the Carrier, Providence-Bloc forces decided to
extract, leaving H.E.R.O Coalition forces to take stock of their
losses.

A fixed Battle Report on EVE-Kill can be found here.

Until
the publication of this article, SkierX, of Dreddit, Test Alliance
Please Ignore, did not respond to attempts to interview him

Special thanks are in order to republicov, of treu republic, Silent Infinity Alliance and Aenius Codo, of Die hohen Himmel, The Fourth District Alliance for granting me interviews.

Update: Sendaya Free for All

The Sendaya system in the Derelik region is fastly becoming the hottest spot in New Eden. The system maintains a high population density, remaining above four hundred pilots even during the Australian Time Zone, often considered EVE’s weakest. The station is perpatually covered with wrecks as engagements occur almost constantly between individuals, gangs and entire fleets. This has been caused due to the formation and subsequent deployment of H.E.R.O Coalition to the system, which made many established Alliances relocate to the region, or lead fleets into it.

Sunday saw the largest engagement so far in the system between forces of GoonSwarm Federation, Black Legion, H.E.R.O Coalition and the Provi-Block with almost nine hundred pilots in system. The battle was a chaotic free for all between the four entities and Killboards have proven unreliable in piecing together a coherent report. What is certain, though, is that this is only the beginning of one of the most interesting deployments in the history of EVE.

The EVE Scribe will keep posted with future developments.