Coalition Thanatos pilot Disciplined by Doomsday

ZXB-VC, 29 March 2015

An example of harsh measures used to discipline pilots during wartime happened tonight when a coalition Thanatos pilot made an unauthorized jump to a cyno during an operation.

Once the operation ended and the fleet jumped into ZXB, the Thanatos class carrier was bubbled and doomsdayed by an Erebus class Titan.

Fortunately for the Thanatos pilot his ship barely survived the ordeal in structure and he was repped up and allowed to leave with only his pride damaged.

Darkness Legions not KEE-N to fight

KEE-N6, 29 March 2015

Coalition Ishtars were scrambled earlier tonight to kill Darkness capitals bubbled in an undisclosed location. Unfortunately the fleet under FC Qicia arrived too late in KEE. There followed some hectic fleet warps as the opposing fleets manoeuvred for position before battle was joined.

The fight was short and bloody, with coalition Ishtars burning through enemy logistics ships, helped in part by a devastating void bombing run by contract allies Confederation of xXPizzaXx. The Darkness fleet fled but not before a command ship was pointed and destroyed.

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ZXB-VC Station Hellcamped

ZXB-VC, 26 March 2015

The continuous camping of the enemy staging station in ZXB which began yesterday continued today.

In the short time that your reporter was there several ships were destroyed whilst trying to dock or escape through the bubbles on station, including two Tengu class strategic cruisers.

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Moral is high amongst coalition pilots in spite of the boredom of facing an enemy hiding in station and unwilling to fight even when he outnumbers coalition forces by a large margin.

A spokesman for Fleet Command issued a reminder to all pilots never to warp to wing boosters in wing command position in the fleet. Always warp to the FC or the anchor as posted in the MOTD or ask for a warp in.

NC Ravens, Ishtars mauled in 4-EP12 in uneven fight

4-EP12, 16 March 2015

A coalition Ishtar fleet of about 100 led by Eminza Kaiderius travelled from TEG to 4-EP tonight all the while dogged by Kadeshi interceptors. On arrival in 4-EP a hostile SBU was destroyed while the fleet waited for the enemy to form up, which they eventually did.

The Ravens with carrier support were soon joined by Ishtars outnumbering the coalition 142 to 115. Nevertheless FC continued to broadcast Ravens and Ishtars and with focus and discipline the fleet welcomed each one to Fountain.

Enemy stealth bombers then added to the uneven fight and destroyed drones and fast tackle (including your embedded reporter). Many logistics ships were lost at this point when they could no longer rep each other due to broadcast window being swamped by requests for shields. (Reminder to coalition pilots: never broadcast for reps after being bombed.)

FC abandoned and redeployed drones and the fight continued for some time. But with enemy stealth bombers active as well as facing superior numbers and with logistics no longer holding reps, FC aligned the fleet out and extracted. FC gallantly ordered gf's to be exchanged in local.

Result: 4.9 bill lost, 6.3 bill killed.

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Coalition Ishtars clash with NC TFI's, BL Svipul gang

7BX-6F, 16 March 2015

A coalition Ishtar fleet led by Calwell returned to 7BX tonight and was hot-dropped by Northern Coalition Tempest Fleet Issues with Archon support.

FC had fleet drop sentries and anchor up. Two expensive Machariels were quickly taken down.

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Zkillboard:

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One of the Archons was taken to 70% armor but stabilized. 

FC warped the fleet to the SBU and began to grind it down. The TFI fleet was repeatedly bubbled by our skilled interdictor pilots but eventually aligned to the SBU. FC warped the fleet to gate and the enemy followed. Fleet escaped but was pursued by a Balck Legoin fleet of T3 Destroyers, Sabres, and Interceptors.

Now began a fighting retreat on the way to the jump bridge in HMF-9D with the pursued picking off enemy Sabres while aligning out and the pursuers picking off coalition ships slow to jump and align. Having lost all 3 flights of drones, fleet jumped to XUW and then back to TEG with minimal losses.

Coalition Domis kick BL Ishtar fleet out of TEG

TEG-SD, 15 March 2015

After destroying 2 enemy SBU's in 7BX-6F and 6VDT-H, coalition pilots quickly reformed in TEG. FC Calwell had the fleet reship into Dominixes as a Black Legion fleet of Ishtars arrived in off station. In what is becoming a familiar scenario, coalition Domis undocked, dropped sentries and chewed through the enemy as they tried to kite out of range.

Many brave interdictor pilots sacrificed themselves once again to bubble the enemy and prevent their escape. Those who did escape went to 87XQ-0 and the fleet followed and caught more in that system. Fleet then returned to TEG and looted the field of a large number of sentry drones that will come in handy in the next few weeks.

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Dominix pilots wanted

The Dominix class battleship has been around for a long time. But this is not your grandfather's Dominix. All components from propulsion systems to sensors to weapons platforms have been completely upgraded to enable the Dominix to survive and thrive in today's most unforgiving combat environments.  Beneath that familiar exterieur beats a 1.74 megaton Swiss watch.

The Dominix is the most drone-centered T1 sub capital ship available. It can carry up to 3 flights of highly-bonused Heavy Attack Drones or Heavy Sentry Drones of which it can field up to 5 at a time. It is only rivaled by the Ishtar class T2 cruiser, carrier class vessels, and of course the T2 Dominix version, the Sin.

The Dominix can also fit hybrid weapons but most Alliance Navies prefer the versatility that fitting  heavy energy neutralizers and drone range augmentation modules gives them.

The Dominix can not only dish out the punishment, it can also take it. Seven armor tanking hardpoints are available which means the Dominix can be fitted with a formidable tank. Just the thing when you are primaried by that fleet of T3 strategic cruisers.

The Gallente Dominix class battleship. It's not your grandfather's Dominix.

Kadeshi Harpies use coalition JB to escape

TEG-SD, 12 March 2015

Coalition Ishtars were scrambled earlier today to intercept a Kadeshi Harpy fleet moving up the Fountain Core pipe. Pilots barely had time to strap in and fire up their engines before FC Hobojoe Dimaloun undocked the fleet to give chase.

Fleet interceptors burned ahead to get intel on the fast-moving Harpies. They reported the enemy fleet in the Minotaur pocket, a dead end. Coalition forces set up bubbles and deployed drones on the 57-KJB gate in A-HZYL and waited. The enemy Harpies arrived 50 km off the gate on the other side and also bubbled. After 10 minutes of the Mexican stand-off FC Hobojoe ordered interdictors and fast tackle in to catch what they could and the fleet then followed.

Our brave interdictor pilots sacrificed themselves willingly to bubble the enemy allowing coalition Ishtars to destroy 7 Harpies, 2 Scythes and the enemy FC’s Svipul, whereupon the enemy fleet fled deeper into the Minotaur pocket.

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The Harpies were next located in the dead-end system of R-BGSU. There was no escape for them. The fleet burned to V6-NY1 but scouts reported that the enemy was no longer present in R-B or OL3-78. At first it was thought that the enemy had exited via a wormhole, but Arkale Dark had been spotted at the jump bridge in 9DQW-W and now the Harpy fleet was reported in J-R. The enemy had escaped via Fatal Ascension’s password-protected 9DQ jump bridge. The security of the jump bridge had obviously been compromised.

FC ordered fleet to follow but the Harpies were long gone. A significant number of pilots could not take the bridge without incurring incapacitating jump fatigue and had been left behind in Minotaur. All that was left for FC was to rendez-vous with them at Z30S-A. The coalition leaves no man behind. This was done and fleet then returned to base.

Hunt for Rokh Oktober

'Rokh just jumped into A-1...hello anyone around?'  With these words of Challu began the Hunt for Rokh Oktober.

One by one Blasties replied on comms. TY was making a sandwich or something. Challu got his Sabre blown up trying to tackle the Rokh alone in YZ. 'At least we know he has blasters.'

Challu followed the Rokh into A-H on his alt in a bomber with only a point. Meanwhile several cruisers tried to catch up. Challu pointed the Rokh but it MJD'ed off and warped.

With help one jump out Challu decided to go for him again in YZS5 to slow him down at least, and I believe Almos also caught up and scrammed him. He aggressed and then the rest of us arrived and Rokh Oktober was sunk.

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Poster by Bryan K Ward

Black Legion brings War to TEG doorstep

TEG-SD, 10 March 2015

Pings went out for Dominix pilots late tonight as a 90-man Black Legion fleet of Augoror Navy Issues with Oneiros logistics support approached TEG staging system. The situation looked grim for the coalition after 15 minutes as LAWN FC Li Blackhawk reported only 26 Dominixes were assembled. Logistics and boosting ships were also in short supply despite some hectic bat phoning and corp pinging.

The enemy fleet led by Elo Knight landed on TEG undock. ‘Alright,’ announced FC, ‘we might just have enough. We’ll see how it goes. Everyone undock.’  With these inspiring words ringing in their ears, our fearless Dominix pilots emerged into the Storm of Augorors.

Station was bubbled. FC ordered Bouncer sentries deployed and broadcasted targets. As well as following these targets our skilled pilots were ordered to distribute tracking disruption and energy neutralizers to all enemy ships which they did very effectively.

However, enemy ships did not go down easily, many receiving timely repairs from their logistics wing. FC was obliged to switch quickly between targets in order to take them down. However this process was hindered by long lock times for the enemy cruisers. The enemy kited out, FC ordered optimal range scripts for the TD’s.

Now enemy Stealth bombers made their appearance and destroyed a large part of the fleet’s drones. FC ordered the fleet to deagress and approach station. Those without Bouncers docked up to resupply and undocked. Then as the enemy fleet reapproached, the fight began again. FC ordered tracking scripts for the omnidirectional links. Now as the targets were being broadcasted earlier, the fleet began to chew through the enemy before they could react. One after another the enemy fell. And soon they were warping out in disarray, leaving TEG undock strewn with enemy wrecks. GF’s were exchanged and FC praised his valiant pilots for their skill and discipline in a hard fight.

Once again coalition Dominix class battleships stand undefeated.

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