Standing Fleet: 10, Suicidal Spaceship Squadron: 2

Standing Fleet under FC Q Sertorius was out hunting hostiles in the G5ED - TVN pipe when reports came in of a 10 man Caracal gang coming up the pipe from QPOK-B. Fleet made its way to the PM- jump bridge and pursued as the enemy fleet arrived in UL- on the G5 gate. After probing surrounding systems the enemy fleet jumped into 8-T where X Saint initiated the fight with the first arrival on Y5 gate. As the rest of their fleet landed Standing Fleet jumped in, bubbled them and the fight was on.

https://tgrad.eve-kill.net/?a=kill_related&kll_id=32086587

Most of Suicidal Spaceship Squad lived up to their name by dying but one Caracal and a Zealot had to be chased down and forced to comply.

Standing Fleet: 6, No Forks Given: 0

“Ferox jumping into LS,” reports PEWKITT.  One eyebrow is simultaneously raised on all members of Standing Fleet. ‘Ferox and Harbinger.” Two eyebrows. “Three Feroxes, a Harby, a Cyclone and a Myrmidon all jumping LS. Let’s go guys, get on the 9-G gate in LS.” Hulks, Ishtars and eyebrows are quickly docked up in G5ED station and everyone jumps into T1 battlecruisers and heads for the 8-T jump bridge to LS-JEP.

It appears that our adversaries have an aversion for bubbles and have come to shoot those deployed on the 9-G gate.  They are however not averse to sitting inside the bubbles while they shoot them. Our fleet lands in two’s and three’s and begins to shoot these fish in a bubble. Those few who try to burn out of the bubbles are scrammed. Camelionz is primaried in his Scythe and Ripperjack does an amazing job of keeping him up. One by one the enemy Battlecruisers fall to our coordinated fire whilst being unable to destroy even our Maulus Navy Issue cruiser. Several capsules are also despatched to Pod Heaven. We loot the field and return home.

https://zkillboard.com/related/30000319/201512280400/

Ignore the Stratios and related parties on the killboard, that kill belongs to a previous fight. We had similar numbers and ship types to them with one difference: we had logi. This goes to show what a difference logi makes in a fight.

Join Standing Fleet and get on Standing Fleet comms and be part of quick reaction fleets like this.

We also run BLOPs fleets when targets present themselves. We ran one just before this fight.

Cyno up in BWF, leads to carrier kill

Prometheus Ituin pinged for a fleet to drop on 3 Myrms camping the Oijanen gate in BWF late last night. And what better ship to kill Myrms than Bhaalgorns right? So Los Lecrosis set off to find the Myrms with 3 Bhaalgorns (1 with grid problems), 1 ANI, 2 Oneiros and 1 Crow sitting on the titan.

Los found no Myrms, so he set up a bubble 100 off the BWF station and waited to see what undocked. A Curse looked interested. Los warped to Oijanen and back with the Curse, tackled it and lit the cyno. We bridged and killed the Curse. Now things started to undock. Shortly a Hyperion and 2 Dominixes entered the fray with more stuff undocking, notably a Chimera which sent its fighters in.

https://zkillboard.com/br/55472/

The subcaps died but things were starting to get a bit hairy with the Bhaalgorns in half armor and the 2 Oneiros getting jammed by a Falcon. Prometheus had called to align to IOO and now ordered warp. Many tackle and cruiser to BS size subcaps began landing as we waited for everyone to get out. They jumped through ahead of us. When everyone was repped up and timers clear we jumped to them. Prometheus called to uncloak with Falcon primary. I did not uncloak in my Oneiros, perhaps I should have so they would agress. They all jumped back through, it seemed to me. We warped BND.

Now Prometheus took the decision to turn back and continue the fight. Perhaps he knew there was a Chimera at 0 on the other side. He called for reinforcements on the Titan and Los prepared to light his cyno. We all jumped back into IOO and there was the Chimera in a bubble. Cyno up and we started to bump the Chimera away from the gate. His friends abandoned him and he died.

https://zkillboard.com/kill/49391285/

Machariel comes to dinner in G5

North LAWN Standing Fleet received distinguished visitors this afternoon in the form of a Conquering Darkness fleet consisting of a Machariel, Proteus, Pilgrim and Muninn. Standing Fleet was a little thin since several TGRADs were out on a Cerberus fleet. 

Nevertheless Hector Centauri undocked his PvP Rattlesnake to invite them to dinner. The Machariel pilot graciously accepted his invitation, even stumbling into the Rattlesnake at high speed in his enthusiasm. Lord Aredhel, considerate as always, undocked and helped the Machariel gain his composure by bringing some cold Loki webs. Judon and Hector then offered Ogre II hors d’oeuvres accompanied by some exciting neutralizing aperitifs. 

The Machariel pilot had rarely seen such hospitality afforded him so quickly and veritably exploded in gratitude. His Pilgrim servant was equally served and responded in the same manner. The Proteus and Muninn suddenly remembered a previous engagement and left rather briskly. Everyone looks forward to their next visit with anticipation.

https://tgrad.eve-kill.net/?a=kill_detail&kll_id=29778630

The Scope: War Erupts in the South