EVE Corporation - Page 1249

On September 01 2012 08:54 419 wrote:
For stuff that happened yesterday.

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This is the story of a Scimitar, destined for great things.

The ship would not be disgraced with unsightly large shield RRs and shield extenders. Indeed, this one was born for battle -- pointing rapiers, and crushing retributions with its fearsome flights of drones. Unfortunately, it fell victim to boredom, and more specifically, several ill-advised attempts to bump provi-police ships off the station in KBP. Tragically, as a firetail had dual webs and a hurricane managed to get on top of him, he was quickly neuted out, at which point the noble ship was chainsawed by various short-ranged munitions.

Related kills (includes some quality Oracle + tackle merlin action from earlier): http://teamliquid.killmail.org/?a=kill_related&kll_id=14484538

Needless to say, the residents did not quite understand the genius of the fit, and began rudely slandering the late ship and its heartbroken pilot in local. To allow these heathens to insult the legacy of the Sigitar was deemed an unpardonable sin. The call was made to move and anchor SBUs in G-5EN2. Within a few minutes, it was under assault by a number of bombers.

While forming up to defend the structure, a scout reported several RnK/Pure Madness in battleships (including a good amount of fleet typhoons) moving through system. After some speculation over what poor fellow would get his day ruined via titan bridge, we return to our preparations. Turns out that these gentlemen were coincidentally on their way to pipe-bomb the CVA response fleet, killing a fair bit of Nagas and stealth bombers: http://rooksandkings.com/killboard/?a=kill_related&kll_id=38383

Understandably, the provi-police seemed unwilling to bring more battlecruisers to the SBU bashing op. The report of 15-ish bombers attacking the SBU piques our interest for a moment, but the sight of a hostile stiletto on grid is enough to cause them to all cloak up again, so we decide to go on a rather uneventful roam, hoping that a fightable fleet will form in the meantime. The victims of our decision include the most unlucky badger mk II pilot in the world: http://teamliquid.killmail.org/?a=kill_detail&kll_id=14487622

The gang also dishonourably blob a pair of Taloses on the way from R3- to G-5.

Upon return to G-5 was local at 110 (friendly fleet was 3x Oracle, 3x Harbinger, 1x Drake, Taranis, Stiletto), and some very active SBU bashing with ~80-90 subcaps, mostly drakes with ~5 logi. Some prolonged skirmishing nets us some assorted frigate kills and blackbird headshots, but no committed engagement.

A few minutes later, a stiletto arrives on grid and, whether through an ill-advised warpin or simple bad luck, he manages to stumble across a flock of cloaked SBs. Initial firepower is focused on the stiletto, but the quietly expanding cloud of confused bombers is soon noticed --

Light em’ up!

14 stealth bombers, and 2 interceptors evaporate in the blink of an eye, or at least as fast as the oracles guns can cycle:

+ Show Spoiler +

The fleet is joined by a Drake and Oracle, and the next skirmish with Provi-police commences. We drop 4 BCs and a scimitar in exchange for our taranis, who reships to a stiletto. The next encounter is with a Pure Madness gang, who, unlike us, have opted for exclusively tier 3 BCs. Despite one of our Oracles melting to the extreme dps of their gang, the battle goes our way:
http://pure-madness.eu/0os827nq/?a=kill_related&kll_id=14646 (chose to use this link as eve-kill has a lot of not-actually-related kills)

The final confrontation is at hand, with local dropping to 75 (friendly fleet maxes at 15). At this point the legacy of the Sigitar has been deemed sufficiently honoured and so we decide to scoop the SBUs. During the first deanchoring, a hound decloaks to shoot our hauler, and is instantly executed. In the meantime, the fleet adds a Drake, and 'Grand Gaymarshal' Chessur arrives in a Caracal Navy Issue to oversee the battle. The hostiles have taken up position on the Assah gate in G5, preventing the reinforcements from entering the system.

Friendly: 4x Oracle, 3x Drake, CNI, 2x Stiletto, Rifter, Merlin
Hostile (approximated from fraps): 27~ BCs (still mostly drake, assorted canes/tier 3s), 4x basi/scimi, Vulture w/ full siege, 10~ fast tackle/dictors/bombers

Our loss of the scimitar earlier financially crippled the corp wallet, making us unable to field logistics vessels.

We warp to range on the gate and immediately kill a naga and a dram, and drop the fast tackle coming in. We have to play cautiously here -- a review of the fraps shows that the massed drake fire is enough to drop our drakes from 100-->0% shield within a matter of ~10 seconds -- luckily, this primaried drake was able to warp when entering armor. Nevertheless, our firepower is enough to break the logi reps on the battlecruisers, and 3 die before the hostiles disengage, clearing the gate for our reinforcements to enter. The 2nd SBU deanchors, and while some warp-in shenanigans occur, the only action is a drake we manage to catch warping to a gate at range. The hostiles once again return to the Assah gate, with Michael Harari in a stiletto observing them. He manages to snag a point on an out-of-position Typhoon with the main fleet positioned nearby. One of our pilots screenshotted Michael's Stiletto dodging a flurry of Drake missiles, as we warped to the gate after finishing the phoon:



We do a good job of clearing the fast tackle, and again, we’re able to drop their battlecruisers despite logi reps. Sensing that the battle is clearly going in our favor, the drakes + lone CNI close in for points. One of our drakes points their vulture, igniting some arguments on comms about whether to finish off the drake or immediately primary the more expensive CS. At the end, it doesn’t really matter, as the remainder of the hostile fleet warps to an ongrid tactical, and then decides to warp off, leaving us to finish off their siege commander.

Kills for the final engagements: 10~ fast tackle/bombers, 8 BC/BS, the Vulture
Losses: zero

http://teamliquid.killmail.org/?a=kill_related&kll_id=14488037

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