The first 16 elimination rounds of the 6th Alliance Tournament are complete. Every match was action filled and ran the gamut from complete domination down to at least one match called for time and winner decided by points. Today's matches highlighted the creativity and sheer guesswork that goes into some fleet decisions, as well as the pitfalls of over anticipating your opponent. Probable Cause's odd fielding of seven Osprey Navy Issues highlighted this as team contact badass2k6 explained: "our set up [...]
The first rounds of the Group Stages are complete as we continue to move towards the Finals scheduled for next weekend. With twice the ships and twice the points, field choices have been more varied as teams jostle for a position in the Finals. Returning champions Pandemic Legion debuted today in Alliance Tournament IX and performed as anticipated, wrecking Ushra'Khan for the first flawless victory of the day. Cumulative statistics still show the Tengu as the #1 choice of ship with 88 fielded to date. [...]
Heydieles - Federal Defence Union carrier class vessel destroyed. In the early hours of the 24th, the State Protectorate fleet commanded by Boromos engaged a Federal Defence Union fleet in the Heydieles system. "[The main Caldari] fleet was out in Old Man Star camping the Villore gate. They had about 80 people...I had intel that there was a 100 man Gallente fleet nearby so I started setting up a fleet to go back his ass up...so I convoed [Boromos] and worked everything out, when I had about 40-50 [...]
The first half of the last day of Qualifying has been completed and the second half has just gotten underway. Teams continue to vary their fleet compositions looking for the ideal setup. A surprising number of teams have been using Sansha Phantasm cruisers and Nightmare battleships in their fleets, with some rather poor results as demonstrated in the ATLAS ALLIANCE vs Molotov Coalition match. Using a fleet including 7 Phantasms and a Nightmare, ATLAS was not able to make their expensive venture [...]
SEYLLIN 0940 - The first message received by Federation emergency services originated from the daytime side of Seyllin I near the city of Loadcore. The desperate plea-one of thousands received already-originated from a freight loading hangar just below the surface, where a group of workers are reportedly trapped beneath rubble brought down by an explosion. Preliminary injury reports suggest that the victims were exposed to a lethal radiation blast, as an overwhelming number of cases consist of acute [...]
After a two day effort, Federal forces led by SSgt Sniper succeeded in destroying the first verified State Protectorate tower in the Villasen system. The tower, deployed by the Secretariate corporation, was discovered on a routine recon sweep by Sniper’s corporation. The tower was determined to be of a research/invention type, and it was decided to remove the structure at once. Stiff resistance was put up by State Fleet Commander Daniel Jackson’s force in two decisive engagements. With the defeat of [...]
Following further investigation into the destruction of a RAZOR alliance Erebus on the 21st, sources have come to light revealing that this was not the first sub-capital titan kill. On 06.11.110, at approximately 01:30 am, the Erebus titan "Hope of Heaven," belonging to F4ze of Triumvirate. was destroyed after being bumped out from its sheltering control tower by Pandemic Legion agents. Mr Rive, of Black Omega Security corporation, piloting an Eris, trapped the super-capital within a warp interdiction [...]
Yulai – Scope News has managed to wire a compressed packet from Yulai through an independent local transmitter. The images are distorted, but the unmistakable fleet of Minmatar-Thukker ships appear to be firing capital-class weaponry at the CONCORD Station. The space surrounding the station is lit up with explosions from weapons impacts and crippled capital ships breaking apart. Both sides seem to be suffering heavy casualties from the barbaric assault, with yet more CONCORD reinforcements arriving at [...]
EQI2-2, BRANCH - The X-Trading Company [XT], a [-RZR-] corporation, suffered the loss of five motherships, a carrier, and various support ships during an engagement with Triumvirate [TRI] and White Noise [WN] Monday evening. The battle took place around 1800 just outside the [-RZR-] station "EQI2 Failure Cascadery". Grim Master of [-RZR-] reportedly undocked an Archon class carrier in a possible attempt to bait a twenty-seven man [WN] support gang led by first time Fleet Commander BCE HAX. [WN] [...]
Gelfiven - Against all odds, five of the ships missing for weeks in the Great Wildlands have returned to Republic space. The five surviving vessels are the last known members of the large pilgrimage that entered the Great Wildlands weeks ago in search of the Minmatar Elders. The large but vastly underprepared convoy left Republic space weeks ago and shortly thereafter all contact with them was lost. In the ensuing weeks, hope of survivors faded as evidence mounted that the fleet had been completely [...]
++ TRANSMISSION FROM ADMIRAL JONAR OF THE REPUBLIC FLEET ++ ++ TO ALL TRIBAL LIBERATION FORCE PILOTS ++ Pilots of the TLF, Most of you have read about the disaster in the Aset system. The Fleet is currently redeploying its forces to assist and ensure that the exact position of the disaster is kept secret. This should ensure our enemies cannot disrupt the rescue. We do not wish to take any chances, however, so I am asking that the Tribal Liberation Force assist with patrols in keeping the Aset system [...]
Deltole, Sinq Laison - Sansha's Nation incursions have increased both in frequency and force since the end of last month. Sansha dropships removed large populations from Oruse, Serren III and Josekorn, while the collective efforts of opposing capsuleers successfully routed Nation forces from Deltole and evacuated Anyed VII and Antem IV and V before Nation forces could attack. One corporation, the Fleet Coordination Commision [FCORD] was founded to offer a fast and intuitive way for capsuleers to [...]
Choonka – A fleet, on a mission from God, set out from Choonka with spirits high. Striking deep into enemy space, they secured several key positions while leaving the local forces running in circles. Darth A3ONZ led the crusade backed up by his Wing Commander Rogue Seven. The small fleet consisted of frigate class vessels and some support vessels. At one time, the fleet was forced to fall back from Ardar due to a large enemy fleet jumping into the system. Several of our brothers and sisters were lost [...]
Vlillirier, Placid - On the 17th of December, Marlona Sky undocked in a Moros dreadnought named Intigo with the intention of having it blown up. Marlona, inspired by the event "Bring me the head of Kirith Kodachi", decided to throw an event with billions worth of prizes to be won by participants. The First Tier prizes, including a Vindicator battleship worth in excess of 1.1 billion ISK and a Proteus with five subsystems, were limited to capsuleers flying frigates or destroyers. When interviewed after [...]
Newly re-elected Gallente President Souro Foiritan has just issued a press release stating his intention to send an aid convoy to Kassigainen IV to assist with what the release terms “a major – and growing – humanitarian crisis.” The release states that the convoy is meant as “a gesture of goodwill, and a hopeful step towards better relations with our neighbors.” Only a few minutes after the announcement, the Caldari State’s Chief Executive Panel released a statement indicating the situation is “under [...]
Final election results are in from the Federation: President Souro Foiritan has claimed victory by a narrow margin, beating his opponent, Senator Mentas Blaque, by just a single point. This will make him the first president in Gallente history ever to serve more than one term in office. “I am proud, and I am humbled, to be granted the opportunity to serve this great nation for five more years,” said the President in an address to his supporters, delivered minutes ago from the steps of the presidential [...]
In a surprising turnaround President Foiritan has gone from defense on to the offense in his struggle with the Senate. Only yesterday he had to fend off allegations that he was using taxpayer's money to fund his own hobby interests, but now the table has turned with him vehemently attacking the Senate, declaring it out of touch with reality and lacking connections with the public. The President's outburst came at a fund-raising gala last evening, where money for terminally ill children was being [...]
Gallente President Souro Foiritan has pulled of a real coup by convincing Articio Kor-Azor to give up the Crielere scientists he recently bought. A deal was struck in the early hours of the morning after prolonged discussions between Federation diplomats and representatives of the royal heir. Details of this deal are still sketchy, but are thought to include trade and mining rights, tech exchange and intelligence cooperation. Early reports indicate that Articio may have overstepped the informal [...]
President Foiritan was today attending the opening of a new Soar Skate Park in Caille and used the opportunity to salute the hundreds of Gallentean pilots that yesterday participated in gathering body parts for the Federation in a bid to gain favor from the Jovians. Foiritan, although not personally involved with the affair, showed much interest in it from the start and an indication of this was when he listed those pilots most prominent in the collection. “Though everyone who participated must be [...]
Ladistier - In what is clearly a response to Tibus Heth's auction of captured Federation systems, President Foiritan has issued an executive mandate to seize control of the nation's arms manufacturers. For the first time since the Caldari-Gallente War, this extraordinary decree invokes the Hueromont Act, which grants the president sweeping emergency powers in the event of national crisis. The Senate has decried Foiritan's act, calling it an "impeachable offense," and a session is underway to formulate [...]
LUMINAIRE - SCOPE News has obtained link feeds of the rescue operation on Seyllin I, in which President Foiritan implores the people of Metal City and Loadcore to "not wait where you are to be rescued" and to "use the magrail system to move yourself to safety." Both cities were on the day side of the planet when the solar radiological pulse struck, and neither is approachable by dropship. According to Federation Navy officials, the rescue effort is "going as well as can be expected" given the [...]
President Souro Foiritan’s office and the campaign office of Senator Mentas Blaque today sent out press releases detailing the two candidates’ stances on Eman Autrech’s surprise withdrawal of his presidential bid yesterday morning. The President’s Office’s statement reads: “It comes as a blow to this democracy and a personal shock to the President that a good man such as Autrech should decide to step down. His reasons for doing so are doubtless solid and just. The Foiritan Administration wishes the [...]
As the space industry expands and becomes a more integral part of the economy of EVE, more and more people are becoming aware of the heroes and villains that ply the vast inter-stellar trade routes. Some of the pirate factions are now established enough that they are known by the majority of the populace. Consequentially, the leaders of these nefarious organizations are becoming known to the world at large, often through dramatized holo-reels based more on fiction than fact. The branch within CONCORD [...]
Rozalin Fuma and her gunnery crew survived the first weekend of the Alliance Tournament. She was not so lucky in the second weekend. On the first day of the second weekend of tournament matches, the ship that Rozalin manned went down near the beginning of the match, ending in the death of five hundred crewmen, including Rozalin. The call to evacuate the ship went out as soon as it began taking damage to its structural integrity. As Rozalin directed her crew to the escape pods and survival suits, an [...]