HERO And PL Clash, PL Wrecks House

As PL and HERO continue to beat each other's heads in, the war just got much more serious. As the timer came out, HERO formed up almost 500 pilots in various ships. At first planning to go with their go-to doctrine of mixed DPS, Ewar, and support fleet, HERO was quickly caught on their back foot by PL.  Who had opted to bring in a "wrecking ball" fleet of mostly Nyx, Aeons, Archons. and mixed subcap support, putting the total PL numbers at around 100 pilots.  Local peaked at over 1000 during the heaviest fighting, as more people piled in.  Pushing TiDi to a peak of 7%.

Pandemic Legion and HERO fight in HP-64T over Ihub Armor Timer

At around 23:00 EVE Time, HERO formed up to defend and rep the IHub in the Bloodline. system of HP-64T,  HERO was able to muster a mixed fleet comp of around 230 pilots against the PL fleet of around 150.

HERO had a fairly comprehensive fleet comp with Tengu/Eagle DPS support by the typical Minmatar Cruiser Logi.  The mixed Crucifier and Maulus Ewar wing was indirectly supported by  a fleet of Harpies.  There were also "Rushcat" fit interceptors to break PL locks, with bombers and Ishtars in reserve.

PL loses Station Timer and Super to HERO in F4R2-Q

In the early morning of the 24th February 2015 the station timer for F4R2-Q came out of reinforced and Pandemic Legion, as with any timer they are determined to win, dropped their super-capital fleet to ensure the strategic victory.

In all Pandemic Legion dropped 10 of their super-carriers along with around 45 Archon carriers.
Brave Collective, who own the station and the rest of their HERO coalition friendlies, formed up around 250 pilots in a wide array of ship types, including a 50 man Tengu strategic cruiser fleet and a 30 man Eagle fleet.

Rogue Spaceship Samurai Director drops SOV in system, and resets HERO standings

Throughout the history of the game, there are a huge amount of tales and cautionary stories about how trust placed in an individual member can lead to the collapse and dissolution of an alliance. Band of Brothers, GoonSwarm, and dozens of others have been dissolved from the inside by directors who have betrayed what their organization stood for, changing the road ahead for hundreds if not thousands of players.

As PL and HERO continue their de facto war in Catch, the seemingly lax leadership security of HERO member Spaceship Samurai has come back to bite them in the ass again, this time in the form of the third major SOV incident in recent memory.

RvB fleet event draws in over 300 pilots into massive fight in 9UY4-H and Y-MPWL

A major battle in 9UY4-H  involved more than 300 pilots as a part of the RvB event in the system.

Provi camped the gate in a armor T3 fleet with T2 Logi support. As soon as the HERO Eagle fleet (supported by a bomber and ewar fleet) jumped into system provi brought in triage. HERO took heavy logi losses and had to reposition. As soon as HERO warped off rvb ganked entered the field with an arty abaddon fleet supported by T2 logi.

War in Cache heats up as PL caps move in

xXDEATHXx appears to have struggled over the last few days in their war against the Meow Coalition consisting of The Gorgon Empire, Red Alliance and Dream Fleet, all being allied with SOLAR.  Trading system back and forth between these entities.

As the Meow Coalition spreads almost effortlessly across the former N3 regions of Scalding Pass and Insmother, SOLAR set it's sights on xXDEATHXx in Cache.  As xXDEATHXx looked to be ready to strand alone, they received shows of support from both Total Absolution and N3.

Null Sec SOV Updates For January 8th

- North Wars :

Legion of xXDEATHXx and allied Regions :

  * Cache =

After 3 Systems falling in SOLAR Fleet hands yesterday, today only one system was taken by SOLAR Fleet Allies Babylon 5.. : http://evemaps.dotlan.net/system/K85Y-6/events , they killed xXDEATHXx IHUB (https://zkillboard.com/kill/43695182/) and TCU (https://zkillboard.com/kill/43696446/).

HERO Stands Against PL Once Again

Catch continues to burn, following on from HERO’s defeat at V-3YG7 where the station was put into its first timer, HERO have been attempting to slow Pandemic Legion (PL) attempts to take the systems of MB-NKE, HED-GP, ZXIC-7, WQH-4K, 2J-WJY, U-QVWD and of course V-3YG7. Since the last battle at V-3YG7, PL has managed to capture the system of U-QVWD, but has HERO successfully managed to destroy the Sovereignty Blockade Units (SBUs) in WQH-4K, 2J-WJY and MB-NKE which left the systems of V-3YG7, HED-GP, and ZXIC-7 under contention.
3 days since the start of the renewed hostilities between the groups the first timer in HED-GP came out last night at 23:15 and this hotly contested system once again became the focal point in the conflict.

HERO and PL Scuffle Over V-3

As the war between HERO and PL in Catch heats up.  Another major battle has taken place in the strategic system of V-3YG7.  The system's IHub allows HERO to maintain it's Jump Bridge network, vital to it's defense of Western Catch.

The HERO Coalition, comprised of the Brave Collective, Test Alliance, Spaceship Samurai, The Explicit Alliance, Nerfed Alliance Go Away, Of Sound Mind and Bloodline., formed up to defend V-3YG7, one of their core systems adjacent to their staging system of GE-8JV, against the aggressing forces of Pandemic Legion, who had reinforced seven HERO systems including MB-NKE, HED-GP, ZXIC-7, WQH-4K, 2J-WJY, U-QVWD.

SOV Updates for January 4th

The SOV warfare is heating up in January.  Below is a summary of the major developments in Null SOV over the last few days.

HERO Retakes U-Q, and other SOV News

We start off by visiting HED-GP where Pandemic Legion had some POSes (player-owned starbase) fights. A full battle report is available by clicking here.



As we can see HERO Coalition (Hopefully Effective Rookie Organization) had a Tengu/Eagle fleet lead by Blue Ice (29 Tengus, 56 Eagles, 16 Scimitars, and 14 Scythes), a TEST Ishtar gang (16 Ishtars), a bomber fleet (16 bombers), and an EWAR/tackle fleet (+120 Frigates/Interceptors including 62 Maulus). Around 267 pilots.
Pandemic Legion brought a Tengu fleet (55 Tengus, 21 Scimitars, and 4 Chimeras as support). Approximately 100 pilots.

HERO Put F4R2-Q Station Into Armor After Skirmishes with Pandemic Legion

After losing the system earlier in the month, HERO and it's allies have launched an offensive against the PL controlled station.  Putting it into Reinforced mode after a series of skirmishes in both F4R2-Q and ZXIC-7.

Pandemic Legion forces in Catch largely stage out of the system of 1P-WGB next door to F4R2-Q.  This gives them an ability to respond quickly with assets to hold the  string of systems in Catch which they hold currently.  Although their limited presence in Catch does mean that HERO and it's massive subcap numbers could turn the tide in the ongoing conflict.

HERO suffered a serious loss in the major battle a few days ago in GED-GP.  And looking for some payback, put a strategic force of HERO subcaps backed by a small group of allies in various subcaps.  The majority of the HERO and allied forces were flying T1 Cruisers with a mix of Logi.  Pandemic Legion flew a combination of T3s and Ishtars.  HERO and allies had a 2:1 advantage which most certainly helped them hold the field long enough to push the station into the timer.

The battle began when HERO forces had assaulted the station and were caught mid op by the PL response fleet.  PL came into the system unopposed and warped in at optimal to the station.  Starting to slowly whittle away at the HERO ships.

The battle started to turn in HERO's favor when the Scimitars supporting PL were primaried and started to be destroyed, most of which were wiped out in short order.  PL then attempted to turn the tide by bringin in a small fleet of Purifiers.  But due to a miscommunication by the FCs leading the bomb run, most of the PL bombers came out into the wrong position on field, and were quickly locked and destroyed by HERO combined fire.

The bomb run did however serve to destroy a portion of HERO and others Logi and Tacklers on field.  Meaning that PL was able to begin withdrawing without much trouble after the timer was engaged.  Which is what happened only a short time after the loss of the bombers.

Primary BR

As PL withdrew, HERO decided to give chase, eventually catching PL in the nearby system of ZXIC-7.  HERO and allies were able to engage for a time, but the loss of significant numbers of Logi and other fleet support meant the second engagement was short lived.

All told, around 21 Billion ISK in assets was destroyed.  We shall see how the rest of the battle plays out in the next 24 hours.

PL And HERO Brawl over Final HED-GP Timer

The battle over the final timer for the HED-GP IHUB that was coming out of reinforced, PL was ready, as was HERO.  HERO was able to set dozens of bubbles on field around the PL forces as they landed on gird.  Locking them down so the HERO caps and their massive subcap force could engage.

The initial PL force was comprised mostly of Navy Apocs and triage carriers. The typical large numbers of subcaps fielded by HERO brought overwhelming force against PL, meaning they lost several triage carriers and had to try and withdraw to reorganize for a short time.  Especially after losing nearly 50 Navy Apocs.

*LIVE* HED-GP IHUB TIMER – MASSIVE CAP FIGHT GOING DOWN, PL CAPS TACKLED!!

Wow…. Pandemic Legion just jumped in everything! Next BR-? Enjoy!

Watch live video from Daopa on www.twitch.tv

a Long battereport will be posted later!

BRAVE SOTA by lychton

Brave Collective,

This SOTA is going to be a little different than previously conducted. I want to take this brief time to not only get everyone up to speed, but to also address the newest class of newbies that have arrived on our doorstep and into the fold of the Brave Collective. I have divided this SOTA into three parts. Forgive me if the narrative is a little disjointed, but it’s necessary to convey the point.

CURRENT STATE

A little bit less than two weeks ago, CCP released the now iconic video entitled, This is Eve. The video was widely accepted within the Eve community and beyond, creating a tidal wave of new players in numbers not seen since Asakai or B-R5RB. Seeking to capitalize on these new players, Brave leadership took action across the Universe. We subbed trial accounts to help newbies get through the tutorial. We ran fleets through the trade hubs of Amarr, Dodixie, Rens, and Jita. We lifted our anti-spy requirements to accept the hordes of newbies into our loving fold. All in all, the Collective has processed somewhere between 1700-2000 applications. Granted, there are a lot of spies in that number, but whatever, we have never been that good about keeping ppl out.

We currently stand at 12,380 members, and according to evewho, are the largest Alliance in New Eden. And with that booming number, I can say that the current state of the alliance is outstanding.

We run on newbie mojo, as BNI, and subsequently BRAVE was founded in the principles of having fun, learning stuff, and killing things often. Even now as a member of the HERO Coalition, (the best damn coalition in the game), we are still basically the hyperactive kid on the playground hugging everything to death. We have Brave Dojo fleets around the clock, small fun/drunk roams, classes, fleets to rescue newbies out of wormholes, you name it. This new Class of newbies is fantastic, because we as an alliance have found our inherent calling by helping our fellow pilots grow in between major timers and fun fleets. This change in what we do with our downtime is awesome, and it shows.

PREVIOUSLY IN BRAVE COLLECTIVE

Now, the past month or so has been significant, but not in the normal BRAVE way. CCP had announce major changes to the way the denizens of New Eden have traditionally been able to move around, or force project, across the galaxy. This created a ripple effect that made everyone go nuts. Sovereignty fell in certain areas, alliances prestaged in others, loyalties were severed, and new relationships formed. To that end, we said goodbye to our friends at Almost Awesome, and FOX.HOUND, and watched them journey on to follow their content. Brave, along with the rest of the HERO Coalition, remained in place, much to the mockery of armchair quarterbacks, unsubscribed fleet commanders, and biased space journalists.

But we stayed committed to HERO and Catch. And with good reason. Brave was winding down our skirmish with Providence for the northern border systems in Catch. We were not making any real headway, and playing ping pong for systems ends up being more tedious than not. Coupled this back-and-forth, along with the possibility of being exposed at two fronts once PHOEBE released, the Coalition agreed to end the dispute with Provi Bloc and give our fc’s a little bit of breathing room before the release.

But in the land of the blind, the one eyed man is king. Our friendly third party folks from the previous skirmish also had decided to wait for a bit Post Phoebe and see what everyone else is getting into before making their next move. And found they found a nice supply of content in us. Over the past month or so, we’ve been playing with our new frenemies and somewhat neighbors, as they seized a foothold in the eastern portion of Catch. They’ve headshotted our systems, reinforced poses, destroyed jump bridges, giving us a crash course in “howthefucktowedefendourselves?” But we’ve stayed BRAVE, and we are still here.

MOVING Forward

As our Newbies transition themselves from trial account members to full fledged bravelings, we will always ensure that we take care of them. Just like how we took care of ourselves in Hek, Rahadalon, Barleguet. How we huddled in 9-GYLO, trudged through the Winter War against Usurper, and stayed alive in Sendaya. This is how we accidentally a SOV from darkness, and proved that Burnination is a thing by destroying an infrastructure HUB with 315 Kestrels.

Each wave of newbie that comes in adds a layer of strength to our organization. From ewar/tackle frigs, to cruisers, to t2 cruisers, logi, battleships, t3s, to carriers, dreads and even like 1 titan I think, it’s clearto see that we are a growing force in new eden. We are a big ball of pilots that recognize the true power of the newbie, the newbie that lives in all of us. Make no mistake, we are an alliance of trial and tribulation. But we come out of that fire as steely-eyed bitternewbs, always ready for the next step.

We anticipate to be fighting our friends here in catch for the forseeable future. Brave Military and Diplomacy teams are working on further strengthening our bond with the rest of the coalition and streamlining the way we conduct operations, as members of our alliance, and as a partner to HERO. Our adversaries are getting their kicks, just the same as we are, but I truly believe that we are getting the better end of the deal. We are learning a metric shitton, and are becoming better at stuff, even if it doesn’t seem like it at times.

Our Support Staff, including our IT team, Dojo, Recruiters, Industrialists, Marketeers, Buybackers, Propagandists, I want to also give you a salute for being the purring engine within Brave, keeping everything running smoothly. Keep up the good work by supplying the line members with ships, ammo, services, and knowledge. We are only as strong as what we undock and die with, and I cannot emphasize how important we are to each other. The alliance is colossal and the upkeep required is significant.

Now, the next release is coming on December 9th, and RHEA looks to be unlocking some really cool opportunities. Yes, we will go play in Thera. Yes, we will take out silly roams and form for stratops per usual. But there is one thing that we are also going to do. We are keeping an eye out for January. The release after Rhea is expected to change the fundamental nature of SOV mechanics and how this null-sec game is played. This is the sound of war that we are waiting for.

The next SOTA will not be a SOTA, but a SOTC for HERO Coalition. Once we understand what the hell is coming down the pipe, and we have a plan for it, we will relay this info to everyone. I cannot say whether or not we stay in Catch come 2015, but I can say that whatever BRAVE does, it will be as a coalition level measured response to the coming changes. Awwww yesss.

So, take this time to make your isk. Use your time to train up this beautiful batch of newbies. Let’s use this time to become better pilots in whatever role we assume for fights. Let’s stay classy and cheerfully give our enemies a gf and 70 in local, like the cute, rabid little fuckers we are. And lastly, remember that being Brave is more than being in a spaceship, living in a certain area, shitting up our defense comms.

Brave is about three things unity, bourbon, and marching to the sound of war.

This is Lychton Kondur. 7o, Out

also, hi finonethousand712 (SPAI) and Fletcher Kanewald [TEST]:

HERO and PL brawl in HED-GP

As HERO and PL continue their ongoing skirmishes in Catch, another blow had been struck against HERO. PL  has used its Supercapital superiority to capture the systems of U-QVWD,  1P-WGB, and after a spectacular battle F4R2-Q.  It would seem that HERO is steadily losing ground to the seemingly insurmountable foe of PL.  The dire situation was usually balanced out by HERO's ability to field larger numbers in their fleets, but the supercap aggression of PL looks to be unstoppable.

PL Titan Death in V-3

V-3 was the site of quite a large battle, and morale victory over PL.  In which both a PL titan and Aeon  hilariously died in B-3.

The fight in V-3 began when a PL Machariel gang was roaming in the system, was alerted that recently out of Reinforced tower was once again being targeted.  The ships doing the targeting were 3 dreads.  PL and allies quickly got bubbles on the dreads, and prepared to warp in a response fleet to clear them from the field.  At this point, the Machariel fleet warped in and began the slow process of taking them out.

As the first Dreadnought went down, PL had an internal conflict over how to proceed.  Some wanted to being in caps and supercaps, some wanted to just continue using subcaps.  It was at this point that a well-known PL member ordered a cyno lit so they could bring their titan in.

This proved to be a costly mistake for Hurley of North Eastern Swat, one of the more infamous titan pilots in the game.  As the Moros being targeted by the PL titan on field was tanked against their vaunted Doomsday weapons.  The original pilot who ordered the cyno allegedly panicked, and caused enough chaos to allow Black Legion to respond with a mass of ships that materialized on field through a nearby wormhole and primaried PL and it's caps/supercaps.  The situation was made worse for PL as HERO joined the fight with a force of subcaps.

It was during this time that the forces engaging PL were able to deploy cyno inhibitors. This was to block the return of PL forces that had retreated from the fight temporarily to regroup after the mass entrance of BL and BNI.

As PL forces died caught between 500 hostile pilots and the cyno blockade, a combination of rage and congrats filled the chat channels of all involved.  The final value of the titan kill alone comes to ~146 Billion ISK.

NC. did also join the fight in the system and began clearing the field of HERO subcaps in short order.  In what seems to be more of a search for content than a revenge for PL.  The Aeon which died was caught by HERO tacklers on the way out of V-3, and quickly wiped off the field by a combined Black Legion and HERO response.

Over the several hours in the fight took place, HERO, N3, PL, BL, and many others warped into the system to shoot stuff.  Several hundred ships have been destroyed as of the time of writing.  I must say, the coordination and execution of this fight for most involved was incredible.  This is what EVE is about.  And judging from the fact that a lot of the pilots involved are in their first month of EVE, this bodes well for the future of finding good fights, and the game in general.

PL COMMS

Avatar Kill

Aeon Kill

HERO loses F4R2-Q to PL

After repeated engagements between HERO and PL, 4FR2-Q has finally dropped SOV from Spacesjip samurai to PL.  The previous battle in the system was the site of a victory for PL, and saw a major deployment for HERO, including a HERO super.

Battle for F4R2-Q HERO, BL., others vs PL Last Timer W/ Video

The final timer on the 4FR2-Q was the site of a major battle between PL and HERO.  The battle started over a combination of 4 PL SBUs and timers in the system.  HERO decided to split it's forces and attack multiple SBUs and hold some in reserve.  As well as anchoring it's primary subcaps on the main gate which PL was moving through.  Inf fact, HERO had the numerical advantage in terms of subcaps, which no doubt contributed to both being able to hold PL at bay to a degree, and the losses suffered.

The primary engagement away from the gate was at the SBUs.  Wherein PL laid a trap of sorts, and HERO walked right into it through sheer bad luck.  At least 2 Ragnarok titans flown by PL jumped in on the SBU ahead of the main PL force, and HERO responding by dumping dreads onto them.  While at the same time a second dread force was engaging the second SBU.

Hero Coalition Resets Almost Awesome Alliance

HERO Coalition has been fighting ProviBloc, Pandemic Legion and others for the last few months. Everything was proceeding as planned until we received notice that Almost AwesomeDOT [N0FUX] is leaving HERO Coalition.

Travel advisory: Almost Awesome. [N0FUX] are leaving Hero and therefore they have been set to 0.0, please check your standings.

SENT BY Migui X’hyrrn to All online test/allies @ 2014-11-16 16:27:30 EVE Time

Following an argument between Roweena Azur and June Ting, the Almost Awesome alliance has been booted from HERO.

Our information [later also posted on reddit] said that there was tension between Almost Awesome. leadership and other HERO Alliances. This tension exploded into a big argument which led to multiple alliances resetting Almost Awesome.

The remarks by Roweena are far worse than depicted initially, being heavily homophobic and bigoted in general.  This should not be tolerated by HERO or any coalition that seeks to bring new players to EVE.  EVE already has a somewhat toxic reputation about how it treats new players, this is just unacceptable.  Thankfully, most of the EVE community seems to agree with this sentiment, including some HERO alliances offering to take in Almost Awesome members who wish to jump ship following this.