However, in my limited free time I negotiated the entry of uCARE into the illustrious Tear Extraction And Reclamation Service [TEARS] Alliance. All of us in uCARE are very excited to be part of one of, if not the original ninja alliance and are looking forward to much lulz to come because of this...
As luck would have it, I wouldn't have to wait long myself for said lulz...
The Victim:
The ninja pickins in Laah haven't been particularly good in the past few weeks, so I logged in today with the express intent of loading up the orca and moving my ninja operation back to Gallente space. I was about to leave when SN director Arden Elenduil issued a call to arms in alliance chat.
The mission was simple, kill something big. I don't think any of us knew exactly how big that kill was going to be today...
So I fleeted up, grabbed an arty apoc and headed out to Sivala.
Upon arrival we first tried to scout the traffic leading away from Jita, but unfortunately the pickins were extremely slim, so after a half hour or so, we moved the operation to a few hundred kilometers off of the Uedama gate. Our scouts went back to work, and we continued to wait.
Things were just starting to get boring when comms lit up and our scout said something along the lines of "Would Shadow Control towers be worth it?". There was a moment of discussion as value was tabulated and we figured out that they were worth a little over a billion isk each on contracts. Not bad indeed. There was a moment of confusion and then the scout clarified "No, there are 7 of them in this providence". Seven? Seven?!
Now in full battlestations mode, the scout reported that the Provi had jumped through into Uedama and had already warped off. There was a brief moment of panic while the fleet tried to locate the ship, as our scout thought that he may have logged off. Luckily, we soon got eyes back on him in Juunigaishi in warp to the Anttiri gate.
We all raced to get ahead of the ship and finally passed him up in Antiri on the outgate to Sirpaala. Landing just ahead of the target, we dropped drones and prepared. As soon as the ship appeared on grid, the order was given.
With 18 battleships, we all took our shots...
At first we thought it popped, but then as concord was killing our ships we realized that in this high of a security level, the concord ships jam. In fact, the ship survived with less than 1/5th hull.
At first we were fairly crushed, but as the freighter continued to slowboat on autopilot to the gate and jumped to the next system, we soon realized that all hope was not lost. We raced back to Jita to reshipped while we waited for our Global Criminal Countdown to drop.
I have to say, the next 15 minutes were nailbiting as we assembled our new ships, waiting through the painful minutes as the GCC was slowly ticking down. With less than 2 minutes left, our scout reported that the freighter was approaching the Jita gate from Perimiter and was about to jump through. In a last ditch effort, our scouts attempted to bump the freighter, but it wouldn't budge and ended up jumping on through. With 45 seconds left on the GCC at this point, we all held our breath.
One of several things was about to happen:
1) The freighter pilot would have a bot that would initiate warp to 4-4 and dock him. Then it would have been good game.
2) Another group of intrepid gankers would scan this guy, notice he had a sliver of hull left, and finish the job. Again, good game.
3) The freighter pilot would sit there afk like a lump and hold cloak, giving us enough time to get back and kill him.
Luckily, the EVE gods chose door number 3 for us. My GCC dropped and I immediately undocked and warped to the Perimeter gate. Several of us landed on grid just as the order was given to shoot as soon as possible. We opened up on him, and in a fantastic ball of fire he went pop.
To say that this was glorious is an understatement. This was, simply put, one of the most awesome and fun experiences I have had in EVE so far. The sheer scale of the kill was staggering. I've been in on 500 man supercarrier and titan dogpiles, but this was in every way better.
Let's take a look at the final tally, shall we?
Lolmails:
Just shy of 12 Billion Isk, with around 10.5 bil dropped. Split 18 or 19 ways thats around 550mil per person. Not bad at all for a Sunday afternoon, if I do say so myself.
Oh, and we had Suddenly Violence alts in tow to make sure to fully add insult to injury:
Good times.
-Vil.
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