On the road ahead

Not posted in a bit, so I'm just gonna do a short update tonight.

Dark-Rising moved out of Nisuwa. Dark has been in Nisuwa for a few good months, but the neighborhood  has changed. Or, our neighbors have changed, to be more exact. Another major Gallante FW Alliance we shared the system with has been screwing up the place, resulting in conflicts.

All fine, we'll find another place to hang out. And our glorious leader has picked out Nennamaila! Which I think is a fantastic location. For several reasons.
One: It is 2 jumps from Ichoriya, a Caldari highsec hub
Two: It is still only a few jumps from the core of Black Rise
Three: It is 4 jumps from 0.0 Cloud Ring-region
Four: It is next door to Enaluri, the system where I started my grand lowsec PvP pirate adventure two years ago. So I (think I) really know my way around the place.

I started moving some assets down last week, and I'm already having a good time. Killed a handful of Battlecruisers, as well as Gila-Guristas faction Cruiser. All in all I'm having a good time.
We had a funny little stand-off with some BC gang. There was a blue BC gang on the gate, and another neutral BC gang in the system next door. I think both parties were waiting for each other to make a move ... But fuck it, Kubiq and me jumped ahead and warped our Machariels right into that neutral gang. We screwed up a little, most ran, but we got one kill :-) But t'was fun. Totally ninjad that gang before the blues jumped in, haha.

So unlike last time, when I didn't had a proper screenshot - this time I do. I left my capsule's warm goo, jumped in my 'Esquire' Coat and went to my Captain's Quarters. Here is where I hang out with my bitches and my booze. Life is good. Especially through the glass of a Monocle. The One Eyed Buccaneer is living the dream!

Don't mind the midgets there on the couch.

MOAR MOA's

Greetings,

So tonight I FC'd a fleet. One that had more than 3 people in it, for a change.
Back in my previous alliance, 7th Space Cavalry - Freemason Core, we used to do this fun fleet we called Moa Frenzy. As you would guess, we'd all fly Moa's. Moa's are terrible ships, not to speak of its looks. That's why it was so fun flying them in a pack, as nobody expects a Moa gang. We did this a couple of times and it was always very enjoyable.

I wanted to bring that concept to Dark-Rising.
We managed to round up about 10 Moa's. Enough to run a gang with. So off we went. Fleet started out nice n easy, killing a t1 frigate and a Caracal in and around Nisuwa.
Taking off, we warped the fleet into a FW plex to hunt a Vexor, only to find a Stabber Fleet Issue, Rupture, Condor and Griffin landing on top of us as we arrived. The frigies ran, but we swiftly dealt with the SFI and Rupture. Not a bad way to start a fleet. KB Link

We moved on, taking a different route than usual, to Ishomilken. Ishomilken is a Wartarget HQ, as well as a local Pirate base, so my hope was getting some kills there. On the way we found a Rupture 60km off the gate. The Rupture got tackled when a Pilgrim-recon uncloaked; both turned into dust. KB Link

For a last attempted on a kill, I found a Hurricane on a safespot in Ishomilken. Unfortunately, he was aligned, so when I fleet-warped on top of him, he managed to get out.

Now, I forgot to make an actual screenshot. I wanted to, but I just completely forgot about it. So I did some fine Photoshopping, here is a screenie of how our fleet could have hypothetically looked like:

Pretty damn awesome, I'd say. Won't you? Thought so.

Well I might turn this fleet into a re-occurring event, if not Moa's then maybe some other type of shitty t1 cruiser. Scythe gang, anyone?

Fly safe o/

Balls to the wall

[Please put on this track to set the mood http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BhsTmiK7Q2M]

Hello!

So last night Kubiq found an Armageddon shooting an offline Tower in Rakapas. Aware of the fact local was holding about 15 WTs in this station system, we figured we'd get in there, ninja it for a quick kill and carry on. This is what rolled out of that 'quick kill'
Kubiq and I were in Shield nano Talos' and Peg joined us into an armor Hurricane.

Killboard
http://dark-rising.co.uk/Dark/killboard/?a=kill_related&kll_id=184320

We indeed found the Geddon on the POS, with a Thorax. The Thorax pilot found himself in a pod about 9 seconds later, but the Geddon had a much hard tank. I screwed up my transversal speed, and he got me into 30% armor with some well-placed hits. I warp out, while the other guys kept point on the Battleship.

When I got back, a Stabber Fleet Issue plus support were on the grid. Meanwhile, a local Carrier had remotely sent its Fighters towards us, and Pegaus bit the dust ... He returned to Nisuwa swiftly, reshipped, and came back in a Huginn shortly after.
Meanwhile, WT's weren't gonna give up. A costly mistake; as they should have ... They just kept warping in one by one, or 2 at most, and they just kept dying to us. Once we had the 2 Talos on grid again, the Carrier Fighters were not much of a threat anymore; after we killed a handful, he stopped sending Fighters.
We were joking with each other saying it felt like doing a Mission with new spawns warping in :-)

At the end the Wartargets started forming a long-range sniper ships at the Station, but they never warped it in. We left local soon after.

I think this is an excellent example how bigger numbers isn't necessarily a better tactic.
Granted, we were using a Linking boosting Loki with us. A powerful tool that gives our ships more than 30% extra speed, and 50% extra tackle range.

In general, I had a fantastic PvP evening. This is really the kind of PvP I enjoy. Take the meta-gaming to a higher level, fight against all odds, and walk away with a handful of killmails. We used to do this kind of stuff (2v8's and alike) in my previous corp, and I'm glad we got to do it again.

Fly safe o/

A Darkness is Rising

Good day.
Short introduction: I created this blog a couple of months ago, for the laughs, not knowing if I'd ever use it or not. Seems I did not.

(...)
Till today! So, here we go. Who am I, and what am I doing?
I have been a proud member of 7th Space Cavalry since 2008. 7thSC is an EVE Online corp, formed in the early days of 2003. Starting out as an industrial corp, it has since evolved into an all-round PvP corporation. It has said to have seen all corners of New Eden, from Highsec, to Nullsec, to more recent Wormhole-space.

Through my time in 7thSC, I've been both Director and eventually CEO. And during most of this time I've been a Lowsec PvPer. Having a -10.0 secstatus for years now, one could go as far as calling me a pirate!

A good two months ago I left my jolly good old corp, 7th Space Cavalry, to join Dark-Rising.
Dark-Rising is a corp formed by Mitch Taylor in 2006, and has since seen a good share of the universe. I first came in contact with Dark in 2010 when it was based in Nullsec space, under the IT-Alliance banner.
Currently Dark-Rising is an active Faction Warfare PvP corp based out in the Black Rise region. A region I have firm memories and knowledge of, having lived there for years!

Recently, Dark-Rising is going through some management changes, and has called its members for volunteers to join a Director Trial. Hesitating at first, I stepped up. FOR THE MOTHERLAND!!
So since last night I bear the proud title of Trial Director! This will last a few months, and I'm very curious to see how it will pan out for me.

Back to blogging ...
If one were to ask about my PvP 'specializations', I would say Lowsec Skirmish PvP, and Black-Ops PvP. This blog will most likely go about these subjects, along with my recent developments within Dark-Rising.
Hope you like and enjoy!