A curious case makes its way to us today out of null security space. A large alliance basing itself in these lawless regions of space was thrown into disarray as the latest changes to the chat program robbed everyone of crucial knowledge of local pilots in space. This, coupled with the constant paranoia that many pilots in such regions of space led to a lethal escalation.
“Sure, the client was giving us a hard time, and there was lag, but everything else seemed fine.” says Fleet Commander Niles. “Little did I know that it would lead to the destruction of 85% of our fleet.” Niles goes on to explain how events transpired. After undocking from his local station Niles was alarmed to see nothing showing up in his UI about pilot count in his system. Doubly so when he was targeted by an unknown aggressor. “All I could make out before I panic’d and redocked my ship was a diamond as the ship fit” Niles comments.
Apparently, he wasn’t up to date on the new Blood Raiders and their roaming tendencies. He immediately issued a call to arms and was on Teamspeak, berating everyone that was laughing and enjoying themselves for not muting their mics the instant a FC showed up. After undocking himself and his hastily assembled fleet, the Blood Raiders knew an unfair fight when they saw one and warped off. Unfortunately for Niles, the direction they chose was towards a friendly corporations shielded control tower. Following the trail of his former assaulters, he aligned his fleet and jumped.
Landing on grid of the massive control tower, which was shielding a hangar array, a compression array, and many other vital structures, made the commander furious. “One down time happens and they’ve set up an entire POS in our system?” Several players tried to speak up but were muted for “talking over the FC”. Naturally, receiving a message that a POS was under attack, a reactionary defense fleet was formed in a secondary voice communication channel.
The two fleets engaged and the battle was bloody, with both sides suffering heavy losses. Only after the dust had settled, and the UI returned to normal did they realize what had just happened. Every single pilot in local was blue, green, or purple. Not a single true hostile in the system. Losses were monumental, bankrupting the entire alliance with the amount of materials and ships wasted in this conflict. So the next time the game has a rocky patch, perhaps you will remember this tale and just stay docked.
