D-IZ

It is time to deliver some more cutting-edge news. I assisted Roadkill in an op dedicated to bringing down a few capital ships. The destination was D-IZT9, which happened to be somewhere in the vicinity of 25 jumps from where I was at. The time: 01:24 GMT. RK started forming up at time and departed shortly thereafter, in hopes of getting a carrier kill or two. After many uneventful jumps through the depths of 0.0 space, the fleet of 30 arrived in 89-JPE, just one jump from the target destination. The fleet moved to E8-432 and immediately jumped into D-IZ from that system to engage the hostiles of Intrepid Crossing [IRC] on the gate. The time: 02:28 GMT. Once in system, we quickly realized the intel we received about the enemy was completely off, which is a warm fuzzy feeling all over.

[ 2007.08.17 02:25:05 ] * > how many carreirs?
[ 2007.08.17 02:25:13 ] * > 3 carriers



In preparation for the next op, I suggest we nominate some people that can count. I will allow those people to scout for me. That said, we jumped into D-I and here we are, cloaked 18 km off the gate, awaiting our orders. We ran into a few problems at that point. Half the ships camping the gate were capitals and our fc was lagging. His speech was cutting in and out during most of the trip, but this was especially bad. It was next to impossible to hear what he was saying, but he did his best and repeated the primary several times in hopes everyone would understand. IRC deployed eight carriers during the fight, piloted by Belag, Mandreh, Nait Shariel, dullblade, outlaw1968, Circe Sphinx, Dibrle, and Cobray. They also deployed an Aeon, flown by oldma.
Pilots decloaked and we started taking down the support ships one by one. The Megathron was popped within three minutes of the fight, but the Raven lasted a good 10-12 minutes. Before I lost my ships, I was able to get my name on the killmails for a Dominix, two Caracals, a Vagabond, a Drake, an Abaddon, a Rupture, and a Rapier. Once oldma and friends sent all of their fighters to me, it was all over. My shield tank was unable to hold up for even 30 seconds. In the end, I can tell you that it was a good fight. I went out there expecting to lose a pair of battleships, did what I could to support Smashkill, and had fun doing it.

You can find the summary of the fight by contacting SXyWhile or Jangizal.

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Since the most recent post, a few things have changed. The most notable of which being the merge of the SXyCreW and the NYIT Gangstaz. The NYIT CEO, Latin Assassin, got in contact with our CEO, SXyGeeK, after a friendly member offered to help out Mr. Assassin after his hauler was ganked in low-sec space by a pirate corp. They struck a deal, the members dropped their roles, and joined up with NYIT. It's been just shy of one week since my application has been accepted and I already have assisted in the destruction of 14 ships and death of six capsules. I must also note that one of the roaming gangs I went around with (Roadkill) nearly tackled and destroyed a carrier, but apparently the interdictor pilot wasn't paying attention, so the enemy carrier pilot was able to warp off to safety after the dictor bubble timed out. I won't share too many details on this as I believe the same tactics will be used successfully in the near future.

Very recently, SMASH was sent up north to help support some allies after a 500+ man fleet rolled in and put several POSs into reinforced mode. The alliance will likely be there the next few days, getting things straightened out and back to normal. Taking a look at the Smash killboard, you will find that there was a large engagement not too long ago and five-six carrier kills were posted. Nice work to the alliance and friends. Unfortunately, the backup fleet (the one I was in), was slowed by two separate groups of large bubbles a few jumps out, so we made our presence known about three to four minutes too late. Since then, I've been in a few pvp ops with several different corporations / alliances from the Northern Coalition and just in the last 24 hours, I've flown under four different FCs. I'm definitely interested in doing the fleet commander task, but I would like to know my area extremely well. It won't be long before I'm a fleet commander for folks...which reminds me. I need to get my leadership skills up.

Not even a week ago, I was able to participate in my first SXyCreW pvp operation, known as "Op FrigBait." It was a simple but an important first step to powerful fleet ops in the near future. We flew with a very bright, but somewhat inexpierienced fleet commander, which made it a fun event. We went roaming around low-sec and part of 0.0 space in frigate / destroyer sized ships. The idea was to use some simple tactics and solid teamwork to bait enemies into falling for our traps. The low-sec areas from Mose to Uemon/Paala and just into 0.0 were lacking any valid targets, but the SXyCreW gang didn't fly an uneventful night. We were engaged by some folks from Smashkill, even though they're set blue and we've been working on setting some NAPs. We ended up losing a simple destroyer, but more accidents could happen in the future, forcing us to be on our toes.

I've been doing a few things to improve relations with this group of pvpers every chance I get. One of the effects that I think all pilots should be aware of, so far, has been the invitation of all SXyCreW pilots to the 'NYIT Gangstaz' Public Chat Channel. Because of this, I invited all of their pilots to join the SXyCreW public channel as well. I was glad to see the CEO of that corporation was excited to work together to eliminate any pirate threats in the local area.

That said, I wanted to touch up on a little bit of what I've been up to over my break from work. I installed EVE Online on two machines at my parent's home and moved them side-by-side, trying my best to duplicate my setup from Beale. I was able to meet up with GeeK himself, the first time in two - three years. We caught up, had dinner, played some Wii, and talked a bit on his plans with SXy. After that, I went camping near Brainerd with Jason and Lizzy for the weekend. I took a few pictures and nearly burned down half of Minnesota (big fire = good times). After we made our way back to the cities, I drove up to Cheapo and bought some used CDs for about 1/3 the normal price. I got my father interested in EVE as well as Jason and Mac. We'll see if they catch on like I did. Ahh yes, can't forget. I was slightly bored and decided to fit my Rokh with eight miner ii's. It didn't perform quite as well as a single retriever with two strip miner's, but it could tank any rat in the game.

When I fly back to Beale AFB, I'll ask Ben when he'll be able to purchase a computer and, perhaps, within a month, he'll take back his character, Seros Kal, for good. Also, concerning characters: many people don't seem to realize that I fly Jangizal, SXyWhile, Acki Juc, emphomana, and Seros Kal at the moment, as well as several other trader alts. If any of these characters are chattin' with you, you can just call me the same damn thing. You don't have to all me by my character's name. You can just call me "While." Cheers.

I had arrived in Minnesota on the 19th and I will be at this location until Wednesday the 1st. Until then, my activity level in EVE Online will be minimal. I likely will do zero pvp as I will only have one computer available throughout this two week period. Should my internet finally actually be hooked up by Comcast, Jangizal and company will be active participants with SXy CreW operations on a daily basis, starting August 2nd. I plan to give folks an update as my vacation passes.

Okay, it's up. My piece of shit blog that people won't even know about until 2009. However, it's here for those of you who enjoy printing off my posts, crumpling them up, and taking a dump on the shitter while reading them after finding them in your closet under those record players you swore you were going to throw away years ago, but haven't 'had time.' I'll have you know that I will post anything and everything I want here, so keep an eye on it.

During the past 24 hours, I've attempted to get into low-sec and stir up some trouble, but all I've been able to catch so far is the following:

2007.06.30 09:12
Victim: DrBiologist
Alliance: NONE
Corp: State War Academy
Destroyed: Capsule
System: Oijanen
Security: 0.4
Involved parties:
Name: * (laid the final blow)
Security: -1.3
Alliance: NONE
Corp: SXyCreW
Ship: Abaddon
Weapon: Tachyon Modal Laser I


2007.06.30 10:06
Victim: Quinn Morann
Alliance: Ivy League
Corp: Eve University
Destroyed: Osprey
System: Oijanen
Security: 0.4
Involved parties:
Name: *
Security: 4.5
Alliance: NONE
Corp: SXyCreW
Ship: Caracal
Weapon: Heavy Missile Launcher I
Name: Guristas Nihilist / Guristas
Name: * (laid the final blow)
Security: 0.2
Alliance: NONE
Corp: SXyCreW
Ship: Megathron
Weapon: Ogre I
Destroyed items:
Miner II
Mining Laser Upgrade I


2007.06.30 21:07
Victim: Kain Hellvis
Alliance: NONE
Corp: State War Academy
Destroyed: Merlin
System: Oijanen
Security: 0.4
Involved parties:
Name: Guristas Anarchist / Guristas
Name: *
Security: 4.1
Alliance: NONE
Corp: SXyCreW
Ship: Caracal
Weapon: Scourge Heavy Missile
Name: * (laid the final blow)
Security: 0.0
Alliance: NONE
Corp: SXyCreW
Ship: Megathron
Weapon: Ogre I
Destroyed items:
Standard Missile Launcher I
50mm Reinforced Crystalline Carbonide Plates I
Bloodclaw Light Missile, Qty: 711 (Cargo)
Bloodclaw Light Missile, Qty: 39