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Jasmine Constantine Gallente Jericho Fraction The Star Fraction	Posted - 2007.01.16 00:45:00 - [1] Formally announced by SF Executor Jade Constantine during the festivities at Lady RevanÆs Boulevard Nuit celebration, the second campaign against core empire nationalism moved into top gear as The Cyrene Initiative alliance received 24 hours warning of its imminent targeting by the Free Captains of The Star Fraction. Even as the illustrious party at the Nefaris estates continued into the night the local communication channels in Stacmon System exploded into riotous debate and claim and counter claim as Cyrene pilots previously quiescent during the Fraction build up and logistics preparations suddenly found a voice and began howling their nationalist sentiments, jibes and dark promises in good measure: Alexis Aristide > You will still die. Durok Torn > I can afford to die about 80 times Ronja > Was a surprise that you finally found your balls and came to Stacmon Claude Leon > You are a disgrace and an example of how the Federation even allows the lowest of scum in Alveyman > Enough idle chatter, we shall meet again, we are at war Oica > IÆm just confused Still, the war was declared and the countdown begun, the long week of preparation and logistics shipment completed, tactical intelligence gathered and now nothing remained but the sweet anticipation of the conflict to come. A pause before the storm and perhaps a moment to reflect for those of us of the Gallente bloodline at truly how far the Star Fraction movement has taken us from our roots and baseline culture and the nationalist ephemera surrounding this cultural identity: I am Gallente by birth, a native of this culture that re-conquered the depths of space and established the technology to expand and re-connect far-flung systems and planetary populations in a vast interstellar government united by a desire for security and political integration. And here the traps of memetic nationalism are set, for what do we owe the past? How much freedom must be sacrificed to the graven idols of democracy and representative government? How much do we owe the senators in their corruption and lobbyists in their scraping greed? How much of what makes us individuals is ours to decide and to what degree are we creatures of the past bound always to the service of status quo and ingrained order? Difficult questions, and the more so when one turning weaponry and firepower upon once-countrymen and cultural brothers and sisters in the name of freedomÆs both swear but neither can possess. But hard words are spoken by soon to be foes and its not long until we are called ôrace-traitorsö and ôpiratesö by these nationalist Gallente that wear Cyrene Initiative identifiers and the old nature of extremist totalitarianism raises its head and declares its intent to purge the dissidence from its sight with bold statist paradigms and crushing ignorance. This is what we are here to fight. This attitude and cringing subservience to the paradigms of the past, this is our war, this is our glory and these are the blows we must strike before post-humanity can shake free of the chains of past dogma and the detritus of regressive imperial delusion. Perhaps its part of the journey every Fractionist must take. One day to return to their homeland and learn that the culture that spawned them is alien, no longer familiar, barred and exiled from the common genetics of race and history and facing up to the inevitable truth û if we have a culture today it is the culture of the Free Captains, and that unites any race and background and transcends each and every element of dirtside ancestry and pre-capsule societal programming. This is our brotherhood. Star Fraction is recruiting
Jasmine Constantine Gallente Jericho Fraction The Star Fraction	Posted - 2007.01.16 00:45:00 - [2] Edited by: Jasmine Constantine on 16/01/2007 00:44:07 The dance of death begins First blood of the campaign is claimed in a messy engagement in the early hours in Gare System in the lowsec marches of Placid Region several jumps away from Stacmon. Star Fraction pilot Wrayeth sights a CYI Incursus class frigate (Rocq) acting as apparent bait and engages in his Vagabond class Heavy Assault Cruiser without hesitation. The Incursus is despatched but not before a CYI Dominix Class Battleship (Dheen Heph) arrived and evened the odds with a mixture of energy vampires and heavy drones neutralising the VagabondÆs ability to manoeuvre and tank under fire. Doggedly Wrayeth refuses to retreat and concentrates on holding the Dominix in place while reinforcements are on the way but his valiant ship is broken mere seconds before a Star Fraction raiding party come out of warp and finish the task he started. Dheen Heph loses his ship but not before he manages to eliminate a second SF tackler Destania piloting a Merlin class frigate. Star Fraction hold the battlefield though and Dheen Heph is executed in the wreckage of his Dominix class vessel as the first capsule pilot casualty of the war. Expensive, yet even as Wrayeth mourns the loss of his Vagabond another five are coming off the SF production lines and this is not a time for mourning or reflection û the war is out there to be won. Bold deeds and valiant aggression are the order of the day and punctuating this sentiment perhaps, Dheen Heph comes back to the fray in an Ares class Interceptor and tries to tackle Star Fraction ace Selim flying a Hurricane class Battlecruiser to his cost and the immediate destruction of the CYI vessel. The evening concluded satisfactorily for the Star Fraction with the additional destruction of a Myrmidon class Battlecruiser (Kito408) in Barleguet System by a heavy skirmish gang featuring Machariel, Megathron, Armageddon and Deimos in a professionally executed obliteration of a war-target whoÆd earlier been taunting our forces with the near universally-derided ôdock-undock-dockö tactic. Send another diplomat please! Next a surprise û private communications traffic from CYI indicated their apparent desire to surrender to the Star Fraction with immediate effect pending their acknowledgement of total defeat and upcoming renunciation of Federation loyalties and nationalist sentiment. CYI diplomat ôHatchö contacted The Cosmopolite with apparent earnest intent and proposed an immediate ceasefire pending receipt of whatever terms we saw fit to impose. Now this really threw our military planning into some consternation: weÆd planned for a long war, 2-3 months certainly given intelligence estimates of the CYI fleet stockpile and economic assets in space and station-side. The thought that they might be prepared to surrender after a mere handful of losses and no serious engagements at all had never crossed our minds û and so we now had to give serious thought to the terms weÆd ask at this stage of the campaign. Still, we did it, we offered Hatch the document that CYI would be expected to sign and acknowledge and we asked for repayment of the concord war-declaration fees for what would then prove to be a complete waste of the administrative fee given less than 24 hours of fighting. Several hours passed without response, and then additional intelligence from within CYI indicated that Hatch was not actually representing the hard core of Cyrene nationalism within the alliance and was probably out of step with the leadership itself. Certainly the remaining CYI pilots showed no intention of giving up the fight and it appeared our surrendering diplomat was something of a lone voice in an alliance full of regressive belligerents after all. Star Fraction is recruiting
Jasmine Constantine Gallente Jericho Fraction The Star Fraction	Posted - 2007.01.16 00:49:00 - [3] In the intervening time joint ops with the Intaki Union harvested another Myrmidon Battlecruiser kill (Teslank) in highsec Aunia system and helped build familiarity between our pilots to the general benefit of all involved. Then later in the evening Hatch himself was sighted in Stacmon System and we wondered if heÆd come to deliver a response to the surrender terms weÆd provided to his request. How wrong we were as it turned out he was flying a Typhoon Class Battleship equipped with seven warp core stabiliser units and a full rack of smartbombs for weaponry and a taste for destroying any interceptor who tried to tackle him. Fortunately though SF æceptor pilots are made of sterner stuff and though they couldnÆt successfully hold this eccentric Typhoon in place they did survive the experience and reported the full capabilities of this heavily modified Matari hull to our fleet command. In the end we equipped a Lachesis class hull with five double strength warp scramblers (with backup from a cloaked Arazu with another full set) û both vessels equipped with heavy plates and resistance to spring the trap and then offered the visible recon cruiser as bait to this rogue diplomatic officer to engage if he felt willing. Hatch certainly was willing, and closing with the Lachesis he triggered smartbombs for all he was worth and orientated to escape only to discover to his horror his warp systems were nullified by a full nineteen(19!) points of scramble to prevent his hasty egress. Suffice to say the Star Fraction fleet descended en masse to despatch the aberrant Typhoon with satisfying violence and as Hatch fled from the wreckage of his ship SF deputy leader Cosmopolite remarked in local: ôBest send another diplomat next timeö Skirmishes and the Wassener Doctrine Our intelligence sources within the Cyrene Initiative reported that though not prepared to offer a formal surrender the CYI leadership had advised and required all pilots to cease public communications, to avoid all non-essential travel and undocking, and to ensure that only tech1-fitted insured tech1 hulls were used by alliance members. The theory was that Star Fraction would ôget bored and go awayö if the Cyrene Initiative refused to engage and ôstarved them of targetsö. This of course was nothing we hadnÆt seen before and countermeasures exist to what has come to be known in SF circles as ôthe wassenar doctrineö in honour of its modern period inventor Gorion Wassenar for his strategic fleet advice to the Kimotoro Directive during the Mito conflict. What tends to happen to an alliance applying ôa wassenarö to its fleet tactics is that in the absence of organised opposition the SF fleet is able to scatter itself and run deeper fast patrols and seek loners and individuals for a series of concurrent small unit actions as those isolated pilots try in vain to get on with whatever business the war is currently interrupting. While this process inevitably takes a long while and does admittedly involve a degree of boredom it can only have one likely end as the scattered remnants of the target alliance lose heart and begin to resent being hunted and disorganised in the face of clear and present danger to their assets. The next couple of days saw this process in clarity, as going to ground with any semblance of organised fleet the CYI served up its isolated constituent corporations on a silver platter to our wolfpacks: Star Fraction is recruiting
Jasmine Constantine Gallente Jericho Fraction The Star Fraction	Posted - 2007.01.16 00:51:00 - [4] Kimito Satto in Ausmaert was the first Team Javelin loss (Caracal). Alveyman of Nidavellir Corporation paid a heavy price losing a Vexor and then his life as he was executed in the wreckage by the light missiles of Sakura HihilÆs Crow interceptor and then immediately undocking to confront us again in Slays System with a fully armed Megathron class Battleship. Baited to perfection by BaccanalianÆs Taranis Interceptor, the unfortunate Alveyman was trapped and destroyed by a heavy raiding party that blasted his battleship apart in seconds and then executed him a second time in a quarter of an hour at the hands of Jonny DamordredÆs Deimos mounted heavy electron blaster cannons. Later on that evening Team Javelin spokeman Yarod Cool tried his chance at engaging Star FractionÆs current tech1 cruiser duelling champion (Angaro) in a Vexor on Vexor fight in Eletta system and there could only be one result. Poking the Initiative Lion We were certainly winning the low intensity skirmish fighting with Cyrene by mid-week, but there was a desire on the part of Star Fraction leadership to see just what these nationalists actually had in their arsenal so we decided to deploy a number of capital ships to eliminate the least impressive of their POS assets in Ausmaert System to gage response times and commitment to keeping their space stations active. Using a Carrier and eight Amarri battleships with Intaki Union, Black Rabbits and Star Fraction close combat wings as system security - we pushed the small Gallente Tower and four gun POS to reinforced without opposition and completed the destruction eighteen hours later with absolutely no organised counterattack from Cyrene. Interesting lack of response û discipline or apathy, at this stage who could tell? Strangely though, later on that same evening we did find a Cyrene Fleet of note in system (perhaps preparing to defend if we went after a larger POS) û this time Cyrene deployed a Thanatos Class carrier of their own to support four battleships, four lachesis and a number of miscellaneous support vessels and interceptor frigates in a considerable show of force. Crausaum the Cyrene Initiative Executor was at the helm of the Thanatos himself and managed to help his alliance mate Alexis Aristide eliminate a Star Fraction Malediction class interceptor by lending Fighters to AristideÆs Lachesis class Recon Cruiser for a comprehensive kill. It was a red rag to the bull however, and the Fraction organised a hasty counter attack with a mixed force of two battleships, two battlecruisers, a heavy assault cruiser and several interceptors ready, prepped and eager for combat. And we did have an ace up our sleeve û as the swiftly reshipped Sakura Nihil had swapped the downed Malediction for a tech1 frigate armed with a Cynosaural Field generator of our own. Sakura warped into the middle of the Initiative formation at the gate and triggered the field as we jumped our outmatched and considerably outgunned fleet into system with all hope and estimation for a hard and brutal fight. As the cloaks cleared and targeting locks began our support arrived in the form of an Archon Class Carrier and Phoenix Class Dreadnaught and waited for the carnage to begin. Then nothing, absolutely nothing û all Cyrene Vessels had been aligned and up to speed prior to the jump in and as a group they warped away to an in-system POS array denying battle and avoiding the trap weÆd just sprung, frustrating to say the least. Still, the evening wasnÆt a complete loss û on the way back to Stacmon one of our Brutix class Battlecruisers decided to attack a CYI Dominix and Prophecy pair outside of a station in Alperaute System while scouting. Star Fraction is recruiting
Jasmine Constantine Gallente Jericho Fraction The Star Fraction	Posted - 2007.01.16 00:54:00 - [5] It sounded dicey since the rest of the fleet was a system or so behind but we shouldnÆt have worried û SF Pilot Khades dispatched the Prophesy (Oica) with ease and was working the Dominix deep into armour by the time we arrived and the CYI pilot was very fortunate heÆd ceased aggression immediately on our jump-in and was able to redock with only fragments of structure remaining. Operation Blue Ruin Begins Encouraged by the success of the first POS takedown Star Fraction planners immediately proposed a much bigger operation against the largest and most impressive of the Cyrene InitiativeÆs Placid lowsec POS networks. This one in Barleguet System featured a Large Gallente Control tower with a withering array of anti ship systems, guns and electronic warfare devices. Planning was more complex certainly and with our allies from Black Rabbits we proposed to deploy four dreadnaughts with carrier support against the POS while the allied battleship squadrons would provide system security while the operation continued. Less than twelve hours to plan and we arrived in Barleguet system with the Capital Ships ready for deployment and an allied gang size close to fifty between to secure the three gates into system while the siege was ongoing. The first stage passed without a hitch and the POS was forced into reinforced mode with a twelve hour delay before an early morning second strike would be required to breach its defences and eliminate this jewel in the Cyrene Initiative crown. In transit between Barleguet and Stacmon we happened on the luckless Alveyman once again and his replacement Vexor was destroyed by BacchanalianÆs Taranis interceptor while Sakura Nihil harvested his corpse once more form the ruined pod. Things didnÆt go entirely our own way that evening however, as Lady Kushrenada of the Star Fraction lost her Vexor class cruiser to a Cyrene Initiative war-party compromising of a pair of Lachesis class Recon Cruisers, an Astarte class Command Cruiser, a Dominix class Battleship and a lone Ares class interceptor. While shortly afterwards pilot Wrayeth went on to lose his own Crow interceptor to a Team Javelin bait and kill from a Jaguar class Assault frigate backed by a Scorpion class Battleship. Neither Star Fraction pilot lost their capsules to these upsets but a sobering reminder that the Cyrene Initiative was truly an organisation with resources, cunning and a very good level of equipment. It appeared that our POS assaults were having some effect û the CYI were fighting back! Bloody Mayhem in Placid Cyrene Initiative pilot Ronja discovered the dangers of sniping from 200 kilometres out when engaging Star Fraction executor Jade ConstantineÆs Deimos class Heavy Assault Cruiser in Stacmon System. While Jade was closing on mwd and shrugging off the damage from RonjaÆs tech2 Tachyon Beam Lasers the CYI pilot was blindsided by the sudden appearance of SF ace Selim in a fast Vagabond class HAC who managed to close 50 kilometres in seconds to successfully tackle RonjaÆs Abaddon class Battleship and hold it in place for the Cosmopolite and a support wing to arrive and terminate the sniper with extreme prejudice û expensive fittings and very good loot. But it didnÆt go all our own way. Late in the early hours the alarm was raised that CYI were back in Stacmon with a nine strong gang featuring a pair of Dominix Class Battleships, an Astarte, several Thorax Cruisers and some frigate support to oppose the handful of Star Fraction pilots still active at that hour. Star Fraction is recruiting
Jasmine Constantine Gallente Jericho Fraction The Star Fraction	Posted - 2007.01.16 00:56:00 - [6] Edited by: Jasmine Constantine on 16/01/2007 00:53:21 I called the muster personally and led a wing consisting of my own Dominix, a pair of Battlecruisers (Hurricane and Ferox) and a lone Thorax into an immediate counter attack jumping through into Aidart System when it appeared the CYI were retreating. It didnÆt go well for us, and calling Dheen HephÆs Dominix Primary we tried mightily to kill it before being overwhelmed by the Initiative drone swarm and reduced the vessel to low structure but it wasnÆt close enough and our entire wing was unshipped and eliminated though our capsules got away clear. This wasnÆt an acceptable outcome. Immediately we reshipped and I prepped my Hyperion Class Battleship and was joined by Bacchanalian in a Myrmidon, Scorpio Dantes in a Rupture, Destania in a replacement Ferox and we set out immediately in search of the Cyrene Initiative flight once again. Some tactical manoeuvring allowed us to join up with a pair of Intaki Union battleships (the Cyrene Initiative had cleverly been striving to isolate us) and we plunged immediately into pursuit of the CYI fleet as it began to run from our strengthened wing. Fraction pilots Scorpio Dantes and Amaron Gant engaged the Cyrene fleet as they jumped into Stacmon against odds of 2 to 9 against in an attempt to slow the CYI progress and gave up their ships in the effort as we lost a Rupture and Drake in what was turning out to be a very brutal period. But it had been worthwhile, for the SF and IU battleships arrived alongside BacchanalianÆs Myrmidon and we were able to scramble the Cyrene Initiative executorÆs Astarte class Command Ship and blow it to pieces before catching the elusive Dheen Heph and exacting revenge for his part in the loss of our earlier fleet. This was certain a messy series of fights and expensive from our point of view but it demonstrated both our commitment and valour and also showed that our Intaki Union allies were prepared to support and carry the burden of the fighting where they could. Just goes to show û never give up. As the hours counted down to the large Barleguet POS coming out of reinforced mode we forced one more confrontation with CYI vessels and were able to eliminate the ships and capsules of Yarod Cool and Claude Leon who lost a Scorpion class Battleship and Lachesis class Recon Cruiser respectively for no loss from our forces. Nidavellir Corporation leaves the Cyrene Initiative and formally surrenders Little more to be said, this small corporation was active in combat and took more than its fair share of losses in the first five days of the war and chose ultimately to disassociate itself from CYI and publicise an acceptable surrender document to gracefully extricate itself from the fighting. Respects go out to their fighters for having the courage to make a stand and also to its executive for having the courage to distance itself from Federation Nationalism and strike out in a bold new direction for the corporation. Operation Blue Ruin Concludes A little after two hours past the Barleguet CYI POS coming out of reinforced mode the allied fleet was back in system with Star Fraction, Black Rabbits and Intaki Union providing security while the dreadnaughts and carriers were back dropping the remaining POS shields and firing on the armour and structure of the Large Gallente control tower itself. The operation took two hours from start to finish and an estimated 1.5billion ISK damage was caused to Cyrene Initiative interests in system without any allied loss and the recovery of approximately 500m ISK worth of salvage from the destroyed POS silos and factory units. The whole operation was a great challenge to the Free Captains of the Star Fraction who have never had much to do with POS warfare before and we were by and large learning as we went and gained much support from our friends and allies in the various gangs and task forces. Star Fraction is recruiting
Jasmine Constantine Gallente Jericho Fraction The Star Fraction	Posted - 2007.01.16 01:02:00 - [7] Still, while Blue Ruin succeeded in eliminating the toughest POS structure in the CYI arsenal it hadnÆt succeeded yet in bringing the Initiative fleet into formal battle and other inducements would clearly need to be found as the war progresses. Ongoing Pirate Apocalypse Its worth noting that while Star Fraction forces have been present in Placid weÆve had the opportunity to conduct combat operations and incidental sorties against a whole range of hostile pirate and NBSI class combatants in the lowsec regions around Stacmon while camping CYI or waiting for their fleets to form. And while I donÆt have the room here to go into specific details I can give you an ideal of the scale of ancillary fighting going on: The Free Captains like to post individual war stories for this kind of engagement in the public sections of our forums. You are welcome to come and look. In the last week weÆve eliminated: 18 Battleships, 2 Command Cruisers, 1 Heavy Assault Cruiser, 3 Recon Cruisers, 10 Battlecruisers. 12 Cruisers, 4 Assault Frigates, 5 Interceptors, 1 Destroy, 8 Frigates, 1 Industrial and 1 Interdictor, from the ranks of Pirate/NBSI hostiles in the Placid Region, (this accomplished is the downtime between fighting CYI). WeÆd like to remind the neutral residents of Placid that if you donÆt want combat with the Star Fraction then simply donÆt shoot at us. We donÆt recognise any territorial claim or restriction and we donÆt acknowledge NBSI ideology as a valid excuse for aggression. Any neutral flagged vessel in a corporation or alliance that hasnÆt previously fired upon SF and is not a specified war-target is safe from our guns. At this time we are war by our own selection with the Cyrene Initiative and by their discretion with Privateers Alliance. Last helpings So thatÆs the state of play one week in. For the remainder of the weekend we didnÆt see much more of the Cyrene Initiative in any form of organised combat group but managed to eliminate another handful of scattered pilots: (Stroi Danal) Myrmidon, (Brazzle) Enyo, (Crausaum) Lachesis while patrolling the area around Stacmon and adjacent Placid lowsec marches. Indications are unclear at this point just how much more staying power the Initiative has but our experience at this stage suggests that CYI can bring an effective fleet when they have a mind too, they certainly have resources and their executor Crausaum is not a man who is afraid to place himself in harms way when the need arises. When CYI chooses to fight they are dangerous û the challenge for us is making it imperative that they make this choice and to convince them we are likely going to need to roll up the rest of their POS network and maintain the presence of wolfpack gangs near-round the clock to pressurise their loners and agent runners. So then, not nearly as one-sided as some pundits were suggesting yet still displays a significant level of success for the Star Fraction and allied forces. Statistically (the war so far): SF has lost 1 Battleship, 3 Battlecruisers, 1 Heavy Assault Cruiser, 3 Cruisers, 2 Interceptors and zero capsules to CYI action in the war so far. CYI have lost 1 Large Control Tower, 1 Small Control Tower, 6 Battleships, 4 Battlecruisers, 4 Cruisers, 2 Recon Ships, 1 Assault Frigates, 1 Interceptors, 4 Frigates and 9 capsules to action involving SF forces in the war so far. CYI have suffered a defection rate of about 20% active pilots since the war began. The current Star Fraction ôtop gunsö are Selim of Jericho Fraction and Atandros of Tabula Rasa. Special recognition this week must also go to SF pilots Destania and Bacchanalian who have committed to a wide variety of combat operations and supported the revolution with distinction and valor and will each be receiving an Interceptor class vessel of their choice from the Jericho Fraction shipyards. Star Fraction is recruiting
Sakura Nihil Tabula Rasa Systems The Star Fraction	Posted - 2007.01.16 01:51:00 - [8] I must say, CYI can put up a fight when they want to, its just a shame they defend themselves with words rather than bullets and missiles most of the time. Crausum actually goes out and puts his ships on the line, it makes me wonder if the rest are actually unwilling to come and fight and he's trying to spur them on. Good summary Jas .
Tomahawk Bliss	Posted - 2007.01.16 01:57:00 - [9] Edited by: Tomahawk Bliss on 16/01/2007 02:01:39 Intaki Union Statistics: (these numbers mostly reflect the week of war without Star Fraction attendance, since then CYI has rarely mounted fleet operations and we are forced to hunt them down, causing many less engagements) Losses: 6 Battleships, 8 Battle cruisers, 3 cruisers, 3 tech two frigates, 3 frigate/destroyer, 3 pods. Kills: 9 Battleships, 1 command ship, 7 Battle cruisers, 4 barges, 7 cruisers, 6 tech two frigates, 1 Recon Cruiser, 3 industrials, 2 frigate/destroyer, 17 pods. *Bold indicates more losses in the category Being outnumbered 2 and 3 vs. 1 in the first week of war this has so far been the most equally stacked conflict for Intaki Union to date stressing our superior combat prowess. With allied Star Fraction presence and fairly equal number (though with the rate of those abandoning CYI this may change soon) plugged into their pod online, the superior will of Freedom Fighters and the determination to battle even with losses and not fit warp core stabilizers have proven again to be a successful mixture. Fear is more than the mind killer, it is the alliance killer. As Combat veteran and Grand Master of fleet tactics Bastables is known to say ôthey know fear.ö Gogo Yubari> You can't destroy your enemy with the power of thought alone like many forum-warriors seem to think.
Jack Malus Gallente Phoenix Wing Electus Matari	Posted - 2007.01.16 02:34:00 - [10] Just meaningless numbers but interesting nevertheless. Reviewing Star Fraction's own public record I show these to be their losses in the area of operation in the last seven days: 10 battleships 9 battle cruisers 7 cruisers 11 Interceptors 2 Frigates 1 Shuttle 8 pods Yep that's eight pods. Interestingly I did not see the Heavy Assault Cruiser loss in their record. Anyway much respect to CYI. Fine bunch of pilots. ---

Jasmine Constantine Gallente Jericho Fraction The Star Fraction	Posted - 2007.01.16 02:40:00 - [11] Originally by: Jack Malus Just meaningless numbers but interesting nevertheless. Reviewing Star Fraction's own public record I show these to be their losses in the area of operation in the last seven days: 10 battleships 9 battle cruisers 7 cruisers 11 Interceptors 2 Frigates 1 Shuttle 8 pods Yep that's eight pods. Interestingly I did not see the Heavy Assault Cruiser loss in their record. Anyway much respect to CYI. Fine bunch of pilots. I trust you aren't asking us to include losses against pirates and NBSI hostiles as part of the CYI kill totals are you? (and HAC was on the first day - its scrolled off the front page) Star Fraction is recruiting
Aeaus Tabula Rasa Systems The Star Fraction	Posted - 2007.01.16 03:28:00 - [12] Originally by: Jack Malus Just meaningless numbers but interesting nevertheless. Reviewing Star Fraction's own public record I show these to be their losses in the area of operation in the last seven days: ... Anyway much respect to CYI. Fine bunch of pilots. Yes, of course, little regard is given to that these losses do not even involve CYI, but as the Federation has shown time and time again, endless repetion makes fact. Tanking Survivability Calculator
Celedris Tabula Rasa Systems The Star Fraction	Posted - 2007.01.16 03:38:00 - [13] Originally by: Jack Malus 10 battleships 9 battle cruisers 7 cruisers 11 Interceptors 2 Frigates 1 Shuttle 8 pods Almost all of the losses you cited were from engagements with local pirate corps & 0.0 alliances in Syndicate. We've grown a bit bored waiting for Cyrene to undock. By the same token, our total kills in the last seven days are: 23 battleships 3 command ships 1 heavy assault ship 5 recons 13 battlecruisers 16 cruisers 7 assault ships 1 interdictor 5 interceptors 1 industrial 1 destroyer 10 frigates 24 pods
Bacchanalian Jericho Fraction The Star Fraction	Posted - 2007.01.16 04:40:00 - [14] I think those numbers, Celedris, are as much a testament to the prowess and valor of the Star Fraction pilots as they are a testament to the state of the Placid region prior to our arrival. Placid is an absolute hotbed of pirate activity and until our arrival pirate gangs of various and sundry flavors roamed free and unimpeded by anyone, CYI "efforts" notwithstanding. Star Fraction is recruiting, join the revolution!
Destania Caldari Jericho Fraction The Star Fraction	Posted - 2007.01.16 05:01:00 - [15] Originally by: Jack Malus Just meaningless numbers but interesting nevertheless. Reviewing Star Fraction's own public record I show these to be their losses in the area of operation in the last seven days: 10 battleships 9 battle cruisers 7 cruisers 11 Interceptors 2 Frigates 1 Shuttle 8 pods Yep that's eight pods. Interestingly I did not see the Heavy Assault Cruiser loss in their record. Anyway much respect to CYI. Fine bunch of pilots. Wow, I am impressed with the way you are able to spin. You just neglect to read before you post which is rather unprofessional of you in your tabloid style spinning. I suggest before you speak again, at least have all the fact, you will make yourself look less.... anyway next......
Svenjabi Xiang Gallente Jericho Fraction The Star Fraction	Posted - 2007.01.16 05:23:00 - [16] Lest it be lost in the discussion of where the numbers go, congratulations should, and rightly must, be extended to the bravery and expertise demonstrated by the four pilots singled out by this week's diarist. Three cheers and hats off to each of you.
Usagi Tsukino Caldari APEX Unlimited	Posted - 2007.01.16 15:46:00 - [17] These are interesting to read when it's not your ass being handed to you! --- Usagi Tsukino Executive :: APEX Unlimited; Security Division
Rodj Blake Amarr PIE Inc.	Posted - 2007.01.16 16:10:00 - [18] Originally by: Jasmine Constantine I trust you aren't asking us to include losses against pirates and NBSI hostiles as part of the CYI kill totals are you? (and HAC was on the first day - its scrolled off the front page) I imagine that you'll be making a new thread to discuss your pirate / NBSI engagements then? Dulce et decorum est, pro imperator mori It's great being Amarr, ain't it?
Celedris Tabula Rasa Systems The Star Fraction	Posted - 2007.01.16 16:30:00 - [19] Originally by: Rodj Blake I imagine that you'll be making a new thread to discuss your pirate / NBSI engagements then? The lady quite clearly presented them in the original post under the "Ongoing Pirate Apocalypse" section. I would have thought an Amarrian Imperialist would have picked up on the "Apocalypse" part. As Jasmine mentioned, you can view the details of many of these engagements in the War Stories area of our public forums should you take an interest. I highly recommend the Ostingale story by Jade Constantine.
Kiritu	Posted - 2007.01.17 08:13:00 - [20] Edited by: Kiritu on 17/01/2007 08:13:05 Quote: As Jasmine mentioned, you can view the details of many of these engagements in the War Stories area of our public forums should you take an interest. I highly recommend the Ostingale story by Jade Constantine. I would but Jade likes to torture the reader as much as she likes to torture the free Industrialists of Placid. Simplicity is the key. Much like CYI views the Universe in its honest simplicity. Commerce and Industry is good and brings true freedom to me and my Intaki friends in CYI. Pirates are parasites of Freedom, and SF given the opportunity to advance the commercial freedom of the placid industrialists and helping to make Placid the technology center of the region it could be and bringing prosperity to all, they have opted to become the destroyer. And to what end? There are those that see something of value and secretly hate it because of its value. They can't own it, they can't control it, therefor it must be destroyed. All that is not theirs must be destroyed, and all that is theirs must follow the iron fist and destroy. It is a sad predicament for in the end, none of those that destroy become great in the eyes of history and they ascend no greater then a footnote or oddity. Kiritu -- a Minmatar of the CYI who has seen freedom from both sides and knows that CYI is the builder and that SF is the destroyer.

Tatsue Nuko Tabula Rasa Systems The Star Fraction	Posted - 2007.01.17 15:48:00 - [21] Hehe... Originally by: Kiritu There are those that see something of value and secretly hate it because of its value. They can't own it, they can't control it, therefor it must be destroyed. If by "value" in this case you mean commerce, industry, and high-tech - which is what it seems, let me guarantee you that on quite a few occassions you are likely to have been purchasing from industries operated by activists of the Star Fraction. When we see opportunity to create value, we do so. When we see opportunity to tear down something unwholesome, reactionary and destructive, we do so. Activism to the benefit of the Federation is an act that hampers the entirety of humanity and it's evolution, so it is obvious which of those two slots of "Fractionist activity" CYI and outfits like it ends up in. Sometimes, to build something good, you have to tear down the ruins that stand in it's way.
DutchGunner	Posted - 2007.01.19 12:11:00 - [22] Now this is most likely a bad idea, but why have you come to placid? It used to be a reasonable safe region, with limited pirate activity. Now that you have moved in, it is festering with pirates. Even complete neutrals, who have no wishes to be part of the war are taking (heavy) losses due to the piracy that has followed in your wake. Pod pilots have to pay fees in order to use stargates if they don't want to get blown up! I am sure you have your reasons but to cause complete chaos in a region surely can't be it as the public live gets influenced by it. Pod pilots are unable to protect the corperations that wish to employ them as they are unable to move from one system to another from time to time.
Naphtalia Caldari The Black Rabbits Fatal Persuasion	Posted - 2007.01.19 13:03:00 - [23] As much as I dislike it, I see the dream of the Star Fraction coming into fruition in Placid, we have killed 176 haulers in the last 2 weeks in Placid; mostly complacent, lazy pilots depending on anti-pirates to protect them while they are hauling for the Federation agents. Lately these pilots have started to take care of their own, have reinforced their warpcores and taken responsibility for their own freedom. We have had to change our business model to take care of the people waking up. I wouldn't mind people staying lazy and giving me free money... but Jade's dream is working.. people are waking up and getting stronger. recruitment
Kiritu	Posted - 2007.01.19 18:22:00 - [24] Quote: ... but Jade's dream is working.. people are waking up and getting stronger. Jade's dream? Who but a tyrant calls destruction building? Weakening strengthening? Piracy commerce? Jade's prophetic dreams are nothing but drug induced psychobabble, meaningless tripe. It's not her dreams that you follow but her trail of blood to drink and carcasses to feast upon. The Brutor Kiritu.
Tomahawk Bliss	Posted - 2007.01.19 18:26:00 - [25] Edited by: Tomahawk Bliss on 19/01/2007 18:23:31 Originally by: Kiritu Quote: ... but Jade's dream is working.. people are waking up and getting stronger. Jade's dream? Who but a tyrant calls destruction building? Weakening strengthening? Piracy commerce? Jade's prophetic dreams are nothing but drug induced psychobabble, meaningless tripe. It's not her dreams that you follow but her trail of blood to drink and carcasses to feast upon. The Brutor Kiritu. You do know that Brutor are a proud warrior clan right? Why do you think the amarr turn so many into chimera? Your sniveling turns my stomach. I may not agree with many Brutor on the defunct Republic but most I can respect as warriors. Camar, Khaldorn, Biggus to name a few. You however are mewling like some child still suckling at his mother and not fit to receive his mark. If you believe in the Federation, unlike so many of our kin, then fight for it and stop whining like some great victim of the galaxy. You are Brutor man, stand up take what you want! Gogo Yubari> You can't destroy your enemy with the power of thought alone like many forum-warriors seem to think. GLBTA Channel
Kovid Jericho Fraction The Star Fraction	Posted - 2007.01.19 19:32:00 - [26] Quote: Who but a tyrant calls destruction building? Weakening strengthening? The Brutor Kiritu. New buildings are built after the demolishing of the old, the weak, the infested. Cities would be deathtraps and ghost towns if this did not happen. And old cities are built upon the ruins of ancient cities. Archaeologists are constantly looking below the layers of old cities to find even more ancient ones built above. It's a fact of civilization. You seem to have grown soft and tired. Be wary for this infection is what the Amarr use to enslave you. It is what propagetes humanity to an endless loop and worse does not suit your Minmatar blood. I am fighting for your sake wether you realize it or not. Your infection stops here. Your ships will be recycled, along with your biomass and your POSes. When you hit rock bottom I hope you can remake yourself into something stronger, something new. Realize the Federation you supported did not support you. Remake yourself into something that does not need the Federation. Give up fighting over imaginary lines they call borders of property. Don't forget destruction as a side-effect causes industry. For every ship lost you gain insurance. Someone has to build the new ship and modules you buy. Excercise, experience, makes you stronger. I wish you well and hope when you purge and reinvent yourself you become what you can be.
Aria Jenneth Caldari Omerta Syndicate	Posted - 2007.01.19 20:28:00 - [27] Edited by: Aria Jenneth on 19/01/2007 20:28:04 I find I have little to say to this that I have not already said, and decline, for the present, to join the chorus in repeating what has already been said. I would, however, be interested in hearing what SF members have to say about Naphtalia's comment that Star Fraction's dream is coming to be a reality in Placid. In the past, Star Fraction's rhetoric has been broadly utopian, aiming for a universe where all people are free to realize their full potential without interference from such intrusive forces as governments or other significant concentrations of power. When I've pointed out, in various conversations, that the best current model for this system, or lack thereof, is Curse, a lawless waste in which stations and ships are common and life is a running battle, the usual reaction has been to state that Curse well-deserves its name, and Star Fraction's goals are nothing of the kind. It sounds at the moment as though Placid is coming, through the activities of the pirates there, and the weakening of local "authority," if Cyrene merits such a title, to increasingly resemble Curse. If Naphtalia's observations are correct, basic self-interest (as opposed to the enlightened sort) is asserting itself in Placid. My question to Star Fraction, then, is this: is Naphtalia correct? Is this Star Fraction's dream? Or, if not, how do you mean to lift your dream out of enlightened self-interest out of this (or the eventual, more total) mere anarchy? To the uneducated observer, it appears that you are merely delivering Placid from the hands of a great tyrant (assuming we accept your rhetoric) into those of several hundred petty ones. What, to your better-educated eyes, is becoming of Placid and its residents?
Tatsue Nuko Tabula Rasa Systems The Star Fraction	Posted - 2007.01.19 21:33:00 - [28] Originally by: Aria Jenneth My question to Star Fraction, then, is this: is Naphtalia correct? Is this Star Fraction's dream? Or, if not, how do you mean to lift your dream out of enlightened self-interest out of this (or the eventual, more total) mere anarchy? No, what's happening in Placid is not "our dream". The locals throwing off the yoke of their would-be lordlings and starting to look for their own defence is, however, a step along the way towards "our dream". It is, indeed, the one single most important step; but one that leaves quite a few more to be taken afterwards.
Bacchanalian Jericho Fraction The Star Fraction	Posted - 2007.01.19 22:06:00 - [29] I would say that I find it heartening to see the locals waking up. Upon my early arrival to Stacmon, I ran several errands in the region in preparation for the upcoming conflict, and flew through several gatecamps in lowsec to do it, seeing wrecked ship after wrecked ship dotting the view from the various stargates. Local comms channels were relatively silent. More recently, the wrecks are less common, the gatecamps are fewer, and generally there is information regarding potential gatecamps being shared in local channels. More than once I have seen locals coming into Stacmon and immediately sharing any information they have about potential pirate threats elsewhere, and have seen more than one individual use said intelligence to plan alternate routes around the threat. That is taking responsibility for oneself, and demonstrates to me a clear example of individuals throwing off the yoke of complacency and dependence and taking an interest in their own self-preservation and advancement in a way I did not see even two weeks ago in this region. I know nothing of the Curse region, as a relatively young and somewhat inexperienced freecaptain, but what I see in Placid gives me heart and only strengthens my resolve. There can be nothing wrong with individuals weaning themselves from their dependences and instead enjoying the freedom that is independence. It is a truly amazing feeling the first time you realize that you don't need someone else to do anything for you, that you yourself are capable. Star Fraction is recruiting, join the revolution!
Devilish Ledoux Caldari eXin Alliance	Posted - 2007.01.19 22:22:00 - [30] As a people, Gallenteans are remarkably familiar with all facts which make in their own favor. Whatever makes for the wealth or for the reputation of Gallenteans, and can be had cheap will be found by the Federation. The Gallente Federation is false to the past, false to the present, and solemnly binds herself to be false to the future. Your democracy is a sham; your boasted liberty, an unholy license; your national greatness, swelling vanity; your platitudes are empty and heartless; your denunciations of tyrants, brass fronted impudence; your shouts of liberty and equality, hollow mockery; your good wishes, your sermons and thanksgivings, with all your parade and solemnity, are mere bombast, fraud, deception, impiety, and hypocrisy ù a thin veil to cover up crimes which would disgrace a nation of sheep and the wolves who rule them. Go where you may, search where you will, roam through all the monarchies and despotisms of the galaxy, travel through the Amarr Empire, search out every abuse, and when you have found the last, lay your facts by the side of the everyday practices of this nation, and you will say with me, that, for shameless hypocrisy, the Gallente Federation reigns without a rival. It will be an honor to assist in the humbling of such a vain and proud nation. _ Do Unto Others.

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