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callonious
Amarr
Destructive Influence
Band of Brothers
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Posted - 2006.09.27 17:18:00 -
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Edited by: callonious on 27/09/2006 17:18:03
Nice, was a good read :). I still remember when i first fought you seleene o_0 you had a contract agaisnt bsc a year or so ago XD.
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Ange1
Gallente
The Establishment
Establishment
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Posted - 2006.09.27 17:27:00 -
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I think you have to bear in mind that until this assault, we had never done POS warfare before. MC and ISS have significant experience over us in this area. You look back on the last battle now, there are many things we could've done differently. But at the time, with the tension and adrenaline going, you just have to try different things, see what happens and adapt.
A very nice write up Seleene, think I'll throw my own personal view of the last battle later when I get home from work ;)
The Establishment is at your service...
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Naliana
Gallente
Pillowsoft
Interstellar Starbase Syndicate
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Posted - 2006.09.27 17:29:00 -
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Nice post(s)!
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Evil Thug
Rage and Terror
Against ALL Authorities
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Posted - 2006.09.27 17:33:00 -
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 Originally by: Sivona
These things were thought about and covered to the best of our ability while they didn't happen they were planned for already. Undoubtedly we could of lost dreads this weekend, however for a number of reasons we didn't and for that i am glad.
Result is always result 
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Lilan Kahn
Amarr
ISS Navy Task Force
Interstellar Starbase Syndicate
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Posted - 2006.09.27 17:37:00 -
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Edited by: Lilan Kahn on 27/09/2006 17:37:17
Originally by: Ange1
I think you have to bear in mind that until this assault, we had never done POS warfare before. MC and ISS have significant experience over us in this area. You look back on the last battle now, there are many things we could've done differently. But at the time, with the tension and adrenaline going, you just have to try different things, see what happens and adapt.
A very nice write up Seleene, think I'll throw my own personal view of the last battle later when I get home from work ;)
For iss as a hole 9uy was a firest major pos thingi, we have blown the odd random hostil pos's up before but nothing on this scale.
Originally by: Eris Discordia
We break after X amount of threads, then we go wild and then we get our medication.
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Seleene
Body Count Inc.
Mercenary Coalition
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Posted - 2006.09.27 17:48:00 -
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Originally by: Ange1
I think you have to bear in mind that until this assault, we had never done POS warfare before.
Didn't you just have like four or five weeks of it? 
Still, I agree. Anyone can look at what happened in retrospect and think of ways to have "won" or done a better job. As it was, both sides got to experience something new and different (I've never faced 100+ fighters before for damn sure) and it was a learning experience for all.
Originally by: Ange1
A very nice write up Seleene, think I'll throw my own personal view of the last battle later when I get home from work ;)
Excellent. I'd love to see more of this type of thing from everyone. 
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Ace Frehley
Minmatar
0utbreak
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Posted - 2006.09.27 17:55:00 -
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Me awaits eddiz next write-up answear...
The write-war has begun between the mercs... 
Girljerms is more lethal then a fleet of 1000 Tempests
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Erikel
Cosmic Odyssey
Chorus of Dawn
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Posted - 2006.09.27 17:59:00 -
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Great post. Makes me wish i had been there.
I hope to see many more posts like that.
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TylerJames
Team Americas
Black Reign Syndicate
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Posted - 2006.09.27 18:01:00 -
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I like how you included pictures for those who don't have the attention span to read Nice post.
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Nyphur
Pillowsoft
Interstellar Starbase Syndicate
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Posted - 2006.09.27 18:02:00 -
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Great story, Seleene. Now I'm sad I missed it. Downloading the video now.
I must say, it's great to see the ISS mobilising the kind of military that we have been lately. We are truly in a position to protect the public assets entrusted to our safety by our shareholders. And I am thoroughly impressed with the capital fleet MC can whip up. I remember back when it was FRICK and BDCI getting paid 600m for a war campaign in battleships. How times have changed.
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Equliz3r
Gallente
Dark Nebula Gallente Division
Confederation of Independent Corporations
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Posted - 2006.09.27 18:13:00 -
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Great report as always Seleene.
*goes to watch vid*
-Eq
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ParMizaN
Body Count Inc.
Mercenary Coalition
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Posted - 2006.09.27 18:17:00 -
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Awesome writeup
That was a such a fun weekend. I don't think I've ever shook so much before though haha.
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Adam C
0utbreak
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Posted - 2006.09.27 18:18:00 -
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-- Reserved for a decent reply --
Beginning to read it now
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Ange1
Gallente
The Establishment
Establishment
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Posted - 2006.09.27 18:29:00 -
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Originally by: Seleene
Didn't you just have like four or five weeks of it?
Still, I agree. Anyone can look at what happened in retrospect and think of ways to have "won" or done a better job. As it was, both sides got to experience something new and different (I've never faced 100+ fighters before for damn sure) and it was a learning experience for all.
This is true, but the node crashed every time we tried to defend or attack the damned things 
The Establishment is at your service...
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Dumus
Amarr
Veto.
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Posted - 2006.09.27 18:34:00 -
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Edited by: Dumus on 27/09/2006 18:36:58
Great Post Seleene.
But for me the fights were simply awful. All I saw was a slide show followed by node drops. You got the job done for sure and I wouldn't want to take anything away from you. But in my opinion this was not the victory it should have been for you. I know for fact that had the server done its job, things would have been very very different.
I do not doubt you would have still had your victory and it would have been worthy of much more praise than I am prepared to give this one. I apologise profusely if this sounds remotely like sour grapes. I assure you it is not.
I am sure you know defeat as well as you know the sweetness of victory. And I hope that you would feel the same way I do about the way we lost.
I am not naive and know we would in all probability not won out against the MC cap fleet. But we wanted badly to hold our heads up and go down fighting. That's why we play the game. I had an awesome 2 weeks of carnage and if felt like a kick in the balls from CCP's server for my efforts.
If you doubt my sincerity when I congratulate you and your employers then speak to Count, Butter dog or Verone. I am sure they will vouch for me.
Good luck to you all in uk and ISS
Good luck to the MC
Salute
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Koronos
Interstellar eXodus
R0ADKILL
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Posted - 2006.09.27 18:41:00 -
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Awesome.
Absolutely top notch.
Koronos
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LoxyRider
Body Count Inc.
Mercenary Coalition
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Posted - 2006.09.27 18:44:00 -
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Awesome write up :D.
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Hakera
Anari Higard
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Posted - 2006.09.27 18:45:00 -
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10/10 for the write up, finally some decent threads on the forums!
Kudos to all involved, nice to once again read the well told stories of battles around the galaxy.
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Sonic Slayer
Minmatar
DarkSide Inc
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Posted - 2006.09.27 18:46:00 -
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Great After Action Report Seleene.
Love and battle are both intimate acts, both done in heat and sweat with the sound of cries echoing in your ears.
And really - who is to say which is the more dangerous?
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Domalais
Equilibrium LLC
United Confederation of Corporations
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Posted - 2006.09.27 18:50:00 -
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Originally by: ParMizaN
Awesome writeup
That was a such a fun weekend. I don't think I've ever shook so much before though haha.
You know you're pushing your luck when you've got loads of PVP experience and the shakes come back.
It's battles - and stories - like these that make PVPers in all of EVE sit back and think "Damn it would be fun to be in the MC."
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Hygelac
Body Count Inc.
Mercenary Coalition
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Posted - 2006.09.27 18:50:00 -
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These words have immortalized what, for me, was the most memorable fighting I've ever taken part in. Before the servers crashed, we had a glimpse of Eve's promise and the sheer scale of what things can be like in the future.
Great Fight all.
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Ange1
Gallente
The Establishment
Establishment
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Posted - 2006.09.27 19:01:00 -
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The final battle of 9UY was not initially considered the final battle for us, but as events unfolded, it became clear it would be. This last battle would be the biggest of the entire war and appropriately so for a final battle I'd say. I think everyone was anticipating a fantastic fight ahead.
The Establishment and its allies had a massive Fighter force from our Nyx and 12 other Carriers. We called for any and all frig pilots to fly the Fighters into battle. We had wanted Neutralizing battleships as well for the Cap Ships but we were unable to get any there in time.
Because our previous engagements of throwing Fighters at dreads did not seem to work very well, we had decided this time to attack the support fleet. In retrospect, the number of Fighters we had was greater than any we had to use previously, had we gone for a Dread again, we would have taken one down, I'm certain of it. Because we had lost so many Fighters to support, we went for support.
As the Dreads began their assault, their support fleet was staying some 200-300km away for the most part. While we waited for the enemy fleet to deploy itself so we could plan our counter-attack, I have to tell you, I was intimidated by the sight before me. 20+ Dreadnoughts and perhaps up to 70-80 support ships, half of them Battleships I'd say. Even though we had some 120+ Fighters to support us, all we had were Frigates to deliver them. Coupled with the fact they had their own drones and Fighters out, quite a sight. Nonetheless, I began preparing myself, battle was imminent, this was it.
Our covert pilot setup on their support and we warped our Frigate/Fighter blob to the enemy and began to engage. The lag was simply unbearable. For the first minute perhaps, it was still possible to do stuff within a reasonable amount of time, but as it went on, it became gradually worse and worse and then the node died.
People were annoyed, but we logged back on as quickly as possible. We were disorganised, but chances are the same was happening to our opponents. We tried to login and regroup for a 2nd counter-attack. Of course the node drop affected our ability to fight back far worse than it did our opponents. The Fighters that were prevously deployed had all gone inactive, strewn across the system lost or returned to the POS of their respective Carriers.
We had enough fighters to launch for the 2nd counter-attack, and after 5-10 mins of everyone logging in piecemeal we warped back to the POS shield and built up our force again. We did not have as many Fighters this time, no-where near enough to kill a Dreadnought. At this point, Rawthorm decided now was the perfect time to give me command of the fleet as he had no visual contact with the enemy. I must admit I felt like some poor animal frozen in fear from a car's headlights.
Somewhat disoriented and unsure of what to do I looked to the screen to see the state of the enemy fleet. Their support fleet had warped back in to its previous position, where lots of cans were floating. This would save us having to setup on them through a covert, so I ordered our force to warp to the can nearst the enemy fleet and began engaging again. Again the lag struck, and this time my interceptor was not so fortunate to survive. The lag though, meant that despite being blown up, according to my screen, my ship was on fire, with very few modules left, orbiting its previous target... then the node died again.
The Establishment is at your service...
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Ange1
Gallente
The Establishment
Establishment
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Posted - 2006.09.27 19:02:00 -
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Edited by: Ange1 on 27/09/2006 19:02:58
At this point, people got stressed. Having lived with this for almost 3 weeks now, we were just getting fed up with it. As we all logged back in again, we wanted to try to attack again, but we had simply run out of Fighters. Again the node drop disabled all availiable Fighters and our Carrier group simply had nothing left of significance to deploy and half our Frigates were dead. It was at that point we knew we were defeated. None of us were really willing to go through another few days of this, just to lose dozens of Fighters, ships and our time to node deaths that simply screwed the battle up to anyones favour depending on the circumstances.
And so thats my personal perspective of things from the Final Battle of 9UY. Hope you enjoy the read
The Establishment is at your service...
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Seleene
Body Count Inc.
Mercenary Coalition
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Posted - 2006.09.27 19:03:00 -
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Originally by: Dumus
I do not doubt you would have still had your victory and it would have been worthy of much more praise than I am prepared to give this one. I apologise profusely if this sounds remotely like sour grapes. I assure you it is not.
Excellent post, m8.
Dude, I actually understand exactly what you mean. A lot of us have sat around the past few days thinking the same things. If it were possible to replay the entire thing in a lag-free environment, I would do it in a heartbeat. I've little doubt that had the servers been up to it that I have still been taking screenshots tonight of yet another slugfest with you guys. A hard-won victory is always much sweeter. Not that this was easy! LOL!
Still, I get what you mean. You wanted to make us really pay for it and TBH, I'd have gladly traded a few cap ship losses for the ability to play out something of this scale the way it should be. It's just imaginary money and I'd have loved the chance to hop into a frigate myself and dive bomb one of your cap ships as well!
I'd wish you luck, but then I'd be condemning some poor bastard to a merciless podding by your evil pirate ways.
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Izo Azlion
Veto.
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Posted - 2006.09.27 19:09:00 -
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Edited by: Izo Azlion on 27/09/2006 19:13:10
Thanks for the kind words Seleene. Nice, efficient work from you guys.
Very nice post, too.
To be honest, and on a personal note. POS wars are not my thing. I've now been in a BS fleets as part of ASCN and camped gates, and I've been up close and personal tackling frigs at 1FPS... And I dont enjoy it.
Low sec Piracy and the future entice me so much more, but I would not go without the war in 9UY, its been an experiance and its been an honour to fight. I believe we made history anyway, as the first Pirates to properly challenge, and actually stand a damn good chance, of taking an outpost.
Again, its a pleasure. The community make EVE what it is, and its the major stuff that changes the course of things.
I'm proud to be Veto, proud to be playing EVE. I think we all are, huh?
Cheers!
Izo Azlion.
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Cipher7
Dark and Light inc.
D-L
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Posted - 2006.09.27 19:40:00 -
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Awesome writeup, solid gold.
*goes to download vid*
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Ma Talune
Minmatar
ISS Logistics
Interstellar Starbase Syndicate
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Posted - 2006.09.27 19:40:00 -
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Yarggh... As being one of the every, every few [possibly the only] guy that ISS really had a responsablity to bee there but had RL distruption (full time work weekend) this a very cool thing to come by.. some many times thanks mate.. Also for inspiration for what to do with my maxed out haul mian char that needs to learn PVP for helping in these kinda ops.. One of ISS's mean and cool ISS L guys turned n00b agian!
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Imaran
Forum Moderator
Interstellar Services Department
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Posted - 2006.09.27 19:57:00 -
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Thread cleaned of Seleene's initial mass spammage... 
Nice post
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Carth Jared
Body Count Inc.
Mercenary Coalition
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Posted - 2006.09.27 20:04:00 -
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Good read :)
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Riazal
AirHawk Alliance
Interstellar Starbase Syndicate
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Posted - 2006.09.27 20:11:00 -
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Excellent post really enjoyed reading it shame about the lag/node crashes this looked like shaping up to be an awesome fight.
Props to all involved
and an excellent vid
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