Might there be another explanation? The super weapon was originally discharged in the location. Could there have been some residual effect that weakened the drifter ships when they warped to the same location, especially if there may be some link between the technology used to power their own super weapon?

I am not normally a religious person but it would be a great coincidence indeed if the choice of location for the summit itself held the key to destroying drifter forces.

In terms of losses could I ask what was the rough number of Allied fleet members? It may help others in quantifying the Drifter threat to know what was required to counter a 100 ship Drifter fleet that was already seriously damaged in some manner.

That is a very intriguing development. If it can be confirmed in any way of course.

Despite the skeptical scientist within me crying to ask about brain reactions to battle fatigue, ecstasy feelings of any sorts known to erupt during such events etc. basically any kind of reaction that can lead to hallucinations (please don't take it personally), for the sake of the argument let's assume that what You saw truly had occurred.

(I wish to omit discussing potential divinity of this event and consider a device of any sorts as it's source)

Have You received reports of PIE, CVA or any other pilots present on the field being able to examine Drifter ships wrecks and/or retrieve any parts (focusing on shield generators, power relays, capacitor batteries etc.)? Researching the nature of the damage taken by those would help us to determine if any uncommon weapon types and/or disruption devices where used.

I certainly hope another engagement is not considered necessary to test a theory. The loss of life would, at best, be 'counterproductive'.

Surely there are sensor logs from ships that survived the encounter that can be studied; this, in addition, to visual descriptions of events and recordings when compared to time-stamps of activity (I speak in particular of the time stamps relating to the notification that shield systems had been compromised). Unfortunately, my own sensor logs were seemingly completely destroyed along with the wholesale destruction of my ship otherwise I should be glad to pass these to the Amarr Navy for further study.

I still maintain my hypothesis that environmental considerations may have impacted on the perceived vulnerability. I arrived early to the summit and spent some time examining the wrecks from the previous incident. Wrecks of capital ships still dominate the area and may be leaking residual low-level radiation in to the surrounding space. A full sensor study of these wrecks may yield useful and enlightening results, especially compared with energy readings derived from activation of Drifter Ships' primary weapon and recorded by sensor logs during the battle. A full study might consider the range of Drifter Ships apparently impacted by sudden shield loss to the nearest affected wreck to provide further evidence (or lack thereof) of any causal link.

We may have exposed a weakness in Drifter technology, through mere happenstance or through divine intervention; either way evidence needs to be carefully examined to corroborate any theory to determine an effective counter to the Drifter threat.

And I've heard that a single well fit ship can play tag with the Drifter BS at range and destroy them with ease one on one. I seem to recall seeing camera drone footage of such too.

I wonder if this is still the case though since they learn and adapt, be wary of your assumptions of superiority lest they learn and adapt before the next fleet engagement.

I certainly wouldn't put it past them to use us as self funding guinea pigs who act first and think later.

A particularly disturbing thought is that they may have sent that fleet in (100 seems an awfully even number) just to test the response and performance whilst learning new tactics. People are assuming this was a huge fleet and a great success. What if this is simply one if the Vidette ( or whichever it was) scout groups?

Apparently they are blocking gates via entosis now too. People had better get used to scanning down wormholes for escape routes.

Check the Barira traffic control thread. I had my suspicions after the first report and they have been confirmed.