I will iterate once and for all.

There were blinding flashes of light and horrific sounds of discharge.

I do not use boosters or any other sort of drugs.

It happened at least twice, and subsequent to those discharges, I was then able to tear through their shields. They did not have a secondary shield, and they were significantly weakened.

If you didn't see it, then you were not looking in the right direction, because it happened.

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.

One day...

The only way we could find that out would be to engage them there again to see if the effects are the same.

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.

Yes it would be highly counterproductive to do so. But from early reports it seems very few have witnessed the full event (Light,Sounds And Weakened Drifters) With most just seeing weakend drifters. I also support the theory that it is residual energy from the wrecks. However it could be the way their weapon and shield systems work that it was caused by to many there at once and was their own fault effectively short-circuiting their shields somehow.

If you didn't see it, then you were not looking in the right direction, because it happened.

Congratulations to all Amarrian faithful and allied forces who made history by being the first and only (to-date) active fleet who has defeated an entire Drifter Armada.

I have heard that previously, it would take the equivalent of two Archon class carriers to defeat a squad of just 2 drifter battleships. The fact that 100 were slain, shows the Might of our most Holy God and his Empire.

Now we must wait for an Amarr Certified News release (none of that Scope rubbish).

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.

With them learning and adapting, Could that be the real reason CONCORD have taken no action so far so when the time comes they can destroy the majority of drifter forces with ease ?

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

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.

Drifters were once susceptible to ECM and sniping tactics but they have as you surmised adapted and now fit an ECCM fit which boosts their sensor strength to unjammable proportions. I also understand that their super weapon can now fire at targets up to 500km away. Those scans were to detect our capabilities and respond accordingly.

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.

Wait when did this start happening ?

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