Dapper Danny
Tribal Liberation Force
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Posted - 2008.06.15 21:10:00 -
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Piracy in Low sec dead?... beh, Mega Blobs?... beh
Over the last 4 days ive seen nothing to indicate it. In Minmatar/Amarr contested id say the largest visible fleet (by that I mean the fleet is actually about 2 times larger than what you can see since usually half of them are either lost, on their way to the blob or broken up into smaller gangs in neighboring systems) largest fleet would be normaly 15-20 ships together at one time, usualy its around the 12-15 ship range... hardly a blob when you consider the ship make up when compared to what its like in 0.0.
As for piracy heres two events I witnessed running around in my Hound in Min/Amarr contested.
Im sitting about 100km off the Koureman(sp?)/Houla(sp?) jump gate when a 12 man Amarr blob jumps in they take up stationary position obviously gonna gate camp for a while, I think to myself YAY, I can take pot shots at some of em and I might get lucky, meanwhile I tell the fleet the intel. Suddenly a couple of militia members turn up (from another fleet) and suddenly get slaughtered by the blob. About 30 seconds latter 3 flashy reds jump through in BS's a quick check shows them as low sec pirates (cant remember the corp) all hell breaks loose as Amarr ships start going pop all over the place not to mention about 5 neutrals jump through as the last few Amarr ships are destroyed or manage to warp, and the 3 flashies start to tear into them as well. Its over pretty quick and the the pirates jump out. I tell the fleet theyve missed it.
Another encounter was during a plex capture, we capture the plex and a Vagabond warps into the plex all flashing a nice red, the majority of the fleet in the plex turn and engage, the Vaga warps off to a near by planet. About 3 others follow it including myself. I arrive and cloak noticing the other 2 red flashies at the planet, along with 2 militia wrecks and a 3rd pilot warping out. Nice trap they laid.
I hope the pirates dont all quit lowsec... it'll be no fun.
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