The fleet was scheduled for 17:45, and I started form-up a bit early to answer fitting questions from anyone who wanted advice for fitting their frigate.
Roam Members:
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Aeliyah Thor
B'aldrick Aivoras
Beavis Alland
bringdapain
DeanSherman
Decklin Quark Reiger (FC)
DonkeyPunch Udan
Ersin Oghuz (Scout)
FrankTT2
Gatt2111
Jax Renalard
Jeracho Dorne
Kernull
Kora K
Laser Skaron (2IC)
Luca Goh (Scout)
Monarch Guardian II
Oh' Leeador
Rider Isleman
SketchyManDan Williams
Trillian Ituin
Turlough Dominian
Wokum
Yrgrasil
Luca and Ersin scouted ahead of the fleet on our way towards Vlilrier.
While Luca went +1 ahead of the fleet, Ersin toured the Brarel pocket, and found this AFK plexer for us. The fleet practiced locking from the broadcast history.
(18:15:16) Brarel
Burst +0.34m
We moved up the pipe towards Renarelle. There was a destroyer that warped away from Ersin a few times, clearly more interested in plexing than fighting, so we moved on.
Luca checked the Oulley gate, but Black Flag Syndicate wasn't doing anything there yet.
(18:35:52) Renarelle
In Renarelle, our vanguard managed to grab a Phantasm. Our speed meant that we could keep up with him, and tracking disruptors minimised the damage he dealt, so we didn't take any losses. Great job Donkey on overheating to pull range and escape
After the fight, the MC pilot, who is an ex-unista was very friendly and bid us farewell with "LSC Best C" and congratulated Donkey on his tanking.
Phantasm +173.35m
(18:42:07) Aldranette
Here, Luca went for tackle on a Maulus Navy Issue. The MNI scram range bonus meant that this was a difficult tackle. Unfortunately, the MNI got a scram on Luca's Condor, and killed him before the fleet could catch up. This MNI pilot was extremely fast - much more so than a MNI usually would be, so I'm pretty sure he had snakes and/or a blingy MWD.
Condor -5.09m
(18:48:30) Ichoriya
Looks like the locals in Ichoriya were waiting on the station to catch flashy pilots going to reship... oops. (Don't forget to use your insta-dock bookmarks in Ichoriya while reshipping)
Capsule -0.01m
(18:56:27) Nennamaila
In Nennamaila, we saw a group of ships at a large including a Ferox, Stiletto, Punisher, and a couple cruisers. I asked Turlough to get eyes on them for us, to see if we could engage the Ferox. Turlough warped at 50km to the large. The Ferox was sitting at 0, and the other ships were spread out all around the site, and they appeared to be flying together, as opposed to fighting each other. Unfortunately for Turlough, there was a Punisher very near where he landed, so he got caught right away. As the fleet landed at 100, the Ferox popped Turlough, and switched to me. He was hitting me pretty effectively from over 100 km away, and Maxine's Stilleto was closing in on the fleet, so I called for us to align out, and warped the fleet away.
We didn't have a good way of closing on the Ferox, in order to apply our ewar on him, with all that support around, so I decided we would have to avoid that fight.
Punisher -6.73m
(19:02:49) Hikkoken
Here, our scouts found a small gang of 4-5 destroyers. Our scouts and vanguard entered the small plex together, and caught a Dragoon, but the rest of the ships were at range from the beacon and managed to escape.
Dragoon +27m
(19:14:25) Pynekastoh
Here in Pyne, our two scouts worked together to tackle a comet. I'm especially impressed that they both escape the comet's blingy Afterburner, scram and web, in order to establish tackle and stay alive. Very nicely done Luca!
Federation Navy Comet +64.13m
Bonus reward from Bob for the good piloting:
Capsule +1391.15m
(19:23:56) Kedama
In Kedama, Luca spotted Mr Chunky in a small plex, flying a Thrasher. I joined Luca so we could slide together, expecting that he would be artillery fit, and that the tracking disruptor on my Hookbill would enable us to close range on him and hold him safely. Unfortunately, Mr Chunky bailed the moment he saw us slide together. I sent Luca to check a nearby site, and waited to bait Mr Chunky. Sadly, the bait backfired, since Mr Chunky killed me with Autocannons, and me orbiting him at 12 km did nothing to stop that. I should have looked at his ship to see what guns he was using, and kept range from him, with range disruption, instead of fighting him as if he was artillery fit. Oops. While we were fighting, the fleet was in warp to the plex, and killed an Algos that landed at the same time. Mr Chunky waved goodbye in local. Well done Mr Chunky (as much as it pains me to say so).
Caldari Navy Hookbill -26.52m
Algos +15.83m
From here, Laser took over the fleet for a while, as I went to grab a fresh Hookbill. The fleet toured the systems around Kedama looking for fights. There was a potential bait Merlin in Tama that smelled like a recon trap, that Laser was rightfully wary of, given the 7 Snuffed pilots in Tama. Luca kept d-scan on the medium, while a Thrasher landed. Luca was looking to see if the Thrasher suddenly and unexpectedly died. Meanwhile, Kora also went to spring the trap, but it turned out to be just a stabbed plexer.
(19:33:02) Sujarento
Here the fleet caught and killed a triple-stabbed Executioner.
Executioner +0.49m
(19:37:06) Tama
Back in Tama, the fleet found the Thrasher that was around earlier, and polished him off without any losses.
Thrasher +9.51m
I rejoined the fleet around Sujarento, and we travelled down towards Heydieles, without finding much to fight. Revolution was around, with a Lachesis, Cynabal, and Confessor, but we didn't find a way to separate them in order to engage effectively. Jax nearly got the Cynabal separated off on his own, but had to crash back through the gate, and the Cynabal warped off before the fleet could grab him.
From Heydieles, I asked if there were any volunteers who haven't FC'd before who wanted to lead the fleet the rest of the way home.
Luca volunteered, and did a good job managing the 'first fleet jitters' which happen to every FC - the first few systems you go through, issuing clear align, warp, jump commands etc, and managing intel from the scouts. B'aldrick stepped up to take Luca's place as scout.
As we neared Ostingele, Luca was hungry for targets, so that he could get a fight during his first time FC'ing, and we looked part-way down the Alperaute pipe, but didn't see much. There was a CFT pilot around Cumemare, but he wasn't anywhere Ersin could find him.
(20:20:36) Ostingele
Back in Ostingele, I found a Thorax at a medium plex. While I was warping to get tackle, a Brutix also appeared on scan at the site. The Brutix landed just as I did, and the Thorax was about 80km away from the gate. I suggested that we primary the Brutix, since the fleet would be landing pretty much on top of him. Luca led this engagement, and encouraged people to focus their dps on the Brutix, while Kora and 1-2 other pilots established secondary tackle on the Thorax. Ersin lost his Breacher to the Brutix, and Turlough escaped in low structure, but the rest of the fleet kept our distance and wore the Brutix down before swapping to the Thorax.
Breacher -4.37m
Brutix +83.43m
Thorax +32.3m
Stats
ISK Destroyed: 1,797,512,133.65
ISK Lost: 42,713,241.87
ISK Delta: 1,754,798,891.78
Efficiency: 97.679%
From my perspective this was a really fun fleet, and shows just how survivable you can be, even without logi. Great job applying your ewar to minimise incoming damage, and also good job escaping when in danger.
Congratulations to Luca for a very successful first fight as FC as well
For any other feedback or questions, or other things that anyone learned throughout the fleet, please do leave comments below
Take care,
Decklin