Well... "Ouch" is probably the right way to start this AAR. I had avoided running Talwars down in Soli as I figured Caracals would be better in pretty much every situation we would see down here. Tonight's fleet definitely didn't do anything to change my mind about that. With large numbers and a bit of luck you can get kills like this, but in fleets of 15 pilots or less I'd rather have cruisers.
We had a good turnout, though not nearly the 20+ pilots one is supposed to have for Talwars. Roam members:
Spoiler
Amira Evolta - DD
Arashi Shizukana - DD
Calder Ormand - DD, 2IC
Dgdsgy Foobar - DD
Dj UNOHOO - 1 Scout
Imad Gratia - DD
Kirsid Tannaway - DD
Meph Lutrai - DD
Sturym - DD, 3IC, Anchor
Talman Drak - Snowflake
Tom Endares - DD
Yuri Levnik - FC
Z0x Ambrye - 2 Scout
Arashi Shizukana - DD
Calder Ormand - DD, 2IC
Dgdsgy Foobar - DD
Dj UNOHOO - 1 Scout
Imad Gratia - DD
Kirsid Tannaway - DD
Meph Lutrai - DD
Sturym - DD, 3IC, Anchor
Talman Drak - Snowflake
Tom Endares - DD
Yuri Levnik - FC
Z0x Ambrye - 2 Scout
Spoiler
[ 2017.09.28 01:42:17 ] Kirsid Tannaway > FC, can I bring my Drake?
[ 2017.09.28 01:42:31 ] Yuri Levnik > a drake is kind of like a big slow talwar so sure
[ 2017.09.28 01:42:42 ] Kirsid Tannaway > >sure
[ 2017.09.28 01:42:49 ] Kirsid Tannaway > I did not expect that answer.
[ 2017.09.28 01:43:04 ] Yuri Levnik > lulz
[ 2017.09.28 01:42:31 ] Yuri Levnik > a drake is kind of like a big slow talwar so sure
[ 2017.09.28 01:42:42 ] Kirsid Tannaway > >sure
[ 2017.09.28 01:42:49 ] Kirsid Tannaway > I did not expect that answer.
[ 2017.09.28 01:43:04 ] Yuri Levnik > lulz
8-JYPM 02:36
Drake -79.2MN
Capsule -0.01MN
Keres -45MN
Talwar -7.7MN
Talwar -10.6MN
Talwar -10.4MN
Ares -33.3MN
Coercer 20.2MN
Talwar -7.1MN
Talwar -16.6MN
Capsule -0.7MN
Capsule -0.01MN
Capsule -36.6MN
Hurricane -77.9MN
Capsule -0.01MN
We staggered back to Gravity Well and reshipped, then set out into low sec. We found very little in space, though we took a swipe at a Caveman friend in a Stabber (he jumped to safety) and got chased by a Stratios/Kronos combo that was way too big for our Talwars. We ended up killing a single Clone Soldier Negotiator and calling it a night.
Stats
ISK Destroyed: 20.2MN
ISK Lost: -325.1MN
ISK Delta: -309.4MN
Efficiency: 6%
What went well:
- -We flew well! We anchored up on our anchor, landed where I wanted us to land, and escaped the Stratios/Kronos that chased us.
-We found content, even though it was a lot more than we could fight.
-We had some new to uni-fleets pilots and some folks fly in new roles. Hopefully y'all learned a thing or three (;
-We tried out a new doctrine. And there's SRP for it...
-We had a Draek zomg!!! But now it r explod-ded );
-I had fun!
- -I took a fight that was way more than we could handle and we lost a lot of ISK worth of ships. That 6% efficiency is not a good either.
-After a couple of pilots dropped following our welping we no longer had the alpha to take anything larger than frigates in 1-2 missile salvos. Frigates basically don't exist in Soli, so that put us in a bad spot where I felt like hunting for content was likely to be a waste of time.
Come out for arty Trashers tomorrow!
Yuri