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Alf Saissore
Alto DeRaqwar (3 x scout)
Arashi Shizukana
Atticus Vex
Auric Fulcrum
Brejik Haumaan
Calvin Fidard
Decklin Quark Reiger(2IC)
DonkeyPunch Udan
Jack Thornwood
Kelle Damage
Kirsi Isrik
Kora K (2 x scout)
Kranamor Andedare
Mikaeikei
Muzzy Chuck
Padraic Musbrandt
Raxon Noseworthy (1 x scout)
SketchyManDan Williams
Sunshine Gracchus
Trillian Ituin
Tyler Arnoux
Union Pivo
Zeon Alabel
Alto DeRaqwar (3 x scout)
Arashi Shizukana
Atticus Vex
Auric Fulcrum
Brejik Haumaan
Calvin Fidard
Decklin Quark Reiger(2IC)
DonkeyPunch Udan
Jack Thornwood
Kelle Damage
Kirsi Isrik
Kora K (2 x scout)
Kranamor Andedare
Mikaeikei
Muzzy Chuck
Padraic Musbrandt
Raxon Noseworthy (1 x scout)
SketchyManDan Williams
Sunshine Gracchus
Trillian Ituin
Tyler Arnoux
Union Pivo
Zeon Alabel
As soon as we undocked, one of the scouts reported that there was a Hurricane at a Rogue swarm site in Dastryns. I quickly got the fleet to the dastryns gate while the scout got primary. Now at this exact time when i gave the command for the fleet to jump in and engage, my client crashed. But luckily Decklin stepped up promptly to take over and we got the kill just as i logged back in. So the very first kill of my very first fleet, i was logged off.
We then looked at the adjoining system and decided to move on. I was slowly getting in the groove of managing the fleet though there were a couple of times when I got distracted with what was going on and processing the information that interacting with the fleet slipped my mind. Luckily Decklin was in the command channel with me and he would whisper to remind me to give the necessary directions to the fleet.
We landed on a HCOOK fleet in Ren and had to quickly retreat and retrace our steps to avoid that fleet as I was confident we wouldn't survive an engagement with that fleet. I got separated from the fleet when i gave the command to warp off along with my scout and a couple of other guys. We landed at a safe while Decklin took the remaining fleet and we regrouped at Moc again. The scouts reported that the way was clear and we moved on. We lost Kora in Ren as i was a bit too late in deploying the vanguard and there were two Daredevil on site. I called primary but the daredevil managed to escape.
We lost a condor to gate gun though I am not a 100% sure how that happened. From this point on my memory is a little fuzzy and I don't exactly remember the sequence of events for the next couple of kills as the system was very busy and I had the fleet moving continuously. We played gate games a couple of times with a Machariel who landed on the gate but we couldn't kill it and I asked the fleet to let it go. We made our way back to Ichoriya and docked up for a small break as we were nearing almost two hours. After the break I undocked the fleet and had them holding at the Akidagi gate but I didn't realise that some of the fleet was still flashy. We lost a Merlin at the Ichoriya gate before he could jump in. This was an oversight on my part and i should have rechecked with the fleet to know if anyone was still flashy. I decided to take the other route back through Pyne and Heydelies toward stacmon as i saw there had been a lot of activity in that direction. But what we found was even more than I could have guessed but will get to that in a bit.
At one point Union stepped up as scout as Kora and Raxon were reshipping and tackled a comet. by the time the fleet landed Union was podded but we managed to take revenge and got the comet.
Kora and Raxon had returned by now and Kora reported that there were a 190 ppl in Pynekastoh and he got eyes on a big fight happening at a Rogue swarm lair which involved a couple of Carriers and 3 dreadnoughts. https://dscan.me/gZbMqF
I wasn't sure if i wanted to take the fleet in the middle of that and I discussed with Decklin if we can engage and manage to kill stuff in the fringes of the fight that was already going on. I decided to have Decklin take a second look as Kora had to warp out and when he landed I had the fleet jump in and anchor up on Decklin to get some kills. We did get a couple of kills in that exchange but most of the fleet was lost. Once Decklin had to warp off I had the fleet anchor up on me but the Fleet had gotten a bit spread out by now and we had a few Gamurs who were picking us off. We started getting focused on by larger numbers and I called the fleet to scatter but it was too late and we lost everyone except 4. We docked up at a station and I ended the fleet here. Some had gotten podded and I escorted a couple of guys back to Stacmon in their pods.
After the fleet ended Decklin got caught in a gate camp on his way back to Ichoriya though.
What went well:
The Fleet disciple was excellent and everyone managed to follow my commands easily. I learned a lot about what it takes to be FC and hopefully the fleet members had fun too.
What needs to be improved:
I need to get better at processing information more efficiently while maintaining my interaction with the rest of the fleet.
I need to improve on communicating with my scouts a bit better and making clear the information I need. And mostly I need to learn how to pick targets a bit better in a large scale engagement like the one we found ourselves in at the end. I guess it was a bit too much as first time FC and I should have taken the fleet around that fight and moved on.
Overall it was a lot of fun and I can't wait to take another fleet out soon. Magic Merlins I think the next time.
Till then Fly safe and thanks to everyone who tagged along for the fleet.
Kills and Losses
(19:40:23Z) Dastryns
Hurricane +54.5m
(19:58:48Z) Renarelle
Condor -17.19m
Slasher -7.97m
Capsule -0.01m
(20:07:10Z) Vlillirier, Renarelle
Tristan +8.28m
Condor -8.98m
(20:28:20Z) Kinakka
Imperial Navy Slicer +38.92m
Rifter +0.36m
(20:39:12Z) Aivonen
Federation Navy Comet +74.9m
(20:54:07Z) Ichoriya
Merlin -6.09m
(21:08:15Z) Nennamaila
Slasher -8.93m
Federation Navy Comet +34.07m
Capsule -0.01m
(21:23:01Z) Pynekastoh
Condor +5.87m
Slasher -8.47m
Atron -7.86m
Atron -4.88m
Capsule -0.01m
Rifter -15.04m
Merlin -1.99m
Condor -19.9m
Griffin -1.46m
Capsule -0.01m
Maulus -1.87m
Merlin -7.02m
Kestrel -8.57m
Merlin -3.1m
Merlin -10.49m
Merlin -2.71m
Capsule -0.01m
Capsule -0.01m
Merlin -8.49m
Atron +10.54m
Stats
ISK Destroyed: 227,443,241.72
ISK Lost: 151,059,765.34
ISK Delta: 76,383,476.38
Efficiency: 60.09%
