Roam members (18)
Spoiler
Aeryn Tzun
Aiden Chance
Analiese Aubernet - Scout
Coaxster - Dictor
Dante Severo - 2IC
Daz Argentum
Douglas Chin
Drake Shea - Scout
Ged Sinak
Gemma Solett - Scout
Harai Rex - FC
Kirsid Tannaway
Mauritun
Penelore
Satoshi Tomeii
Space Warfare Development
Wokum
Xivik Skord
Aiden Chance
Analiese Aubernet - Scout
Coaxster - Dictor
Dante Severo - 2IC
Daz Argentum
Douglas Chin
Drake Shea - Scout
Ged Sinak
Gemma Solett - Scout
Harai Rex - FC
Kirsid Tannaway
Mauritun
Penelore
Satoshi Tomeii
Space Warfare Development
Wokum
Xivik Skord
"FC rats are bully"
- Gemma Solett, being a baby
"Wokum: We're not coming back.
Coaxster: hmm, looking at my 125m ship ..."
Wokum and Coaxster, discussing the likely fate of our fleet
Once we reached Providence, we didn't have to wait very long for content. One of our scouts caught a Drake on a gate in the system our wormhole dumped us in. The Drake didn't put up much of a fight, and we got the fleet off to a good start.
(02:05:15) MVCJ-E
Drake +78.69m
A few jumps later, we found a Vexor Navy Issue ratting in a site (naturally). The VNI was not completely AFK and started attacking our Sabre pilot, Coaxster. Unfortunately, Coaxster got stuck on the rock formations in the middle of the site and couldn't warp out. Our Sabre went down just moments before the VNI did, and we gave Coaxster the pod express home.
(02:13:50) X6AB-Y
Sabre -125.5m
Vexor Navy Issue +139.96m
Capsule -0.01m
Capsule +0.01m
Things quieted down for a bit after that, until Analiese exclaimed that he had found a Praxis off our yellow brick road and we all scrambled to come support him. Scouts established tackle, and the rest of the fleet came on in. The Praxis dropped a mobile depot, which scared us at first, but then he attacked one of our scouts, locking himself out of the depot. We slowly broke the Praxis's tank with our Talwars' dps, and then popped the pod afterwards. It was only when we checked the killmails that we realized what a great catch it was. Almost 300 million ISK in dropped loot! Plus a pod worth almost 850 million ISK! We congratulated ourselves on the kill and then Drake was dispatched in his interceptor to ferry the loot back to the safety of highsec.
(02:28:46) 08Z-JJ
Praxis +606.63m
Capsule +828.02m
"Do not go.They wait"
- Mauritun, translating an insanely creepy message from the locals
After the Praxis kill, we took a bio break and then continued our roam through Providence. By this time, we had been noticed by the locals, and one of the sov-holding alliances in the area, Coalicion Hispania, formed up a small Caracal gang to come fight us. Although Caracals were very deadly to our Talwars, I was sorely temped to see if I could use our superior range to get a few cheeky Caracal kills off their QRF fleet. Between my indecision and arguments with some of the fleet members about how smart this was, the Caracals caught up to us, killing one of our Talwars and splitting the rest of the fleet between two systems.
(03:01:11) D-GTMI
Talwar -13.94m
Capsule -0.01m
The fleet eventually reunified, and we continued along our way. We shook the Caracals off our tail, and then caught and killed an instalock Thrasher from the same alliance, presumably going to join up with his friends.
(03:24:44) 3GXF-U
Thrasher +8.14m
By the time we killed the Thrasher, it was getting late, and I was taking the fleet back towards our in-system. Unfortunately, our wormhole to Thera had dissipated, and we were stranded in Providence. I decided to turn the fleet back around and try to welp us to end the fleet, and so I flew us right to CVA's capital system, hoping to get a rise out of them. We had no such luck, but did run into a bait Drake one system over. Our scouts took the bait and then we killed the Rupture that came in in response. The Drake and companion interceptor got away, unfortunately.
(03:37:55) 9UY4-H
Rupture +20.37m
Capsule +0.01m
By this point, I was very tired and desperately looking for a way to welp the fleet. We were sitting on a gate in CVA's home system, when a purifier decloaked and launched a bomb at us. I, knowing nothing about bomb mechanics and being pretty stupid this late in the night, turned on my MWD. For those of you who don't know, bombs deal damage according to how big your sig radius is, so turning on an MWD near one is pretty much like jumping on a live grenade. It seems our crucifier made the same mistake.
(03:44:44) 9UY4-H
Crucifier -3.83m
Talwar -15.22m
While I was dying stupidly, our scouts had tackled a Stratios in the next system. I handed fleet command over to Analiese and he led them to glorious victory, netting a nice Stratios kill. Afterwards, I jumped in and asked the fleet for pod express. By the time I realized that this course of action would lead to Gemma Solett having a Harai Rex corpse, it was too late to stop the fleet; I died, and now my body hangs somewhere in Gemma's creepy corpse emporium.
Stratios +278.35m
Capsule -0.01m
Capsule +0.01m
After my death, Analiese led the fleet to the nearest highsec system, where the fleet officially ended.
Stats
ISK Destroyed: 1,960,186,689.94
ISK Lost: 158,512,527.86
ISK Delta: 1,801,674,162.08
Efficiency: 92.518%
Overall, this fleet was fun and successful. Despite our small numbers, our fleet had a decent balance of DD and support, which we used to our advantages in getting some nice kills without taking many losses. The Talwars proved successful, but this success came from their speed and range, not their alpha strike; I think the fleet would have done just as well or better in longbow Cormorants. Although we did have a range advantage over the Caracals, they were faster, tankier, and had better dps, so engaging them would not have been a good idea. Although we could have snagged a few kills by starting the fight at 100 km, aligning out, and warping off before they closed range, there would have been no guarantee we could kill a Caracal before being forced to warp off, and this level of tactics is probably a bit more complicated than appropriate for a Noobs on Patrol fleet. Taking a NoP fleet to nullsec did not pose any particular challenges, and the absence of gate guns and fw plex mechanics probably made things easier for the newbies, in fact. I'd recommend taking NoP fleets to nullsec more in the future.
As I said earlier, we gathered almost 300 million ISK of loot from the Praxis wreck. Although loot normally goes to the FC for the purposes of future fleets, this is enough money that I feel distributing it among the fleet members is appropriate. I currently have a sell order up in Amarr for the loot, which is projected to sell for 290 million ISK. Split 18 ways, this will come out to about 16 million ISK per fleet member. If you want to opt out of your share of the loot, or want the money deposited somewhere besides directly into your wallet, please let me know in this thread or in an Eve-mail. I already know Aeryn Tzun doesn't want a share. Hopefully, money should be distributed by the end of next week.
Thank you all for flying with me on this fleet! It was tons of fun, and I hope to see all of you on future fleets!
Happy Hunting o7
Harai Rex