After an hour and a half of scouting for Drifter Wormholes and 100+ jumps, ten minutes after the Fleet started, I reported:
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| | System | Jumps | WHs / EOLs | Notes |
|---|-----------|-------|------------|-------------------|
| V | Adallier | 4 | 0 / 0 | |
| E | Alenia | 4 | 0 / 0 | |
| R | Arraron | 7 | 0 / 0 | Triglavian Minor! |
| G | Channace | 6 | 0 / 0 | |
| E | Claulenne | 6 | 0 / 0 | |
| | Merolles | 4 | 0 / 0 | |
| V | Raneilles | 5 | 0 / 0 | |
| E | Scolluzer | 4 | 1 / 1 | |
| N | Tierijev | 6 | 0 / 0 | EDENCOM Minor! |
| | System | Jumps | WHs / EOLs | Notes |
|---|-------------|-------|------------|--------------|
| P | Algasienan | 5 | 0 / 0 | |
| L | Alsavoinon | 8 | 1 / 1 | |
| A | Amoen | 2 | 0 / 0 | |
| C | Aubonnie | 4 | 0 / 0 | |
| I | Aulbres | 5 | 0 / 0 | |
| D | Cumemare | 2 | 0 / 0 | |
| | Dastryns | 1 | 0 / 0 | |
| | Evaulon | 4 | 0 / 0 | |
| | Gallusiene | 3 | 0 / 0 | |
| | Mercomesier | 13 | 1 / 0 | THE ONLY ONE |
| | Moclinamaud | 5 | 0 / 0 | |
| | Oicx | 8 | 1 / 1 | |
| | Pain | 5 | 0 / 0 | |
Commanders Yto and Marek kindly considered taking the only Drifter Wormhole in Mercomesier, 13 jumps from Stacmon. I told them I do not suffer from the sunk cost fallacy and that they should do what's best for the Fleet. If that means all of my efforts will go to waste, so be it.
We took the Thera Wormhole instead. Thank you Signal Cartel!
"Dive dive dive!"
"3 jumps out"
"Rattlesnake pointed, 3 neuts in System"
These code phrases signaled I should stop sorting Wiki Templates and rush to Yto who was holding a Battleship in their talons!
As we passed the half Armour mark a Tech III Bifrost Minmatar Command Destroyer and a Blackbird Caldari Electronic Warfare Cruiser appeared on grid.
"Rattlesnake is primary"
Wait... why is the Rattlesnake 100km away?! Oh, that's right! The Command Destroyer engaged their Micro Jump Field Generator and spirited away the target
Our opponents didn't share our enjoyment and make that apparent though Local Chat. Multiple Interdictors and Caracals loomed above the only exit Stargate.
"Wait for me here. I'll make them mad."
Oh boy did Yto make them mad! Yto danced around the Stargate just slightly out of range of missiles and furious Local Chat comments.
"Marek, warp the Fleet to the Gate on my mark. Once you land keep clicking 'Jump' as you might bump the Gate."
Seize the day! We all jumped, but they jumped after us. I took a deep breath, blink and remember what Marek drilled into us.
"If you ever find yourself in a Bubble after jumping, chased by a superior enemy, align to the next Stargate, turn on your propulsion Module for one cycle, load long range ammo and fire back."
We performed the maneuver without prompting, took out a Hurricane, but suffered two casualties. They kept chasing us... so Yto and Marek got the clever idea to goad a particularly vocal and disapproving user of Local Chat flying a Bifrost into an ambush.
We failed to take them out, but we made them pay for hull repairs! Hahahahahahaah
To top an already excellent Fleet off we crowned Raas the new Amarr Emperor and got them killed by the Drifter Superweapon
