Retaking Intaki reported by: unbless83 | 2012.03.26 19:16:33 Travel The fleet components mobilized in various systems and converged on Sisiede, our intended launch system. By 18:00 our battlecruiser fleet numbered 46 including solid representation from Defiant Legacy, Electus Matari, and White-Lotus. The fleet undocked at 18:10 Eve time and headed toward the Gallente War Zone, arriving battle ready at approximately 18:30. First Enemy Contact The fleet switched to the Gallente Teamspeak and coordinated entry into the contested system of Agoze, where the Gallente were concentrating their efforts. Upon arrival we noticed an old enemy General Rocarion who was obviously having some success coordinating the interdiction of Gallente forces. He and his fleet retired from that system soon after we entered muttering in local chat that the Caldari would retake anything lost within 24 hours "...after the Minmatar blob goes home." Plexing in Support Demoralized by the minmatar presence, the Caldari fled the close-by systems. Suddenly the Gallente comms were alive with details of a large fleet of pirates who were attempting to impair the friendly plexing efforts in surrounding systems. This was noted, and would be dealt with as a threat to operations. Since our mission was to help the Gallente, a good number of us went to Stacmon and reshipped into smaller ships for capturing small and medium plexes. After a short time plexing with no appreciable resistance, and with the Gallente seemingly able to manage their plexing without our needing to actually run timers, our battle-hungry fleet reshipped into our battlecruisers to go hunting for the Caldari and other targets of opportunity leaving behind a half squad of battlecruisers in Agoze to await the return of reshipped forces from Stacmon. Pirate Threat Eliminated The pirate fleet grew increasingly bold in Agoze while the majority of the fleet hastily maneuvered into position. The Agoze BC contingent and the returned forces from Stacmon were hungry for kills and a plan formed to engage the pirate forces using the smaller force that had remained in Agoze as bait. The bait squad landed at an acceleration gate and was quickly engaged by the pirate gang of around a dozen drakes and a single hurricane. First blood went to the pirates as their superior numbers folded the tanks of 2 friendly hurricanes. the full force of the Minmatar fleet landed and went to work on the pirate fleet. A lone pirate hurricane melted almost instantly in the cacophony of 425mm autocannon fire. The commands went out to spread points and order targets by range. pirate Drakes, one after another, were mercilessly ventilated for daring to interfere in the business of faction warfare. GFs were offered in local as the shattered remnants of the pirate fleet fled the field. (unbless83 would like to thank the fleet for being attentive, following primaries and for making this fight the one sided affair it needed to be) Later Altaen led the fleet to victory in the following hour in a series of skirmishes aimed at depleting the Caldari morale outright. 48 hours later, Damar Rocarion's aspirations to recapture intaki for the Caldari Sate remain an unattainable dream. We can proudly report that the Gallente have passed on their appreciation in recognition of our important contribution to the retaking of Intaki and Agoze. In addition we would like to express our pride in our fleet’s efficiency AND efficacy throughout this deployment. Despite the youth of our alliance we performed excellently as a unit and suffered minimal losses. Perhaps even more importantly a good time was had by all and we all look forward to working together again. Thank you to all the pilots who flew that day. Respectfully submitted, Wex Manchester and unbless83 T.R.I.A.D joins COA reported by: DeT Resprox | 2012.03.19 22:10:27 T.R.I.A.D have great pleasure to announce that our application to Defiant Legacy alliance has gone through and should turn over in the next few hours. With this, we have also been set as +10 to COA (Coalition of Anti-Pirates) - see http://forum.coalitionofantipirates.com/ We are ALSO now a member of COA and shall be working alongside multiple corporations hunting those who actively pirate in Minmatar territory. We advise all Corporation members to read through their Corporation mails. All Agency members can expect to see Agency assignments soon working to Defiant Legacy and COA objectives