#winterco

I was tempted to go with the German title for that allusion, Im Geminate nichts Neues, which I think better reflects the situation in what is now being called the Vexor War. It was just a week ago that the WinterCo Keepstar in 4-HWWF was destroyed, a task that saw the Imperium burn through more than 20,000 ships across two timers as we turned about the WinterCo plan at Atioth in order to return…

It has now been over a week since the Imperium’s shaky start in the Geminate campaign, where we lost 33 titans and assorted other capital ships and subcaps totaling up to around 8 trillion ISK in value in our first attempt to deploy a Keepstar in Geminate. One of my few screen shots from later in the fight The more superstitious in the Imperium claim this is because we neglected to sacrifice a…

TL;DR – 10K capsuleers in local turn Asher’s cunning plan into a disaster. The Imperium’s attempt to deploy a Keepstar in Atioth was set to be the first real struggle in the conflict between them an WinterCo.  The gauntlet had been thrown down.  Asher asked if WinterCo was a sleeping dragon or a paper tiger and so it was on yesterday morning. We did move ops on Friday and through the weekend into…

It was announced at the weekly fireside this past Saturday that The Initiative would be resetting standings with all of its “blues” as of January 1, 2025. The Initiative logo in spaceships and containers For those not familiar with the arcane ways of New Eden, there is built into the game a way to set standings between individuals, corporations, and alliances.   There are five settings. The range…

Boom.

Beauty of destruction.

Jumping into nowhere.

Hit & hide.