As I have already mentioned, Libertas Fidelitas alliance have decided to try and claim sovereignty in our back yard. This simply will not do. While we don’t want to pay for those systems we sure as hell don’t want our enemy to have them so it is time to take them back. Over the last couple of days we have been planting Sovereignty Blockade Units in the various systems and the ProviBloc have been doing their best to destroy them. Today was no different and the fleet assembled to re-contest WD-VTV and F9E-KX. The SBUs were deployed before down time and the fleet was assembled ready to defend them once the servers came up. While we waited we took a road trip to D-GTMI and made a nuisance of ourselves. I wandered ahead to MH9C-S where I found a hostile fleet. After getting confused about the orders being given I leapt in to tackle a fleet of 3 Harbingers, 3 Drakes, a Hurricane, and a Vigil. Of course, I wasn’t supposed to be making the tackle, just watching them, and when I realised my mistake I did what I do best, I ran away with 37% structure left.

When the server came back up a ProviBloc fleet was waiting for us and the first part of the engagement took place on the F9E-KX gate in SV5-8N. Their fleet jumped into our waiting camp where the support fleet did a fantastic job of tearing them apart. 46 ships were killed for just 3 lost, an excellent result and the field was littered with wrecks. (I should point out that only -A- losses are reported on our killboard, not those of other fleetmates.) I lost my Stiletto to a separate engagement where I decided it was a good idea to fight a combat-fit Crusader in my tackle-fit interceptor. Some of the ships I was tackling took offence at my impertinence but because we weren’t in a bubble I was able to escape with structure damage for the second time in a day. I’m making a habit of this.

With the gate cleared and our objectives in SV5-8N complete the order was given for the support fleet to jump into F9E-KX. ProviBloc were waiting for us on the gate and once the battleships had jumped into system we were unleashed on the waiting forces. Once gain -A- and allies held the field having forced ProviBloc away with 37 kills to our 24 losses. While the numbers might look unfavourable, most of our losses were tackle ships who made the ultimate sacrifice. This time I was no so lucky as before and I lost my Stiletto but not before I made a few tackles. CVA and friends had been successful in taking down one of our SBUs so we were unable to contest the system. A replacement was sent for and at the same time I headed home in my pod to grab a Hurricane. By the time I got back the SBU was onlining and the field was ours.

At this point I stood down. As far as I know the rest of the fleet regrouped to head down to 49-U6U and save our POS there that was coming out of reinforced. Life is never dull when you’re flying multiple wars. I’ve now lost a grand total of three Stilettos while recording 92 kills on the alliance killboard. Flying tackle is a whole lot of fun! I must get into a Sabre soon…

Before I go just a quick “Hi!” to Katsutro and Izzybella who were in my fleet this morning. Also shout outs for Gilad Ayn and Mansai who I’ve been flying with, too. Gilad and Izzy are ex-Tuskers and someone deep in these pages is a post about taking Katsutro out for his first ever PvP when we went on a nullsec roam. If anyone’s hanging around in Catch, Providence, or Querious and fancies a chat drop into the Rifter Drifter channel in game and say hello. Of course, you’re more than welcome to drop by if you’re elsewhere in Eve too.

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